And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 3am in kirkuk, in northern iraq, where the iraqi army has seized control from Kurdish Forces. Kurdish forces, also known as peshmerga, had run the city for the last three years, after iraqi forces pulled out in the face of advancing troops from the so called Islamic State. But a row over kurdish plans for independence have left two regional powers, who co operated to overcome Islamic State, shooting at each other. The us has called for both sides to work to restore calm. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone have this report from kirkuk. Pledging to defend kirkuk. This morning, still defiant. A handful of peshmerga fighters with a few guns and grenades. And locals with whatever came to hand. We lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. Were not afraid of the iraqi Prime Minister. But further on, fear had emptied the streets. Remnants of unity on display, with
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rain in kim jong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican Senatorjohn Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises theyre interests are aligned with the United States with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can t
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rain in kim jong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican Senatorjohn Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises theyre interests are aligned with the United States with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can t
Its 8am in singapore, 1am In London and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican senator John Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the United States, with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can they
They will pay most of the cost of the costs. A 5 billion hit. We have the world covered here on daybreak asia. We will be live in new delhi with reaction on Prime Minister modis meeting in washington. Betty we are watching the latest on the travel ban ruling as well as the latest on the Health Care Bill. With the new version, and what the new version says. , am betty liu in new york where it is just after 7 00 p. M. Yvonne it is just after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. We are going to be staying on top of takata and is bankruptcy. We will here about the stock. Howt of questions here on bondholders, the carmakers, are going to be repaid through this entire process and where does takata go from here . Of questions to ask after that 1. 6 billion sale of takata core assets. We have the ceo in just a couple minutes time. Betty that exclusive interview. Cannot wait to discuss all of those issues, yvonne, that you just outlined. More ahead on daybreak asia including a closer look at the meeting be