of russia, but has been courted by other major countries. president biden was there in september last year. commentators suggest president putin s visit to vietnam is designed to show the world that russia is not isolated from asia. he flew directly to hanoi from pyongyang, where he and kim jong un signed a pact to help each other in the case of aggression. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kim jong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist
commentators suggest president putin s visit to vietnam is designed to show the world that russia is not isolated from asia. he flew directly to hanoi from pyongyang, where he and kim jong un signed a pact to help each other in the case of aggression. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kimjong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on ukraine, vladimir putin
we actually had surprised him out of the mediaeval history section, but we are lucky he is here now. the funny thing is, we have been sat in front of the computing section, so i don t know how good yourjavascript per programming is. we will catch up with one newsnight is doing on what is happening in the general election campaign today. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in birmingham. hello it s victoria in birmingham. and it s nick in birmingham. this is where you started out as a journalist. i love birmingham, i worked here in my firstjob as a report on radio, commercial radio, as you know, had no staff, i was the only reporter and comparative bbc local radio, there loads of reporters, so we were so hungry. i had sharp elbows, that s where i developed my sharp elbows. what was your favourite story from that period? it was all quite serious stuff, it was the tail end, this is showing my age, the west midlands serious crime squad and the corruption involved in that birm
to the stadium in cologne. inside, a wall of noise, as the players sang their anthem, the passion echoing around the stands. the tartan army willed scotland to turn their tournament around. for a moment it worked a fumble in the box, but callum mcgregor recovered to set up scott mctominay. mctominay! it is deflected in! scotland lead! blades. fabian sure. angus gunn, reaching out to keep scotland in it. commitment is everything but kieran tierney pushed too hard, clutching at his hamstring and had to be stretchered off. this game is about fine margins. a perfect delivery from captain andy robertson. it was a teasing one, but the header ricocheted off the post. grant hanley pleading with the heavens and the fans begging for more. time for a nervy last minute winner? robertson sent a header dangerously across the face of goal. not quite. a draw keeps scotland s hopes alive, and the vocal tartan army will follow their heroes as they head to stuttgart to play their last group g