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a new agreement called the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s event and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of this deal is the us is going to send one of its armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the ....
civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie batt ....
Welcome to the programme. To our top story developing out of morocco, where its a race against time for Rescue Workers trying to reach villages in the Atlas Mountains which have been hardest hit by a massive earthquake. The red cross has warned of a disaster within a disaster if water and food aid dont reach survivors. The death toll continues to rise and is now past 2,000 with a similar number injured in hospitals. Fridays 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck 45 miles south west of the tourist hub of marrakesh. The bbc s nick beake has the latest. Thousands are spending a third night out in the open, many buildings have been damaged here, lots of people are too scared to sleep back indoors. But really, it is in the Atlas Mountains, those remote communities have suffered so much, where the greatest number of people have lo ....
Welcome to the programme. To our top story developing out of morocco, where its a race against time for Rescue Workers trying to reach villages in the Atlas Mountains which have been hardest hit by a massive earthquake. The red cross has warned of a disaster within a disaster if water and food aid dont reach survivors. The death toll continues to rise and is now past 2,000 with a similar number injured in hospitals. Fridays 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck 45 miles south west of the tourist hub of marrakesh. The bbc s nick beake has the latest. Thousands are spending a third night out in the open, many buildings have been damaged here, lots of people are too scared to sleep back indoors. But really, it is in the Atlas Mountains, those remote communities have suffered so much, where the greatest number of people have lo ....
Welcome to the programme. To our top story developing out of morocco, where its a race against time for Rescue Workers trying to reach villages in the Atlas Mountains which have been hardest hit by a massive earthquake. The red cross has warned of a disaster within a disaster if water and food aid dont reach survivors. The death toll continues to rise and is now past 2,000 with a similar number injured in hospitals. Fridays 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck 45 miles south west of the tourist hub of marrakesh. The bbc s nick beake has the latest. Thousands are spending a third night out in the open, many buildings have been damaged here, lots of people are too scared to sleep back indoors. But really, it is in the Atlas Mountains, those remote communities have suffered so much, where the greatest number of people have lo ....