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it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in seoul where south korean government negotiators meet shortly for talks with their north korean counterparts for the first time in more than two years. the two sides are expected to discuss the possibility of pyongyang sending a delegation to the winter olympics being held in south korea next month. let s go live now to the bbc‘s sophie long in seoul. and all eyes will be on the dialogue between north and south korea and what may be discussed apart from sports and is meeting? good morning, rico. yes, that is right, a lot of focus on these talks, the first government level talks between the north and south korean governments in more than two years. we know now that the south korean delegation led by the unification minister has left seoul, just over one hour ago and the convoy has crossed unification bridge on the way to the demilitarised zone, and there and panmunjom they meet with a delegation from north korea, and ....
donald trump broke with long established diplomatic convention by recognising jerusalem as israel s capital. his recent tweets on the israeli palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so what do the palestinians do now? my guest today is mahmoud zahar, co founder of the islamist movement hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the palestinian authority in the west bank for more than a decade. are the palestinians staring defeat in the face? mahmoud zahar, in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. most welcome. i have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. i look at the diplomatic, the political and the economic situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. is that the way you feel too? first of all, i d like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. yes, our life is very miserable, not because of bad ....
sport set a target of at least five medals from next month s games in pyeongchang. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet, as she finalises her ministerial reshuffle. this morning, the international trade minister, mark garnier, who was cleared of misconduct claims last year, announced he had lost hisjob. separately, thejournalist, toby young, resigned as a member of the new universities watchdog, the office for students, after criticism of derogatory comments he d made in the past about about women, gay people and disabled people. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. the new look top team, gathered at the cabinet table for the first time today. theresa may s reshuffle was meant to be something of a reset for the government, but it was far from a dramatic transformation. plenty of old faces showed up in downing street this morning, including the health secretary who kept his job after persua ....
the avalanche risk is very high. this is how much snow we have seen over the last 48 hour, 160 centimetre, that is about there on me. it would be my head poking out from that snow fall! here in the uk, after a sunny day yesterday in the northern half of the uk, the weather has changed. the sheet of cloud is pushed northward and for the vast imaginei pushed northward and for the vast imagine i the the skies look something like this. grey. misty and foggy. something like this. grey. misty and foggy, we have drizzle round as will. there are a few hole, cumbria is sitting in a hole and western scotland. you will see a bit of sunshine here. little overall change in the weather, little prospects for most of us seeing much sunshine at all. cold in the north east, sill that wind blowing. but, we are going to see a change in the weather this evening. this atlantic weather front is coming our way. it will push in as we go through the first part of the evening with the rain heavy, ....
the video assistant referee system is used as brighton beat crystal palace 2 1 in the fa cup third round. iam in i am in las vegas for the greatest gadget show on earth. there are humanoid robots, self driving taxis. there is even a suitcase which follows you around the airport. and carol has the weather. good morning. it is not as exciting as that. today what we have is a fairly cloudy, grey day ahead. some brightness and parts of the west, and later the wind will strengthen and later the wind will strengthen and we will see some rain arrive. further details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: the education secretary, justine greening, has resigned from the government after refusing a job as work and pensions secretary in theresa may s cabinet reshuffle. it is also understood that jeremy hunt was asked to become business secretary, but persuaded the prime minister to keep him at the department of health. theresa may is expected to make more changes to h ....