Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 2 oclock in the afternoon in hawaii, where people are still in shock after an alert warning residents to take shelter and brace for a Ballistic Missile attack was accidentally sent across the island. While fingers are being pointed and questions asked over how such a monumental human error could be done, us President Donald Trump has remained silent on the incident. Tiffany werthamar reports. 38 minutes of panic and confusion. Which has now turned to relief, but also anger. Why did it happen and where is the president . On saturday morning, and emergency text message was sent to people in hawaii, saying a Ballistic Missile was headed for the island and to take immediate shelter. There was his stereo as people scramble to get to safety. Todayis people scramble to get to safety. Today is a day that most of us will never forget. A day where many in oui never forget. A day where many in our community thought that our Worst Nightmare might actual
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think of the stories we are covering, and apparently it is blue monday 2018 today, the most depressing day of the year. What do you think, and how do you combat the january blues . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. A south korean delegation is holding talks on the border with north korea, aimed at overcoming logistical obstacles to ensure a team from the north can take part in next months winter olympics. North korea said last week it would send a number of competitors to the games, but some issues, including how they will travel to the competition remain unresolved. The talks are being held in panmunjom, known as the truce village, at the border. Sophie long is in seoulfor us. Tell us more about todays talks, and what we are hoping to achieve. So the talks are now and they are taking place, as you say, in panmunjom, that is the truce village which stra
Across the island. While fingers are being pointed and questions asked over how such a monumental human error could be done, us President Donald Trump has until now remained silent on the incident. We are going to do it involved with them. They took total responsibility. We are going to get involved. Their attitude and what they want to do is terrific. They took the responsibility. They made a mistake. What will you do to make sure Something Like that doesnt happen again . We hope that wont happen again . We hope that wont happen again. People are on edge. We will solve the problem so they would have to be on edge. Questions still remain over the whole incident which caused widespread panic. Tiffany werthamar reports. 38 minutes of panic and confusion, which has now turned to relief, but also anger. Why did it happen, and where was the president . On saturday morning, an emergency text message was sent to people in hawaii, saying a Ballistic Missile was headed for the island, and to ta
Missile attack was mistakenly sent to people in hawaii says the state didnt have reasonable safeguards in place to prevent the mistake. The false alarm on saturday led to widespread panic. President trump has, until now, remained silent on the incident and faced criticism over his muted response. But a short while ago he was asked about what happened and gave this response. That was a state thing. We are going to do it involved with them. I love that they took responsibility. They took total responsibility. We are going to get involved. Their attitude and what they want to do is terrific. They took the responsibility. They made a mistake. What will you do to make sure Something Like that doesnt happen again . We hope that wont happen again. Part of it is that people are on edge. Maybe eventually we will solve the problem so they would have to be on edge. Questions still remain over the whole incident, which caused widespread panic on the hawaiian islands. Tiffany wertheimer reports. 38
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