south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea. as young people shun a life of semi captivity, its numbers are dwindling, along with the hope korea will ever be reunified. ourjourney into the demilitarised zone begins at dawn. we pass checkpoint after checkpoint accompanied by commander chris mercado. freedom main, this is freedom 6. over. see this kind of blue archway and the white sign beyond it? we re now entering the demilitarised zone. this is the most militarised border in the world. hundreds of rounds of artillery point in both directions, and securing this level of access is incredibly rare. to our left and to our right, we have active minefields. there s more than two million mines inside of the dmz. freedom main, freedom main. this is freedom 3. as we drive towards north korea, we reach a small cluster of homes. this is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over. kim dong rae was here long before the korean war would dec
and here is the news, from bethan holmes. a report by a cross party group of mps into nhs dentistry is calling for urgent and fundamental reform , describing the lack of access to dental care as totally unacceptable . last year a bbc survey found the majority of practices were refusing to accept new adult nhs patients. the government says it invests more than £3 billion a year in dentistry. hollywood actors are walking off set in their biggest strike in a0 years after talks with major studios and streaming services broke down. the screen actors guild wants increased fees for repeats and assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. it has been confirmed that lisa marie presley died of a bowel obstruction which was caused as a result of adhesions from weight loss surgery which she underwent several years ago. she died injanuary at the age of 5a. india s space agency is preparing to launch a mission to the moon it should be lifting off in about an hour s time. the m
cloud. rishi sunak battles to head off a parliamentary revolt by his own mps, ahead of a crunch vote on his rwanda asylum policy. a new draft resolution is expected to be announced shortly after the un climate summit, after the backlash against plans which made no pension of facing out fossil fuels. the bombardment of gaza continues as a un aid chief says ahead of a crunch vote on his rwanda asylum policy. ukraine s president zelensky is in washington as efforts to secure a new package of us aid stall in congress. now to time to take a look at is we start in the us where in the last hour we ve had the latest indication of how quickly prices are rising. the us consumer price index rose by 3.1% in the year to november, that s down slightly on the 3.2% recorded in october. this latest data comes a day before the us federal reserve sets interest rates for the final time this year. erin delmore is in new york. give us a sense of what the figures talent us about how effective the f