in the coming hours. he was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. private king entered north korea by running across the demilitarised zone from south korea injuly. he had been due to be flown to the us, to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. north korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. us national security adviser jake sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private king s release. jean mackenzie reports. this is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the demilitarised zone. the us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. the north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total secret. but behind the scenes, an extraordinary operation has been unfolding. sweden played chief negotiator, acting on b
and crime have dominated talking points, along along with two people not there us presidentjoe biden and leading 2024 republican candidate former president donald trump. the debate, televised by the fox business network and univison, features seven candidates. they were required to reach polling and donor threshholds set by the republican national committee. in order to take part. but, for the second time in his 2024 campaign, donald trump isn t taking part in the debate. the 77 year old has suggested sharing a stage with what he deems low polling rivals could only hurt his commanding lead. it comes as he faces mounting legal challenges, and indictments, and just four months before the iowa caucuses begin that formally launch the gop s nomination process. mr trump instead is in detorit where he talked to car workers and blue collar employees. it comes afterjoe biden became the first sitting us president tojoin a picket line on tuesday at the invitation of the united auto wo
hello and welcome to the programme. the us soldier travis king, who was being held in north korea, is due home in the coming hours. he was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. private king entered north korea by running across the demilitarised zone from south korea injuly. he had been due to be flown to the us to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. north korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. us national security adviser jake sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private king s release. jean mckenzie reports. jean mackenzie reports. this is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the demilitarised zone. the us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. the north koreans have kept his whereabo
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