Officials tell you what they believe you need to know. So they undermine your popularity. Part of russian president Vladimir Putins callin program. You can watch that online at cspan. Org. Search putin. We take you back to the allday forum on u. S. south korea relations hosted by the center for strategic and International Studies. They are getting back underway. Live coverage here on cspan3. Thank you for all the jobs that you have done over the past decade now. Probably seems like its going quickly. But for us journalists, i am a reporter at the Washington Post. Victor and the korea chair have been a valuable, valuable resource both, obviously, in the past few years, but before that. I was bugging victor and others in the program quite often. Maybe many times you didnt necessarily want to be bugged. But for terrific analysis and to help sort of walk me through whats happening. I wanted to take time out to thank the korea chair for that and congratulate you for such a successful ten ye
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London. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. The Us State Department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regimes Nuclear Programme. South korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south koreas president before the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics played as much of a role as the sporting action this is the confident side of south korea. It does seem to yong yang is ready to talk to the us, a vidic rory for the president. Unlike the Opening Ceremony, the countrys their own colours, highlighting the division, despite the diplomacy. Critics think the north have been given too much a platform at these games. The minister responsible for talks between the
For doping should not be lifted ahead of the closing ceremony at the Winter Olympics in south korea later on sunday. The decision means that the russian athletes, who were allowed to compete as neutrals, cannot march under their own flag. Two russian athletes have failed drug tests in pyeongchang. It comes as a high level delegation from north korea has crossed into south korea to take part in the closing ceremony. A large crowd came to protest the inclusion of a controversial general, Kim Yong Chol. He was head of pyongyangs military department and is widely blamed for an attack eight years ago on a south korean warship that killed 46 sailors. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell joins me live from seoul. Stephen thank you forjoining us. It looks like olympic diplomacy has worked to a certain extent . Well, you know, there is a lot of controversy going on here right now, right to the very end, these Olympic Games are mired, really, in geostrategic manoeuvre is. On the one hand, you have
His first trophy in england. My guest this week is sirjohn schuster, broadcaster and man of the arts, whose own story is also a portrait of modern britain. Good evening. The shadow brexit secretary has confirmed that labour wants the uk to remain in a Customs Union with the eu after brexit. Sir keir starmer told the Bbcs Andrew Marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. The Prime Minister is committed to leaving both the Single Market and the Customs Union, shes expected to outline the governments position in more detail this week. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. For the first time there is clear blue policy water between labour and the tories over brexit. In a speech tomorrowjeremy corbyn will confirm his party would keep uk in a Customs Union with the eu after brexit. Crunch time is coming for the Prime Minister because the majority of parliament does not back our ap