Providing you have had the jab. And new Research Warns that the loss of biodiversity risks tipping the world into ecological meltdown. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Kimjong un hello and welcome to the programme. Kim jong un will never give up his Nuclear Weapons, according to a former Senior Officer in north koreas Spy Senior Officer in north koreas spy agencies. The colonel, who defected from north korea in 2014, says he was involved in targeted attacks and assassinations and even built an illegal drug slab for the leader. In an exclusive interview with the bbc has been speaking to our corresponded insole, laura bicker. For decades, one family has maintained a brutal grip on north korea. But occasionally, some slip through their grasp and reveal their secrets. Translation north koreas Intelligence Agency is the eyes, ears and brains of the supreme leader. Colonel kim spent 30 years in pyongyangs spy agencies. He d
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..and taking swimming to the extreme in west africa. obviously, i feel tired. ifeel tired all the time and my muscles are aching. but i also do experience a lot ofjoy. one, two, three. for centuries, cities have competed and feuded with each other, though nowadays it s more often to the benefit of visitors, as rivals bid to offer more compelling attractions. some famous rivalries between cities around the world include spain s barcelona and madrid. over in india, delhi and mumbai. and in the states, new york versus la. while in australia, it s got to be sydney and melbourne. and here in bruges, it is with ghent. both cities are full of medieval architecture, but ghent is far bigger, with a university, and has made its name as a foodie destination, though bruges claims the chocolates, they say a better football team, and is considered a more romantic destination. let me ask you, bruges or ghent? i would say ghent. why? it s the bigger city. it s also a student city, so there i
and was echoed by the likes ofjacob rees mogg. well, i think it s over baked. i think they want to find the worst at every possible opportunity. and i think it shows a degree of vindictiveness that does not work to the committee s favour or advantage. the space provided on the bbc for the former prime minister and his supporters to reject the report s conclusions annoyed william riddell graham, who emailed, the 30 or so mps who support johnson should not be granted the same air time and the same deference as the hundreds of meps, including many conservatives, who will support the report . the bbc should seek balance, but when that quest for balance means that you are talking to eccentrics like fabricant and doris, then that quest becomes almost equivalent to a bias . that charge had already been levelled last friday when, before anyone else had seen its conclusions, borisjohnson dismissed the committee that investigated him as a kangaroo court. so, did the bbc allow this pr
resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, regardless of any cost. , ., , , integrity, regardless of any cost. , . , , , cost. general lee briefly shook hands with cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his us cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his us counterpart, j hands with his us counterpart, general lloyd austin, on the sidelines of the summit. but beijing rejected direct talks between the two as general li is currently under us sanctions. on saturday, general austin said that was not enough to ensure peace. a cordial handshake overton is no substitute for a substantive engagement. over dinner. the more that we talked the more we can avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations that could lead to crisis and conflict. you know, i am deeply concerned that the prc has been unwilling to engage more seriously on better mechanisms for crisis management. between our two militaries. but