Its been four weeks since he apparently evaded an order to fly back to the us, and made his way to the Demilitarised Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has Knowledged Detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a press briefing, the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We would caution everyone to consider the source here, that is incredibly important, as we are hearing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king, obviously. We remain focused on his safe return to him as we have been saying for thes
The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two
She was on the news. Its horrible for me to hear that theyre missing, or theyre dead, or theyre in hospital or something. The local community have been leaving messages for loved ones as they try to come to terms with what has happened. Good afternoon from west london. With smoke still rising from the burnt out Grenfell Tower block behind me, we have even seen flames at times, and The Fire Brigade training their hoses on the flames. Relatives are still searching for loved ones. Mps At Westminster have been meeting to ask questions of Government Ministers. How could this happen . The Prime Minister theresa may announced there would be a full Public Inquiry into the blaze. The first victim has been named by his family, Mohammed Alhajali, a 23 year old refugee, who fled from The Civil War In Syria to come here, to what he thought was the safety of the united kingdom. 70 people have been confirmed dead so far. 17 people have been confirmed dead so far. But the London Fire Brigade chief say
Rest. Finally, after going at high speed down the road. Going onto the pavement. This is the street, you can see from those pictures how narrow and busy it is. These are the immediate moments after the van went down the street. A short while ago, a witness said that the van went past him and instantly, he knew from its speed, that there was something wrong. He heard banging as it rode onto the pavement and it hits stores. These are pictures from inside of shops as people ran for Safety A Nd Inside Of Shops as people ran for safety and were ushered away. Hundreds of people were there in the street. It was very busy at the time, lots of reports saying that the streets were thronged with people. You can see in those pictures people running outside as people try to rush away from where the van had hit people. Dozens of people are reported to have been hit by the van. Police are now saying that 15 people have now died but there are reports of 20 25 injured, also, by the van. Tom wheeler liv