To the us, and made his way to the Demilitarized 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 knowledge 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 when considering its validity. Would caution everyo consider we would caution everyone to consider the source here. That is incredibly important as we are killing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king obviously. We remain focused on his safe return for the past several weeks and we are working
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
in the bid to discover the remains of more victims and to identify them. it is this work in the immediate recovery rector as well as what s happening down there that the president and the first lady will be able to see for themselves. tensions remain high in the taiwan straight is the chair of the organisation overseeing the unofficial relationship with taiwan will have a meeting later today. china announced the early visits of the taiwanese vice president william lai. the likelihood of military drills taking place on the island could be likely. china considers taiwan to be a breakaway province and does not recognise diplomatic ties. i am
but nonetheless, you can see from these destroyed homes and businesses the power of the weather event that the fire crews were tackling that night. the same smouldering wildfire is fanned by the offshore hurricane, bringing destruction to this area as well. the real onerous task, of course, as well as the emotionally challenging work is going on down in the town, as the forensic experts continue to come to the wreckage there in the bid to discover the remains of more victims and to identify them. it is this work in the immediate recovery rector as well as what s happening down there that the president and the first lady will be able to see for themselves. you heard john talking about the frustration on the ground there, well some people are taking matters into their own hands coming together to organise vital relief efforts on the ground. take a look.
from these destroyed homes and businesses the power of the weather event that the fire crews were tackling that night. the same smoldering wildfire is fanned by the offshore hurricane, bringing destruction to this area as well. the real onerous task, of course, as well as the emotionally challenging work is going on down in the town, as the forensic experts continue to come to the wreckage there in the bid to discover the remains of more victims and to identify them. it is this work in the immediate recovery rector as well as what s happening down there that the president and the first lady will be able to see for themselves. to ukraine now, where there s been a significant development in the effort by ukraine to continue its exports across the black sea despite concerns that russia could target cargo ships. a hong kong flagged merchant