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it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the korean peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. the us secretary of state rex tillerson will attend a un security council meeting. the united states and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rain in kim jong un. speaking to the bbc, republican senatorjohn barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, that s what we want. we want north korea without nuclear weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. that s the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85% of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises they re interests are aligned with the united states with regard to a nuclear armed north korea because the que ....
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the korean peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. the us secretary of state rex tillerson will attend a un security council meeting. the united states and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. speaking to the bbc, republican senator john barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, that s what we want. we want north korea without nuclear weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. that s the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85% of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the united states, with regard to a nuclear armed north korea because the questio ....
on thursday that she considers the uk withdrawal from the union as a capital mistake . bike sharing is booming in china and, according to the south china morning post, the two big rival companies launching bike share schemes have had a boost to their start ups thanks to pre existing customer data bases. according to a study by the national cancer centre japan, some cancer drugs are less effective in elderly patients. the japan times reports that the findings could lead to a shift in patient treatment plans. and, finally, britain s publishing industry had a record breaking year in 2016, while sales of e books fell 3%. according to gulf news, the stats show a reverse in reading trends because of screen fatigue. screen fatigue? too many screens! with me is ken odeluga, market analyst at city index. welcome. good to have you. good morning. let s start with trump. not the first time! but it is coming up to that 100 days mark tomorrow and the french press, including le figa ....
and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president donald trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. in an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to rain in its leader kim jung un‘s nuclear ambitions. the relationship i ve had with china, it s been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what we ve already had. on north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. but he had some surprising words of praise for supreme leader kim kim jong un. dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take t ....
it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where president donald trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. in an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to reign in its leader kimjung un‘s nuclear ambitions. the relationship i ve had with china, it s been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what we ve already had. on north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. but he had some surprising words of praise for supreme leader kim kim jong un. dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle ....