South koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea. As young people shun a life of semi captivity, its numbers are dwindling, along with the hope korea will ever be reunified. Ourjourney into the Demilitarised Zone begins at dawn. We pass checkpoint after checkpoint accompanied by commander chris mercado. Freedom main, this is freedom 6. Over. See this Kind Of Blue Archway and the white sign beyond it . Were now entering the Demilitarised Zone. This is the most militarised border in the world. Hundreds of rounds of Artillery Point in both directions, and securing this level of access is incredibly rare. To our left and to our right, we have active minefields. Theres more than two million mines inside of the dmz. Freedom main, freedom main. This is freedom 3. As we drive towards north korea, we reach a small cluster of homes. This is the village of taesung, home to 138 people, many now in their 60s and over. Kim dong rae was here long before the korean war would decide the vil
Of the flower moon has ten. Welcome to sportsday. All square at Anfield Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola embrace a point, but that keeps arsenal top of the table celtic are the second team through to the scottish cup semis, but they left it late against livingston. And more woe for wales, they remain bottom of the six nations table, beaten in cardiff by the french by a record score. Welcome to sportsday. Wed been looking forward to this game for weeks, liverpool and Manchester City at anfield with the table set for one of them to move to the top with a win. Neither could manage that, a pulsating 1 1 draw, which keeps arsenal looking down at them, Goal Difference and a single point separating the three of them. Hugh ferris reports. Around and feel, never too far from being reminded of past greatness, but liverpool and Manchester Citys rival is one that defines the present. The premiership has not been won by anyone else for a while, and in the last english meeting, jurgen klopp and Pep Gu
live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in singapore. i hello and welcome to the programme. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia, where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine. mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin, in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our rus
his trip to ireland. welcome to bbc news. our top story. our top story. france s top court has approved plans by the government of president emmanuel macron to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. let s just show you some live pictures. already, the changes have brought hundreds of thousands of demonstrators on to the streets again, in cities across france. president macron says retiring at 62 is not affordable, and has warned that people must be ready to work longer. enter treat, the constitutional court judge enter treat, the constitutional courtjudge that both in its form and its content, the reformist constitutional. the text is therefore at the end of its democratic process. tonight, there is no winner or loser. well, the winner of the main trade union has expressed her discontent and has expressed her discontent and has expressed a message for the french president. translation:. we have one message for the president. we call emmanuel macron to listen to the peo
and extreme poverty. hello and welcome to bbc news. us defence chiefs have identified what they say is a second chinese surveillance balloon, this time over latin america. the first balloon is floating across the us mid west. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has cancelled a trip to beijing, and accused the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china insists the balloon is a weather monitoring device which has blown off course amd has called for tensions between the washington and beijing to be handled in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us the chinese balloon that s been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it s a platform to conduct weather related research that s deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that the ball