in the coming hours. he was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. private king entered north korea by running across the demilitarised zone from south korea injuly. he had been due to be flown to the us, to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. north korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. us national security adviser jake sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private king s release. jean mackenzie reports. this is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the demilitarised zone. the us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. the north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total secret. but behind the scenes, an extraordinary operation has been unfolding. sweden played chief negotiator, acting on b
set by the republican national committee. but, for the second time in his 2024 campaign, republican frontrunner donald trump won t take part in the debate. the 77 year old has suggested sharing a stage with low polling rivals could only hurt his commanding lead. it comes as he faces mounting legal challenges, and indictments, and just four months before the iowa caucuses begin that formally launch the gop s nomination process. mr trump is holding his own even tonight in detroit to speak to car workers and blue collar employees. we will bring you more on that a little later. we stick with the debate for now. earlier, i spoke with cbs news senior white house and political correspondent ed o keefe. ed o keefe, thanks forjoining us for the second debate. what can we expect for tonight? i think you are going to see these are seven that are on stage tonight, some call them thejv stage tonight, some call them the jv team, some call them the vice presidential tryouts, what they are r
maintains the majority of footage highlights good policing. hello, i m sally bundock. we begin in the united states, where donald trump s republican rivals for the white house have criticised him for failing to turn up to their latest tv debate. seven candidates battled it out at the party s second presidential debate in california, but trump chose not to attend. according to polls, the former president remains dominant over the rest of the field by a margin of more than a0 points. one of his rivals, ron desantis, condemned him for failing to show up to the debate. he said the former president was missing in action. where is joe biden? where isjoe biden? he is completely missing in action from leadership and you know who else is missing in action because mac donald trump is missing in action. he should be under the stage deny, he owes it to you to defend his record when they added 7.2 trillion to the debt. another contender, chris christie, mockingly referred to him as donal
the president of armenia s self declared nagorno karabakh republic has signed a decree which will dissolve all state institutions on january the first. more than half the ethnic armenian population has fled since azerbaijan seized control of the region just over a week ago. the exodus of ethnic armenians surpassed 65,000 on wednesday. many have ended up in the armenian border town of goris, from where our correspondent sarah rainsford updated me earlier. we re on the town square in goris, which is the main armenian border town, which is receiving refugees from nagorno karabakh. and you can see some of them behind me, just some of the giant aid effort that s been launched here to help people. obviously, it s government institutions that are involved, but also local people, lots of local businesses bringing donations to be handed out to people as they arrive here. localfamilies, in fact, right across armenia, posting on social media, offering places to stay for people because t