A historic handshake between north and south korea but the u. S. Is keeping its distance prices averted the u. S. Government is open for business off to another shutdown most americans probably slept through and egypt launches a massive military operation that she says is targeting terrorists in sinai. And im tatiana phantasm doha with all of the sport will have more from enclitic the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were bidding to be allowed to compete and more later. The Winter Olympics have officially opened in the south korean city of young chang with a spectacular fireworks display thousands turned out in freezing temperatures to attend the one that hes hoped will bring helped bring about a diplomatic for of relations between north and south korea for now it looks like the ice has been broken with whats being described as an historic handshake between south koreas leader in and kenya jiang the sister o
Defends a former white house aide the qs of Domestic Violence angry protests so far as far to suspend its Election Campaign in colombia. And the space x. Rockets ahead fears in russia that their legacy could be under threat. And im tatiana doha with all the sports will have more from pyongyang including the court of arbitration for sport for jack to the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were waiting to be allowed to compete and more later in the program. A very warm welcome to the news hour the u. S. Vice president mike pence turned a call childer to the sister of the north Korean Leader as the Winter Olympics got underway in pyongyang chang but as Nuclear Tensions simmered south koreas leader did break the diplomatic ice shaking hands with kim jong thats a good name reports now from south korea. A step towards reconciliation for the First Time Since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north koreas ruling family is welcomed in the s
Korea for the Winter Olympics. And people streaming the Opening Ceremony of pyongyang twenty eighteen years one hour away early of the cold war but ration for school to rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes who were bidding to be allowed to compete. Also as we go to a u. S. Politicians there are still debating into the early hours as they struggle to end a second shutdown and three weeks. Hospitals was on alert for casualties as egypt launches a major operation against armed groups in the Sinai Peninsula. And a memo months ago to journalists a jailed after uncovering what the government didnt bomb the world to see. So a show of togetherness between north and south korea is happening with just an hours ago before the ceremony Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics the sister of north koreas leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in nineteen fifty. Is part of the north korean delegations
And eighteen a Winter Olympics opens and an explosion of fireworks with north and south korea sitting side by side next to america and the extraordinary show of unity and he just emits pyongyang twenty eighteen has been declared open but earlier the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches to a bidding to be allowed to compete. Our other top stories egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush on the groups ahead of a deadline set by president sisi. Played upon the time. Of the hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown the stage is set for a bigger battle the over immigration and ballooning deficit. Also what the mayor government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it have been jailed. I am. Extraordinarily and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side under exploding fireworks as the two thousand and eighteen W
Their. Live from doha also coming up. Later on the time. Of hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown but the stage is set for bigger battles over immigration and the looming deficit. Egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush groups ahead of a deadline set by the president. And a mere two journalists to jail from covering what the government didnt want the world to see. In the extraordinary and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side on the exploding fireworks the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics opened on the peninsula beset by generations of suspicion flag bearers marched through the stadium under the one united korean flag the sister of north koreas leader kim jong uns with south korean president. As they watched the law for a show of light and sound and sitting just in front of them was u. S. Vice president mike pence hoping the games will offer a chance of renewed communication thats going to name has the latest fro