Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and five in the afternoon in vancouver, where Foreign Ministers from 20 countries have concluded their talks to try to exert more pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. The meeting though has been overshadowed by apparent thaw in relations between north and south korea. The two koreas have agreed to march under the same flag at next months Winter Olympics in seoul and field a joint ice hockey team. My colleague lauara bicker has been following the latest developments from vancouver. A slight break but what happens now. That is the question i put to the south Korean Foreign minister. I started by asking her about her alliance with america, an ally of it has had them back for many years and now, with a president who treat tweets about war with north korea. She answered that question rather diplomatically, saying it was democracy but i asked why north korea has come to the discussion table now. After all, there have been overtures fro
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This Morning House Republican Leaders are scrambling to find enough votes to avert a Government Shutdown before tomorrow nights deadline, but hardline conservatives refuse to fall in line, while the inability to agree on an immigration deal has democrats fuming, and thats before any sort of bill reaches the senate. Hena doba is here in new york with the latest. Hena, good morning. As of this morning, annemarie, it seems no deal will be reached in time on the bill, on the outcome preventing the Government Shutdown, this as both parties accuse the other for being responsible if the government does shut down. House lawmakers could vote today on a measure to temporarily fund the government beyond the friday deadline since bitter divisions in both parties are hindering congresss efforts to find a longterm solution. Talks also went late into the night on the senate flo
Change of culture . The failure of carillion has raised ideological and practical questions over what is the best and most economical way to deliver excellence in everything from schools and h52, to hospital services. Does whats happened to carillion demonstrate that the system is broken . In order to deal with the immediate problem, the business secretary today chaired the first meeting of a government taskforce, involving business, unions and lenders, to support firms and workers affected by the firms collapse. How big a deal has outsourcing become . Heres our policy editor chris cook. This is University College london hospital, uclh, an nhs hospital where devoted Public Employees tend the sick. But the building you can see was built by private builders and its managed by private contractors. Its a parable about how the British State has been changed by our contracting out culture. The key thing to understand about outsourcing is the contract. Outsourcing a service means someone, som