From his big superpower neighbours that he seeks, he wants technical help for his own weapons programme. North korea faces critical technological hurdles in its nuclear and missile development, and beyond that, it needs foreign currency and oil, all of which the russians can provide. It is not the first time the Us National Security council has declassified information to get ahead of russias plans. Two us sources say the Arms Negotiations between the two countries are actively advancing. And in recent weeks, mr kim has visited a series of his ammunition factories, exhorting key officials to step up production. Begs the question, why . Sergey radchenko is an expert on Russian Politics and a distinguished professor at the henry a Kissinger Center for global affairs. Thank you for being with us this evening. What does this tell us, then, about the russian State Of Affairs on the front line, if they need ammunition from north korea . The sin of affairs has not been great for russia for a
Khalifa. And manchester citys winning run comes to an end as they we re winning run comes to an end as they were held to a goalless draw by crystal palace. And coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017s big film releases including the sequel to blade runner thats the year in film in half an hour. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A majorfire has broken out at the Liverpool Echo arena Multi Storey Car Park. The arena is currently staging the International Horse of the year show and the horses have been moved inside the venue for safety. On the line isjenny kirkhan, a reporter at the Liverpool Echo, who is at the scene of the fre. Tell us whats going on there now . At the moment the fire is still raging over a number of floors of the multistorey car park. It has now com pletely the multistorey car park. It has now completely ta ken over. The multistorey car park. It has now completely taken over. Fire crews are attempting to stop it spreading to an apartment blockjust beside it and
For a Bespoke Dealfor the uk and it is reported one important theme, the Prime Minister will be respectful to the 27 other leaders of eu and say she wants a deal that works for the whole of the uk and a deal that works for the rest of the uk, because unlike donald trump, she wants the eu to thrive. So we thought we would look at some of these issues. A Centralised European government would be a nightmare. Such a europe can, in its economic and political strength, be a superpower. A superpower, but not a superstate. We will give the british people a referendum with a simple in or out choice. Thatcher in bruges, blair in warsaw, cameron at bloomburg, and now theresa may closer to home. We have been waiting a long time for this moment, but the Prime Minister will deliver her definitive speech on europe as she explains how she is going to take the uk out of the eu. It will be detailed, as she answers critics who have chided herfor relying on platitudes such as brexit means brexit. Theresa
Cube what has a diplomatic relationship with the north while japan has not. Before the meeting castro led the cuban revolution in 1979. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the General Assembly on thursday. He asked abbas brought up the ball four declaration which marks 100 years this year. Translator we asked britain as we approached 100 years an apology to the Palestinian People for the controversy, misery and that it created. Benjamin net tanya hoo hired back criticizing his take. President abbas just attacked from this podium the balfour declaration, hes preparing a lawsuit against britain for that declaration from 1917. Thats almost 100 years ago. Talk about being stuck in the past. Middle east Peace Process says theres one top challenge for the u. N. General assembly is who to solve the refugee crisis, but theres a long way to go to extend to refugee conflict zones. Reporter among the host country leaderswe cannot address the issue unless we resolve the root causes of mi
I now recognize senator klobuchar, and before we start her clock, let me express my appreciation to her for the work shes done i think really leading this committee on synthetic drugs, bath salts and so forth and trying to improve the scheduling response to that. Senator klobuchar. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding that allday meeting yesterday with senator portman about addiction and the work that needs to be done. I was pleased to take part in that, and we welcome you, administrator lee p onhart. Leonhart. You spent many years in minnesota, how many years . Most of my childhood. Yes. Well, were proud to have you in this job. As you and i talked about last week, i recently led a delegation to mexico a few weeks ago on the topic of sex trafficking as well as heroin. And i think we asked every single official there, including the attorney general of mexico and the held of the federal police, about what was going on with heroin. I was there with senator heitkam