Utmost significance in the north and South Koreans. We know the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in south korea they wont march under their own flags, they will march under this flag, april unification flag which shows the outlines of the two countries. On top of that they wont enter separate teams into the ice hockey. The womens ice hockey at least well see a joint korean tea m at least well see a joint korean team taking place. Two moments of huge significance no doubt. All of this is in the context of talks that have been ongoing in a place which is just below the demarcation between the two countries. If you wa nt between the two countries. If you wantan between the two countries. If you want an idea of how much a joint tea m want an idea of how much a joint team matters, you have to go back to 1991 because it was then a joint korean team entered the World Team Table tennis championships. They won, a huge moment, so huge in fact that the South Koreans made a film about it. This is the trailer they made. You get an idea of the emotion involved. Talks have been going on. Many people are infused, suddenly infused in 1991. Some people have doubts about this latest idea. The bbc has recently launched a korean service. We asked the editor to reflect on the mood within south korea. The reason they chose this sport is because both teams are under the same. Both teams have similar levels of ability. After this news a lot of people have been quite angry and south korea. Tens of thousands of people have put up an online petition on the president ial house, the blue house. The reason for this is they feel that by having north korean teams joining the south korean teams, it undermines their own abilities, possibly lessens the chance of them winning. These Winter Olympics start in pyeongchang on february nine. Well move a long way from the Korean Peninsula to vancouver in canada. Weve reported there last night because around 20 countries have come together to discuss how to stop north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. The bbc seoul correspondence is laura bicker. She is in vancouver at the moment for these talks. Here she is taking us through what is being said there. Ive been speaking to the south Korean Foreign minister, who has. I recently put it to her this could bea i recently put it to her this could be a propaganda effort on the half of the north. Still when it comes to those talks denuclearisation is not on the agenda. But she said they are dealing with north korea with clear eyes. South korea is in the best position to take part in the talks. They so vain know their neighbour better than anybody else. They say they know their neighbour. People have been saying they are slightly sceptical of north koreas motives for taking part and that after the olympics will this in fact lead to further talks and further dialogue about getting rid of Nuclear Weapons . Any hope it is true but what they say here is they are not sure they can believe them. Here in vancouver what theyve been talking about is cracking down further on north korea, further sanctions and enforcing the current sanctions and enforcing the current sanctions to the full letter of the law. Before we do anything else lets play a clip from your interview with the south Korean Foreign minister. Here is some of the conversation they had. My government is very clear that despite the situation with the Nuclear Missile programme, as a matter of principle, that is written, in fact coming to the Security Council resolutions, yes, there are sanctions, but there is a lwa ys there are sanctions, but there is always a exception for humanitarian work. And wed like to live up to that spirit of humanitarianism. That is very much part of the sanctions regime. A lot of people are wondering, what is the point of this mission if the chinese arent there . This meeting. The chinese and russia it must be said. Reuters have released an interview with President Trump saying russia is helping north korea get around the sanctions. You are right, china and russia are not here. China has been staying within the last 2a hours they are incredibly unhappy about it. And these talks are meaningless. The point of this is to send a message to north korea they will crack down on sanctions. What you hear in that clip from south korea is they are trying to rally the International Community to say look, we might be cracking down on the regime, but the people of north korea still need our help. What korea is looking for from the International Community is to get aid the International Community is to getaid in. The International Community is to get aid in. Estimate around 70 of north koreans are on the verge of hunger. And, therefore, they believe in south korea that it is time to get aid in south korea that it is time to getaid in in south korea that it is time to get aid in now, thats what she is pushing for here. It is quite a savvy m ove pushing for here. It is quite a savvy move on behalf of the South Koreans. They say they are reaching a hand of friendship to the north while the International Community is able to put the teeth into north korea and say, look, we clamp down on you if you dont get rid of your Nuclear Weapons. There is a two pronged approach going on. Yesterday on the programme we discussed reports steve bannon, the former chief strategist at the white house, had been called to testify to a grand jury. This was going to be pa rt grand jury. This was going to be part of robert millers investigation into alleged collusion between the Current Campaign and russia. Robert muller. We have been told a deal has been done and the grand jury appearance isnt certain to happen. Katty kay in washington has been helping me understand. The subpoena for mr bannon to appear before a grand jury hasnt been totally rescinded, it is hanging out there like a shadow over his shoulder. He has agreed to have a more informal chat and composition with Robert Muellers team, along the lines of what other people in Donald Trumps inner circle have done. It is a much more friendly environment for steve bannon. It comes on the heels of that Committee Meeting that he went to yesterday in the house of representatives in which he refused to answer some of the questions. I think if he plays the questions. I think if he plays the same card with Robert Mueller the same card with Robert Mueller the special prosecutor the special counsel would be particularly impressed. Evidently mr bannon is talking to the investigators he was less talkative in front of a Congressional Committee yesterday. He was focused on that alleged collusion. Mr bannon declined to a nswer collusion. Mr bannon declined to answer questions. Adam schiff is a democrat, he was in the room. This was effectively a gag order by the white house. Preventing this witness from answering almost any question concerning his time in the Transitional Administration and many questions even after he left. And the breadth of this became very apparent, because he not only refused to answer questions that took place within the white house, but also any conversations he had with people outside the white house. Reporters tried to press mr bannon on his silence. As he left the hearing. Who from the white house ask you to invoke executive privilege . How did the meeting go, mr bannon . What did they ask you . What did they ask you in there . Mr bannon . What did they ask you . What did they ask you in there7m he allowed to do that . Silent inside a meeting and silent outside the meeting. He was in there for ten hours which must be most peoples idea of hell on earth having to sit ina idea of hell on earth having to sit in a Congressional Committee hearing for ten hours answering questions. He answered some of the questions, we should make that clear. There we re we should make that clear. There were others he had his with him. When certain questions were posed, as adam schiff was saying. Mr bannons lawyer got on the phone to people in the white house who said, we are invoking executive privilege on this one and we dont want steve bannon to answer any of the questions. What the democrats would say is, this is a very broad interpretation of this thing called executive privilege, which allows the president not to have two answer certain questions. Steve bannon is kind of evoking it here under the idea he was working for the president , therefore he speaks on behalf of the president or the administration. As the democrats we re administration. 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Mr mccains argument is that all this talk about fa ke argument is that all this talk about fake news, calling various organisations failed newspapers, fa ke organisations failed newspapers, fake news, it might sound funny but its not, there are serious consequences and the impact is already being felt on the freedom of the press and freedom of expression around the world because as mr mccain said, countries where there are dictatorial tendencies and authoritarian leaders they take their cue from the United States and they say, this is what the president of the United States is doing, is their argument, and we can do it, too. On the Korean Peninsula in a few minutes an outside source we turned to cape town. Cape town could be completely dry within 90 days. Here theresa may has been defending the governments handling of the collapse of the Construction Company carillion. Labour say its unbelievable that ministers continued awarding contracts to the firm after theyd issued a series of profits warnings. We need our Public Services provided by Public Employees with a Public Service ethos and a strong public oversight. As the ruins of the carillion lie around her, will the Prime Minister acted to end this costly racket of the relationship between government and some of these companies . I might first of all remind the honourable gentleman that a third of the korean contract with the government were led by the labour government. Karelia and contracts. What we want is to provide good quality Public Services are livid at best value to the taxpayer. Are livid at best value to the taxpayer. Carillion are livid at best value to the taxpayer. Carillion contracts. Ibrox ins with outside source in the bbc newsroom. North and south korea have agreed to field a combined womens Ice Hockey Team at next months Winter Olympics, and march under a single flag. France has scrapped controversial plans to build an airport on this site near nantes in the west of france. The project has been around for nearly 50 years the current government says it cant go ahead amidst such bitter opposition. Bangladesh says its now counted more than a million Rohingya Refugees living in camps near the border with myanmar. The un says more than 650,000 rohingya have entered the country after violence began in august. France has confirmed that the bayeux tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of england in the eleventh century can be displayed in britain for the first time. But first there will be tests to ensure that the fragile seventy metre roll of linen can be safely moved. Weve continued to hear very powerful testimony from women who say they were sexually abused a former team usa gymnastics doctor. Larry nassars already been found guilty this is a sentencing hearing. This week simone biles became the latest gymnast to allege she was sexually abused by nassar. And nearly 100 women are testifying during this hearing about allegations that span 20 years. This is what the court heard. After this is said and done you will be forgotten, but no one will forget how us women have got the strength to stand up and take you down. They wont forget how we change the trajectory of abuse in the sport of gymnastics. And i hope god has mercy on your soul. It was terrifying and disgusting and i spent days in shock from the violation i had experienced at his hands. You broke and shattered a lot of girls. You manipulated us to trust you because youre a doctor and doctors do no wrong, only heal. She took her own life because she couldnt deal with the pain any more. There will be a day when i looked into my soul and i will still see the scars of this nightmare. And i will no longer feel the deepness of their pain. Perhaps you figured it out by now, little girls dont stay little for ever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world. You and your actions have walked with me every step of the way since leaving Michigan State university. Such a beautiful campus, tarnished with your touch. Larry nassar damage the most important relationship in my life. My relationship with my mother. When he abused me my mother was in the room. And even though i had known now she had no knowledge of the assault, at the time i felt even less power to speak up because i assumed if something were wrong she would do something about it. May you never heard or abuse another person again. I came to the stand as a victim, i leave as a victor because you dont have the authority any more, and because im one of the many women who are helping to put you behind bars for the countless crimes you have committed. You behind bars for the countless crimes you have committedlj you behind bars for the countless crimes you have committed. I am broken. I am tired. Ifeel like crimes you have committed. I am broken. I am tired. I feel like the life has literally been sucked out of me. We may never fully heal, and you need to face the truth and the consequences that accompany it. Our correspondent has been covering the hearing. One thing i was struck by was the sense of collective empowerment that these young women now have as they all come together and share their stories. The court was filled with some of these women who obviously grown up. They were supported by husband and parents as they all share their story. Some anonymously. I was speaking to some of the survivors outside the courtroom and one thing that seems to bea courtroom and one thing that seems to be a Common Thread is these are all young women, gymnasts who trusted larry nassar as a doctor. But when they went into the medical treatment room, he violated their innocence. One woman who spoke today at the court, when, said, we were just kids. I still remember the feel of his hands. I still remember flinching from his touch. And i remember him saying, its ok, you will feel better. I was also struck by some of the comments from the judge earlier today. A mother of one of his victims spoke today very powerfully, very angry she trusted him asa powerfully, very angry she trusted him as a doctor. After she spoke the judge said, all of these girls are heroes, you as parents need to forgive yourself. This punishment is also hearing the words of all pa rents also hearing the words of all parents and survivors. Its a very traumatic hearing but for these women also very important one. They wa nt to women also very important one. They want to make sure he is held accountable for his actions, but the other thing that is very important to note is they are also very angry at the authorities. Talking about usa gymnastics. And Michigan State university, where he was employed. They want to know why they werent believed when many of these women spoke out. Many, many years ago. Thanks for that report. Time for outside source business, we begin by talking about apple because it will pay 38 billion in tax bring overseas money back into the us. The companys overseas money back into the us. The compa nys also overseas money back into the us. The companys also planning to spend 350 billion in investment in the us over the next five years. When i saw the story my first reaction was, how much of this is to do with that new tax system donald trump and the republicans have bought him . Lets ask Samira Hussain in new york. Are they directly connected . Pretty much yes. What apple has long wanted is for the us tax code to change in orderfor them to be for the us tax code to change in order for them to be able to bring over a lot of the money in fact 94 of their money held overseas. This was something mentioned by President Trump, then candidate john, was something mentioned by President Trump, then candidatejohn, on the campaign trail. It has lo