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spoke about the issues at stake with the president of the un generalassembly, dennis francis. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. this is obviously a very busy week at the general assembly, but also special summits on the sdgs, global finance, un security council is meeting as well, high level health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend france, the uk, india, china, russia. do you consider that a snob? no, i don t. i don t at all. of course, we hoped that the house would be full, but we appreciate that leaders may have other pressing matters that require their attention, and i am sure the views and perspectives of those countries not led by heads of state and/or government will be expressed and represented by their heads of delegation. but if you have only one of the five permanent members sending their leader here, does that raise legitimacy issues about the un? no, it doesn t, because the perman ....
or 10:00am in the morning in the korean peninsula, depending on whether you are in the north or south. but tensions continue to rise on both sides of the demilitarised zone. pyongyang has carried out a huge live firing exercise. and the us is preparing for similar large scale manoeuvres with the south korean armed forces, which will most likely include this nuclear powered submarine, the michigan, which sailed into a south korean port on tuesday. south korea is going to buy two advanced radar systems, to give warnings about incoming ballistic missiles. but the message coming from north korean state tv remains confrontational. translation: now that the us has pulled out a sword to kill us, we will also pull out our grand sword ofjustice and fight till the end, and we will kill the us imperialists with our strong and revolutionary power. 0ur nuclear forces stand at the core. earlier i spoke with dan sneider, who is associate director of the asia pacific research centre at ....
signature policies is facing a delay. he s now said he s willing to delay trying to secure us federal funds to build his wall along part of the border with mexico until september. the president has until the end of the week to agree federal spending plans with congress, or risk marking his hundredth day in office with a government shutdown. our north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000 mile long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign theme tune. we re going to do the wall, and by the way, who s going to pay for the wall? crowd: mexico! who is going to pay for the wall? mexico! who? mexico! but the mexicans have been blunt in thei ....
impressed by the work of the and women, and this is why they expressly asked me to pass on the gratitude to the police forces and the security forces. translation: you mentioned the africa partnership, are there specific amounts that were agreed upon by, when, and how much money would be needed to promote this partnership. translation: it is more about the how. we have seen how traditional development aid, as for many years, we have used it as a single instrument almost exclusively, all investments were taken. there are a few countries actively investing in africa. this will not in itself bring africa forward. it has to be the right mix of private investment, good governance, the right conditions to be in place so private business becomes interested in taking up investments, for example, legal certainty, transparency. that is what the finance minister also brought to the conference. what we also brought to the conference with africa, namely these agreements with individ ....
assistant to the us president. ivanka trump attends a women s summit in berlin in herfirst engagement after her father took office. how moderate exercise after the age of 50 is the best way to keep your mind sharp. good morning. it s tuesday, 25th april. i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. labour have set out their vision for brexit if they win the general election. the party has been criticised by, among others, the former the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer promised labour would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs eu residents before talks begin, and prioritisejobs and eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs and rights of people at work. he said no deal with the eu would be the worst possible deal for the uk, and cause huge damage at british businesses and trade. the proposals are: scrapping the prime minister s current brexit plan, which was outlined in a white paper in february, wh ....