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For more on this, i spoke withjean lee, the former Ap Pyongyang Bureau chief and co host of the bbc podcast, the lazarus heist. Thank you for being back on the programme. First of all, whats the significance of this potential deal between two countries that really are becoming even more isolated on the world stage . I think you laid it out. If the two leaders do meet and arrange a deal of some sort, this is a deal that is possibly going to help the russian president extend that war in ukraine by supplying him with munitions that he desperately needs, and in exchange, possibly, food that north ...

Travelled by armoured train, he is paranoid about security and so trips are fraught with dangers and it is possible that that is the reason that the us decided to release this, that the us decided to release this, that they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in all this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line, but here in south korea, th...

That they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go, and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line of ukraine. But here in south korea the concerns run much deeper. It is, what does this mean for the future of russian and korean cooperation . Russia is desperate and it is expected that kim jong un would put a high price on any weapons he woul...

The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the october 7th raids, but he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a humanitarian corridor to allow water, food and medicines into a waterless, poor and hugely ove...

Week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. Joined me later for the details its sunday 22nd october. Our main story israel says its intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a Ground Assault. Hamas is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. Twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the Rafah Crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in...