on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kim jong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea, they call it the day of victory. "in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim," announced state media. mr kim is trying to persuade the world his focus is on building his country's eco

laura bicker in seoul. what are they making of this there are? well, this is a site based in the north—west of north korea, right by the chinese border. they have been monitoring it sometime because it was at the centre of a promise allegedly made to president trump in singapore. the north koreans said they would dismantle the site and everybody has been watching it several weeks wondering if any activity would be seen. now we are seeing it. it is certainly activity, it is not major activity but there appears to be dismantling of one of the rocket launch test sites, thought to be at the centre of the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. many people will say, what about its nuclear programme and yes, there are thought to be hundreds of sites hidden throughout north korea and still processing nuclear material however this site is at the centre of a promise and it's this site that we are monitoring right now and when it comes to those intercontinental ballistic missiles, those other missiles, certainly here in seoul in japan that they are concerned about because the

. earlier, i spoke with our correspondent, laura bicker, who gave her assessment of the latest development from seoul. well, this is a site based up in the north—west of north korea right by the chinese border. they've been monitoring it for some time because it was % ofa monitoring it for some time because it was % of a promise allegedly made to president trump in singapore. its activity, not major activity at the moment but they're appearing to be dismantling one of the rocket launch test sites. this is the site is thought to be at the centre of the development of intercontinental ballistic missile isles. now, many people will say, hang on a second, what about its nuclear programme? there are thought to be hundreds of sites hidden around north korea still processing nuclear material, but this site is at the centre of a promise and it is this site we monitoring right now. when it comes to those intercontinental ballistic missile isles, they are the missiles certainly here in seoul and japan that they are also concerned about, because they would be within range. it isa becaus

laura bicker. finally, these fallen soldiers are making their way home. it has been over 65 years since they were killed, fighting in a war many feared had been forgotten. one by one, 55 caskets, wrapped up in the united nations flag, are carefully carried from the cargo plane. but until the remains are tested, it is unclear how many have been returned. still, today will be seen as progress by a us president who made it a priority during his summit with the north korean leader. donald trump took the chance to publicly thank him. i want to thank chairman kim, in front of the media, forfulfilling a promise that he made to me and i am sure that he will continue to fulfil that promise. but the fundamental problem remains. north korea still has nuclear material and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, kim jong—un was exulted by war veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice which ended the korean war. something described here as a day of victory. in seoul, the repatriation raised hopes among veterans that peace will one day come to this peninsula. 15 countries fought alongside

ended the korea war. here's laura bicker. after nearly 70 years the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. 0ne one by one, 55 caskets wrapped in united nations flat work carefully carried from the cargo plane. until the remains are tested, it is unclear how many have been returned. still, today will be seen as progress by a us president who made ita progress by a us president who made it a priority during his summit with the north korean leader. donald trump took the chance to publicly thank him. i want to thank chairman kim and all of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me, and i'm sure that he will continue to fulfil that promise. but the fundamental problem remains. north korea still has nuclear material, and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, ken johnson material, and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, kenjohnson exalted by vetera ns as pyongyang, kenjohnson exalted by veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice which ended the korean war —— kimjong—il. something described here as a day of victory. in seoul the repatriation raised hopes a

anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week, they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kimjong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea, they call it the day of victory. "in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim," announced state media. mr kim is trying to persuade the world his focus is on building his country's economy ra

armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kimjong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea, they call it the day of victory. "in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim," announced state media. mr kim is trying to persuade the world his focus is on building his country's economy rather than building nuclear we

ended the korean war. here is laura bicker. finally these fallen soldiers are making their way home. it has been 65 years since they were killed, fighting a war many feared had been forgotten. 0ne fighting a war many feared had been forgotten. one by one, 55 caskets come iraq in the united nations flag, are come iraq in the united nations flag, a re carefully come iraq in the united nations flag, are carefully carried from the cargo plane. —— wrapped in the united nations flag. today will be seen as progress by the us president who made this a priority during his meeting with the north korean leader. donald trump publicly thanked him. i want to thank chairman kim for fulfilling a promise he made to me, and i'm sure he will continue to fulfil that promise. but the fundamental problem remains. north korea still has nuclear material and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang kimjong un was insulted by war veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice which ended the korean war, something described here as a victory. in seoul, the repatriations remains hopes that peace will one day com

denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. here's our seoul correspondent, laura bicker. well, it does seem in the face of it is certainly according to these images, that the pledge made by kim jong unto donald trump in singapore injune, that jong unto donald trump in singapore in june, that the jong unto donald trump in singapore injune, that the site would be destroyed, it would be dismantled, is the process of being fulfilled. this is a site based on the north—west of the country, right near the border with china. it is very rural so the only thing that we have a verification so far are these images. and it comes to if you want to look at the optimistic picture, this shows in terms president trump's pledges that he received from kimjong trump's pledges that he received from kim jong un trump's pledges that he received from kimjong un that he trump's pledges that he received from kim jong un that he appears to be getting what he wants from kim jong un. to poura be getting what he wants from kim jong un. to pour a little bit of cold water on this, it does not m

. our seoul correspondent laura bicker witnessed the ceremony at osan airbase in south korea. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets wrapped in the united nations flag were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week they will be taken to hawaii where they will to check that they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kimjong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 56th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea they call it the day of victory. in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim. mr kim is trying to persuade the world that he's focused on building his country's economy rather than building nucl

korean missiles capable of reaching the united states. live to seoul, and our correspondent laura bicker. we shouldn't be surprised, should we? he didn't agree to give up his country's nuclear programme. what are these intelligence official saying is going on? there are two reports. those from the intelligence agency and washington post. there is also satellite imagery that has been analysed. what they told us is that they have seen a lot of activity both before the summit in singapore and after. these vehicles going in and after. these vehicles going in and out. there are two new buildings at this facility. the reason they focused at this facility is because this is where the first missiles we re this is where the first missiles were created. they are thought to be capable of reaching the united states. donald trump said the threat from north korea was over. when it comes to what was agreed, it was vague. kim jong—un centres comes to what was agreed, it was vague. kimjong—un centres named to denuclearisation of the korean peninsular. both the united states and north korea have different

anniversary -- 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice. laura bicker reports. laura: finally these foreign -- fallen soldiers are making their way me. it has been over 65 years since they were killed fighting a war that many feared had been forgotten. one by one, 55 caskets wrapped in the united nations flag are carefully carried into a cargo plane. but until the remains are tested, it is unclear how many have been returned. still, today will be seen as progress by a u.s. president who t a priority during his summit with the north korean leader. donald trump took the chance to publicly thank him. pres. trump: i want to thankfr chairman kim it of the media for fulfilling a promise he made to me, and i'm sure he will continue to fulfill that promise. laura: but the fundamental problem remains -- north korea astill has nuclear materi nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, kim jong-un was exald by war veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice that ended theorean war, something described here as a day of victory. in seoul, the repatriation raised hopes among veteran

correspondent, laura bicker, joins us now. how do we know this is happening? well, these are satellite images monitored by the site 38 north, a reputable site that monitors all the activity going on throughout north korea. now, what they've spotted is action happening in this usually space satellite launching site in the north—west of the country near the north—west of the country near the chinese border. what they believe is part of it is being dismantled. pyongyang has always said this is simply a space rocket launch area, however, the us has long suspected this site was significant in helping them build ballistic missiles and developing fuel for ballistic missiles, and it looks like that test stand is part of the site being dismantled. in terms of the long—term goal of denuclearisation, this is but a small step. but in terms of what was promised between kim jong—un and donald trump in singapore, this is one of the sites mr kim said he would dismantle so it looks like on the surface at least, this is a pledge that is being met. that's very interesting because of course we wat

jong—un. 0ur seoul correspondent laura bicker witnessed the ceremony at 0san airbase in south korea. contracts will and a controversial move to privatise some probation services in england and wales is to be reversed, costing the government £170 million. the contracts will end two years early, after ministers admitted they are not delivering the reduction in reoffending they promised. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. this is the kind of innovative idea the government hopes to encourage when it is privatised probation services are. is a sobriety tag, which detects if the wearer has been drinking. it is designed to be worn by offenders who have broken the law, under the influence. by offenders who have broken the law, underthe influence. ischaemic is operated by a community rehabilitation company, set up three yea rs rehabilitation company, set up three years ago to manage lower—level offenders not imprisoned, just released. in england and wales, there are 21 crc‘s, have been criticised for not making the crucial relationship between offenders and their probati

weapons. we can now speak to our seoul correspondent laura bicker. it's a subject we seem to be returning to quite regularly. what is set internationally in meetings and via these satellites, what is the latest we know about this? well, we've spoken to the commercial satellite analysts had seen these images. there are two new buildings. all in all, activity has continued at this site where the first intercontinental ballistic missiles we re intercontinental ballistic missiles were built which are capable of reaching the united states. on the face of it, alarming. 0n the face of it, it may even break the promise made to donald trump 2—d nuclear is the korean peninsula. 0r made to donald trump 2—d nuclear is the korean peninsula. or does it? if you look at what kim jong—un has signed up for, its vague. he never said he would stop making weapons, he said he would stop testing missiles. in his new year ‘s address, he talked about putting mass production of nuclear missiles on the agenda so when it comes to how to move forward, the united states needs to nail down details of

disaster. going to bring you some breaking news from our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, coming from north korea, that appears to have started to dismantle part of a key rocket launching site. we understand that satellite images of the station in the north—west of the country, seen by the monitoring group, 38, suggest kim jong—un may seen by the monitoring group, 38, suggest kimjong—un may be fulfilling a promise made to president trump at the singapore summit last month. north korea has a lwa ys summit last month. north korea has always said the site was used to launch satellites for the space programme and that america has a lwa ys programme and that america has always suspected it was used to test ballistic missile. this information commissioner us and we understand they are dismantling part of the key rocket launch —— this information coming to us and we understand they are dismantling part of the key rocket launch and we hope to speak with laura bicker in seoul in the next edition of newsday, so stay with us for that. the uk has dropped its demand for assurances t

test ballistic missiles. we can now talk to our correspondent laura bicker in seoul. explain more about what we are seeing in the satellite images and the significance of the rocket testing facility. these images come from the monitoring site 38 north. they are very good at continually monitoring sites across north korea. and in the middle of the night here in seoul they released these images which they say shows the sohae site being partly dismantled. part of it isa being partly dismantled. part of it is a standard used to launch what the north koreans have set our satellites and part of it is an engine facility where it is believed that they developed fuel for those satellites, for the rocket launchers, and it is believed they used fuel for ballistic missile is their too. so this could be a significant step forward. remember backin significant step forward. remember back in singapore injune kim jong—un is said to have promised president trump that the site would be dismantled. since then we have been watching and waiting. it would appear that these are the first steps that mr

. laura bicker has been following the case. investigators found that this very was overloaded, structurally unsound and it was going too fast when it capsized in april 2014 —— ferry. 304 people were killed, most of them schoolchildren on a trip. when the water started to flow on board, the passengers and crew were told by the captain and his colleagues to stay in theircabins captain and his colleagues to stay in their cabins while he and his collea g u es in their cabins while he and his colleagues fled and got off the ship. they have since beenjailed for their part in this disaster. the court was looking at compensation and who was liable. they found that the south korean governments and the ferry company were both equally liable in this case. in the past, government has offered the families of the victims compensation but they turned it down in favour of a court case. they wanted to hear what happened, and since then, investigators and prosecutors have been looking at where the former president was at the time of this thinking. and what they found is that her colleagues

moonjae—in calling the heatwave a "special disaster". here‘s laura bicker. the temperature has hovered around 37 celsius for several days, and it‘s notjust the top temperature that‘s a problem. it‘s the lowest temperature. they‘ve had the hottest night here in seoulfor 111 years, since records began. and on that night the temperature didn‘t get much below 30 celsius. over 1,000 people have been taken to hospital with heat related problems, and it‘s thought at least ten people have died in this global heatwave on the korean peninsula. next, sweden, with maddy savage. stockholm‘s usually one of the most visibly green cities in europe. about 40% of it is made up of parks. but a lot of it is now yellow and crispy after the hottestjuly since records began. sweden simply isn‘t set up for high temperatures. the buildings are designed to insulate, to keep people warm in snowy winters, and very few offices have air conditioning. but it‘s the countryside that‘s been worst affected. the worst wildfires for decades are still being tackled by firefighters from around the eu, aft

correspondent, laura bicker, in seoul sold later on the programme. —— in seoul. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the white house has denied that president trump's plans to revoke the security clearance of six former top officials, are an attempt to punish his critics. those targeted include an ex—chief of the cia, john brennan, who had described mr trump's performance at the helsinki summit with vladimir putin as treasonous. the nicaraguan president has blamed paramilitary gangs for the killing of around three hundred people in anti—government protests since april. in a rare interview with fox news, daniel ortega said the gangs were financed by groups in the us and drug—trafficking cartels. he denied allegations by the un that his government was arming the gangs in order to crack down on the demonstrations. five days after being released from hospital, ii of the 12 boys and their football coach who were trapped in a thai cave are preparing to enter a monastery for a short period. in the coming hours, they are due to have their heads shaved and take part i

in the north, to the osan airbase, near seoul. from where our correspondent laura bicker now reports. the remains of what is thought to be around 50 soldiers have now been returned to us soil here at the osan airbase in south korea. there were brought out in small caskets onto ca i’s brought out in small caskets onto cars and there were a number, thousands of soldiers, here at the airbase who stood in silence and saluted as the remains were taken out a. they will now be tested to see if they are indeed the remains —— remains of us soldiers. there are still 5000 unaccounted for in north korea, some of the remains have been returned over the years on the has been a lull since the peace process has not exactly gone smoothing. all of this takes place of the 55th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that would not have bypassed north korea. this is a major concession and a pledge from kim jong—un to donald trump at that summit in singapore. it may be now that pyongyang is looking for concessions of its own from washington. they want the peace process moved forward, but the

you. laura bicker based in seoul. there has been an abject failure in the aid sector to deal with sexual abuse, according to british mps on the international development committee. their report follows revelations that a group of oxfam workers had used young prostitutes in haiti in 2011 when they were there to help the country recover from a major earthquake. our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley has more. it was in the aftermath of 2010 haiti earthquake that of oxfam's aid workers severely compromised its much cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of the staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging out what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn't an isolated episode. we have reached the conclusion that in the aids sector there has been a complacency verging, frankly, on complicity with what has happened. —— aid sector. that is because organisations