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Image copyrightAFPImage captionIt is unclear whether Kim Yong-nam, who heads the parliament in Pyongyang, will attend the opening ceremony along with US Vice President Mike Pence North Korea is to send its highest ranking official for years to the South amid an easing of tensions during the Winter Olympics. Kim Yong-nam, the ceremonial head ofContinue reading “North Korea to send ceremonial head Kim Yong-nam South”

Media captionAdam Price said there should be a vote in the assembly on the M4 relief road at the conclusion of the public inquiry Opposition parties in the assembly are entering a “new phase” of co-operation in scrutinising Welsh Government, Plaid Cymru AM Adam Price said. Mr Price said the opposition will soon establish aContinue reading “Senedd opposition entering ‘new phase’ says Plaid Cymru AM Adam Price”

Image copyrightGOOGLEImage captionThe man was attacked the Upper Newtownards Road, near Holland Drive A man has been injured in an overnight assault outside a pub in Ballyhackamore, east Belfast. It happened on the Upper Newtownards Road, near the junction with Holland Drive, at about 01:30 GMT on Sunday. Police cordoned off the scene of theContinue reading “Man injured in attack outside pub in Ballyhackamore”

Image captionThe gang damaged a door in the house and threatened one of the men inside Four children have been badly shaken after a gang of men broke into their north Belfast home on Saturday. Three men forced their way into the house at Arbour Street at 14:05 GMT. Police said two men and aContinue reading “Children left shocked as men break into house in north Belfast”

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were found seriously injured in Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire. Police said armed officers responded to an incident in Greenhill Road at about 17:40 on Saturday. A 46-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man were taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. A man, aged 24,Continue reading “Arrests after man and woman injured in Rutherglen”

Image copyrightPAImage captionSnow-covered peaks in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Stirlingshire Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for large parts of the country for Sunday evening and the rest of the week, the Met Office said. Commuters are being warned of possible disruption, with many set to wake up toContinue reading “Weather: UK braced for one of winter’s ‘coldest weeks’”

Live OPINION / UNITED STATES What a US-China trade war would look like by Richard Javad Heydarian 6 hours ago Employees process solar panel components at a solar power plant in Hefei, Anhui province, China on July 26, 2012 [File photo: Reuters] In recent years, Asian trading partners, such as China, have seen a massiveContinue reading “What a US-China trade war would look like”

ISLAMABAD –  A Pakistani official says thirteen Pakistanis have been identified among some ninety illegal migrants on a boat that capsized off Libya’s coast. Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman, Mohammad Faisal, said Sunday that the bodies of 13 Pakistanis have been identified through documents and by a survivor, rescued by Libyan fishermen According to Faisal, eightContinue reading “Official: 13 Pakistanis on boat capsized off Libyan coast”

Image captionCarwyn Jones has been first minister and Welsh Labour leader since December 2009 Welsh Labour has backed the first minister after claims his authority is “in tatters” following events after Carl Sargeant’s death. Prof Richard Wyn Jones told BBC Wales that Carwyn Jones’ political authority had “ebbed away very substantially”. Mr Jones is facingContinue reading “Welsh Labour backs Jones after claim authority ‘in tatters’”

One person has been taken to hospital following a crash that shut one of the main roads into Pembroke Dock. Police closed the A477 London Road between Pembroke Dock and Upper Nash while they dealt with the incident near the Kingswood Industrial Estate. The incident happened just after 10:00 GMT on Sunday, involving one vehicle.Continue reading “One person in hospital after Pembroke Dock crash”