29 April 2020
Episode 2218
60 minutes
France reveals plans to ease lockdown restrictions. Also in the programme: the mystery over North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health and a round-up of the day’s top business stories.
29 April 2020
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What’s happening in North Korea?
John Everard, the UK’s former ambassador to Pyongyang, looks at different theories over what’s happened to Kim Jong-un, raising the question of whether there has been a soft coup in North Korea.
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