9 Jun 2023

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 9 June 2023
This screen grab made from AFPTV video footage taken on June 3, 2023 shows people gathering at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha. At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. (Photo by Jayanta SHAW / AFPTV / AFP)

This screen grab made from AFPTV video footage taken on June 3, 2023 shows people gathering at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, India. Photo: JAYANTA SHAW / AFP

As the death toll from a three train collision in Odisha, India, Ed talks to Kathryn about the reprisals and political fallout from the tragedy. Also, reports this week have suggested that the head of the CIA made a secret visit to China in May in an urgent bid to get relations between the two superpowers back onto a more stable footing. And in South Korea Seoul residents were told to evacuate the city in a false alarm after a failed North Korea satellite launch.

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.