FULL details of a catalogue of abuse and degrading treatment allegedly suffered by a former British Guantanamo Bay detainee emerged yesterday.

US president George Bush has agreed to work for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis, a spokeswoman said today, as a US aircraft carrier docked off the South’s coast in a show of military might.

North Korea must address international concerns about its development of weapons of mass destruction and human rights abuses if it wants to trade with the rest of the world, ministers warned a delegation from the state today.