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this is bbc world news today, i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories. president trump has arrived in singapore ahead of tuesday's landmark meeting with the north korean leader. kim jong un arrived first and has already met his host, the singaporean prime minster. distrust and disharmony after the g7 summit. one of donald trump's aides says the president was "stabbed in the back" by the canadian prime minister. rafael nadal powers his way to victory in french open tennis championships for the 11th time. also in the programme, why thousands of women across the uk have been marching in the footsteps of the suffragettes. donald trump has arrived in singapore, ahead of tuesday's historic summit with the north korean leader kim jong un.
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it'll be the first ever meeting between a sitting us president and a north korean leader. on saturday mr trump described it as a one—time shot at peace. washington hopes the summit will kick—start a process which will eventually see mr kim give up his nuclear weapons. our correspondent laura bicker reports from singapore. the waiting is over. the hard work starts now. donald trump is here to try to broker peace with one of america's long—standing enemies, after falling out with some of its closest allies. the us president left an extraordinary g7 meeting in quebec in disarray, over trade. and now, to solve decades of division with north korea, he's going with his gut instincts. i think, within the first minute, i'll know. how?
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just my touch, my feel. that's what i do. the north korean leader doesn't look like he is feeling his way. considering this is his debut on the world's diplomatic stage, he looked calm and relaxed as he discussed his hopes for peace with the singaporean prime minister. he's taking no chances with security. his hand—picked bodyguards have flown with him, along with his bulletproof limousine. thousands took the chance to catch a rare clips of this usually reclusive leader. if mr kim is trying to transition from nuclear—armed dictator to global statesmen, this summit‘s offering him the perfect platform. music. at this church in singapore, south koreans pray for the possibilities this may offer. music. and tears for the years of war both koreas have endured. some have criticised south koreans for being overly optimistic
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about this meeting. but after a year of brinkmanship, most see the summit itself as progress. translation: there's a korean saying that the first spoonful of food will not make you full. i know the summit will be the first step to be the first step towards much bigger changes. so even if the results aren't significant, i'll be thankful. while every detail is being dealt with on the island where they'll meet, no one's really sure whether they'll be this secluded spot for two minutes, two hours, or even two days. the hopes of nearly 70 million korean people lie here. it's their best chance of peace in decades. and it's fallen to an unpredictable us president and an untested north korean leader. perhaps the calm waters of this resort will compel them to take perhaps the calm waters
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of this luxury resort will compel them to take tentative steps towards a deal. but rarely has there been a summit with higher stakes, and greater uncertainty over its outcome. as we were hearing there, we still don't know how long the summit will last. but we do have some idea of the three venues which will be the focus of global media attention. the white house confirmed last week that the two leaders will hold their talks at the five—star capella hotel on sentosa, a resort island off singapore's southern coast. the fact that it's separated by water makes it a secure venue. however, the two men are staying elsewhere. mr trump is at the shangri—la hotel, where us presidents have stayed before. the area surrounding the hotel had been declared a "special event area" for the summit period. mr kim is staying at the five—star st regis hotel, which isjust st regis hotel, which isjust a nine—minute walk or a five—minute drive from where president trump is staying. rupert wingfield hayes has been taking a closer look at the two leaders‘ choice of accommodation. this is the back entrance to the
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shangri—la hotel and this is where we saw president trump's motorcade come ina we saw president trump's motorcade come in a short while ago. you can see the level of security there. we saw him in his big presidential limousine waiting as he went past, but the key moment for me was a couple of cars later, when we saw from flash photography, the very distinctive features of the national security adviser, john bolton, with his distinctive walrus moustache in the back of that car. many people had speculated donald trump wouldn't bring him to the summit but he is here and very, very much disliked by the north korean people, so that is an interesting aspect of this. we're now going to go off to wear kim jong unis now going to go off to wear kim jong un is staying, which is not far away. that took all of about five minutes and we are now outside the saint regis hotel. this is where we saw kimjong un regis hotel. this is where we saw kim jong un arrived regis hotel. this is where we saw kimjong un arrived in his big
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motorcade, his limousine, earlier today. this is a huge event for singapore. it's probably the biggest diplomatic event that's taken place here, well, in this country's shot 60—year history. when kimjong un arrived here this afternoon, there we re arrived here this afternoon, there were north korean cameramen standing in this street filming his motorcade arrived. when he left to go to meet the singaporean prime minister, there were north korean cameramen in his motorcade filming it as it went through the streets of singapore. whatever happens in the next few days, whether there is a historic breakthrough or not, kim jong days, whether there is a historic breakthrough or not, kimjong un has already achieved one of his goals, and that is to turn himself from being a complete pariah a few months ago, cut off from the rest of the world, to effectively entering the world, to effectively entering the world stage as a statesman and the leader of a nuclear power. there is a lot more on what to expect from tuesday's summit on our website. as well as analysis ahead of the talks, there's in—depth background explaining how we've reached this point. just go to the website.
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as singapore gears up for the trump—kim summit, the dust has yet to settle on the one donald trump just left — the g7 in canada. the american president pulled out of the agreed joint statement — on twitter — after the canadian prime minister said canada would not be pushed around. mr trump called justin trudeau "very dishonest and wea k". now canada's foreign minister has fired back. for me, what is insulting and what i object to very strongly is the illegal and unjustified imposition of tariffs on canadian steel and aluminium. the national security pretext is absurd and, frankly, insulting to canadians — the closest and strongest ally the united states has had. but president trump's top economic advisor, larry kudlow, said mr trudeau's comments made mr trump look weak ahead of his meeting with north korea's kim.
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the president is going to negotiate with kim of north korea, and singapore. it is a historic negotiation and there is no way this president is not going to stand strong. number one, he's not going to allow other people to suddenly take pot shots at him, hours before that summit. and number two, trudeau should have known better. the bbc‘s chris buckler in washington says that, farfrom being a heat—of—the—moment row, the temperature has continued to rise today. yeah, the language is pretty remarkable, particularly if you take a look at the communique which was actually at the centre of this debate. it is not particularly controversial. in fact, there are even, inside this agreement, agreements to disagree on
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agreements! on climate change, for example. and the language is not that controversial. it says they will continue to fight protectionism, stride to reduce tariff barriers, nontariff barriers and subsidies. but it is clear whatever happened inside that fractious g7 leader meeting, it feels like president trump wants to strike apart from the other six and certainly his relationship with justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, is at an all—time low. bearin minister, is at an all—time low. bear in mind, as i've mentioned, they are supposed to be allies. this was another of these senior white house advisors, who is the trade advisor, speaking on another news network here this morning. he said, there is a special place in hell for anybody that engages in bad faith diplomacy with president trump, and the person he is saying there a plaza —— special place in hell for is justin plaza —— special place in hell for isjustin trudeau, the canadian prime minister. you were saying it is a new low for
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relations between canadian —— canada and the us, but the canadian foreign minister has also said she is convinced that the north american free trade agreement can bonne advised, so even though there's all this diplomatic negative language going on, there probably will be movement as far as traders concerned. —— can be re—advised. but they can make a deal. yes and no. because president trump has put this in the same basket. so he said these issues about steel and aluminium, the tariffs on those, those are all to be discussed as part of the wider north american free trade agreement, and ultimately those tariffs are now in place and canada has said it will respond by the 1st ofjuly with parrots of its own, so there is still the real potential for this to get extremely messy. —— will respond by the 1st ofjuly with new tariffs
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of its own. at the same time they are trying to negotiate an agreement for the north american free trade agreement itself. and president trump, on these deals of negotiation, likes to be seen at the centre of it. we have two leaders at the moment who don't seem to be getting along. if anything, they seem to be getting along extremely badly. while the g7 meeting was taking place, the chinese president xi jinping has been hosting a two—day regional summit of his own. vladimir putin and the iranian president hassan rouhani are among leaders attending the meeting of the shanghai co—operation organisation in qingdao. striking a very different tone to donald trump, mr xi urged nations to work together, saying that countries today are facing "many common threats and challenges", that no one country can "tackle alone". more now from michael bristow, the bbc world service east asia editor. rarely in diplomacy do you get two events so close together, which give you two very different images of the world. one, the g7 summit, basically fell apart.
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disarray, disorganisation. disagreements between the participants. and then you have the meeting in qingdao, led by president xijinping of china, which seemed very cordial. everyone got on, everyone was smiling. really, two very different, very stark, contrasting images. in fact, many people have pointed out, they have taken photographs of those two images and put them side by side. one tweet, the people's daily, this is the chinese communist party's main newspaper, putting those contrasting images side by side. just to sort of hammer home the idea that china is perhaps better suited to lead the world than the americans and president trump. for the last few years, china has been increasingly muscular in the world. it's pushed itself onto the world stage, it wants to change world rules, the way economies
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and trade are dealt according to how it thinks they ought to be run. particularly since last year, since xi jinping was anointed for a second term in office, and indeed he might go on even long after that, he has suggested that the chinese model, chinese leadership, is something for the world to follow. really, what he's doing with this meeting over the last couple of days in qingdao is just reasserting that. essentially — we see the photograph in the people's daily, there — he is leading a group. president putin from russia is next to him, he is leading a group of people. it is an image that reinforces china's idea of itself, that it now is a world leader. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come — don't bin it, give it away. the phone app which is encouraging you to share your food with a stranger. the day the british
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liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see a man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd, testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick them down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? feels pretty neat. marvellous, really. this is bbc world news today.
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the latest headlines. us president trump has arrived in singapore ahead of tuesday's summit with north korean leader, kim jong un. mr kim and his group were the first to arrive. more than a dozen people have been arrested at protests in vietnam. demonstrators clashed with police in several cities over proposals to create three new special economic zones. the protesters are concerned they'll be dominated by chinese investors. the bbc‘s hoang nguyen was at the protests in the capital hanoi. the protesters took to the streets today to voice their concern about what they call the national sovereignty being at risk. the vietnamese government is currently proposing a law or bill
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that would give foreign investors a 99—year lease on three economic zones. it would give potential investors more incentives and free up restrictions, for example, to promote growth in this area. but this protest has happened at a time when there is new tension between the two countries, vietnam and china, beijing recently indicated they would be deploying troops and weapons on a man—made island in the south china sea, within what they call china's sovereign rights. this type of statement angers not only hanoi, but also other territory claimants in the region, namely taiwan, indonesia and the philippines. but one can also say, you know, the protests today have nothing to do with the south china sea dispute, it is more about the fear of chinese presence and dominance in vietnam.
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let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the speaker of the iraqi parliament has called for elections to be repeated, as firefighters in baghdad try to contain a blaze at a warehouse storing ballot boxes from last month's elections. there was due to be a manual recount of more than ten million ballot papers, after accusations emerged of electoral fraud when the shia leader, muqtada al—sadr, won a surprise victory in may. the authorities, however, say most of the votes appear to be safe. protestors in spain's basque country have formed a 200—kilometre human chain to call for a vote on greater autonomy for the region. tens of thousands of people joined hands in a line linking the cities of san sebastian and bilbao with the seat of the basque parliament in the region's capital vitoria. now all the sport. rafa nadal has won the french open
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for the 11th time. it takes into his 17th grand slam title while his opponent was playing in his first final. it was a very special moment and to receive the support of that crowd and that feeling in that moment was difficult to describe. well, simona halep has been enjoying her first full day as a grand slam champion. the romanian won the women's french open final in three sets on saturday, beating american sloane stephens. and what better way to spend a sunday than showing off your silverware?
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the world number one lost the final last year in paris, as well as two other grand slam finals, but the drought, is over! sebastian vettel led from start to finish to win the canadian grand prix in a victory that takes him ahead of world champion lewis hamilton at the top of the driver standings. the german always had control of the race as ferrari claimed a fist victory in this race since 200a. claimed a first victory in this race since 200a. he held a substantial gap for the majority of it while hamilton reported power problems with his mercedes early on and he was relegated to fifth where he finished once daniel ricciardo's red bull leapfrogged him during a pit stop but it was the ferrari of vettel that proved too good welsh rider geraint thomas has won the criterium du dauphine. it's team sky's sixth success in the past eight years. thomas held off adam yates, winner of the concluding seventh stage, with france's romain bardet taking third overall. thomas follows in the footsteps of bradley wiggins, who won the race twice, and three—time winner chris froome. it's incredible. it hasn't really
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sunkin it's incredible. it hasn't really sunk in yet. i didn't really let myself think this far ahead. i was a lwa ys myself think this far ahead. i was always thinking of the next day or the next climb, and just an amazing feeling. i think it'll start to re—sync into night. that was a massive race and it's incredible. —— it will start to sink in. some stunning news from the world of cricket, as scotland have beaten the world number ones england for the first time winning their one—off one day international in edinburgh by 6 runs. the scots set england a target of 372 from 50 overs after callum macleod made an unbeaten century. that would have been the second—highest run chase in history, but england looked likely to do it after a lightning fast start which sanonny bairstow reach three figures for the third odi in a row. but england then lost regular wickets, as the scots bowled them out for 365 to claim victory. the west indies have beaten sri lanka by 226 runs the claim the first test in trinidad and tobago, with victory coming on the final day. having been set a world record target of 453, the tourists lost four wickets before lunch, and didn't last much
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longer after it either. kusal mendis the only man to put up a real fight, but when he was out for 102, the hosts secured victory shortly after. the second match of the three test series starts test series starts on thursday in saint lucia. that's all the sport for now. thank you. processions have been taking place all over the uk to mark the 100th anniversary of women getting a limited right to vote in britain. chi chi izundu has been following today's marches in the footsteps of the suffragettes. music they followed in the footsteps of the suffragettes of a century ago. in belfast, they started at the titanic quarter. in cardiff, their procession passed through the city centre. and in edinburgh, they marched towards hollyrood park.
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it's been a great opportunity to find out more about our own history and name some of the women. there are so many, many women who have great stories. all of these women, it is amazing, but especially to represent those inmates who we worked with on our banners. there's one there that hasn't been done. we wanted to remember the kiwi women, who were the first in the world to get the vote. and some of them came over and helped the british suffragettes. 100 female artists were commissioned to work on projects to sew banners and make placards, just as the women of the suffrage did. women like emily wilding davison, who famously threw herself under the king's horse, spotted here in the black robes for the first time recently in this archive footage of a march in 1910. what do we want? equal pay! a celebration for all those involved in a fight to secure some in the fight to secure some
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women the right to vote. for a lot of these women, it's about paying homage to the suffrage movement that marched this very path 100 years ago. but then again for a lot of other women, it's about the future and how they can achieve equality for all. chi chi izundu, bbc news. wea k weak a great day but it was only women over the age of 30. other women over the age of 30. other women had to wait ten more years. would you share food with a stranger? an app is encouraging people to do just that, to cut down on food waste. it's run form the uk, but used all round the world. dougal shaw reports. nothing today? 0k. poppy trawls cafes in her north london neighbourhood like this once a week. she is a so—called food waste hero, collecting and sold food collecting unsold food from businesses that would otherwise have gone to waste. some seeded bread in there. she takes the food that she has salvaged back to her home but it will not remain there for long.
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so we have white loaves... she uploads pictures of each item onto an app, and locals can then request it for free and come and collect it. food waste is a huge environmental problem, so this is the little bit that you can do. the un estimates $1 trillion of food is thrown away every year. to fight food waste, people are also sharing food they have bought for themselves, but realised they no longer need. this polish student has arrived to collect some unwanted ice cream. i think it is crucial to fight against food waste. also, i am a student. this way i get free food! the app is run by a small team from this north london flat. it has been going forjust over three years but for its human three years but for its user based to grow, a fear has to be overcome... will people be willing to share food with strangers that have looked after it?
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we have built into the olio app all the same checks so users have profiles and user ratings, and things can be reported to us. people looking after the food have to be happy letting strangers into their home. if anything it means i get to know people in my community and i feel more secure. whether it is to save the planet or save themselves some money, more and more people are embracing this way of sharing food with strangers. another look at what's happening in singapore ahead of the trump/kim summit. ba rs a nd restau ra nts across the island have been getting busy, creating special menus to celebrate the occasion. the butcher's kitchen introduced a cowboy kimchi burger that combines a us black angus beef patty with fresh kimchi, onion, tomatoes, and romaine lettuce. that's it, thanks for watching.
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after a bit of a cloudy start, the sun came out and we had widespread sunshine, a warm day, with temperatures into the mid—20s. this photo shows what many experienced. but there were some showers and thunderstorms. these will fizzle out this evening and overnight will be a dry one for most of us. some cloud returning to northern and eastern areas, and where we have that cloud, some warm temperatures. but a few chilly spots under warm skies. high pressure still in control with warm spells of sunshine and the chance of some isolated heavy showers and thunderstorms. scotland could stay a bit cloudier. but for england, lots of cloud so this could spark off some showers. top temperatures of 2a and even 25.
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into tuesday, high pressure with us. this is the ridge of high pressure but slightly cooler air moving down one northerly breeze so that will be pretty noticeable across the board. a bit cooler and a bit more cloud around generally with some sunny spells here and there, with the odd shower, but most places dry. add top temperatures, instead of the mid—20s, will be 1920, so that could be quite noticeable for some of us. —— will be 19—20. something we haven't seen for a long time on tuesday over to wednesday, and atla ntic low. tuesday over to wednesday, and atlantic low. some rain into southern and eastern parts of scotla nd southern and eastern parts of scotland but the wind picks up, touching a0 miles an hour across western scotland into northern ireland, with persistent rain. a warmer day than tuesday. into
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thursday, a very different feel. windy with gales into scotland possible as we have a band of rain that sings southwards and eastwards across the country through the day. it weakens as it reaches eastern parts. starting the week of a dry and warm note and then turning u nsettled and warm note and then turning unsettled with wind and rain in the forecast and also turning a bit fresher. this is bbc world news. the headlines... donald trump has arrived in singapore ahead of the summit with the summit with kim jong—un. he's hoping to strike a deal that will lead to the demutualisation of the peninsula. kim jong—un demutualisation of the peninsula. kimjong—un and demutualisation of the peninsula. kim jong—un and his delegation were first to arrive. it will be the first to arrive. it will be the first summit between a sitting us president and a north korean leader. mr kim has already had a meeting with the leader of singapore. following the g7 meeting, one of president trump's aides has accused justin trudeau stabbing him in the
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