darkness cities after war. starting march tenth on t w. this is you don't reduce life from girl in a pretensions breakthrough on the korean peninsula the leaders of the two koreas agree to meet face to face in april john young promises to suspend any missile tests while talks are taking place even hinting that a meeting between the u.s. and north korea could be on the table also coming up a growing intrigue british police decontaminate the site where

a former russian spy was taken seriously ill is now in critical condition in the hospital after being exposed to a mystery substance and soccer in the shadow of a gun i do that we news report from yemen where the beautiful game provides an escape from the country's ugly civil war. great to have you along everyone will we start off with a potential breakthrough on the korean peninsula in rare talks between north and south korean officials the south korean envoy says that the north has agreed to hold a summit in late april that would include the leaders of both countries while the announcement led president trungpa to tweet that this could signal quote possible progress south korea's national security director said the north. had offered to

cut back on its nuclear weapons program if it were cvs security guarantees the south korean delegation has returned home a day after meeting with north korea's kim jong un in pyongyang it was the first time kim met with south korean officials since taking power. and here is what south korea's top security official had to say a little earlier. the north clearly expressed its willingness for denuclearizing the korean peninsula and clarified that there's no reason for them to retain nuclear weapons if military threats against the murray moved in if the safety of its regime is guaranteed all right let's get more on these extraordinary developments with josh smith he is a word is correspondent in seoul south korea and josh how significant is this well these were some of the most historic talks in recent memory this is the first

time that such senior south korean officials met directly with cumin john and this signaled that there is some seriousness on both sides you know what hard progress comes out of these talks remains to be seen and that many observers will be especially looking closely at what the response out of washington is right we'll talk about that in just a moment josh if north korea follows through on its offer to freeze nuclear testing what are they likely to want in return. that is the big question is this declaration that they might be willing to give up their nuclear arsenal is something that they in other forums said in the past they have said that they are only pursuing these weapons because of what they see as the threat from the united states a threat of invasion and the threat of the tens of thousands of american troops who are stationed here in south korea so many observers expect them to make certain

demands possibly including the withdrawal of american troops from the korean peninsula which is something that neither seoul nor washington may be willing to accept now is josh pyongyang also hinted that the talks with the u.s. could also be on the table a bit just weeks ago there was all this rhetoric became quite heated of a possible a confrontation and now trump has reacted saying that he sees possible progress has been here before. that is something that many skeptics are pointing to this isn't the first time that north korea has stated that it's willing to talk and the first time that the united states has said that it's willing to talk whether however both sides can build enough trust to move be on the talk does remain to be seen obviously past efforts talking have not led north korea to give up its nuclear

program at the same time they have also prevented outright war from breaking out between the sides so i think everybody can and can look at these talks and see the glimmers of hope all right let's talk about that face to face meeting between the leaders of south and north korea these are the two countries who have been technically at war since the fifty's are south korean support of the president the platic efforts with the north. overall south koreans do widely support for the moon outreach to the north they are understandably not interested in any kind of conflict breaking out in which you know south korea has more to lose than almost anybody however at the same time as the years have gone by many younger generations of south koreans have less connections with the north and they are increasingly skeptical of the north's intentions given all of this heated

rhetoric so while there is guarded optimism for sure among south koreans they are also looking for real signs of movement from the north all right joshua finally before i let you go i mean this is a regime as you alluded to who's very preservation seem predicated on having a nuclear arsenal what's changed. well there's a lot of speculation right now going around you know surrounding exactly what lead north korea to to make this offering some supporters of the increased sanctions say that sanctions are actually starting to make a difference starting to hurt the government there others say that this was a calculated ploy all along that the north rushed ahead with progress on its nuclear weapons in order to put itself in a position to negotiate from a position of strength with washington josh smith reuters correspondent in seoul south korea thank you. now to some of the other stories making

news around the world. a russian transport plane has crashed in syria killing all thirty two people onboard syrian state media citing the russian defense ministry says the plane crashed at russia as a marine air base in northern syria and was likely caused by a technical fault. japan has appointed its first female commander of a navy squadron it's a move and bet encouraging more women to join the country's self-defense forces where yoko izumo was inaugurated into her new role on board japan's largest warship should be commanding a squadron of one thousand of which we thirty women. better get with the u.s. president donald trump has said he may visit israel to attend the opening of the new american embassy in jerusalem and make the comments came during a visit from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu trumps decision to recognize

drew slim as israel's capital has been highly controversial aggravating arab allies and reversing decades of u.s. policy officials in the u.s. state of florida have passed a bill to create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools and move comes in response to a deadly school shooting in the state last month. britain's foreign minister boris johnson faced questions in the house of commons about a poisoning case this is what he had to say no i'm not not pointing fingers forgive me carol this is because there are seven point thinkers i say to governments around the world. that no attempt to take innocent life on u.k. soil will go either unsanctioned or unpunished. well earlier we

spoke to the london correspondent very good mass we asked her if this case warda hallmark of an assassination attempt. well the obvious comparison and what's really on people's mind is the case of alexander litvinenko he was somebody who used to work for the russian intelligence services however he then became a harsh critic of the kremlin and then came here to london and had asylum here in london he was poisoned in central london not very far from where i am at the moment and he died in two thousand and six at university college hospital which is also just around the corner were now in which which was at the time the seed of a huge media interest from all over the world there was an inquiry held into his death. and that found out that. was to be held responsible for his death which was caused by polonium at the time and indeed there was a trail all over london and this is something that london is i think can still remember

very good masa reporting there for us or britain has said it will respond appropriately and robustly to any russian involvement in the apparent poisoning of a former spy or surrogate script all an ex russian intelligence officer. apologies we have some technical problems so i don't have the piece for you now we're going to move on to the gray hinges a senior u.n. official has said meehan mars ethnic cleansing of revenge of muslims is still ongoing that's after he visited refugee camps in bangladesh is cox's bizarre district hundreds of thousands of fled to bangladesh since last august when me and maher forces launched a crackdown on their communities the un envoy says despite international condemnation mean mars still using terror for starvation to drive or hinges out of the country and that it's inconceivable any refugees would be able to return to me in mar in the near future. all right to yemen now and one unusual

casualty of the country's bitter civil war the country's football league shut down after fighting broke out three years ago but as correspondents all over rams reports professional players there are too passionate to hang up their boots competitively even in the midst of the fighting. a friendly match in the backyard of the national museum in the yemeni city of aden the professional players from. taking on an amateur third division side. this dusty patch of land is all a long established club has left the stadium has been partly destroyed and is now in a restricted military area and occupied by soldiers. the league in yemen stopped operating when the war broke out. the only chance professional players get to play football is in friendly's like this. the guys are not as fit as they used to be because we

don't train regularly and because they have no competitive games. they only train three or four times a month and the club only pays them pocket money they struggle to make ends meet just like the majority of people in yemen. and basically unemployed i was able to live well from football but that's all gone now i don't have enough anymore it's really tough for me and i have to think about doing something else to earn money maybe i'll join the army. there are many different factions operating in southern yemen with different goals . some want to separate state in the south. others are fighting who the rebels in the north. the country is divided.

and football is divided two. also because you see. only informal contacts with people in the north of the country. especially in those areas that are controlled by the who three rebels. i'm on holiday. stuck up but we still have a joint national team here with the help of the open air and if it works i'm proud . to support any of them said. but the national team has not played in yemen for years because of the security situation. that has to play all its matches abroad. jumps in and aden is one of the lucky sides to still have a stadium. and fans still watch the games. even if they are only friendly's the. initiating final so happy to watch the games

here i feel great to be here with the young guys and to support them. humans professional league may no longer exist but the people's love of football remains for many in yemen football provides a much needed escape from the brutal reality of civil war. and saying in the region the last twenty four hours have been the deadliest for civilians in the syrian rebel held enclave of eastern hota since the recently established un back cease fire at least sixty eight people have been killed and several hundred wounded as government war planes resumed bombarding the enclave the russian military is now offered rebels and their families safe passage out of the area but a rebel spokesman has dismissed this calling it a policy of forced displacement on monday an aid convoy was allowed into the area but deliveries have been suspended due to continued military hostilities. all right

before i let you go where this is what we're following for you right now north korea's kim jong un has agreed to meet his south korean counterpart at a summit next month pyongyang said it could also halt its testing of nuclear weapons if certain conditions were met meanwhile u.s. president donald trump hilti agreements as quote possible progress. the.