this is g.w. news live from north korea freezes its nuclear program state media announcing the communist regime has suspended all nuclear and long range missile testing it also says pillion will be scrapping its nuclear test site leader kim jong un says he wants to pursue economic growth and peace instead but what about the weapons he already happens also on the program the us democrats take the trump camp of course they believe there was a conspiracy to keep hillary clinton out of the white house they're suing donald

trump's campaign the russian government and wiki leaks to prove it. and the superstar of vici is found dead in amman the swedish d.j. and record producer was a pioneer of electronic dance music for his family friends and fans are devastating to. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring a good to have you with us it could be a significant reversal from north korean leader kim jong un after spending years celebrating his country's development of nuclear missiles he's now announced the program suspension saying it has completed its objectives international reaction has been broadly positive with both south korea and the u.s. praising the move but neighboring japan remains cautious saying it will keep up the

pressure for complete nuclear disarmament. for a north korea's missile tests kept the world in suspense throughout last year until in november its leader kim jong un declared his nuclear force complete now state television has made it official no more nuclear or missile testing. yang will focus instead on building up its economy and securing peace with its of the neighbor. south korea has welcomed the move is meaningful progress the south president moon j. in his due to meet came in less than a week's time for a rest summit aimed at resolving the deadlock between the two koreas. i'm booked i'm trying it on we're twenty we must create a clear path that leads to the good nuclearization of the korean peninsula permanent peace and sustainable south and north korean relations uterine us

president donald trump is also set to meet the north korean leader in the next few weeks having previously derided came as the little rocket man trump reacted positively on twitter this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress look forward to a summit. japan's prime minister shinzo at bay sounded in notes of caution. a north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear and missile programs not the condolence. yeomans a not that great ten years ago the north blew up a cooling tower in a symbolic show of abandoning its nuclear ambitions clearly they did not and that. ok on the line our correspondent stephen barr avik who's in the south korean capital seoul stephen as all important just

a report rather just pointed out we've been here before ten years ago the north agreeing to end its nuclear program and yet that proved to be a full storm is this another false story or is it perhaps a signal that kim jong un is now serious about deescalating things. it's important to note that north korea has been committed to anything permanent here in america today message contained nothing about denuclearization they're saying they're going to try any more nuclear weapon so that feels like a sign that they are now that it invited them up look because they're cheap and it seems like they have an arsenal that allows them to spill over onto the ground that they can go shave from up position of strength and they are coming from the south korean the u.s. and they were of course the door open that the kurds go back on this year if they find that from a to a young if you're going to washington go are not very liking but at the very least

this is an encouraging sign it's better than a lot of the rhetoric we sometimes. an encouraging sign you say stephen but what about the existing nuclear weapons that kim and his regime have in their possession . well they haven't said anything about those and they're likely to want to get rid of them because north korea has invested so much resort there's an energy into developing these and what they wanted for a long time formal recognition as a nuclear power so they may feel that now they have developed their nuclear program to a level where the outside world has no choice but to recognise their power and they feel like they can credibly make more demands on the basis of that so that the most likely explanation for all this is probably that north korea is going to turn into energy more toward developing its economy that of the developing nuclear weapons and so what to watch in the summer and then moving on from there. you know we've

seen positive reaction to this move from the u.s. also from south korea's president what about people on the street where you are in the south korean capital seoul. people are definitely pleased at these developments because they make one less likely and in recent months things have been getting quite tense over here with south korean the u.s. on one side and north korea on the other side exchanging some pretty heated language and i think there was a lot of concern that things might get out of hand and so seeing the two sides south korea and north korea exchanging friendly overture holding meetings and north korea of course participated in the olympics earlier this year that's something that south koreans like to see because they makes the product or less likely the rest of the world tend to talk about the north korea threat in somewhat abstract terms but over here it's very real and i think the koreans welcome these kinds of

moves because they make peace more likely and more sustainable stephen barr of akin so many thanks for that. now it's the elephant in the room of u.s. politics was there any collusion between russia and donald trump's campaign during the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election so far there have been three official investigations into that question two of them still ongoing and now the democrats are taking the matter to court the party's executive body the democratic national committee is suing the leaders of trump's election campaign the russian government and wiki leaks trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and russia. they stand accused of conspiring to disrupt democracy. one is the russian federation one runs wiki leaks and another is the us president thank you russia if you're listening i hope you are able to find the thirty thousand e-mails that

are missing the u.s. democratic party outlane that salah geisha is in a court filing and the run up to the twenty six thousand election russia mounted a brazen attack on american democracy and the trunk campaign russia find a willing and active partner in this effort. the lawsuit alleges trump and are saku liaised with wiki leaks and russian officials to steal and spread emails from the democrats in order to embarrass them. because he'd rather have a puppet as president and open fire hellary clinton has said as much to total trump's face nato do whatever he wants to do the russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the united states of america that you encouraged espionage against our people that you are willing to spout the pluton lie one veteran political reporter says the case has echoes of watergate there was

a similar lawsuit filed in one thousand nine hundred seventy two against richard nixon by the democratic national committee really a very similar suit alleging elation. by the opposing political party. to take advantage of the democrats and win the election of richard nixon and. the democrats lawsuit on top of the f.b.i.'s russia probe will raise more questions the trump campaign says the latest case is frivolous. ok time now for some of the other stories making news around the world students across the u.s. they should know the war how come friday again demanding tougher gun legislation to protest coming on the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting students held thirteen seconds of silence on of the thirteen people who were shot dead at columbine back in one thousand nine hundred nine. in nicaragua protesters

have again clashed with police with as many as ten demonstrators killed in the violence so far the protests broke out after the government decided to cut pensions and raise employee contributions to social security it is the most serious unrest the government has faced since winning power in two thousand and six. and improved two people were killed in twelve injured off. scaring german tourists crashed in the country's self the bus was on its way to a popular canyon in that region when it came off the road and plunged down into a ravine. there's been devastating news for the world of electronic dance music one of its pioneers d.j. vici has been found dead in the capital of amman muscat the twenty eight year old swede produced one issue after another for his fans songs such as levels wake me up and a brother the cause of his death remains and. he produced hit after hit he won critical acclaim and he played to sell out audiences

. at beach she had found fame fans and fortune but on friday the music artist whose real name was tim burgling was found dead he was just twenty eight. i don't know who hired to ficci to produce her last album posted on instagram so sad so tragic goodbye ideas sweet him gone too soon. to be she had suffered from health problems including pancreatitis caused in part by heavy drinking in twenty seventeen he underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and applause. he spoke candidly about that time in an interview in twenty fifteen. twenty feels like going from being normal to being like very like. aldworth you so much workload you know i never saw him like trips to the

hospital or there was so much go along at the same time. so. it was a real relief like a. long break happening. beachy quit touring in twenty sixteen but continued to make music just days ago he was nominated for twenty eighteen billboard music awards. in germany's bonus league. boosted the hopes of european competition next season with a victory over vault spoke last night the hosts taking advantage of poor defending and scoring all three of the dominant first off display the pick of the lot coming from christopher cromartie in the forty fourth minute he took advantage of a lapse in concentration in the bulls defense to seal that three nil victory.

well in the meantime of just four much is left in the season the race is still tight for champions league spot stuart mint have suffered another slump recently they're clinging on to the final place in that top four today though they face third place leave a cushion who are in fine form so it's likely to be a key match. dorman coach better still has a spring in his step even though it's been a trying week a darby defeated shall co was followed by new striker mishi batch why would miss the rest of the season through injury and now a tough test against tactically flexible labor crews and. they have lots of options through the back for the back two attackers three up front four one four one there are many possibilities it's great how this team has developed and their rightly up their spin off but if the fun. in currently sits third in the table one place ahead of dortmund successive four one win save

a champions league rivals leipsic in frankfurt have given them an edge in the european race but they're not taking their wounded opponents for granted i just dortmund have more potential than the showing at the moment but that makes this match dangerous especially after that game against shout. and that you know the feat didn't just damage dortmund's pride. with a chance to take a big step towards the champions league but we didn't quite manage it putting it politely it's now more difficult. more difficult but not impossible. still in their own hands staggers future at the club a bit more uncertain. a quick reminder for you of our top story of the moment north korea says it is suspending nuclear and into continental missile testing us president told trump and south korea have welcomed the move as progress but japan

says full and verifiable disarmament is still needed. at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest from our web site t w dot com up next here on g.w. sarah's music sarah with us exploring different interpretations of a famous buff and violin composition to stay with us for that. as you accidentally shed some light to get. the trolls. time in the field. can you get out. with code. this week on d w. time for an upgrade. that grows on by. our.