you know. this is state of the news live from berlin north korea freezes its nuclear testing state media saying the communist regime has suspended all nuclear and long range missile tests it also says john young will be scrapping its nuclear testing site leader kim jong says he wants to pursue economic growth and peace instead of what about the weapons he already has. also on the program the u.s. democrats take the trump camp to court they believe there was a conspiracy to keep hillary clinton out of the white house is suing don't trump's

campaign and the russian government and wiki leaks to prove it. and superstar of vici has been found dead in amman the twenty eight year old swedish d.j. and record producer was a pioneer of the electronic dance movement his family friends and fans a devastated. war. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight good to have you with us it could be a significant reversal for north korean leader kim jong un after spending years celebrating his country's weapons program he's now announced north korea will stop nuclear and intercontinental missile tests 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. on book two hundred onward we must create a clear path that leads to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula permanent

peace and sustainable south and north korean relations. u.s. 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 the it's 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 they're. ok on the line now correspondent stephen barr avik who's in the south

korean capital so stephen as all report just 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 full story or is it perhaps a signal that kim jong un is now serious about deescalating things. it can point to note that north korea has been committed to anything permanent here next to date message contain nothing about denuclearization they're saying. any more nuclear weapon in the field a good sign that they are now satisfied with the look because they're cheap and it seems like they have an arsenal that allows them to build on it again protection negotiate from of creation of strength and they are coming from the to the south korean the u.s. and they were of course the door open that the kurds go back on this if they find that much we're counting on you to be with washington and go are not very liking but at the very least this is an encouraging sign it's better than

a lot of rhetoric we from time to korea. an encouraging sign you say steven 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 theirs and 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 recognize 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 until well after watching the games go 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 that these developments because they make one less likely and in recent months things have been getting quite tense over here with south korea and 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 then 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 prospect of or less like 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. to the u.s. now where one issue continues to dominate the country'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 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 who 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 line this allegation 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 trump 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 no hellary clinton has said as much to total troops 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 to help 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 let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world students across the u.s. they should know the drill count on friday demanding tougher gun legislation and protests came on the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting students holding the thirteen seconds of silence to honor 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 straight as killed in the

violence so far the protests broke out after the government decided to come and change and rains employee contributions to social security it's the most serious some arrests the government has faced since when you back in two thousand and six. in peru two people were killed and twelve injured after a bus carrying german tourists crashed in the country's self the bus was on its way to a popular canyon in the region when it came off the road and plunged down into a ravine. u.s. and european regulators have ordered the inspection of hundreds of boeing seven three seven engines that's after tuesday's accident on a southwest airlines flight a blade from one of the engines broke off during that flight sending shrapnel ripping through the plane one passenger died in the boeing had to make an emergency landing. now devastating news for the world of electronic dance

music one of its superstars d.j. vici has been found dead in the capital of amman muscat the twenty eight year old swede produced one hit after another for his for song such as levels wake me up and a brother the cause of his death remains unknown. he produced hit after hit he won critical acclaim and he played to sellout 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. madonna 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 chief had suffered from health problems including pancreatitis caused in part by heavy

drinking in twenty thirty in the underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and applause. he spoke candidly about that time in an interview in twenty fifty. three it feels like going from being normal to being like very light. so much workload you know i never thought of our trips to the hospital and back and forth there was so much go along at the same time so. it was. a real relief like. barry happened in iraq when he had hopped. beachy quit touring in twenty sixteen but continued to make music just days ago he was nominated for twenty eighteen billboard music awards. he will be sorely missed turning to sports now in germany's bonus league. boosted

their hopes of european competition next season with a victory over both spoke on friday night the hosts taking advantage of poor defending scoring three of their goals sharing a dominant first half to supply the pick of the lot came from christophe trauma in the forty fourth minute as he took advantage of a lapse in concentration in the balls for defense and that goal saying sealed the three no victory. now in the meantime with just four matches left in the season the race is still tight for a champions league spot stuart munt have suffered another slump recently that clinging on to the final place of that top four and today they face third place live acoustic they are in fine form of course 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 i'll be defeated shall co was followed by new striker me she bats why i 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 to attack as three up front four one four one there are many possibilities it's great how this team is developed and their rightly up there but if the. laver couzin currently sits third in the table one place ahead of dortmund successive four one win seven 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 don't want to have more potential than the showing at the moment but that makes this match dangerous especially after that game against shout. and that's you know the feat didn't just damage dortmund's pride. with the 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 thomas fate is still in their own hands because if you treat the club though a bit more uncertain. you're watching. from the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest from our website p.w. dot com up next european culture. we make up of what we what else is there and educate we are the civil service if. they want to shape the continent's future it's part of it and join the youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their judges the seventy seven percent platform for africa majority.