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

donald trump's campaign the russian government and wiki leaks to prove it. and superstar of ficci 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 his friends and his fans a devastated. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us it could be a significant reversal from 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. 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. pyongyang will instead focus on building up its economy and securing peace with its southern neighbor. south korea has welcomed the move as meaningful progress president is due to meet kim in less than a week's time for a rare summit aimed at resolving the deadlock between the two koreas. in the south capital seoul people have reacted with skepticism. here. unless the regime changes i don't believe we can build normal diplomatic relations

with our safety can't be guaranteed either i don't wonder he put our. bid to once it looked as if the north would denuclearize after the last two summits but now we're back to square one we shouldn't blindly believe them without thorough verification. because of the news of the. us president donald trump is also set to meet the north korean leader in the near future having previously derided kim as little rocket man trump reacted positively on twitter. this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress look forward to our summit but japan's defense minister was not optimistic stressing what was omitted from the announcement was just statement makes no reference to the north abandoning you can short and medium range ballistic missiles in the book you did it says. the prospects are not encouraging ten years ago the north blew up a cooling tower and

a symbolic show of abandoning its nuclear ambitions clearly they did not and they're. ok let's get more on this from correspondent stephen barr of a kick in the south korean capital seoul stephen a report pointing out just now that we've been there before ten years ago the north agreeing to end its nuclear program that proved to be a full storm is this another full story or is it perhaps a signal that kim jong un is now really serious about deescalating the situation it's important to note that kim hasn't committed to anything permanent and that it made no mention of the new killers ation of permanently moving away from nuclear. site is that they will halt all tests of nuclear weapons and have a different little glisic missiles and they will decommission this testing site it's possible that they reach a level of nuclear development that they feel comfortable with and that they feel

will allow them to negotiation a position of strength in their upcoming summits with south korea us but they've also left the door open that they could. walk away from this they could say that this was all temporary and if something changes that's not to their liking they could go back to nuclear development so it's definitely too early to celebrate the end of the north korean nuclear program and stephen what about the existing nuclear weapons that came claims to have developed no mention of those weapons and what's going to happen to them. that's right they were i think strategically left out of the statement that we got earlier today north korea has invested time no resources and energy into developing nuclear weapons and for a long time they've wanted formal recognition as a nuclear power so they're very unlikely to want to just simply get rid of. nuclear weapons if they've invested so much in developing. some of that now they feel as

though they can confidently call on south korea and the u.s. and the international community as a whole to recognize them as a nuclear power and so i think they still see their nuclear armament as a valuable resource and they're not likely to get rid of it anytime soon. and we also saw in japan's to fence minister mentioning that sure there was no word in the statement about what will be happening to shorter range missiles is not a source of warre. it's a source of worry for japan because japan is one of the few countries that falls in north korea's range of those missiles that can actually be directly attacked by one of those missiles so i think it's a japanese defense minister is saying a lot of japanese people's concern when he said that the rest of the world feels threatened by it of korea's nuclear capability particularly in recent years they've worked on being able to nuclear warheads on through internet intercontinental ballistic missiles that they can use to target places that are much farther away

but japan or north korea have a very long and taken a sick relationship so i think they feel like they are still under some kind of but i think it's it's not like we are they're short range missiles yes that's that's actually something that they're permitted you have under national attention to something that most states have what they can do to a lady panthers or it would be to just refrain from the testing of those that refrain from shooting about or very close to give time time ok steve many thanks for that symbolic that in the south korean capital seoul. apologies for the quality of that line we're going to take you to the us 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 are still ongoing and now the democrats are taking the matter to court they're suing the leaders of trump's election campaign the russian

government and wiki leaks trump has of course 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 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 email from the democrats in order to embarrass them. because he'd rather have

a puppet as president and open fire not 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 law suit filed in one thousand nine hundred seventy two against richard nixon by the democratic national committee really a very similar suit alleging by elations the law. 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. time now to

look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. and european regulators have ordered the inspection of hundreds of boeing seven three seven engines it's off to choose there's actually dent on a southwest airlines flight when a blade from one of the engines broke off and sent shrapnel ripping through the plane one passenger died during that flight the airline i had to make an emergency landing. students across the u.s. staged another will count on friday again demanding tougher gun legislation the protests came on the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting students held thirteen seconds of silence to honor the thirteen people who were shot dead at columbine back in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. and in nicaragua a protesters. again clash with police the vice president says as many as ten demonstrators have been killed in the bottom so far protests broke out after the government decided to cut pensions and raise employee contributions to social

security. devastating news now 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 fans songs such as level wake me up and a brother the cause of his death remains on. he produced hit after hit he won critical acclaim and he played to sellout audiences. at beachy 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. my daughter who high defeat she to produce her last album posted on instagram so sad so tragic

goodbye ideas sweet him gone too soon. to be ci 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 fifty. two feels like going from being normal through being like very like. all the worth of so much workload you know i never saw him like 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 a. long break up in. the cheap quit touring in twenty sixteen but continued to make music just days ago he was nominated for twenty eighteen billboard music awards.

turning out to some soccer news in the. hopes of european competition next season with a victory of the vul spoke last night the hosts took advantage of poor defending unschooled all three of their goals during a dominant first half display i think a lot coming from christophe chroma in the forty fourth minute he took advantage of a lapse in concentration in the defense to seal a three no victory. in the meantime just four matches left in this bonus league a season in the race is still tight for champions league spots one of the candidates for the spots dortmund have suffered another slump recently they're clinging on to the final place in the top four at the moment today they face third place leverkusen who are in fine form so it's likely to be a key match dorman kerry still has a spring in his step even though it's been

a trying week a dobie defeat was followed by new striker me she bats why would miss the rest of the season through injury and now a tough test against tactically flexible labor queues and. they have lots of options through the back for the back to attack as three up from four one four one there are many possibilities it's great how this team is developed and their rightly up the. stick to fund it. they've accused and currently sits third in the table one place ahead of dortmund successive four one win seven champions league rivals like second frank fresh 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 talk more potential than they're 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 actually putting it politely it's now more difficult to get me to talk to sri lanka more difficult but not impossible to women's fate is still in their own hands staggers future at the club a bit more uncertain. watching t w news in berlin to stay with us if you can. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they can strive for. africa all the. stories about people making a difference in shaping their nation.