this is the daily news live from there north korea freezes its nuclear testing the communist regime announces a suspension of all nuclear and long range missile tests state media saying young young will also be scrapping its nuclear testing site leader kim jong only 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 court they believe there was a conspiracy to keep every clinton out of the white house they're suing double chum'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 friends and fans it devastated. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring eight 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 you clear and intercontinental missile tests international reaction has been broadly positive with south korea china 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. 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 on that one day he put our snot nose and they do want to know that 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 a summit but japan's defense minister was not optimistic stressing what was omitted from the announcement. just statement makes no reference to the north abandoning you can short and medium range ballistic missiles in the book you get to the stage . the prospects are not encouraging 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 seoul stephen as all report 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 full story no receipt 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 and that today a message contained nothing about do you clear ideation they're saying. any more nuclear weapon so they feel that that sign that they are now satisfied with the look required. and it seems like they have an arsenal that allows them to feel confident that they can negotiate from a position of strength and not coming from the south korean u.s.

and they were of course struck the door open that the kurds go back on this if they find that the mets were counting on your tricks are going to washington go or not to their liking but at the very least this is an encouraging sign it's better than a lot of rhetoric we from time to work career. 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 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 its energies more toward developing its economy that of the developing nuclear weapons and to want 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 that these developments because they make war 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 that makes the prospect of or less likely the rest of the world tend to talk about the north korea threat in somewhat abstract terms 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. turning to the united states 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 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 outlined its allegations 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 e-mail from the democrats in order to embarrass them that's 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 line 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 by elations 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 students across the u.s. they should know who will count on friday again demanding tougher gun legislation protests came on the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting

students holding thirteen seconds of silence to honor the thirteen people who were shot dead at columbine back in one thousand nine hundred ninety. in nicaragua protesters have again clashed with police the country's vice president says as many as ten demonstrators have been killed in the violence so far protests broke out after the government decided to cut pensions and to raise employee contributions to social security. the indian government has announced plans to introduce the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve cabinet ministers approved the plan after widespread protests over the recent rape and killing of an eight year old girl several similar cases involving young girls who start outrage in recent years critics say that the low conviction rates means that many rapes go unpunished the measure now goes to prime minister in the render muti for approval. a big loss yesterday for the world of electronic dance music one of

its superstars d.j. a vici found dead in muscat the capital of the twenty eight year old swede produced one hit after another for his fans songs such as levels wake me up and hey brother the cause of his death remains on. 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 buckling was found dead he was just twenty eight. i don't know who hired to vici 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 sanity and he underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and applause. he spoke candidly about that. time in an interview in twenty fifty. to me it feels like going from being normal to being like very like dahlan because of all the worth it so much workload you know i never saw any like trips to the hospital and back of war with that was so much going on at the same time. so. it was a real relief like. bray happened it right up. the cheek quit touring in twenty sixteen but continued to make music just days ago he was nominated for twenty eight hundred billboard music awards. he will be missed turning to german soccer now in the bundesliga mentions

a bus coach to hacking had called on his players to put on a display of attacking football in that game against false work last night and they seem to have taken that appeal to heart they put on a dominant performance in front of the fans. an exciting friday night was ahead for these young fans as they scored to the teams out on to the pitch but not in their wildest dreams could they have expected what was the come. eight minutes and in that deadlock was already broken. caps in last stand or let's sing on servos but back past a smash in his sixth goal of the season. more woeful defending saw the falls double their lead. rafael was on hand to convert the rebound from you and us hoffman's blocked shots. but the hosts left their most spectacular goal for last christophe cama took

advantage of a lapse in concentration from the vosburgh defense three you know the final score and happy fans all around as clap when their second home game on the bounce and boost their hopes of qualifying for european competition next season. turning to tennis now spanish superstar rafael nadal remains on course for a record extending eleventh monte carlo title hats off to beating dominic team in the quarterfinals of that tournament. commentators were expecting a tight match but an adult breezed pos his austrian opponent the king of clay as he sometimes called proving too strong on his favorite surface he won the first set to love and was nearly as dominant of the second dropping just two games then joe now meets bulger is grigor dimitrov today's semifinal. i think i played a fantastic match this afternoon and. maybe called imagine playing better than what

they did is out there on. an almost day skipping a lot of weight as well but in the court taking the ball away with the back and so in general terms i i think i played great. it would sing to dublin news in berlin more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest from our website that's the w dot com. we take it personally you read it with a little gender people and stories that make the game so special. for all true fans . because more than football online. every journey begins with the first step and every living creature the first word and we've been called nico.