this is the w. news live from berlin north korea invites foreign journalists to witness the destruction of its nuclear test site it's being billed as a goodwill gesture that president sturrock summit with the u.s. but is it all a show for the cameras. also coming up facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg prepares for a grilling by european politicians over the global data scandal engulfing his company. one year ago today twenty two people were killed and eight hundred were wounded in a terrorist attack in manchester. are all. week

friends of one of the victims who is being remembered with a new play. time sumi so much comic good to have you with us north korea's kim jong un has asked a small group of foreign journalists to witness the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site the journal survived chong yang earlier today kim promised to destroy the facility as part of efforts to create a positive atmosphere at a plant summit with u.s. president trump next month but experts are divided on whether kim's plans to dismantle the site will achieve what he claims there's also been concern that south korean reporters were disinvited at the last minute. in a notoriously secretive country this is one of its most secret sites north korea's

main nuclear research facility is hidden away in a system of tunnels several hundred meters underground. situated in the north east of the country sixty kilometers from the chinese border the site has been central to kim jong un's nuclear ambitions its where all of north korea's six never nuclear tests of taken place. the latest one in september last year pyongyang declared as its first successful test of a hydrogen bomb. a bomb that could be used on an intercontinental missile to carry a nuclear weapon as far as the united states as north korea has threatened in the past. the closure of perm yury was announced after the historic meeting between the north's leader kim jong un and south korean president in at the end of april in which the two pledged to work for the complete denuclearization of the korean

peninsula. north korean state television carried the news saying that all of the tunnels at the site would be collapsed and the entrances blocked it also announced that foreign media would be invited to cover the event. however some analysts have said that the closure of the site doesn't prove kim jong un really plans to denuclearize and so far north korea has not responded to calls to let independent experts verify the shutdown. skeptics have pointed to the destruction of the young beyond nuclear complex by kim jong un's father ten years ago the cooling tower of the plant was blown up in front of foreign t.v. camera teams invited especially for the occasion. the nuclear activities at the side however continued. let's bring in correspondent jason strother who's in the south korean capital seoul covering the story for us hi jason

was this a or is this a show for the cameras and why were no experts invited. right well it would indicate that this could be just a big photo op for the north korean regime since no independent analyst or nuclear experts were invited to observe the demolition of the home gate or the site so we've had you know a team of mostly western journalists enter north korea however despite pyongyang saying south korean reporters would be allowed eight south korean journalists were denied entry to north korea of and were more or less left in beijing hoping to get on that flight south korea's unification ministry has expressed regret but hopes that the demolition of this nuclear site later this week will. will back up what will it will help support the ongoing talks that the plan summit

between president trump and kim jong un for next month jason there is a skepticism whether dismantling the site will achieve what conjunct has claimed does have other testing sites if kim decides to continue developing atomic weapons assuming we just don't know what north korea is a mountainous country the poetry site is located under a mountain even north korea's conventional weapons systems are often hidden behind many of it's hills and mountains so it's entirely possible that there are other testing facilities that we just don't have any clue about jason everyone looking towards this summit with u.s. president trump in a few weeks what could be whale it at this point. pretty much anything sumi i mean it's just last week north korea said that because of ongoing south korean and u.s. military exercises it might consider calling off the talks it also said that

washington's insistence that come young denuclearize unilaterally could also call off the talks as well as pointing out that some of what national security advisor john bolton said. that he'd like to see a libyans style denuclearization take place in north korea of course moammar gadhafi died after giving up his nuclear program in the early two thousand. said that could also the rail the talks so but despite all that there there is no indication that they are there's no indication that they are off the table now all right correspondent jason strother reporting for us from seoul thank you jason thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world the palestinian foreign minister has referred israel to the international criminal court following recent bloodshed on the gaza border palestinians are calling for an immediate

investigation into alleged israeli crimes more than one hundred people have been killed in recent weeks israel says it is defending its order against terrorists iran has dismissed u.s. threats of sanctions calling them funny and ridiculous or any of president hassan rouhani was responding to the u.s. secretary of state my own pale pale warned iran to expect the strongest sanctions ever if it did not stop enriching uranium. authorities in hawaii say the lava flowing from the kill way a volcano is producing toxic clouds as it reaches the pacific ocean residents are being warned to stay away from the fumes a dangerous mix of hydrochloric acid steam and extremely fine shards of glass the lava haze or leis can cause lung damage and i and skin irritation of course here in germany has rejected a move by prosecutors to rio arrest the catalan separatist leader carlos bridged

among the german prosecutors argue new evidence from spain showed the exiled catalan leader was provoking violence against spanish authorities that pushed him on has been in germany since he was arrested on an international warrant two months ago the court said he can remain free in germany pending a decision on his extradition to spain. let's bring india because political correspondent kate brady is keeping an eye on the story for us hi kate what did the court decide today prosecutors say they have new evidence what is that evidence. so the court the state court. rejected that renewed request today from the prosecution to rearrest put him on and they came to that decision saying that he didn't pose a risk of flight and as you mentioned there sumi the prosecution did also say today that they now have new evidence which they plan to use to push forward their case extraditing put him on on the ground on the charge of rebellion now you might

remember it was back at the beginning of april that the german courts actually ruled that could not be extradited on the grounds of rebellion saying that the violence which took place didn't amount to a comparable charge under german law but now we're hearing from the prosecution that they have received new evidence which is actually video footage of spanish police and violence against all thora t's and they're saying the prosecution saying that they say it does now amounts to two charges and german law there's been treason and breaking the peace thank you just very briefly if you can when can we expect a decision on extradition well the court said today that it's still very much open as to when a decision will be made regarding this extradition of course it's also worth bearing in mind that they are also still examining whether the can be also extradited on a second charge and that's the misuse of public funds and on top of that the

prosecution although they have that new evidence which we heard about today they are still yet to submit a formal application. ready for thank you kate. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is set to face a grilling from e.u. lawmakers in brussels today they want to know how data from millions of facebook users were leaked to a political consultancy employed by donald trump they also want to know why facebook failed to reveal that leak despite being aware of its existence as early as two thousand and fifteen the meeting comes three days before a major new data privacy law comes into effect in europe. if his two day appearance before the u.s. congress last month was any indication members of the european parliament can expect a suited respectful guest. well congressman congressman congressman congressman congresswoman building at the grilling in congress politicians were at

times blunt and perhaps fail to grapple with how facebook actually works your user agreement shocks there were also replies certain to get likes from facebook lawyers as someone who uses facebook i believe that you should have complete control over your data zuckerberg visit to brussels comes just days before a massive reform of european privacy rules is rolled out the ultra bureaucratic sounding general data protection regulation the g.d.p. our will cause headaches for facebook and other social media platforms with european customers as it greatly strengthens the rights abusers it forces companies that exploit user data to seek explicit informed consent and it adds teeth to regulations so that enforcement is easier across the e.u. with tougher penalties for wayward companies zuckerberg can expect plenty of questions related to facebook's compliance with the g.d.p. are and plenty more related to the alleged misuse of facebook data by cambridge analytic the now defunct british consultancy that worked on us president donald

trump's election campaign zuckerberg will have little privacy himself during his hours before parliament all of the action will be live streamed from brussels. people in the northern english city of manchester are marking the first anniversary of a terrorist attack at a concert by the us singer ariana grande some twenty two people were killed and injured hundreds more were injured rather when a twenty two year old briton of libyan descent blew himself up as fans were leaving the venue prince william and prime minister theresa may will join survivors and the families of victims at a remembrance service at manchester kid three cathedral today now the dead were young concert goers as well as parents picking up their children one year on g.w. met up with a friend of one of the victims twenty nine year old martin hat. i mean obviously with a penchant for tights. and then it became clare lockhart an hour or so but it was

a ball i. think and then i took a hiking trail a sloth. martin was just twenty nine when he lost his life inside manchester arena you know it was a stroke or wrote a love play for a. lot. of our. beloved ones. and for martin's friends that means tributes to him need to be just as larger than life as he was. it was it was an old school only fitting then that martin's life is celebrated with a touch of showbiz

a new play written in his honor tells the story through the eyes of his friends its message be more like martin. to his peer loving the attention. who thought it was going for five. feet or so. it's with unity and passion that manchester is choosing to remember it's dead a mark of the resilience of the city shaken by tragedy. and we'll be following the commemoration of the manchester attack here on t w throughout the day you're watching t w news still to come italy's political deadlock looks like it's over but the politicians promises have the rest of europe

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