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that i was proud to step over the one i thought you might do that i wasn't sure but i was ready to do it and i want to thank you it's been great it's a historic photo op for what's been called a handshake for peace. and heartache for germany and as the women's soccer team is not to count on the world com for their final it's utah winners take the lead but their dreams are dashed as we get back to prevail i want. to marry in evanston it's good to have you with us it's being called a historic event the u.s. president donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong un in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea trump shook hands with kim before stepping across the line dividing the 2 koreas. trump is the 1st sitting u.s.

president to enter north korea and he described it as a great honor for his part came also said it was a great moment and an expression of willingness to work toward a new future shortly afterwards the 2 leaders held an impromptu news conference. trump said today's events were without precedent. for this was a special home this is a very. prisoner once it is a story moment the fact that we're meeting and i want to thank chairman kim for something else when i put out the social media notification if he didn't show up to the press was going to make me look very bad so you need to be sure but we've developed a great relationship and i really think that if you go back 2 and a half years and you won't what's going on prior to my becoming president it was

a very very bad situation a very dangerous situation for south korea for both career for the world and i think the relationship that we've developed has that it has been so much to so many people and it's just an honor to be with you what it was a lot of that you had to step over that live there was perhaps a step over the line i thought you might do that i wasn't sure but i was ready to do it and i want to thank you it's been great for a great very historic they were just sitting one of the folks from the media would say could be a very historic moment that i guess what is a. very big with you thank you very much. wolf for more on this story i'm joined now by journalist bruce harrison who joins us from the south korean capital seoul. needless to say quite a historic moment donald trump the 1st a serving us president to step foot on north korean soil what did you make of this . well 1st off its president donald trump nothing ever goes

as it's expected to this was a spontaneous invitation and as spontaneous invitation for a handshake that we're just hearing now lasted about 15 minutes long so much more than a handshake i'm not quite sure what they discussed we're also hearing now that. president donald trump has invited kim jong un of the white house and vice versa there are reports that can show him possibly a suggested the president trying to come to pyongyang as well so on the surface this looks fantastic for both leaders they seem to have this this growing relationship despite the stalled progress in nuclear talks and by and large at least here on the korean peninsula i think people are pondering is this a pivotal moment in the peace process and will it lead to serious change. over is say you mention and this is

a good relationship donald trump often talking about it even came on display no mentioning this but did you think it was obvious from their meeting today their interaction that the 2 of them do really get along. i think it's hard to say if they're actually close buddies. donald trump said so he and kim jong un have something special maybe beyond just the 2 of them it's not understood by the rest of the the white house administration or perhaps other world leaders but president donald trump and kim think they connect on on some sort of wavelength both being leaders both being strong leaders i've heard him say what we saw today obviously kim jong un felt it was his interest to make this trip to the d.m.z. what exactly he wants to gain from it is it good is a big question was this for a domestic audience was this for his standing in the world it's unclear but. it was

miles and handshakes the underlying meetings are a bit more of difficult to try in the north. well we did hear the north korean leader kim jong un speak at his meeting with donald trump we have a clip of some of what he had to say let's have a listen please you can believe that i believe just looking at this action this is an expression of president trump's willingness to eliminate all of the unfortunate past and open a new future of borders we don't know all right a so some positive words there bruce said this will obviously he a boost for a king on his a reputation and won it internationally definitely i mean he was already given a significant boost. when he met with president trump in singapore the 1st time he's continued to meet with world leaders including chinese president xi jinping russian president vladimir putin as well as south korean president multiple times

snow's no question this point that he has cured his leadership of north korea and that he has a firm place in pyongyang among an elderly now ministration that was started by is father and grandfather all to believe though when it comes down to the the peace talks it's unclear what the next steps will be like i said before president trump suggesting that kim jong un come to the white house that would be an even bigger step for north korea at the same time the critics have already come out and said look at these photos. what does this say it says that the united states has accepted north korea's defacto nuclear state a lot of defacto as a nuclear state leader of the united states holding arms with kim jong un crossing the border it's accepting all the sayings of previous u.s. administrations have tried to distance and have tried to prevent frankly and president trump doesn't necessarily seem to embrace it but seems to think this top

down diplomatic approach is the right way to go about it is wrong it could be very bad for the u.s. government all right so great p.r. from both of them as you point out some critics saying this is nothing more than political theater ultimately the goal for the u.s. for donald trump is the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula how likely is that despite all these photo ops. once again uncertainties at this time i think a lot of people are more optimistic now because this does appear to be a step in the right direction this fight what happened to annoy president trump really hyped up that meeting in vietnam and then they sat down to table and they were on complete opposite sides as far as moving the the the nuclear issue along north korea wanting sanctions really the u.s. taking a hard line position i think that kim thought trump was softening on and that's

unless you give up your nuclear weapons up front there's not going to be any sanctions easing even though they've met at the border even though it's a very symbolic location and even though it's a historic moment for the u.s. president to step foot in this anime country despite all that we don't know any of the finer details about what's going on with the nuclear talks what possibly could the u.s. do to encourage north korea to give up its weapons what could north korea do further to encourage the united states to ease up on its economy north korea frankly thinks it's already done enough on the nuclear weapons front and now it's the u.s. is trying to act all right journalist chris harrison in the south korean capital seoul we thank you for that. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of sudan calling for the ruling military council to hand over power to a civilian administration to rally in owned or mon near the capital khartoum took

place on the eve of a planned to mass protest organized by the opposition. severe flooding has left at least 3 people dead and submerged thousands of homes in russia's southeastern your crew 3 generally around a 100 people have been hospitalized rescue teams deployed both and helicopters to bring residents to safety the flood affected around 50 communities more rain is forecast for the region in the coming days. the mercury is set to start dropping in parts of europe but it is still on the rise here in germany the temperatures as high as $39.00 degrees celsius expected on sunday around the continent at least 8 people have died as a result of the heat. thousands have marched in the georgian capital tbilisi calling for the resignation of the country's interior minister and they blame george caria for a police crackdown on demonstrators last week more than 200 people were injured when brian police fired tear gas water cannon and rubber bullets protesters.

all right so germany are now out of the women's soccer world cup after a tight 21 defeat by sweden in the quarterfinals and young spate of these forces here to take us through it so yanick this was not what people were expecting was it no not at all the fans the critics everyone didn't see this coming at all germany were clear favorites going into the much they had conceded a goal in this tournament and they had blown away north korea 3 nil in the previous game but those some strange tactics here from germany's coach martina voss took when she left who stuck creative midfielder marjon on the bench and she started her starstruck to alexander pope in midfield and so that really did kind of hurt germany's creativity going forward but that said sweden deserved to win this much so much more organized and they are. put through their game plan to perfection let's take a look at how this way it's actually managing. the german women lined up for

a shot of the world cup semifinal in the absence of jennifer matters shaan but her young teammates withstood scorching french heat and an early swedish onslaught to take the lead after 15 minutes one nil to germany. niinimaa gould with his 2nd goal of the tournament and one of the best in france so far 6 minutes later however the swedish women used the direct route to find an equalizer a mistake by germany at the back and sofia jakobsen school was one all that the break yacob son ashamed to roll is the most dangerous forward on the pitch in the 2nd tough she was involved in a well constructed build up before seen a black stimulus netted sweden 2nd to give her side a crucial lead was germany had plenty of time to find the leveller but despite some close calls in the dying minutes the 2 time world cup winners are heading home. and sweet a marching on to a semi fun. aren't so germany heading home just how disappointed are they yeah this

is a big blow for germany this is the 2nd time that crashed in the quarterfinals in a major tournament in 2 years after the disappointment of the euro 2017 and this also means that germany won't be competing in the olympics next year in tokyo only the top 3 teams your pain teams in the world cup go through and so that's a huge blow in terms of the team's development this is a young team a few of the players will be retiring and you know they need these competitive games to move forward as a football nation i think largely the qualification for the olympics needs to be taken a look at i think there should be proper qualifications so that the top teams do go and compete in it but that said germany didn't deserve to win this match they knew what was at stake and still have to move forward from here all right so what this means is that sweden will now play the netherlands how did they get through yes so this was a very tough match the netherlands up against italy and it was played in starfleet hit 33 degrees they were playing in so not easy conditions whatsoever and as

a result the players did look a bit exhausted and it was a bit of a dull match but italy defended really well and they were the better team in the 1st half but then the netherlands really turn the screw his view and made him a scoring open up from a free kick and that was her 3rd goal of the tournament and then we saw stephanie double delays in the 80th minute to seal the match to you know another free kick from the netherlands and they're looking very strong and this is the 1st semifinal out of world cup ever and now they will face of course sweden and in the other game we of course have the usa up against england so to huge matches still to come by kickoff on tuesday and wednesday right the term end remains exciting an expat from good always for it's always good to talk to you just feel. l g b t people around the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the modern gay rights movement to this weekend crowd gathered at the place where the movement

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