>> welcome to live from paris. it is 1:00 p.m. here. let's take a look at what is making headlines. the countdown is on as the world prepares for tuesday's historic summit between president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and. the secretary of state striking in a rather upbeat note. same talks are moving rapidly.

vessels carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the mediterranean after italy's interior minister refuses permission for it to dock. just three days until the start of the world cup. -- from teams from the around the globe are beginning to arrive in russia. we begin in singapore where american and north korean officials have been meeting to narrow the differences between the two nations. this is donald trump and kim jong-un prepare for the hcri summit on tuesday. some saying it may be a meeting of mismatched expectations with trump expecting denuclearization from north korea in return for

helping the impoverished nation. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has just been briefing reporters and saying talks are moving along rapidly. >> the summit will set the conditions were future productive talks -- for future productive talks. in light of how many flimsy agreements the present best the u.s. has made in previous years, the president will ensure no agreement will fail to address the north korean threat. the ultimate objective we seek has not changed. the e colete and verifiae e and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only outcome the united states will accept. >> more on the preparations on the historic meeting. >> arriving for lunch with singapore's prime minister, donald trump is confident ahead of the most important meeting of his presidency. one that could affect the lives of millions. the u.s. president says he

thinks things will work out nicely when he meets the north korean leader on tuesday. a day earlier, kim jong-un also smiled as he met singapore upon prime minister -- singapore's prime minister telling him the entire world is watching. north korea's vice foreign minister arrived for negotiations with the u.s. delegation. top of the agenda, washington once the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismemberment of north korea's nuclear arsenal. the regime spent decades and a sizable lump of its economy building nuclear weapons. experts think they could soon be able to target the entire u.s. mainland. north korea will not want to lose this power without normalized international relations, sanctions lifted, and a guarantee of it security. there might be some sort of the -- of deal. it would be difficult and would take years. >> it is looking for regime

survival. it is looking to expand its options beyond simply relying on chinese trade. offering the olive branch to the united states is a way to do that. >> millions will be watctching what s sort of history is made n tutuesday as trump seeks a dealo brandish against his critics a d kim sts onto the world stage. >> something of a big story of the day. president trump escalated a bitter clash with some of america's closest allies in the wake of the divided g-7 summit. amere an leader fought -- flying off a volley of tweets from his hotel room. it came after his withdrawal from the summit. dodging the question, justin

trudeau refused to respond insults from donald trump. trump called trudeau week and honest. canadian foreign minister christia freeland says trump's actions are more damaging than his words. >> what i object to very strongly is the leak -- the illegal and unjustified imposition o of tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum. the national security pretext is absurd. and frankly, insulting to canadians. the closest to -- the closest and strongest ally the u.s. has had. >> trump withdrew his support from the g7 joint declaration after justin trudeau's comments. it sparked outrage from the group of seven members. the french presidency reacted in a statement. >> international corporation cannot be dictated by fits of

anger and throwaway remarks. we spent two days working on a text and we must commit to it anyone who withdraws from an agreement shows inconsistency. france and europe maintain their support for the statement. >> germany's foreign minister says trump's actions were not expected. >> it is not all that surprising. we have seen it with the climate agreement and the iran nuclear deal. seconds, with 280 twitter characters, you can destroy trust. >> this is the first time a g-7 member withdraws support from a joint declaration. strong evidence of the tense diplomatic relation between the longtime allies. >> back to our top story. be posting ourll coverage of the historic --

hosting our coverage of the historic summit. thousands of journalists have arrived in singapore. the world is going to be watching very closely. i imagine tensions are rising as the hour draws nearer. that is certainly true. phrase the world is watching is e exactly the p phrase kim jong-un used at the weekend. isund the city today, it packed with journalist here in singapore. local people are proud to have this summit happening here today. donald trump was also out and about earlier on spng to the singaporean prime minister. he tweeted earlier saying good to be in singapore. --is the first time a year the first time a u.s. sitting president has met with a north korean leader.

there will be a lot of pressure on donald trump to see whether his high-pressure policy has been one that is worth it. a lot of people will be waiting to see if that is se.thca you are here especially for the conference here in singapore. thanks for being with us. thiseryone is waiting for historic moment to take place. expectations are really high. we have to have reasonable expectations. step12 is merely the first in what is a long process towards hopefully moving north korea toward denuclearization. it is not just a focus on denuclearization. we heard from secretary pompeo they are going to work very hard to make it verifiable. why can't we also be pressing for complete verifiable

dismantlement of north korea's prison camps that imprisoned between 80,000 120,000 individuals. donald trump has definitely focused on human rights issues. he said at the end of the g7 summit that he might be interested in raising the human rights issues. we need to hold onto that and watch very closely tomorrow to see if those issues are raised. >> with some of the tweets he has issued an pulling out of the summit. two days later, it is back on again. do you think that has worked? >> in many regards, it did work. that was an attempt to tell crth korea that the terms of the negotiation. under no uncertain terms should north korea besetting the negotiations -- besetting the terms. it communinicates we're not messing around with kim jong-un. we are serious about achieving

verifiable dismemberment of the nuclear program. >> a lot of people are saying that it has done what it needed to do. tois in their interests negotiate because what is more important is getting their economy back on track. >> i think kim jong-un is taking one thing out of the summit and that is legitimacy. in many ways, he is always -- he is already getting that. being able to meet with a sitting u.s. president is a huge honor for him. there is going to be a lot of pressure on president trump to convey that a leader cannot be viewed legitimately by the international community if they continue to wield with impunity a nuclear weapons program that poses a threat. wield legitimately if they do not deal with human rights i issues. we will have to keep returning to the human rights issues over and over. why not take advantage and shift the risk calculus when it comes

to dealing with these issues? >> thanks very much. we are going to be here with special coverage. a special program with you and i :00 a.m. tomorrow morning -- 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning singaporean time. that, stewart. you can head to our website france 24.com for our analysis of the historic summit. standoff with, a the italian government has left a boy of -- left a boat with migrants nowhere to dock. it take up the migrants in libyan waters. itit is been refused docking by italy's new interior minister. >> he said he would shut the door to migrants and he has. ministerew interior

has refused entry to rescue boat aquarius, is six -- what -- which has 629 migrants on board. deportations and the end of what he has called the refugee camp of europe. he wrote on facebook that he is the filling his promise. >> france pushes people back to the border. spain defends its frontier. italy will also start to say no to human trafficking. no to the business of a legal immigration -- of illegal immigration. other europeaned countries of not taking their fair share. last year, arrivals were down 35% from 2016. there is been a further decrease since a controversial deal between italy's last government and libyan authorities. the italian government has asked malta to take in the aquarius saying malta cannot look the other way.

malta's government has responded by saying they will not accept the vessel. the boat is continuing north. saysharity who runs it those on board need a decision. the migrants rescued from traffickers picked up by the italian navy and coastuard and then transferred to the aquarius. , 11 andcompanied minors children, and seven pregnant women are among those on board. italy says they sent to patrol ships with doctors on board to help. killedicide bomber has 33 people in kabul and wounding others. police say the bombing occurred outside of the rehabilitation and development ministry as people were leaving work. the islamic state group having just claimed responsibility.

as preparations for the world cup are in their final stretch, football teams from around the globe are landing in russia gearing up for the tournament. a look at the latest arrivals. >> with the world cup kickoff just days away, competing teams are touching down on russian runways. it is hard to miss the airplanes. forward isol recovering from a shoulder injury. it is unsure if you will be able to play in the match on friday. next up is the french team. first off the flight is the president of the french but all federation -- french football federation. judging -- accompanied by a police escort, the base camp is around 50 miles from moscow.

they have already had their first training session under the watchful eye of captain lionel messi. saudi arabia have also been warming up. playing the opening match against the russian hosting. many football fans are already getting into the spirit. it is one of 11 sites across russia were fans will be able to enjoy the matches. >> time to look at some business news. you are starting with the farmers protest in france and how they are targeting oil refineries. >> this is in response to plans using imported oil at a biofuel plant. the government gave the green light last month. farmerers are saying it crcreats unfair competition.

france's biggest farmers union is leading -- trackers -- tractors are setting up shop in front of these refineries. the reason behind the protest, the provision -- the permission given to supply the buyer refineries. it has been a major shock for the french sector, which supplies others types of biofuel crops. >> our government proposes straight conditions -- strict conditions. production additions that are completely different from the ones we are subjected to. the new arrival is mainly imported from asia and africa and is 25% cheaper.

suggestedigures have the number could drop by a third if palm oil continues to be imported. >> the government will not change its mind. what we want as to find a way for the seed factoror to remain ththe jewel it is t today. we need to find ways to make it easier for producers to deliver as much as possible to factories that need it. --energy giant hotel producers say the promise is not enough. this year, the price of seed on the markets will plummet. >> a new survey releasedoday t shows paris has overtaken london as europe's most attractive location for foreign investors.

it as well as the -- brexit as well as the policies of president macron are likely the factors. country, britain cap its top position ahead of germany. taking in the latest trading action. of tention is on the upcoming summit in singapore. investors are keeping a close eye on central banks. the u.s. federal reserve and the european central bank are said to have their policy meeting this week. european stocks are comfortably in the green at midday led by london up 4/5 of a percentage point. some more of the business headlines. f found newsaid it's problems with jet engines.

impacting the durability of its engine that carry dreamliner's have been found on another type of engine. the company has asked for more inspections on aircraft. it is already caused plans to be grnded. united arab, the emirates, and kuwait have pledged to have billion dollars in aid to jordan. leaders metame as with jordan's kim -- jordan's king abelllla and mecca. -- in mecca. shares of china's biggest battery maker software 4% on their first day of trading. the company sold 10% of its capital as partrt of the inititl public offering and now has a market capitalization of $12.3

billion. 2011, it has bmw and volkswagen among its customers. finally, it was originally meant musk's flamet elon floors are real. the first 1000 of them are delivered to customers. the ceo o of tesla posted photos of those who received it. a cost $500 a piece. the device is meant to promote his tunnel vision business. >> you do anything to attract attention, don't you? especially when you on one of the world's largest digging companies. --is time now

taking a l look at the main stories of the day. first a singapore where there is much focus on donald trump and kim jong-un. >> pretty much all the papers are saying on the front pages that it is a high-stakes and high security summit. it will be the most keenly watched political meeting of the year. it will impact not just the security of north korea but also asia and the world. kim jong-un is also on the front page of the south korean newspaper. the paper reminding us that this is the furthest diplomatic trip he has taken since he became president. >> the summit is also the stuff of cartoonists. >> a lot of jeering and caricaturing as you can imagine.

two larger-than-life personalities. sendsardian's cartoonist out this per -- this reported romance -- this reported bro mance. and the background, the ghost of the leaders of the g-7 summit that he has offended. it is also the theme of a cartoon mocking the self congratulating natures of both leaders. focusing only on the optics. this summit is going to make me look awesome each one is saying. they both one have a i love me mug. >> trump having headed to singapore after the rather divisive g-7 summit in canada. surprisingly, a lot of criticism about his behavior towards g-7 leaders. >> the writer in this article in

slate slams his behavior at the summit. his belligerence and arrogance. the refusal to sign the g7 statement. the fact that trump and his entourage arrived late and left early. the writer says it is clear that trump himself does not see himself as a western leader. he shows more affinity to people and never has a bad word to say about vladimir putin. forget bringing back russia to the g-7 summit. perhaps it is time for the u.s. to leave the g7 altogether. >> interesting. you are also taking a look at a the o-matic step between italy -- a diplomatic step between italy and malta. a boat being refused permission to dock. >> a migrant boat carrying over 600 migrants picked up from six

different rescue missions by the italian navy. it is stranded in the mediterranean sea. the italian government has boat toto allow the dock on italian shores. maltaargues its neighbor is geographically closer to the african continent and should bear some of the brunt in taking and some of these migrants. malta says the zone in which the migrants were picked up falls in italian jurisdiction. it is a position that the italian daily critiques and accuses malta of passing the buck and bending the rules to escape its own responsibility. foreign minister has spoken to the times of malta and said that malta should stick to its guns on migrants. adding that these type of disputes come with the right

wing of power. scoring his 11th victory here in paris. >>he aolades are pouring in for him as he notices 11th -- as he nails his 11th title. here he is gripping that trophy quite tightly. the paper says he was phenomenal. win wereons after the just the same as if it were his first win. he is simply the king of clay. that is what the spanish daily says. >> it was an impressive performance. let's take any -- a look at a piece about the fate journalists and mexico are facing three weeks before election. >> mexicans head to the polls in

early july to elect the next leader. mexico has now become the second most dangerous place for journalists in the world behind syria but ahead of afghanistan and iraq. you can imagine what kind of environment the press are working in their. in the past two weeks, for journalists have been killed brutally including a photojournalist killed alongside the candidate whose campaign she was covering. the six-year term has been the bloodiest on -- in mexican history. >> finally, here is a story just for me. both of us being australians. national, a foreign finding himself or herself in a bit of bother. a south korean backpacker who has spoken about her ordeal after getting lost in an australian mountain ravine. >> australia is known for its rugged terrains.

a south korean backpacker and temp worker at a banana farm, she actually fell from a 670 meantsummit mount tice last week. ççawówó

chen: all right. well... good evening and welcome. it's great to be with all of you. i'm lanhee chen, the david and diane steffy research fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university, and i'm just really pleased to be onstage with amy chua tonight. amy is the john m. duff, jr. professor of law at yale law school and acclaimed author. many of you may know her for her parenting advice, but we're not going to talk about parenting tonight. we're going to talk about a subject that, you know, i think is very