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the second summit between donald trump and kim jong-un is underway. both said they were certain this summit would be successful. had a successful first summit. i felt it was very successful. we want to be happy and hopefully this will be equal or greater than the first. >> charles is covering the summit for us.
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>> both leaders are ahead of a social dinner with their aides. both kim jong-un and donald trump have gotten what they want from thehe summit. both crave the limelight. personality. kim jong-un, because he wants north korea to be respected and accepted as part of the international community. can say it is a
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success for them, even if thehe substance of what this summit is , it does not necessarily need to yield results. is the key point. they might think the summit is a success, but their teams and the rest of the world probably will not be happy unless something concrete comes out of it. what is the likelihood that is going to happen? >> since the last summit, the intelligence has been saying north korea hasn't done anything to dismantle or give up its missile program. still communication,
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which wasn't the case. in a way, this is progress. what could happen and what people hope will happen is both sides will agree on a timetable for denuclearization of the korean peninsula. to stop creating nuclear material in north korea or will it mean the u.s. w will hahave to start by easining sasanctionons or will eyey do ts thing in parallel. the united statetes sees an endo the nuclear program. the realally important conversation and discussssions between the two sides will take
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place on thursday. there will be a series of back-and-forth meetings in hanoi. they will try to make progress and d have a concrete deal to sn by the endnd of this summit. this will be the mark of success for the president. >> thank you. chiefith me is our foreign editor. a lot of expectationons om t the outside e world. do youou think anything concrete will come out of the next two days. >> i it is unlilikely. sinceittle has changed the summit. north koreans would like to see
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the united states remove its nuclear umbrella from the entire korean peninsula. it is unlikely the united states is going to go that far. what could be achieved? music, donaldd trump likes this. he likes being at the center of attention. he is keen on getting the choreography right. on the way to the singapore summit, people on his plane were saying he was not interested in the detail of what might emerge from the summit. what does denuclearization mean, what might me -- what might we give in terms of sanctions relief? he was much more interested in the photography, where he is
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going to be choreographed. this is just another occasion for him. he is reveling being in the limelight. in the united states at the moment, the limelight is nowhere where he wants it to be. he is coming under the spotlight again because of accusations coming from his former lawyer, michael cohen, who is about to testify roger stone, donald trump's advisor, had information that wikileaks was about to dump the relationship between this -- between russia and the campaign, which were putting hillary clinton in a poor light. he wants to make the summit work.
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detract what is going on from the united states. of human n rights, it is not on ththe table at a. everybody welcomed the deal its nuclear ending program. human rights was not discussed then. it was made clear this was going to be a deal, don't be concerned with ending the program and nothing else. donald trump has criticized the deal with iran because it ignored issues like human rights abuse inside iran. we are seeing them do the same with this deal. much more important, get a deal
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the nuclelear program and north kore pererhapsn end to the war, which is perhaps still formally in place. achieved,has been concentrate on issues like human rights. >> thank you for that. screen, the images of kim jong-un and donald trump sitting down to that dinner. maybe we can listen to what he has two say. -- what he has to say. we will get back to that later in the program. imran khan said we should sit down t to resolve the crisisis h india.
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india says that shot down one pakistan fighter jet a and lost its own jet to pakistan. ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. it marks the first time in history two nuclear armed powers have done so. let's listen to imran khan. >> can we afford miscalculation with the weapons we have? a aad of we thihink where this couldld go if the situation escalates? it will not be in my control. >> speaking on the escalating tensions between pakistan and india. here is more from our delhi correspondent. >> they have two indian air force pilots.
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down two fighter jets. one is apparently in hospital. airircraftonfirmed one has s gone missing and that a pilot is missing in action. they are verifying whether pakistan does have this pilot in custody. they are also saying they shut down -- - ey shot down one pakistani jet when it came into indian territory this morning. there e has been an escalation f airspace over and eight cities in the north were shot down, including all airspace over kashmir. pakistan also shut down its airspace. there is confusion at the moment. therere is exchangnge of rhetor. both sides want to come outut on top on this.
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neither wants to say they have lost the battle.e. of wordsit is a battle and appeararances on who seems o be on top in this issue. >> next, to cairo, wherere a crh at a train station has left 25 people dead. hurt in the blaze. the fire broke out after a train crashed into a steel barrier in the station. rejected the has declaration of a diplomat who helped draw up the u.s. nuclear deal. his rejection of his resignation means he is standing by his foreign minister, who has been targeted over the nuclear deal that the u.s. pulled out of last year. he gave no reason for his
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resignation. split,e throws the challenging the supreme leader to pick a side. >> the president has won a second term and office after the long delayeded election was held last weekend. rival has rejected the results, saying he is going to challenge the outcome in courts. brian has more on the election. supporters celebrated in the early hours of wednesday morning. >> i believe this is the way
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forward for this country and to my generation. choose to bring him in for the second time. >> he claimed 56% of the vote. the results are decisive, the process was anything but smooth. country's commission postponed the election by a week, citing difficulties. they each accuse the other of conspiring to rig the election. the pdp is rejecting results and does calling for it to be rerun and for canceled votes to be readmitted to the tally. the delay contributing to the lowest electoral turnout in
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years. dozens have died with reports of vote buying fueling calls for electoral reform. faces m many challengnges. >> donald trump's planned state of emergency was challenged tuesday by the house controlled controlledcratic house of representatives. the vote is likely to be nothing more than a temporary set back. if republicans did vote against the president, it would not be a done deal as trump has presidential power to veto. joint resolution is
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passed. blow to the state of emergency. votedmbers of congress blocking it. democrats say american democracy is at stake. >> we would be delinquent in our overturn we did not what the president proposes. he is asking us to turn our backs on the oath of office that we took to the constitution of the united states. approvedw wanted funding . what he gogot was months of deadlock and the longest ever government shut down. he went around congress instead. he says the border let's in
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drugs and criminals and that national emergency. it means the president can divert funds for the wall. only 13 republicans sided with the democrats. >> this president is taking decisive action. i support the president's efforts. he is well within the law. a overriding the veto is off the table. theresa may is facing a vote today over her newly revised brexit strategy that could allow
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mps to prevent an eventual delay . under the new plan, if she plans ---- if she fails to come up wih callxit deal, she will further votes on what happens next, including britain leaving the block without a deal and on postponing brexit. is threefilm festival months away. to alan handwrote gonzales. he also won best director in 2006 for his epic c film t toldn five dififferent languages.
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tomakes him the perfect fit head the jury at the biggest film festival in the world. the u.s. president and the north korean leader our meeting under pressusure trying to come up wih a concrete nuclear agreement. putting an end to the escalation. for a look at the business news. start. going to >> the d dutch government announunced it was i increasings stake in the company seeki t to
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equal that held by france. it caught parisis by surprise. they said it w was a form of duplicity in t the wayhehe dutch government have gone abouout th. shares have slumped on thehe new they fear a political face-off will hurt. fraughtchapter in the alliance between air france and klm. they boosted their share to nearly 13%. the goal, to reach the same level as the french government. safeguard dutch public interest, we have decided to take a stake in the holding company. to be equal to that
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of the french state. >> the decision caught paris by surprise. the economy minister said the company needed to be run in its best interest. it comes as the dust is barely settled around another scuffle. the dutch side of the company posted higher profits than the french side, despite having a smaller workforce. he retained his job but was forced to concede the plan. >> we know what we have to focus on the third priority, developing a commercial vision that will allow us to recapture the leading position in europe.
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>> the government has a long way to go. thee f french h state benefitstm nearly a quarterer off voting rights within the holding company. >> in paris, air frarance, klm shares are down by more than 10%. the fear is there is politicized company that could make it more difficult for them to succeed. some companies losing the markets. investors watching the latest tensions that is driving sentiment down. government has published its assessment on how the cocountry is preparingng foa no deal brexit. businesses iny of the u.k. are not making basic preparations for a no deal
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brexit. the u.k. economy will shrink up to 9% over the next 15 years. given that almost a third of the thrououd is imported theueuropean unini, t they sayy priceses wl rise i in a no deal scenario a and panic buying coud leadad to shortages. it is pushing the value of starling today. highest levels we have seen starling at since last summer. european commission has published its report on the state of euro zone economies. cyprus.have singled out
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the commission expressing concern about the budget, saying it will affect public finances and growth. athens was warned to c continueo implementing p post bailout reforms. cyprus is vulnerable because of public and private debt. >> fee at chrysler withth a big exexpansion n in the u.s. 4.5 b billionspend dollars over thehe next three years toreate more than 6000 jobs. experts are warning car s sales have peaeaked and other carmakes are cutting workforces. >> the first new auto assembly plant in detroit in nearly three decades. it will be part of a manufacturing expansion in michigan that would create 6500 jobs.
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investment forat so many of us. 6500 jobs that pay 58,000 dollars a year on average. >> under the plan, fiat would plan and update several local plans. it comes at a time when automakers are cutting back investments, scaling down productions of old models and pivoting towards new technologies. the plan is to cut 15% of salaried workers and close five plants in north america. others have been hit by new tariffs between the e u.s. and china. volvo openened in south carolina
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