donald trump calls his meeting with kim jong un in north korea a great honor but as accused back home of squandering american influence. the commission is in deadlock as its chief delays the block summit with member states and leaders divided over who should get the e.u.'s top jobs. and the front runner to become british prime minister boris johnson denounces the remarks of obsolete liberalism by vladimir putin adding that breaks that will prove johnson right. here watching over change national coming to life in the russian capital where it's

just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. making history donald trump has become the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea and the north korean media and trump himself dubbed the meeting an amazing event the reaction back home was far more muted if not outright critical. vague talk about talks while kim continues to develop nuclear warheads and missiles seems like this gigantic p.r. stunt in trenches unembellished his authoritarian rule without any real meaningful strategy for denuclearization out president shouldn't be squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes yes security defense how allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim june in north korea or anyplace else but what's going to happen tomorrow and the next day if we're going to bring peace to this world we need to move forward diplomatically and not

just a photo opportunities. after crossing the demarcation line between the 2 koreas with his counterpart kim jong un trump in turn said a lot of progress had been maintained their talks against banning remain in place our senior correspondent explains whether this symbolic meeting could affect the almost total economic blockade of north korea. for all the buzz hype and the coverage denuclearization was going nowhere it had stalled again despite all the summits and all the handshakes perhaps what it needed was something crazy something radical. the food sitting u.s.

president to visit north korea who would have thought the world's most militarized border to boot they shook hands again and talked him draw movement trump trying to revive denuclearization efforts that would clinically dead made some progress so we need to start small form teams to find common ground little things that could lead to bigger ones and spoiling everything and as is tradition now of those sanctions they're standing on memory or some point look i'm looking forward to taking the ball i don't like sanctions being on his country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain yes but at some point during the negotiation things going to happen and that's what we'll be talking about promises promises it was sanctions the to the last summit and the state says trump until there is verified clear eyes ation progress however long that takes and that's what bugs north korea how.

2 sides have meaningful honest discussions when one of them is on its knees being strangled by the other this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states all these speak clearly to the fact that the world dream of the united states to bring us to our knees by means of sanctions and pressure has not changed at all but grows even more undisguised now factor in those thousands of u.s. troops stationed in south korea with guns trained in the north and you'll understand why trust is well it isn't their feeling young knows it's history too many nations that have gone through denuclearization with then invaded or bombed by the us i doubt kim jong un wants to join that club america fears north korea is just needing the month to get out from under those sanctions they cade's

of talks and the kids have stuck by the nukes we don't expect chairman kim to tell us the truth that's where we're going to verify any denuclearization that takes place that's why we will ensure that we see actual on the ground on the ground outcomes we're not going to take anyone's word for it it's not all doom and gloom though this is an ancient conflict by modern standards and it is never going to be solved overnight they need to talk and that's what they're doing and they seem to get it now that you start small and build up the big and hopefully sometime soon the world's most militarized moved dangerous border will well i bet become any less tense but at least they'll be no nuclear standoff to worry about the style of negotiations that the u.s. is trying to impart here on these on these talks is that they want full compliance from pyongyang before they'll consider lifting sanctions if this isn't just about

the deal. nuclearization of the korean peninsula i believe that what washington is attempting to do here is build a template of negotiations that they hope will be successful that they will then be able to transfer a similar sort of arrangement with regards to iran and that is the u.s. wants full access to all facilities military facilities in the d.p. r. k. and they've already made remarks that that's a precondition for any kind of a deal with iran in other words to get them back on board with the j c.p.o. way they want full access to all iranian facilities and they're not going to get that iran will not sort of compromise its national security to u.s. intelligence to that degree specifically with all the threats that have been going on. commission. or has again suspended a block summit as the leaders of member states squabble over who should get the news top jobs the talks in brussels or into their 20th hour our europe

correspondent here ever is across the developments across lied to him now peter what jobs are up for grabs and what's with the delay. well a number of big jobs in the european institutions need to be decided in the nearest future really but the biggest job among them in the one that's causing the most consternation when it comes to putting forward a candidate is european commission president it's who will take over from john claude younker and what we understand is that that is not happening at the moment because of a split within the conservative bloc in the european council of the european councils made up of the their heads of government of the 28 e.u. member states they decide on who they want to nominate the candidate that kind of it's then put forward to the european parliament who votes on it they can get past the nomination stage at the moment it had been suggested that there was the so-called asarco plan which would see. from the socialist side of the european

the european groups put in place as the nomination now it does seem that the plan which is called that because it was come up with asarco by. leaders who were at the g 20 in japan just over the weekend the problem is though it doesn't seem to be going down too well with everybody john claude young himself who's part of the process of searching for his replacement giving much away to the press. here on the . monitors of. leadership someone to say. well certainly wasn't holding back the french president was well does it be angry at times when he spoke to the press he said it was embarrassing that they couldn't come up with a solution in the e.u. 2028 in the european council and he said that if they were in this position perhaps

the whole system needed to be changed. the signal me today has ended in failure we were unable to reach any agreement something i think reflects very badly on the council and on europe. well when it comes to who is causing the problems who is causing the problems with getting this deal across it's really a group that's being led by poland and by italy from the polish side it's because they definitely do not want france to moments as the next leader of the european commission in fact the chairman of the senate in poland was on radio in that country earlier on monday to describe mr timmons as unfriendly to poland as detached from reality and said that every time he worked with mr timmins it would be a bad experience well i had initially backed manford verba for the job of european commission president she then switched her allegiance when she realized that wasn't

going to happen and had backed the timmons plan however she said it's progress was being made but they said it was a very difficult road ahead still. to be the way things are going to get talks won't be easy and that's pretty mildly the e.u. parliament. is fixated on the principle of top candidates and yet the biggest force the european people's party has no majority and so donald to school had a difficult task today who will try to be constructive. so the heads of the 28 member states of the european union will be the heads of government of the 28 member states of the european government i beg your pardon will reconvene at 11 am on tuesday how it's going to go is anybody's business when it comes to picking who should be the next commission president we're hearing the finished prime minister saying it could be $5050.00 whether it happens on tuesday the portuguese prime minister saying everything's gone wrong and he's very frustrated and we've got the

italian prime minister giuseppe can't they saying that although his side opposes. this to tim it's not that they stand against fronts to them and is a conduit but that they stand against the idea that their having friends to them and imposed upon them as a candidate not could lead to a lot more problems in the future trying to work out who's going to take over your jobs in the next stage of the pall of it peter all of our reporting live from berlin thank you. the man expected to become britain's next prime minister has taken issue with remarks made by vladimir putin forced johnson has vowed to show that the president was wrong to note that liberalism is now obsolete the favorite in the u.k. is conservative party leadership contest and says that breaks it will prove his point as artie's point with the details. ever since that demand putin declared that liberalism is obsolete in that interview ahead of the g 20 summit in japan there's

been plenty of discussion about what liberalism actually means in the media and lots of economists keen to point out the economic benefits of a liberal democracy and let's just say there are plenty of those that are keen to counter the russian president's hypothesis one such figure is boris johnson the favorite to be the u.k.'s next prime minister he's written a lengthy article in the telegraph where he's defended liberalism in the u.k. saying that it's made the country a fair a prosperous and a meritocratic society and he contrasts that with the way that he views the kremlin and in one part of the article he really lays into the russian political system but the conclusion of boris's defense of liberalism is that the u.k. has to leave the e.u. by the 31st of october otherwise the u.k.

risks looking like an illiberal and undemocratic country one of the problems with the e.u. as it has developed over the past 45 years of our membership is that this is begun seriously to undermine the fundamental characteristic of a liberal democracy that the people should have the power at elections to remove those who make the rules the e.u. system makes this impossible if we want to uphold liberal values we must leave by october 31st and we will see from boris's perspective the u.k. is a liberal democracy and to prove that it's got to leave the e.u. by that how low we deadline now the european union doesn't consider itself any less of a liberal democracy than the u.k. i have to say that i strongly disagree with the main argument. it's liberalism is obsolete. we are here.

also to firmly. defend and promote liberal democracy donald tusk so ready complained that the u.k. is wasting all the extra time it was granted in april for that brags that extension and i suspect he might not agree with boris johnson's idea that the u.k. should leave the e.u. a.s.a.p. in order to prove that it's a liberal democracy but just to take you back to where this all started that vladimir putin called meant in an interview to the f.t. ahead of the g 20 summit but to be used to there is also the so-called liberal idea which is outlived its purpose our western partners have admitted that some elements of the liberal ideas such as multiculturalism are no longer tenable this really was an expansive interview but that one soundbite has regenerated headlines and launched a 1000 counter articles and rubbed

a lot of western politicians out quite frankly the wrong way and what it's exposed is that everyone's definition of the concept of liberalism appears to be different and that may be due to their personal political objectives. pepper spray broken glass and furious protesters what's the atmosphere in hong kong this monday as the city marks the 22nd anniversary of hong kong handover from britain to china rioters damage the building of the hong kong largest likely to structure smashing a glass door with a trolley. the anniversary is overshadowed by weeks of demonstrations against

a new extradition bill and brutal police response to those rallies if passed the bill would allow beijing to seek the extradition of those convict convicted for serious crimes from hong kong to mainland china supporters of the bill say it will stop the territory from becoming a refuge for criminals however many fear it will lead to political persecution from beijing and undermine the area's autonomy britain's foreign secretary has waded in with an anniversary statement warning china to respect hong kong's autonomy but beijing or mine attempt to stop meddling. when they don't hold. china since and with no foreign country has the right to make them were urged to do its placing to stop interviewing a new way home. and to focus on with respect to the stability rather than the opposite. we go live now to dr pak nung who's a senior lecturer at the department of politics languages and international studies

at the university of bath here very welcome to the program what do you make of china urging britain to stop interfering in hong kong's affairs. i think. what the chinese government is saying is it is considering. seriously how to handle the current situation in hong kong. because of the fall and pressures on the 1st soft july is that the new india legislative council is a reflection of the increasing anger among the people in hong kong. plus there are few protester committed suicide in the past weeks in the midst of these ways of porters the chinese government is serious considering how to handle this situation hong kong. china actually interpreted their statement as interference do you think that that's a fair characterization of what i think the under the

banner of one country 2 system i believe the chinese government east narbonne see touring how to handle the situation on hong kong because it has come to a situation of stalemate and then it is likely to china's government need to intervene and. the situation in hong kong sold out it will go back to his calm and stable situation as before. and jeremy hunt actually recently banned the sales of crowd control equipment to hong kong why do you think that he made that decision. well i think what general hundreds storing of course is because the election and as the prime minister e's project and then he need to show the forwarders and the british public that he's doing the right thing here and he's trying to be the decoration on hong kong of china so this is basically i believe has to do with

the domestic politics in the u.k. . and do you believe that this extradition bill and the subsequent protests that we've been seeing might further damage u.k. china relations. well i think it would depend on how. in beijing we act to all these now i believe the deceptive interests of beijing to see us the concept hard to rule and to investigation against the involved officials in the hong kong government and also potentially the hong kong office because these incident the a trot the it should this should be a true reflection or not as a political blunder but also intelligence blunder of all on the part all of the hong kong government officials that they are entitled disconnected from the people's voices and the people's fear in hong kong seoul to reassert certain

legitimacy and to shoulder the people of hong kong that breaching school we'll i believe beijing should intervene and want to investigation against officers in hong kong and trying to put it details what would happen to the process of how these blunders were coming to solve patty. dr pak now senior lecturer at department of politics languages and international studies at the university of bath thank you so much for joining us on the program today. russia and china are to significantly reduce their reliance on the u.s. dollar under a new deal bring you more on that and other stories after a short break. when lawmakers manufactured 2 sentenced to public wealth. when the

ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round. we can all middle of the room. real crisis meant if it's i mean crisis and they sure. as a scale of natural disaster just like malaysia. and they bring down to this. is unusual here when japan for the problem of substances which of the other being so fast that governments and international organizations do not have enough to i'm scheduled.

welcome back news just in ben gurion airport in the israeli city of tel aviv has announced the highest level of emergency as it waits for the landing of a damaged plane from germany almost 100 ambulances have been rushed to the scene as the aircraft has more than 150 people on board it took off in cologne when one of its tires exploded and officials are not currently aware of any further damage but the plane is now circling near the airport in order to burn off fuel and reduce the wait before landing in air force jets have been sent to accompany the aircraft and examine the damage. again that plane took off in cologne and after it took off there was remnants of a didn't explode a tire it left on the tarmac so now we're watching as it's about to come down for a landing it's not clear who the landing this is going to be but emergency services

have been rushed to the airport and are standing by in order to help all of those people who are on the plane or about 150 passengers. over 100 ambulances fire trucks and emergency workers have been brought to the airport in order to help with whatever happens as this plane comes down and lands on the tarmac these are live pictures from the scene right now looks we saw the plane coming down closer and closer to the tarmac and now we're trying to assess and see what exactly has happened upon landing at least one of the tires exploded when it left from cologne took off from cologne and is now making this emergency landing at the ben gurion airport in tel aviv. these are live pictures we're showing you right now from tel aviv and it does look at this has been a safe landing for the book all the wheels are down on the tarmac. was fear that

they might have to make a belly landing on the tarmac but it doesn't look like that has been a fairly safe landing thankfully for all those $150.00 plus people on board. the plane that has been circling over television burning off excess fuel in order to make this landing as. easy as possible as safe as possible trying to make it at light in order to make this landing which looks has been completely successful. when it took off from cologne there was evidence on the tarmac that a tire had exploded and we can now see that the plane has come to a stop to. it looks to have been a very safe landing and here you can see the emergency vehicles making their way to the plane that hundreds of ambulances and other emergency vehicles were rushed to the airport who had declared its highest level of an emergency and order to. meet

this plane as it landed in tel aviv. that emergency was declared after ground crews that in cologne found pieces of tire after the electric airways flight took off that was a statement that came from the ben-gurion airport and now these are merely services you can see fire trucks and whatnot are making their way to the plane it looks like they've actually taken a hose from the fire truck and are approaching the plane so perhaps there is some small fire there on the ground where one of those wheels is missing but it was fear that a belly landing was going to be required. but it looks like they have arrived safely and tell be able of course to keep you updated on anything new when it comes to that story. russia and china have agreed to increase trade using their own national currencies reducing reliance on the u.s. dollar currently only 10 percent of trade between the 2 countries is conducted in

roubles and yuan but under the new deal that figure is to rise to 50 percent raise the issue at a meeting between the 5 brics emerging nations at the g 20 summit. the joint work between the brics countries and shifting to trade using our own national currencies is moving along well to cut their use of global currencies like the dollar and euro russia and china will have to avoid swift which is the world's largest payment system it is why $11000.00 financial institutions and $200.00 countries and is heavily reliant on the dollar so if claims to be a neutral political a but has repeatedly blocked access to russian and chinese banks to us sanctions russia and china are also working on developing ruble and you on financial instruments and in a similar development the e.u. has created a settlement platform called instax to allow firms to continue trading with iran bypassing u.s. sanctions washington has of course expressed its concerns over the move we go live

now to michael hart the national communications director at the 10th amendment center social movement for more on this now why are countries so keen to wean themselves off the dollar do you think i think is just. a matter of self-defense in many ways the u.s. is use the swiss system is kind of a billy club as an instrument of foreign policy and i think it's only natural that countries that are on the other end of that billy club are going to look for ways to pull themselves out of that type of situation so we're seeing this movement across the world you mentioned the various policies that have been adopted by russia and china we know that russia has created its own internal payment system that is become very popular within that country and then we're also seeing a number of central banks purchasing gold which is internationally stable real money as opposed to the currencies created by all of these central banks so it's

just a natural reflex to avoid the billy club and to be independent to create independence for themselves and for their own economies. now if more countries follow suit and ditch the greenback what kind of effect will that have on the u.s. economy well i think it could have a very negative effect on the u.s. economy and i think a lot of people don't understand this the dollar is already in a precarious situation because the u.s. central bank has been essentially printing money for over a decade in response to the economic crisis of 2008 and this is created all kinds of economic bubble so we see the stock market rising we see asset bubbles inflating just like it did before the 2008 crash so the dollars already in a risky position as more and more countries seek to. women ate their dependence on the dollar it furthers weakens the currency and you know eventually many people believe that the dollar will not be the reserve currency or at least not the sole

reserve currency so i think the u.s. should be very careful in the way it uses. its money and i think americans need to be aware that this is a risk to their own economies and you know i think it's important to understand that within the original us constitutional system in the 1st place. no foreign policy was meant to be you know harmony with all that was the way george washington put it and the u.s. has taken a more and more interventionist foreign policy in this is enabled by the central bank printing money out of thin air and this is a really problematic situation for the united states domestically. with claims it's a politically neutral system but is that really the case. why i don't think it is i think it's very obvious that it's been used by the united states and other western powers as a tool for economic diplomacy shall we say. you know it's the same thing with the

u.s. central bank he claims to be politically neutral as well but anything disconnected with the government is inherently political whether it be a central bank or a payment system or you know an international monetary fund all of these things are political. michael hart of the national communications director at the 10th amendment center of the cue for your time thank you for having me that's a global news update for this hour and thanks for tuning in. welcome to sophie and co and sophie shevardnadze the global war on drugs has been lasting for decades but new substances are being developed and dried.