whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. let's bring in our guests in washington d.c. scott snyder senior fellow for korea studies and director of the program on the u.s. korea policy of the council on foreign relations in singapore time a junk research fellow for the east asian institute of the national university of singapore and joining us on skype from beijing. director of the china national association of international studies thank you all for joining us. scott isn't this an historic meeting by all stand. it was definitely an impressive and historic event this is the first time in seventy years us the north korean leader have match it was certainly well stage and i think a change in many respects in the international environment in east asia. first of all u.s. president was willing to meet with a north korean leader but secondly i don't think that sort of meeting could have occurred without the facilitation and support of south korea and president in which has been who has been the most active supporter in t

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most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al-jazeera singapore. diplomatic editor james is in singapore for this historic summit so james will kim jong un be able to spin this as a win no matter what actually happened simply by the fact that he is being treated this way in this format in this environment and having this meeting with the u.s. president. yeah he's been treated treated here in singapore with his delegation the same as the u.s. delegation there are two parties in the go see a chanson i think he will be very happy about the fact that for the first time there is a meeting between the leader of north korea and the leader of the united states something the north koreans have been seeking for a very long time they got close to it at the very end of the clinton administration there was talk of bill clinton having a meeting in pyongyang never actually happened the time ran out and that two speeches election in the year two thousand but they are getting something they've wanted for some considerable time i think the trumpet ministr

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al jazeera singapore. mike chinoy is in north korea expert and the author of the book meltdown the inside story of the north korean nuclear crisis he says the u.s. and north korea must come to a common understanding of what denuclearization will look like. the north koreans have made it clear that what they're looking for is a fundamental change in the political relationship with the united states an end to what china has always called the u.s. is hostile policy and the north koreans have also made clear that it needs to see concrete evidence of that change before it takes any step certainly any irreversible steps to roll back its nuclear program the talk about pulling u.s. troops out of south korea at this stage is still really talk and it's inconceivable that even the trotted ministration would move in that direction without some real gestures from north korea i think the problem really is at this point it is not at all clear that the two sides have a common definition of the term denucleariza

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al-jazeera singapore the white house says the two men will meet alone for the first two hours without advisor is just a translator our white house correspondent kimberly halkett is in singapore for us with more on what we can expect from this summit. the u.s. secretary of state telling reporters that when donald trump sits down with kim jong un north korea's leader that donald trump will be on a mission of peace but at the same time well there is encouragement here in singapore that the talks so far leading up to that face to face meeting have been moving rapidly and progressing well that there certainly is only one u.s. objective and that is complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula and until that is achieved until that is verified the tough financial sanctions put in place by the united states will remain in place the meeting itself between donald trump and kim jong un is expected to be intimate with only the interpreter's president that will expand to a b

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al-jazeera singapore. the united nations is trying to negotiate a cease fire in yemen to avert an attack by saudi and emirati coalition forces on the main port the un's warning attacking who data could cause mass casualties food shortages and disease a suicide bomber has blown himself up in the afghan capital kabul killing twelve people and injuring at least thirty others earlier three suicide bombers stormed the education department in the eastern city of jalalabad but security forces there say they managed to kill the attackers before they detonated their explosives. the un is warning of a bloodbath in the syrian province of idlib it's calling for a full investigation into government as strikes on the area which is considered a deescalation zone under an international agreement the u.n. says the fighting's leaving the two point five million people in it live with no pace to go. the united nations says italy and malta must allow six hundred migrants stranded on a rescue boat in the mediterranea

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. let's bring in our guests in washington d.c. scott snyder senior fellow for korea studies and director of the program on the u.s. korea policy of the council on foreign relations in singapore time a junk research fellow for the east asian institute of the national university of singapore and joining us on skype from beijing. director of the china national association of international studies thank you all for joining us. scott isn't this an historic meeting by all stand it was definitely an impressive and historic event this is the first time in seventy years us the north korean leader have match it was certainly well stage and i think a change in many respects in the international environment in east asia. first of all u.s. president was willing to meet with a north korean leader but secondly i don't think that sort of meeting could have occurred without the facilitation and support of south korea and president in which has been who has been the most active supporter in tr

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al jazeera singapore. there were multiple explosions and bomb attacks across afghanistan a suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital kabul in front of the ministry of rule development killing twelve people and injuring at least thirty others earlier three suicide bombers stormed the education department in the eastern city of jalalabad but security forces there say they managed to kill the attackers before they detonated their devices and in a third incident could use fifteen members of the afghan military were killed fighting the taliban the united nations is trying to negotiate a cease fire to avert an attack by saudi amerada coalition forces on yemen's main port fighting between coalition troops and iran back to the rebels intensified near her data over the weekend and the u.n. is warning that an attack on the city could cost up to a quarter of a million lives many of them children and reports. as the u.n. lobbies to stop a saudi led coalition assault on the who the rebel held port city o

environmentalists warn that the measures taken so far to try to save it may have come too late adrian brown al-jazeera in darley southwest china . hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera president better one has voted in high stakes elections that will complete the country's transition to a new executive presidential system or two on is seeking reelection for a new five year term with vastly increased powers under the new system and his ruling ak party is helping to retain its majority in parliament his main rival myron n.j. has voters with an unexpectedly engaging campaign. activists in syria say more than twenty five russian air strikes hit the province of overnight does the government offensive continues the u.s. has reportedly told syrian rebels there not to expect their supports u.s. president donald trump's son in law and senior adviser jared cushioning says the administration will soon presented speace plan for israel and palestine but the top palestinian negotiator saya barack and says the plan tightens israeli colonial control and has accused the u.s. of dictating in

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. let's bring in our diplomatic editor came space now in singapore james it was just a few months ago that donald trump was calling kim jong un a little rocket man was threatening military action against the millions of people in north korea now he is describing him as honest as trustworthy a great personality that's just the top of the list of lengthy compliments that he that he had for him what's what changed what to kim jong il do to warrant that type of response from the president of the united states. what it's over see good news that we're not on the brink of war at this moment and that the two sides are talking but you do have to question some of the civs that president trump has used about a mile and who runs a country that is one of the worst human rights abuses on earth the nothing has changed with that has anything changed with regard to north korea's nuclear program well clearly we have a new statement from the two sides which says that north korea will work with

environmentalists warn that the measures taken so far to try to save it may have come too late adrian brown al-jazeera in darley southwest china a poverty immigration and racism these are just some of the social issues that dominated a mass demonstration in the u.s. capital to protest as part of a larger movement that has its roots in the civil rights era of half a century ago rob rounds reports from washington. gathering before the u.s. capitol a diverse group of thousands rallied under the banner of the poor people's campaign calling for a moral revival in the united states the rally featured impassioned speakers songs demanding justice and prayers from clergy of many religions including a sacred song by native americans from the apache tron. barber of north carolina is one of the main organizers of the campaign this is not fellowship this is revolution bring this mike up cause we intend to get loud and draw a crowd. the campaigners demand living wages for workers universal health care and an end to institutionalized racism police violence and mass incarceration more funding for schools and social p

adrian brown al-jazeera in darley southwest china. as a reminder now the top stories here on al-jazeera millions of voters in turkey's first election since last year's referendum which granted the present state sweeping new powers to president chip type is on course to tighten his grip on power is already leading with around fifty seven percent of votes in the initial results his main challenger chafe from the c.h.p. policy currently has twenty seven percent of the general child has more from turkey's capital ankara. true this is a new era for turkey because it is a new political system that they are brutes and one that the people voted on now really not a referendum which transfers most of the power from the parliament to the presidency that's what makes it so hard states election having said that it is a huge turnout so far so far the results are the figures we're getting from the unadorned user agency the official your answer for observers is that you're talking around eighty eight percent of those notable to vote have actually cos

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore well the big surprise that come out of teams they somewhat was chance announcement that both the u.s. that the u.s. would be stopping its joint military drills with south korea it's understood his comments called her soul off guard but also the pentagon i want to get our soldiers there and want to bring our soldiers back on we have right now thirty two thousand soldiers in south korea and i'd like to be able to bring them back home but that's not part of the equation right now at some point i hope it will be but not right now we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money unless and until we see that the future negotiation is not going along like it should. but will be saving a tremendous amount of money plus i think it's very provocative it's going to pass eco hainan washington so calling them provocative war games already talking about how much money the u.s. is going to save by not having these joint military drills and apparently the pe

anticipated the question now is whether this will prove to be more than just a photo opportunity adrian brown al jazeera singapore. is going to have diplomatic editor james bays in singapore and james we ran pictures there you could see here once again the u.s. president emerging with very positive statements talking about things going better than anyone could have expected what does that mean for where this summit stands right now. well it means that it's passed the trunk test the touch and the feel and getting to know the man does it mean they've got a breakthrough does it mean they've got a deal no but they were never going to get a deal on this first meeting this was a meeting to get to know each other and see if they could. do business start a process and get to a deal there was a little bit of confusion moments ago and we're now a little bit clearer what happened first we had the handshake look rather awkward to begin with both men very stiff and then along a hunch of about twelve seconds then they went to alone to a room for some thirty eight minutes with just translators to discuss on their own

environmentalists warn that the measures taken so far to try to save it may have come too late adrian brown al-jazeera in darley southwest china . without a zero these are the top stories counting is underway in turkey and high stakes elections that will complete the transition to a presidential system present advantage seeking reelection for a five year term with vastly increased powers under the new constitution is facing a tough challenge from the opposition. a rescue ship with more than two hundred refugees and migrants on board remains in limbo in the mediterranean after all to refuse that permission to dock the german vessel lifeline picked up the refugees and migrants between libya and the italian island of lampedusa on thursday italy's new government has banned migrant rescue ships from docking at its ports and called on malta to take the boat in malta says it's not responsible. sixteen leaders from the european union are meeting in brussels ahead of a major summit on migration on thursday germany wants e.u. states to accept asylum seekers more evenly some countries like italy are resistant ac

the question now is whether all this will prove to be more than just a photo opportunity adrian brown al-jazeera singapore. is taking on to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett who is in sentosa island in singapore where the meetings were held and she's actually standing by waiting for us president ronald trying to come to the podium and give us a press conference kimberly the little bit that we've already seen the two men and signing this agreement. donald trump same fairly happy with how things have gone are we expecting to get any more details out of him even any specifics about this agreement because let's be honest that the press got that from zooming in very very to the very very small print he hasn't officially said yet what was in this agreement. no he has not and so the devil is always in the details and that is what we are waiting for us president this hotel that i'm at right now in this auditorium is where this historic encounter between the north korean leader and the u.s. president took place it's happened to all of this and we are awaiting what the u.s. president has prom

paid a visit marveling at what he saw kim jong un appears to have been equally impressed adrian brown al jazeera singapore. the us canada and mexico will jointly host the two thousand and twenty six football world cup and author merican bed won twice as many votes as its only rival in iraq football's governing body is denying that pressure from u.s. president donald trump may have influenced that i think reports from moscow. canada mexico and usa have been selected by the fee for congress to host the twenty twenty six world cup the world cup would sound the united states of america for the first time in thirty two years it's been involving mexico and canada the united states was the heavyweight counter that it was in fact taken on surprising triumph with one hundred thirty four votes to sixty five for the other contend. the u.s. where the big players in this all along by we host sixty games mexico ten and kind of the team thank you for entrusting us with this privilege the privilege of hosting the fee for world cup in twenty twenty six let us also salute our friends from morocco at the end of th

environmentalists warn that the measures taken so far to try to save it may have come too late adrian brown al-jazeera in darley southwest china . freight train carrying crude oil has derailed in the u.s. state of iowa no one was injured boyle has leaked into the rock river in the northwest of the state several homes nearby were evacuated or forty say that around that was caused by rising floodwater. poverty immigration and racism these were just some of these social issues that dominated a mass demonstration in the u.s. capital the protest is part of a larger movement that's had its roots in the civil rights era of nearly half a century ago rob reynolds reports from washington d.c. . gathering before the u.s. capitol a diverse group of thousands rallied under the banner of the poor people's campaign calling for a moral revival in the united states the rally featured impassioned speakers songs demanding justice and prayers from clergy of many religions including a sacred song by native americans from the apache trod the. barber of north carolina is one of the main organizers of the campaign this is no

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. but the big surprise out of the summit was trump's announcement that the u.s. would be stopping its joint military drills with south korea it's a big concession for him to make the north has long wanted them to end and it's sure to rattle and merican allies south korea and japan al-jazeera as patty calling reports. there was plenty of unprecedented things happening here but this was a pretty big one we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money unless and until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should. but will be saving a tremendous amount of money plus i think it's very provocative those words have never been uttered by a u.s. president who in the past have called the massive drills with south korea defensive and military exercises war games provocation that is what the north koreans call this many in the pentagon and south korea were shocked at the concession and experts say that might have a real world impac

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whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. or during those talks donald trump played kim jong un a video making the case for peace which was later shown at a news conference from the. view. resembling a film trail a feature of the two leaders and laid out the opportunities for north korea if it chooses to denuclearize it showed images of missiles and warplanes and artillery voiceover in the ration asked what if history can be changed and will the world embrace this change. he joins us now to talk more about this from san francisco is paul carrol senior advisor at n square an initiative focused on nuclear security innovation thanks very much for being with us now there's no there's no arguing the historic value of this summit but beyond the sort of photo opportunities was there anything here of real substance for you from this summit what does it actually mean. i think a lot of the discussion you know that leading up to this with the other correspondents hit many of the points that i would i would agree with that tha

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al jazeeraingapore. major and mention there china japan and south korea are on the sidelines of the summit donald trump took time from his schedule to phone the leaders of japan and south korea earlier the south korean president when jane expressed hope that the summit will be a success you want her. took there were i hope that a major agreement on ending hostile relations between the u.s. and north korea and the denuclearization of the korean peninsula is reached through this time summit in germany we got to this point thanks to president trump and chairman kim was bold decisions president trump shoulders strong determinations to resolve the issues of the north korean nuclear weapons and peace on the korean peninsula chairman kim expressed his willingness for the success of the summit and denuclearization through bold preemptive measures such as the dismantlement of their nuclear tests later so where does this all leave china and north korea's longtime ally joining us now via skype is willing a

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al jazeera singapore let's get some analysis now from a nobel peace prize winner no less in there is the leader i can the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons you spoke to our diplomatic editor james bays in singapore and told him she hopes the summit will start the denuclearization process it will eventually have to involve many other parties. the last time i spoke to you was just hours after you picked up the prize in also we didn't extensive in zero and in no time you were very critical of president trump and his bellicose language towards north korea do you still take that view because he managed to get kim to the negotiating table well i mean we are here we don't know what's going to happen is really difficult to tell and it might be a great meeting in might be a disaster i think it's really depends up to the two individuals which is really the big danger here to unpredictable and in some cases unreliable leaders are controlling this global issue that can threaten the entire wo

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al-jazeera single well let's talk more about the expectations now with mike chinoy who is a north korea expert and the author of meltdown the inside story of the north korean nuclear crisis he's via skype from liverpool thank you very much for your time so we know what the americans want to as we heard the u.s. secretary of state say the complete denuclearization and verifiable denuclearization of north korea the north korean perspective is a bit more unclear what do you think they want out of this summit. the north koreans have made it clear that what they're looking for is a fundamental change in that political relationship with the united states an end to what show noon has always cooled the u.s. is hostile policy and the north koreans have also made clear that it needs to see concrete evidence of that change before it takes any step certainly any irreversible steps to roll back its nuclear program and so i think there is still a big question mark about how the two leaders are going to bridge

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera singapore. well during their summer donald trump played kim jong un a video making the case for peace which was later shown at a news conference. resembling a film trailer and featured the two leaders and laid out the opportunities for north korea if it chooses to be nuclearized the recording showed images of missiles of warplanes and artillery a voice over narration ask questions like what if history can be changed and will the world embrace this change well let's look in more detail at the four point declaration the two sides agreed on the first two points are pretty general the u.s. and north korea commit to establish new relations for peace and prosperity and they agreed to a joint effort to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula the last point commits both sides to recovering the remains of prisoners of war and those missing in action from the korean war but the key is point three reaffirming north korea's commitment to work towards complete denuclearizat

the question now is whether all this will prove to be more than just a photo opportunity adrian brown al jazeera singapore and its feet are diplomatic and it said james bays in singapore james it has been an extraordinary day hasn't it on so many levels and it's all ends in the statement signed by both leaders but seems to be a shortened in detail and promises to do stuff at some stage in the future. yes absolutely it has been an important day i think and a historic occasion the fact that these two leaders of these two countries who are technically still at war have met because that's never happened before they've never even been in the same city together so historic on that level but is what they've actually agreed in this joint statement historic let's discuss this more with my guest my guest is danger mauro who is from control risks a risk consultancy tell me president trump says that what he's come up with here is historic and comprehensive would you agree now the opportunity to photo opportunity if you will was historic the meeting was the store what do you actually see in that statement th

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al-jazeerasingapore or the white house says the two men were alone for the first two hours without advisers our white house correspondent kimberly halkett is in singapore with more on what we can expect from the summit. the u.s. secretary of state telling reporters that when donald trump sits down with kim jong un in north korea's leader that donald trump will be on a mission of peace but at the same time well there is encouragement here in singapore that the talks so far leading up to that face to face meeting have been moving rapidly and progressing well that there certainly is only one u.s. objective and that is complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula and until that is achieved until that is verified the tough financial sanctions put in place by the united states will remain in place the meeting itself between donald trump and kim jong un is expected to be intimate with only the interpreter's president that will expand to a bilateral meeting to include

whether all this will prove to be a little more than just a series of photo opportunities adrian brown al jazeera in singapore right now eleven pm in singapore here is our white house correspondent kimberly calc it's a long day for you kimberly and i long few days but let's maybe just take a step back here in your position as a white house correspondent have a front row seat to all the things donald trump says he will do and guess what he did this one he said he would and he got it done. right and certainly there was no question that leading up to this this is something that donald trump watch it you have to remember donald trump often has a motivation of ego in a lot of what he does there's no question he also believes that he has a tremendous opportunity he repeatedly said he's bringing a message of peace he wants to do this for the world but he also knows that his supporters have suggested that he maybe even deserves the nobel peace prize for the accomplishment so far that's probably a little bit premature but certainly that may be part of the calculus donald trump is very concerned about bran

most unpredictable leaders and that may mean that the only certainty here is the unexpected adrian brown al jazeeraingapore let's bring in diplomatic editor chamber spaces in singapore for this summit so james considering this was on again then off again and then on again at this stage is there even a sense of urgency because it was almost last minute if you were. yes and certainly there are discussions already underway we're not seeing much today of the two main players preparing and their resting we've seen some pictures of president trump meeting the soon pony and prime minister we've also hear that kim is possibly going to do a little tour of singapore in the law in the next few hours we've heard from secretary of state compos put out a statement saying we have had substantial and detailed meetings today and that the president is well prepared the u.s. position remains clear and unchanged so that's the latest from the u.s. side let's discuss all this a bit more with my guests you saw her in adrian's package beatrice finn is the executive director of the international campaign to abolish nuclear

paid a visit marveling at what he saw kim jong un appears to have been equally impressed adrian brown al jazeera singapore. the us media company called us which owns the n.b.c. television network and the universal film brand has been sixty five billion dollars for twenty first century fox it now looks set for a showdown with walt disney which is already locked in its own multibillion dollar bid for the same assets the move comes from call from comcast comes does one day after a judge cleared eighty and t.'s takeover of time warner john hendren is joining us live now from washington d.c. john there are so many different strands to this i'm really frightened of getting into the detail in this but give us just seems as though the floodgates have opened for this that the bidding wars have begun. they have indeed rob comcast wants the movie and television assets of twenty first century fox and they're willing to battle disney to do it that includes t.v. networks like national geographic satellite television networks like sky in europe and star in india and it includes the hulu streaming service which

no sooner checked in to his hotel but on the move again let's go live now to singapore al-jazeera is adrian brownis there for us adrian where he's got where's he going. when he's on his way to the standard that's the presidential building here in singapore where he's going to meet singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong of course is the third prime and the third leader that singapore has had and of course kim jong un is the third leader that north korea has this of course is the first time that the north korean leader has been to singapore and he's in fact only been to two other countries before this that with south korea of course as well as china now here rival here a little over three hours ago he flew in on an air china seven for seven not an airliner from his own country and then i think clearly demonstrated adrian that north korea still does have influence with north korea and of course it demonstrated the important role that china has played in ensuring this summit takes place now the north korean leader was met at the airport by singapore's foreign minister who himself was in pyongyang

ronald reagan is the third carrier to patrol the south china sea this year more from al jazeera china correspondent adrian brown in beijing. well almost eighteen months after he became u.s. defense secretary this was james madison is first official visit to beijing in that role of course he's not here to talk about trade trade of course is the real point of friction between the world's two largest economies right now he did though meet president xi jinping who said afterwards according to state media that the relationship between china and the united states was one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world so those words from the president very measured indeed given the state of friction between washington and beijing right now for james matters of course his big concerns are what china is doing in the south china sea right now he has accused china of militarizing this vast basin of water citing those aerial photographs which shows say washington that beijing has been deploying surface to air missiles on those islands it's been building in the south china sea china though says the u.s. is over