are improving i think the d.p. r. k. feels that they've created a stable and stronger position they've certainly emerged from a more isolated position that they were in a year or two years ago the d.p. r. k. is ready to negotiate but what they want is measurable step towards peace with the united states less than that won't be acceptable to the d.p. r. k. they're not going to unilaterally disarm you say he's the guy that money has to get this meeting together no. well i think trump was playing catch up in fact i think the peace train had left i mean it was really driven by moon in the president of south korea and kim jong un you saw mike pence arms folded staring this sort of in a in a weird isolated kind of one of those recent have. said when the two koreas came in together what about the recent set of tweets from trump that said no is actually north standing and came to the begging bowl was not just bluster. yeah of course it's buster i mean donald trump has to appear is that as the dominant force it is donald trump aft

is not going to pay for the economic rebuilding of the d.p. r. k. and that's going to be on the table that's what the d.p. r. k. wants in return for whatever denuclearization they're talking about there's of course no idea of what that means or what timetable it is but if there's going to be money on the table in south korea obviously japan will be consulted china and probably russia putting in i think donald trump wants to say that this was a monetary coup that he was you know king of the deal but he got everyone else to pay for the d.p. r. k. to denuclearize but that means that china is going to you know want some things in return and obviously ending the war games that missiles troop deployments the issues with taiwan south china seas containment these are all going to be on that table how. challenging is it to negotiate something like this with donald trump simply based on the fact that he seems to be in credibly and unpredictable for example you know saying out of nowhere that the military exercises are going to change or any other number of top

d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desires of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity the document goes on the united states and the d.p. r. k. will join that efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula also reaffirming the april twenty seventh twenty twenty eighteen. declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula for now we got hope to join d.w. our correspondent to alexandra for nominee in. in singapore very shortly first let us turn to one of the issues that appeals not to have had such a significant presence at this meeting the issue of human rights in north korea been very much overshadowed by the summit but remains a highly controversial on all found from human rights group amnesty international specializes on north korea and joins us from the south korean capital so welcome to day w m a stands national has lobbied president to try to press for human rights issues to be included i

and what the d.p. r. k. wants while they're looking for an easing of sanctions from the united states and presumably a more open society. you can see there the two presidents shaking hands in front of a row of united states and north korean flags in singapore singapore has gone all out to make sure that this summit has gone without a hitch and really really relatively with short notice the two men they're seen walking down the court or just before going into one on one meetings. as you can probably imagine there's been a big press frenzy around this meeting historic meeting donald trump and kim jong il let's now cross live to our team for details. in the historic event could you tell us what both sides have been saying in the run up to these talks and what we can expect while the world has just witnessed we have seen a historic handshake taking place we now understand that the one on one portion of the meeting has concluded with donald trump making a comment about essentially how this is a good relationship

d.p. r. k. that's the de democratic people's republic of korea a misnomer but we'll leave it at that for now say they commit to establish new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity simple enough united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting as they. peace regime in the korean peninsula all good kudos if that can occur and reaffirming the april twenty three twenty eighteen penman jim declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula and that agreement is the agreement signed at the inner korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j. in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth bullet is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery m.i.a. remains including the intermediate repartition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are j

d.p. r. k. that's the de democratic people's republic of korea a misnomer but we'll leave it at that for now say they commit to establish new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity simple enough united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting as they. peace regime in the korean peninsula all good kudos if that can occur and reaffirming the april twenty three twenty eighteen penman joam declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula and that agreement is the agreement signed at the inner korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth bullet is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery m.i.a. remains including the intermediate repartition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are j

d.p. r. k. that's the de democratic people's republic of korea a misnomer but we'll leave it at that for now say they commit to establish new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity simple enough united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting as they. peace regime in the korean peninsula all good kudos if that can occur and reaffirming the april twenty three twenty eighteen penman joam declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula and that agreement is the agreement signed at the inner korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j. in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth bullet is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery m.i.a. remains including the intermediate repetition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are j

d p r k relations in accordance with the desires of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity it goes on the united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula another point reaffirming the april twenty seventh twenty eight hundred pound month a declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula to move d.w. correspondent and hundred from naaman who joins us from singapore welcome alexander are you able to put any more flesh on the bones of what appears to have been a great. both sides agreed on the these four points you were just talking about and the problem is that these points seem to be very vague and there are nothing new each of them can be found in agreements with no screwing up in an even stronger way and particulary what is said about. this. and the president is better read according to experts and because we know. it's to work. and it closes ation what's going to do when it's he going to do it i think what concrete steps are going to be taken by the nosebleed and regime and all of us a

d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace prosperity and small the united states in the d.p. r. k. world that joined their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime of the korean peninsula and it continues we are firming the april twenty seventh twenty eight team panmunjom declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula well our xandra nabhan has been the following of those talks from singapore welcome alexandra you were able to put more flesh on the fake bones of what appears to have been a growing. well that the commenced that was signed today from was a bold change but had legs detail that's something we have to stress here. and each of the four of main points you talked about can be found in if we in previous agreements with north korea some of them even in a stronger way let's take the most important the key issue here the new clear ization and the paper one commits to work to

again you're looking at live pictures from singapore where kim jong un the president of the d.p. r. k. and the president united states donald trump have just met and have shaken hands for the first time and it seems like they're both in a jew overall mood both smiling both in good spirits a lot of tension building up to the summit and there you can see the press as they push their way in to try and get some in images and some pictures of the two leaders as they are getting ready to be seated in their venue to have talks with each other. now the leaders have already spent the day in singapore enjoying some down time before the summit got underway kim jong un went on a late night city tour large crowds turned out to catch a glimpse of the secretive north korean leader who was accompanied by his team of bodyguards and they were also joined by singapore's foreign minister who even took a selfie with the north korean leader for donald trump though it has all been about the catering singapore prime minister lee hsien loong surprised the u.s. president with a cake on monday ahead of his seve

d.p. r. k. that's the de a misnomer but we'll leave it at that for now say they commit to establish new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries lasting is stable peace regime in the korean peninsula all good kudo's if that can occur and reaffirming the april twenty three twenty eighteen penman joam declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards. complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula and that agreement is the agreement signed at the inner korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j. in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth goal is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery peel away m.i.a. remain including the intermediate repartition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are in trade expert in wilkie thank you so much for coming back we really appreciate it what's your overall general take on this thanks fo

she's the d.p. r. k. and. the chinese side to rail contribute to their cooperation that evening and delighted to be with you consider going as a second time we've had the chance to meet. first in washington and now here. and it's great to make my first trip to china as the united states secretary of state i want to check thank all of our chinese hosts for their incredible hospitality i also want to thank china and president g. for his role in helping bring north korea to the negotiating table and forward to continued support as we work to achieve the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of north korea this is my. third country that i've had the chance to speak with today each has reinforced three important things that happened in singapore first the commitment to a fundamentally changed relationship japan the republic of korea and china have all acknowledged that we have turned the corner that we have begun a process away from the threat of war and towards peace on the peninsula. each of those

achieved on the one hand and how the sentients would be lifted and investments would be allowed into d.p. r. k. and the internal reality relations between these two equally important things need to be handled very properly and i think the expectation of the p r k versus the inspector asian of the united states are just opposed to each other and whether one side eventually will lose patience against the other side we do not know i would say that that rolled forward is full of challenges and on certainty while we need to be maximum bullish and optimistic about the future we also need to be very careful ok very prudent and very realistic as early as what exactly is going to happen i have one last question for scott please in less than a minute if and mr comes then says in the near future talks between the u.s. and north korea collapse what kind of impact would it have on trump's future. well i do think that there is still a risk of a breakdown given the thinness of the joint statement and clearly this is perceived president trump is claiming it as a major accomplishment so it could have negative

d p r k relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity the document goes on the united states and to the d.p. r. k. who join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula and also goes on to reaffirm the april twenty seventh twenty eight hundred pound declaration of the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete they need clear isolation of the korean peninsula mr trump has declared that today's summit is a turning point in relations with north korea many experts however are criticizing the declaration the head of the nobel prize winning the nuclear disarmament group i can bat feen as weighed in on twitter she said it lacks agreement on nuclear disarmament issues she's written that this all looked more like a big welcome party to the nuclear armed club robert kelly is a korea analyst and based in south korea he also expressed disappointment he tweeted wow if this is it this is depressing this is even thinner than most skeptics anticipated singapore then rejoined correspondent bastin hearted welcome basta see if you could possible flesh on what the presiden

d.p. r. k. that's the democratic people's republic of korea that's north korea commit to establish a new us north korea relations in accordance with the desire of the people of the two countries for peace and prosperity your view on that point it doesn't say diplomatic no it doesn't but it seems to suggest that that could clearly be the case down the road if it insists it's a sore cordons with the desires of the north korean and american people saw it opens a door towards normalization opens a door towards diplomatic recognition recipe. it's and doing the stuff that all normal states do with each other which is to interact in economic political diplomatic scientific terms i trust or i think it opens a doorway to that anything that's quite promising and quite new i would say ok point to the u.s. and the d p r k that's north korea will join their efforts to build a last thing and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula this isn't quite new i think this is still all the wine in new bottles that

of the d.p. r. k. and beyond. and in this regard. let me. in let me share with you if three concrete proposals that i have we are already with different stakeholders here you should know that here in geneva you also made the relevant deliberations like like they you with the republic of korea or japan and we had a. and they of course here in geneva i tried once again. to have contact with the d.p. r. k. the league korea delegation. and that didn't happen. and. in and this is situation it's part of the three proposals that i would share with you first. whether it is doing this in next samiti in seeing upward or next meetings that will come in the future i believe that the issue of economic social or cultural rights which is clearly interlinked with a number of other. with other. issues cheese the issue of humanitarian aid. the issue of. sanctions the how sanctions are impacting on the economy of the country and the torso it is also interconnected to the. to the. policy of the korea in regards to the truth to the to improve the economy of the

now on their way to the summit we just saw a second ago a delegation from the d.p. r. k. a mercedes with the north korean flags on it just making its way so we know that that is happening right now the talks will start in about half an hour from right now and again you can see the motorcade as it's starting to come through some press cameras coming in on this white car as well this is all happening in singapore ahead of the historic summit of course we'll be covering it right here on our to international and there you can see the delegation from the d.p. r. k. with the flags on the cars. all right we'll be back with more news in about thirty two minutes you're watching our international stay with us. join me every thursday. yes. i'm show business. when ellen chose seemed wrong all right old quotes just don't call. me all that is yet to say proud disdain become educated and in gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. could food bring people together and i'm sure that his vocal be a bit exceptional good logo

president decided to walk out of the iran nuclear deal all of these are very alarming signs for d.p. r. k. and i would not be surprised if they have otherwise the us changes of their position again and again and again very carefully and whatever the agreed to with president donald trump must have been built upon their deep analysis of what if the united states changes their position for whatever reason what will be the falling of the if for example they completely give out or give up their nuclear weapons so i think there is a big hit mismatch between the united states as to what exactly the nuclear as asia means and how denuclearization can be achieved on the korean peninsula. talking football now two days left and counting before the biggest extravaganza kicks off eras and here in russia the twenty eight hundred fifty four world cup most of the teams are going to tell you or at the host cities where the matches will take place and the fans of course already out in force as well. because the cook book. a team of russian artist meter on the sidelines of all this of ways to get involved as

d.p. r. k. relationship a new relationship. between the two countries further secondly they agreed to a lasting stable peace and working toward to a facilitating a lasting stable peace on the korean peninsula they agreed to to a commitment to denuclearization getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and our cent

and what the d.p. r. k. wants while they're looking for an easing of sanctions from the united states and presumably a more open society. you can see there the two presidents shaking hands in front of a row of united states and north korean flags in singapore singapore has gone all out to make sure that this summit has gone without a hitch and really really relatively with short notice the two men they're seen walking down the court or just before going into one on one me.

destroy d p r k all these i think were very irrational however it's very fortunate that president obama tran calm down at least for today and managed to meet with president kim jong of d.p. r. k. and signed the declaration even though there was not much substance to the declaration and self where they will take a very long process for whatever they agreed in the declaration to be achieved all year and into reality victor we're expecting actually don't try to go before the cameras talk to the media any time so that there's going to go over to it because maybe he will put some more meat on the bones here of what practically this is going to mean how these practical steps are going to be taken forward but they chatted for thirty eight hours behind the scenes that just an interpreter there no one else been great to be a fly on the wall for her but they said but i wonder what america did offer to north korea and we we think that america's offered paralleled security here it must have been something that north korea really has gone for here they must really believe what's being offered. well for today let me oversize again let is let us give hope some chance lead is very opti

the last two years trump coming here to singapore and making this kind of positive step with the d.p. r. k. is a reflection of that change relationship of we're says. ok that's sort of for the morning next just two days left between the biggest extravaganza in football kicks off in russia the twenty eight hundred fifty world cup most of the teams now are at the host cities with a much as will take place and the fans are already out in force. a team of russian artists me to find their own way to welcome players they created mosaic port traits of football stars lionel messi and mohamed salah good only it took them two months and sixty kilos a stone to create works we asked them about their inspiration. but not something that i'm in for these are i can see a world travel one of them a steal of raising started this is messy and this is a law which is now because they are the most popular at the moment of course they will not visit us there are many fans come here who know them and will be pleased to see them and be photographed next to them at project which are not so with players and fans rea

the last two years trump coming here to singapore in making this kind of positive step with the d.p. r. k. is a reflection of their change relationship before says. the news that it's just two days left before the biggest extravaganza of football kicks off in russia the twenty eight hundred fifty world cup most of the teams are at the host cities where the matches will be taking place and fans are already out in force to. now i'm a periphery of all this a lot of people get involved in different ways a team of russian artists of their own way to welcome players look at our greatness they created these a mosaic portrayed football stars little messi and mohammed sally took them two months and sixty kilos a stone to create that art we asked them about their inspiration. that they're not something that are there for these or i can see a world of trouble one of them a steal of raising started this is messy and this is which is now because they are the most popular at the moment of course they will not resent us the many fans come here and know them and will be pleased to see knight and we photo

d.p. r. k. joins me live now from washington thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. the diplomatic engagement that we've seen is clearly far more preferable than the ballistic missile testing from north korea and trump's threats about fire and fury but have we seen any reduction in the overall nuclear threat from north korea. well i think first it's important to put all this in perspective there are a lot of people within these who forget that only a few weeks ago the united states was very close to striking north korea a military launch on north korea which very well could have resulted in a north korean response hitting south korea hitting tokyo and this is a far cry from a military situation so i understand all of the analysis the concerns the very spirited debate about the president's decision to meet kim jong un however this is a this is a a very nice alternative to what actually could have been the case now between the two countries we might have moved away from a situatio

signed by the president the united states and the leader of north korea first they agreed to a new us d.p. r. k. relationship a new relationship between the two countries secondly they agreed to a lasting stable peace and working toward to facilitating a lasting stable peace on the korean peninsula they agreed to a commitment to denuclearization getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening

d.p. r. k. summit and it's very good to have him here back and so so soon after his visit in april during the meeting today secretary pompei were briefed us on the outcome of the june twelfth us d p r k summit i congratulated him and president trump for the success of the summit which will be be quoted as a historic turning point to are completely reading the korean peninsula of the last remnant of the korean war resolving the north korean nuclear issue and securing permanent peace on the korean peninsula the following are the key points of our meeting today first and for us d.p. r. k. summit the three of us we have come to the adoption of the joint statement in singapore where chairman kim reaffirmed his firm and unwilling commitment to the complete denuclearization of the peninsula while president tramp committed to provide north korea that with the security guarantees this is the first time that the higher stuff after north korea promised the president of the united states to really it's the

east and asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive cooperation in the denuclearization. a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces fired live rounds on t

and that goes back in history with any sitting president of the d.p. r. k. or the united states of america. they both seem to be in a good jovial mood as the president seems to be joking there. there translators at the side. of course security personnel also making sure that the press doesn't get too close. some questions as well. a lot of attention has been paid by the government of singapore to make sure that this goes off without of hit you can see the stunning setting where the meetings are taking place as well as. north korean flags and united states flags equally represented in the meeting venues now continuing on with our coverage gregory from the korea policy institute thinks that a deal will only be reached if the united states is willing to make concessions. with there's too many people in washington who see an agreement with north korea as something to be avoided and they prefer to maintain a hostile or bitter. pirro has said more than once through simply that there will be no economic sanctions relief until after north korea has fully denucleariz

other president decided to walk out of the iran nuclear deal all these are very alarming signs for d.p. r. k. and i would not be surprised if they have otherwise the u.s. changes of their position again and again and again very carefully and whatever they agreed to with president donald trump must have been built upon the deep analysis of what if the united states changes their position for whatever reason what will be the folly of the if for example they completely give or give up their nuclear weapons so i think there is a big mismatch between the united states and d.v.r. care as to what exactly the nuclear means. how denuclearization can be achieved all the korean peninsula. it's just two days until the footballing world turns its focus to russia for the start of the world cup fans are hoping i'm guessing which one of the thirty two nations will lift the trophy in moscow on july the fifteenth and i'll very own r.t. host considered one of the very best minds in the game chose a marine who has been making his predictions to the last week he picked the countries to make it out of the group s

days it could determine the future of the korean peninsula james days al-jazeera singapore or the d.p. r. k. as it's officially called is regarded as one of the most repressive nations in the world the united nations estimates there are around one hundred thousand political prisoners detained in camps while dozens of foreigners are prevented from leaving when he reports now from seoul. in south korea there are many emotions about the changing relationship with north korea among small vocal nationalist groups there is suspicion about pyongyang's motives that concerned even paranoid that south korea is about to be engulfed.

east and asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive corporation in the denuclearization. a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia is accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays a friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. in other world news four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces

north east asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive cooperation in the denuclearization. a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and pretty are in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed by israeli forces who fired live rounds an

nuclear program it has been a secret and want to seems even the cia don't know everything where the d.p. r. k. is it's officially called is regarded as one of the most repressive nations in the world the u.n. estimates are around one hundred thousand political prisoners detained in camps while dozens of foreigners are prevented from leaving way reports now from seoul. in south korea there are many emotions about the changing relationship with north korea among small vocal nationalist groups there is suspicion about pyongyang's motives concerned even paranoid that south korea is about to be engulfed by communism away from the loud rallies there are those for whom the cross border and gauge went off as a glimmer of hope in what is often seemed a hopeless situation you don't it's hard to expect too much but we need to see how it goes with putting all if it's together in the hope that no issues will be discussed in this summit with north korea those issues are abductions and other human rights abuses that victims and their families believe need to be on the agenda in singapore one inch holes fath

is involved in the singapore summit or mot what matters most is that no one the united states or d.p. r. k. or any other country can disregard china's size matter weight significance as far as peace and stability on the korean peninsula is concerned all right victor thank you. yet another flurry of molten mud and rock has been released from the volcano in guatemala at least one hundred people died in last sunday's eruption with nearly two hundred missing emergency teams have given up hope of finding anyone else alive but on a sanchez reports. say this is one of more than one hundred victims of the eruption. boiling yeah she walks in fields were blown nearly two kilometers into the sky much of it landed including a serious bill each she and many others didn't have time to escape the barrier there was two sons and two grandchildren died with her in total eleven thirdly members died sissy's may go to see her brother in law her body was one of the last to be recovered. it was the most of medical clinic irruption weatherman in decades nearly two hundred people remain missing more than twelve th

and days it could determine the future of the korean peninsula james pays al-jazeera singapore the d.p. r. k as it's officially called is regarded as one of the most repressive nations in the world the u.n. estimates there are around one hundred thousand political prisoners detained in camps or dozens of foreigners are prevented from leaving when haye has the story himself. in south korea there are many emotions about the changing relationship with north korea among small vocal nationalist groups there is suspicion about pyongyang's motives that concerned even paranoid that south korea is about to be engulfed by communism away from the loud rallies there are those for whom the cross border and gauge went off as a glimmer of hope in what is often seemed a hopeless situation. it's hard to expect too much but we need to see how it goes with putting all if it's together in the hope that no issues will be discussed in this summit with north korea those issues are abductions and other human rights abuses that victims and their families believe need to be on the agenda in singapore one inch holes f

east and asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive corporation in the denuclearization. a closer lion's benefits both russia and china russia's accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea. the meeting between china and russia the warm displays of friendship between she and putin are in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence al-jazeera beijing. in other world news four palestinians including a fifteen year old quarry have been killed

and the d.p. r. k. side by side i mean you know somebody that has been working for this peace process this is it's an extraordinary feat and i'm glad that you mention the flags you weren't the only one who found that a real this is twitter who says just so their photo op and although i'm not american it's so jarring to me to see the north korean flag alongside the u.s. symbolic mostly but jarring i want to just flip through a couple of other comments on how surreal this was to other people in these off to you with me on twitter says the first time i heard cam's voice i believe this was a historic talk a brilliant move for the world for world peace and he's really just noting you don't actually hear the north korean leader leader in western media another person watching live on you tube sighs after finding out that no other american president has ever met with a north korean leader troubles doing pretty well i think so kimberly talk to us about the the feeling of this being so surreal to so many people.

d.p. r. k. as it's officially called is regarded as one of the most repressive nations in the world the u.n. estimates there are one hundred thousand political prisoners detained in camps are dozens of foreigners are prevented from leaving when a reports from seoul. in south korea there are many emotions about the changing relationship with north korea among small vocal nationalist groups there is suspicion about pyongyang's motives concerned even paranoid that south korea is about to be engulfed by communism away from the loud rallies there are those for whom the cross border and gauge went off as a glimmer of hope in what is often seemed a hopeless situation. it's hard to expect too much but we need to see how it goes with putting all if it's together in the hope that no issues will be discussed in this summit with north korea those issues are abductions and other human rights abuses that victims and their families believe need to be on the agenda in singapore one inch holes father when one wa

tears it's amazing according to a joint letter signed by trump and kim the united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime in the korean peninsula now as part of that agreement north korea has reaffirmed its commitment to working toward. complete denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula in what one would you know assumed to be a show of good faith u.s. president trump agreed to call off the war games the united states and south korea had scheduled for this summer sounds reasonable to me hey you know but. yeah apparently not apparently not but it is a significant concession and it's interesting for the president of the united states to refer to us south korean joint military exercises as provocative because really that's the point of view of the north koreans if we withdraw our forces and that's part of the deal i can't support the deal that will lead to more conflict not less our forces in south korea are stabilizing asia they're trying to drive the side of asia china it is and that would be a bad deal and those military exercises serve

east in asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out constructive cooperation in the denuclearization. a close ally its benefits both russia and china russia has accused of meddling in trumps election and faces sanctions for annexing crimea. chinese and american negotiators are trying to avoid a trade war and china has been criticized and challenged by the u.s. for its increasingly aggressive moves in staking territorial claims in the south china sea the meeting between china and russia displays of friendship between she and put it all in the words of the russian president in the spirit of overarching strategic partnership a partnership between countries that the u.s. calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence to beijing. thousands of people across the middle east and south asia are marking could stay in jerusalem day they've

signed by the president the united states and the leader of north korea first they agreed to a new us d.p. r. k. relationship a new relationship between the two countries secondly they agreed to a lasting stable peace and working toward to facilitating a lasting stable peace on the korean peninsula they agreed to to a commitment to denuclearization getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula down from said he looked forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatenin