despite appearances it wasn't the real thing, this is a look—a—like artist called howard x. n leader kimjong—un. howard onins us now in costume. thank you forjoining us. what is it like impersonating one of the world's most authoritarian leaders? actually, it is a lot of fun and a lot of money. so i am having quite a ball. you are having quite a ball. but how did it all start out howard x? just before king joel gayle die, i thought this person looked like me andi i thought this person looked like me and i could make some money. i took some pictures, put it on facebook, within two weeks i had a job to go to israel and make my first commercial and it hasn't stopped since. you have said you make a lot of money impersonating kimjong—un, do you get a bad reaction talking about nuclear weapons? no, because i a lwa ys about nuclear weapons? no, because i always satirise the person, i don't find the north korean regime, actually if i am discussing it, i find what their leader does disgusting and i have no respect for the person i am impersonating. i am a lwa ys the person i am impers

despite appearances it wasn't the real thing, this is a look—a—like artist called howard x. orean leader kimjong—un. howard onined us earlier, and made a few satirical comments about singapore and other topics while in character as kimjong—un. but i asked him first, as howard x, how he finds impersonating such an authoritarian figure. actually, it's a lot of fun and a lot of money. so i'm having quite a ball. you are having quite a ball, but how did it all start out, howard x? when kimjong—un came out with his father kim jong—il just before he died, i realised while, this person really looks like me. i could make some money off it and everybody else started saying the same thing. so i took some pictures, put them on facebook and called it kim jong—un lookalike and within two weeks i got a job to go to israel and make my first commercial and it has not stopped since. you just said you make a lot of money impersonating kim jong—un. you just said you make a lot of money impersonating kimjong—un. do you sometimes get a bad reaction from making money out of this or talking about n

to turn up then even with the australian accent many singaporeans were fooled by kim impersonator howard x. he predicted the meeting will be a success. and i think that the two leaders will sit down together and they're going to have a great time because really they have the same personality and really didn't they're the same person so i think it would be best friends right after this meeting. meanwhile the real kim was in the demilitarized zone at a surprise meeting with the southern counterpart they say the meeting with trumpets back on but is it let's start from the beginning and an exchange of bumps. they will be met with fire and fury little rocket man little rocket man rocket man is a sick puppy olympic diplomacy follows in february and pyongyang extends an invitation to meet donald trump i'll be meeting with kim jong un in the coming weeks at the end of april the leaders of north and south korea meet for the first time kim jong un process into the south. and mungy and crosses into the north they agree to work toward formally ending the korean war. in may young yang extends an olive

it turned out he was an impersonator, who gave his name as howard x, who'd come to singapore ahead of. he dialled, i am here in singapore, look. it is fantastic. it is just like pyongyang but with lots of good food. —— harry donald. i have chicken rice. come down. —— hey donald. a reminder of our top story. there have been calls for the italian president to be impeached after a failure to form a government. this is bbc news. hello once again. the thunderstorms of this holiday weekend have certainly been making the headlines. and we are not alone. a quick look at western europe and you see that there are plenty of thunderstorms that we have had here. grey rafts of cloud across many areas. in the forthcoming week, we will see further thunderstorms in places. it will be on the warm side initially. light winds in the forecast. low cloud to study forecast on monday there were from the lothian is down to about the wash. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine to start the day. once that pulls into the middle half the afternoon, showers to parts of east anglia, at the southern counties of england, and

it turned out he was an impersonator, who gave his name as howard x.n character as he sent this message to president trump. hey, donald. i'm already in singapore. look at its fantastic. it's just like pyongyang, but singapore. look at its fantastic. it'sjust like pyongyang, but with lots of good food. i have chicken ice, so come on down. not bad. italy's populists have cold former president be impeached following failed efforts to establish a coalition government. there is plenty more on that and all our stories on the website. that is it fall the moment. this is bbc news. hello once again. the thunderstorms of this holiday weekend have certainly been making the headlines — and we are not alone. a quick look at western europe and you see that there are plenty of thunderstorms to be had here. great rafts of cloud across france and germany, the low countries, too. in the forthcoming week, i expect we'll see further thunderstorms in places. it will be on the warm side, initially. light winds and there will be some mist and fog in the forecast. pretty low

it turned out he was an impersonator, who gave his name as howard x, who'd come to singapore ahead ofessage to president trump. donald, i am donald, iam here donald, i am here in singapore, look it is fantastic. i've gotten chicken rice. come on down. singapore used to have the most useful passport in the world — based on the number of countries which would allow someone holding one to enter, without needing a visa. but — that has changed — and here's why: japan now ranks number one in the henley passport index. japanese people can get visa—free or visa—on—arrival access to a record 189 destinations. singapore has dropped to equal second, alongside germany. a document issued by either of those nations will grant access to 188 countries. and injoint third are south korea, finland, france, italy, spain and sweden. a little earlier i spoke to dominic volek who is from henley and partners. he told explained why japan has now taken over from singapore in the passport index ranking. what's happened is there has been a slight improvement on the methodology and the information available. this

according to s&p global's howard silverblatt, cap x spending is up 21.4% year over year for the s&p 500panies while buybacks are up 46% so is this a sign that the tax cut plan is not having the direct impact on capital spending, among other things, that it was intended to. thoughts from jared bernstein and dan mitchell welcome back to both of you. should we be worried so much if in fact buybacks are growing at a faster pace in either dollar terms or numbers than capital spending is? because ultimately, doesn't -- don't those buyback dollars work their way back into the economy eventually >> first, there's nothing wrong with buybacks. it's a way of giving money back to shareholders and shareholders can then reallocate that capital to more productive uses. in the same way that, yes, it's a one-term thing, sort of like worker bonuses that we've been seeing from companies are a one-time thing but i would agree, in the long run, the key is not only are we getting higher capital expenditures, but is that translating into higher productivity and higher wages, and i'm confident we're going to g