time was running out i wanted to leave quickly so that we could get something to eat as our leader kim il sung died in july nine hundred ninety four and starting a year later in may nine hundred ninety five the state was no longer able to provide the normal food ration people started to panic. this was the first time they had produced the russians good i had a two year old daughter over there in order to leave you had to be married and have children if you don't have any children they won't let you out i thought a family of four or five can live for at least six months on my salary of over one hundred twenty dollars a month if i sent it young young with her with a new crew. and after two months we asked why we weren't getting paid hundreds when they said they had not been instructed by the party to pay our salary for the party in north korea was kim jong il our commander in chief. that answer silenced us either they were hundreds of workers had to keep their mouths shut. we kept on working at night to using our flashlights. we can fight off sleep and just carry on . i kept working like th

iraq war and so much in social name that a call to malaysia has freed a suspect accused of killing kim jong il the a strange tough brother of north korean leader kim jong il and in a surprise development prosecutors withdrew the charge against. an indonesian national on monday but of in the maze citizen remains on trial for the murder reports from sholom where the proceedings took place. after two years in detention in malaysia city ayesha is now a free woman she had been on trial for killing kim jong nam the half brother of north korean leader kim jong il at the start of the hearing on monday the prosecutor asked that the murder charge against him be dropped and no reason was given the judge has granted her a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. and it was then that i feel so happy i didn't text back that i would be released today a big thank you to president dear care widow day and all the ministers of the indonesian embassy who appointed the lawyers from malaysia also of course thank you to the malaysian government for releasing me city ayesha says the first thing she's going to do when

charges against an indonesian woman accused of assassinating the half brother of north korean leader kim jong il and so where does this leave the investigation. plus a new opera gets provocative in more ways than one and this updated to vatican classic takes on europe's refugee crisis the director missed the opening night stuck in moscow not by choice. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program crash investigators have recovered the voice and flight data recorders from an ethiopian airlines flight that crashed outside on sunday morning the boeing seven three seven max eight jet bound for nairobi went down six minutes after takeoff killing all one hundred seven fifty seven people on board the crash has raised concerns about the safety of the max eight of the best selling new design from boeing. after daybreak red cross workers retrieve the personal items of those on board the flight. while investigators recover the wreckage. a large crater marks the spot of impact a cattle farmer who was heading to the field witnessed the crash. i heard this big noise. the village said it was a plane crash and we rush

president jimmie carter, and carter, of course, once brokered an agreement with kim jong-un's grandfather kim ilung in the 1990s. what came out of your meeting with mr. carter. >> look, it was an honor of a lifetime. i went down there, we spent 30 minutes.e letell you, president carter is brilliant and lucid. he talked about how he had negoated a framewor a 12-point framework with kim jong-un's grandfa. i then asked him. i said, president carter, who can i follow up with in carter center or experts to understand what this framework is?au he starteding and he said, well, me. i'm the only one who knows all of the details. so we're going to be following up. we want to get his wisdom. mean he's probably the only american who has actually met kim jong-un's grandfather, who was very popular in northkorea, and i have met with people in the administration and i'm encouraging them to seek president carter's counsel and involvement. as your viewers may know, president carter actuanlly was o a submarine during the korean conflict. ending this conict is a huge legacy issue for him. >> and i think you had go

but who supplies the country with its expensive nuclear technology and who's behind kim jong il in the shadowy financial system the system is so top like this the dictators men tell all. of you forty five minutes on t w. earth a home for saving global ingenious tell stories of creative people and the vegas projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions and global ideas the environment series of global three thousand on d w and online.

pyongyang on two nuclearization the drills have been a point of contention with north korean leader kim jong. il's have been held for the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday in cross border shelling between india and pakistan . i'm serious president of jealousies but a flick as expected to officially file his candidacy for an on sunday rallies right now being held in paris among the algerian jasper there against who to flee so far he has defied calls to step down on saturday he sacked and replaced his unpopular campaign chief eighty two year old has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in two thousand and thirteen hundreds of thousands of people have already rallied against pitifully constitution to seek a fifth term in the largest protests algeria has seen in decades it is a rare show of dissent which has spread across thirty cities but if it came to power in one thousand nine hundred nine following a civil war that lasted a decade and still has the backing of several political parties trade unions business gro

agreement on two nuclearization after talks failed in vietnam a summit between donald trump and kim jong il was called off early after disagreements over sanctions. to get more now on our top story the tension between india. pakistan over the disputed kashmir region is a former government official and any administered kashmir is at the indian government's approach has made the situation worse. i think a kind of hardline approach to resolving the conflict by denying political space to those political formations who do norma settling agree with the dominant sentiment which is in the rest of the country i think that has been kind of counter product to the last seventy years of the conflict to be have seen many attempts muzzling the voices which are not necessarily in sync with what is of the majority in the rest of the country we have seen political space being denied we have seen these crackdowns in the past as well but our experience tells us that it's finally the enlarging of the democratic space that has helped in restoring normalcy in kashmir not to approach which is the military approach

on two nuclearization the drills have been a major point of contention with north korean leader kim jong il. had been held for victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday and cross border shelling between india and pakistan. and then israel's opposition leader insists he will return home despite threats of being arrested. door where he met with president let emery know he's on a tour of latin america drumming up support against israel and president nicholas witchell wrote. as president has launched a furious attack at the mall or investigation during the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the us speech came after his former lawyer michael cohen labeled him a racist a con man and a cheat and his testimony to congress says his political opponents are trying to take him out with the investigation into possible russian collusion during the two thousand and sixteen election we have the greatest of all time now we have people that lost. unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people fo

charges against an indonesian like use of assassination the half brother of north korean leader kim jong il and so where does this leave the investigation. plus a new opera gets provocative and always the want and the updated.

bribing dictators doesn't do well with the clintons and kim il. at the time reagan did not reach a deal. when he ran for president so many on the left suggested reagan was a california cowboy that would lead us to a nuclear holocaust. the cold war ended without a single shot fired and the berlin wall came down. the bribery strategies we see b enjoked by the left. -- envoked. clinton promised it was a good deal for the american people. obama 150-billion dollars in cash and cargo planes right there on iran's front door. now the deal is totally defunct. iran never stopped pursuing nuclear weapons and never stopped funding terror all over the world and president trump is more interested in protect be g being -- protecting the country than just having a feel-good moment. you would think when the denuclearization of a rogue dictatorship is on the table, you would think this is a moment where all americans would want to back the president's efforts, hope he can make a great deal. you would think they will encourage his efforts to make the world safer for

republican congressional aide is have been criticizing trump over his closeness to north korean leader kim jong il but trump is set to try to rally his base when he addresses a k. conservative conference in washington every since he became president trump has spoken at the conservative political action conference. for more let's bring in a washington correspondent on the sound of it all though what can we expect trump to tell the delegates at this conservative convention. or donald trump urgently to get backing off his supporters and off the conservative conservative party of the republicans he's experienced some very serious setbacks in recent days days and weeks of the hearing of his formal lawyer and fixer michael cohen on capitol hill was above all very embarrassing for him and the donald trump had hoped to hide himself behind some good news coming from one lawyer where he met a north korean leader kim yong and those talks this bilateral meeting there stalled as well where he wanted to show himself once again as the great deal maker he sees himself and the result of that being that you showed

well this was donald trump's first appearance after his failed north korea talks with kim jong il and where he went back empty handed really and also after at the same on the same day cohen his former lawyer and fixer testified in front of congress so all eyes were on the u.s. president here today in the big question was how was he going to react to respond to his latest failures and how is he going to get out of this defensive position that he found himself in an interesting lead at the start he did not mention michael cohen or north korea he just went directly off script just like we know him knew him especially in the election campaign of two thousand and sixteen and started attacking his opponents really ridiculous the democrats and making fun of the investigations against him just as we've just heard in the in the sound bite you played as well and this is like the donald trump we've experienced here today and went out pretty well for him there was a cheering crowd supporting him and that was exactly what he was trying to achieve to get back on track with this message. does he aft

year the reports in south korean media follow the failed summit last week between donald trump and kim jong il and. new satellite pictures appeared to refute india's claim that it destroyed a religious school linked to the group jaish e mohammed in pakistan india had said it's an strikes hit all intended targets and killed a large number of fighters algeria's army chief says he won't let the country go back to what he calls an era of bloodshed he was talking as students led more protests the eighty two year old president abdul aziz to stand down. many flights have been canceled from kenya's main airport following a strike by aviation wakas riot police have been deployed to disperse protesters outside nairobi. force the strike follows a labor dispute between away his union and kenya airways. australia plans to send asylum seekers and offshore prison camps needing medical care to a remote island that's closer to indonesia than mainland australia prime minister scott morrison toward christmas island to announce the government's strategy his conservative government is reopening a camp there after

by the united states and as a violation of the spirit of the talks between president trump and kim jong il rebecca. best in hotdish speaking to us a little earlier on and staying in north korea millions have turned out to elect the country's rubberstamp parliament though it is was presented with one pre-approved candidate per seat they can cross out the name but that's officially on hurdles leader kim jong un const his ballot in the capital pyongyang participations mandatory and it's expected that the ruling korean workers party will be a new nanny mislaying election day celebrated with music and. today marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland amid a mid of failed uprising against chinese rule he's been living in exile in india ever since so many tibetans today's anniversary is a bitter occasion standing in the rain in delhi this group of activists chant free tibet and sing traditional songs and good as chants the gathering was also to commemorate the many thousands of tibetans killed during a failed revolt in nine hundred fifty nine. well afte

republican congressional leaders have been criticizing trump over his closeness to north korean leader kim jong il the trump is said to try to rally his base when he addresses a key conservative conference in washington today and has spoken at the conservative political action conference every here since he became president. you know well for more let's bring in dana believes washington correspondent all of us salad all of it what can we expect trying to tell the delegates at this conservative convention. urgently needs to get his supporters behind him it's going to be the first time in his first public appearance really out of the stalled negotiations with north korean leader kim your own where he wanted to show himself as the great deal maker he sees himself and he went back to washington empty handed and that at the same day michael cohen delivered his testimony here and that turned into a very embarrassing situation for the u.s. president so what don't come urgently needs right now is to get his voters his supporters and the delegates of course behind him and there's probably no better way to

by the united states and as a violation of the spirit of the talks between president trump and kim jong il and rebecca just on that has they've actually been any reaction from washington also we'll see if there has because if if this were to be true and if north korea were to resume. we same two at best and we seem to have lost fast in heart is there we'll try to return to him later in the program but staying with north korea millions have turned out to elect the country's rubber stamp parliament voters were presented with one pre-approved candidate her state they can cross out the name but that's virtually unheard of later kim jong un has his ballot in the capital pyongyang participation is mandatory and it's expected that the ruling korean workers party will we knew nan honestly election day is celebrated with music and arts. and today marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland i made a failed uprising against chinese rule has been living in exile in india ever since for many tibetans today's anniversary is a bitter occasion standing in the rai

missile launch increased activity at the site near pyongyang times two weeks after talks between kim jong il and u.s. president donald trump ended without agreement kim had stopped a missile launchers as relations between the two countries improved but these latest reports come just days after different satellite images allegedly showed pyongyang had started rebuilding a rocket launch site as well. take a trip in southern thailand and it won't be long before you travel through a forest of rubber trees thai farmers export more raw rubber than anywhere else in the world but as global prices fall they are the ones suffering the reports from the southern province of crabby critics say a government subsidy scheme is to this hill today it's. for generations the landscape of southern thailand has been dotted with rubber plantations it's known as the white gold that's tapped from the trees but now and probably province like many others the farmers have been dealt a double blow by world markets and one dispute in particular. global oversupply has driven the rubber price down forty percent over two ye

year reports in south korean media following last week's failed summit between donald trump and kim jong il in vietnam a web site specializing in north korean studies called thirty eight north says it has satellite imagery showing efforts to rebuild some structures at the launch sites let's go straight to rob mcbride he joins us from south korean capital seoul so rob does a bit more about what restorations were actually saying. yes a lot of these reports concern the tongue tongue re launch center and they emerged during a an intelligence briefing given by south korea's spy agency to lawmakers in seoul the details of that got into the media here and it being rightly reported here as elsewhere and they concern satellite images which seem to show that there has been construction work at this launch center specifically large doors and part of a roof on one of the large hangar facilities at this center now this center has been used largely for satellite launches but it has been also used for the testing of the ballistic missile engines and it did feature prominently as you mentioned there in neg

and broke down in late february. —— kimjong il one. and broke down in late february. —— kimng newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up — lift off for lyft. ride—hailing firm lyft has priced its initial public offering at $72 a share, valuing the company at $24 billion. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. this rather interesting painting by the british artist banksy is back on display. devolved parliament — his biggest—known work on canvas — depicts politicians in the house of commons as chimpanzees, as you can see. it will be on display until september as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of an exhibition in the english city of bristol and is on loan from a private collection. that's all for now. hello. plenty of dry weather on the way through friday, lasting into the weekend as well. but there is another weather change taking place. now this weather front will give a bit of rain to northern scotland on through friday. not very much as it moves south over the weekend. but that other weather c

while time will tell but i have a feeling that our relationship with good career kim jong il and of myself chairman kim i think it's a very good one i think it remains good i would be. surprised in a negative way if we did anything that was. not per our understanding but we'll see what happens look when i came in. under the obama administration north korea was a disaster i inherited a mess with north korea and right down you have no testing you know nothing let's see what happens but i would be very disappointed if i saw a test. by karen al-jazeera when we come back the founder of the notorious u.s. military contract a blackwater admits to al-jazeera that he didn't meet trump's campaign team but that's not what he told congress plus. this. abuse rejected and humiliated would be to nigeria and human trafficking victims more in that state. hello the rains a little early but it seems to be sailing persistence or china vast amounts of cloud way of going that direction and really where the rain is going with feeding in warms from the south and the cold relatively speaking the north not by injur

pyongyang on two nuclearization trails have been a major point of contention with north korean leader kim jong il. funerals have been held for the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday in cross border shelling between india and pakistan. even as wales opposition leader insists he will return home despite threats of being arrested on but i was in ecuador where he met with president clinton marino is on a tour of latin america drumming up support against president nicolas maduro. kurdish forces in syria closing in on the last remaining eisel fighters of the village in the village of say they expect to quote decisive battle on sunday. yes back syrian democratic forces launched the final push against the armed group on friday the last remaining civilians were evacuated just hours earlier thousands of people have left in recent weeks they're being taken to a camp near the iraqi border thousands of syrians have fled to neighboring lebanon when the war began are going back home a new minister in charge of lebanon's millions of refugee

after donald trump and kim jong. il agreement the ports emerge that north korea is rebuilding a rocket launch site. down well into life for my headquarters in doha with iran also ahead germany extends its ban on selling weapons to saudi arabia resisting pressure from european allies. the challenges facing nigeria as it prepares to bring home twenty thousand sex trafficking victims from mali. and the european commission declares the migration crisis is over. north korea said to be restoring facilities at a long range rocket launch site what should began to dismantle last year the reports in south korean media follow the failed summit last week between donald trump and kim jong un alexei o'brien reports. these satellite images appear to show north korea's rocket launch site the web site thirty eight north which specializes in studying the reclusive state says they show efforts to rebuild between february sixteenth and march second. and those dates put it right around last week's summit in vietnam that's where u.s. preside

which monitors north korea says satellite imagery shows buildings are going back up at the site kim jong il had agreed to dismantle last year that follows last week's failed summit between kim and president trump in vietnam i would be very disappointed if that were happening it's a very early report we're the ones that put it out but i would be very very disappointed in chairman camp and i don't think i will be but we'll see what happens we'll take a look. on thursday the us president's former campaign manager will find out how much more time he's going to spend in prison while manifold was found guilty of financial crimes as part of the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion between the two thousand and sixteen campaign and russia but that's just one of a growing number of investigations into donald trump atic ohio reports letting you know it's a term he seems to use daily which on which i tweet and it's a great but he might need to start using the plural witch hunts because u.s. president donald trump has a lot more to worry about than special counsel robert muller's inve

ending joint military drills which has been a major point of contention with north korean leader kim jong il and seoul and washington say it's possible effort to support more talks with north korea on denuclearization a two day summit between the u.s. president and kim finished early on thursday without an agreement well al jazeera is right mcbride joins us now live from seoul rob just how much of this has been driven by the south koreans. i think it's certainly going to be welcomed by the south korean government of president moon jay in who as we know is offered once more to actors mediator between the u.s. and north korea to try to get things back on track and is really looking for help from any quarter right now especially given the disappointment of the failure of the hanoi summit it will also help his personal efforts to try to improve into korean relations that he's been working on alongside trying to reestablish good relations between the u.s. and north korea and in particular just as a he's trying to resume economic and tourism projects with north korea is the next step in improving

last year ports in south korean media following last week's failed summit between donald trump and kim jong il in vietnam a web site specializing in north korean studies called north says it has satellite imagery showing efforts to rebuild some structures at the launch sites bride has more from seoul. these reports stem from a briefing that's being given by south korea's national intelligence service to lawmakers in seoul which seem to indicate through satellite imagery that work has been done on restoring some of the buildings at the tongue chung re testing site this is a site that has been used for the launch of satellites but has also been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles that has been speculation of the work may have resumed just as the hanoi summit was failing to reach an agreement but there is a lot of speculation that this work may well have been before the hanoi summit and it does not necessarily indicate that it's any restarting imminently of north korea's weapons program and as observers here also pointed out that since the successful summit of last june in sing

scale drills on the korean peninsula have been a point of contention with north korea's leader kim jong il and washington and seoul say it's all part of efforts to improve ties with pyongyang the decision follows president trump's second summit with kim jong un in hanoi which ended without an agreement. funerals have been held for some of the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday cross border shelling between india and pakistan tensions remain high after both sides said they shot down each other's jets on wednesday. there's been a large explosion in the eastern syrian town of whose where i still fight is a trying to cling on to the last territory they hold in the country the u.s. backed kurdish forces of launched a final assault on the armed group to drive them out all civilians have been cleared from the town and taken to an s.d.f. camp near the border with iraq and vote counting has started following parliamentary elections in a stoner poll that is seen as a test for the far right center left prime minister jiri rattus

reports that north korea has begun work to restore a rocket launch site just days after talks with kim jong il and didn't failure i would be very disappointed if that were happening it's a very early report we're the ones that put it out but i would be very very disappointed in chairman kim and i don't think i will be but we'll see what happens we'll take a look. i had begun to dismantle the facility last year as a confidence building measure following the first summit between trump and kim alexia brian has this report. these satellite images appear to show north korea's rocket launch site the web site thirty eight north which specializes in studying the reclusive state says they show efforts to rebuild between february sixteenth and march second. and those dates put it right around last week's summit in vietnam that's where u.s. president donald trump walked away saying he couldn't meet kim jong un's demands to lift sanctions analysts say this could be punching back the north koreans haven't actually used it for a long range test missiles they've used it in past for satellite launches which a

on two nuclearization the drills have been a major point of contention with north korean leader kim jong il robin pride has more from seoul. this now does come as a confirmation that full eagle and key resolve these of these big exercises that normally take place in the spring. and they will be replaced by much smaller less high profile exercises command exercises virtual computer games if you like rather than troops on the ground it is quite the concession the these exercises always enraged the north koreans they say that it could be a prelude to war so it is a concession with the military of south korea and the u.s. now saying that yes they do the two a rise in tension there's been an exchange of gunfire between security forces and rebel fighters in indian administered kashmir and he and soldiers have launched an operation in northern to try and flush out armed groups meanwhile funerals have been held for some of the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday in cross border fighting between india and pakistan tensions to re

north korea's leader kim jong il more not of course as we get it on al-jazeera time for the sport now is some thank you very much after one of the worst wrong of results in the club's history real madrid have returned to winning ways they beat via the lead four one in the spanish league reale had to come from a goal down to beat a team that is fighting to avoid relegation and just over a week real madrid have been knocked out of the champions league i lost twice to fierce rivals barcelona santiago team are third in the table twelve points adrift of barsa napoli have lost more ground on italian league leaders you ventus late lorenza insinuate goal saw them draw one one against. now probably are set in the table eighteen points behind reigning champions hoofing who. have a poor have moved within a point of english premier league leaders manchester city they beat burnley four to anfield robert from in your an aside your money both scored twice as liverpool hit back on after conceding an early goal they before are aiming to win the title for the first time since nine hundred ninety we had

this thursday us president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong il with their news and five thousand of journalists descended on vietnam's capital of how for the two leaders second summit the much hyped meeting failed to produce any deal on north korea's denuclearization and the lifting of u.s. sanctions against pyongyang with trump and kim unable to agree on the terms despite little headway being made at the summit washington and pyongyang say the dialogue will continue and as an apparent goodwill gesture the u.s. and south korea have decided to suspend their annual joint military exercises statement says it's being done in an effort to reduce tension and had fallen. on the korean peninsula though the drills have in fact not been canceled completely but rather replaced by another set of exercises. and take stock of the second summit. the talks in hanoi between trump and care more complete failure a blowout bob shrum says the talks failed because of what he says were unreasonable demands they wanted the sanctions lifted. in their entirety and we couldn't do that but that is

failure was an essentially well essentially rise you say but nothing sign there and it appears that kim jong il didn't bend. under all this might of donald trump's diplomatic skills and now it looks like the dollar from the ministration is out of crossroads they should decide whether they want to continue to play that role as a great peace maker for korea or they want to go back to the role of the bad cop who keep slapping everyone around the world with sanctions a carrot and stick very good thank you for bringing us right up to date still not a new development. just in other aspect to this story washington also appears to be increasingly concerned by china's relations with israel on thursday secretary of state mike pompeo warn that the us may reduce intelligence sharing with its key ally in the middle east if that was ties continue to strengthen. china engages in spying through its commercial state owned enterprises and presents risk through its technology systems when those things happen we want to make sure that countries know about it. those concerns president trump is doubling down on his

i guess it takes tipped to meetings for him to realize that kim jong il is not on the level he was a big winner he can gentlemen getting to fit face to face with the most powerful person in the world the president of the united states and really it's good that the president did not give him anything for the little bit that he was proposing washington wanted to persuade him to abandon his nuclear program in return for economic aid trump claimed the talks broke down after he refused to lift all sanctions against pyongyang not so cording to north korea's foreign minister. if the united states removes partial sanctions mainly removing the sanctions that have hampered the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people we will permanently and completely dismantle all the nuclear facilities in your area including plutonium and uranium in the presence of u.s. experts working jointly would take missions from both countries. at the summit but it's trump and kim had been keen to stress their warm personal relationship eager to put the insults of the past behind them. as we move forward i thi

and it falls the collapse of last month's summits between donald trump and kim jong il and. a vigils being held in iraq for at least one hundred people who were killed when their ferry capsized in the northern city of will sue it was carrying family celebrating the ruse the persian new year the u.n. has described the flooding disaster in southern africa as hugely complex fifteen thousand people many of whom are ill are still stranded more than a week after cycle either ice struck emergency teams in mozambique have increased efforts to rescue traps people in areas worst affected by the floods professors are it's in force again for fourth week in algeria calling for president these bits of think it's a step in there the capital algiers as well as in smaller cities across the country . at least sixty six people have died after two buses collided in southern gonna the crash happens in the town of chrome. and prosecutors imber in the have arrested and charged three schoolgirls with insulting the head of state is alleged they do on a photograph of the president and the can see is

scale drills on the korean peninsula have been a point of contention with north korea's leader kim jong il washington and seoul say it's part of efforts to improve ties with pyongyang but the two will still carry out smaller joint exercises the decision follows donald trump's second summit with control on the noise which ended without an agreement. funerals have been held for some of the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed on saturday in crossfire the shelling between india and pakistan tensions remain high after both sides said they shot down each other's jets on wednesday. at least fifty people have been killed in flooding in pakistan and afghanistan relief workers same initial number may rise in the coming days and usually heavy rain has cut off tens of thousands of people in the region in kandahar in afghanistan the government says it is the worst flooding in seven years . there's been a large explosion in the eastern syrian town of where i saw fighters are trying to cling on to the last territory they hold in the country the

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il it had been hoped that the summit in the vietnamese capital would use the promise of economic development to build on their historic first meeting in singapore but the summit finished earlier than planned after the two leaders failed to bridge their differences and no joint statement was signed it seems that for the time being the hope of trading concessions on economic sanctions for concrete denuclearization measures will not be realized so our question on quadriga this week is no deal in hanoi what next for ken and trump and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by dr gene here on your job from the institute of korean studies at berlin's for university he says no more talk of war instead it's time for the u.s. to show that it's also willing to take irreversible steps towards peace for our future generation also with the serious author and journalist who writes for the los angeles times and eric believes that talking is better than testing trump deserves credit for convincing north korea to at least temporarily stop t

president donald trump and kim jong il broke down in vietnam. rob mcbride that is has more from the south korean capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint militaries of south korea and the u.s. of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcomed by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a p

the half brother of kim jong il and these two women have said all along that they thought they were in just taking part in a reality t.v. show to play pranks on people they certainly had no intention to kill kim jong un. president abdelaziz bouteflika is reportedly back home from switzerland where he'd been getting medical treatment state television said his plane landed in a military base south of the capital algiers but demonstrations were demonstrators rather were back out on the streets demanding he dropped his plan to run for a fifth term sean you're going to go as more. after a two week stay at a swiss hospital abilities buttafuoco was apparently back in algeria according to a statement from his office pictures an algerian t.v. showing what is reportedly the president's motorcade driving from the airport this is perhaps the most challenging episode in beautiful twenty year rule a seismic moment in the country's recent history with little sign of diminishing if algeria is authorities still closing the universities early would stop the protests it would appear to have been a miscal

between us president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il and it had been hoped that the summit in the vietnamese capital hanoi. would use the promise of economic development to build on the historic first meeting in singapore. but the summit finished earlier than planned off to the two leaders failed to bridge their a new joint statement was signed it seems that for the time being the hope of trading concessions. on economic sanctions for concrete denuclearize ation measures will not be realized. so -- question on quadriga this week is. no deal in hanoi won't next for kim. by dr jim hill new york joan from the institute of korean studies at berlin's for university. decides no more talk of war instead it's time for the us to show that it's also willing to take irreversible steps. towards peace for all future generations. also with. cash from full fat and journalist who writes for the los angeles times. he's that's talking is better than testing trump deserves credit for convincing north korea to at least temporarily stop testing nuclear weapons and firing missiles. and a

summit us president donald trump tried to lower expectations of a deal with north korean leader kim jong il but the expectation was at the very least that the pair would sign some form of agreement on denuclearization or make a joint statement instead the talks were cut short before lunch the table will sit by the diners didn't show leaving donald trump to explain why racially they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do. they were willing to denuclearize portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for the the american said kim jong un was willing to dismantle his young beyond research facility regarded as the centerpiece of north korea's nuclear program in exchange he wanted all economic sanctions lifted which was a step too far for the us unfortunately we didn't get all the way we didn't get to something that that ultimately made sense for the united states of america i think chairman kim was hopeful that we would we asked him to do more he he was unprepared to do that but i'm still optimistic despite that optimism this was not

against north korea or whoever's dealing with north korea after the summit of donald trump and kim jong il and noise and all this thaw and signs of friendship between the leaders of america and north korea as you can see they may end up being a while of and when the sanctions alarm goes off in the u.s. was there a widely seen that that lost so much as a feel your it was that it it was it didn't go successful it wasn't going as planned for either america or north korea it seems you know what officials in north korea are actually saying we heard from them last week that they were even feeling that america was absolutely not inclined to loosen their stranglehold when it comes to all this pressure on young men. she told me not to get the united states was not interested in improving with korea u.s. relations or implementing the june twelfth joint to ration it was only trying to produce results for political achievement i will make this clear the forceful stance of the u.s. will make the situation more dangerous i was supreme leader ship can clarify its decision soon president donald trump a lo

was not essentially well essentially rise you say but nothing signed there and it appears that kim jong il didn't bend under all this might of donald trump's diplomatic skills and now it looks like the dollar from the ministration is at a crossroads they should decide whether they want to continue to play that role as a great peacemaker for korea or they want to go back to the role of the bad cop who keeps lobbying everyone around the world with sanctions asia analysts throughout the gupta told us donald trump is trying not to disrupt the french our relationship with north korea. we'll then i think a couple of weeks we will hear back from the north korean side as to how they would like to proceed for the the ball really resides on the north korean side on hold they will respond after hanoi and i think donald trump is going a little bit out a little out of his way to ensure that he doesn't mess things up u.s. north korea talks ayatollah very delicate fears are the spoiling of time north korea essentially has to get back to the u.s. side wants to go forward and donald trump doesn't want to d

vietnamese capital of her noise was chosen as the venue for trying to meet north korean leader kim jong il and for their second face to face summit the country serves as an example of how old foes can become friends. from the nine hundred fifty s. through the early one nine hundred seventy s. the united states sent its men to fight vietnam a generation later a nine hundred ninety four bill clinton and other u.s. president who avoided military service lifted the trade embargo on this communist country completely changing vietnam's relationship with the united states since then the vietnamese economy has been. the us is now one of vietnam's biggest trading partners like vietnam after the war the us and north korea have no formal diplomatic or economic ties we think that north korea and jim and kim have a tremendous potential as an economic force. as the u.s. tries to convince to abandon its nuclear weapons program some analysts say kim should look to vietnam as an example of what's possible it's really quite remarkable. that we the united states are capable of moving beyond previously advers

come back home first trump on the north korean leader kim jong il long with their revenues and thousands of journalists descended on vietnam's capital for a bilateral summit the much hyped talks failed to produce any deal on north korea's denuclearization or the lifting of u.s. sanctions against pyongyang and kim simply just unable to agree despite little headway washington did say that dialogue will continue and as an apparent gesture of goodwill the u.s. and south korea suspending joint military exercises the pentagon says it's to reduce tensions. denuclearization on the korean peninsula but have nots in fact being canceled but rather replaced by another set. exercises these kind of moment take stock of the seconds to some of. the talks in hanoi between trump and cam were complete failure a blow out a bomb trump says the talks failed because of what he says were unreasonable demands they wanted the sanctions lifted. in their entirety and we couldn't do that but that is not how north korea remembers the meeting because the word what we proposed wasn't the removal of all sanctions but th

the vietnamese capital of the noid was chosen as the venue for trying to meet north korean leader kim jong il and for their second face to face summit the country serves as an example of how old foes can become friends. from the nine hundred fifty s. through to the early one nine hundred seventy s. the united states sent its men to fight vietnam a generation later a nine hundred ninety four bill clinton and other u.s. president who avoided military service lifted a trade embargo on this communist country completely changing vietnam's relationship with the united states since then the vietnamese economy has been. the us is now one of vietnam's biggest trading partners like vietnam after the war the us and north korea have no formal diplomatic or economic ties we think that north korea and jim and kim have a tremendous potential as an economic force. as the u.s. tries to convince to abandon its nuclear weapons program some analysts say kim should look to vietnam as an example of what's possible it's really quite remarkable. that we the united states are capable of moving beyond previously adver

national security adviser for the breakdown of last month's summit between donald trump and leader kim jong il and why pompei o and john bolton are accused of creating an atmosphere of hostility and mistrust but baez denied this saying the u.s. hopes to continue denuclearization talks with north korea with respect to what was said last night about chairman kim potentially considering ending the moratorium i can say only this in hanoi on multiple occasions he spoke directly to the president and made a commitment that he would not resume nuclear testing nor he resume missile testing so does jimmy kimmel's words we have every expectation that he will live up to their commitment to join his economic slowdown in the trade with the u.s. has topped the gender of a gathering of chinese legislators in beijing they endorsed a foreign investment all aimed at appeasing the concerns of trading partners in washington and elsewhere adrian brown reports from the chinese capital. as ever when china's parliament meets everything was perfectly organized. inside the great hall of the people the mood was celebrate