and will travel to pyongyang for what will be his third meeting with kim jong il and this year moon is trying to revive stalled talks between north korea and the united states is expected to push kim to make what he calls bold moves towards disposing of his nuclear weapons seoul has played down the chances of any major breakthrough to written off korea of its nuclear program. or don't know you ginger includes mediating and promoting the u.s. north korea talks for d.d. we would try hard to build a new peace poor relationship between the u.s. north korea and regimes and see talks immediately so that north korea can move forward with denuclearization and corresponding measures from the u.s. can be. bright has more on that story for us from seoul. south korean president moon j.n. travels to pyongyang determined to breathe new life into an initiative he largely started and which now seems to be stalled. he knows the price of failure could be a return to the dangerous brinkmanship of missile testing and. you can becomes their. talks is not about nuclear disarmament are stark and they asked b

signed a joint statement on day two of their three day summit in trying yang the deal between in and kim jong il and that includes a road map for denuclearization they also signed an agreement on military cooperation and to kim jong il accepted an invitation to visit seoul for the first time now we are closely following this development of the story and we'll bring you all the details as soon as we get them. they have us and counterparts about these strikes using existing communicate. mechanisms now this seems to contradict information that emerged earlier off to a phone conversation between the russian defense minister. and his israeli counterpart i don't need a minute and after that conversation we heard the russians saying that israel gave less than a minute's notice that it was going to conduct these strikes through the working hotline that he's used to portray such information the russian defense minister also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen a russian plane bearing in mind that it was coming into land from an altitude of some five kilometer has all of this fol

this new nuclear reservation and here is coming down the steps now with his wife to be greeted by kim jong il and. what will be going through kim jong un's mind at this time following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather all doing better than him and having these meetings with his opposite number from the south well there have been questions as to whether kim jong un is really different from his predecessors but i think at this point it's safe to say that. one's some kind of change to come to north korea and he has been more serious about this denuclearization process than what we have seen in the past from north korea i'm sure he's also feeling a certain sense of urgency because there's a limited window for north korea to get any kind of concessions from the u.s. there's a mid-term election happening in washington in november and now where we're looking at two months of talking south korea with moon jay and who have been directing negotiating with the north. they seem convinced about the sincerity of the north koreans that they know that the clock is ticking they have this window o

hearing from one news source that mr trump is saying a second summit with the north korean leader kim jong il is likely quotes quite soon you remember it was front page news back was june the eleventh june the twelfth of this year when donald trump met the north korean leader kim jong il in the key issue between washington and pyongyang of course the denuclearization of the korean peninsula super important as well of course for the chinese and also of the south koreans and indeed for everyone else kim jong un has spent the best part of a year now saying he's in effect perfecting his intercontinental ballistic missiles could they hit the u.s. mainland some people say absolutely not they're not good enough to do that other people are saying they are on the right vector to be able to do that but donald trump saying another summit with kim jong un is likely quite soon. an election that many were calling a test of the maldives young democracy has resulted in the president conceding defeat mean appeared on national t.v. to acknowledge he had lost the race to his only rival the opposition leader ibr

this will be moon's third summit with the north korean leader kim jong il and. their first landmark meeting was in april at the panmunjom truce village on the demilitarized zone separating the two koreas they met there again in may when the prospect of talks between north korea and the u.s. seemed to be in jeopardy. it helped pave the way for the historic meeting between kim and u.s. president donald trump in singapore the following month. the floor in relations has seen tangible results. reunions of families separated by the korean war have restarted for the first time since twenty fifteen. eighty five year old banks and young was among hundreds of south koreans who made the journey to the mount common gang resort in north korea last month. her dream is that this summit could one day lead to a new era of friendship just about you let out that family members could be allowed to go back and forth and visit each other's homes nothing would be patient then max there have been other notable signs of progress the return by north korea of the remains of u.s. soldiers

in and north korea's kim jong il. a confirmation hearing for president donald trump's supreme court nominee hits a roadblock as an allegation of sexual assault surfaces. and a strawberry scare in australia after needles were found in the fruit leaving customers on edge. rescue efforts are now under way in the philippines where more than fifty people have been killed by typhoon man caught most of them have died in landslides triggered by strong winds and heavy rain dozens of miners in the area of it took on a still missing after a mountain slope collapsed on their homes your fallacies are expecting that death toll to rise as rescuers have yet to reach many remote villages. so this is our must be done to invoke the probably more general seventy just one piece so you only are in the story stubs and density of a number of the teams because. some of the victims. must get out of this are under the confirms. my hope is that they're fine and someone finds them but even if they're dead at least we can retrieve their bodies and

this will be moon's third summit with the north korean leader kim jong il and. their first landmark meeting was in april at the panmunjom truce village on the demilitarized zone separating the two koreas they met there again in may when the prospect of talks between north korea and the u.s. seemed to be in jeopardy it helped pave the way for the historic meeting between him and u.s. president donald trump in singapore the following month. the floor in relations has seen tangible results. reunions of families separated by the korean war have restarted for the first time since twenty fifteen. eighty five year old banks and young was among hundreds of south koreans who made the journey to the mount common gang resort in north korea last month. her dream is that this summit could one day lead to a new era of friendship said about you less that if family members could be allowed to go back and forth and visit each other's homes nothing would be patient then max there have been other notable signs of progress the return by north korea of the remains of u.s. soldiers k

the president has received a letter from kim jong il was a very warm very positive letter the primary purpose of the letter was to request and look to schedule another meeting with the president which we are open to and are already in the process of course noting that. on sunday north korea marked its seventieth anniversary. although military to the core there were no intercontinental ballistic missiles on display at this year's founding day parade and that seen a significant. south korean president moving jay in the has urged both p.r. yang and washington to be bold. in order for us to move towards the next level of dismantling north korea's existing nuclear weapons the leaders of north korea and the united states once again most of big ideas and take bold decisions. but much of that rests on these two men and whether a second summit will result in the denuclearization much of the world is desperate to see. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least forty five people were killed including several children after a bus carrying. pilgrims plunged into a v

north korea face third of possibly the most challenging summit with the north's supreme leader kim jong il and president moon hopes to mediate between washington and pillar of the north's nuclear weapons program and to promote ties between the two koreas. hundreds of rescuers in the philippines are searching for victims of landslides caused by typhoon man caught in the country's worst affected region the northern town of its ago dozens of fear dad after seeking refuge in a gold mine was bunkhouse the natural death toll from time for now could now found more than seventy was told was also hit hong kong china. doctors in berlin treating pussy riot member sell off say it's very likely that he was poisoned the russian anti government activist was florence of the german capital for treatment after he fell ill following a court hearing in moscow set off a fifteen day sentence for a protest on the page during a world cup football match doctors say he's still in intensive care but they're confident you'll recover. more from v.w. chief political ad is a machine that could be a welcome mckayla one n

a military display to warm the hearts of a dictator north korea's leader kim jong il is likely to see much more such synchronized stamping as the hermit kingdom gears up to celebrate its seventieth anniversary but all this pomp and pageantry comes with a human cost. this is north korean defectors since he's lived in south korea for decades he recalls a female officer who rests her life in a parade. after the march she was taken to a hospital and i do not know whether she survived continue. she trained through the pain knowing that if they found out about her condition they would pull her out of the parade she endured the pain and fell after she marched in front of the north korean leaders. another defector now living in seoul. shows the technique she perfected. but her body has paid the price she claims the grilling exercise left her injured and was a violation of her human rights. when. there was a doctor did not even touch me and diagnosed me with say attica. i asked him about the cure and he said there was none he said if i were lucky it would heal itself but if not it would leave

off the syrian coast south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong il and it's the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda president picked for the u.s. supreme court will be called back to answer allegations of sexual assault along with his accuser senate judiciary committee had been planning to vote on his appointment this week argentina's former president cristina kirschner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained questions accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated those are the headlines we're back with more after an inside story. germany and austria agreed to boost the e.u. border force as divisions heighten over immigration is a sign of increasing all diminishing common ground what extent is the far right in the blocs migration policy this is inside story. hello and welco

it's three months since kim jong il made a vague promise to president donald trump to give up his nuclear weapons at this summit in singapore three months ago trump said he wanted it to happen quickly but it's not working out that way trump says there's a simple reason for that china. and part of the north korean problem is caused by they are trying to spin it with china trump says he has a terrific relationship with china's president xi jinping he's now accused him of encouraging kim to drag his feet over denuclearization so china can gain leverage in its trade dispute with the u.s. china's foreign ministry spokeswoman says the trumpet ministration is incomprehensible to me in the towns where america should reflect on itself first instead of flip flopping and blaming others regarding america's attempt to pass the buck i am sorry they would rather not accept kim jong un and cheating paying have met three times this year those meetings all happened in china the last encounter just a week after the single poll summit. these get togethers were intended to imply a warm personal relationship b

in north korea for his third and possibly most challenging summit with the north korean leader kim jong il present mood hopes to mediate between washington and pyongyang over the north nuclear weapons program and to promote ties between the two koreas. hundreds of rescuers in the philippines are searching for victims of landslides caused by typhoon goods in the country's worst affected region the northern town of it took on dozens of feet dead after seeking refuge in a gold mine is bunkhouse the national death toll from typhoon my goodness now stands at more than seventy the storm cells are hit home and china. is in australia warming up the people responsible for planting needles and fruit fights ten years in prison dozens of needles have been found in batches in fruits around the country mainly in strawberries but also in apples and bananas the contamination is turning into one of the country's worst ever food scans. doctors here in berlin chasing a member of the russian activist group pussy pussy riot so it's highly likely that he was poisoned because of as it off a fellow after a court

recently we've seen the hopes for peace on so many levels with president movement and chairman kim jong il and so consequently those are being thwarted now all. as a quite a reminder that the u.s. still holds quite a military griffin the region that's a recap of the world's top news for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our web site r.t. dot com for the latest on all those stories and much martin thanks for tuning in. and out of our going out of that how can other than our beloved know that that not out of the mouth of the money there's been an american mind. this was a good time to. try to move. slowly down the line you know how little money not why not act and then again to our son or ex chanting in the hall people we believe the media. model of my kids i don't want them up aside johnny boy are you the moment i've got a mother how do it all the kids or is it a little i'm a little work in my building looking at the pins i don't want to put out they are the most hardy without all the more the clothing. join me every thursday on the i like simon shore and i'll be speaking to

it's three months since kim jong il made a vague promise to president donald trump to give up his nuclear weapons at their summit in singapore three months ago trump said he wanted it to happen quickly but it's not working out that way trump says there's a simple reason for that china. and part of the north korean problem is caused by our trying to spin it with china trump says he has a terrific relationship with china's president xi jinping he's now accused him of encouraging kim to drag his feet over denuclearization so china can gain leverage in its trade.

in other news summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un will be announced soon. president trump met with south korean president moon jae-in to talk about the progress of denuclearization talks with pyongyang. china has accused president trump's administration of using bullying tactics. the u.s. has imposed a further $200 billion worth of tariffs, the largest round of tariffs yet in the escalating trade war between the two countries. beijing has retaliated with extra duties on $60 billion of american goods. tversace,he italian fashion house, is set to be bought out by micha kors. he has agreed to by the italian orfirm in a dealth around $2 billion. the versace family still owns 80% of the company. last year, michael kors bought jimmy choo. is the bbetish publicisnd a key meeting at trump tower in 2016 between trump campaign officials and russians. he has been investigated by the mueller pro. he has told the bbc he wishes he never sent the mail which set up the meeting. he also played a central role in president's visit to moscow for the miss uni

south korea's president has left for pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong il and it's the first time a south korean leader has traveled to the north in over a decade talks of the denuclearization are high on the agenda north korean state media have said the summit of physics chance to improve relations with the south let's get the latest from iraq mcbride who's following the story for us from seoul so rob a big moment for both countries. that's right just as we were going on. was going up into it his plane as you just mentioned that has taken off in the last few minutes heading to pyongyang and taking with him on board a larger delegation for these three days of talks is due to arrive within the hour that will then be the start of this summit it's a summit of all the two career and leaders but it is you mentioned the first time a south korean president has traveled to pyongyang the last.

on choose state to hold talks with kim jong il and it's set to be the third meeting between the two leaders and the first since kim summit with the u.s. president donald trump in june. scuffles have broken out between police and protesters demonstrating against planned pension reforms in russia three people were detained during the rally and some petersburg which was attended by around five hundred people is the latest protest against the changes that it didn't it president vladimir putin's approval rating wants to lift the retirement age from sixty to sixty five a man and for fifty five to sixty four women. you are firm now today those are current headlines stay with the read the people's health is coming up next we'll be back in just under an hour with a full hour of news but by. seven billion people who live going to plan is here. and every year six point five trillion dollars is spent keeping the health. the pursuit of good affordable health care challenges governments worldwide that we go to six very different countries to see the constant battle to successfully deliver the people's he

like rathore it has been dropped and now we are hearing talk of a peaceful outcome i believe that kim jong il and wants peace now there is hope that the process will continue in the same productive manner agreements have been reached on specific economic projects united railways in growth and modernization it feels possible that north and south korea can become united again as one nation but it will take time and patience and the right steps and grantees from all sides i think the process should continue in the current direction. of a dozen for me i'll be back with headlines in about well let's say thirty two minutes here much more to international stay with us. join me everything on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports this list i'm show business i'll see you then. we'll lay or won't pay as brant kavanagh's nomination to the supreme court hangs in the balance will the f.b.i. investigate a sexual assault accusation against him will leave clues it testified before the committee and will the republicans move forward with a vote on kavanagh next week

secretary of state to go to north korea and you met with kim jong-il who was the father of kim jong-un and, what was that experience like? >> well, first of all let me say korean problem has been going on since the end of the world war ii. there is no peace treaty. after that war, i don't know, i think you've been to the demilitarized zone. it is the weirdest place in the world, 30th parallel dividing the two koreas. clinton administration, there were issues with korea from the beginning. they were signatories on the non-proliferation treaty. they threatened to pull out. we made a number of agreements. they didn't deliver up to parts of them, we didn't deliver some of the things we were supposed to quickly enough. in the summer of 2000 there began to be an interest -- president clinton gotten very interested what was going on. he asked former secretary of defense bill perry to do a total review of our north korea policy bill perry went there first, this is kind of fork in the road time. you can either negotiate, or we will use force against you. because they were threatening with their

south korean president returns to seoul after an historic meeting with north korea's kim jong il name pyongyang and. european union leaders discuss new partners in north africa to tackle the issue of migrants arriving on their soil. the fight against terrorism a new report says the blockade on cattle by neighboring countries has a negative impact. plus a display of affection or aggression out as there uncovers the dark truth about the treatment of animals in china's marine parks on polar east with the sport and it's for doping of the world or thirty votes on whether to lift russia's ban make protests from athletes around the globe. now it was an historic three days with north korea's kim jong un and now the president of south korea is back on home soil me. has been speaking to the media to address the nation about his trip to the north he said kim wants a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump as soon as possible and he said north korea has asked the south to mediate talks with washington that is how it should or. since the into korean relationship is in line with the deve

and kim jong il and climbed a sacred mountain sacred to both north and south korea historically you know to their culture together these are all confidence building measures all being taken. course. thank god without the us in the room now the only thing i'm worried about is what the us will try to do to sabotage this burgeoning peace twenty seconds yes well i mean this case with the north and south korea is a question of sanctions being ineffective there was a very good article about sanctions in general in the americans conservatives this week and it's very interesting that the united states is at the same time punishing china and one can china to basically you know with the same to say it's also putting tariffs on south korea to tell you that's another topic for another program here and we've been out of time many thanks to my guests here in moscow and in beirut this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember cross talk rules. to leak leak out to. you would you. choose to excuse. she will. join me. a

planning a chemical attack in libya the major threat against civilians is the terrorists that are mr kim jong il the north korean supremely leader is key not to delay and to visit moscow as soon as time allows the two leaders have of course corresponded before if this visit does go ahead that will be the first time at least in recent history that a north korean leader will visit moscow for bilateral talks now on top of this we know north korea has been in touch with the u.s. south korea to see what the what is the state of play between those countries at the moment while very much changeable obviously went from the brink of conflict just about easter time to that summit in singapore with donald trump but she was very keen to advertise as something highly successful something very productive and now things have taken another step back toward some pretty hostile rhetoric the u.s. has accused north korea of cyber warfare of hacking and trying to stifle free speech in the west take a listen the north korean backed conspiracy attempted to crush freedom of speech in the u.s. and the u k. it robbed ban

north for a summit meeting jai and was greeted to plan going at ports by the north korean leader kim jong il the south korean president spoke with business leaders including the heads of some song and l.g. it's the third into korean summit this year but this is the first time in a decade a south korean leader has visited pyongyang kim and moon are expected to discuss an ongoing peace plan and denuclearization. as you mentioned means a visit comes just after the u.s. accused russia of violating sanctions against north korea antiwar activist brian becker believes washington doesn't actually want to see pace on the korean peninsula. if you look at the last year all of the good progress has really come from north and south koreans they want to live together they want to have peace they want to end the war they want to have economic integration this frightens the united states because the united states sees south korea not as an ally but as an extension of american power and the u.s. fears any kind of reunification in korea or among koreans will diminish american presence in this important part o

the list of its nuclear facilities and its and kim jong il on their head is he at the point where he'lldo what he's being asked to do. well this was always going to be quid pro quo kind of process north korea wanted it to be synchronous they wanted to be progressive right now what they want the u.s. do more. to end the war in a war which would amount to a some kind of were gene security guarantee and in return north korea knows they need still to put something on the table and what the what the u.s. wants to see the inventory in this nuclear facilities or equipment that is in north korea's position and when we talk about kim jong un wanting the u.s. to declare the end of the korean war because it means regime security what exactly does that mean for north korea why is that so important to them. well north korea said they want this to be because it is what is going to really communicate that to them sincerity or group will on the part of the u.s. that it would amount to a promise that it would not be any military threat in the future of course north korea sees this also as a step toward

fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera a south korean president in a north korean leader kim jong il and on meeting for a second day of talks in pyongyang these are pictures from the pianka are on state guest house where the summit is taking place and where president in is stay the pair are expected to focus on how the korean peninsula can achieve denuclearization after talks with the us still. in other news russian president vladimir putin has moved to calm tensions after hours of accusations over the downing of a russian military made off the coast of syria earlier russia's defense ministry accuse israel of causing the incident was hocking syrian government installations israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu blamed it on syrian fire. it looks more like a chain of tragic accidental circumstances because these really plane did not take down our plane but certainly we have to seriously look into it our approach to this tragedy is presented in the ministry of defense statement which i have food authorized referring to response actions they will be targeted ensuring the additional

the leaders of north and south korea agree on sweeping measures to improve relations with both kim jong il in tell south korean president moon jail in pyongyang in pyongyang that he will close its main nuclear complex if the united states makes reciprocal whoops also on the program fears for syria's it live province despite a deal.

met with the north korean leader kim jong il and these latest pictures that we're seeing out of pyongyang the two leaders were all smiles as hundreds of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of that historic meeting in the capital the now holding formal talks with north korea's nuclear disarmament will be high on the agenda. kelly is a professor of international relations at nasa. see and a writer on asian affairs the joins us live via skype from sun so i was seeing lots of pictures coming out of pyongyang pretty red picture it must be said that beyond all these photos shot this what a photo ops what progress can actually be made at this summit yeah i think the big question for the south korean leader is to get some kind of concession from north korea that is large enough to convince the americans particularly donald trump and secretary of state might bump a zero that continuing with the north korean detente process is worth it. right now things are really stalemated between the americans and the north koreans and i think that's really moonstruck moon has got to go to pyongyang and

special mass games attended by about one hundred thousand people moon praised the north korean leader kim jong il and promised to bring the peninsula together the former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has been released from prison after his sentence for corruption was suspended. high court had ruled there were deficiencies in the conviction of sharif his daughter and his son in law the u.s. president to come out in support of his nominee for the supreme court. who is facing allegations of sexual assaults alleged victim christine ford says she wants an f.b.i. investigation before she testifies at his senate committee hearing. the aid organization save the children says more than five million children in yemen are at risk of starvation as a result of the war around eighty percent of yemen's population get their supplies and aid through the port of. fighting there has resumed following the failure if un backed talks between the government and who with the. rebels the charity says the structure into the ports operations is likely to push up food and fuel prices already the cost of food has ris

a military display to warm the heart of a dictator north korea's leader kim jong il is likely to see much more such synchronized stepping as the hermit kingdom gears up to celebrate its seventieth anniversary but all this pomp and pageantry comes with a human cost. this is north korean defector seven he's lived in south korea for decades he recalls a female officer he rests her life in a parade. you wrote her after the march she was taken to a hospital and i do not know whether she survived or for can do she trained through the pain knowing that if they found out about her condition they would pull her out of the parade she endured the pain and fell after she marched in front of the north korean leader's. good. another defector now living in seoul. can shows the technique she perfected. but her body has paid the price she claims the grilling exercise left her injured and was a violation of her human rights. the one that the doctor did not even touch me and diagnosed me with say attica. i asked him about the cure and he said there was none he said if i were lucky it would heal itself

and north korean leader kim jong il and that led to another first a summit between a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader which brought renewed optimism that north korea may dismantle its nuclear weapons program but things haven't quite progressed as hoped a recent report by the u.n. nuclear agency says north korea is still developing nuclear obs last month u.s. president donald trump canceled secretary of state visit to pyongyang at the last minute site. the lack of progress in denuclearization talks but south korea is still committed to improving ties with the north leaders from the two countries will meet next week and the white house has said it's open to holding a second summit with north korea and understanding perhaps that the best way to neutralize a nuclear threats from north korea is to keep the lines of communication open florence lou al-jazeera. of japan says it is reconsidering membership of the international whaling commission after its proposal to reinstate commercial whaling was rejected the practice was banned in the one nine hundred eighty s. but japa

south korea's president in his impure nyang for his third summit with the north korean leader kim jong iland the two leaders were all smiles as hundreds of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the historic meeting in the capital they've been holding talks focusing on north korea's nuclear disarmament the saudi amorality coalition says it's launched a large scale operation targeting areas under the control in her data the alliance says it's captured two areas on the outskirts of the port city since he had valves began on tuesday the data is the main gateway for relief supplies and commercial goods into the country meanwhile the u.n. only boy for yemen has left sana'a the capital after two days of talks with the leaders. the united nations envoy to yemen as i've just mentioned martin yemen's gryphus had two days of talks with his three leaders they were focused on resuming consultations between the yemeni government and rebels andrew symonds has been following developments in djibouti. there is still intense fighting going on all along the road out of the data and also in the very

course quite an important moment again in that terrible war in syria now the north korean leader kim jong il in the says he wants to produce a big outcome during three days of talks with the south korean president in this is the first time a south korean leader has gone to pyongyang in more than a decade kim jong intreated moon jay into a special concert after spending the day talking about north korea's nuclear program from a bride rickles now from the south korean capital seoul. if talks over north korea's nuclear stockpile were in trouble you wouldn't know it from the smiles and hugs. the third meeting between north korea's kim jong un and monday end of south korea and the warmest so far. a full on a guard and equal prominence given to the flags of north korea and the blue flag of a reunified korean peninsula. the last meeting between these two men led to the historic summit between him and u.s. president donald trump but moon knows this visit must deliver some evidence of north korea's commitments to denuclearize ation if talks with the u.s. arteries you they want perhaps a disclosure of

exchanges recently we've seen the hopes for peace on so many levels with president moves and chairman kim jong il and so consequently those are being thwarted novel. as a quite a reminder that the u.s. still holds quite a military grip in the region that's a recap of the world's top news for now and thanks for tuning in. moon. we're going to do not me not a witch it's real. it was a live alls from some of the ones. i came back to the community of. people we obvious found in on the road lookouts me all you got is all bible going towards him. the guy who i was like oh no. they're like. say. she. misses you money doesn't. give us all that. but if you don't. know we're going to this. stuff that doesn't cut doesn't last i am not touching me in my life. i see mom have to die. i. die i've often thought about how not to touch it. not to do not not even to cut a bit of it let it lie i. this is going bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart children thank you for being on board with us. coming up today we update the trading situation related to the north american free trade agreemen

in north korea but its third and possibly most challenging summit with the north supreme leader kim jong il president moon hopes to mediate between washington and pyongyang over the north's nuclear weapons program entrepreneur ties between the two koreas. hundreds of rescuers in the philippines are searching for victims of landslides caused by typhoon. and the country's worst affected region the northern town of it's a gone and dozens are feared dead after seeking refuge in a coal miner's bunkhouse the natural death toll from typhoon mount work now stands at more than seventy was told was also hit hong kong and china. authorities in australia who warned that the people responsible for planting needles in fruit could be jailed for ten years dozens of needles have been found mainly in strawbridge but also in apples and bananas the contamination is turning in some of the country's worst ever food scares police have yet to make any arrests. here in berlin doctors treating a member of russian activist group pussy riot say it is highly likely that he was poisoned vezina off after a court appearan

and kim jong il and climbed a sacred mountain sacred to both north and south korea historically you know to their culture together these are all confidence building measures all being taken. course i think thank god without the us in the room the only thing i'm worried about is what the us will try to do to sabotage burgeoning peace twenty seconds yes well i mean these case with north and south korea is a place.

side by side north korean leader kim jong il and south korean president monday in attend a mass performance entitled brilliant fatherland. the one hundred fifty thousand spectators at the event could be forgiven in thinking that the show's title could soon apply to a unified korea. perched on monger german king drawing room and i hold the hands of eighty million north and south korean people and will create a new homeland let's move forward into a new future together. you need to cation may still be some way off but the denuclearization of the peninsula might happen sooner. so we've developed a military pact to end a history of brutal confrontational and agreed to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of peace. these efforts including allowing international inspectors to observe the dismantling of its main rocket launch site the north has repeatedly promised its closure in the past without delivering but kim jong un says the closure of the young be a nuclear plant depends on reciprocal steps by the united states what he means by that is unclear. in june donald trump became t

president of trump says he'll have a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and in the coming months he made the announcement while signing a trade pact with south korean president and jay in met on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly the u.n. samantha tarion affairs chief mark low has warned of family yemen could strike at any time and lead to even more loss of life food prices have soared and fighting over the key port of the day there has stopped aid agencies from reaching about a million people u.s. president donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has spoken out about aggie's asians of sexual misconduct in a t.v. interview he openly denied the allegations two people have come forward about alleged incidents that took place in the one nine hundred eighty s. his response comes a day after a second accuser came forward as the headlines witness now. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. was so cool an of

exchanges recently we've seen the hopes for peace on so many levels with president and chairman kim jong il who so consequently those are being thwarted. as a quite a reminder that the u.s. still holds. quite a military grip in the region the are there people within the administration who frankly benefit from instability gives a certain kind of the edge it allows a certain level of military spending so allows us to have our bases paid for by south korea in south korea it allows us to export billions of dollars of weapons there so consequently there are always people who are going to fight against peace but in this period at this essential time when we're about to have another summit between north and south in september it seems to me that this is a reminder to both north and south that the u.s. has never given up its wartime authority in south korea of its latest move comes after us defense secretary james mattis announced that the united states has no plans to suspend future joint military exercises with south korea drills which the north of strongly protested. as you know we took the step