though as pyongyang destroyed its nuclear facility double trump said he would not be meeting with kim jong il you know the schedule summit in june however just the following day he backed away from that statement. what happened. to that very much want to do or we'd like to go to the white house. just so i did to terminate the plan summit in singapore in june twelfth. everybody you know you know that better than anybody who knows what he's up to i'd suspect least of all donald trump knows what he's about i mean this is somebody who jumped into that meeting first of all quicker than a ferret supper drainpipe there is no policy behind it this is somebody who is into making headlines and appeasing the base and yesterday that needs to not go down well with his base supporters that he had pulled out of this meeting he'd always seen it as a chance to make make peace on the korean peninsula which would be world breaking his strait and i think you saw yesterday he saw all about dissolving. hopes of a meeting between the u.s. north korean leaders were high with the u.s. even issuing a coin showing the two

the two meetings between the chinese president and kim jong un and all the talk around the possible summit between donald trump and kim jong il and you got the feeling that this was about the japanese prime minister laying out japan's wishes what they need to see from this process going forward and in terms of the tripartite relationship when do you get the sense where you are that what donald trump's announce what ten hours ago on the iran nuclear deal colors their relationship and how they look in the on the north korean nuclear issue. well there was certainly no discussion of that or at least not publicly when the three leaders made their statements as i say the japanese prime minister was really the only one who spoke in specifics about the nuclear issue in north korea and his desire to see the korean peninsula fully denuclearized but the it was a feeling that the three need to be unified in their stance when it comes to the korean peninsula and also when it comes to trade and that sits them apart from the united states as well peter of course we've had the america first policy of the u.s. president donald trump and that goes aga

kim jong-il -- kim jong-un. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? jim.ted to, my name is asak foundation usa -- peace foundation usa. we talk about u.s. japan security relations. is deepeningam ties, while confronting new challenges. we hope today will be a wonderful opportunity to assess the state of the security alliance, but also look at challenges we face in the future and assess how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before i introduce our keynote speaker, i wanted to recognize three special guests. peacee sasakawa foundation chairman. [applause] also from tokyo, sasakawa peace president and executive director. [applause] also, i wanted to recognize former secretary of agriculture, who did a wonderful job promoting congressional exchanges. i believe somewhere in the audience, too finally before we start. [applause] i did want to mention for those of you tweeting, we have a twitter handle #usandsecurities. we hope you will use that if you are tweeting about today's event. i would like to introduce our special guest keynote sp

kim jong-il -- kim jong-un. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? jim.ted to, my name is asak foundation

kim jong il. barbara are you watching out for zero live from london also coming up on the program political chaos in italy as a new caretaker prime minister is chosen after a bid by two populist parties to form a government collapsed a refugee hailed as a hero after saving a child dangling from a balcony is rewarded by being granted french citizenship and sri lanka launches a criminal investigation following an al-jazeera report on suspect that match tampering in international cricket. hello thank you for joining us intense diplomatic activity is raising expectations that a planned summit between u.s. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead the bilateral talks could become trilateral with the south korean president and also joining in a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from pyongyang is heading to singapore where the historic meeting is set to take place andrew thomas has more now from seoul. what a difference one frenetic weekend can make and i was like it's full steam ahead for a summit in singapore on june twelfth as originally planned ha

he didn't expect the releases to happen until perhaps after they'd had his meeting with kim jong il and why do you think kim jong un has made such a generous gesture to president trump before the actual meeting. those current leadership has been working really hard to change the perceived image as a dictator of the recruits the regime with a very gross violation of human rights without a reason being perceived as a rational actor than kim jong un will be very difficult to make his claims in his own negotiations on denuclearization of north korea in the upcoming summit meeting with the u.s. president on trump and human rights issues will be the weakest part of north korean regime that can be easily attacked by skeptics in the united states and japan and south korea about making a deal with north korea on nuclear weapons and missiles so you know this is kind of a preemptive action taken by mr kim i was i was going to say do you really think that these you have human rights is going to be play a major policy in this upcoming summit which we understand is really going to be focusing on the d u cries a

when you when you were recruited to work for the cia, they told you if you wanted to know what kim jong-ileats for breakfast , you should come work for them. did you ever get the answer? no, i never found out. but i found out his favorite food in the world is toro, fatty tuna. so that is something i kind of had in common with kim jong-il. thank you so much, sue mi terry. [applause] john: and another important partner on your site, please welcome mira rapp-hooper. a, you are a senior research scholar at yale law school. your areas of expertise are deterrence, nuclear strategy, alliance politics, among others. you recently cowrote an essay titled "perception and misperception on the korean peninsula." that was in "foreign affairs." among the many as conceptions americans might have about north korea, what tops the list for you? mira: i think the biggest misperception is either the u.s. or north korea reads the other side's signals as intended. this is often a major problem in politics. because there is so little diplomatic contact between our two countries, and the relationship is so strappe

south korea's leader may now be joining the much anticipated summit between donald trump and kim jong il. are you watching out for zero live from london also coming up on the program political chaos in italy as a new caretaker prime minister is chosen after a bid by two populist parties to form a government. a refugee hailed as a hero after saving a child dangling from a balcony is rewarded by being granted french citizenship and sri lanka launches a criminal investigation following an al-jazeera report.

which means is kim jong-un different from his father, kim jong-il and his grandfather? do you think so? yes or no? >> there's no maybe, huh? [laughte [laughter] >> well, i could talk about maybe. well, 77% said kim jong is different from kim jong-il and his grandfather. what do you think about that? >> i would echo ambassador's question. is there a third option? since we can't answer in a binary way, we'll see. the interesting thing about the answer, if we put ourselves before the inter-korean summit that answer might look quite different. so the impression of the north korean leader changed after seeing him as a human being. but that there's danger in that and there's hope in that. the moments of spaontaneity can generate hope out of the summit. the moments of chance through the process itself a new outcome, but there's danger in that. the theme of today is pro elitist optimism, caution, and that's a healthy balance in some ways the public in the u.s. and south korea and within our own publics are balancing each other out in these very healthy ways. of course, time will tell.

you. announcer: at the state department tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo discussed the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un on june 12. he talked about the trump administration's strategy toward iran and filling senior administration level positions. this was 15 minutes. >> how are you today? i brought in a special guest with me today, mike pompeo, who is going to give you a quick briefing out of his meetings with the white house today. some of you may have questions following on the secretary's iran speech. he has a few minutes to take over your questions, then i will handle the rest of the briefing. secretary pompey -- secretary pompeo, welcome. glad to have you here. secretary pompeo: good evening everyone. it has been one month since i have been here. i made a handful of commitments at the beginning, not the least of which was i would put the team back on the field. we have taken steps in working toward that. there remains a great deal of work to do. you should know i am committed to that. we will get there. we have listed the hiring freeze. than the mosther talented people including

you with us. u.s. president donald canceled a highly-anticipated summit with north korean leader kim jong-il and.rump blamed the decision on "open hostility from pyongyang." but the collapse of the talks will raise questions about the hawkish stance from within the white house, those hawkish attitudes seized upon by pyongyang. in the meantime, trump has conceded that an opportunity for peace may have been missed. >> based on the recent statement of north korea, i have decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore on june 12 >> -- on june 12. while many things can happen, and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially, i believe this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed, a setback for the world. correspondent: he for this address, trump informed the world and north korea's leadership in a letter, quite unusual for president accustomed to making major announcements on twitter. this time, he needed more than 100 40 characters to convey his disappointment about kim jong-un's recent display of "tremendous anger and open hostility." it means there potentially historic meeting is no

the cia told you if you wanted to know what kim jong-il eats for breakfast you should come work for them. did you ever get the answer? >> know i never found out. but i found out his favorite food in the world is toro, fatty tuna. , sue mi terry. [applause] you are a senior research scholar at yale law school. are areas of expertise deterrence, nuclear strategy, among others. you recently cowrote an essay titled perception and misperception on the korean peninsula. among the many as conceptions americans might have about north korea, what tops the list for you? >> the biggest misperception is either the u.s. or north korea reads the other sides signals as intended. because there is so little diplomatic contact between our two countries and the relationship is so strapped, signals are harder to read between the two. did i say misconception and you corrected me? i appreciate that you did that for me. [applause] rounds and in the first round each debater makes in -- an opening statement. they will be five minutes each, and uninterrupted. first to speak is ambassador bonnie jenkins. ladies an

and a reminder of our top story that we're following for you north korean leader kim jong il and says he is committed to holding a summit with us present donald trump next month the remarks came during a surprise meeting with south korean president cheney and trump canceled the summit on thursday but now says it may still take place on june twelfth. and real madrid have won the champions league trophy for the third straight year these spanish football giants defeated liverpool three one in saturday and saturday night's final in kiev. don't forget you can always get the news on the go to sit down load our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news and information from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d. w. app to send us your photos and videos. your watching d.w. news more coming up at the top of the hour keep up to date on our web site d w dot com thanks for watching. what keeps us in shape what makes a city and times we still come from. my name is dr carson the i talk to me the

michael nettles, author of dear reader, the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong il, kim jong un's father. good to see both of you tonight. mark, let me start with you. what do you make of this news? >> has a number of possibilities. one of them could be as kim jong un is looking for a way out of this thing. if the fact his trump is pretty much boxed human pretty quickly. he accepted the offer for the summit a lot faster than anyone thought. kim probably wants an agreement like the iran nuclear deal which has sanctions and cash up front. no restrictions on ballistic missiles and the like and sunset clauses and from sent a message last week that that's not going to happen, he doesn't cut deals like that and then secretary pompeo went out and made a stunning offer, which is to say that if he gives up his nuclear weapons, we will help them gain prosperity on par with that of south korea. that is a destabilizing offer because if kim goes to a summit and turned that down, he is responsible for the misery of the north korean people, so he may be looking for a way to get out of this thing. >> martha: you've been studyin

you. announcer: at the state department tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo discussed the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un on june 12. he talked about the trump administration's strategy toward iran and filling senior administration level positions. this was 15 minutes. >> how are you today? i brought in a special guest with me today, mike pompeo, who is going to give you a quick briefing out of his meetings with the white house today. some of you may have questions following on the secretary's iran speech. he has a few minutes to take over your questions, then i will handle the rest of the briefing. secretary pompey

you. >> [chatter] >> at the state department tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo discussed the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il on june 12. he talked about the trump administration's i strategy toward iran and filling senior administration level divisions. this was 15 minutes. -- level positions. >> how are you today? i brought in a special guest with me today, mike pompeo, who is going to give you a qui

korea he made reference to his upcoming meeting with kim jong il and i said he would meet with kim jong un and that he was optimistic about it and that. you know north korea has withdrawn from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty they are a possessor of nuclear weapons but it appears dollars trump is optimistic about his upcoming meeting this is his remarks. plans are being made relationships are built and hopefully a deal will happen and with the help of china south korea and japan a future of great prosperity and security can be achieved for everyone and clearly list stick with you because. it's not quite on his own he is he's got some support coming from israel. but yes benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel has been outspoken in calling for the usa to withdraw from the deal he recently gave a power point presentation claiming that iran is lying about its nuclear program and he claims that iran is moving weapons into syria for the purpose of targeting israel this is benjamin netanyahu urging down from to do what he did today and withdraw from the deal. these were supposed to do from the store. because we said that rather than b

kim jong il. just a day after pulling out. everybody. you know. this week the st petersburg international economic forum saw global business leaders and the political elite russians northern. you take a closer look at what was one of the most anticipated meetings between the french and russian leaders. thanks for joining us here in our team's nationals for the weekly rundown of the week's top global news stories. north korea has taken a highly symbolic step as pyongyang appeared to destroy its only known nuclear test site in front of the world's cameras on thursday. was among a select group of journalists invited to witness the event. we're in the beijing international airport and as you can see behind me we're being greeted like celebrities here builds to go to north korea and now we will be proceeding to check in to our flight. so you will counsel any efforts what's the first thing you expect to see it's a bustling crowd of people pushing and shoving it's a taxi drivers offering that often overpriced services won't check this out nothing will di

you. >> [chatter] >> at the state department tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo discussed the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il on june 12. he talked about the trump administration's i strategy toward iran and filling senior administration level divisions. this was 15 minutes. -- level positions. >> how are you today? i brought in a special guest with me today, mike pompeo, who is going to give you a quick briefing out of his meetings with the white house today. some of you may have questions based on the secretary's iran speech. he has a few minutes to take over your questions, then i will handle the rest of the briefing. secretary pompeo, glad to have you here. secretary pompeo: good evening everyone. it has been one month since i have been here. i made a handful of commitments at the beginning, not the least of which i would put the team back on the field. we have taken significant steps to date begin working towards that direction. there remains a great deal of work to do, but you should know i am committed to that we have. listed -- to that. we have lifted the hiring freeze. substantial progress in some o

kim jong-il. i just today thinking about you and how you must feel b looking at this moment.been on this plane hoeding home. you were there for almost five months in a north korean prison. what do you think is really going through these three americans minds tonight? >> i think there's probably a bit of disbelief because just a few months ago, the united states an north korea were threatening to annihilate one another so i can only imagine they were scared out of their minds because they probably felt that their fate was connected to the geo political situation. for them to now be coming home reuniting with their families. i'm sure they are just overjoyed. i got chills listening to your read their statement. >> it is for any of us, impossible to imagine. you though of course know. you can feel what it's like. what was your trip home like? that long trip with the stops and everything that you went through. >> on the journey to north korea to retrieve us, but walking down the accepts of plane, seeing i family. i saw how my parents aged and that was heart wrenching. it was hard

month kim jong il and willing to even discuss a potential meeting between pyongyang and washington just days after u.s. president alsheim canceled a planned summit with kim. we'll be watching to you know means live from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour thanks for tuning in. to. learn german with d.w. . any time any place.

influence in southern yemen and up part of the saudi led coalition targeting feet rebels you know of korea's leader kim jong il told china's top diplomat he's committed to denuclearization china's foreign minister while he met kim following talks with north korea's foreign minister on wednesday his two day visit is the first official line of a contact between the two countries since last week's into korea summit well those were the headlines the news continues here on the al-jazeera after inside story statement that so much alive now.

coming to you live from berlin north korea tells donald trump it's ready to talk at any time this after the u.s. president abruptly canceled supplants summit with the north's leader kim jong il and we'll ask who can now pick up the diplomatic ball after trump's dramatic you try also coming up for years he seemed untouchable but today harvey weinstein faces arrest in new york described the movie mogul is expected to surrender to police after an avalanche of accusations of sexual assault and rape. and ireland has one of the strictest so portion laws in europe but what that could be about to change voters head to the polls for a historic referendum on the termination of pregnancy. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us north korea says it will stay still wants talks with the united states insisting that it's open to them at any time this after u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong un in a message to kim president trump blamed his decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang south korea has expressed regret that the summit is not going ahead. and that puts a plan so much with north korea on ice.

you could deal with so from that point of view yes. >> and then the next question. is the north korean leader different from the past? from kim jong il and his grandfather? do you think so? yes or no? >> it disobeyed. [laughter] >> dr. katz what do you think about that? >> we are in a position to answer that way i think we will say we will see. but if we put ourselves in another way it would be quite different so with those north koreans who are engaged but the spontaneity generates that comment and with the new outcome but with the theme of today's program that there is a healthy balance and even south korea that balances each other out but time will tell there is a strategic change and to not use negotiations in the way that has been so. >> ambassador? >> a leader in his mid- 30s shows he wants to live and rule in comfort. and i think he does not realize that the only option for him to do that is to change the course. and to me, it reminds reminds me a little bit of his grandfather. and personally in 1984 i'm convinced he would have changed the course he had reached the deal and it was a good framework and about to have the first e

you know that that is a. while trump plays hard to get kim jong il appears to be staying cool the north korean state news agency issued a conciliatory statement saying kim was willing to give the u.s. time to reconsider its decision. but the prospect of cancellation has touched off protests in asia and the south korean students see trumps flip flopping as a danger to world peace. soul is hoping to keep negotiating on track for me and i mean when you're gone i think all parties hope the problem can still be resolved through dialogue which the south korean government remains committed to continuing talks and of course in the meanwhile the japanese leader threw his support behind trump the big chill of. this cancellation is regrettable but i support the u.s. president with such a summit would have to bring clear progress on pyongyang's nuclear missile issue he said along that the world is now waiting for the next sign from trump to see if he's really walking away from the summit. for more let's bring in claire richardson who is standing by with the latest from washington so clear you know as we see here more back

because you know i've been studying is a history and this is you see a history of how well kim jong il and his father and the specially his grandfather many people ate it changes russians selves americans jeff and they always vo vigorous but right now they are still frightened because i mentioned essential their yet to produce impact but in due time situation is likely to deteriorate and of course the dorm for to be shot at as they understand in case of war they can then freak a great deal of damage on the us and their allies by they also understand that in the end of the day they're going to suffer much more so the dorms want a shooting war and even the his you were that this is was going to happen if they don't stop well they decided to stop is a methyl fact exit action is they introduce them on their missile tests a nuclear launches not now now they just confirmed it for all practical purposes they did it in late november and they also floated a possibility of being open to discuss the so-called denuclearization of the peninsula now i know from your own writing that it sounds big bu

coming to you live from berlin north korea tells donald trump it's ready to talk at any time this after the u.s. president abruptly canceled supplants summit with the north's leader kim jong iland will ask who can now pick up the diplomatic ball after trump's dramatic you try also coming up for years he seemed untouchable but today harvey weinstein faces arrest in new york described movie mogul is expected to surrender to police after an avalanche of accusations of sex.

and you're saying to china you can't do this you can't do this because we all know that china is really is the economic concern right to america is kim jong il flying his military all around washington all around california and saying i'm going to bomb the hell out of you because you're provoking me with one of the iron who is it working one of the ironies about where kim and trump are going to meet is that they don't have any planes in north korea that can take him anywhere so they can't even get into singapore for the meeting so. the united states mary. special forces last year operated in i think one hundred forty two countries around the world yeah that's right that's right and there are so thousand bases around the world has made eight hundred thousand bases around the world it's got an empire of bases so clearly the united states has been in that position china has one overseas base in djibouti but we're saying that china is our enemy at least in economic terms for the difference is there in africa for example which is supposed to be the new battleground the new bread crossbred bread basket of the world of course you have america's afr

just it also has a key you can look away so still a diplomat also invited kim jong il into russia and cost him a message from vladimir putin in response the north korean leader sent his warm greetings to the russian president well let's go live now to georgia a political analyst a professor of hong kong city university good to see you today why do you think the russian foreign minister is currently in pyongyang meeting with kim jong un. well basically russia has been important in the korean peninsula it has been a party of the six party talks and certainly you can assume a rather important role in their eyes upon young since the economic ties between russia and the united states are more limited. then russia certainly can stand up to american pressure more than china more easily than china and it is in the interest of russia to achieve didn't the deed nuclearization of the north korean peninsula certainly nuclear weapons program. will likely provoke south korea and japan to develop nuclear weapons to the strategic disadvantage of russia and china or the us you are speaking we're showi

you mentioned north korea and we know that. president trump is planning on meeting with north korean leader kim jong il and perhaps in in a matter of weeks how do you compare this decision to withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal to the policy that's being formulated around denuclearization on the korean peninsula. it's two different situations of course iran did not have nuclear weapons north korea do have nuclear weapons so it will be of course much more focus on actually disarming weapons in north korea but it does put a very. difficult hender in the way can you trust the united states governments when it comes to negotiations is this country that serious about moving to a world without nuclear weapons is it going to change position again in a few in a year or two years is this just pretext for starting war so i think it's definitely raises the stakes for this negotiations with north korea. all right well thank you very much executive director the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or i can't. really good to get your thoughts on this story thank you very much. so ahead for you on this news hour conflicting repo

coming to you live from our moscow studio a very good morning to you now our top story donald trump's historic summit with north korea's kim jong il for june in singapore might be back on track once again the apparent u. turn comes after the white house called off the meeting on thursday. we'll see what happens with. regard to that they very much want to do it with i just want to see what. everybody plays you know that you know that better than anybody. well the world continues to come to terms with donald trump's unpredictability and just a day after he announced of the historic summit in which he would meet with kim jong un in singapore was called off well now he seems to be hinting that it may be back on the table so what changed his mind once again what appears to have been a statement made by north korea in which they said they were still open to meeting and sitting down with the united states at any time now seems particularly sensitive to these statements from north korea his previous decision to cancel the summit was also based on a statement from north korea this is donald trump sadly based on the tremendous anger and ope

you at this hour u.s. president donald trump has canceled next month's planned comments with north korea's kim jong il and in a statement from pics used him open hostility and anger at the cancellation problems and despite young man having dismantled it's only known nuclear test right . now the abrupt turnaround was announced in a statement donald trump addressed to the north korean leader let's take a look at that statement he says quote you talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so massive and powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used that's what the letter reads he also says later in the letter i felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me and ultimately it is only that dialogue that matters some day i look very forward to meeting you all right plenty to talk about here let's bring in correspondents that josh smith is on the ground in seoul covering that angle for us and we have michelle can go for us in washington michelle let's talk start with you we hear trump you're saying open hostility and anger what is you referring to and why now well he's probably

president trump it could be a really low point in his tenure but you know for him he has a term maybe a second term and then that's it for kim jong il and he's losing face let's say if there if it's not a success for him but then he goes back to north korea and then what yeah that's a very good question because he actually now agreed to come out and to continue the dialogue with the u.s. and with south korea because he's interested to to develop his country further to have the very slight but existing development and in the economy of north korea to push that further to develop the country to become a normal member of the international community and this will be very difficult i mean i mean how do you backtrack on that and he does control the media you know the information they get is one sided so can you can you go back and forth and yoyo with the public like that and still maintain absolute control yeah i'm pretty sure that he can he prove that for the last couple of years and his father did so this is not really the problem but the bigger problem is to set this fire this very small but growing middle class that's also existing in

you know. what now for north korea donald trump cancels the much awaited talks with kim jong il one. of the only known to change his mind sometime in the future is what happens to the north's nuclear weapons now this is inside story. and and welcome to the program on this of pran i'm shocking perplexing and unexpected just some of the reactions to donald trump canceling his highly anticipated summit with ken joan and singapore next month the north said trump's decision was extremely regrettable a sentiment echoed worldwide as a missed opportunity for peace the u.s. president called it a sad moment of history and the white house blamed north korea's trade of broken promises in a letter to kim trump said sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it's an appropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting you talk about your nuclear capabilities but the so massive and powerful that i pray to god they'll never have to be used well despite trump surprise announcement north korea has not given up hope that talks will eventu

kim jong-il and is willing to leave the country and meet donald trump on neutral soil is a change. rob: there are bragging rights for kim jong un. having the president of the united states considering youent for them. the concept of truth is great, the fact that donald trump didn't have a meeting, that is how they operate. also to concessions without the meetings having been held. digging in their heels, and the japanese run up the issue. and in the middle of having the negotiation. this is a big step and we have three hostages, 25 million more hostages to go. >> it is fair to celebrate and be thrilled and happy for what plays out in the we hours of the morning. how do we feel and look forward from here? skeptical, optimistic? >> we look at their actions and these are concrete demonstrable moves the things that we want, that they should want as well to be a country in the 21st century and not the 19th. rob: looking at this situation in early june when they meet supposedly in singapore i don't see how this doesn't turn into a stalemate because both of these guys need to win in any negotiation was both sides can't win. who is the one who gives on this? it won't be the pres. no way he wil

kim jong un and was also a bodyguard to his late father kim jong il. editor james bays is live outside the north korean u.n. mission in new york and james what do you hearing about young charles plans when he touches down there in new york what i'm i'm hearing just moments ago just in the last few seconds from reporters that share of k. that his plane has now touched down all the u.s. soil obviously in recent years we've seen the north korean foreign minister come here to new york but he's visiting the united nations this is the most senior north korean diplomat to visit the u.s. for some considerable time i'm outside at the moment the north korean mission to the united nations the fact this building is here might explain why they're having this meeting in new york rather than in washington d.c. because north korea has a full diplomatic mission here an embassy in effect to the united nations they have staff here diplomats translators and most importantly a secure way of communicating back to pyongyang and they have none of that in washington d.c. because there are no formal relations between the u.s. and north korea in terms of diplomatic relations

tomorrow's talks and now there is a possibility that kim jong il would could actually cancel his highly anticipated meeting with trump and all because like you said the joint military drills that are being held with the u.s. and south korea let's take a quick look at. the north korea has always made it clear that if you use these joint military drills as a threat to its security in fact it was one of the points that both countries agreed upon back in january when the north said it would stop its nuclear tests and this south said that they would stop joint military drills with the u.s. and it was confirmed once again when kim and moon met last month pledging peace in the peninsula but it could all go down in flames so the question is could this hinder denuclearization efforts we'll just have to wait and see what happens yes thanks for that will get more thoughts on this so the coming hours i'm sure as well trying to smooth gasland of things for now. but a big new stores run tonight america's you and boys claimed washington's decision to move its embassy road to jerusalem did not exacerbate the mass protests across the occupied palestinian ter

kim jong il. may be delayed or may not take place. we are working on something and you know this is a chance that it will work out there's a chance it's a very substantial chance it won't work at. least. i. protesters against a government reform or turn to violence demonstrators clashing with police and there are a number of injuries. and the british government is sharply criticized for its response to the ground felt fire almost a year on from the tragedy a public inquiry is. getting underway and looking into why seventy two people lost their lives in the london our. haven't done enough not nearly enough no that's not even close i can see. our thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now donald trump says his much anticipated summit with north korea on the twelfth of june might be delayed he made the comment during a meeting with the south korean president. in washington both sides had also previously floated the possibility of walking away from the talks. reports. well according to trump the summit could take place or it might not even take place but the president h

next month's planned meeting with north korea's kim jong il historic talks may be delayed or may not take place at all we are working on something and you know this is a chance to work out there's a chance there's a very substantial chance it won't work out. protests against the government reforms turned violent and with demonstrators clashing with police there are a number of. the british government has sharply criticized for its response to the ground fire almost a year on from the tragedy a public inquiry is only now just getting underway looking into why some of the two people lost their lives in the london tower block. i don't think they're doing enough for the government haven't done enough not nearly enough no that's not enough so i can see. you can head over to our web site for the full story i'll be back with headlines again in about an hour's time and now it's cost. and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we've all gotten used to it the media hate trump and the president returns the favoring kind how is this mutually charged hate fest changed media and journalism of corporate liberal media re

depicts trump facing the north korean leader kim jong il however earlier president trump was threatening north korea with the libyan sonority oh just to remind you to be gave up its weapons of mass destruction but still faced an intervention from nato doesn't make albums from the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity believe such threats make washington irrelevant for peace talks there you have basically talking about libya as the model for north korea we know what happened to libya libya voluntarily gave up its weapons and was overthrown nonetheless if that's not a red flag to the north koreans i don't know what is i mean if i would north korea particularly watching it how the u.s. tore up the iran agreement i would believe if you have any mind at all you would be very very skeptical i think the u.s. is essentially irrelevant to the solution of the korean problem and that may be one of the silver linings of the fact that the trump administration seems to have no clue what it's doing the north and south are clearly moving ahead we saw that historic meeting on the border we saw for talks progress moon was elected to do exactly what you're t

kim jong il saying this story talks maybe didn't. take place at all. we are working on something and you know there's a chance that it'll work out there's a chance there's a very substantial chance that it won't work at. least. coming up this is the scene just a few hours ago protests against government reforms turning violent in paris with demonstrators clashing with police there were a number of injuries for. the british government splay. was to give the grenfell fire a public inquiry is now only getting underway into why seventy two lost their lives in the london. i don't think they're doing enough but the government haven't done enough not nearly enough no that's not enough so as i can see. good morning just after one am here in moscow you're watching r t live with me kevin ali first donald trump says his much anticipated summit with north korea on the twelfth of june might be delayed his comment came during a meeting with the south korean president in washington both sides had also previously floated the possibility of maybe even walking away from the talks samir a carna washington

immense influence and impact upon korea and looking at it from a kim jong il is perspective he must be feeling very chuffed right now you know recent described north korea as reclusive secretive isolated now suddenly you have the president of the u.s. who says he wants to meet kim jong un and russia is inviting him warmly on behind a lot of me putting to come to moscow and even easier being from china also is kind of if not flattering but they can very seriously the north koreans monsters doing this diplomatic game going on going off menu polluting but that everything i think of the olympic games it was a masterpiece of diplomacy and of show show of the there will now he feels strong and he's kind of flat that by each and everybody indeed he must be chuffed very much so i think you know how important is this summit with donald trump for pyongyang. of course the koreans not just in germany but also your father and grandfather also had one thing in mind they wanted to make sure that nobody can touch their country that redeem that they should not have the same fate like for example gaddafi or some would say therefore the v

you. donald trump says it is highly anticipated meeting with north korea's kim jong il and will not take place in the demilitarized zone on the korean peninsula trouble says more details about the meeting will be announced within days three americans meanwhile were being held by pyongyang are traveling back to the u.s. where the secretary of state like pale they are due to land within an hour and trance as he will meet them at andrews air force base in maryland it releases same as a gesture of goodwill ahead of the site. let's go live now to our correspondent at the white house kimberly the how can i can really tell us a little bit more about these three americans right well certainly know that the last time they were seen by a state department official in advance of this securing of their release was back in june and that is when a state department official went to bring home a warm beer of course the young man who was detained and eventually died of his injuries as a result of detainment so certainly they were accused by the north korean officials of espionage hostile acts something that the

richardson is on the story for us tonight good evening to you clear has the white house said anything about any type of answer or reaction from kim jong il and i mean we know the pentagon gave a statement today right. yeah that's right the pentagon has said that there's a normal state of alert for american forces on the peninsula but they said that the u.s. is also ready to respond to any kind of provocation from north korea be that a missile strike or what have you and that they are ready to defend themselves and south korea now from the white house it seems that their issue is that they see north korea as having violated a series of promises and that they are they haven't really been taking things seriously when it came to this summit they said that a delegation of americans who were there to help plan the planned june twelfth summit and singapore were not met by the north koreans that they were essentially stood up and also issue was that nuclear test site that you were discussing earlier they invited journalists to come see its destruction but without allowing international inspectors and experts to come verify that the u.s. governme

you for your insight. u.s. officials have reportedly visited north korea for talks on preparing a june summit between u.s. president doll trump and north korean leader kim jong il and that's according to a report in the washington post newspaper the talks come after south korean president in and his north korean counterpart how the surprise summit on saturday their meeting focused on keeping the korean peace process moving after president trump canceled the june summit then signaled it may go ahead after all. voters in colombia are going to the polls today as a south american nation chooses its next president a key issue for voters is the landmark peace deal colombia's outgoing president signed with marxist fark rebels two years ago right wing candidate ivan do kay says the deal is too lenient on fark he wants to jail former rebels for war crimes leftist candidate gustavo panther on the other hand backs the deal and his party is also not ruling out entering a coalition with sparks a political party the treaty signed in two thousand and sixteen and a conflict that lasted decades and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. on ophelia the truth is following the st

for a three star on the kim jong il and his party everything that he has promised before even blew out the tunnels and the silos so will you when you're on his test range but just in range and after that we heard about the cancellation of the summit coming from the u.s. and we hope that the dialogue will be continued renewed and the meeting will take place without such a meeting we can hardly expect to have significant progress. jews which are in the works in finding solutions to an extremely or a key issue this is not a regional only issue this is a global one and i mean any clearer zation of the korean peninsula or a border we together with the workers union only to find reprimand between the us and north korea i believe that in these conditions we could be correct to go back to the mechanism that overall have proved to be quite useful in order to promote a positive agenda in this way i think. now as for iran it was our position in the russian position is known very well in. the open of the three really that the deal should stay that we should save it i mean because gaza as a mineral has just sadly and you know would. we

president trump it could be a really low point in his tenure but you know for him he has a term maybe a second term and then that's it for kim jong il and he's losing face let's say if there if it's not a success for him but then he goes back to north korea and then what yeah that's a very good question because he actually now agreed to come out and to continue the dialogue with the u.s. and with south korea because he's interested to to develop his country further to have the very slight but existing development and in the economy of north korea to push that further to develop the country to become a normal member of the international community and this will be very difficult i mean i mean how do you backtrack on that and he does control the media you know the information they get is one sided so can you can you go back and forth and yoyo with the public like that and still maintain absolute control yeah i'm pretty sure that he can he prove that for the last couple of years and his father did so this is not really the problem but the bigger problem has to satisfy this very small but growing middle class that that's also existing in