they'll tell you that kim il-sung we loved. kim jongrrified us. >> introverted. >> kim jong-il is a complicated person. he was prone to mood swings. >> in 1994, kim il-sung died. there were doubts about kim jong-il's succession but they gradually faded because he had one talent. he was a master propagandist. >> when kim jong-il took charge of the propaganda section, they started to turn kim il-sung into a god. >> the myths of the dynasty, the preposterous stories of the god-like abilities and sacred blood line. kim jong-il largely created them. >> he was very influenced by christianity in a strange way. they have seems like a bible. that's all about kim song's works. they have bible study groups. >> the resemblance to christianity is no accident. many myths are rooted in the religion, perhaps because the founder was raised a presbyterian. his parents believed to have been converted by american missionaries. >> it's a cult with kim ill song as son and son of god and leaders to be worshipped. >> the kims essentially created a religion aro

progress can be made with north korea as president donald trump prepares for a second meeting with kim jong il ninety predicts the country will become the current economic powerhouse. welcome to the show. venezuelan opposition leader and self declared interim president has urged nicolas maduro to break the blockade on the border with colombia and bring in aid supplies that have been stuck there for days quite a while and there could be consequences of the much needed food and medicine has not let it. the moment is now the majority of governments doesn't like to talk about their crimes against humanity by directly or indirectly killing two hundred fifty to three hundred thousand venezuelans who today need this humanitarian aid and as well and president nicolas maduro meanwhile has said venezuela is not a nation of beggars and washington for the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis. in venezuela medicine electricity and food are all in short supply at this market hyperinflation means that even vegetables are barely affordable. as people struggle to put food on the table trucks carrying humanita

to visit his vietnamese hosts before kicking off his summit later today with north korean leader kim jong il in kenya to make progress towards peace in their second summit in less than a year. plus an investigation by d.w. shows that german weapons are being used by militia groups and yemen's civil war this despite claims by the german government that weapon sales in the middle east are strictly controlled. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us pakistan says it has shot down two indian air force jets after they crossed the disputed border in kashmir an army spokesman also said that two pilots had been captured the claim comes after escalating tensions following a terror attack that killed scores of indian troops in kashmir two weeks ago india accuses chi. because dan of harboring the joshie mohammad terror group it holds responsible for the attack on tuesday india's air force launched air strikes it said targeted the terror group's camps in pakistani territory. india reports also say pakistani combat jets entered indian airspace over kashmir. well following these developments pakis

calls separatist leaders a curfew has been imposed in cities across the region north korean leader kim jong il has arrived in vietnam capital ahead of a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump kim was greeted by a guard of honor after crossing into the country by train iran's foreign minister mohammed jeffords aretha's analyses stepping down his sudden departure throws further doubt on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal president hassan rouhani has so far refused to accept the resignation or i'd have to say there is the very latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera inside stories next. it's america's longest war and last year there was a wreck called death toll in afghanistan's attempts to. face the taliban and the u.s. are in talks and it's. a possibility this is inside story. welcome to the program. almost four thousand civilians dead and seven thousand wounded and that was just last year the war in afghanistan is now.

the three direct meetings between north korea's leader kim jong il and south korean president new day in where the main driving force behind these developments one symbolic visit however is still missing kim jong un has said he wants to come here to south korea's capital seoul that would be historic no north korean leader has set foot in the city since the end of the korean war some sixty percent of south koreans think a visit would be a good idea if it helps build peace and it might surprise you but there are some here who are even outright fans of kim jong. un she regularly sings that public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. i'm going to. have the first. very polite. model such a young leader who treated our president so respectfully look there are two years i did the research. introduce many policies of the north korean people. views that are heavily contested in the past his activism could easily have landed her in conflict with south korea's national security laws now the political climate is more open and eve

to you live from berlin donald trump says he hopes for great things from his hanoi summit with kim jong il and the u.s. president has been visiting his vietnamese hosts before he talks later today with the north korean leader can the to make progress towards peace in their second summit in less than a year also coming up an investigation by the w. shows that german weapons are being used by militia groups in yemen's civil war this despite claims by the german government that weapon sales in the middle east are strictly control. plus incumbent muhammadu buhari is declared the winner in nigeria's presidential election after a trouble with allegations of widespread irregularities. hello i'm terry martian thanks for joining us we begin in the vietnamese capital hanoi where u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un are just hours away from kicking off their second summit in less than a year the leaders are expected to have a brief one on one meeting later tonight donald trump began the day with talks with vietnamese present. the two countries signed off on a number of trad

kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the first in a series of purges. in two thousand and thirteen he had his uncle the country's defector defense chief executed. kim's half brother was assassinated in malaysia in twenty seventeen his killers used a nerve agent called x. . kim also continued his efforts to revive north korea's flagging economy but his top priority was the development of the country's nuclear weapons program. to me our nuclear capability preserves our national sovereignty and provides peace wealth strength and prosperity for. people will find some goals you know. kim jong un understood that mere nuclear tests would not make much of an impression on the u.s. he had to be able to threaten america on its own territory. so he stepped up north korea's intercontinental ballistic missile program. in the final days of the obama administration kim jong un prepared to pla

progress can be made with north korea as president donald trump prepares for his second meeting with kim jong il and he predicts the country will become a great economic powerhouse. and a dramatic reversal in type politics princes who boehner odds candidacy for prime minister is withdrawn their party says it will obey the king's order declaring her political involvement in appropriate we'll have the latest from bangkok. thanks for joining us i'm mary in a stain. venezuelan opposition leader and self declared interim president says a team of volunteers will be sent next week to bring in aid which is currently held up at the border with colombia president nicolas maduro meanwhile said that venezuela is not a nation of beggars and blames washington for the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis. in venezuela medicine electricity and food are all in short supply. at this market hyperinflation means that even vegetables are barely affordable. as people struggle to put food on the table trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrive at the venezuelan border. anxious citizens wait in hope for food and medical

president donald trump a north korean leader kim jong il and are just hours away from kicking off their second summit in less than a year leaders are expected to have a brief one on one meeting later tonight trump began the day with talks with vietnamese president new e.-n. food from the two countries signed off on a number of trade deals and trump once again held up the u.s. relationship with vietnam as an example for north korea trump is pushing down yang to give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic development the talks in vietnam come eight months after a historic summit in singapore first between the sitting u.s. president and the north korean leader. well washington has set only modest expectations for this summit hinting only that it could loosen sanctions if pyongyang takes further steps to dismantle its nuclear arsenal nonetheless trump is building up the meeting on his own he tweeted quote be it is thriving like few places on earth north korea would be the same and very quickly if it would denuclearize tensional is also a great opportunity like almost none o

important summit in vietnam donald trump praises the head of his second meeting with north korea's kim jong il and in hanoi. about back home in washington a setback for the u.s. president's mexico border wall and upcoming testimony by his former lawyer threatening to overshadow the event. the party of stone says it shot down two indian fighter jets while they were in pakistani airspace and they claim they have arrested an indian pilot as tensions in the future of kashmir region were that india says only one of its helicopters crashed and that was because of technical failure. well pakistan's foreign office says the pakistani air force undertook strikes across the line of construct control from pakistani air space the sole purpose of this action was to demonstrate our rights will and capability for self defense we do not wish to escalate but are fully prepared if forced into that paradigm well india and pakistan have also been exchanging heavy fire across the line of control india says five of its soldiers have been injured pakistan's for the say six civilians of being killed by indian mortar s

first anniversary of the korean people zomi and something to celebrate for north korea's leader kim jong il and while the u.s. was buzzing with anticipation about the forthcoming summit he was saying nothing to go to washington june unsure would you want to do or in washington president trump was convinced the great times lay ahead for north korea if the summit is a success it will become a great economic powerhouse he tweeted it will become a different kind of rocket an economic one. truck believes there are grounds for optimism returning from pyongyang is envoy doing the groundwork for the summit met south korea's foreign minister and said talks with the north had been productive but he added a note of caution. president is very much looking forward to taking the next steps and we have some hard work to do with the d.p. r. k. tweener. and i'm confident that if both sides stay committed we can make real progress here. the good news thoughts are discussed specific to solve them in steps that north korea could promise of the vietnam summit and what corresponding measures the united states wo

now returning to our top story and the abandon summit between a president donald trump and kim jong il off south korea which was taking place in hanoi our bureau chief from washington alexander phenomenon was in hanoi to cover that summit for us this is what she had to say on the abrupt end of the talks. the president struck the turn of events in hanoi amounted to a diplomatic failure he had hoped to reach a deal although u.s. intelligence agencies warned him that north korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons he had hoped that his personal rapport with kim jong un what's helped bridge gaps in negotiations but that didn't happen instead of bringing home a huge foreign policy success left. hand and now for some analysis on the just concluded summit i'm joined in the studio by hans from free university a welcome we had with our correspondents there had to say huge disappointment on the korean side and obviously perhaps some disappointment also on the american side what is your take on the summit was it a waste of time no not at all i mean at this point of time it's difficult to s

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 do new 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 how the s

progress can be made with north korea president all trying for paris for a second meeting with kim jong il and he predicts that the country will become a great economic powerhouse. now for a hollywood actor leaving a son was accused of reach the common follow on from the scandal reaches the berlin knowledge of the book you live with the latest from the red carpet. in lagos nigeria supporters of the president have gathered for a rally in the run up to next week's elections the all progressives congress party hopes to see president mohamed who will hari reelected to a second term today the president is addressing the crowds and next saturday's election the country will also boat for a new parliament. correspondent oddly and creation is at the election campaign event in lagos and joins us now for the latest adrian tell us what's going on where you are. right now at the stadium here in lagos and it is the hottest time off the campaigning season here in nigeria one week to go until the elections will take place and today president obama who how he came here to lagos to the economic capital to t

vietnam's leaders less so but trump's summit with north korea's leader kim jong il has changed all that before his first meeting with kim on wednesday he met the host of this summit the country's prime minister and president on behalf of the united states i want to thank you very much for hosting and hopefully great things will happen later on with our meeting like north korea vietnam was once an enemy of the united states yet in spite of the history the relationship is now good with vietnam regarded as a strategic partner of the u.s. in asia. but it's trump's relationship with kim that's now the priority the hanoi summit to build on a historic meeting in singapore in june where they made of a commitment to rid the korean peninsula of some of the most powerful weapons created this time they need to agree a framework for how that'll happen vietnam was an acceptable choice to kim for this summit it's one of the few countries with the north korean embassy which came visited on tuesday night. and like china vietnam's achieve strong economic growth while preserving one party rule thriving li

on the program this hour a highly anticipated second between donald trump north korean leader kim jong. il way in vietnam. amid rising tensions up the colombia border the crisis reaches the u.n. security council. and some in this body claim that delivering humanitarian assistance is a political show let's call a spade a spade washington so was not resolving the problem something to look for regime change. british police forces find guilty of this nation after it rejected a white. look at. twenty four seven years live from moscow this is your r.t. international your company my name's union o'neill our top story there's been a dramatic escalation in tensions between india and pakistan this video emerged now we cannot independently verify but it is said to show according to islam about one of india's two dollars and twenty one fighter jets. pakistan claim to charge the warplanes in its space or kashmir arrest the two pilots ortiz nuclear and we more details of that alert are. what we have absolutely so we're seeing now is the culmination of tensions that have been building with more regularit

to pyongyang on wednesdays lay the ground for a second summit between president donald trump and kim jong il and stephen begun was already expected to meet with his north korean counterpart but the location of the talks wasn't confirmed until now donald trump and kim jong un last met in singapore in june when the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization but a new report by u.n. sanctions monitors accuses pyongyang of doing the opposite the three hundred page confidential document seen by the reuters news agency alleges that pyongyang is taking steps to protect its nuclear ballistic missiles from military strikes they do so by storing weapons in civilian facilities such as airports and the government is using separate sites to assemble and test the missiles so they're harder to trace the report goes on to say that the north korea also violated sanctions by trading in coal and petroleum products circumventing efforts to block funding for its nuclear program gordon chang is an asia analyst and says that president trump should focus on sanctions against north korea instead of

strikes north korean leader kim jong il vietnam's capital ahead of a second summit with the us president donald trump kim was greeted by a guard of honor after crossing into the country by train. and iran's foreign minister mohammed jabbered serif is announce he's stepping down his sudden departure theories further doubt on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal with the u.s. called out of last year or this go back to our main story there not of the increased tensions between india and pakistan after those indian air strikes in pakistani territory we can speak to more peers who is a political analyst who's joining us live from the pakistan capital islamabad thank you very much indeed for talking to us now pakistan and india experience minor exchanges of artillery and other light fire directly on a regular basis therefore how much of an escalation is this knowledge meant to the incursions into pakistani airspace by indian warplanes. martin that's definitely an escalation it was very widely expected it looks like a really smart political move on the part of the indian prime minister

says he had to walk away from a summit with kim jong il and with no deal but north korea's foreign minister has this view to that explanation and pakistan pledges to release a captured indian pilot as a peace gesture but both sides remain on high alert for attacks. hello thank you for joining us israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases his likud party is calling it political persecution ahead of april's election and in the last hour national himself has said the charges against him will collapse like a house of cards. remember tim the goodwood put three years they've been conducting against as a political witch hunt an unprecedented witch hunt which aims to topple the right wing government and bring to power the leftist party of lapita and counts that have put inhumane pressure on the state attorney general it's collective burnet smith joins us now from west jerusalem silvered what else did the prime minister say while he was always very defensive barbara dismissing these al

donald trump arrives in vietnam for his second summit with north korea's kim jong il. while back in washington transformer person a lawyer is expected to give explosive testimony about the u.s. president on capitol hill. watching our desire a lie from headquarters and i'm telling you navigate also ahead threats run counter threats ratchet up the tension even further after indian fighter jets strike targets along the border of pakistan administered kashmir. i know members across the house are genuinely want it's that time is running out deadlocked and up against a deadline britain's prime minister offers parliament three choices. hello the us president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un are both now in vietnam for their second summit there are due to have dinner on wednesday night before the main event on thursday when they'll try to agree on how to implement north korea's promise to give up nuclear weapons in a moment our white house correspondent kelly will look at the significance of this summit location but first here is our diplomatic editor james

donald trump praises the hosts and head of his second meeting with north korea's kim jong il and in hanoi plus. one of the world's youngest orchestras celebrates a decade on stage. now pakistan says it shot down two indian fighter jets while they were in pakistani airspace they've arrested one indian pilot and another is apparently in the hospital receiving treatment but india says only one of its aircraft crashed and that was because of technical failure that pakistan has closed its airspace to all commercial traffic and it's also closed over indian administered kashmir now as tensions reach dangerous levels histones military insists it doesn't want a war with india. the government of pakistan the armed forces of pakistan and the people of pakistan we have all is conveyed a message of peace to india and the route to peace goes through dialogue both can do is have the capability and capacity but vald is actually the failure of policy which india needs to understand well india and pakistan have also been exchanging fire across the line of control india says five of its soldiers have been i

rent: later this month, north korean leader kim jong-il in and u.s. president donald trump will hold their second summit in vietnam -- brent: later this month, north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un and u.s. president donald trump will hold their second summit in vietnam. is there a message here for north korea? donald trump kicks things off for us. >> chairman kim and i will meet again on february 27 and 28 in vietnam. >> the time and place is set for a second summit. both hail blasters meeting in singapore a success. in its recent history, vietnam has had a lot in common with north korea. it is also a one-party communist state, one that has been ruled with an iron fist. it's regime reinforced by propaganda and personality cults, and in the past, it has seen open hostility to western culture and influence. it has been isolated and an international pariah, but since 1986, vietnam has taken a different path with reforms that have opened it up to foreign business. in a remarkable turnaround, it has gone from basket case to one of asia's faste

kim jong. un she regularly things at public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. i'm going to. have the first. became a very polite. model such a young leader who treated our president so respectfully look there again as i did some research found out that he introduced many policies. because north korean people. views that are heavily contested in the past his activism could easily have landed her in conflict with south korea's national security allows now the political climate is more open so that even though few in south korea share her enthusiasm for north korea's leader many now do see a window of opportunity to finally come to terms with their neighbor to the north. is that much substance of the symbolism of this sports diplomacy has it actually achieved anything oh yes we could see that with the winter olympics here that it has achieved a lot and brought together those two leaders of those two countries that have not only be apart but very hostile for about seven decades now but they sat together and talked for the fi

north korean leader kim jong. il way. amid rising tensions up the columbia border the crisis reaches the u.n. security council. and in this body claim a deliberate humanitarian.

upcoming summit with kim jong un i think the national security community in washington and abroad has always been very skeptical of president attempts at diplomacy with kim jong il and i think that skepticism will continue moving into this next planned summit if you are an international ally of the united states how do you think that you view this speech because i mean this is a president who has very much been known for cozying up to enemies and needing those allies what do you think their takeaways would have been i think if we look at nato allies for example they were not expecting much from the speech president trump like presidents prior have called out nato allies for not spending enough on defense but he has struck a particularly harsh tone almost questioning the intrinsic value of the alliance itself and so there was not much that alliances that nato allies were looking for in the speech of course in the middle east we've had a recent announcement from president trump saying that the u.s. will withdraw troops from syria regardless of how allies in the region view this it was met negatively by his own senate republican members and so i think he feels emba

about denies there were any casualties or damage done by the indian airstrikes little korean leader kim jong il now has arrived in vietnam's capital ahead of the second summit with president drum came was greeted by a guard of honor after crossing into the country by train iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif has announced he's stepping down his sudden departure throws further doubt on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal for a drive to date inside story is next. there is a very important source of information for many people around the world when the old time runs have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. it's america's longest war and last year there was a wreck called death toll in afghanistan attempts to end the bloodshed a gathering pace the taliban and the u.s. are in talks in qatar is peace finally a possibility this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm laura almost four thousand civilians dead and seven thousand wounded and that was just last year the war i

president donald trump has held north korea's kim jong il as a great leader during this second meeting in the vietnamese capital the two of the holding one on one talks on hanoi before having dinner to get. country had tremendous economic potential he's hoping to convince them to give up his nuclear weapons during two days of talks eight months after a first summit in singapore. first it was a great success and i think it's one hopefully will be equal or greater than the first little other program and i think the biggest progress was our relationship it is really a good thing to do your country has tremendous economic potential unbelievable unlimited. i think. you. and i look forward to watching it happen and helping it to happen and we will help but there. is going to our white house correspondent committee health which is live at the international media in hanoi and as we've been reporting in following cambodia they have met saying the summit a big success as the because progress they have a good relationship but also alluding to the fact that some have said that not a lot of progres

s come into line from berlin donald trump cut short a much hyped summit with kim jong il and. for this particular visit we decided that we had to walk and we'll see what happens trump says he refused to ease sanctions on north korea in exchange for the country's partial denuclearization also meeting than a waste of time also coming up trumps response to his former lawyers blistering testimony michael cohen accused our prop of committing crimes before and during his presidency trump says cool and is lying. to us pakistan extends an offer to ease the crisis trying once again wrong contacts following that pakistan would lose the pilot of an indian war plane shot down over the disputed border territory really hear more from pakistan's ambassador to germany. kind of a warm welcome to you i'm. u.s. president dollar trump and north korean leader kim jong un have ended their highly anticipated summit in vietnam with no agreement the talks were aimed at agreeing on concrete measures for peace on the korean peninsula and build on positive sentiments expressed at their first historic sum

the north korean leader kim jong il has arrived in vietnam's capital ahead of a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump kim was greeted by a guard of honor after crossing into the country by train. iran's foreign minister mohammed just as a reef is announced the setting down his sudden departure throws further doubts on the future of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of last year. of the u.n. security council is due to hold an open meeting on venezuela later on tuesday at the request of the united states on monday venezuela denounce the regional bloc the lima group accusing it of waging a campaign to oust president nicolas maduro the fourteen member bloc had been holding talks in colombia with the u.s. vice president mike pence well pence announced a new round of sanctions on close allies of president maduro and urged regional partners to freeze the country's oil assets what brings us together today is the recognition by all the nations gathered here that nicolas maduro is a usurper with no legitimate claim to power and nicolas maduro must go the stru

wednesday this week to lay the groundwork for a second summit between president donald trump and kim jong il and a new u.n. report says that north korea is trying to protect its missiles from military strikes that contradicts its pledge to work toward still utilization. fighters in somalia say that they bombed a shopping center in mogadishu the blast killed at least twelve people and wounded dozens of others in somali capital pope francis has called on all religions to unite to end wars in the middle east including the conflict in yemen the head of the roman catholic church was speaking at an interface gathering in the united arab emirates pope francis is on a three day trip to the u.a.e. the first papal visit to the arabian peninsula the u.s. senate has backed an amendment that opposes president donald trump's plan to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan it says that pulling out could allow i saw an al qaeda to regroup and destabilize both countries it's being seen as a rare rebuke of trumps foreign policy by the republican controlled senate. a new report says the ice fields of the hi

trump spoke very favorably about kim jong il and he talked about the prospects for peace is still there he said he wouldn't talk about new economic sanctions he said we just didn't get a chance to cross the finish line he made other indications that perhaps they had their intelligence about their new. are facilities beyond young beyond that they sort of. brought up with the north koreans in the north koreans while perhaps ready to close one of the reactors was not aware that the u.s. knew perhaps about other facilities i don't think this means the process is ended he did trump did not agree to another or second summit he certainly didn't rule it out either and again the tone was all important here he spoke very favorably about him jugnu know about the leadership in russia in china has been facilitating towards a possible outcome he still said for instance the d.p. r. k. could become an economic powerhouse or a citizen i say always your friends isn't it i'm sort of but it is easier to sell these things but as we see time and time again even with the best spin in the world if very hard to

us the north korean leaders donald trump kim jong il not meeting in vietnam this week commenting on the upcoming summit russia's foreign minister express cautious optimism saying he hopes for a breakthrough regarding denuclearization but also warned that ultimatums would not work. someone actually we are certain that u.s. ultimatums will lead to what the u.s. demands that north korea completely eliminate everything related to nuclear weapons and only then will discuss lifting sanctions. it will be trump and came second summit last summer they course met in singapore in a recent tweet trump promised economic prosperity north korea if young young abandons its nuclear program and the added that kim will make a wise decision trump insisted that he would not lift sanctions if young doesn't denuclearize. the reports from vietnam. perhaps it's still a bit too early to see a trump kim get together in washington or pyongyang so once again the organizers opted for somewhere neutral. just by looking at the flag of communist vietnam it's immediately clear why chairman kim would certainly feel at ho

the good news coming to you live from bali and donald trump cut short of march high summit with kim jong il and. for this particular visit we decided that we're going to walk and we'll see what happens trump says he refused to ease sanctions on north korea in exchange for the country's top station was the meeting then a waste of time. also coming up trump response to his former lawyers damning testimony michael cohen accused trump of committing crimes before and during his presidency trump says could and is lying. plus pakistan extends an offer to ease the kashmir crisis this is a behind a pilot of india and indian war plane shot down over the disputed northern territory and he's speaking with parkinsons ambassador to germany joins me in the studio. and welcome i'm under that she my good to have their company. a dramatic turn of events in hanoi u.s. president dollar trump and north korean leader kim jong un have ended their highly anticipated summit in the vietnamese capital hung noyo with no agreement the talks were aimed at ending north korea's nuclear and missile programs in exchange for

border with tax trump also confirmed that he'll hold a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and at the end of this month the two day meeting in vietnam will begin on february twenty seventh the president has been seeking another summit to firm up north korea's commitment to denuclearize asia. for those waiters opposition politicians are in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid and supplies from the u.s. trucks were sent after a request for help myself to play an interim president on why do it's unclear if military forces who remain loyal to president nicolas maduro will allow the aid into the country there is a ball report style from caracas. employee said bismuth hospital in the capital get access say they are in desperate need of aid. they say their hospital urgently needs basic medicines and medical equipment they say the venezuelan government shouldn't get in the way of international aid entering the country. only. this hospital had the best doctors the business is the best of everything and now we are seeing a complete deterioration with shortages of medicine food

get away without any substantive progress by simply having the photo opportunity with the with kim jong il and he could say look american but no american president has met the leader of north korea just meeting itself is progress whether you buy a bite or not that was an argument that the white house was able to make now in vietnam the bar is a lot higher just meeting shaking hands and and mugging for the camera is not going to be enough this time he will have the president has to come back with something substantive something to show that north korea is indeed. retreating from it's a rogue position and making concessions that president trump has promised it would make it's hard to see the north koreans doing that for kim jong il and there's no downside if he gets to go to vietnam years and he doesn't get to go to many countries he gets to go to vietnam shake hands with the president then comes back and completely controls the message that is being that north koreans are allowed to see that country for president trump this time just a smiling photograph is not going to be enough and they i

the north korean leader at the end of this month this time in vietnam the two day meeting with kim jong il and digging them up february twenty seventh aims to build on d. uclear a zation talks started in singapore last june progress of stalled since then the latest from the south korean capital seoul. confirmation of this second summit taking place in viet nam ends weeks of speculation it is seen as neutral ground that's acceptable both to north korea and also the united states and is symbolically significant to this is of course a form of photo of the united states that now enjoys normalized relations with the united states and the outside world of which it is a big trading partner its economy has expanded and yet the communist party of vietnam is still very much in control following if you like the state controlled capitalist model of china which is seen as possibly a way forward for north korea and in logistical terms it also makes sense to hold this summit in viet nam north korea has an embassy in hanoi and also given the logistics of the thousands of people who will be descending upon

has happened between him and kim jong il and we're still hearing that the meeting was productive even though there's going to be no official signing ceremony and no official maybe results of this but again let's wait and see our correspondent in hanoi is our t's evangelise sepsis yet all change quickly this evaluated didn't it there was going to be a meeting in three or four hours the talks seem to be going well then about forty minutes ago or something it all seemed to break off really quickly what's going on what have you what have you heard there. well indeed it did change quite quickly the talks between the two leaders kim jong il would and the president the united states donald trump were cut short due to nor grooming according to our white house officials and american journalists the. international media center the two leaders were actually supposed to meet nine am in the morning today to discuss one on one talks and then the out of bilateral meeting between them and their and their top officials after that the response to meet for lunch and a signing ceremony which never happen

trade and praises this whole scene in vietnam but all eyes are on his meeting with north korea's kim jong il in the two are scheduled to have dinner later wednesday and the u.n. security council meets on the venezuela crisis with world powers divided again. thank you for joining us nigeria's president has been re-elected for a second four year term the results of saturday's vote were announced by the electoral commission bihari won more than fifteen million votes he spoke a short while ago. i believe you even need. a litany in your. lives were. you. relieved me. a little you knew were. you. using the word. over. to you and i was. just too. old to. look through it. as speech. for us harrow a big win for nigeria's president tell us about the reactions i know it's late at night or early in the morning depending how you see its words have people been saying. all prison behind me has just been is addressing his supporters here at the bank. it was a very sort if you can say much he didn't even stay long but he found people who voted for him he promised to be president all nigerians not just his su

president donald trump says he had to walk away from a nuclear deal with north korea because kim jong il and wanted washington to lift all of its sanctions in order to progress with the nuclear eyes ation north korea's foreign minister has disputed that explanation in pakistan the prime minister is saying that as a gesture of peace his country will release on friday the indian pilot whose plane it shot down india and pakistan each say they shot down each other's fighter jets over the disputed kashmir region where tensions have been escalating in recent weeks. at least five people have been killed in a suicide car bombing targeting a mogadishu hotel it happened in one of somalia the capital's busiest streets destroying several buildings and gunfire was heard off to the attack has claimed responsibility. for the second time in three days in a boat a treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo armed attackers were driven off after setting fire to the building but for the patients fled and are still missing it comes three days after a similar center just a

kim jong. un. she regularly things at public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. sometimes sometimes i don't but when i saw it at the first time it came out very polite in stockholm such a young leader he treated our president so respectfully don't look there to me as i did some research into found out that he introduced many policies benefited the north korean people over time how we can as a conjunction when sung it is to come to which some of the views that are heavily contested in the past your own his activism could easily have landed her in conflict with south korea's national security lives now the political climate is more open. to kashmir now where tensions are still simmering between pakistan and india partly over the capture of an indian pilot whose plane came down on wednesday in the pakistan controlled part of the disputed region the matter has caused outrage and protests in india and pakistan has now promised to release the pirates but questions remain over a number of videos that have emerged showing the pilo

live from charlotte double trump says he hopes for great things from his have always summit with kim jong il u.s. president has been visiting his vietnamese hosts before he talks later today with the north korean leader can the two progress towards peace in their second summit in less than a year. also coming up.