us secretary of state spent time with kim yong—chul, who was one of the top generals in north korea ofwe re the top aides of kim jong—un. they were discussing denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, which president trump and kim jong il and met last month and discussed that. after mike pompeo left, there was strong criticism of the us, saying america was making too many demands and that america had displayed a reg retta ble and that america had displayed a regrettable attitude. what the north koreans said is that the trust between the two countries was facing a dangerous situation. mike pompeo, after leaving north korea, went to japan and tokyo, and in the last half—hour, there was a press conference which he held with the korean foreign minister and also the japanese foreign minister. they are all in agreement about what denuclearisation means. they have some agreement there and might pompeo said that denuclearisation is going to happen and that he was there and that he feels that the north korean by what it expected of them. the of disputing what the north koreans were saying. that

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right—hand man, kim yongr pompeo is due to meet kim jong—un on saturday. more details have been released about donald trump's visit to the uk next week. the president and first lady will arrive on thursday. he'll meet the british prime minister, theresa may, and also queen elizabeth, but will largely avoid london. large—scale protests are planned. let's get all the world cup action and we now know the winner of the competition will be a european team, after belgium beat brazil 2—1 to go through to the semi—final. it's a huge blow to one of the tournament favourites. here in britain, investigators wearing protective suits have entered a hostel in salisbury, as they search for the item contaminated with a nerve agent which poisoned a couple. police believe charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were exposed to novichok after handling an unknown object. the pair remain in a critical condition in hospital. june kelly has more. key sites have been sealed off and this afternoon the decontamination process began. a team i

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong—choline has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. thousands are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride,

and kim yong chol, host, says how did you sleep?raphrasing because of our discussions, we had such difficult decisions yesterday. pompeo says, i slept very well. i slept just fine, director kim. there was tension projected there led by the north koreans. this is never going to be easy. pompeo is under huge pressure elevated by john bolton, the national security adviser. a week ago sunday he said pompeo can do this in a week -- a year rather. that is a timeline that the state department never accepted, and experts say it would be 10 to 15 years if they really were going to denuclearize. this was the first test of whether kim jong-un's commitment in singapore is real. what does he mean by denuclearization, and he flunked the test. the north koreans indicating they do not want to proceed with what the u.s. was claiming took place. >> all right, andrea mitchell. we love talking to you because you bring us the facts, figures, all that. i love the question of that questioning of how mike pompeo slept, certainly the tenor of that, lots to

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong—chol

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong chol. mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday. rescue teams in thailand say an air supply line has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. coming up in 10 minutes‘ time, news watch, but first on bbc news, click. the thing i love about mit in boston is that whenever you open a door in a basement you could run into anything. unless it runs into you first. which might be why, for the seventh straight year, mit has been named the world's number one university. and, i am going to say it, this is one of my favourite places in the world. what i love about mit is that it is all over the place. the buildings have this brilliant higgledy—piggledy nature and inside is the same. here at csail, for example, there is stuff all over the place. it is wonderful. the computer science and artificial intelligence lab, csail, is

we know at this stage he's meeting kim yong-chol at the 100 flowers guest how's in pyeongyang. that meeting is under way and is likely to continue for several hours. and if all goes well mike pompeo may end up meeting kim jong-un much. again, we don't know the time line of what the meetings are either. so it's very difficult to discern other than the fact that mike pompeo needs to come home with something. >>> president trump says he's ready for his meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki later this month. >> they're going president trump, be prepared. you know president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what? putin's fine, he's fine, we're all fine. will i be prepared? totally prepared. i've been preparing for this stuff my whole life. >> sleep well, united states. the summit expected to bring up several critical issues including meddling in the 2016 election. fred, good morning. >> reporter: certainly no lack of confidence there on the part of the u.s. president. also no lack of confidence on vladimir putin's part either. the russians are saying that obviously the russi

the secretary met with kim jong-un's top advisor, kim yong-chol. according to pompeo they made, and this is a quote, progress on almost all of the central issues but that's not how pyongyang sees it. they released this statement. we expected the u.s. to bring constructive measures to build confidence in accord answer with the spirit of the u.s./north korea summit. however, the attitude of the u.s. in the first high-level talks held on the 6th and 7th were indeed regrettable. >> they went on to say that the result of the talks were very worrisome. now, also of note here, north korean leader kim jong-un did not meet with pompeo. >> joining us now, cnn pentagon correspondent ryan browne. >> ryan, pompeo's and north korea's versions here of the exact same meetings don't seem to match up at all. what exactly does this mean? >> well, definitely. we're hearing very different tones coming from north korea and from secretary of state mike pompeo. now, speaking to reporters while still in pyongyang before boarding his aircraft, pompeo said that progress had

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong—chol pompeo is due to meet kim jong—un on saturday. 30,000 people are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride, to celebrate the city's diversity. it's the biggest event of its kind in the country, and the 46th time it's been held. but according to figures from the metropolitan police, attacks against the lgbt community have doubled over the last four years. paul murphy—kasp has the details. attacked outside a nightclub. two men set upon during a bus journey on a night out. just two of the growing number of hate crimes against london's growing lgbtq+ community. will was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a headlock, they threatened to stab me and told me to apologise for being gay. my friends tried to get them off me. they held me in such a tight headlock i couldn't breath. really awful abuse they were shouting at us. many consider london to be one of the safest cities in the world to be gay, but according to a recent

in pyongyang between seretary of state mike pompeo and the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong—cholmr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday. rescue teams in thailand say an air supply line has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. thousands are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride, to celebrate the city's diversity. it's the biggest event of its kind in the country, and the 46th time it's been held. but according to figures from the metropolitan police, attacks against the lgbt community have doubled over the last four years. paul murphy—kasp has the details. attacked outside a nightclub. two men sat upon during a bus journey on a night out. just to of the growing number of hate crimes against london's growing lg btq+ number of hate crimes against london's growing lgbtq+ community. william was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a

but what we can say as this stage, he has met with kim yong chu. there is no official time line, but if this first meeting goes well, pompeo will go on to meet with kim jong un himself. what we expect from this is very vague, too. there is a lot of pressure on mike pompeo to come back. he has said that he is in north korea to flush out the details on that commitment that he and trump made in singapore we don't even know if the u.s. and north korea are on the sanl page. at this stage, expectations for pompeo. >>> president trump says he is ready for his meeting with vladimir putin in helsenki later this month. president trump is kgb and all of this. vladimir putin is fine. i'm prepared, i have been prepared for this stuff my whole life. >> the july 16th summit is set to bring up several critical issues. fred, will there be any official record of what putin and president trump discussed? >> there will be some sort, but the beginning of that meeting will be exactly what the russians wanted which is a one on one meeting between president's -- president

. >> reporter: but the question was merely a set-up for this shot across the bow by counter part kim yong chol. >> but we did have very serious discussions on very important matters yesterday. so thinking about those discussions you might have not slept well last night. >> director kim, i slept just fine. >> reporter: just before leaving, pompeo trying to put the best spin on his third trip to north korea even though he was denied a meeting with kim jong-un. >> we had productive, good faith negotiations. >> reporter: but shortly after takeoff, that good faith was gone. the north koreans slamming the u.s. in a statement saying they pushed a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization," calling the u.s. issues "cancerous" and expressing disappointment that the u.s. "left all troops" in south korea. >> now, we're well on our way to get denuclearization, and the agreement says there will be total denuclearization. >> reporter: there were hopes for progress after that historic summit just over a month ago, now the talks seemingly in shambles. >> i wanted to stop the war games, i

and the us delegation had to leave after he held two meetings with kim jong—un's right—hand man, kim yongsands lined the streets to join the festivities. the events up and down the country are celebrating the lg bt down the country are celebrating the lgbt community and will continue over the next few weeks. time forever catch the weather forecast. another glorious day. we are getting quite used to this theme to the weather, it has been hot, dry and sunny once again, and impact that is the way it looks notjust for the rest of the weekend but through for the week ahead. this was the picture on saturday afternoon in berkshire. a bit of fair cloud here and there, but not spoiling those blue skies. 0ver but not spoiling those blue skies. over the next few days, more blue skies, more strong sunshine and for most of us it is looking drive. if you are crossing your fingers for a bit of rain for your garden you might be disappointed. you can see that fair weather cloud on saturday that fair weather cloud on saturday that was bubbling up, a bit more cloud pushing and across scotland and northern i

pompeo, has wrapped up his ‘make—or—break‘ meeting with the north korean leader's right hand man, kim yong—chol to pyongyang, and the first since the historic summit between president trump and kimjong—un. mr pompeo is expected to meet the north korean leader on saturday before he leaves for tokyo. let's speak to the bbc‘s mariko 0i, who's in seoul. what is going on? what do we know about this meeting between these two men? as you mentioned, mike pompeo arrived on friday afternoon and he met with kim jong—un‘s right—hand man. that was the only meeting as far as we know that took late yesterday. it wrapped up around 7:30pm local time and they spoke about three hours before breaking for dinner. apparently the mood appeared relaxed. mike pompeojoked that this was his third time and then —— that if he came and other time he would start to pay taxes to make. to which the right—hand man suggested that the more he came the more trust could be built. this morning his first meeting was scheduled at 9am local time, about one hour ago. we still do not know who he is meeting with. as you can imagine, the i

also discussion about north korea and whether the two page statement which donald trump side with kim yong moon about north korea's getting rid of its nuclear weapons program whether or not north korea is actually keeping its promises and one point that might pay zero did stress was that a was and until that nuclearization has been fully verified the u.s. is not going to change its so-called maximum pressure strategy or campaign meaning all the sanctions on north korea remain in place especially enjoyed an ally for us on capitol hill. and the united states and the european union have agreed to work together on lowering trade barriers u.s. president says it will start trading r.c.a. sions with the e.u. and was all steel and aluminum tariffs as well as retaliate cherry tariffs in hours from the fall of the meeting at the white house for sale in china and european commission president. tensions have been rising cost of both sides stop tyrus of billions of dollars worth of enforce. of course. on the understanding that as long as when it was sitting on that's one part you would stop the negotia

what happened behind closed doors when he was essentially alone with vladimir putin or even with kim yong un. trump has the ability to do a lot unilaterally. those things will ultimately come out. if he agreed to something, it will come out. it's strange to have him behind closed doors with the head of russia. >> very concerned about president trump working with putin on issues like arms controlled. they call the president a neophyte who will be lured into reducing the nuclear arsenal and doesn't have the chops to be handling this. zach, come back in half an hour and we'll talk about all of this going on overnight. >>> sources tell cnn the white house could have kept the inindictments of 12 russian cia officers quiet but chose not to despite the clear possibility it could affect the helsinki meeting. they had been mindful of the upcoming summit. sources say after trump consulted with top aides, the white house told them to hold off. >>> now that the world cup is over, they're worried that russia will ramp up the aggression. they did not want any high profile incidents to marr the profile

he thinks he has a contract with kim yong june and that kim jong-un will honor it? by the way, this is the same president who's been repeatedly sued by his own contractors for not honoring his contracts. but there was no contract. there was no real agreement in singapore beyond these vague assurances from north korea that they would work towards complete denuclearization at some unspecified point in the future. they've never shown any evidence they're going to give up their nuclear weapons. the only question to my mind now is how long is donald trump going to keep this charade going? how long is he going to keep pretending that there was a serious agreement and that it actually amounts to something? i suspect he will try to keep it alive, at least through the election so he can claim he reached this great deal. it was obvious from day one to every objective observer that there was no deal, that donald trump was being taken to the cleaners. you know, the big question i have now is how will trump react when he's been duped or rather when he's duped himself into thinki

>> does kim yong you know trust trump? right now all signs are, well, show me. me, show me, and then the clock will have run out. i mean, this really begs the question, are we okay with north korea having nuclear weapons? that really is the issue at the end, brook. >> most immediately we'll wait to see that meeting. if it doesn't happen, that's a big signal to your point. joseph, always a pleasure. thank you so much, sur. >> coming up next, he spent 30 years in prison. every for a murder he didn't commit. now he has been set free. he joins me now live next. >> he was convicted based upon testimony from a 15-year-old girl who said at the time that johnson was at the scene of the murder in 1988. she was oh so wrong. johnson's first wish upon being released -- >> i think i'm going to get me a home cooked meal. >> with me now the newly friedman himself, jerome johnson, also with us sean. she's the executive director of the mid-atlantic innocence project. welcome to both of you. my goodness, jerome, i know everyone asks you about food, but let's get right to the hear

he met kim yong-chul, they had lunch together at a guesthouse, and we understand now the first meeting between these two is under way. it's expected to go for a few hours, too, george. and there are suggestions and we don't know this because there's been very few details given out. but there has been suggestions if this initial meeting goes according to plan that mike pompeo may then move onto meet with president kim. but certainly as you say there is concern, there is skepticism in the intelligence community that north korea may be trying to deceive the u.s. in its nuclear program. and at the end of the day there are real concerns, doubts, which have always been the case over weather north korea is indeed fully committed to denuclearization, to giving up in weapons program in the same sense that the u.s. expects it to do. >> questions coming from this. you point out, is north korea looking to deceive. the other question is the u.s. administration going soft given its desire to have good optics around this? david mckenzie, we will stay in touch with you, andrew stevens in south korea.

moment, following that very disappointing meeting in pyongyang last week between mike pompeo and kim yong-cholea. the optics seem to be going from bad to equally bad, if not worse. the latest is that the u.s. delegation, who were supposed to meet with the north koreans yesterday to talk about repate reeting the remains of u.s. servicemen who died in the korean war. the north koreans did not turn up to that meeting at all. the americans were there, and they heard around about noon that the north koreans would meet them not on thursday as was widely expected but on sunday and gave them no notice and no reason at all why they hadn't turned up at the thursday meeting. so the meeting is now on for sunday. but it does give you an idea of the state of relations going on, on the ground here. it just does not seem to be getting any traction at all. no movement from mike pompeo's talks. now there's remains, which is obviously a very political issue as well in the u.s. that is something that donald trump wants to see happen very, very quickly. but the north koreans appear at least at the moment, still dr

he met with his interlocutor kim yong chul. the fact they haven't shown up to meet this lower level is exactly that. it's an indication of how difficult and dragged out this whole process will be. and what the north koreans will do will be to set up a very slow process towards a negotiation, where everywe know that over a those caskets were sent to north korea from the u.s. military base in south korea to receive the remains of those fallen heroes during the korean war, to bring their remains back. the north koreans are setting this up right now to just get that, that basic step that originally appeared from what president trump has said all along to be agreed and set in stone. that what president trump even phrased it as it is happening. this is the kind of language he used. north koreans will set this up so that every tiny step like that is a huge achievement. and then you're so grateful you get that, but what you lose sight of is the fact that you were supposed to be given that. but you have to fight for it every step of the

seventeen the un security council banned the north main exports which include coal minerals and textiles kim yong has accused factory employees of not working hard enough. and that's all your business it's back to sue now with more world news all right thank you go ahead and we're going to return now to that breaking news actually that's been happening here in germany a knife attack on a bus in the german city of lubec has left at least eight people wounded at two of them seriously that is according to local media also a police spokesman saying there were no fatalities and police also saying that they have a suspect in custody at the moment let's go to correspondent andrea koppel he joins us with an update from lubec on the line hi how to thank you for joining us what is the latest that you're hearing there. so i can't really tell you much much more than it already said. the number of injured. is not entirely scrabbles yet. the prosecutor declined. to actually. fix. the road. both. came in the victim of. they will be questioned of course and the police is already called has. called for witnesses.

i emphasize this position in the productive discussions i had with vice chairman kim yong sol. progress is happening. we need chairman kim jong-un to follow through on his commitments he made in singapore. until north korea eliminates the weapons of mass destruction, those sanctions will remain in effect. multiple u.s. security council resolutions record north korea to eliminate all the weapons of mass destruction. the resolutions were passed unanimously and remind binding. we absolutely need every single nation to maintain the enforcement of the sanctions to which every nation is committed. the path ahead is not easy but our hopes for a safer world and a brighter future for north korea endure. the national security strategy calls for peace through strength. president president trump's engagement on nato resulted in greater burden sharing to strengthen the alliance against the myriad and unconventional threats. there will be hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in the year ahead. last year's $14.4 billion in new spending was a 5.1 increase. it was the large nest a generat

funding for the crisis has been very difficult to obtain the news from world bank group president jim yong kim was welcomed we will provide an initial triage of four hundred eighty million dollars in grants for volodos to support the. jemele to bag room was one of a number of or hindu refugees who met the secretary general during the visit. her wishes were made very clear. she was a smart card that identifies us as well but before giving us these identity documents they should give them to their hanjour who are in jails and the m.r. and to the er hanjour who are still living. but many others who didn't meet the delegation also found ways to let their feelings be known. so as we wait for the u.n. convoy to start rolling again on notice here on the side of the road you see all these we're going to refugees in the holy signs yes to dignity yes to security yes to regain just citizenship really showcasing a concern that they have something that many of those who we've spoken with today want to make sure that they get across to the u.n. you see the sign is saying that rohingya should be included in

funding for the crisis has been very difficult to obtain the news from world bank group president jim yong kim was welcomed we will provide an initial tribes of four hundred eighty million dollars in grants for volunteers to support the. family debate whom was one of a number of or hinder refugees who met the secretary general during the visit. her wishes were made very clear and other the. issue was a smart card that identifies us as well but before giving us these identity documents they should give them to the er hanjour who are in jails and the m.r. and to the er hanjour who are still living with them. but many others who didn't meet the delegation also found ways to let their feelings be known. so as we wait for the u.n. convoy to start rolling again i'm noticing on the side of the road you see all these we're going to refugees and hold these signs yes to dignity yes to security yes to where his citizenship really showcasing a concern that they have something that many of those who we've spoken with today want to make sure that they get across to the u.n. you see the sign is saying that r

narrator: yong hee and her husband jeong oh have found another way to penetrate kim jong un's secret state. narrator: like jeong, yong hee says she suffered at the ea hands of the north k regime. her brother was caught trying to defect and she was punished. she says she was lup and tortured by security agents. narrator: she says the officers tied her brother's hands to theagack of a truck and drd him along a dirt road as an example to others. narrator: yong hee escaped with her husband and son, leaving her brother and mother behind. (train whistle blowing) (explosion) ll sharp new warning of aut war. for the first time, the mysterious and secretive nation... there is nothing imminent, but these threatening statements have everyone on edge. are we on the brink of a nuear war? narrator: last spring, north korea became the first country since the cold war to threaten the united states mainland with a nuclear attack. when watching this i thought, wow, even from north korean standards, this is really over the top. they always do this cycle of provocation. it's just the intensity of the rec

yong chul. they met fried and again this morning we don't know if he went on to meet kim jong-un it's the third time he has visited and met him previous two times. so we don't know whether that meeting took place today. the assumption was there was going to be one. it certainly would be a unusual if he didn't. it would raise questions so meek pompeo will be meeting with his counterparts in japan and south korea and tokyo. >> certainly the optics, very important here. of course, we'll continue to find out what happened there. andrew stevens i've for us in seoul, south korea, thank you for your reporting today. >>> still ahead here on cnn "newsroom," why the next few days would be critical for the thailand ahead. residents of puerto rico prepare for the first hurricane of the atlantic season. stay with us. >>> welcome back to cnn "newsroom. "i'm george howell. in thile the next few days will be critical. they will try to rescue a youth football team t-12 boys and their coach have been trapped now for two weeks and more rain is expected in the forecast and oxygen in that is running low. despite th

kim yong-chol has played a more prominent role here. he went to the olympics with south korea, and was also the one who delivered that letter to president trump in the oval office. but there has been some chatter that it might be ri yong-ho, the foreign minister, that appears this time. if that happens, that could potentially be an indication that the two correia's -- koreas are working towards a peace treaty, because that is a position you would need a foreign minister to sign that document. that has not been the case, but there has been talk of this peace treaty. host: jonathan cheng of the wall street journal, he is their seoul bureau chief, talking about the meetings that will take place between the secretary of state and members of the north korean government over this idea of a nuclear program. thanks for your time today. guest: my pleasure. >> the chairman and ceo of goldman sachs, lloyd blankfein, sat down for an interview at the economic club of new york. he talked about the u.s. and world economies, trade tariffs, immigration