—— mariko 0i.look at the shots when kim jong—un arrived, meeting the prime minister of singapore, what did you make of the wide grins, genuine? kim jong—un is someone not used to the national stage and media savvy, but you'll notice he is unable to hold a gaze for too long. he is wavering and has fleeting eye contact. when he is meeting with donald trump, he will need to be aware of this because donald trump is going tojudge him to see if he is going tojudge him to see if he is trustworthy and loyal. can i trust you or are you going to stab me in my back? he follows his gut and his advisers. he will follow his gut. he will look for the eye contact. the length of the handshake. i think kimjong—un, his challenge would be, because he is not used to people looking him in the eyes for so long as supreme leader. donald trump, very quickly, we are running out of time? they willjudge how he we are running out of time? they will judge how he feels we are running out of time? they willjudge how he feels when

mariko 0i is following the story for us in singapore. any movement from the bank ofjapan this time?ope, no surprises from the bank of japan. this time? nope, no surprises from the bank ofjapan. it has wrapped up its monetary policy meeting and it continues to keep its cost of borrowing very low. and it remains keeping the stimulus packages in place. unlike the ecb, the european central bank, which surprised the market overnight for us, being very about the cost of borrowing really effective in the us dollar versus the euro overnight. and the bank of japan, even though the governor can be known with his surprise announcements today. there were no surprises at all. in terms of the inflation target, japan has been suffering from deflation. but inflation was lower slightly. but other than that, nothing new. good to see you there in our asia

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. the headlines: the world cup kicks off in moscow. after a spectacular opening ceremony, the hosts win big over saudi arabia. america's secretary of state says north korea must completely denuclearise if it wants sanctions to be lifted. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. "insubordinate but not biased" — the us department ofjustice criticises former fbi directorjames comey for his handling of an investigation into hilary clinton's e—mails. and, on board with the man

stay with us, mariko 0i.—date with conversations on twitter, the medium that seems to be the popular 1a politicians and presidents around the world. —— one for. donald trump tweeted at 5am meetings between representatives are going quickly, but that does not matter. we will all know soon whether a real deal can happen. mike pompeo also tweeted a few hours ago saying we are ready, the us secretary of state, we are ready for the day, #sinaporesummit. with a hands praying emoji. make what you will. a lot of expectation. mike pompeo briefed journalists yesterday saying this is a possibility of progress with a lot of potential but said they will not lift sanctions against north korea if denuclearisation is not a real prospect. that is what we will be looking at in terms of the details when we get more information. for now, st regis, where you are, rico, waving goodbye to kim jong—un. now, st regis, where you are, rico, waving goodbye to kimjong—un. a noted that singapore, playing host with dividing opinions about

good to see you there in our asia business hub ricoh way. —— mariko 0i.ries. at&t has closed its $85 billion deal to buy time warner — after a judge ruled it was legal under antitrust law earlier this week. the usjustice department though has 60 days to appeal. it says it is considering its options. the trump administration had argued the merger would harm consumers. with the world cup under way in russia, there could be a bigger than usual impact on financial markets. because of the time zone there are more matches during european and american trading hours than in any previous tournament. during south africa 2010, share trading volumes fell by a third on average during matches — and 55% in markets where the home team was playing. and now what's trending in the business news this morning. 0n the wall street journal, "the ultimate demarche: france wants to 0ust english from the eu." french president emmanuel macron wants to replace english with french as the default language in eu institutions, the way it was before britain joined the bloc in 1973. bloomb

we will continue this conversation for days, if not months and years to come. 0ur correspondent mariko 0iis the sense there that you we re what is the sense there that you were getting at the moment, that kim jong—un left where he was to make his way to this historic meeting? well, earlier you probably saw a lot of journalists behind us well, earlier you probably saw a lot ofjournalists behind us taking videos and pictures of kim jong—un leaving. now they are taking a little break because at the —— as you have been reporting he is at the hotel with a meeting with president trump, a truly historic summit. any of them on their smartphones watching the actual live picture of the summit on their phone. of course, many of them will be staying here, waiting for kim jong—un and his delegation to come back after the summit. some local media and south korea have been reporting he will leave at 2pm, which doesn't give him a lot of time, we will continue to wait here. thank you very much for that. bringing you these pictures, the two men together, side—by—side. side stop. the two men went for a phot

mariko 0i is outside kimjong—un‘s delegation‘s hotel in singapore for us now.im jong—un and his delegation are not too far, less than a kilometre away. in probably an hour also we should expect these doric summit at the capella hotel. -- his doric summit at the capella hotel. —— his doric. we saw him come out at 11:30pm last night taking in the tourist sites and taking that selvie. he received a very warm vip welcome. singaporeans cheered as he walked in. those pictures are in the front page the north korean newspaper, newspapers are read by the ordinary north koreans. who knows how they will take the supreme leader receiving this welcome. whether they see it as something good all were that they will be envious of what singapore has. 0pinions here are rather split about how kim jong—un has 0pinions here are rather split about how kimjong—un has been 0pinions here are rather split about how kim jong—un has been treated here. just a year ago he was accused of killing his stepbrother had kuala lumpur airport, accused of killing his own brother, if you start lookin

mariko 0i is there. the end of an era for toshiba, this consolidation? that's right.be union to remember, but toshiba was the first company in the world to commercialise laptop computer business, so making competing mobile ——iam business, so making competing mobile —— i am too young to remember. today the tee companies have announced that toshiba is selling its pc business to sharp forjust $36 million. this deal really shows a stark contrast between the two companies. 0nly several years ago they both had huge losses but sharp managed to turn itself around under foreign ownership, it is now owned by foxxcon of taiwan. toshiba receive japanese government support but is still struggling to turn itself around. it is the end of any rare and it is really sad for some of the geeks injapan rare and it is really sad for some of the geeks in japan following toshiba since the 1980s. —— it is the end of an era. let's look at the markets in asia. there was a mini rally on monday, today was fairly flat. the australian markets are down 0.5%, hong kong, japan was up by 0.3%, somethin

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london.urnament opens in moscow. the us department ofjustice says the former fbi boss james comey made mistakes in his investigation of hillary clinton before the 2016 election. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post has — what else — the start of the football world cup in russia. it calls it the greatest show on turf, and has a picture showing the colourful opening ceremony in moscow. the straits times, from here in singapore, is looking at another story we have been reporting on — us secretary of state mike pompeo visiting china. it is highlighting beijing not confirming pompeo's comment that it, along with japan and south korea, agree that sanctions against north korea will only be lifted once denuclearisation is complete. and, in the us, the new york times has a piece on people being able to stream cctv camera footage live on the internet. police in newark, in newjersey, have opened up feeds from dozens of cameras so the public can help t

thank you for the update, mariko 0i, outside the shangri—la hotel. let's get some other news now.canada, he rejected the closing joint statement all the heads of government had just agreed. it sparked huge criticism from his european allies. but president trump's advisers defended him — saying the us had been stabbed in the back following comments by the canadian prime minister on trade tariffs. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. we had a great time in canada, it's a great country. i'm now going to singapore and i'll see you there. thank you. president trump tried to sound positive as he left quebec for a second summit, having signed up to a finaljoint communique. a face—saving agreement after what was in reality a bad—tempered meeting. inside, there had been no hiding the divides between america and the other g7 nations over its imposition of steep tariffs. as canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around. donald trump responded to those remarks from onboard air force one, with tweets that withdrew america from the agreement,