thank you very much, mariko oi.otel after an informal meeting between the two leaders that lasted around 40 minutes. kimjong—un is due to leave singapore here at two o'clock in the afternoon local time and he will be followed, it if you like, by donald trump leaving at seven o'clock this evening. in total about four hours to really get down to the details of what these summit will produce. we will bring you every step of the way and any developments. staying with us. hello there. for many days, even weeks now, our weather has been stuck in a rut. long spells of warm sunshine, and just the odd thunderstorm. but, at long last, things are changing. you may not like the change because firstly we're bringing some cooler air in from the north. and then, from the atlantic, through the middle part of the week, we're going to bring quite an active frontal system, an area of low pressure, that will bring some wet and very windy weather, particularly across the north. that will be a bit of a shock to the system. but the change

mariko oi in singapore. others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are tony grew, parliamentary journalist, and the broadcaster and writer caroline frost. as singapore gears up for the trump—kim summit, the dust has yet to settle on the one donald trump just left, the g7 in canada. the american president pulled out of the agreed joint statement, on twitter, after the canadian prime minister said canada would not be pushed around. mr trump called justin trudeau "very dishonest and wea k". now canada's foreign minister has fired back. for me, what is insulting and what i object to very strongly is the illegal and unjustified imposition of tariffs on canadian steel and aluminium. the national security pretext is absurd, and frankly, insulting to canadians — the closest and strongest ally the united states has had. canada's foreign minister chrystia freeland. president trump's top economic adviser, larry kudlow, had this response to m

but first let's go to singapore andjoin mariko oi, part of our team there following the story.een based outside the hotel where kim jong—un i know you have been based outside the hotel where kimjong—un has been staying. everybody is watching and waiting, certainly around the global market falls. give us your perspective so far. i am not sure if you can see some of the tripods behind me. earlier, when kimjong—un left for the summit with president trump there were at least 50 journalists and cameramen tried to get that shot and many are from japan and south korea, those are the two markets which would be dead should there be any concrete agreement between the two leaders. —— which would be effected. as far asi —— which would be effected. as far as i can see, japan's nikkei has been very choppy. they are trying to figure out what it means. when it means to opening up north korea's economy and bring it at up to the level of south korea, that is a long step forward, taking many months and yea rs step forward, taking many months and years but experts have been talking about it, compa

good morning, welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi.e start with that trade spat between the world's two the guest economies, as us president donald trump appears to have followed through on his promise and imposed tariffs on about $50 billion in chinese goods. and, according to some news reports, we will find out the full list of products later this friday. this news comes as the us dollar experienced one of its strongest daysin experienced one of its strongest days in months, especially against the euro. earlier i asked a currency a nalyst the euro. earlier i asked a currency analyst if this will continue to climb. it's still a little bit of the unknown. right now the us dollar seems to be getting more favour out of this be because of the unknown factor, how this will play out negatively on the global economy. if we ta ke negatively on the global economy. if we take the potential negatives from the global economy versus the strong us economy, that we seeing, especially on economic fronts like retail sales, which came out very robust a

let's go to our asia business hub, where mariko oi is following the story, lovely to see you, so this case, isn't it? in case the trade war gets really acute. that is what many analysts are speculating. of course, there is an official line from beijing that this is just an official line from beijing that this isjust a policy an official line from beijing that this is just a policy moves to make sure that there is enough money for those small companies to buy money, but given the timing and given all these fears about the trade spat between the us and china, many are wondering if this is basically beijing preparing for the biscuit that trade is about having a real impact on small companies, especially in how china's economy is going to grow. as you mentioned. the official announcement sounds very jibe any, but this is about freeing up jibe any, but this is about freeing up about 118 billion us dollars so that companies can buy more easily and boost spending. it will take effect on the fifth ofjuly, this is the third cut by the central bank. all right, thanks a lot. good to see you. now

. —— mariko oi. not under the same roof, mariko, and tell largely necessary?”ind me, there is a heavy police security behind me, and they can't hear very clearly. as you said, iam they can't hear very clearly. as you said, i am outside the shangri—la hotel here in the orchard district of singapore. donald trump arrived last night and went inside the presidential suite, where former us presidents, including george w bush and barack obama stayed. this is also where the summit between the chinese president xijinping and also where the summit between the chinese president xi jinping and the then chinese leader took place sometime ago. as you mentioned, kim jong—un is not too far from sometime ago. as you mentioned, kim jong—un is not too farfrom here. less tha n jong—un is not too farfrom here. less than a kilometre away. so we did make those walks if you times, the bbc teams, as well, and that is where he arrived late afternoon yesterday, on sunday, here in singapore. donald trump and kim jong—un's meeting is of course on tuesday. so there is a question about what

mariko oi is theirfor us the island.ng, where we understand preparations may be getting under way, mariko, where they will be having discussions over the next day before that meeting on tuesday morning? that's right, christian. i am outside the shangri—la hotel hotel where president trump will be staying. you can probably see the heavy security behind me. the president, as you mentioned, is expected to land in less than an hour, so we are expecting his motorcade to go through, just as the bus went pastjust now, in less than an hour. we are not too far from where chairman kim jong—un an hour. we are not too far from where chairman kimjong—un is, at capella hotel, you could actually walk there if you wanted to. shangri—la hotel is believed to have been chosen because it has xp and is accommodating a lot of readers —— leader, including george w bush and bach obama. —— barack obama. it has a lot of experiences there in the presidential suite. the motorcade will go through. when we see sight of mrtrump. well, as you mentioned

i'm mariko oi 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 new zealander‘s call the "first bloke". he tells us about life with his partner, the country's prime minister, jacinda ardern. i find myself doing more earthy things like that to try and offset the strange, surreal world ifind myself in with jacinda and what she does. sitting there and you suddenly find yourself talking with the queen. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3 in the morning in moscow, where the 2018 world cup began with a glitzy opening ceremony and some exciting match action. in the first game, hosts russia beat saudi arabia

our correspondent mariko oi is outside the shangri—la hotel where president trump is staying in singaporent so far or heard from the president? no. let me clarify that you can probably see the american and singapore flags behind me and i am outside the hotel but in case our viewers are wondering, this is not where he is staying. he is in a different wing with a presidential suite. we were there earlier this morning but we we re there earlier this morning but we were told to move as the hour went by because of security concerns. the police officers told us that we don't know what time president trump will make a move and they wanted to make sure that no—one was in the area. no. we have not heard a lot from president trump. we believe that the hotel was chosen because it has experiences in accommodating many global leaders including two former us presidents. this is also where many other historic summits have taken place including the meeting between the chinese president and the then taiwanese leader. a few weeks ago you were here for all the defence ministers gathering at the shangri—la s

the bbc‘s mariko oi joins us now from outside the shangri—la hotel here in singapore where presidentis the eve of the summit. monday morning. kimjong—un, eve of the summit. monday morning. kim jong—un, donald trump. eve of the summit. monday morning. kimjong—un, donald trump. north korea and american delegations. what is on the agenda? as you said, sorry ifi is on the agenda? as you said, sorry if i have not really caught your question clearly, as you can see, there is heavy police security behind me. we were told to move from where we were which was the entrance to the wing of the shangri—la hotel with donald trump staying in it. this is the main building of the shangri—la hotel were ordinary guests can still stay. as you mentioned, security is definitely tight. the two leaders as you mentioned will be meeting on tuesday. the question remains as to what they will be doing today. we know for now officially donald trump will be meeting the prime minister of singapore who met with kim jong—un yesterday. that summit was broadcast live on the prime minister ‘s facebook page. very singapo

mariko oi joins us from singapore.ou have spent most of the time outside of the hotel where kim jong—un has been staying, quite a marathon for you, the markets have been choppy, but tell us more about the feeling where you are about how the feeling where you are about how the day has gone so far. well, you mentioned the markets injapan and many foreign journalists from japan and south korea are here, close neighbours of north korea, and whatever happens at this summit, it will have some kind of an impact on their countries, but as you say, the trading has been rather choppy. we did not see much impact, i think it is fairto did not see much impact, i think it is fair to say investors and traders realise that today was just the beginning of renewed relationships between north korea and the us and probably the rest of the world. but nothing too concrete would come out of it. the two leaders did sign a declaration, i have some points that appear to be declaration, i have some points that appearto be in declaration, i have

my colleague mariko oi sent this update.jong un of north korea is staying. he arrived earlier on sunday afternoon, but as you can see, still a lot of media interest with many journalists camping outside. kimjong un, left here, went to meet with the prime minister of singapore, lee hsien loong, and their meeting was streamed live on prime minister lee's facebook page, which is very singapore in 2018, shall i say. but this hotel is a five—star hotel, bang in the centre of a very popular orchard shopping district here in singapore. the presidential suite here would cost thousands of dollars, so the question has been asked, who is footing that bill? i put that question to a singaporean minister earlier, but he remained rather tight—lipped, as you can imagine. of course, the meeting between president trump and kim jong un is not until tuesday. so the question remains what kim jong un is doing on monday. but also, it's interesting to note that opinions amongst singaporeans are somewhat split about being the host of this historic s

and joining us now is mariko oi. we are now at the either of the summit. what is on the agenda?eting in a few hours time. possibly to come up with an agreement that they can present the leaders tomorrow. as for the two leaders, we don't really know what they are doing. today. the summit is not till tomorrow. let me clarify where i am. you can see the shangri—la logo behind me. president trump is over they are in the valley wing where the presidential suite is. we were there early but we got kicked off because the police officer actually said that because we don't know what time president trump will be making a move. this is where ordinary guests are staying. we think that the shangri—la hotel was chosen because of its experiences in accommodating global leaders including two former us president, george w bush and barack 0bama. this is also where many other historic summits have taken place including a meeting between the chinese president xijinping and including a meeting between the chinese president xi jinping and the then taiwanese leader. all the different ministers from the

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: the world cup kicks off in moscow.er 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 new zealander‘s call the "first bloke". he tells us about life with his partner, the country's prime minister.