mr. pompeo: yes, sir. mr. menendez: those are all very helpful to understanding the standards of what we're trying to achieve. , as we walk away from the summit, where does that put us with the rest of the world? do you believe that somehow we are strengthened in this regard? or are we weakened as a result of walking away ourselves? because of some statements? mr. pompeo: i don't believe in that sense, that we're in a position to believe that there could be a successful outcome. i think that's what the president communicated pretty clearly in his letter. i can add to that, over the past many days we have endeavored to do what chairman kim and i had agreed was to put teams, preparation teams, together to begin to work to prepare for the summit. and we had received no response to our inquiries from them. so in addition to what the president laid out in his letter, it is also the case that -- i disagree with what you said in your opening statement. i think the american team is fully prepared. i think we're rockin

mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, senator menendez, for allowing me to do. -- do this, the president ask i begin the hearing today by reading a letter that the state department recently transmitted to chairman kim and north korea. the letter is to chairman kim jong un, chairman of the state affairs commission of the democratic peoples republic of korea. and it reads as follows. dear mr. chairman, we greatly appreciate your time, patience and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to a summit long sought by both parties. which was scheduled to take place on june 12 in singapore. we were informed that the meeting was requested by north korea, but that is totally irrelevant. i was very much looking forward to being there with you. sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, i feel it is appropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting or inappropriate, excuse me. i feel it is inappropriate at this time

mr. pompeo: i do. mr. young: based on that understanding of the nature of the threat and the consensus about what needs to be done moving forward, i introduced legislation, the national economic security strategy act of 2018, i will just say i would hope that your team could eview the legislation. i look forward to working with you and your team moving forward to see if we can advance this legislation. this would create a written strategy analogous to the national security strategy to deal with predatory international economic practices. whether they emanate from china or other countries. i look forward to working on that with you. xxx in my remaining time, i just want to emphasize what we are here in part to discuss, which is the international affairs budget funding. i know you agree, today's national security challenges require the u.s. to use our full range of non-military tools to keep us safe and secure, and to advance our values and interests. i know you also agree diplomacy and development can help

mr. pompeo: got to go back one more time. kay: one more time. [laughter] mr. pompeo: look, the nuclear file is imperative. it prevents the largest, most severe threat for sure. the jcpoa fell short. it was a delay. our aim is to get that permanently fixed. i mentioned quickly, we asked our other middle eastern partners to do hard things. we've put an agreement in front of them and say, this is what you have to do, and they say, hey, the iranians enrich. that's reasonable. that seems to me a reasonable point. what our demands from arn -- our demands from iran aren't unreasonable. give up your program. end it. should they choose to go back and begin to enrich, we're fully prepared to respond to that as well. i'm not going to share with you today what our response will be. but we watch them talk, we've heard them say, host: that they'll make a different decision, that they'll choose a different path. we welcome them taking a path that other nations in the region are beginning to take as well. kay: with you explain for us the sanctions structure and how you intend

mr pompeo said if he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons and do it quickly, this is somethingricans have been stressed, they don't want a long drawn—out, phased process , don't want a long drawn—out, phased process, then the us would work with pyongyang to help develop its economy and achieve prosperity, he compared it to south korea which is a stark contrast, a prosperous nation so he laid that out in a bit more detail than he has before. he talked about his discussions with kimjong un, he said they had a long discussion about the strategic options before mr kim in terms of whether he was willing to give up the nuclear weapons programme in exchange for assurances. he said they felt they had a shared understanding of the objectives of the forthcoming summit and then you also said they had talked about other things, they have had warm conversation than discuss the different histories of their countries and mr pompeo made a note saying that he had said there were exa m ples saying that he had said there were examples in america's past when its past adversaries had become partner

mr pompeo is clearly more in tune with mr trump — at least for now.ear is whether that will translate into a more coherent foreign policy, particularly on contentious issues such as syria, iran and north korea. jane o'brien, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, along with a trade delegation, will meet chinese officials shortly. they're hoping to ease the escalating trade dispute between the two countries. the chinese foreign ministry says it expects the talks to be constructive as long as the us comes in good faith. translation: we believe that as long as the us side comes in good faith to address the stability of the area with mutual benefit and a win—win approach in mind, it will be constructive. also making news today. the islamic state group says that it carried out one of the worst attacks in the libyan capital tripoli for several years. suicide bombers stormed the headquarters of the electoral commission, killing at least twelve people and wounding a number of others.

mr pompeo is clearly more in tune with mr trump — at least for now.clear is whether that will translate into a more coherent foreign policy, particularly on contentious issues such as syria, iran and north korea. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. let's brief you on other stories in the news. one of donald trump's lawyers has contradicted him over a payment to a porn actress to keep her silent during the 2016 election campaign. the us president denies having an affair with stormy daniels and that his lawyer, michael cohen, paid her $130,000. rudy giuliani — the former new york mayor who's now on trump's legal team — said the president had personally repaid mr cohen. but insisted the transaction was legal and the money had not come from campaign funds. anti—government protests in armenia have been suspended after the governing party indicated it would be willing to back the opposition leader, nikol pashinyan, as the next prime minister during a vote in parliament next week. tens of thousands of his supporters have been out on the streets of the capita

it has been a whirlwind week for mr pompeo.north korea where he met kim jong—un. he returned on thursday with three americans who had been detained by pyongyang. his boss president trump was there to welcome the freed prisoners back to american soil. for a president whose style of diplomacy isn't to everyone‘s case, it has been quite a turnaround. the north korean leader once the pariah now the recipient of praise. kim jong—un did a great service to himself, to his country, by doing this. and remember, it has only been eight months since he described him as "little rocket man". speaking to a crowd in indiana the president was full of optimism for the summit. i will be meeting with kimjong—un to pursue a feature of peace and security for the world for the whole world. the two men will come face—to—face in a months time in singapore. and for president trump the stakes could not be higher. one question that could be crucial to the success of the talks is — what exactly do both sides mean, when they talk of de—nuclearisation? micha

asjohn bolton, is mr pompeo is not on the same way as john bolton, who is mr pompeo is not on the same have a very strict imposition of demands on north korea, and pompeo was more diplomatic. the two do not see it it but they have to go along with the trump says, so having trump meeting has that advantage, though he can be contradicted by those underneath him. so what should the us hopefully come away from the summit with? the best would be if north korea capitulated and agreed to get rid of its nuclear weapons immediately. that will not happen so what is the best likely outcome? they agree on the go of denuclearisation and they come to some agreement on what that means, that north korea would com pletely means, that north korea would completely denuclearise and set a deadline for it. it would not be tomorrow or next month but maybe in two years. they put in place processes towards that goal. that is the best that can be achieved, if they do meet in singapore. how likely do you think that is going to happen, when you look at the way mr trump has handled even weeks building up to this s

mr. pompeo's nomination as secretary of state. are you feeling better that we will have a more consistent message from the state department now that secretary pompeo is there and bringing a little bit more focus on russia? >> on russia, i said complimentary things about mr. pompeo. i thought his statements were the right statements. i think his history in both the congress and as cia director gives us confidence that he understands the risk of russia under mr. putin and believes that the actions congress has taken should be implemented. so i thought he was very strong on those points in the confirmation hearing. >> and interesting to see how the state department follows up with that. one of the things that we talked this afternoon before you arrived, there could be a perception in the kremlin -- w we are hitting them with a lot of sanction. the crimea sanctions, and global act, and we have behavior elsewhere and is there a point where russia feels like, look, no matter what we do, that senator cardin is going to keep hitting us, an

pompeo. it was also mr. trump's first ever visit to the department. secrety pompeo is a champion of mr. trump's global view, which alone uld make him more effective than his predecessor. but how much impact will he have on american diplomacy? mike pompeo became the 70t secretary of state in a ceremony of political theater, a shot of pomp for a beleaguered department that for the pastor -- past year has struggled with morale and direction.mp secretary : i want the state department to get its swagger back. we nd our men and women on t front line executing with vigor and energy, and to represent the finest nation in the history of civilization. we should be proud of that, and i am counting on you all to communicate in every corner of the world. jane: true to type, mr. pompeo got straight down to business. secretary pompeo: we are committed to the permanent, verifiable, irreversible dismaning of north korea' weapons of mass destruction program, and to do so without delay. jane: even before he was confirmed asmerica's top diplomat, mike pompeo made a secret visit to noh korea over easter. he

mr. pompeo got straight down to business. secretary pompeo: we are committed to the permanent, verifiable, reversible dismantling of north korea's weapons of mass destruction program, and to do so without delay. jane: en before he was confirmed as america's top diplomat, mike pompeo made a secret visit to north korea over easter. he met with kim jong-un himself in a bid to pave the way for the highly anticipated summit with president trump in the coming months. the trip caught most people by surprise, like much of u.s foreign policy itself, and the president hinted at more to come.es ent trump: you will be doing things you don't even know about.w right ey are not even a glimmer in your eyes. we have a couple going, mike, right now that a lot of people don't know about that are very, very encouraging. jane: mr. pompeo'predecessor, rex tillerson, was often at odds with the president, who frequently contradicted him in public before firing him by tweet. president trump: i think rex will be much happier now, but i really appreciat

mr. pompeo were helpful. will be using appropriation bills and the things we can do to strengthen the hand. >> thank you. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> tonight on c-span2, oral argument in the federal case challenging the trump administration's policy on dock >> the court case of university of california regents versus the department of homeland security will decide whether the trump administration can rescind daca. this is one hour 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. this is the time for the hearing on regents for the university of california versus the department of homeland security. i understand counsel has split their time three ways. you are to inform the court with the division of time will be. >> i michael from california we will be dividing our minute 14 minutes for the state, eight minutes for the regions and eight minutes for the individual plaintiffs. >> okay. you may proceed.

mr pompeo is clearly more in tune with mr trump — at least for now. that will translate into a more coherent foreign policy, particularly on contentious issues such as syria, iran and north korea. jane o'brien, bbc news. and another shakeup in the president's legal team — a change predicted a short while ago by the new york times, though mr trump derided it then as "fake news." ty cobb, his main representative in the russia probe, is stepping down to be replaced by emmet flood, a republican defence lawyer who worked for president clinton during his impeachment proceedings. here's our north america reporter anthony zurcher on the significance of the cobb departure. the official line is that he's leaving to retire, to spend more time with his grandkids or something, but the reality is that ty something, but the reality is that ty cobb, over the pass make few months, has been preaching cooperation with robert mueller‘s probe. he wants to turn over all of the documents, he says that is the quickest way to get this behind him, he has been saying it is goin

in his first major policy speech, mr pompeo set out 12 demands and said iran would never again be allowedte the middle east. you know, we will hold those doing prohibitive business in iran to account. 0ver prohibitive business in iran to account. over the coming weeks, we will sent teams of specialists to countries around the world to discuss the implications of sanctions and to listen. i know, i have spent a great deal with our allies in my first few weeks, i know they may decide to keep their old nuclear deal: with teheran. that is certainly the decision to make. they know where we stand. —— that is certainly their own decision to make. also this hour — the us justice department has announced it will expand its investigation into the 2016 election after president trump demanded an investigation. as well as looking at allegations of russian interference, it's also going to investigate any irregularities involving fbi tactics. mexico's aviation authority says it will temporarily suspend operations by the airline involved in last week's crash in cuba. the authority is conducting a review a

we're expecting them to arrive imminently. imminently. so we're expecting to come soon and mr pompeopompeo also within another hour. go through tonight and also one or two of them tomorrow morning. two of them tomorrow morning. both of them very senior, of course, in this process. in this process. in the wake of the country runs but also in the negotiations. also in the negotiations. alongside kimjong un in all the steps coming up to the summit. steps coming up to the summit. this flurry of diplomacy to try to fix that. fix that. the white house, very positive remarks. remarks. that the summit would take place on june 12. june 12. ok, barbara plett usher, thank you very much for that. so what do we know about the north korean general? kim jong—un‘s right—hand man. closing ceremony that took place in south korea. to the comedy film the interview. of state mike pompeo's recent visit to pyongyang. with south korean president moonjae—in. a nonprofit educational institution. thank you forjoining us. about three or four ongoing at the moment, will prove beneficial? moment, will prove benef

mr. pompeo going to north korea over easter. the guests, the first lady's guests at state of the union. there were many never leaked. eight or 10 of us knew that. there are again, you have to look at the absence of harmful leaks but there are many people who nobody knows who they are because they are not, they're not household names perhaps, they're not public faces in the administration. they have access to information also. i think, but taking a broader look at that also but the president also wants me to make very clear to all of you, that he knows a lot of this is made up also. that speaking of, if you're going to speculate and bloviate about north korea and what may or may not be true you are certainly going to speculate about leaks. but let me make very clear, most of the stories this week were about the process of leaks, not the fruits of those leaks. there are tighter, smaller meetings. that is very helpful to this president promoting his agenda. abby: kellyanne, good to see you. have a great day. >> thanks.

mr. pompeo. accompanied by the president of the united states donald j. trump and the vice president of the united states mike pence. [applause] >> good morning your excellency's ladies and gentlemen and distinguished guests. welcome to the swearing-in of michael pompeo as the secretary of state. this our honor to have the president here to officiate the ceremony. i would like to introduce ambassador marianne glendon. lord god, creator of the universe and ruler of all we ask your blessing and guidance today for our brother michael as he begins to serve his beloved country in our relations with other lands and governments. give him, we pray, near open to our needs and the needs of others. sharp the find my do have given him to discern truth from falsehood, appearances from reality. give him compassion for the oppressed and wisdom to see the way ahead, even when all looks dark. give him the joy that comes to those who spend their lives in the service of others. we asked these blessings with thankful heart and ingratitude for the countless blessings you are

mr pompeo said he had asked the north korean leader kimjong—un to commit to a robust international verificationgramme. the british prime minister theresa may has spoken over replica art, replica popstar and a robot that we wish a roomful of reubens at prague's national gallery. even the untrained eye can tell the work of a master but it's not always easy. recent forgery scandals have got the art world in a spin. the question is, up close and personal, could you spot the impostor? the national gallery up there has a team of people whose job it is to make sure the works on display are the real deal. all the big art institutions do, but it doesn't always work. some of the world's greatest galleries have been caught out by the forgers. can technology help? here in prague, they are using space industry tech to see if they can spot a fake. this prague start—up has got a challenge to you — which ones are the fakes? this, for example, looks like an edvard munch. if so, conservative jiri is handling millions of pounds. the truth will be revealed when it goes in the scanner. on this side, we have an x—ra

meanwhile, the us secretary of state mr pompeo has met the north korea leader kimjong—un to lay the groundworkistoric summit between the two leaders. al corresponded in washington, nick bright, said there was an air of celebration. donald trump will travel in the middle of the night to the airbase where they will touch out to welcome them home. it is the made for television moment that appeals to the reality tv star side of his personality. for the white house it is deeply emblematic. less and blood proof that his unconventional approach to international diplomacy works —— flesh and blood. nick bryant. bmw is to recall more than 300,000 cars in the uk, because of concerns that they could have dangerous electrical faults. the german carmaker‘s decision follows an investigation by the bbc programme watchdog live. 36,000 bmws were recalled in the uk last year because of safety fears. the company has denied trying to mislead regulators about the extent of the problems, as our correspondent victoria fritz explains. christmas morning, 2016. a bmw car lost all power. a man swerved into a tree and was

the former cia director was accompanied by president trump who said he was sure mr pompeo would make america proud. the new secretary of state insisted pyongyang must immediately dismantle its nuclear programme. the us treasury secretary steven mnuchin, along with a trade delegation, will meet chinese officials in beijing shortly. they're hoping to ease the escalating trade dispute between the two countries. and this story is trending on bbc.com. liverpool are in the final of the champions league, despite losing to roma in the italian capital. the english premier league side lost, four—two, in the second leg of the semi—final but are through on an aggregate score of seven goals to six. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the nhs failed to screen almost half a million women for breast cancer. up to 270 may have had their lives cut short. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. after months of tensions, us officials will meet peers in beijing to talk about trade. could both sides walk away with a deal? and a taste

today, mr pompeo was giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee and sought to explaind changed the president's mind. over the past many days we have endeavoured to do what we had agreed, which was to put preparation teams together to begin to work to prepare for the summit and we have received no response to our enquiries from them. the release of the president's letter coincided with the north korean‘s playing host to a group of western journalists invited to witness the destruction of a nuclear test site. but there was fury in washington when pyongyang put out a statement last night describing the vice president as ignorant and stupid, and there seemed to be a threat. we can also make the us taste and appalling tragedy. at the heart of this is the demand for the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, a phrase that sounds simple but is open to vastly different interpretations. this might have been an historic summit in seeing these two leaders sit down at a table together, but as time went on it became increasingly clear that is all it would be, great expectations

mr. pompeo. i thought his statements were great. congress andn the the cia director gives us confidence he understands the risk of russia under mr. putin. he believes the actions congress has taken to be implemented. i thought he was very strong on that. >> it will be interesting to see how the state department follows up with that. one of the things we talked about this afternoon before you arrived was there could be a perception in the kremlin -- we are hitting them with a lot of different sections, crimea sanctions, sanctions for the dundalk, you mentioned the act, behaviorki elsewhere. is there a point where russia feels that like no matter what we do that senator cardinal keep hitting is hard question mark why would we change our behavior if we will never get out from under these sanctions? are you concerned that our sanctions policy is right on the virtues on the policy, may be reinforcing the view that the kremlin does not see a way out. >> no, i'm not. i think russia has done a lot of things wrong and cross the line into man

. >> that was mike pompeo, earlier, a senior advisor spoke to our washington bureau chief. >> mr.ook, the announcement today, do you really believe that they can bring about the change you expect from a run -- iran? >> since the adoption of the deal, iran has increased its destabilizing behavior across the middle east and it has also not deterred their intent to acquire nuclear weapons. we are putting in place a new security architecture that we think will achieve our objectives not just for the united states before the world. >> many experts are skeptical saying you are telling iran to stopping iran. it is rather unrealistic to think that the regime will comply. with every unrealistic? >> if they want to be treated again normal nation, they need to start behaving like a normal nation. still, there is not any country in the world that sponsors more terrorism than iran much of their violence field in the middle east has been during the deal. we do not think this is a framework that will achieve counterterrorism. >> we have are raising some reactions from official saying the goal is

but even those images could not compare to the obvious joy of those mr pompeo brought home.shington. which side benefits more from this release, barbara? ithink you which side benefits more from this release, barbara? i think you can probably say it is a win—win at this point, definitely a diplomatic victory for president trump which he can play out with drama on the tv news shows. the fact he went to the airport in the middle of the night shows how important he thought it was. he mentioned kimjong—un had released these men early rather than during the summit itself and took that as a sign of goodwill and a sign that his high—stakes gambit would be a success. as for kim jong—un is given up his last american prisoners so his last bargaining chips of this kind but he could show that he wanted to create a good atmosphere for the summit, and having the summit in and of itself is a win for him because he gets to stand next to the us president on the world stage. that doesn't mean he will necessarily give in to us demands about his nuclear weapons, there is still a lot of hard bar

this speech by mr pompeo means trouble i mean we're aggressive stance and this lack of knowledge and carelessness of what could this actually lead to could it actually lead to more wars more destruction and this is not the first time actually american in the stations in the past have tried to actually destabilize iran from the inside but the problem with that is that we have seen during the past ten years destabilizing governments in this part of the world from libya in syria in. various parts in egypt. in tunisia these disruptions for. the stability of these countries created more damage and more harms for the rule of law for human rights for human dignity all over the the region saying that the one will not trust the united states for years and the. result for those measures by the united states will bring more mistrust from the rainy inside and this is not just the issue of iran the allies of the united states on the other hand the europeans they cannot count on what the united states say. we shan't administration regardless of what their allies in europe are saying they withdraw

mr. pompeo called his counterparts in europe to tell them that mr. trump was planning to withdraw but that he was trying to win a two week reprieve for the united states and europe to continue negotiating. mr. pompeo suggested that he favored a so-called soft withdrawal in which trump would pull out of the deal but hold off on reimposing some of the sanctions. this has to go down as pompeo's first policy failure as secretary of state. that is not what we got today. >> that's right. it indicates the limits of his influence. it's interesting too because pompeo is considered to be a hawk. he's not thought of as the moderate that rex tillerson was seen as. yet in his role as secretary of state, he's obviously taken upon the traditional position of the state department, of the chief diplomat to seek more diplomatic solutions to things rather than potentially blow up alliances. his role now as the diplomat is to try to see if he could work something out with the europeans. there have been months of talks with the europeans. brian hook, the state department

mr. pompeo is really prepared.d they're going to make sure we're talking about the complete disarmament and denuclearization of north korea and that our partners in south korea and in japan are also engaged. >> with concrete action, like we saw from the president and the administration overnight, does it then force you to have to look past some of the language that he uses often that he's often criticized for including what he said last night, with regard to kim, he says we want to thank kim jong-un and in his words he says really excellent to these three incredible people. do you look past that? >> i don't know if he was really excellent to those three incredible people. he held them in detention for a long period of time, one over three years, i'm told he was working hard labor. others have seen nothing but guards. >> i think a fair assessment is something quite short of excellent to these people. >> that's why i have concerns about the direction of what the president is going to continue to move in. is he, you k

mr pompeo is clearly more in tune with mr trump — at least for now. whether that will translate into a more coherent foreign policy, particularly on contentious issues such as syria, iran and north korea. jane 0'brien, bbc news, washington. anti—government protests that have brought much of armenia to a standstill have been suspended now the governing republican party has indicated it will not oppose the protest leader, nikol pashinyan, becoming prime minister. that will still depend on a vote in parliament. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg reports from the armenian capital, yerevan. it was the day armenians made their voices heard — louder than ever. the day people power appeared to be changing a country. tens of thousands of protesters had packed into republic square, elf trying getting? pfifigr, the man they want for the job is nikol pashinya — once a journalist, now an opposition mp. he's been leading the protests that have been sweeping armenia, and he's become something of a political superstar. revolution have won, and people's victory should be recogni

mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, senator menendez, for allowing me to do. this the president ask i begin the hearing today by reading a letter that the state department recently transmitted to chairman kim and north korea. the letter is to chairman kim jong un, chairman of the state affairs commission of the democratic peoples republic of korea. and it reads as follows.

mr. pompeo's testimony before the committee today. on can watch all the hearing the 2019 budget request tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on sees them. -- eastern on c-span. at the pentagon briefing, lieutenant general kenneth mckenzie says there is no change to u.s. military posture following the cancellation of the summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. he said a normal state of vigilance will be maintained, citing what he calls north korea's past unpredictable behavior. he is joined by chief pentagon spokesperson dana white. afternoon.good i hope everyone is getting ready for a safe and happy holiday weekend. for many, memorial day weekend signals the start of summer.

mr. pompeo was giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee, and sought to explain what had changed the president's mind. sec. pompeo: over the past many doys, we have endeavored t what chairman kim and i agreed was to put preparation teams together to begin to work to prepare for the summit, and we received no response to our inquiries from them. jon: the release of the ncpresident's letter ced unerringly with the north koreans playing host to a group of western journalists invited to witne the destruction of a nuclear test site. but there s fury in washington when pyongyang put out a statement last nig describing the vice president as ignorant and stupid, and there seemed to be a threat -- "we can also make the u.s. taste an appalling tragedy." at the heart of this is the demand for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, a phisse that sounds simple bu open to vastly different interpretations.e this might hen an historic t mmit in seeing these two leaders sit downe table together. but as time went on, it became increasingly clear that's all it would be. great expectat

mr. pompeo. she describes the moment when the three men stepped on the plane. >> it was incredible to see them walk on the plane as we were in pyongyang. they shook our hands and said "god bless america, i couldn't be more proud of bng an american." we all teared up. they started to get the medical care they needed and on their way to freedom. jane: we have also seen cold, hard to diplomacy. for more on the diplomatic maneuvering, i was joined by the director of the korean working kennedy harvard's school. let's start with denuclearization. how important is it thhe they get oname page before the summit? >> it is very important, but the page is going to be very large. if you see the process in place, the rern of the three u.s. detainees is important in terms of solidifying the process. we have secretary of state pompeo now meeting with kim jong-un twice. these are indicators that in terms of the understanding of denuclearization, this is going to be more details added, but the fact that ere is eno

back in washington, in a meeting with the south korean foreign minister, mr pompeo made it clear sanctions until any deal is done. i will require a robust verification programme, and one that we will undertake with partners around the world. the us president tweeted his approval. he said, thank you, a smart and gracious gesture. it's been a week of dizzying diplomatic efforts, with the release of three men who were held in north korea for over a year. sceptics say president trump is falling for the pyongyang playbook. but others believe there's a chance that north korea's priorities are changing, and thatjust perhaps this time might be different. the electoral commission in iraq says fewer than 45% of eligible voters took part in saturday's parliamentary elections. it's the first vote since the government declared victory over the islamic state group. earlier, three people were killed in a bomb attack near the city of kirkuk in what officials say was linked to the elections. our middle east correspondent, martin patience, reports from baghdad. iraq is at a turning point. people here hope t

mr. pompeo did say he would walk away if the right agreement wasn't reached. what is the minimum, given what you just said, that you would like to see out of ts meeting? rep. boyle: at a bare minimum i would like to see some sort of consideration of human rights. chief of all the considerations would be the complete removal of f y sort of nuclear weapons, denuclearizatione peninsula. that is an absolute minimum standard that has to be met. i believe the administration has said that themsees. it has been the position of many previous administrations, democric and republican. i just don't think there is any way we could sign up to a deal at fell short of that. jane: what concessions could the u.s. make in return? rep. boyle: first, an absolute guarantee that we would not pursue regime ange against the rth korean regime. that would be number one. number two would be committed -- number two would be, if not an overall troop removal, perhaps a dramatic reduction. we are at the 32,000-troop level in south korea. certainly we could reduce nsose numbers erably. i thin

mr pompeo, who held talks with kim jong—un last week, told us television the investment would be conditionaluclearisation. north korea is desperately in need of energy support and electricity for their people, they are in great need of agricultural technology and equipment, the finest on the midwest, that i come from, we can deliver that an as i said earlier this week, we can create the conditions for real economic prosperity for the north korean people that will rival that of the south. at least five university students have died and several others are missing after a footbridge on a river collapsed at a tourist site in pakistan—administered kashmir. the wooden bridge in the mountainous neelum district gave way after more than 30 students walked onto it to take photos. police in the eastern french city of strasbourg have arrested a friend of a suspected militant islamist who stabbed a passer—by to death and injured four others in paris on saturday. the man is being held for questioning. the attacker, who was shot dead by police, had been on an anti—terror watchlist. in italy, juventus have