right in that that's about all right now that being said we also have a summit between president mungy and kim jong un coming up by the end of april so there's a real flurry of diplomatic activity happening but as far as the u.s. north korea summit or there an exact time and location has not been set ok what about the people where you are a south koreans how are they perceiving this right now would they like to see a meeting between component and donald trump to help resolve the nuclear standoff. well you know as you alluded to earlier with the threats that were being tossed back and forth between the u.s. and north korea i think many south koreans felt been fairly you know and not at ease last year while all these tensions were happening you know so of course since the beginning of this year with the with the chong paralympics happening and this major breakthrough in diplomatic relations between north and south korea and now talk of these both of being summits i think many south koreans are feeling some relief but south koreans too they know that these deals have been made before and

but also said that an agreement had been breached satisfactorily on accommodating the intentions of mungy in the president of south korea to hold a summit new evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the us president to sack the american secretary of state the leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found major trump fundraiser wanted rex tillerson out for not supporting the u.a.e. backed blockade against qatar the seventh round of talks on the north american free trade agreement have ended in mexico city envoys from the us canada and mexico discussed president donald trump proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the senate and the us dead in florida has passed a bill that would place restrictions on sales of assault rifles and allow some teachers to be armed it was in response to high school mass shooting last month that left seventeen people dead the bill still needs the house approval and the governor's signature. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin saw man has met with egypt coptic pope in cairo during a three day

mungy and is expected to meet north korean leader kim jong un next month to discuss cheney's nuclear missile program separately u.s. president dog trump has said that he'll meet kim later in the year. or done a year or so you know north korea u.s. summit would be a historic event in itself fallen into korean summit depending on the location it could be even more dramatic and depending on progress it may lead to a three way summit between the self north and the united states in syria sixty civilians have been killed by government forces and that allies in the last remaining rebel held parts of eastern ghouta in a separate attack thirty five people died when a rocket fired by rebels landed in the market in the government controlled damascus the israeli military is going to firm for the first time that it bombed a suspected nuclear reactor in syria eleven years ago its release previously classified cockpit video of the attack they do as who in two thousand and seven those were the headlines here on al-jazeera we have more news in half an hour to stay with us a.j. selects its next. lost

north korea and indeed the leaders of north korea and the united states of course the government of mungy and has long been pushing a policy of more engagement and more dialogue with north korea and as far south korea is concerned it's full steam ahead towards the planned summit between president and kim jong un next month in fact there are high level talks between the two koreas planned for this thursday ahead of that summit kathy novak live for us there in seoul thanks kate. now russian president vladimir putin is blaming criminal negligence for the shopping mall fire that killed sixty four people on sunday forty one of those who died were children who didn't went to the side of the fire in the eastern city of camera in siberia on tuesday people they're angry and they're calling for justice for the victims and investigators say a smoke alarm system in the mall was not working and the exit doors were blocked four people have been detained including the head of the company operating the more . troops who what happened here is not a military action it's not an unexpected release of messina

leaders so this increases the likelihood that he would really be willing to meet with south korea's mungy in and then with donald trump at the same time the fact that he said that he's willing to denuclearize we should take that as a long term political expression of intent not necessarily anything that he would actually implement in the forseeable future north korea has said before that it will be nuclearize the question is what conditions it has for denuclearization and they usually tend to involve a complete end to any what they describe as a hostile policy by the united states removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula removal of the american nuclear umbrella from south korea and a range of other conditions that the united states has not been willing to meet so it's a positive sign that he's ready for dialogue but we need to have a clear eyed real recognition that this is going to be a complicated process but at least the first steps are being taken toward a negotiation. to other news now and there's been another round of blame trading among the fifteen u.n. security council mem

entire korean summit now but a date has been set for the meeting between the south korean president mungy in and the north korean leader kim jong un they will meet at the d.m.z. the border that separates the two koreas not far from where i am standing on april the twenty seventh and it will be the first time in more than ten years that the leaders of these two countries that are still technically at war will meet and one of the questions now is what will be on the agenda will they discuss denuclearization of course this all comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity here on the korean peninsula and follows the surprise visit from kim jong un to china for a meeting with the president there kitty jinping his envoy china's top diplomat young is in south korea to brief the south korean officials on that meeting no doubt they will be very interested to hear what was discussed at the meeting between kim and she ahead of the summit that is planned for next month. at least sixty eight people have been killed in a fire that broke out during a riot in venezuela at night it happened in the city of t

just as important as the into korean dimension that's very frustrating for south korean president mungy in because of course the u.s. is a close ally but he's a veteran of the sunshine era he went to pyongyang as as chief of staff to the then south korean president and he wants to south korea back in the driver's seat i would say he's done that really very much have the donald trump who is rather hard to predict shall we say on many things will just give the south koreans you know some time. russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage to syrian rebel fighters and their families if they leave eastern huta but rebels are accusing russia of escalating the fight and ignoring a temporary truce at least twenty seven civilians were killed on tuesday more than eight hundred people have been killed in the enclave in just the past sixteen days santa holder has more now from beirut in neighboring lebanon. the latest bombing campaign and. into its third week. with the number of civilians killed is climbing with the away. from the. civil defense volunteers are overwhelmed now russia is

north and south korea of met to arrange a summit for their leaders kim jong il will meet president mungy in on april the twenty seventh in the demilitarized zone dividing the two countries also at least sixty eight people have been killed in a jail riot at a police station in the venezuelan city of valencia tear gas was fired at family members demanding to know what's happened inside the cells and there's been no official word on what triggered the final and it's. egypt's state newspaper has a battle for that and sisi heading for a second term as president limon the results put sisi in the lead with twenty one of the half a million votes his only rival has seven hundred twenty one thousand votes says the election is seen as a foregone conclusion after all other credible candidates withdrew saying that they faced intimidation. now u.s. president donald trump has replaced another senior member of his team veterans affairs secretary david silken has taken issue with his firing saying he was seen as an obstacle to the privatization of veteran services he's been replaced by the white house do

and south korea of meant to arrange a rare summit for their leaders kim jong un will meet president mungy in on april the twenty seventh in the demilitarized zone dividing the two countries. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has been the most important part of the agenda since the high level talks of january ninth and the exchange of visits between north and south korean envoys that's the issue we will focus on with further discussion as well. egyptian state media is expecting president sisi to win reelection by a landslide after three days of voting preliminary results show c c one twenty three million out of the twenty five million votes cast is only rival was the one three percent of the vote voter turnout was thirty nine percent. at least sixty eight people are being killed in a riot in venezuela dante gas was fired at family members demonstrating outside the facility in valencia west of the capital caracas it's believed to be the worst incident of its kind in the country's history. nobel peace prize winner malala use of song has returned to pakistan for the first time sinc

mungy and is expected to meet north korean leader kim jong un next month to discuss chinese nuclear missile program separately u.s. president dog trump has said that he'll meet kim later in the year. on your dime a year or so you and north korea u.s. summit would be historic event in itself fallen into korean summit depending on the location it could be even more dramatic and depending on progress it may lead to a three way summit between the self north and the united states in syria sixty civilians have been killed by government forces and that allies in the last remaining rebel held parts of eastern ghouta in a separate attack thirty five people died when a rocket fired by rebels landed in the market in the government controlled damascus the israeli military is going to firm for the first time that it bombed a suspected nuclear reactor in syria eleven years ago its release previously classified cockpit video of the attack the deer as who in two thousand and seven those were the headlines here on al-jazeera we have more news in half an hour to stay with us a.j. selects its next. lost and a

countries delegates from both sides met there on thursday to plan the summit where south korean president mungy in will speak with north korean leader kim jong un china has commended both countries recent efforts to improve bilateral relations at least sixty eight people have been killed in a jail riot at a police station in venezuela tear gas was fired at family members demonstrating outside the facility in valencia west of the capital caracas. gyptian state media is expecting president and in fact a c.c. to win reelection by a landslide after three days of voting results showing sisi won twenty three million out of the twenty five million votes cast his only rival most of our movie star won three percent of the vote voter turnout was thirty nine percent. suspended australian cricket test captain stephen smith has apologised for his role in the ball tampering incident speaking in sydney's smith asked for forgiveness from his team and his nation not to be handed a one year ban from international competition smith along with two other players devised a plan to tamper with a ball during a match a

to brief the south korean officials as well so preparations continuing ahead of the summit between mungy and kim jong il and indeed a great deal of the korean peninsula will come back to. with more reaction to that things develop thanks kathy i will have more analysis on this subject later in the program here on al-jazeera now the white house has released a statement about this is story meeting saying that the u.s. sees this development as further evidence that our campaign of maximum pressure is creating the appropriate atmosphere for dialogue with north korea the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says the security council should be ashamed that the bombing of eastern ghouta continues despite a cease fire agreement syrian government forces with russian support intensified its offensive to retake the rebel held enclave more than a month ago u.s. ambassador nikki haley blamed the two countries for what she called a slaughter but her syrian counterpart struck back russia will stop at nothing to use its permanent seat on this council to shield its our i wish our our side from even the f

but also said that an agreement had been reached satisfactorily on accommodating the intentions of mungyin the president of south korea to hold a summit new evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the us president to sack the american secretary of state the leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found elliot breo their major trump fundraiser wanted rex tillerson out for not supporting the u.a.e. backed blockade against carter. critical condition in the hospital in the u.k. after being exposed to and unknown substance. found on the bench of the shopping center that. was freed from a russian jail. in two thousand and ten politicians in the u.s. state of florida. gun legislation following the high school shooting that killed seventeen people a proposed bill would replace. the sale of assault rifles. the bill the house approved and the signature. these visitors to grieve include survivors of the massive upheaval in the one nine hundred twenty s. in which greece turkey exchange large numbers of greek orthodox christians. they and t

seizing the moment south korea's president mungy in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders can john young johnny president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people around the world who are hoping for. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea. special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting the winter olympics just when the world needed a path to peace it's still early days but this is being seen as a major diploma

seizing the moment south korea's president mungy in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders or the trumpeter to norman denuclearization m.p.c. on the korean peninsula are beginning to be realized i believe the lympics and paralympics as well as our endeavors for peace will help create a new global peace all the credit should go to those people around the world who wish for peace judy. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all end up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea. special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting th

involving north korean leader kim jong un and it really is quite a win for south korea's president mungy and who when it was that time of heightened tensions with north korea seemed like a lone voice pushing for more engagement and more dialogue but now he is getting his wish and we'll have this meeting just a month from now with kim jong un laura and of course the whole regions in volgograd chinese delegation also very in south korea briefing them on kim surprise visit to beijing. that's right china's top diplomat young has been meeting with south korea's top national security advisor talking about that surprise visit that kim jong un made to china for the meeting with the president xi jinping and the south korean side has welcomed that meeting saying that it is a positive development and they hope that it sort of bodes well going into the intercom rian summit and head to the planned meeting with president donald trump the thing that is not clear though is precisely what will be on the agenda at the into korean summit it was discussed we're told that both sides exchanged views on the to

seizing the moment south korea's president mungy in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders can you tell when you and johnny president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people all around the world who are hoping for. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting the winter olympics just when the world needed a path to peace it's still early days but this is being seen as a