>> they being the north koreans? all of us who work on this issue are acutely aware of the magnitude of what we are undertaking and we don't undertake it lightly. it is reassuring to have the support of the president and secretary of state for diplomacy. the entire administration has engaged on this issue and as we go into the room with the north koreans it gives us a lot of confidence in speaking with them as to what is america's objective in this negotiation. i have to assume that in the room the person sitting across the table from me has the same mandate and the same sense of mission from their government. they can be challenging for sure in a system like that you don't have a robust internal debate, you don't have commentary from think tanks, you don't have critical or thoughtful deporting from media, you don't have the makings of what we would have inside the u.s. government agency process. constantly dealing with intention of keeping alignment on policies is complicated as this one. it is a very different driv

and the south koreans and north koreans are work closely to lower hostilities on the korean peninsula and create an opening for the full vision that president trump laid out in singapore to come to fruition. i have traveled recently to the demilitarized zone in north korea. the demilitarized zone was affected by a number of confidence building measures that were negotiated between chairman kim and president man zw man jay in late last year. they've taken a number of steps around the demilitarized zone in order to limit tensions. the elimination of all weapons has been implemented in the joint security area around the village. it's a remarkable thing. and those of you who have an opportunity to visit the dmz i would strongly commend it. i think some of the details are still being worked out in the fa final arrangements. i heard from someone recently it's not so easy to travel around there until all these are agreements. over those 31 years we have gone from a feeling of two armies bristling with weapons, poised on a very narrow buffer on the korean peninsula to a more calm and orderly

the north koreans offered a portion for lifting all the sanctions against north korea. in effect, that would put us in a position where we would be in a position where we would be lifti lifting all the economic pressure that's been imposed upon north korea for the totality of its weapons of mass destruction programs. we would lift that pressure, but in exchange for only a portion of those weapons of mass destruction programs. that would have put us in a position, a very difficult position, of essentially subsidizing what would to potentially be ongoing development. we need a total solution. this is what the president brought to the table. and this is what the president sincerely conveyed to chairman kim jong-un. the united states is ready to go down this road with north korea, to transform relations, to create permanent peace regime, to denuclearize and also to close humanitarian issues like the return of remains. but north korea has to be committed. and what the president -- as the president said at his press conference, he challenged chairman kim to go big, to buy int

involving north korea here in europe you may remember that break in it happened last month at the north korean embassy in the dread well over the weekend north korea finally responded calling it quote a grave terror attack a group of armed men had charged into the building and tied up the staff spanish authorities have issued arrest warrants for members of the mysterious french human rights group called free choice and also known as child huma civil defense it claims to have shared information from the raid with the f.b.i. to group posted this video to you tube reportedly from inside the embassy it shows a man destroying portraits of the kim family for joining me now is oliver hotham managing editor of news dot org oliver this is such a strange story what is going on here. well you know it's difficult to say when we first heard about this news it was just the u.s. to go ok summit with kicking off and annoy and it really seemed quite unusual quite unprecedented there's never really been something like this happen as a north korean embassy anywhere in the world and then slowly information become

it is true for united states north korean policy. it refuses to be proactive and change strategy on the dprk. if the united states continues , -- withs -- this line china on the korean peninsula in particular. thank you for your attention. [applause] jeffrey: thank you, anastasia. let me pass it over to sharon. prof. squassoni: thank you. i don't have any prepared remarks, but i do have tons of questions, because your presentation -- so interesting and provides such a different perspective than we often get here in washington. so first, full disclosure, i do believe the mongolians are a good mediator because the on -- the mongolians actually introduced anastasia and me a couple years ago. and thus started some of this collaboration. i have, instead of prepared comments, some big questions. i hope maybe i can ask them of you, we can have a little bit of a dialogue, and then open the floor to all of your questions, because this looks like a pretty expert audience to me. so i have a few big questions. one is, is denuclearization really p

north korea insists on their own, providing for the korean peninsula. managing deterrence, this approach is not aimed at the elimination of nuclear weapons in north korea, but different limitation. the roadmap offers not denuclearization, but demilitarization of the north korean nuclear program. the model proposed by chinese scholars, which provides leading north korea with a small amount of nuclear weapons, considers an approach, some weaknesses and strengths, but they have a common drawback. it should be noted that none of these approaches takes into account the motivational factors for north korea to possess nuclear weapons. and it's strategic goals. there are different approaches to motivation behind the north korean nuclear program. an isolated state, revisionist state. korea, ifion, north we compare statements of its leadership, official statement in state media with the main basics of approach to foreign political values, we see there is much in common. , motivations to possess nuclear weapons, researchers dealing with this issue single out the fo

the technology wasn't supplied to all the countries that want to technology so the north koreans stepped in and this is very alarming that in terms of proliferation there was this. new killer. now the new kill a facility in syria that was set up with north korea and a systems i'm mrs this is the kind of activity that i know concerns a lot of people. and the north koreans also have a syringe stockpile of chemical weapons as well. it's been twenty years since lim ill fled the kuwaiti desert where he'd been working on construction sites in the meantime he's become a father again here in seoul he has two sons they know they also have a big sister somewhere on the other side of the border. you know the irony about it would be the more i wonder what it is that made me who i am pretty that if it were a normal regime i would never have run away. and this mismanaged system and the forced me to make that terrible decision. once a month in seoul refugees from the north meet up in a christian center in order to remember their families and their people back home almost like the orphans of the man who

trumpet ministration twenty sixteen up and have continued to be deepened in the aftermath so the north koreans are suffering under the weight of the sanctions even posed an economic strait jacket on the country and north korea do best the government do its best to alleviate the pressure by using its foreign currency reserves but they'll be looking for food aid humanity they need from russia especially on the especially given that they share a border and i say russia has a vested interest in seeing that you need process progress to the point we are there is no longer a threat there on the plane which will affect russia as well previously john and i russia and china put forward a step by step approach by which they would say you know if north korea reduces its nuclear arms they would then like to see a reciprocal the arrangement with the reduction of sanctions that go along with it would you go along with that is that the most logical thing to do at this point. yes i mean i think the north koreans have come to the view that the americans are negotiating in bad faith and it's quite significant ki

our top stories: a guard of honourfor the north korean leader as he arrives in russia.he first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin is getting underway. top sri lankan officials lose theirjobs over the intelligence failures before sunday's attacks, as new details emerge about the bombers. heavy rain and floods kill at least 60 people in durban, south africa. thousands more have had to flee their homes. the last post prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations in auckland, as new zealand, australia and turkey honour their fallen. hello to you. the north korean leader kim jong—un is about to meet the russian president, vladimir putin, for one to one talks in russia's far eastern city of vladivostok. it's the first ever summit between the two men. live now to vladivostok and our correspondent, sarah rainsford. sarah, peter is a picture of what is happening, what is about to happen, how significant it is. well, we're here at the far eastern university, which is where the first summit between vladimir putin and the north korean leader kim jong—un betw

the last meeting between north korean and russian leaders. securing opportunities for chinese security companies developing. the chinese security. while. it's good to have you with us it's been a meeting between all the friends in the new world a world where north korea is straining under the weight of international sanctions and russia is looking to boost its stature on the world stage not couldn't leader kim jong un and russian president vladimir putin have met in eastern russia and discussed the deed of the korean peninsula this against the backdrop of north korea's failed the talks with the u.s. in february or sanctions relief here's what. i have to say after their meeting. vladivostok. yet it has for the threat of nuclear confrontation without a question the international community is common goal is to avoid what. i have the impression that the north korean leader wants that as well he just needs to be reassured of his safety about a mission a limited series. on the people of the two countries who share a valuable friendship that was cre

the theme is listen to the north koreans, then you will know the truth. we will have a forum with the defectors by them a three. please write that down. april 28 is the north korea freedom week. it is a whole week of activities. the main focus is to host people who have escaped from the regime, to learn from them and we will have a special forum for the defectors to talk to us about what to do to do with the bridging. thank you all so much. that was amazing, fred, thank you for the presentation. thank you for coming out today. we will see you in may. >> [ applause ] >> here's a look at our live coverage on wednesday. nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg addresses the joint meeting of congress. we have that live at 11 am eastern on c-span. on c-span 2, british by minister theresa may faces questions on the latest brexit negotiations in the british house of commons. after that, the head of the epa andrew wheeler testifies at a senate subcommittee hearing on his agency's 2020 budget request. later, the senate works on a couple of president trump's nominees

i have the impression that the north korean leader wants that as well he just needs to be reassured of his safety. you are both of the soonest. people of the two countries who share a valuable friendship that was created and strengthened while overcoming every hardship in challenge through into his by history have a deep understanding that the ceaseless development of north korea russia ties only serves our mutual interests but is also indispensable for securing the region's peace and stability. kim jong un there speaking of the long friendship and history between the door countries of relationship that began during the cold war and has continued since then. similar ahmed train different to north korean leader with his visit to russia kim jong un is following in its forefathers footsteps. his grandfather kim il sung went to the soviet union numerous times to secure moscow support during the cold war. his father kim jong il also met with russian presidents the last time was with dmitri medvedev in two thousand and eleven shortly before the korean leader's death. north korea has few frie

yes the stars here is being heralded by north korean media as a big achievement on the part of its military the test apparently happened yesterday wednesday in north korea as you mentioned there it's being described as a tactical guided weapon now we're not sure exactly what this weapon is but that does seem to suggest that it is some sort of shorter range weapon system meant for use on the battlefield rather than the ballistic missiles that north korea was testing more than a year ago capable of reaching hundreds or thousands of kilometers but the timing of this is significant coming after the failed hanoi summit also interesting is it comes just a day after another field visit by kim jong un to an air base on choose day which again has been widely reported in north korean media obviously north korea sends messages by these visits by its leader in recent times of course with all of the peace initiatives we've been witnessing they've been keen to show kim jong un visiting things like factories farms as part of his efforts to develop his economy this clearly seems to be sending a message to

as we deal with them on any issue, whether it's nuclear weapons or human rights of north koreans, thatink that essentially many people say, we will never have satisfy relations with north korea on anything until that regime has changed. just the way that they operate as we saw in the otto warmbier case and other cases as well, this is a regime that has a playbook and won't change their playbook. so we won't have good relations with north korea until the north korean people take matters in their own hands and end up with some sort of representative government. >> gordon chang, good insight. thank you. >> thanks, trace. >> trace: meantime, a fox urgent. we're learning more about the man accused of intentionally plowing his car to eight pedestrian. 34-year-old isaiah peeples facing murder charges. he is an army veteran and suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. the police chief has said they have not found any ties to terrorism and don't know why he did it. >> we still don't know his motives. the only thing we can confirm at this time is on the day of the incident, he picked up fo

putin the north korean leader is hoping to find a new friend and ally to keep his goals on track. so there's a bit of back. talk about what north korea and russia are looking for in these current talks first. of this meeting with putin. well i think terry kim has two to kind of goals in these meetings the first one is a kind of political goal and the second one is economics so if we look at the diplomatic side of things this meeting really is kim showing to the world and to the u.s. that when it comes to diplomacy he has other options apart from just the u.s. as we just heard in that peace talks between the u.s. and north korea have stalled over denuclearization at a summit meeting in in hanoi in february north korean officials actually walked out of the meeting and last week again they were railing against mike pompei as the u.s. secretary of state and saying that he's reckless that he should be removed from talks so now kim is kind of showing look i also have i also have these russian partners and of course there's also an economic factor as is so often the case in these these po

color core there from the military playing a reception for him with a brass band so that's a north korean leader standing in blood of all stork italy russia is sort of north korea. you mentioned the north the talks over the moon of duty clear is ation on the north korean in north korea do you think that moscow really could help maybe play break achieve some sort of break in at least in the deadlock if not a breakthrough but breaking the deadlock all those talks on denuclearizing the korean peninsula. well of course it's hard to know but it seems that russia could be a good intermediary. north korea inside the country often presents the u.s. as you know as enemy number one whereas russia and north korea have historic ties the soviet union was one of north korea's its first ally its main backer the main backer of kim jong un's father kim jong il and so that could be a much more natural fit and what also is strategically smart or clever of the russians is that they've been keeping china close as well when it comes to discussions of need of denuclearization in north korea both countries have

north koreans to start to deliver then go to some of the. poor he says and as long as this doesn't happen there's not going to be any progress in north. american relations. the north korean defense minister says there has to be an end to foreign countries running military drills on the korean peninsula something that they objected to for quite some time do you think that topic would have been raised at the summit. yes probably this is one of the issues that both countries will be interested in who moving american military presence and. taking into account. isolationist instincts of. this to happen if something is delivered to the americans we heard that putin said chairman kim asked him directly to outline north korea's position to washington d.c. with that suggest that russia is likely to play the role of a mediator in the future between the two of them. well it depends much upon the willingness of the americans to accept such mediation efforts. i sings it's american administration failed say by letter the. course of action. many ministers

a guard of honourfor the north korean leader as he arrives in russia. but is the first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin more ceremony than substance? heavy rain and floods kill at least 60 people in durban south africa — thousands more are forced to flee their homes. prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations in auckland as new zealand, australia and turkey honour their fallen. sri lanka's government has acknowledged a "major intelligence lapse" over the easter sunday bombings that killed 359 people. the president has asked his defence secretary and police chief to resign over the failure to pass on warnings. in the last few hours, the us secretary of state has said there is "every indication" the attacks were planned by the so—called islamic state. from colombo, clive myrie reports. mourning for the majority christians who died isn't confined to the catholic church. in the city of negombo, at the grand mosque, prayers have for days included thoughts for the hundreds killed in the local church, murdered in the name of a perv

correspondent came within touching distance of the north korean leader's famous bulletproof transport. we were given the opportunity to come closer to his armored train. sweden demands ecuador explain the arrest of a swedish programmer for alleged collaboration with wiki leaks human rights activists say that there is no evidence of a crime only guilt by association. and grotesque how international human rights groups have condemned to the beheading of thirty seven people by saudi arabia in the largest mass execution for years with one of them even crucified in public. good to have you with us this hour this is r.t. international. north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in the city of lot of our stock in russia's far east ahead of his first ever summit with the meeting itself will take place on thursday and he was greeted by authorities inability parade held in his honor our correspondent in a patrol is that. soon after this train crossed the north korea russia border the supreme leader said that he was happy to be in this country and that he once this trip to be successful and fru

station and loads and loads of people and journalists got there to see the warm welcome of the north korean leader and i just want to give you a taste of that. plane. as you can see many different ways and even critics to make sure that kim jong un feels very confortable on his first visit to russia here in vladivostok and indeed we actually heard from him that he's very happy to be here and he really wants his trip to be fruitful now again everything will begin in less than an hour one on one talks between mr putin and mr kim happening here on the roof very close to vladivostok i'll be keeping you up to date on everything that happens here. very stuffy on the shoulder back with you throughout the day getting those updates on what safe summit between the north korean leader kim jong un and russian president live in a person. oh erikson wrote can a human rights lawyer and peace out of that shed his perspective on the upcoming meeting. i really think this is an opportunity to get peace and put peace at the top of the agenda and have denuclearization be a consequence of that and i think buildi

high stakes but a warm welcome russian president vladimir putin greets his north korean counterpart kim jong il in ever summit they both expressed a willingness to try to work together the denuclearize ation of korea and ensure. that you can go to the hopes that we will have a substantial exchange of schools. i'm sure of it. also is a human rights groups have condemned the beheading of thirty seven feet tall saudi arabia and the largest mass execution in years. and a un report claims that government he u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they think by i think we hear reaction from locals. the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here. good morning is just gone nine am here in moscow you're watching the international now but in the last two hours flirting with hootin and kim jong un have sat down together at their histori

new summit partner promises positive efforts on the korean peninsula the north korean leader meets with russian president putin for the first time this just two months after kim's meeting with trial ended in failure also coming up. in the. horrific attacks new security measures are in place but. leaders of condolences and condemnation for the bombings that killed more than three hundred fifty people but already businesses have been attacked. plus researchers just work to stem the. decline today is world malaria day we'll hear how one southern african country is. good to have you with us russian president vladimir putin has welcomed north korean leader kim jong un to a summit in the city of blood of all stock the meeting is the first between the two leaders and it's a chance for to seek support from moscow especially when it comes to ending international sanctions imposed over north korea's nuclear program just two months ago a summit with u.s. president bill broke down over that very. well before kim and putin went into their private meeting they talked about what are the major points o

the north koreans never told us he was in a comatose state. s troubled by the president saying, well, you know, kim jong-un said he didn't know. but nothing happens in north korea without kim jong-un knowing. >> that's exactly right. the fact that this is coming out now, i mean, does it say something, do you think, about the state of negotiations or the lack thereof between president trump and kim jong-un over the nuclear program? >> yes, yes. you see what kim jong-un is doing. he's going to russia, talking to putin. trying to get sanctions lifted a little bit on the russian port. they're mad at us, the north koreans. they're trying to pressure us to move ahead with negotiations. to back down on our commitment to want full denuclearization. and they're also saying, okay, you know, we were sued by otto's parents for millions of dollars. so here's a little payback. we're going to say that where's the $2 million? this is how they negotiate. they don't think like we do. they have their own sometimes warped way of trying to get something in the publ

kevin: to try to get the north korean peace talks back on track. the president having to walk out of the meeting with kim jong-un as a result of disagreements over north koreans wanting to have some economic sanctions lifted and the u.s. wanting to see a more swift deterioration of the nuclear program within north korea. now caught in the middle, south korean president moon jae-in who is set to meet with president trump later this afternoon. behind the scenes, what we're hearing from analysts observing the korean peninsula talks is we could have a situation where the south koreans will say trying to get economic activity restarted between north and south korea while also trying to press for the u.s. to continue to play a more aggressive approach. let's go from korea to the border with mexico. at the same time, who is minding the store? it seems like anyone in the line of command has left. kevin: kevin mcclain in -- kevin maddalena and is the acting director -- kevin mc caleenan is the acting director. there is a risk between not just the steven mil

why did the north koreans sour on mike pompeo. >> it seems as if tension has been building for quite some time. we know the north koreans blame secretary pompeo, and national security adviser john bolton, they think president trump want to make a deal but was talked out of it by hawkish advisers. what tipped north korea over the edge with secretary pompeo was his congressional testimony and his testimony to the senate where he talked about north korea and the denuclearization process in a way the north koreans felt was demeaning to their leader kim jong un. this is a significant diplomatic setback because pompeo has invested a lot of time in trying to build trust and a relationship with the north koreans, he has traveled to pyongyang, met with kim jong un a number of times, hosted the delegations and now the north koreans say they are not willing to work with him anymore. it puts president trump in a difficult position, does he acquiesce and move the talks forward or if keeping pompeo as the lead negotiator, does that mean the north koreans will refuse to sit and talk with the u.s. a

north korean tv is a propaganda organisation of the state.se economic news segments, what we usually see is reports on how production of factories is going up, on how companies are producing new goods for consumers. the content has not changed very much. we only saw this as one single news bulletin. the next day, it was back to normal. are we going to see this again? it is possible that this is a trial and perhaps we could expect more of this in the future. krassi twigg at bbc monitoring. for years the giant panda was an endangered species. animal numbers had declined as their habitats were destroyed. but recently there's been some better news. the number of wild pandas has started to climb. and in a zoo in germany, two not so wild pandas are doing their bit too. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. springtime in berlin and an age—old story about a boy and a girl and, well...you know the rest. # love is in the air, everywhere i look around... except this boy and this girl are a pair of pandas — jiao qing and meng meng. it seem for one half of this

north korean tv is a propaganda organisation of the state.so in these economic news segments, what we usually see is reports on how production in factories is going up, on how companies are producing goods for consumers. the content has not changed very much. we only saw this as one single news bulletin, the next day it was back to normal. are we going to see this again? it is possible that this is a trial and perhaps we could expect more of this in the future. krassi twigg at bbc monitoring. fascinating stuff. you are watching bbc world news. hello. it is turning out to be a weekend of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather. some of us are keeping the cloud through the day on sunday. there will also be a few showers around, particularly in the east. but still some spells of sunshine, especially further west. now, quite a murky start to sunday morning. it will be frost—free with temperatures first thing around about 4—8 degrees. we keep that cloud across parts of scotland with some outbreaks of drizzly rain. eastern england too fairly cloudy

the russian and north korean leaders have had their first ever face to face meeting in vladivostok limited putin says north korea needs security guarantees that denuclearization can only be achieved through international law kim told reporters he wants to promote stability service and is live for us now in light of all stocks have been hearing about statements sounds like the russian position bolstering the north korean war. well basically it confirms what we already expected that floody may put in its positioning himself as a mediator here at the korean peninsula issues basically he said that he had a very frank and open discussion with come on he described him as a very interesting person to talk to and he also said that the united states and russia have mutual interest both countries want the new clarity sation but as you said north korea wants guarantees he wants security guarantees so he basically said the united states needs to negotiate better that's basically what it came down to the also said that he wants to convey the message that came to convey to him to the united states he sa

two hours in face to face talks of the russian president vladimir putin and his north korean counterpart kim jong un their first ever summit describing the meeting as highly productive both expressed a willingness to work towards the denuclearize asian kareen i mean should. we just had a fairly full right one two one conversation three q. for the great try and should we are. also human rights groups condemn this great test saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven mostly from the shia minority the body of one convict was even strung up in public following the largest mass execution in needs and the un will claim that governments u.s. and international forces in afghanistan the responsible for more civilian deaths in the minutes since they've been fighting to get reaction from the. child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to ask which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato you. know they're just going eleven am here in moscow you're watching r.t. in

our correspondent came within touching distance of the north korean leader's brain was full of transport we were given the opportunity to come closer to his armored train. explain the arrest of a swedish program. with human rights activists say there's no evidence of a crime. grotesque how international human rights groups have condemned the beheading of thirty seven people by saudi arabia in the largest mass execution in years with one even crucified in public. three am here in moscow. the life of me. joining us tonight north korean leader kim jong moon has arrived in the city of lot of all stock in russia's far east ahead of his first ever summit with. the meeting will take place on thursday he was greeted by authorities on the military parade in his honor our correspondent . is on the scene. soon after this train crossed the north korea russia border the supreme leader said that he was happy to be in this country and that he once this trip to be successful and fruitful. i come to russia with that wolf of all people and i hope my visit will be successful and productive i also hope that

in that sense the north korean response is not all together surprising.o a little bit too tough. they want to get back to the inner trump, bromance, kim-trump personal dynamic if they can. ashley: the bottom line comes down to this, the north koreans want the very harsh sanctions lifted and the united states and others want the whole north korean peninsula to be denuked and that is where we're at. who gives, who gets what? >> well there is a potential compromise and i don't know how president trump would react if the terms of this were good. i think mr. trump was correct in hanoi to walk away from the deal that was proposed because the north koreans were just offering up a tiny part or modest sized part of their nuclear program in exchange for a full lifting of sanctions. the more fair deal is for them to give up all of their nuclear production capability throughout the country, hold on to their bombs for a while, or at least some fraction thereof, that is their ultimate deterrent. then we would suspend and gradually lift at least some of the signing shun

they're connected to the mysterious raid on the north korean embassy in madrid, spain. let's go to cnn's brian todd. brian, what is kim jong-un's regime saying now? >> reporter: wolf, for the first time, north korea is acknowledging that that raid took place at its embassy in madrid. kim's regime calls it a terrorist attack. tonight, we have in details on the raid and on questions raised by north korean and spanish authorities over whether the fbi was involved. kim jong-un's regime is lashing out after more than a month of silence over a mystery incident at one of its most important overseas outposts. in a new statement, the north korean foreign ministry calling the february 26nd raid at its embassy in madrid a, quote, grave terrorist attack, and urging spanish authorities to, quote, bring the terrorists and their wire pullers to justice. the north koreans say they're following rumors that the fbi was involved. >> that's something that the fbi would not condone. on the flip side, if they are now in receive mode. if someone comes to them and say, we have information that

pulling down a poster off of a north korean hotel.t are being sadly pursued by our government have announced that they have set up an alternative government, provisional government to directly challenge and take over from the kim regime. so this is -- it's really extraordinary development, you know, in history of north korea and history of the north korean people aspiration for freedom and, you know, as you said, adriÁn hong and patriots worked in coordination with the united states government, shared information and they deserve to be supported and not detained. eric: all right, thank you so much, the federal judge rule that poster was fake and north koreans made it up as part of propaganda against the u.s. with otto warmbier, thank you so much for joining us, we will have more on the group. >> thank you. arthel: we will be right back with a soil improver! seed! and fertilizer to feed! now yard time is our time. this is a scotts yard. it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999... senses your movement and au

russia hosts a lot of north korean workers. they do have a small shared border. about sanctions requires russia's cooperation. north korea would love to drive more of a wedge between the u.s. and russia when it comes to things like the economic sanctions. david: what about the role of china in all of this? historically, we know that they are under some influence from china. >> china is still the biggest player here if you are talking about the impact of sanctions on the north korean economy. you have to have china on board. i think it's a chance for kim jong-un to show he is not entirely dependent on china. he has had sometimes revelations with beijing. on his perspective, it's better to diversified a little bit. starting in 2011, he had not traveled abroad. this is now his fifth country that he has visited, so he has gone on a bit of a diplomatic charm offensive, in a way to pressure the u.s. to back down on some of its demands. some sense of the leverage the kim jong-un may have in this. president trump acquired such a victory already. if they went back to test

about sixteen hours the most senior and the most serious person here wasn't russian it was the north korean supremes leader kim jong un who is so surprisingly enough he is the one who is about to welcome the russian president vladimir putin very soon we are going to see the first ever a handshake between the leaders of north korea and russia and what's going to happen after that is they will end up behind closed doors one on one they will need a translator den a bit later they will be joined by diplomats ministers and advisors then it will be caviar time and they will continue talking while having dinner now let's just talk about what's at stake here of course are going to discuss by lot of world relations but the main thing although to go shading table is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula where russia's. stands on this and its role is completely different to that of washington everyone understands this aspect and this case but if after the camp putin summit pyongyang announces some sort of breakthrough decisions possibly some sort of concessions in their nuclear program that is

kim jong un is on the move once more the third trip by the north korean leader outside of north korea so far this year as with the previous two trips the preferred mode of transport is that armored train again the train left pyongyang station early wednesday morning to the usual cheering crowds after inspecting an honor guard and then took the short trip up to the short land border the north korea shares with russia crossing over into russia where again kim jong un was welcomed he'll then continue his trip to a vast talk the ports in russia's far east where he's due to meet with russia's president vladimir putin those talks expected to take place the day we don't know many more details than that both north korea iran to a lesser degree russia both valuing the security detail surrounding the movements of their respective leaders it's not expected that this summit will produce any great declaration or any big deal it is more the symbolism of this visit this is the first time a north korean leader has visited russia since twenty eleven we are expecting though that possibly the north kore

the russian leader in the north korean leader. because of the north korean leader.k, and advocate for easing sanctions on north korea as way out of this crisis. that‘s not what america wants, it talks about maximum pressure. ithink america wants, it talks about maximum pressure. i think russia may be prepared to lobby for a slightly different approach and as far as kim jong—un is concerned, that is certainly what he wants to get out of this if that is at all possible. thank you so much, sarah rainsford in vladivostok. 0ne thank you so much, sarah rainsford in vladivostok. one more word on this from laura bicker in seoul. it looks like a warm greeting. it‘s interesting to watch these two together, given we have seen kim jong—un and president trump together in very similar circumstances but it and well. i've been watching kim jong—un with the presidents of south korea and the us and now he is here with vladimir putin. he said with the world‘s attention on the korean peninsula, he hoped he could have fruitful discussions with vladimir putin. it ensures that the world‘s

of issues including security on the korean peninsula kim is believed to be seeking support from moscow especially for ending international sanctions imposed over north korea's nuclear program just two months ago a summit with u.s. president donald trump broke down over that topic. well before kim went into their private meeting they talked about he saw in the korean peninsula we didn't speak english i'm sure that your visit to russia today will contribute to the development of russian move korean bilateral relations and how close to understand better how we can settle the situation on the korean peninsula want we can do together and what russia can do to support these positive processes that are happening now because there are three things. but i also wanted to say that now the situation on the korean peninsula has great interest for global society and i hope that our talks will be important to assess the situation exchange opinions on the situation and together address these issues. well for more now let's bring in emily sure winded obvious correspondent in moscow and joining us from seoul south korea is journalist kelly wallace and we'll start wit

demand an end to this conflict that spans for over seventy years now into korean relations however looked bleak at the moment north korea shows the south it's called pyongyang didn't even respond to an invitation by seoul to commemorate the one year anniversary of the first summit between moon and kim. we sized koreans were hopeful about holding a savant with north korea. and i think they have their own political reasons for not attending. yeah it is disappointing and i hope we can hold this event together in the future. had to have to switch to kissing it regardless of political orientation the people are tired of a war that has never officially ended. the organizers of democracy protests in sudan say they've met with the ruling military council for negotiations on forming a transitional government talks after thousands of protesters again turned out in the capital khartoum calling on the military to hand over power demonstrators have been massing outside army headquarters or weeks even after the ousting of president omar al bashir on april eleventh. yellow best protesters are marching in cities across france tod