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we have alexandra field in seoul, south korea. alex, do we expect the release of the three americans? >> reporter: look, it has been widely speculated these three americans could be released before the summit between donald trump and kim jong-un. this would be a good faith gesture. this is som the administration in the united stateshting for. you saw the tweet from president trump saying stay tuned. the families of the men are hoping to be released. one was taken in 2016 and one in 2015. the son of the detainees says he has been given no indication yet. that said, there is a source telling cnn who has knowledge of the negotiations under way that conversations were had two months ago when the north korean foreign minister traveled to sweden. that is when release was discussed. it was made clear that u.s. officials would not tie or link the release of the men to the broader goal of the main issue which remains denuclearization. you have the secretary of state traveling to pyongyang and said the release of the men is a topic of conve

let's go to seoul first. christine ahn, talk about your reaction to president trump canceling the summit. >> hello, amy. it is quite a time to be in south korea. as you know, i have been leading got with 30 women can is activists from 16 countries including russia, china, mongolia, japan, guam, hawaii. we come from all around the world. there's a huge delegation from the u.s. to be here in south korea at this historic juncture since the declaration leading up to the june 12 summit. we're here to support the korea peace process. it was quite devastating news to learn last night, you know, moon jae-in, basically, was notified that this letter had been sent to north korea. and it is -- it started out very werei mean, a lot of tears shed. we have been spending several days with the south korean women . we are organizing another women's peace walk along the dmz tomorrow. 80 million hearts are broken across the korean peninsula. the korean peoe -- moon jae-in has about 85% support rate in south korea. the people ar

let's bring in correspondent jason strother joining us from the south korean capital seoul for more jason looking at the deception of the past we just saw there is what's coming up all spectacle and no substance oh well brian i think the fact that north korea has only invited journalists to the destruct to watch the destruction of the. test site perhaps is indicative that it is just for camera video and photo ops north korea had indicated when i made this announcement earlier in the month that it would invite experts but those invitations were not sent out other invites that were declined include south korean journalists seoul had been told that the north would accept some reporters from here below the border to attend the demolition this week but those that request to have them accredited by the north korean authorities was the client so while american and british and some other foreign reporters are there the south koreans seem to be stuck in beijing ok now it's not just about the site. does telling young have all their testing science if kim decides to continue developing nuclear weapo

hundreds of workers from korean air has been protesting in the center of seoul now they're calling on the airlines chairman chill young who to resign because of the bad behavior of his daughter says his youngest daughter is accused of throwing a drink at people during a business meeting and her older sister who is also in the headlines after she ordered the plane to return to the gate because she disagreed with the way she was served knots on the flight two sisters have stepped down from their positions. events on taking place across the world to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher and revolutionary socialist call marks by some ten or events have been officially launched at the ceremony interest basilica and this poll brendan reports the city is embracing its legacy. karl marx is everywhere in tree here his face is on posters his name is on street sides his image is even on the traffic lights tourists are flocking to the house where he was born and to coincide with the bicentenary three new exhibitions are opening here to examine marx's life and his pion

i'm joined by correspondent josh smith in seoul josh thanks for joining us can you tell us a bit about these protests today why are these demonstrators against relations with north korea. well south korean government is trading something of a fine line here we. talk that is now in going with the north and their efforts to try to broker a broader peace deal not only between south korea and north korea but also potentially could be the united states the government is seoul is looking for a lot of domestic support there hoping for lots of good goodwill good feelings this however is something that's not going to come easy especially in some cases to some of these activists who are in fact the north koreans who have fled to south korea either as defectors or refugees and they for some years have said information money food and other things across the border into north korea in the past the south korean government has often seen this as a matter of free speech however given their agenda today they are looking a little bit more critically at these efforts and despite these protests in south k

live from seoul next. to deliver u hours of sleep support. number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh-your nightly sleep companion. available in the natural sleep section at walmart. >>> if you're not serious about doing a deal with the president, if you are not willing to give up your nukes for a better life for north korea, don't meet with the president. the worst thing you can do is sit down with president trump and try to play him. if you do that, then we will have a war and you will lose it. >> stark warning from lindsey graham. after the threat of pulling out of the singapore summit. when asked about the status with the meeting with kim jong-un. >> we haven't seen anything. we haven't heard anything. we will see what happens. whatever it is. >> we will see what happens. we heard that from the president before. let's go to seoul and bring in cnn's ivan watson. ivan, what is the state of play? >> reporter: the recent comments from john bolton, the national security adviser who north korea officials spoke out calling him repugnant. it wo

the talks could still take place on the june the twelfth in singapore andrew thomas has more from seoul nobody saw this coming not the south korean media not politicians outside of the korean peninsula with a complete shock and complete contrast to the summit that was held very publicly on april twenty seventh the the first big summit between the leaders of north and south korea this one the follow up clearly organized at the last moment clearly organized to secret held in secret and it's just happened it's clearly happened in the context of the only going off again summit between donald trump and kim jong un and the blue house the volume of the south korean president has put out a very brief statement saying that of course what was discussed was trying to get that big summit back on track arlen's prime minister says a change to restrictive abortion laws should be enacted by the end of the year vote counting has begun in ireland after friday's referendum on relaxing the restrictions exit polls suggest around seventy percent of people are in favor of repealing what's called the eighth am

paula hancocks live from seoul. thanks. >>> president trump innorring pleas from key european -- ignoring pleas from key european allies announcing the u.s. is quitting the iran nuclear deal. >> it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. >> the president plans to impose new sanctions on the iranian regime and says any country that helps iran obtain nuclear weapons would be strongly sanctioned. reaction to the move was swift both at home and abroad. want to bring in fred pleitgen. he is there for us in tehran. and fred, first, the reaction from where you are to the president fulfilling a campaign promise to get out of this deal. >> reporter: yeah. christine, they've been swift, and they've been very fierce, as well. earlier today, an iranian parliament, hard lion conservatives burn -- hard-line conservatives burned copies of the american fl

now north korea has canceled wednesday's high level talks with the south in response to seoul's joint military drills with the united states has more. this definitely comes as a blow considering the storage developments we've seen recently but in addition to canceling tomorrow's summit north korea is reported to have threatened to cancel its highly anticipated meeting with trump that's scheduled for june twelfth in singapore now this is all due to washington's military drills with soul which is always been a topic of discussion but it seems that the d.p. r. k. has finally decided to put its foot down. i. i. know the d.p. r. k. has made it clear that these joint drills there and it's security describing it as a rehearsal for invasion and many view these fears as legitimate given the history of countries that have willingly surrendered their w m d's but this was in fact one of the points agreed upon back in january when the north agreed to stop its nuclear tests in the south agreed to stop its drills with the u.s. and it was considered a confirmed once again when kim and moon met last m

a progressive president and seoul is a huge help and i think china and the russia can also help but. i think it's going to be really difficult to unreliable this not which which we've tied ourselves up in the peninsula in these various asymmetries ok daniel i think this kind of leads to where i want to go in the program i mean i am sure that there is there's a sense that if if the u.s. in there's the perception of the u.s. backing down the perception of the u.s. . involved in a diplomatic process that would be deemed as a piece meant here that would have a ricochet effect through all of the other in tangling alliances the u.s. has in the pacific is this part of the thinking there because it is john said you know to untie this or not here there is a huge ripple effect through the entire region go ahead daniel. totally true totally true and would be a huge ripple effect in washington as well where all these countries have their have their interests they have their they have their you know their little alliances japan most particularly russia and china as well so if you know. the north

thanks so much josh smith there in seoul and félix lee in beijing thank you both very much.now let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least seven people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the libyan city of benghazi a bomb exploded on a busy road close to the popular to best the hotel no group has yet claimed responsibility libya has been rocked by violence since two thousand and eleven two thousand and eleven uprising which toppled and killed dictator moammar gadhafi. dutch investigators say the missile that brought to malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen nearly forty years ago came from a russia based military unit the passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew work. ireland is holding a referendum on whether to reform the catholic country's near total ban on abortions in europe most countries have fairly liberal abortion policies and allow terminations until the final trimester of pregnancy with the except

week kim jong un says he doesn't need any more but the sonoma show for the cameras will be live in seoul. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show politicians in france and germany are sounding the alarm over the new government being formed in italy they fear the new coalition made up of two populist parties will run a gong italy's commitments on debt and thereby threaten euro zone stability the two parties the far right league and the anti establishment five star movement have come one step closer to power after nominating a prime minister. this trophy he made to put the close relationship between luigi de mario and matteo salvini but they certainly weren't allies during the election campaign now the populous leaders of the far right the eight and the five star movement have asked president sergio martha rela to approve their new alliance. today we can say we are faced with a historic moment i also say this to our international partners let us begin then you will criticize but at least let us begin first this is perhaps an unexpected government but it has been elected. nobody ha

some of the the rest of the day's news let's bring in kathy novak once again who's live for us in seoul kathy of the u.s. president saying that his proudest achievement will be when the entire korean peninsula is denuclearized. well yes if you look at the situation here he's talking about these three men who have been held prisoner in north korea for some time you made reference to them saying that they are good people they have been through a lot but donald trump make most no mistake is saying that this is part of a bigger picture of the bigger play to talk with north korea at the summit about denuclearization this kimberly said there he is foreshadowing that he thinks that he will have some success in saying that a lot of good things have already happened this indeed was a concession from north korea to release these three americans and allow them to return home and it's not the only apparent concession that north korea has made in recent months in the lead up to this summit between donald trump and kim jong il and north korea also announced that it would be stopping its missile and n

these flowers in the center of seoul are symbolic of the renewed hope that many people here are feeling about this country's relationship with north korea the display depicts a map of a unified korea before this peninsula was divided into two countries korea was a japanese colony the legacy of that period is still a strain on japan's relationship with both koreas there's a reminder of that right here the former city hall was built during the time of japanese occupation so in two thousand and twelve the city government opened the new modern building behind it. three years ago north korea made its own symbolic statement it set its clocks back by half an hour saying that pyongyang time would replace tokyo time which was imposed by what it called japanese imperialists as a result pyongyang no longer shared a time zone with seoul either. when north korean leader kim jong un stepped over the border and thirty minutes ahead in time a week ago state media says he felt it was painful to see two clocks on the wall of the summit venue indicating pyongyang and seoul times so he decided to realign t

north korean summit under thomas joins us now live from seoul so what we know about the sandra. well first of all what a surprise it was nobody saw this coming not the south korean media not politicians outside of the korean peninsula it's all a complete shock and a complete contrast to the summit that was held very publicly on april twenty seventh the the first big summit between the leaders of north and south korea this one the follow up clearly organized at the last moment clearly organized in secret held in secret and it's just happened it's clearly happened in the context of the on again off again summit between donald trump and kim jong un and the blue house the home of the south korean president has put out a very brief statement saying that of course what was discussed was trying to get that big summit back on track now we'll know more details of what exactly was discussed on sunday morning south south korean time at the moment though safe to say that just the very fact that these two leaders have met so swiftly after donald trump called off that summit with kim jong il

ivan watson live in seoul. thanks. >>> president trump preparing the next front in the trade battle. cars. secretary wilbur ross will investigate in cars hurt national security claiming it has eroded the domestic auto industry. this follows trump's promise to the automakers after decades of losing jobs to other countries. you have waited long enough. calling the auto industry critical to u.s. strength. the investigation covers auto parts and light trucks and vans and suvs. one-third of all car imports are from asia. honda and toyota and hyundai. mazda does not produce cars in the u.s. many foreign automakers have plants here. they export parts and cars to the u.s. from asia, mexico and canada. auto tariffs would be the next front for the white house trade battle. including ongoing talks with china. it says abuse of national security rules. nafta talks have stalled mainly, dave, due to auto provisions. you look at the north america auto market. you have production and -- >> back and forth across the border. >> p

for more reaction, let's bring in matt rivers live in seoul. matt, we hear from the nakorth koreans. they are offering the u.s. time and opportunity to reconsider. >> reporter: relatively measured statement coming from the foreign ministry of north korea given the rhetoric we heard recently, alex. we reiterate to the u.s. we are willing to sit face-to-face at anytime and any way. president trump's statement on the north korea and u.s. summit is not in line with the wishes of those who hope for the peace and stability of the korean peninsula and the world. that is what people who are upset about the fact the summit will not happen and are looking for hope. at some point, there could be another date set. there was wiggle room in the president trump statement. he said he is willing to meet at some point. there could be a summit down the road. that is what people in this part of the world in china and japan and south korea, that is what people are hoping. this is a massive disappointment. no one more than president moon jae-in of south korea. he pu

admitted on march the fourth after being exposed to a substance known as the chalk in the city of seoul sprit was once a russian intelligence officer but was stripped of his rank after it was revealed he was spying for the u.k.

we have cnn's ivan watson in seoul. ivan, it appears the summit is still on. >> reporter: yeah, really mixed messages. you have both u.s. and north korea suggesting the summit might not happen, then you have a public war of words between top u.s. and north korean officials after vice president pence on monday told fox news if north korea doesn't make a deal, it could end up like libya, which is a thinly veiled threat. now we have a top north korean diplomat responding with a statement calling him a political dummy which denounces his unbridled remarks. and this statement that pence spat out nonsense that the dprk is not following in libya's foot step. we paid a heavy price to build up the strength to defend ourselves in the korean peninsula and south china sea. as we're hearing this war of words between pyongyang and washington, we are also seeing signs that the white house at least is preparing for the possibility of a summit in singapore next month. it is sending top officials to singapore this weekend. among the peop

thank you, paula in seoul.in harry, the director of defense studies for the center of national interests. the united states wants pvid. permanent verifiable irreversible dismantling of the nuclear weapons. what does kim jong-un want? >> i think he wants a lot. he will want some sort of security guarantee . if he gives up nuclear weapons, he is essentially naked to a military attack from seoul or the united states. united states and allies will never attack north korea first. i certainly hope not. he will want an assurances. -- want assurances. he will want billions in dm economic development. the north koreans let die hundreds of thousands of their people because of the resources and food they were not able to purchase or grow to build nuclear weapons. what they will have to get to give those weapons up is immense cost. it is something we are all for getting about here. >> let's also talk about how getting out of the iran nuclear deal might impact negotiations with north korea. some say it helps and some say it

there are signs north korea is also dismantling its loudspeakers, but seoul sza cannot confirm that. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. leapad: apple having a big in late trading after revenue beat analyst estimates. we have concerns about lackluster demand for its flagship iphones being calmed down. it is also returning more money to shareholders from a mountain of cash. people are almost relieved

>> paula hancocks live for us in seoul. thank you. >>> china may make a big concession to president trump, offering to buy $200 billion more in u.s. goods. in washington, it's round two of trade talks between the u.s. and china. china offered to buy more merch goods, slashing the u.s. trade deficit with china by more than $200 billion. reuters is reporting that china denies this. china may struggle, though, to buy $200 billion more. it bought only about $130 billion last year. its two biggest purchases, planes and soybeans. a deal could ramp up sales for boeing. china is its second largest market or eliminate the current tariffs on $4 billion worth of u.s. farm products. also unclear, what china wants in return. though the u.s. is already working to lift a ban crippling the chinese tech giant zte. >>> trump administration set to announce a new rule today aimed squarely at planned parenthood. clinics that provide abortions or even discussed options would be stripped of federal funding. the new white house policy would force

let's get more from brussels correspondent to josh smith who joins us from south korean capital of seoul welcome just tell us more about these frayed americans as you mentioned u.s. officials said that the men appeared to be in good health they were able to walk on t.v. aircraft and journalists who were accompanying the american delegation there said that they appeared to be in the company of medical personnel the family one of the men twenty came welcomes his release and st officials who were involved in securing their release they've been two of them were detained last year another one has been detained since at least twenty fifteen so this has been a long time coming for them so the president has indicated that a date and venue has been set for the meeting between the two link this did both sides have preconditions and does this mean that those preconditions have been met . well the release of these prisoners was seen as something of a hurdle before this meeting so this certainly clears the way for this meeting now obviously the biggest potential sticking point is north korea's nuclea

and rage by joint military drills planned by seoul in washington tonight north korea is reportedly pulling out of high level talks with the south threatening to cancel kim jong un's upcoming meeting with donald trump. in these two this morning the u.s. claims the decision to move its embassy in israel to jerusalem did not inflame the protests in gaza or on monday in which israeli soldiers killed sixteen. it does not under mind the prospects for peace in any way and yet first on this is supposedly a cause for. your pushes to save the a brand new clear deal tonight after the u.s. pullout with british french and german diplomats meeting to rein in foreign minister just a little earlier. this is out international news live at one am from moscow with me kevin and well welcome to this thirty minute news update that first state t.v. in north korea is reporting that the country's canceled wednesday's high level talks with the south the decision is said to have been taken in response to seoul carrying out joint military drills with the united states similar car as more. this definitely comes as a b

let's bring in correspondent jason strother who's in the south korean capital seoul covering the story for us hi jason was this a or is this a show for the cameras and why were no experts invited. right well it would indicate that this could be just a big photo op for the north korean regime since no independent analyst or nuclear experts were invited to observe the demolition of the home gate or the site so we've had you know a team of mostly western journalists enter north korea however despite pyongyang saying south korean reporters would be allowed eight south korean journalists were denied entry to north korea of and were more or less left in beijing hoping to get on that flight south korea's unification ministry has expressed regret but hopes that the demolition of this nuclear site later this week will. will back up what will it will help support the ongoing talks that the plan summit between president trump and kim jong un for next month jason there is a skepticism whether dismantling the site will achieve what conjunct has claimed does have other testing sites if kim decides t

paula hancocks in seoul. thank you. >>> major international news elsewhere as president trump ignores pleas from key european allies announcing the u.s. is quitting the iran nuclear deal. >> it is clear to me that we can not prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. >> the president plans to impose new sanctions on the iranian regime and says any country that helps iran obtain nuclear weapons would also be strongly sanctioned. reaction to the move as you would imagine swift both at home and abroad. let's bring in cnn's fred pleitgen live with that reaction from tehran. good morning. >> reporter: dave, good morning. very swift here in iran. in fact, earlier today, iranian lawmakers, hard-line lawmakers, burned an american flag and a copy of the nuclear agreement inside parliament while chanting "death to america." they believe it's the u.s. that's isolating itself

>> mike: greg palkot reporting from seoul. greg, thank you.the summit is rescheduled and if it actually happens, there so no guarantee there will be any agreement. tonight, correspondent gillian turner looks at what is standing in the way. >> just because we are not there now, doesn't mean can't be there later today or later tomorrow. >> just yesterday, the president called off the north korean nuclear summit. but today he is optimistic, offering encouragement and even floating the possibility of reviving it the national security experts say there is a lot of hope but thought much chance. they caution president trump will have to overcome major obstacles if he still hopes to ultimately strike a deal with kim jong un. like the fact that washington and pyongyang still misunderstand one another on key issues. >> when the united states has been talking about denuclearization, it's often accompanied by the idea of complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization. when the north talks about denuclearization, they are saying that the united states n

let's bring in journals josh smith who's standing by in seoul hi josh now we haven't received a visual evidence of this demolition but what can you tell us about these explosions. so what we've heard from the journalists on the scene there is that over the course of several hours today the north koreans took the media in just briefly into the mouth of some of the tunnel showed them that there were explosives there and then proceeded to systematically detonate those explosives apparently sealing several tunnels as well as demolishing a number of observation post barracks and other facilities that are around the site how far in for example that collapse goes is not entirely clear and it's something that international experts have raised questions about whether this is something that north korea can easily reverse josh it appears to be a significant move and pyongyang has insisted it will not give up nuclear weapons ahead of this some planned summit with u.s. president trump in a few weeks so why are we saying this demolition. well north korea late last year declared that its nuclear forc

admitted a march the fourth after being exposed to a substance known as nabil chalk in the city of seoul spring it's going to power was once a russian intelligence officer but was stripped of his rank after it was revealed he was spying for the u.k. in two thousand and six he was sentenced to thirteen years in jail however he was released four years later in a high profile spy swap and he moved to the u.k. the russian ambassador to the u.k. says that russia is still being denied conscious access to him though in violation of international law. unfortunately we're doing their work service to this people to sort of you do through boy or the russian citizens if they don't want to or assistant this one but we want to see them because of that put to do you know we just saw the pictures nobody. nobody saw or not we don't know. ok let's get the latest now them from paula boyko from my u.k. good afternoon polly some good news then i guess going to power has been discharged but what else do we know at this point it doesn't seem an awful lot. well yeah in regards to him not that much the medical t

of the talks could still take place on june the twelfth in singapore and to thomas joining us from seoul so this summit was a surprise to the local media as well andrew. a complete surprise and the latest twist in this roller coaster of news that we've had over the last forty eight hours it was under forty eight hours ago in fact that donald trump canceled the summit but the moves in washington and in seoul since have seemed to be a bit more positive the summit could yet be salvaged but this is the biggest step forward by some measure along that road this is the second summit between kim jong il and president moon the first of course on april the twenty seventh but that was a very public affair everybody knew about the advance the t.v. cameras were there to capture the historic moment in contrast this one that's happened saturday afternoon on the korean peninsula time took place without any fanfare obviously showed you a lot of the last moments and no reporters knew about it in advance and so we just got this statement as you say under an hour ago from the blue house here in seoul saying

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let's go to seoul where paula hancocks is right now. this is just the first step and new footing as the president says with what will be a meeting between these two leaders. >> reporter: that's right, christine. that clearly this was a positive moment for the united states and north korea is treating it as a positive moment. the state run media saying kim jong-un met with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. talking about him in warm terms which is radical change from what we saw a matter of months ago. also saying the u.s. president asked for the detainees back and kim jong-un decided to grant them amnesty on the promise they would not come back and carry out these alleged crimes they believed they carried out in the first place. what we are seeing here is reaction from the region. we had welcome from south korea and the president moon jae-in. there were some who were not released before or after the summit with kim jong-un and moon jae-in. he said he was meeting with the north korean leader and in japan. hundreds of japanese abduc

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let's stay with that now 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell is in seoul.egin with you. as we mentioned, these three americans will be landing, returning to the us injust a few hours time. yes. and a presidential welcome awaits them, as you mention. donald trump has been given a lot of credit, indeed, from the three released detainees as well, in really pushing pyongyang and kimjong—un well, in really pushing pyongyang and kim jong—un for their release. what is very clear is that he wants to be there to see them and he will ta ke to be there to see them and he will take a great deal of credit for what has been a really important moment. if you take a look at what has happened with these particular prisoners, they have been released and they seem to be in good health. the white house making clear that they were able to get on the plane themselves without any assistance. that is so starkly different from what happened a year ago with 0tto warmbier, who arrived back in america and died a short time later from brain injuries that he seemed to have suffered in n

nbc's janice mackie frayer is in seoul with more reaction. janice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. south korean president moon jae-in in particular was blind sided. he was just in washington meeting with president trump on tuesday. he has been a proponent of engaging the north and yet it seems that there was no communication with seoul before this letter dropped. so, moon called an emergency meeting at close to midnight seoul time where he convened his top officials and then released a statement saying that he deeply regretted the cancellation of the summit, but hoped that direct talks could continue. he urged that and hoped also that the process of denuclearization could continue. the reaction that we've had from north korea today has actually been quite measured. as kristen mentioned in her story, north korea saying that they're open to talk any time. they did seem to follow through on the promise made to dismantle the nuclear testing site. journalists were taken to the site yesterday. there were a series of explosions. no

korea also counseled a meeting with south korea into test a military exercises being conducted by seoul and washington. history being written only a few weeks ago at the summit of the north and south korean leaders. where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize. but now north korea has put the brakes on that. in a possible sign of growing problems the north perspire a shared jeweled summit with south korea. the reason. the it's the annual us south korea joint military exercises this is taking place south korea was surprised and disappointed by the delay. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone you. it also caught us off guard we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not continue conducting these exercises or that we would not continue planning for a meeting between president trump and kim jong un next month trump has taken credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace here meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who had been held prisoner in north korea their release was hailed

jason strother and seoul thank you very much thank you . now to some of the other stories making news around the world in ireland pro-choice supporters have been celebrating the landslide vote in favor of liberalizing the country's restrictive abortion law the referendum on repealing the constitution's eighth amendment passed by a motion of two to one far higher than any opinion poll had predicted once parliament passes a new abortion law irish woman will no longer have to travel abroad to seek an abortion. venezuela has released an american missionary and his wife who have been held without trial since two thousand and sixteen joshua whole and tomorrow boarded a chartered plane in caracas after u.s. lawmakers negotiated their release during months of secret talks the couple have been charged with arms possession and plotting to destabilize the government. germany's biggest amusement park was evacuated on saturday after a major fire broke out officials say no one was hurt in the blaze at the europa park in southwestern germany near the fren

has cancelled at the last minute a planned summit with the south in protest over military exercises seoul is conducting with the usa, that's according to south korean media. and, we'll be looking at how facebook is cleaning up its act, removing millions of offensive posts on its platform, and deleting fake accounts. we'll begin in gaza, where funerals have been taking place for some of sixty palestinians shot dead by israeli troops during clashes along the israeli gaza border on monday. stones in the have been throwing stones in the vicinity of the border fence. but the scale of the violence is really nothing like we've seen just a day ago. that was the bloodiest day nothing like we've seen just a day ago. 5“? was the several years. : . ,,, nothing like we've seen just a day ago. 5“? was the several years. i ,., e'e of he? of protest - 5 this is eh?” day ' ' ’ m777 — 7—77— ofthe state fire —— ,,.., ,,, of the state of , w w ,,.. w w of the state of israel. w w ww w w creation of the state of israel. the protest taking place in the west protest taking nlaté'in ihe.wést . 7 . .7i classes pr

these flowers in the center of seoul are symbolic of the renewed hope that many people here are feeling about this country's relationship with north korea the display depicts a map of a unified korea before this peninsula was divided into two countries korea was a japanese colony the legacy of that period is still a strain on japan's relationship with both koreas there's a reminder of that right here the former city hall was built during the time of japanese occupation so in two thousand and twelve the city government opened the new modern building behind it three years ago north korea made its own symbolic statement it set its clocks back by half an hour saying that pyongyang time would replace tokyo time which was imposed by what it called japanese imperialists as a result pyongyang no longer shared a time zone with seoul either. when north korean leader kim jong un stepped over the border and thirty minutes ahead in time a week ago state media says he felt it was painful to see two clocks on the wall of the summit venue indicating pyongyang and seoul times so he decided to realign th

let's go to correspondent jason strother who's following the story for us from seoul cities in the summit would be a major political win for trump a why is it also so important to kim's unwisely so as he allegedly says fix on it. well for the north korean leader it means a lot i mean first sanctions relief the north has been hit with heavy embargoes because of its nuclear and missile program and they want relief but perhaps an even bigger reason why kim would want to meet with president trump is for recognition more symbolic to hold talks with the american president means that he's on a somewhat equal footing and there's nothing more than north korea there's nothing more than north korea wants them to be recognized as a world power and having a one on one summit with donald trump is certainly one way that kim sees he can achieve that status so this has been on again off again unless i guess on again again what do you make of moon's comments this time specifically relaying kim's message or you know moon has been the facilitator all along it was him that encouraged north korea to participat

our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in seoul. welcome. it is on, it is off, on, off.t places, both here in south korea. there is the tea m here in south korea. there is the team who left the hotel this morning and headed back towards the deep m the to talk to a team who has come down from the north korean capital. there is also another team in singapore. —— towards the dmc. we expect this senior official has ordered a flight to new york from beijing. we don't know if it has taken off beijing. we don't know if it has ta ken off but beijing. we don't know if it has taken off but he is expected to leave beijing around now to fly to new york where he will have a face—to—face meeting on wednesday or thursday with mike tom pao, the us secretary of state. he is the most senior north korean official to go to the united states since 2000. —— with pompeo. it is a significant step. a controversial figure. is it a surprise he will be allowed into the us? he is controversial because he used to run north korea's spy agency and has been accused by the south korean government of bein

so when it comes to the perspective from seoul, what they are saying is things are progressing, we arenderstand things from the north korean side. however that is going to be difficult because pyongyang is currently refusing to talk to seoul and that's because of joint us— south korean military combat rules currently taking place over the peninsula. in fact, within the last few hours the state—run media agency from north korea has condemned those drills once again. so there are problems between north and south korea and problems between north korea and the united states. north korea and the united states. north korea and the united states. north korea doesn't like the denuclearisation deal is that the us appears to be proposing. north korea wa nts a appears to be proposing. north korea wants a phased approach to denuclearisation, is in they give away some of their weapons and then get economic aid rather than handsome all over and at the end of that process get some kind of economic benefits. they also do like the words as you mentioned ofjohn bolton, the national security adviser, he

and from the united states richardson is standing by in washington and josh smith is joining us from seoul and clare i'd like to begin with you because we just heard the secretary of state cite there in that letter open hostility and anger what was trump referring to there and why cancel the summit now. it seems that he's referring to some comments that were made by the north koreans which in turn seem to have been prompted by things said by vice president mike pence he was referring to the libya model when it came to dealing with north korea and that of course would be seen by the north koreans as the incident in which wal-mart get off the agreed under george bush's administration to give up his nuclear weapons program and then during the arab spring uprisings we saw that he was brutally murdered by his own people and we talk about the libya model you can see from a foreign perspective that how that might be interpreted as a signal that if a nation is going to give up its nuclear weapons it's not going to mean good things for its political survival so with north korea looking at this mike

right jason strother in seoul thank you very much thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the israeli military killed two more palestinians in the latest clashes along the border with the gaza strip the i.d.f. says it retaliated after a bomb was planted near the fence that separates gaza from israel the men were confirmed as members of the terrorist group islamic jihad more than one hundred palestinians have died since protests against the border wall began in march. in ireland pro-choice supporters have been celebrating the landslide vote in favor of liberalizing the country's restrictive abortion law the referendum on repealing the constitution's eighth amendment passed by a margin of two to one far higher than any opinion poll had predicted once parliament passes a new abortion law irish women will no longer have to travel abroad to seek an abortion. supporters of the german anti immigration party are on the march in berlin for a rally they call quote a future for germany the party won nearly thirteen percent

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head to correspondent josh smith who is standing by with the very latest he is located currently in seoul welcome to you josh what more do we know who are the americans who have reportedly been freed here. so there are three korean american man two were taken prisoner last year and another one was detained by the north koreans in twenty fifteen they were in north korea going to university another was a missionary. a christian missionary and as you mentioned trump does say that they appear to be good how little has been known from till now about the condition they were in obviously another fourth american detainees out of warm beer died last year just a few days after being released by the north koreans so it's obviously going to be a major release of relief to these men and family if they come home safely ok and josh i also want to talk about one other aspect of donald trump's trade because he talked not only about these individuals who were detained and have apparently been released now he also said that the meeting with kim jong un that the date and the place is set what are we to read