it from the south korean capital, seoul. is it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very it fromis very difficult it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here to it tell from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here to it is very difficult from here to tell what the movements are that the suggestion is that three senior ministers —— ministers, the defence chief, general, and others may not be tied in necessarily to the singapore summit next week and we understand that it may be linked more to a decision taken a couple of weeks ago and more of a change of generation but the other suggestion is that the new defence chief is more of a moderate. and more in line with kim jong—un‘s current thinking that denuclearisation may be the goal rather than nuclear conflict. it is of course may be part of kim jong—un‘s strategy to keep control of what happens with his military, to get rid of any form of dissent but the r

soldiers go home jason strother in seoul thank you thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world one month after the iraqi election she act cleric mark that i'll save are an iranian backed militia chief mary have agreed to form a political alliance the decision comes after weeks of negotiations they were first and second in the may boat that was marred by historically low voter turnout and fraud allegations on. a boat carrying more than nine hundred migrants has docked in a sicilian port in italy after being rescued by e.u. naval mission the arrival comes days after italy closed its ports to a separate boat with several hundred migrants rescued by an aid group that move has stirred fresh debate about e.u. refugee policies. gratian policies were also the focus of talks between german chancellor angela merkel and her austrian counterparts the boston courts and berlin says he'll prioritize strengthening e.u. borders when vienna takes over the blocs rotating presidency on july first their home in wa is under pressure over

the north korean leader and the lack of detail in the agreement they signed we'll get reaction from seoul also coming up. aid groups warning attacks on yemen's main port city by saudi led troops to risk massive civilian casualties and will cut off aid to millions or get the latest from the u.n. capital. plus it's decision day for the font where the twenty twenty six soccer world cup will be held as the world prepares for this year's event a joint bid from the united states canada and mexico goes up against an offering from five time bitters morocco. and welcome to the program north korea has praised the summit between kim jong own and donald trump as a resoundingly success the north state media framed tuesday's summit as a win for pyongyang as a list of the concessions made by president trump including his pledge to end joint us south korean military exercises critics are pointing to the lack of detail in the agreement signed by both leaders and the fact that it contains no mention of washington's demand for a complete verify. why a ball and irreversible denuclearization of the north of t

they are bigger than howitzers and they are all aimed at seoul. seoul has 28 million people. it would not a catastrophe of 100,000 people or 200,000, like i read. this could have been a catastrophe of 30 million, 40 million people. i think we're very close having that situation solved. we had some very good news, even over the last couple days. they want to get it done. we want to get it done. we're moving quickly. north korea has been an incredible experience for me. we are going to help them, also, get back on track. we think it has tremendous potential.

soldiers go home correspondent jason strother in seoul thank you very much thank you. an orthodox approach to diplomacy has become a defining feature of his presidency and was on display in singapore federica vaio new delhi social media desk joins us now to talk about a move that went viral federica it seems trump brought his entertainment background to the summit and yes savvy he did it among the many tactics that trump rolled out at that summit there was this four minute long hollywood style movie trailer and trump showed it to kim on his i pad during their summit and it's essentially it is over the top sales video that lays out the importance of a kid's this engine and also the potential benefits of denuclearization but we have a clip of that video let's take a look. the story. became one. by. one. my story. when i presented one that never. what it really. shows you you should. probably will be. used to advance his country and be part of the. be the hero of these people. and enjoy prosperity like he has never seen a great life for myself. which. he chose. so full on

seoul the -- al foreign minister speaking at the moment. have a look at some of the ththings that areade their and being said that a south korean foreign ministerl. she has been saying the summit is a turning point to bring the peninsula of nuclear weapons. that is ke pompeo, we can probablylieno what he is saying. to tomickly get over mackenzie who is listening for us in beijing. ands never to south korea handed over to mike pompeo. effortsding our relating to the degree -- denuclearization of north korea. the discussions we held today and most of the three of us flect our three country's commitmento work together. today, the foreign minister and i discussed the outco of the summer with kim jong-un and the importance to stay closely coordinated throughout a denuclearization. summit two days ago does indeed market turning point in the u.s.-north korea relationship. kim jong-un's public commitment to completely denuclearize is an important step in bringing lasting peace and stability to northeast asia and indeed to the entire world. as the p

i'm sure it didn't go down very well in seoul.re were statements from the south korean military and the presidential office. you know, basically saying, you know, we're looking into this statement because we don't know what it means. president trump phoned president moon from his plane. south korea issued a statement from president moon. which did not mention the cancellation of military exercises. i think it did come as a shock. those exercises, remember, were due to start in two months time, in august, with -- they usually have 300,000 military personnel. so secretary of state pompeo, who will be in seoul tomorrow, may have a lot of explaining to do. president moon said he had a sleepless night last night. may have more. and it is perhaps no way to treat an ally, andrea. >> and by the way, when you are heading back towards seoul, harry harris is the nominee to the ambassador. we haven't had an ambassador in seoul since this president took over. and he is the former head of pacific and. so he's a military guy. he and secretary ma

carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up here secretary of state my pompei o heads to seoul looking to reassure north korea's neighbors in the aftermath of the summit. more than nine hundred african migrants arrive in italy after the italian government refused to take and hundreds of others stranded at sea. and get off to the big announcement delegates gather in moscow live pictures there as we think it's ready to name the host city of the twenty twenty six world cup. the saudi america coalition in yemen has launched a military offensive to take the port city of who data from who the rebels it comes despite warnings from the united nations and aid groups that an attack could have catastrophic humanitarian consequences the u.n. which had begun negotiating to prevent this fighting is calling for civilians to be protected by all sides it's warned an operation could put two hundred fifty thousand people at risk the u.a.e. had given the rebels until tuesday to leave. because the rebels seized the data in october two thousand and fourteen as part of an effort to topple the governm

we're going to wait to see what happens in seoul. starting to unfold. >> many are waiting and seeing. we heard from the chinese foreign minister calling this agreement, creating a new history. and secretary of state spoke with japan and south korea overnight as well. >> there are many headlines in the u.s., including the tabloids in new york city calling it historic. summing it up. that's what's making news in america this morning. >>> right now on "america this morning" breaking news. >> anyone can make war but only the most courageous can make peace. >> president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un signing a historic agreement promising the world will see major change. the u.s. offering protection for north korea, kim jong-un committing to denuclearization. >> we both want to do something. we both are going to do something. and we have developed a very special bond. people are going to be very impressed. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind. >> reporte

let's cross live to seoul now, where the us secretary of state mike pompeo is holding a news conference with the south korean foreign minister kang kyung—wha and japan's foreign minister taro kono. while president trump committed to providing north korea with security guarantees. this is the first time that the highest authority of north korea promised the president of the united states to work towards the com plete united states to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula which we believe has bolstered the political momentum for action to resolve the north korean nuclear issue. secondly, we share the understanding that the june 12 summit is not the end but a new beginning towards a denuclearisation peaceful korean peninsula. in this regard, it is our shared expectation to see substantial progress in the denuclearisation process through follow—up negotiations building on the outcome of the summit. we also hope this process will spell out more concrete picture of a brighter and more prosperous future for north korea. thirdly, the three of us agree we would not h

this factory outside south korea's capital seoul shouldn't even exist. up to two years ago the spacing rings for shock absorbers that the workers produce here were made in north korea in the special collaborative economic zone of k. song just behind the border. the first company to set up shop there back in two thousand and four industrial park is unusual as. tells me it's run jointly by the two koreas the biggest advantage of the collaboration has been having access to north korean workers. he's made them stand out above. the region those were the reasons why i. was so happy to work with them. and they were cheap north koreans only earned one tenth of what their counterparts in south korea made on par with other cheap labor countries in the region but case song is only sixty kilometers from seoul and everyone there speaks korean for local businesses a major plus but then in two thousand and sixteen it was all over the border was closed after north korea conducted nuclear and ballistic missile tests since then the only way of accessing the country from t

>> greg palkot live in seoul. one hour later. thanks. >>> let's talk more about the regional expectations for this summit. joining me here in singapore, seoul bureau chief for the "wall street journal" and white house correspondent for the daily mail. i want to talk first about what the expectations are when the definition both sides may look to for denuclearization. heading in, jonathan, what do you think? >> well, look, this has been the top topic for the past couple of months. what's striking here is that we still don't have a completely sort of one to one understanding of what exactly is meant by denuclearization. north korea talks about the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. donald trump has talkedut d the u.s. position has been for complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization. we could talk about the various differences between the two of them. there are gaps still. it is unclear whether or not they have been bridged in the meantime because we have had a lot of shuttle di plo ma si take place -- diploma

this report from our seoul correspondent laura bicker contains flashing images from the start.rts were racing as they watched. full of hope, but also relief, that these two leaders are talking instead of declaring war. this woman could not wait to phone her mum, who was born in pyongyang. "after seeing this, i suddenly thought how i wanted to go back to north korea before i die," she says. "mum, i want your dream to come true. i want you to step back on north korean land." in seoul, president moonjae—in admitted he had had a sleepless night, but looked jubilant at the meeting, which was partly the result of his careful diplomacy. but donald trump had a surprise for him. he pledged to end what he described as war games — joint military exercises between south korea and the us. they have always angered the north. this will worry neighbouring japan, as will mr trump's suggestion to remove troops from the peninsula in the future. it's a mistake to cancel alljoint us—south korean military exercises. the united states needs to maintain a sufficient level of readiness and preparedness

thank you, robin brant in seoul, with all the reception from there.the hotel where the summit is being hosted. wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall of that conversation. can we even guess what they're talking about? yeah, it would be great, wouldn't it, sharanjit, to be able to sit in on this really quite extraordinary morning we've been watching here in singapore. first, the arrival of these two leaders, walking out from either side of the entrance way to the hotel onto the red carpet. north korean and us flags, phalanx of them behind them, then that historic handshake into a one—on—one meeting that lasted a little over half an hour. then bilateral discussions with their advisers, now this working lunch. we don't know what's gone on in the discussions but certainly both leaders at the moment seem to be declaring this a success. even before they went in, president trump saying things like we're going to have a terrific relationship, a great discussion, this is going to bea great discussion, this is going to be a tremendous success. after the firs

chris buckler from seoul. the situation in yemen now.shington is sheba crocker, vice president of care usa. thank you forjoining me. we have talked about this port and how important it is to yemen. can you give us a sense of what could be lost if fighting really intensifies in this location pucela we are obviously all concerned. —— crackle and this port services 70% of imports. you are talking about a country with 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, 8 million people on the brink of starvation. in a worst—case scenario, an attack on this support, if you cut off lifelines and assistance, assistance to millions in the country, it is a more dire situation than is already occurring. we are concerned and watching it closely. and, you know, it is hard to overstate how important this is forgetting assistance out and around the country, and to think about the people in and around the port and the danger they are in. —— for getting. this is not a country that was poor before the war in the fighting. there is not really much slack

the concessions he made and the lack of detail in the joint statement a sign will get reactions from seoul and moscow also coming up. macedonia reaches a historic of ford with its neighbor greece to change its name to the decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the e.u. and nato but the mood in the popular with everyone. but decision day for the bond which nations will host the twenty twenty six software world cop out of the world prepares for this year's event a joint bid for the united states canada and mexico goes up against an offering from five time bidders morocco. to call out and welcome to the program u.s. president trump has been praising yesterday's summit with north korean leader kim jong un as a resoundingly success but the meeting that concluded with a one page agreement that's light on detail is prompting questions about the concessions trump made to kim his announcement that u.s. war games in south korea will be canceled seemed to have caught seoul and the pentagon by surprise the nuclear. but we never even discussed the other in an interview with th

welcome and they've certainly been trying their best we are indeed in seoul's very weird almost four months ago now became the epicenter of this massive scandal that took over headlines all over the world where former double agent sergei scrawl and his thirty three daughter yulia were found slumped on a park bench right here in seoul very and indeed all of the attention all eyes were about to bring today as the prince of wales charles and the duchess of cornwall camilla have been paying a visit indeed to boost the syrian city spirits and really help it out on its way to what's being described as recovery. some of the locals we've been speaking to here seem to have a little bit of a sense of fatigue when it comes to this whole saga already. people. but too often go for the city because it takes them almost never have time for you . to keep from korea because the news. will be some of the choice of the guys go so it will start with i think it will take people months but it is building and i have noticed a rhyme the time sort of a coming back. well if you remember all of this kick start

>> greg palkot live in seoul. one hour later. thanks. >>> let's talk more about the regional expectations for this summit. joining me here in singapore, seoul bureau chief for the "wall street journal" and white house correspondent for the daily mail. i want to talk first about what the expectations are when the definition both sides may look to for denuclearization. heading in, jonathan, what do you think? >> well, look, this has been the top topic for the past couple of months. what's striking here is that we still don't have a completely sort of one to one understanding of what exactly is meant by denuclzation. north korea talks about the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. donald trump has talked about and the u.s. position has been for complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization. we could talk about the various differences between the two of them. there are gaps still. it is unclear whether or not they have been bridged in the meantime because we have had a lot of shuttle di plo ma si take place -- diplo

was in seoul to reassure south korean and japanese allies about how the u.s. will guarantee that north korea will get rid of all its nuclear weapons more on that in a moment first so this talk to florence louie our correspondent who's in beijing is this going to be a hard sell then for my pompei or in china to persuade the authorities there that the singapore summit has produced some good results. or it doesn't look like it i think the chinese have the remarks coming out from chinese officials have so far been really positive and in fact in the last couple of minutes the chinese china's foreign minister has just met the u.s. secretary of state. and he delivered some remarks being very complimentary of the u.s. saying that the u.s. at the singapore summit it's now put the issue of denuclearization of the korean peninsula back on the right right track and that this is what china has been advocating resolution through dialogue and they said this will bring in an era of peace in the region complemented or it said china he said china highly appreciates the role the

habib would build upon and extend those connections when he returned to seoul is an asset or 1971. stanley sacrament was information officer and press attachÉ at the u.s. embassy in seoul between 1971 and 1973 or member taleb when he spoke to the journalist and was arrested by the korean intelligence for creating unacceptable stories and would suffer torture habib communicated firmly that it was a strong irritant in our relationship. a brazen attack by south korean leaders regime precipitated more forceful involvement by habib. on icas eight, 1973 south korean agents kidnapped opposition politicians from tokyo's grand palace hotel. was driven and put on a boat. kim expected to be dumped into the sea. instead of the then japanese diplomats made forceful appeals to the south korean government to save his life. officials in washington issued a statement calling for his release which occurred in seoul five days later. according to donald c. craig in seoul at the time when kim was kidnapped habib made a representation to the korean government saying it's her own agency that is done this

in seoul, thank you for the update.korea that this historic meeting will lead to a peace treaty after decades of division. others have very personal reasons to hope these talks will be successful. for a group of north korean spies who've beenjailed in enemy territory in the south for decades, these talks offer their best chance of being returned home before they die. our correspondent, laura bicker, has been to meet them. north korean spies were hunted down in the south. their capture on enemy soil made television headlines. a warning to others who wished to follow. many came by boat to promote the ideology of north korea. kim was one of them, a radio engineer on a north korean spy ship. and now, after three decades in a south koreanjail, he wants to go home to a family he has not seen since 1962. translation: i was very young and i was very much in love with my family in north korea. we were inseparable and had a lot of fun. but despite all that, i came to the south because my country was suffering. prison life was ver

nic robertson live in seoul with the latest.. >>> the true impact of the trump-kim summit may not be known for years and years. one big winner has mergesed for w. that's china. -- has emerged for now. that's china. matt rivers is live in beijing with the latest. matt? >> reporter: you could make a very good argument there that china is just nothing but pleased with the way this summit went, and look specifically what you heard from the president of the united states if you want to find out why china's government is likely very, very happy. start with the fact the president specifically talked about removing u.s. troops from the korean peninsula. he said it's not on the table at the moment, but he said it's something he would like to see well down the road at some point. china wants the exact same thing. they've wanted it for decades now. they feel that stroopu.s. troop the peninsula threaten them, constrain activities. they were happy with that undoubtedly. china was happy when the president spoke about at least temporarily susp

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. >>> plus the latest on pyongyang and seoul. plus lindsey graham and bob menendez bring us the latest from washington. >>> we'll break down the politics, smoke out the spin the facts that matter, this week. >>> good morning, from singapore. where the world will soon see something that's never happened before. a sitting american president face to face with the leader of north korea. two unpredictable men making an unprecedented choice. the fallout from the summit will n,felt across teg r the outcome is anyone's guess. as you can see, it's sunday evening here in singapore. exactly 36 hours from the moment donald trump and kim jong-un will shake hands and begin their talks. and the president arrived here moments ago. you see him there stepping off air force one. he says he feels good about what is coming next. this was just hours after kim jong-un, you'll see him there, as well. welcomed by singapore's minister of foreign affairs. and this already secure country locked down even more. teeming with security. the president has acknow

he is in seoul.an not at this table is president moon of south korea, but he has been certainly integral in trying to bring these two together. all of south korea, obviously, watching this. what's the move right now in south korea, richard engel? >> reporter: people are watching this very closely. they realize the future of both north and south korea are very much at stake today. they are watching history. since world war ii, the korean peninsula has been divided since the korean war. the north and south have been bitter enemies. and since then, since the 1950s, the north under three generations of the kim family has become a rogue state, a rogue regime that has worked for three generations to develop nuclear weapons while the south, under the u.s. security umbrella, has become a prosperous, modern, capitalist economy. now we are seeing that divide being, if not crossed, we are seeing the united states reaching over that divide, meeting in a very short time, president trump with kim jong-un. people h

today, we are expecting the prime minister of south korea to give a speech to crowds here in seoul.orth korea to stop its development of missile and nuclear programmes and come out on the path to denuclearisation. what a difference a year makes. we are told this year the title of his speech will be peace and prosperity on the korean peninsular. it's been a remarkable three months. it's the first of january that the north korean leader came out and offered an olive branch to south korea and since then, a number of summits. the leaders met in april and they pledged to turn the armistice agreement into a peace treaty which would bring that war to a close. some people think that is a little ambitious but we have had that historic summit since between the president stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: all the goals from a record breaking day at the world cup, as england scores six and colombia bag three. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right

this was the scene at a train station in seoul. the same city that north korea has threatened to turn into a pile of ashes. the summit getting mixed reactions in south korea. local media calling it the talks of the century. some so koreans say they have big doubts about north korea giving up their nukes. greg palkot with the news live in seoul. greg? >> hi, shep. yes. singapore is 3,000 miles away from where we are right here in seoul. what was discussed there has a big impact on the folks here. they live in the shadows of war next to north korea every day. in fact, they were watching. they were watching tuesday morning. we went out and take a look and talked to people. here's what we saw. >> amid the bustle of seoul's train administration, history is being made elsewhere. president run the and kim jong-un meeting in singapore with big implications for the korean peninsula. >> i want to keep the republic of korea. >> we want communication. >> you wish theyad communication. >> yes. >> there's a lot of cautious people here. they've s

the american secretary of state is in seoul, saying there's a lot of work left to do on the deal with north korea. saudi—led forces attack the main rebel—held port in yemen, threatening vital aid supplies for millions. a new study says antarctica lost three—trillion tons of ice because of global warming in the past quarter—century. and around the world in five years. we meet the youngest man to visit every country on earth. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. thanks forjoining us. it's 8am in singapore and 8pm in washington, where president trump has declared there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. he's arrived back in the united states, from the summit in singapore, and said his meeting with kim jong—un was a truly historic event. his secretary of state, mike pompeo, is travelling to south korea to begin talks about the details of the process of denuclearisation, as our correspondent john sudworth reports. there is flash photography in this report. in north korea, most of the information—starved masses had heard nothing about the summit until today. it is, of course,

robin brant, bbc news, seoul. our top story this lunchtime.eld in west london, for survivors, friends and relatives of those who died. in the last few minutes doves have been have been released near the tower in memory of those who died. in sport on bbc news, tottenham hotspur will begin the premier league season at wembley — the first game at their new home on the site of white hart lane will be against liverpool in mid—september. the opening ceremony for the football world cup begins in the next hour, at the luzhniki stadium in moscow. president vladimir putin will be there — and robbie williams will be performing. there will be 64 games during the month—long tournament, with 32 countries competing — and hosts russia will play saudi arabia in the first match. our sports correspondent richard conway is at the stadium. look around, its a riot of colour, of music, celebration. it's what russia wanted when its bid for the world cup almost eight years ago. russia's party is about to begin. the rhythm of the world cup has arrived in moscow. turnin

a real boost for football here in seoul.d the world cup, and one guy i spoke to this morning said that this game reminded him of that when he saw dedication and such commitment on the pitch. literally, they couldn't believe it. so very happy people here in seoul and, as you mentioned, in mexico. can we show you the pictures of the celebrations outside the south korean embassy there? the consular general being lifted into the air and some people tweeting that he even had a shot of tequila with them. nds n05 with nds with mexico, who do go through. so they had been celebrating like they won the world cup but they certainly left the audience wanting more. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: upset by a long—shot. we hearfrom the millennial who toppled a top ranking us congressman in new york. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i

the american secretary of state is in seoul — saying there's a lot of work left to do on the deal withorea. pledges to rival camps and a walk—out by scottish nationalist mps — theresa may has another tough brexit day. president putin welcomes the footballing world to russia just hours before the first match kicks off in the world cup. attempts are being made to secure aid supplies for millions of people in yemen after pro—government forces, backed by saudi arabia, launched an attack on a key port held by rebel fighters. the coastal city of hudaydah has been held by the houthis backed by iran for more than three years. the united nations says 8.4 million yemenis are on the verge of famine, and for most, the port is the only route for food supplies. around 10,000 people have been killed since the start of the war 4 years ago. the british government has called on all sides to exercise restraint and it's requested an urgent meeting of the un security council to discuss the situation. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports from yemen. trained and equipped by the uae and saudi arab

this factory outside south korea's capital seoul shouldn't even exist. up to two years ago the spacing rings for shock absorbers that the workers produce here were made in north korea in the special collaborative economic zone of k. song just behind the border. tech was the first company to set up shop there back in two thousand and four industrial park is unusual as tech c o u tells me it's run jointly by the two koreas the biggest advantage of the collaboration has been having access to north korean workers. they were passionate. intelligent. he's made them stand out above others in other regions those were the reasons why companies in case was so happy to work with them. and they were cheap north koreans only earned one tenth of what their counterparts in south korea made on par with other cheap labor countries in the region but case song is only sixty kilometers from seoul and everyone there speaks korean for local businesses a major plus but then in two thousand and sixteen it was all over the border was closed after north korea conducted nuclear an

how does that look from where you stand right now in seoul? >> reporter: so one of the things i noticed about this moment, as i was speaking and then the two of them came out, is how many photo ops there have been. there was the initial moment where prentrump and kim jong-un came out and they shook hands, then they walked in together into the room. and then they came out and very deliberately paused at the balcony and then there was the other photo on in the extended conference with president trump and kim jong-un reaching over and shaking hands. so you have to think, who was the audience here? how are each of these countries going to spin this tomorrow? i think it's pretty clear how president trump is going to spin it tomorrow. he's going to say, i did something that president obama was never able to do. that no other president did. i reached over to an enemy and i had this historic summit and did something amazing. kim jong-un national tv i think he's going to splash it all acrossyongyang and it's going to show the kim dynasty after having a

state is in seoul where he's been briefing south korea's president on tuesday a meeting between donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong un. has also met the foreman says of south korea and japan comes concession to end military drills with seoul calls america's two biggest allies in the asia pacific region off gone south korea's foreign minister called the summit a turning point in denuclearizing the korean peninsula. this is the first time that the higher stuff after north korea promised the president of the united states to route twelve it's the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula which we believe there stirred the pullet political momentum for action to resolve the north korean nuclear issue secondly we should be understanding that the june twelfth summit is not the end but a new beginning tourers a denuclearized and peace for the korean peninsula. as autocross pondered now wayne hay joins us live from seoul so when in many ways the hard work begins now does that trying to put some flesh on those rather bare bones of the summit declaration . yes well clearly the

>> victor cha was going to be the nominee for our ambassador to seoul. he said something along the way that upset somebody in the white house and got his appointment yanked back. just like we've had lots of unfilled slots at the state department including many of the people who would have been doing the prep work for this summit. secondly, we had in the iran nuclear negotiations ernie moniz, a world-renowned nuclear physicist who literally could sit there and tell you what we needed to get on centrifuge reductions, what we needed to get in terms of kfrth a plutonium reactor. >> nobel prize winner. >> yes. nobel prize winner. ey didn't haveo chant the nobel after thiran deal. he had it already. they're not even bringing people with scientific expertise to the table to try to think through what is the scope of the north korean program, how do we get assured that they're going to put constraints on it and not just have a bunch of international journalists blow up a building and say we've kept our commitments. what i've not seen is the scientific experts, th

had given the rebels until tuesday to leave the state might pompei o is headed to seoul to brief south korean leaders on the summit between donald trump and kim jong un in singapore one of the topics is sort of trump's surprising decision to cancel the annual military drills along the korean peninsula south korea and japan exercises as essential to regional security but seoul has conceded that halting drills could help speed up talks with pyongyang football's ruling body is gathering in moscow for a vote on who will host the world cup in two thousand and twenty six there are two bids in contention enjoy one from the united states canada and mexico and the other from morocco the shores competition kicks off in russia on thursday more than nine hundred migrants rescued at sea by a coast guard ship have now arrived in italy it is the first major refugee landing in italy since battaile slovenia became the deputy prime minister seventy has promoted a hardline anti immigration stance since he has been in that position italy has refused to let another charity vote carrying more than six hundr

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in seoul tonight. richard, what's the thought and feeling there? >> reporter: well, i think nowhere in the world are they watching this summit more closely than they are here in seoul. this is seen as a matter of life and death. right now, today, every day, in fact, tens of thousands of north korean rockets and artillery pieces are pointed right here at seoul and the calculus has long been if the u.s. attacks north korea that north korea responds by destroying this city. just six months ago here in sel, there were protests on the street when there was all the talk of rocket man and north korea was testing its nuclear weapons and its missiles. people here thought donald trump was a warmonger who was going to bring this country and perhaps the entire world to war. now, everyone's hoping that this summit will be successful. there's talk of peace. and i don't think there's anywhere in the world where they're more optimistic, more hopeful that donald trump will be able to pull it out. but there is also this

let's head back now to anna coren who is in seoul, south korea. anna?no one is counting, john, no one. thank you, john. joining us now to discuss further denuclearization on the korean peninsula is paul carroll. he is a senior adviser for in scare that is an organization that tries to relieve the risks of nuclearization. paul, there are experts who say this is deja vu. we've been here before under the clinton and bush administrations where the united states gets together with north korea to discuss denuclearization here on the peninsula. granted, this time you had the leaders of both those countries meeting. but what makes this time any different? >> well, thanks for having me, anna. there is quite a few things that makes this very different. in some ways good different. in other way, not so good different. i would say several things make this different. that's good for the north korean side from their perspective. they are now a de facto nuclear capable state. they have demonstrated six times with nuclear tests and multiple times with medium and now lo

>> all right, richard engel in seoul for us tonight. than >>> sue th did not receive much discussion during this summit was the brutal reality of life in kim jong-un'regime has been accused of appalling human rights violations against his own people as well as the mistreatment of american prisoners. nbc's hallie jackson has more owhat wasn't said at this historic face-to-face. >> reporter: in singapore, smiles and a stroll from kim jong-un but back home, a u.n. report paints a much more grim picture. one of extermination, murderenslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, crimes against humanity. >> his country does love him. his people, you see the fervor. they have a great fervor. >> reporter: what he calls fervor, the u.n. calls indoctrination. another in a long and disturbing list of human rights abuses kim's accused of. >> it was discussed. it was discussed relatively briefly compared to denuclearization. obviously that's where we started and ended. >> reporter: president trump didn't dwell on the negative, instead repeatedly pointing

wane it's going to be a pretty busy day in seoul and not just from mike pompei it was a. no that's right the president of south korea moon jay in rob has called a meeting as well of his national security council which he will lead he hasn't led a national security council meeting since november last year that meeting was called in response to a north korean missile in fact the last north korean missile that was launched so clearly he feels the current situation is serious enough to warrant him leading that national security council meeting no doubt he will discuss the joint military exercises that have apparently been ended by donald trump in that media conference in singapore but more broadly as well how best to move forward following the agreement reached between donald trump and kim jong il and also for the first time in more than ten years we're seeing military dialogue taking place in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea but really it will be the u.s. secretary of state taking center stage that meeting with the south korean president is underway and a

nic robertson live in seoul. thanks. >>> the true impact of the trump-kim summit may not be known for years, but for now one country is certainly emerging as a clear winner -- china. let's go live to beijing and bring in matt vers. what is reaction there? >> reporter: the chinese government is extremely happy at least with how this started out so far. publicly congratulating both sides. let's look at why china might be happy here. start with the fac that the u.s. president brought up the fact that he wants to eventually remove troops from the korean peninsula, u.s. troops from the peninsula, even if that's not on the table right at the moment. you know who really hates troops on the peninsula, dave, the chinese government. for decades they have felt threatened and constrained by those troops. when the u.s. president talks about removing them, that makes beijing smile. next up, war games as president trump called them with m personnel -- that military personnel call military exercises here. china hates the exercis

who is on his way from singapore to seoul he'll meet with president moon on thursday and the foreign ministers from south korea and japan ok other than that what is likely to happen next to keep the process going the talks continuing. yes well while i mention that this was obviously very broad in nature this statement there was nothing in there that was too alarming for the south koreans in a positive light i guess it really enables them to continue their work on the ground they were quite happy obviously for this event to take place for the big events between donald trump and kim jong un but in the meantime the practical steps of being carried out here being led by the south koreans and that's been the case really since that first into korean summits between president moon and kim jong il and so practically on the ground we have joint military high level military talks taking place on thursday as i say those joint military exercises supposed to take place between the u.s. and south korea starting in august so that may well be the first point of discussion when those representatives

back now toe anna in seoul. >> thank you, john.l, let's now go to cnn's jeremy diamond, who is in singapore outside kim jong-un's hotel where there is no doubt plenty of security. jeremy, i want to ask you about president trump. less than a day away, he is from making history and seems pretty confident that things will go well. what is at stake for the u.s. president? >> yeah, that's right, anna. the president has been striking a very optimistic tone head into this meeting. huge questions remain what can actually be achieved. as far as what's at stake, an enormous amount, of course. this could be something that could shape this president's legacy for years and years to come. if he is indeed able to be successful in his diplomatic summit with kim jong-un, this could be something that of course marks his presidency, defines it in many ways. and, of course, if he is successful in the way that most experts hope he would be in terms of concrete, verifiable denuclearization, it could be a great thing for the world. but certainly, that is

nic robertson live in seoul. thank you. >>> president trump standing by his glowing praise for the summit partner kim jong-un in interviews. the president appeared to justify the brutal actions of the north korean regime. >> you know, you call people sometimes killers. he is a killer. he is executing. >> he is a tough guy. when you take over a country, a tough country. tough people. you take it over from your father. if you can do that at 27 years old, you -- that's 1 in 10,000 that could do that. he is a very smart guy. great negotiatonegotiator. i think we understand each other. >> but he has still done very bad things. >> yeah, but so have a lot of other people have done bad things. i can go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things have been done. the answer is yes. >> the comments of kim jong-un's actions echoing the rhetoric the president had used in the past to defend vladimir putin when the president said you think our country is so innocent. >>> as president trump flew back home from the summit,

future and south korea could play a central role in this this factory outside south korea's capital seoul shouldn't even exist. up to two years ago the spacing rings for shock absorbers that the workers produce here were made in north korea in a special collaborative economic zone of k. song just behind the border as che tech was the first company to set up shop there back in two thousand and four industrial park is unusual as jay tech c o u chung tells me it's run jointly by the two koreas the biggest advantage of the collaboration has been having access to north korean workers. they were passionate. intelligent. he's made them stand out above others

does this live up to the expectations of people there in seoul. well i think that they were schooled and warned really that expectations should be fairly low from the summit between donald trump and kim jong un when it comes to any major announcements that may be made we even heard from when jay in on monday saying look nothing major can come out of this first meeting between trump and kim when it comes to the stated aims of an end to the korean war and a denuclearization deal on the korean peninsula that could take one two years perhaps even longer and he was very clear that people should not expect too much from this deal so i don't think people will be overly surprised they will be happy that this seemed to go well that the two donald trump and kim jong un appeared to get along well and so overall it will be viewed as being positive if not a little light on detail and the question will remain now will where do we go to next one of the details that we will be worked on now so we can begin to see some progress in those stated aims of denuclearizi