meanwhile, south korean president moonjae—in left the door open for another meeting in seoul. chairman kim to visit seoul and kim replied to me that he will visit in the near future. let's now go live to the south korean capital and speak to laura becker. laura, as expected, the warm relationship between the two is being conveyed across our screens but tells more about what is actually being achieved. some words certainly that the united states will want to hear. north korea certainly announced by resident moon, north korea is willing to dismantle and destroyed its missile test and launch pad in front of independent inspector. north korea said they will let them into verify this process. also, they say they are willing to further destroyed their nuclear site that was partially destroyed during the last time there were good relations north and south. they say they are willing to completely destroy the site will retain lead the united states takes some corresponding measures. there we re some corresponding measures. there were a lot of measures introduced between the two countri

she'sjoined us from seoul. by asking her whether she thought these new promises of denuclearisation were genuine. you know, that remains to be seen. i will actually say i'm sceptical for now, i hope i'm proven wrong but based on what we know publicly, the ball has not been moved forward at all. now, that said, what's important is what president moon tells president trump later in new york on the sidelines of the un general assembly, and even more important is what the north koreans will end up telling washington in private channels. and so, you know, we really need to wait and see. but, that said also, it is notable, or noteworthy, that the north has said they're willing to dismantle their yongbyon nuclear plant... site, and there are difficult ways to interpret that. 0n the one hand, it's not nothing, it's something, but on the other hand, they've got some old reactors, they have a re—processing line. if those two are dismantled, 0k, you know, it constrains their plutonium—producing facilities, as long as they

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going to have a performance between the two koreas to celebrate autumn i also chairman came to visit seoul and chairman kim a promise to come to a so in near future which means within this here. if there is no big issues. chiming kim is going to be the first north korean leader who visit south korea and it is going to. a new milestone in into career relations to north koreans my fellow south koreans and koreans abroad chairman. showed his roadmap for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and he agreed that we should make korean peninsula free of free of nuclear weapons and nuclear programs and i'd like to thank for their he's determination and commitment to this send you. into korean relations ought to be continued probable based on this result of the pending meeting i sincerely hope that north korea and the u.s. can resume its communication was. the two parties. will have continued to confirm the trust and i sincerely hope that north korea and the u.s. can soon have another round of summit meetings and south korea real support for more fully support to descend. last spring we just

thank you for the update, live in seoul.al on the question of the irish border after brexit. michel barnier said the eu offer would fully respect the territorial integrity of the uk. the issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic has emerged as the main obstacle to an agreement. speaking this evening, mr barnier said most customs and regulatory checks would be able to take place away from the border. work on the eu side is ongoing. we are clarifying which goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk would need to be checked, and where, when and by whom these checks could be performed. we can also clarify that most checks can take place away from the border, in the company premises or in the markets. we need to de—dramatise the checks that are needed. these checks are caused by the uk's decision to leave the eu, its single market, and the customs union. this week, bbc news is considering some of the most common questions being asked about brexit and its potential impact. 0ur correspondent dami

the leaders of the two koreas promise a deeper ties and an unprecedented visit to seoul by kim jong un. and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha will be as a peron i'm also ahead in the escalating trade war between the u.s. and china beijing hits back with sixty billion dollars worth of tabs on american goods. rescue teams in the for the pain struggle to find survivors of a massive landslide and more than five million children at risk a warning about the toll of the war in yemen. the leaders of north korea promising a nuclear free korean peninsula kim jong un also says he plans to visit seoul probably before the end of this year south korean president made the remarks on the second day of the three day summit yang they also agreed to open bold and rail lines between the two. it will be in. the north the permanently close its nuclear facilities with inspections from outside experts and the young young nuclear facilities are also to be closed depending on measures taken by the us it's such a great development from our perspective. over the past decades confrontation a

let's go live now to the south korean capital seoul and our correspondent there rob mcbride he's been following events for us president mean there talking about the achievements of the two day summit so far what do you think is the biggest achievement. i think one of the biggest things to be established here and that will count for an awful lot in the future is just the personal connections the personal bonding that seems to being going on over the past couple of days it does all seem extremely genuine the agreement itself it has to be said is quite lacking when you look at it there's very little detail there marty and looking ahead it's probably going to be a tough sell to get the americans on board and to get them back to negotiating with the north koreans but i think it's the spirit in which this has been signed the two sides have come together and have signed this declaration the friendship the bonhomie that seems to have existed and it has pervaded throughout these three days and we're only at the end of day two there's still more to come you do get a sense of it it's you can go

another war and crucially to make their region nuclear free ride reports from the south korean capital seoul they hailed it as a new era for the korean people both in the north and the south of the peninsula they share a commitment to a denuclearized future so on monday we agreed to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of peace without nuclear weapons and nuclear threats. the agreement means north korea will abolish some of its weapons development infrastructure and international verification. the north has decided to permanently close the tom chang ri engine test sides and missile launches with the attendance of experts from relevant countries. the agreement also says north korea will close the young beyond nuclear facility that's being key to its weapons development but only if the u.s. reciprocates with concessions of its own that sounds like the kind of phase denuclearization rejected by more hawkish figures in washington who demanded north korea dismantles its nuclear program unconditionally and there is still no sign of a full inventory of what weapons the north has or

laura bicker, bbc news in seoul.or of chinese studies at. but to have you with us. do what you make the absence of ballistic missile is and the toned down the rhetoric we saw during the pageant. it isa rhetoric we saw during the pageant. it is a deliberate choice by kim jong—un. he is aware that the world is watching and that the audience of one donald trump was watching to see what he did in terms of putting the missiles out from not. it is a symbol of restraint, a symbol that i think we have to look at in the context of other things that are going on. there is a flurry of inter— korean diplomacy. the south korean president is headed to pyonyang and it is a positive and encouraging message for president of moon that he can maybe move things forward. the other key context for not putting out the big stuff is this issue of kim jong and announcing a shift that he announced backin announcing a shift that he announced back in april of the national strategy. away from progressing the nuclear programme to now putting all e

probably and thank you so much probably on crossfire there in seoul three. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the woman accusing us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is calling for an f.b.i. investigation before she testifies next week in a letter to the panel her lawyers say it should be the first step in addressing the allegations first team ford says kavanagh attacked her in one nine hundred eighty two. air berlin doctors treating a member of the russian activist group pussy riot say claims that he was poisoned are highly plausible. that seal off fell ill after attending a court appearance in moscow and was rushed to the german capital for treatment is now out of danger but still in intensive care. officials in the gaza strip say two palestinians have been killed by israeli gunfire during a protest along the border thousands of palestinians rallied to protest the blockade of gaza imposed by israel and egypt protesters burn tires and rocks at israel and israeli forces who responded with tear gas a

hejoins me now from seoul. thank you for being back with us.rom seoul, how confident are you that we will get something concrete from these meetings? i am fairly confident that moonjae—in will come back with something. i don't think it would ta ke something. i don't think it would take a massive delegation, over 200 people, along with him if he wasn't confident that he would be able to bring something back, close to show the americans that the north koreans are serious about denuclearisation, and something to show his and people in south korea who have seen his domestic agenda, his economic agenda, start to flounder. i think in terms of what he needs to show the americans, some immediate steps that the north koreans are willing to ta ke that the north koreans are willing to take after the declaration of peace and for the domestic audience, something that looks quite dramatic, symbolically powerful, opening up a exchange, a postal exchange or something like that. what is he likely to experience when he gets to pyongyang, you are at the mass game

hejoins me now from seoul. welcome to the programme.t have spoken to quite a few people. did any tell you how they would felt about their leader and his policies at the moment? i think, overall, north koreans view the process the way most of us in the rest of the world a re way most of us in the rest of the world are looking at it as well. that is with considerable excitement at the beginning of the year with the prospect of real change at then as the months have dragged on without any breakthrough, a little bit of cynicism and worry that, you know, it is something that we have seen before. that sentiment was something i heard pyongyang, you hear it in the south korean capital as well. are serious to using north korea is about denuclearisation? well... that is, in essence, a problem for later. i do think it is difficult to imagine them completely denuclearising, it is certainly difficult to imagine without some sort of peace regime and radically different relationship with the united states. for now, moonjae—in is concerned with just ge

and the special envoy for north korea has been here in seoul so moon j.n. and his delegation presumably would know exactly what the bottom line is what the americans want to see from this absolutely south korean government has taken pains to really show that it is always in close consultation with the u.s. when it comes to north korea and this time it has been the scene we know what the u.s. wants they want north korea to take the next step and hopefully in return the u.s. may be willing to give the declaration to end the korean war that north korea very much hopes for if they get those things from this could that then set up the possible. ality of a second trump came the summit in october that's very much been actually publicized at least among commentators there is been such quick progress on the denuclearization front at least when it comes to dialogue with north korea and it is entirely possible that we might see trump making their grand gesture before the mid-term election happens in november when you see the friendliness between these two leaders wher

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kim jong-un has promised to go to seoul. this would beb a big thing and it has obviously very important implications for the united states, for the alliance, and for the future of the region, but i think that we even as we talk and try to draw the lessons from the past negotiation, and past experiences, and you know, to the use another metaphor, i feel like sort of the gravity is shifting in terms of who is taking the lead on reshaping the korean peninsula, including the nuclear issue from this side of the pacific to the other, and we have to be mindful of that and think about, that and certainly think about the implicatiomplicd the management of the u.s. okay in the alliance. >> and so jumping off, ambassador stevens, that we will move into the talks and pompeo said that he is ready immediately. one of the questions that coming into the process was or the summit rather is would enough be done to get into the second u.s./north korea summit. do you think that given what has happened so is far that we rare pretty much on that

agreeing to a third summit with south korea's president later this month rob mcbride has more from seoul. news that this into korean summit will take place had been expected nonetheless confirmation of it has come as something of a relief given the state of stored relations between pyongyang and washington south korea's security chief. has been briefing the blue house the presidential office here in seoul and also the media the event will take place in pyongyang between the eighteenth and the twentieth of september as also reported that north korea remains very much committed to the whole process for the denuclearization on the long term peace of the korean peninsula state run television in north korea has been showing the meeting between kim jong un and the south korean delegation it has all been smiles and handshakes it is also being confirmed that the south korean delegation has been given a personal message from kim jong un to convey to the americans and to president donald trump presumably this is a message of goodwill expressing that north korea is still very much wanting to contin

short time ago in seoul having made agreements with. and improving relations. minister has appeared in court again twenty five an additional corruption charges. including abuse of power and money laundering. because accused of illegally transferring six hundred eighty one million dollars from the state's investment fund into his bank account. and crowds of welcomes the release of pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif from prison on bail. his daughter and son in law to be freed until their appeal against corruption convictions come the. gender of european union leaders meeting in austria measures to prevent migrants and refugees from entering the e.u. for discussion and. as assaults but trying to convince us to be flexible about brags that all the hosts austria's right wing tells us about him because reiterated his tough stance on the migrant crisis so it's not my guns. i said again very clearly i don't think the debate about distribution of migrants within europe is going to solve the migration question i say that is austria chancellor speaking from a council p

special envoy for korea who has just been here in seoul of what the u.s. bottom line position is and that they could almost be negotiating on their behalf i'm sure this has been happening behind the scene and moans in absolutely no he needs to come back with a clear accomplishment toward the nuclearization we know what north korea wants from the u.s. they want to stick liberation to end the korean war but on the other hand u.s. wants north korea to finally take dead specific steps toward nuclear radiation namely disclosing its list of nuclear facilities and if this is not mentioned at the summit whether by kim jong un or in the final statement this is going to be considered a failure ok just very quickly how would you sum up one james. here is still the staunch ally of the united states or is he more of a mediator well the government has said time and again that they want south korea to be the driver of the korean peninsula they're close to the u.s. they're close to north korea they want to be in the middle and they want to help bring these two parties tog

ties between their countries in a symbolic move the south moon j n even invited to kim jong un to seoul in what would be the first ever post war visit by north korean made progress on reducing nuclear tensions in the region was less clear cut him jiang on promise to close the country's main nuclear complex if the united states made reciprocal moves. day to south korean president visit to his know the neighbor kim jong un more carefully staged displays of harmony along with a generous serving of couple. the two leaders selling their pact is a breakthrough they've announced came will become the first northern leader to visit seoul another step along the road to peace they say. we've adopted a military pact to end a history of brutal confrontation and hostility and agree to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of peace they also promise to hold family reunions regularly that's off to dozens of relatives from the north and south separated in the one nine hundred fifty s. recently met. after marching under one flag at the february winter olympics north and south korea also p

laura bicker, bbc ws, seoul. laura: for more, i spoke a brief time ago with jung pak, a former cia analyst who is now the korea foundation chair at the brookis institution. u know this so well, the north koreans and how they act. is this out of their playbook tr renegotiations, or is it a smokescreen? jung: if anyone is good at pageantry and summitry, it is north korea, and kim jong-un has learned those lessons is father, who also practice such pageantry. what came out of t summit is interesting. we have to disaggregate the military, the inter-korean issues, versus the nuclear issues with the u.s. laura: but already we have had the secretary of state offered to restart negotiations and we rk and to meet the foreign minister in new ext week at the u.n. isn't that what the north koreans wanted? jung: right, this is great timing to get the talks between the u.s. and north korea restarted. secretary pompeo and thede rtment of state had already come out to say that the u.s. is ready to meet north korea at any time, an

for let's go straight over to seoul where our correspondent probably on catch is standing by for us he's been covering the summit fabio how significant is this deal between north and south korea is there much substance there or is it largely symbolic. to some part it was significant. both sides also signed military agreement and for example it included that there will be any post-mortem to the strikes on space. into three in border and there will be any more military exercises so this is one step closer to treaty we have became i would say the same space but terms of close nation and. most measures remain way well regarding denuclearization of course the north still needs to convince united states that these latest developments help convince the us that north korea is serious about getting rid of its nuclear weapons. they delivered. a promise of one zero zero zero one with. this illness or disease you. mean they were misleading in the morning and wrong when the sun didn't see. something. on the mountain up during the tsunami and it's the second one this they first talked about shutting d

deal to improve ties in a highly symbolic move the south's moonshine in even invited kim jong on to seoul in what would be the first ever visit by a north korean leader but progress on reducing nuclear tensions in the region was less clear cut it's our next report explains why. day two thousand korean president jay ends visit to his know the neighbor kim jong un more carefully staged displays of harmony along with a generous serving of cup. the two leaders selling that pact is a breakthrough they've announced kim will become the first northern leader to visit seoul another step along the road to peace they say so in london we have adopted a military pact to end a history of brutal confrontation and the great to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of pace. they also promised to hold family reunions regularly that's often dozens of relatives from the north and south separated in the one nine hundred fifty s. recently met. and the leaders agreed to disarm a jointly controlled border village starting with the removal of land mines they also said they've made progress on the

their pact as a breakthrough they've announced kim will become the first northern leader to visit seoul another step along the road to peace they say. to the military pact to end the history of brutal confrontation and the great to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of pace they also promised to hold family reunions regularly that's off to dozens of relatives from the north and south separated in the one nine hundred fifty s. recently met. and the leaders agreed to disarm a jointly controlled border village starting with the removal of land mines they also said they've made progress on the issue the world's watching denuclearization . south and north korea have agreed on a way to achieve denuclearization for the first time it's a very meaningful outcome. the north says it will allow international inspectors to observe the dismantling of its main missile testing site but it's repeatedly promised its closure in the past and the north has now made closing its nuclear plant beyond dependent on reciprocal steps from the u.s. without saying what exactly they want. both lead

thanks, laura, laura bicker based in seoul for us. to.er based in seoulfor us. more on that later in the briefing. a million people have been told to evacuate their homes as the us east coast prepares for what may be strongest storm to hit the region in decades. hurricane florence is gaining strength as it approaches the coastline of south carolina. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly in the pd area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it th

long awaited announcement be young the security chief from south korea briefing journalists here in seoul in the last hour or so after his visit wednesday to pyongyang saying that confirming that yes this long awaited summit will go ahead between the eighteenth and twentieth of september in pyongyang it will be the third summit between j.n. of south korea and kim jong un of north korea this year hoping to advance this whole process of denuclearization of permanent peace on the korean peninsula high level talks between north and south korean officials will begin next week laying the groundwork for this next summit it was also been agreed as you mentioned there that north korea according to chong is still very much committed to the whole process of working with south korea and more importantly perhaps with the united states despite the apparent stalling of negotiations of the process there is also a commitment to opening up a liaison office between north and south korea this is a very important step in the whole process of seeking closer ties maybe economic cooperation in the future and so

kim jong—un has said he'll visit seoul later this year, another first.l choreography has been designed to dazzle their visitor. he can only hope this show of warmth is not a smoke screen to hide the north's nuclear ambitions. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. we will have more on the two koreas coming up in the programme. and there's plenty more on the bbc news website, with a special section on the korean peninsula and coverage of this summit from our team on the ground — that's at bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the woman who's accused donald trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault has been given a deadline of 10am on friday to say whether she will give evidence to the senatejudiciary committee next monday. christine blasey ford says she was attacked by brett kavanaugh at a party in the 1980s. mr kavanaugh denies the claim. katty kay has more. christine blasey ford so she has received death threats and has had to move house since the allegations against brad kavanagh were made public on sunday. mr tom's simply seem

she's in seoul. we arejust we are just looking at these live pictures coming in from pyongyang.in. the lot of pressure on the president to actually get something concrete from these talks. that's right, and that's what we are going to be looking out. we'll president moon jae—in be able to broker us— north korea talks and will he be able to persuade kim jong—un to take substantive concrete measure that shows the seriousness about denuclearisation because that is what washington is going to be looking for and what washington needs, to move the ball forward. the other thing i will be looking out for today tomorrow is especially when ning grima is come out. what types of inter— korean projects will be resumed. will any of these run up against sanctions? also, in terms of reducing military tensions, we are expecting them to make some sort of announcement. what does that mean? but as any of this involve post— co—ordination with the us? especially because they have the un command on the korean peninsula and forgot us forces stationed in south korea. we are just looking at live pictures

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.re on our website about the meeting between the leaders of the two koreas — just log on to bbc.com/news let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the world anti—doping agency has ended a three—year suspension on russia. the ban was put in place after a report found state—sponsored cheating during international sporting events, including the 2014 sochi olympic games. some athletes and other nations opposed ending russia's exile. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. this is one of the most controversial and divisive decisions ever reached by wada in its 19 year history, defying an outcry at the athlete and figures on the anti—doping community. it is worth remembering that russia was punished three years ago for an extraordinary state—sponsored doping scandal. they we re state—sponsored doping scandal. they were found to have sabotaged events like the london 2012 games. it spread across 30 sports, 1000 athletes but today's reinstatement of its anti—doping agency means once again

kim jong un also says he plans to visit seoul probably before the end of the here and made the remarkson the second day of their three day summit and pyongyang. we have adopted a military agreement to terminate the historic tragic confrontations and hostility that have lasted over the past decades we agreed to make our activity to make the korean peninsula the land of peace free of nuclear weapons and threats relieve. the north agreed to permanently close its engine test site and launch pad in china ri with the experts and relevant countries in attendance in addition it's also agreed to take further action such as giving up its nuclear facility in young beyond depending on corresponding measures to be taken by the us it is a matter that the entire korean nation would be happy and appreciate their complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula is not far away or the bride has more from seoul. both leaders have declared this a major success which they say will lead to a new era for the korean peninsula both spoke about the hostilities which are of marked out relations in the past but

laura bicker, bbc news in seoul. studies at yonsei university in seoul told me that north korea is sending an encouraging message to the south as well as the us. it is a deliberate choice by kim jong—un. he is well aware that the world is watching, that the audience of one donald trump was certainly watching to see what did he do in terms of putting the icbms in particular out or not. so it's a symbol of restraint, it's a symbol that i think we also have to look at in the context of other things that are going on. there is a flurry of inter—korean diplomacy. the south korean president is headed up to pyonyang and so it is a positive message, encouraging message for president moon here, that he can maybe move things forward a little bit. and then the other key context for not putting out the big stuff, for not rolling out the icbms is this issue of kim jong—un announcing a shift — he announced back in april — of the national strategy away from progressing the nuclear programme to now putting all effort on economic dev

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. stay with us on bbc news.tician bobi wine flies home to take on the president who's ruled for three decades. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: hundreds of people are missing in northern tanzania after a ferry capsized on lake victoria. more than a0 are confirmed dead. th

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.ore on the bbc news website, with a special section on the korean peninsula and coverage from our team on the ground. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the woman who's accused donald trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault, has been given a deadline of 10am on friday to say whether she will give evidence to the senatejudiciary committee next monday. christine blasey ford says she was attacked by brett kavanaugh at a party in the 1980s. mr kavanaugh denies the claim. katty kay has more. christine blasey ford says she has received death threats and has had to move house since the allegation against brett kavanaugh was made public on sunday. mr trump's sympathies today seemed to be more with the accused than the accuser. as you know, justice kavanagh has been treated very tough and his family, i think it is a very unfair thing what is going on. dr ford's lawyers have written to the senate judiciary committee sang she does not want to appear with the judge and want

again in two weeks' time but the news came from a meeting in pyongyang with senior officials from seoulkim says he wants to realize denuclearization within the first term of donald trump telling the south korean officials his faith in the u.s. president was unchanged president trump canceled a visit to the north by his secretary of state last month citing a lack of progress but the u.s. state department responded to the comments a spokesperson said as president made his say to the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot advance separately from resolving north korea's nuclear program the united states and the republic of korea work closely together on north korea issy's and remain in close contact to coordinate a unified response to north korea by let's go live now to the south korean capital seoul and our correspondent there rob mcbride it had been feared rob hadnot this the slights if you like in the repression between north korea and washington would affect north-south relations or that doesn't seem to be the case. that's right martin this announcement that the s

and for kim to visit seoul in the near future. president trump later weighed in, tweeting kim jong-un has agreed to allow nuclear inspections, subject to final investigations and to determi permanently dismantle a test site and launchpad. there will be no rocket or nuclear testing. heroes being returned home to the united states. also north and south korea will file a joint bid to host the 2032 olympics. very exciting. our paula hancocks joins us from seoul with more on this. paula, a very ambitious list of agreements and goals there, coming out of that second day of the interkorean summit. and top of that list was scrapping the north korean nuclear facility with experts watching on. what does north korea want in return from the united states? >> rosemary, what north korea has agreed to within this agreement, that kim jong-un has signed next to moon jay-in, they will scrap the missile test site that the u.s. president had talk about after the singapore summit. when it comes to the nuclear research fashicility, that has been agreed

to people in seoul, ratherthan pyongyang.same time. that's one of the reasons why he is tried to sell that visit, as a way to boost the economy to link north and south korea by rail, have a railway line that could run all the way towards europe. he is trying to sell all of this is an economic boost, to kill two birds with one stone. you are right about the optics. we will see all of this over the next few days. there is something called the mass games, something called the mass games, some of you might have seen it after the parade pictures last week. they area the parade pictures last week. they are a spectacle and part of it concentrates on president moon and kim jong—un's togetherness at the last into korean summit so expect something electrifying. the optics will be certainly one of a warm relationship between the two countries. the reality is, the president has to get north korea to show his hand, get it onboard, lease with details on denuclearisation of this visit is to be declared a success. thank you very much. laura

thank you so much probably on crossfire there in seoul. now let's get some other stories making headlines around the world today the woman who is accusing u.s. supreme court. nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is calling for an f.b.i. investigation before she testifies next week senate judiciary chairman says an investigation will have no bearing on her testimony christine ford says cavanaugh attacked her at a party in one nine hundred eighty two. fishelson the gaza strip say two palestinians have been killed by israeli gunfire during a protest along the border thousands of palestinians rally to protest the blockade of gaza imposed by egypt. and israel protesters burned tires and hurled rocks at israeli forces who suspend her responded with tear gas and live. to nigeria now in the booming business of worship the country's protocol still churches are packing in believers every weekend with a message of economic hope in in difficult times but the focus on charismatic pastors and the price that comes with regular attendance has worried

has been briefing the blue house the presidential office here in seoul and also the media the event will take place in pyongyang between the eighteenth and the twentieth of september as also reported that north korea remains very much committed to the whole process for the denuclearization on the long term peace of the korean peninsula state run television in north korea has been showing the meeting between kim jong un and the south korean delegation it has all been smiles and handshakes it is also being confirmed that the south korean delegation has been given a personal message from kim jong un to convey to the americans and to president donald trump presumably this is a message of goodwill expressing that north korea is still very much wanting to continue the dialogue of peace can continue the dialogue with washington but chong did also expressed the view that kim jong un is feeling a sense of frustration that according to kim it has been north korea that has made a lot of the concessions such as the dismantling of some of its nuclear testing sites and that the international community

laura bicker is in seoul with more reaction on the summit.eceived, unbelievable. i mean, i think the scenes in pyongyang when you saw them dressed in their best kind of hanbok — korean hanbok dresses and best suits, waving, shouting for unification, as president moon and kim jong—un waved from the open—top car — amazing propaganda coup for kim jong—un. president moon looks happy, he looks relaxed, and there certainly seems to be some chemistry between the two. the problem he has is the interest here in seoul doesn't seem to be as high as previous summits. i mean, we went around having a look, to see if anyone was watching, but that just wasn't happening here in seoul. what we're hearing is that they're more concerned about the economy. so president moon, if he's going to make progress in north korea, he has to do it fast. in fact, he has to do it on this visit. babita, i'm also hearing from the united states overnight, certainly according to lindsey graham, who is a senior senator there, he's been tweeting saying that he fears president moon

people in south korea but you do get a sense of a bit of summit fatigue creeping in we're in downtown seoul there here as elsewhere there have been some large screens set up we have exhibitions of photographs from previous summit meetings and posters and so on and people are generally approving of it having said that move in himself his popularity it used to be around seventy percent when he was really pushing very in the early stages of this process it has now taken a nosedive something like below fifty percent and that in part is because of disappointment over his economic policy housing prices in seoul and things like that so gradually his popularity has declined and people are asking should you be involved in all the shuttle diplomacy when we've got problems here back at home but clearly. sees his role here is very much the mediator wants to bring back from pyongyang some kind of deal that is going to magically open up again the negotiations between north korea and the u.s. has a way to see what happens for the moment to run the private life versus insult thanks for. when we come back h

laura bickersjoins us live from seoul. tell us more about the agreement.ll us more about the agreement. we are just getting the information through because the translation is quite difficult to go through and this is just happening quite difficult to go through and this isjust happening in real time. what we are hearing from pyongyang is president moon says north korea has promised to decommission a missile site with relevant country experts. that is significant. this would signify that north korea is willing to allow independent experts into the country and to see this dismantling. there will also be further dismantling of the yongbyon site, to key sites where missiles are made and have certainly been mentioned in this agreement. as will see agreement between north and south, there seems to have been further movements towards creating cultural experiences and north and south korea are going to try to come up south korea are going to try to come up with a joint bid for the summer olympics. that would be huge if it happened. it looks like they are prepared

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kim jong—un has said he'll visit seoul later this year, another first.designed to dazzle their visitor. he can only hope this show of warmth is not a smoke screen to hide the north's nuclear ambitions. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. in six months' time, britain will leave the european union. this week across bbc news we're looking at some of the questions being asked about brexit and what it means. tonight, our business editor simonjack looks at what could happen to businesses that buy and sell goods outside the uk. will we be richer or poorer? will it definitely happen? why haven't we left yet? how will trade work after brexit? trade in action at the port of felixstowe. when we talk about trade, we simply mean the amount we buy from and sell to the rest of the world. how will it be affected by brexit? well, to get an idea of where we're headed, it's worth taking a look at where we are now. ok, let's have a closer look. the uk sold £616 billion worth of goods and services to the rest of the world last year. of that, we sold 44% of them to the eu. now, we

paula hancocks live in seoul. this is a big offer from north korea but comes with a major catch, right? >> reporter: absolutely. we have heard that north korea is going to shut down the key test site for the icbm program, the intercontinental ballistic missile program that washington is most concerned about. now this is the missile engine site that is the president trump had said kim jong-un had already guaranteed he would shut down. beyond that, we're hearing that there are going to be international experts that will be invited in to be able to verify that. now beyond that, we're also hearing that north korea would be willing to shut down its nuclear facility if the u.s. were to give corresponding measures. this goes back to what north korea has wanted all along. this quid pro quo, the step-by-step denuclearization, which up until this point the u.s. has said that they are not willing to have. they want complete denuclearization, then they talk about concessions. just minutes after this declaration was signed and

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