president says he'll meet japan's prime minister shinzo if his summit with kim jong un goes ahead with trump spoke to a on the following after which the two leaders agreed that they want the complete and permanent dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program as the latest move in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvers surrounding the possible trumka meeting in singapore next month an american delegation led by veteran diplomat son kim a former nuclear negotiator with pyongyang is holding talks with north korean officials to prepare for the summit meanwhile south korea says its president could also have a seat at the table it comes after moon surprise meeting with kim at the demilitarized zone on saturday let's get more on this now we're joined by our correspondent andrew thomas who is live for us in the south korean capital seoul suppressions well on the way the summit is going to happen ender. well it certainly feels that in some ways and there are two things going on here those what's happening in singapore now we have a u.s. team and the north korean team both there to sort out logistic

and i think shinzo abe will want confirmation thatis shinzo abe will want confirmation that is not theis. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the european union is proposing a ban on single—use plastics in an attempt to protect marine life. the proposals target items like straws, cotton buds, cutlery and drink stirrers. they'd be replaced with more environmentally friendly materials. the eu also wants almost all plastic bottles to be collected for recycling by 2025. a state of emergency has been declared in the us state of maryland after heavy rain caused flash flooding. one man is missing, after eight inches of rain fell in just two hours in some areas. emergency services have been responding to people trapped in buildings as flood waters deluged houses and swept away cars. and the russian billionaire and owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, has been granted israeli citizenship under the law of return — which allowsjews to become citizens of israel. he has been unable to extend his british visa, following growing diplomatic tension between lond

and i think shinzo abe will want confirmation that is not the case. laura bicker in seoul.some of the other stories making the news. the european union is proposing a ban on single—use plastics in an attempt to protect marine life. the proposals target items like straws, cotton buds, cutlery and drink stirrers. they'd be replaced with more environmentally friendly materials. the eu also wants almost all plastic bottles to be collected for recycling by 2025. there have been more clashes and violence in nicaragua after students in the central american country tried to take over the engineering university on monday. the demonstrators targeted the pro—government offices of radio ya. around 80 people have died in nationwide clashes between government forces and students protesters that have been going on for over a month. —— radio ya. european foreign ministers have repeated their support for the iran nuclear deal, despite the decision from the us to pull out. after meeting in brussels, the eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini said europe's security was at stake. the russi

this was an opportunity for the japanese prime minister shinzo in particular to lay out what he and his country want to see if there are to be any detailed negotiations with north korea over their nuclear program before this summit throughout this flurry of diplomatic activity over the past few weeks there's been a sense that japan and its prime minister have been a bit on the outside all of that activity even though for the past year japan was very much affected by. the threats and the activity coming from north korea after this very brief trilateral summit in tokyo each of the leaders made a statement but it was really only the japanese prime minister that got into specifics about north korea this was his chance to lay out what his country needed he said the u.n. security council resolutions must be implemented they want to see concrete measures from north korea and he also spoke about the abducted issue these japanese citizens who were abducted by north korea in the seventy's and eighty's allegedly to be trained as north korean spies will twelve of those japanese people are still mis

it's possible that shinzo abe makes a trip to the united states before heading to canada for the june 8th and 9th g7 summit >> thank you very much, susan. >>> just to give you a quick recap on our top story this morning, so far this week, president sergio mattarella appointed carlo cottarelli as interim prime minister that is the man known as mr. scissors for his us a terry measures in the past, back in 2013 he led a spending review in italy under the former prime minister that won his plaudits from economists but has not helped his popularity with lega and five star. speaking after his appointment he said elections would be held in the autumn or early next year he sought to reassure the public and investors about italy's finances and its commitment to the european yune runion. let's look at the italian banking sector intesa sanpaolo down 5.5%. as is bank ko bshco bpm bper banca down 5.83%. mediobanca down 3.35%. the yield on the two-year hit the highest level since 2013 you can see that the ten-year yield is now at 3.208. just to give you a bit of a recap on comments this morning fro

win situation for russia and japan when it comes to energy and that's the prime minister of japan shinzo that we will be crossing to and forth to this speech to delegates will be listening in on anything very valid an interesting i will cross back in the meantime in the audience to. speech lots of see at lots of business leaders of the world there that we've been speaking to some of them let's see what they had to say but one of them. the obviously an old guard on we can see the foundations of russia in germany's economic relations is solid even in the sanctions and low oil and gas prices they've remained firm in two thousand and seventeen we had record high german private investment in russia which totaled one point six billion euros and i'm not only talking about the huge car manufacturers they invest a lot here but also many medium sized businesses and family firms. of course all the support older country europe by important words of france and diplomacy is always ahead of us to keep pete i know we have to be in germany you could call us that we are after b i always said iraq europe u

president trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe have confirmed by phone that they will meety summit takes place. to assess these developments, i spoke to the bbc‘s laura bicker in seoul. when it comes to those talks, they started on sunday. it was another surprise. these are top diplomats from the us and north korea, trying to reach some kind of deal they can give to their leaders. we think they will start to resume talks. a few days ago donald trump said there wouldn't be any talks between the us and north korea. now we are looking at two sets of ongoing talks. now we are looking at two sets of ongoing talks. in the border they are talking about the plans and in singapore we understand they are talking about the logistics so officials from north korea and the us meeting in singapore over the next few days. with regards to talks here, there is a long way to go and a short time to do it. remember how far apart the two sides. apart the two sides are. the us wants complete disarmament and then give economic rewards to north korea. north korea wants a phased approach. somehow th

communication and cooperation between our three countries if you do not feel comfortable perhaps shinzo abyei explore the possibilities for a japanese north korean summit during the bilateral exchange with manji and as he may fear losing influence over current developments. and alex get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world. several large explosions like the one that you just heard there have hit the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister says that at least two police were killed and several people injured when suicide bombers targeted a police station and a security checkpoint the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. yemen's hoopy rebels say that they have fired ballistic missiles at targets in neighboring saudi arabia saudi state media is reporting the missiles have been intercepted by saudi air defenses over the capital riyadh saudi arabia is leading a coalition fighting who control much of yemen including the capital sana'a. the polls have closed in what is likely to be one of malaysia's closest ever elections sc

he met with shinzo abe and li conflictsutting aside and territorial claims.t was stolen somewhat by north korea. five-month rout in the peso, which threatens to derail its economic recovery. the argentinian president said the loan would help avoid a crisis like the ones argentina has faced for. he did not say how much money from ang soufht, but bloomberg source, the figure is $30 billion. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am tom mackenzie, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: that is a wrap of everything happening in the world so far. big story today, beijing and washington remaining far apart when it comes to trade, following high-level meetings in beijing last week. that is coming from the commerce secretary. his comments happening with a clashing meeting at the wto. jodi schneider is here to talk about these trade talks. it was not quite good for trade, was it? jodi: not exactly. sel meetings. coun the u.s. started blasting china for its protectionist measure

jay and reached his destination the three way summit with china and japan at the invitation of host shinzo abbate north korea is at the top of the agenda. qualitatively gussy we should do everything for a complete verifiable and irreversible disarmament of north korean weapons of mass destruction at miss us in accordance with the un resolutions that us the big three want to work towards a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue there have recently been frequent quarrels due to obvious national conservative policies and his stance on japan's war in the second world war but there has been more agreement since moon's meeting with north korean leader kim jong un. i wonder what's going on over there thank you for your support of the plan mon john declaration and would look how much i will promise close communication and cooperation between our three countries if you don't feel comfortable perhaps shinzo abyei explore the possibilities for a japanese north korean summit during the bilateral exchange with manji and as he may fear losing influence over current developments. well now the u.s. has

we have shinzo abe, we have the chinese, we have the russians. and let us not forget that the foreign minister of russia is traveling to pyongyang tomorrow, ostensibly to weigh in on how these negotiations are going. if it were me, i would delay the summit until the experts had a little bit more time to prepare logistically and substantively. >> i want to see what you guys think -- changing subjects here -- on this somber day of remembrance that memorial day is. the president tweeted out this morning, before doing what is somewhat perfunctory for presidents, going to arlington cemetery, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he said, "happy memorial day! those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud about how well our country is doing today. best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for blacks and hispanics ever and women in 18 years, rebuilding our military and so much more. nice!" what did you think when you saw that? >> i thought that if the onion had tried to write a donald trump tweet that mocked

and president donald trump says he will meet to japan's prime minister shinzo if his plan summit with north korea's leader kim jong un goes ahead trump have agreed they want to the permanent dismantlement of pyongyang's nuclear program. and brazil's government says it has reached an agreement with the main truckers union to end an eight day strike fuel and some food items remain in short supply as many drivers continue to protest. so much more now on the political developments in its anywhere a new interim prime minister has been named lawrence cook the cove is a professor of economics at boston university and he says that it's may need a decisive government. in a way it has gone demagogues in the past. go back to recently me where scone. only you know people that have no clear. direction to trying to energize the masses with no clear again or direction so it raises the concern about italy tell you and i will see that made some progress in recent years has been very slow growth has been very slow i'm one that has come down from about fourteen percent in twenty fourteen down to about o

trump's expected summit with leader kim in singapore president trump will meet with prime minister shinzo abi of japan on june the seventh at the white house and the secretary pompei o looks forward to being a part of those meetings north korean vice chairman of the central committee kim yong chal is arriving in new york and will meet with secretary palm pale later this week we also have a u.s. delegation meeting with the north korean delegation in the d.m.z. committee held at has more from washington d.c. . well the white house is confirming when north korea's vice chair travels to new york city it is the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o with whom he will be meeting this is significant because previous visits between the u.s. secretary of state and north korean officials happened in pyongyang this is now happening on u.s. soil an important gesture in the eyes of the united states as the two sides begin to build trust leading towards what the white house says will be an expected meeting between the north korean leader kim jong un and the u.s. president but of course the date not yet

theirs infected the cover , that shinzo abe is backed -- that is in fact the cover there, that shinzobe is back. coming up, the turkish lira. we take a look at the currency's movements later in the show. riverfrontst, investment group says geopolitics will continue holding stocks back. we will have a chat with their chief market strategist next. this is bloomberg. ♪ . this is bloomberg. ♪ dave: there we go. inleasant morning over there tokyo. futures, not exactly painting the same picture. just over 40 minutes from the open, cash markets over in tokyo and seoul and sydney. dollar-yen. you're watching "daybreak asia." i'm david ingles. yvonne: i'm if on. -- yvonne man. nicholson, in kevin riverfront investment chief market strategist. he joins us from richmond, virginia. taking a look at the development we've seen overnight with italy, our last guest saying, this feels a little bit different. perhaps the things could be a turn for the worse. does this have a whiff of what we saw in 2011 and 2012 of a sovereign debt crisis in europe? >> i don't think that it is going to be a sovereign d

shinzo abe, have been discussing korea by phone. and north korea takes place. the latest developmentsmes to those talks, they started sunday in secret. it was yet another surprise on this peninsula. some kind of deal that they can give to their leaders. to resume talks. talks between the us and north korea. talks. and in singapore, we understand they are talking about the logistics. meeting there in the next few days. and a very short time to do it. remember how far apart the two sides are. to north korea. north korea wants a phased approach. to their leaders. to be any summit depends on that talk. nervousness. weapons. trump sees north korea as a win here. that they will meet on two occasions. ofjitters going on injapan. in the peninsula injapan. umbrella that he puts over the peninsula and japan. that that's not the case. making the news. in an attempt to protect marine life. cutlery and drink stirrers. they'd be replaced with more environmentally friendly materials. for recycling by 2025. the engineering university on monday. radio ya. that have been going on for over a month. to p

that's right shinzo lobby of course sees all this going on in his backyard and is very very keen to be involved he wants to make sure that he gets into donald trump's ear before he meets kim jong un in person the g. seven summit is happening in canada on the eighth of june there are they and donald trump expected to go to that is likely they'll talk about this issue on the sidelines of that conference it's also possible shinzo while they might stop over in washington d.c. either on the way to or from that summit it's also very likely he'll come to singapore to at least be in the right country or the right city states when donald trump meets kim jong il if that meeting happens he'll want to be very close to that meeting even if he can't be in it and president moon here of south korea as well he's made it very clear that he would like to be close to the talks officials at the blue house here saying that they're working on a plan to get president moved into a meeting with kim jong un and donald trump perhaps after the main bilateral has concluded but he certainly wants to be involved. and

in two costs the timing of the summer's couldn't have been better for japan's prime minister shinzo are there amid plummeting approval ratings at home he hosted south korean president in and china's premier league chang and thrust japan back into discussions around north korea. we must take the recent momentum up and work towards insecurity in northeast asia and we must cooperate even though with international society making sure this is leading to a concrete action by north korea it ever after so much focus on meetings between north korean leader kim jong un and his counterparts from south korea china and possibly the united states this summer gave shinzo a bear a chance to lay out what his country wants from negotiations on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula among them the return of japanese abducted by north korea in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's the prime minister said he asked the other leaders for this support in trying to bring them home despite the general unity on display there are differences in how best to approach the dealing in their eyes they shoul

after speaking on the phone earlier — president trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe havegreed to meet again — before the us attends any summit with north korea. the latest search for malaysian flight mh370 ends shortly — with still no sign of the missing plane. it disappeared 4 years ago with 239 people on board. and this video is trending on bbc.com... a migrant from mali who climbed up the outside of an apartment block in paris to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony is being hailed as a hero. the video of his amazing feat has been watched more than 10 million times. and now, as a ‘thank you', he's been promised french citizenship. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk... a man in his eighties has died after his car was submerged in flood—waters following heavy rain across the west midlands. the man's vehicle was "completely underwater" in walsall. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. malaysia's new prime minister pulls the brakes on a major high—speed rail project as he tries to stabi

yvonne: trump is to meet shinzo abe ahead of talks with north korea. reignseopolitics supreme.he world of social value investing. we discussed the role of business in society with warren buffett's grandson. ♪

shinzo abe has pleaded japan's case while angela merkel made several requests for the eu in washington last week. confident that we have an exemption. why wouldn't we? australia is a country that has a free trade agreement with the united states.

i would like to thank christine president,ce president shinzo abe, president clinton, and president matt -- putin, and president macron. >> on my part, and on behalf of my colleagues, i would like to express my credit to the moderator today because i believe it was done in a professional way. you have managed to turn this discussion into a very lively, very interesting discussion. thank you very much. you have been watching a wonderful event taking place in st. petersburg in russia, the spief followed by a question-and-answer session by some of the world's most powerful leaders. vladimir putin never speaking a more true word then when john mickelthwait asked him who will win the world cup of soccer, he said the organizers will win. that is pretty good betting. on the other issues that we dealt with, it was a very serious discussion between french president macron and russian president putin, japan's president shinzo abe, and the imf managing director, they took on issues as wide-ranging as iran, climate change, korea, and all sorts of other issues surrounding opinions that went h the blo

well japan's prime minister shinzo says he'll also be meeting trump before any summit goes ahead in singapore the two also spoke on the phone about japanese citizens being held by north korea. the abduction victims today and have conveyed the feelings to u.s. president donald trump and discussed how important it is to resolve this issue also we agreed to have a japan u.s. summit before the u.s. north korea summit colombia's military says it's killed eleven dissident members of the former rebel group in the country's south the defense minister says they had been threatening politicians entrepreneurs and civilians in the region the operation comes a day after the first round of colombia's presidential election government's peace deal with the fark has been one of the main issues. those are the headlines on al-jazeera earthrise is coming up next stay with us. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. to how you take al-jazeera and we'll bring in the news and current events that. al-jazeera. i will see in antarctica the size of an extraordinary bid to creat

it puts pressure on prime minister shin soave at a time when his a desk shin so i -- shinzo abe at awhen his approval ratings are at rock-bottom. wto on tuesday ruled the european union had failed to remove subsidized government develop and loans -- development loans, causing losses to boeing. it dismissed claims that similar claims for other models were also hurting the u.s. plane maker. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says his company is very naftato having a revised trade deal with the u.s. and mexico. there is a thursday deadline to present a new deal to congress. mexico, meanwhile, is less optimistic, saying negotiations are not easy. genie: comic book legend stan lee is suing the company he cofounded. reporter: the former editor in chief is seeking more than $1 accusing hismages, former business partner of taking advantage of him to steal his name and likeness. says hetor of spiderman was tricked into signing a document he couldn't really read during powell's sale 2 -- during ow's sale to a hong kong-based company last year. that looknk you for at the business news. it i

shinzo bring -- abe. julia: and features right now unchanged.nd looking at listening the restrictions on output from opec. europe managing to make gains, despite those concerns. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg daybreak." i'm david westin with julia chatterly. this is a live shot of st. petersburg. we have seen president putin, president macron, we are waiting for john micklethwait who will panel witharkable cpa the vice president of china, president putin, president macron and shinzo abe. we will bring it here live while it happens. david: if i was in st. petersburg and president putin cracked a joke my would smile -- joke, i would smile. julia: relief after modest losses yesterday. oil, we will continue to watch that, going down in further 2% after 1.5% losses yesterday and the russian industry -- energy minister confirming that they are talking to the saudis about relaxing restrictions in light of the situation in iran and venezuela. something to watch. energy stocks under pressure yesterday. we have lost

. >>> president trump said he spoke by phone with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe about the upcoming summit with north korea. it is still scheduled for june 12th in singapore. the u.s. officials are meeting directly with the north koreanh agenda. analysts say they are encouraged by the involvement. >>> up next, an urgent request from the fbi. the simple thing you need to do to protect yourself from russian hackers. >>> plus, the stunning amount of family just paid for that home in sunnyvale. >> and the temperatures in the 90s around san jose. day two of the heat coming tomorrow. upper 80s in the forecast. how long the heat will stick around. but there )s a simple so. the f-b-i says russian hackers have attacked hundreds of thousands of internet routers... just like the one in your home. security experts in silicon valley say nearly a half million routers are already under attack. did. >>> hackers have attacked routers like the ones you have in your house. nearly half a million are already under attack. hackers use them to get into our computer network and to see our data. >> it is be

president donald trump says he will meet japan's prime minister shinzo abbay as preparations continue for this possible summit with north korea's leader kim jong un trombone ave say they want to the prominent dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. eleven former members of the rebel group have been killed in fighting with the army in southern colombia the defense minister says they were threatening politicians entrepreneurs and civilians in the car quetta region. migrants from mali is being awarded french citizenship and the job as a firefighter after he rescued a toddler from a balcony. has been called a real life spider-man after he climbed to the fourth floor of an apartment building in paris has. it was an extraordinary act two for a very in just thirty seconds a young man scaled a building in paris on saturday night and safety a child had been dangling from the fourth floor mobile phone pictures of the whole stopping moment went viral prompting a search for the hero he was soon identified as twenty two year old mom of two. who fell from the fifth floor i think i like chil

donald trump says he will meet japanese prime minister shinzo abbay as preparations continue for his possible summit with north korean leader kim jong un and abbay say they want the palin and the sit dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. and brazil's government says it has reached an agreement with the main truckers union to end an eight day strike fuel and some food items from a in a short supply as many drivers continue to protest. now sri lanka's cricket authorities have called for a criminal inquiry into suspected match fixing following an investigation by al-jazeera a player and an official have been suspended as cricket's world governing body the i.c.c. investigates the case david harrison has will. surely be mendus a sri lankan player an. assistant manager of cool international stadium were suspended i was off to algiers investigation into cricket corruption was broadcast . all. you know to show the world that be on top of it and that we are not being caught aging and these type of things we will not tolerate even in the past or in the future. indy could describe on

the white house says the president talked with japanese prime minister shinzo abe about the north korean efforts. they plan to coordinate strategy for the expected meeting with kim. back to you. >>> jessica, thank you. >>> a little known bay area university with an unusually high number of foreign students getting u.s. work permits is now on the clock to prove it's not a visa mill. northwestern poly tech university in fremont told by accrediting agency to produce more detailed information about its students and the employers that hire them. this the school's promotional video. if it fails to comply, the school could lose its accreditation. according to research, npu ranked first among all colleges of its type with foreign students receiving work permits, nearly 12,000 over 12-year period. >> happening two men killed by san francisco police will hold a news conference. they are going to discuss the district attorney's decision not to file charges against the officers involved. on thursday the d.a. announced the officers will not face criminals charges because under the law no crime was co

i would like to thank christine lagarde, and like to thank prime minister shinzo abe. presidentclinton, and mccrone. -- macron. >> on my part and on behalf of my colleagues, i would like to --ress to my monitor moderator. i believe it was done in a professional way. you turned this discussion into a lively and interesting discussion. thank you very much. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news of interest to you. about up today, talking oil supplies and the impact on gasoline prices this summer. and, we will discuss the battlefield where 100 soldiers fun 100- were soldiers years ago this week. latest, a look at the technology designed to help veterans. some include a robotic exoskeleton and a monitoring system to help those affected by stress disorder. two hours.t under

i would like to thank christine lagarde, and like to thank prime minister shinzo abe. presidentclinton, and mccrone. -- macron. >> on my part and on behalf of my colleagues, i would like to --ress to my monitor moderator. i believe it was done in a professional way. you turned this discussion into a lively and interesting discussion. thank you very much. journaln's washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, marketwatch reporter julian berman joins us to discuss the cost and value of college education as student debt rises. higher education talks about the top issues facing higher education in the u.s. and changes to policy under education secretary betsy devos. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. -- saturday morning. join the discussion. weekncement speeches next in prime time. monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, oprah winfrey representative steve scalise, rivals and saying, and attorney joe conscience, tuesday at 9:00 p.m. . me too movement founder tarana burke, clarence th

here we're going underground as vladimir putin hosts japanese prime minister shinzo up in moscow coming up on the show the italian job all italian. representative and former italian foreign minister franco frattini on whether it's really is next to leave the european union as italy's new prime minister is set to help the unemployed and why has the high court challenge the government over regulation of the media we speak to the alleged call a man who says he was interested by the murdoch sunday times to get everyone from the chancellor of the exchequer to the boss of u.k. spy agency m i six plus as the world faces its worst refugee crisis since world war two the chelsea flower show in london tries to undo some of the legacy of tony blair's war in iraq all the civil coming up in today's going. underground but first the pentagon may be the biggest employer in the world and perhaps took over from donald trump's cancellation of june's historic singapore meeting that might have gone some way to mitigate the killing of twenty percent of korea's population by the usa and u.k. but it's closely f

after time here we're going underground as vladimir putin hosts talks with japanese prime minister shinzo our ben moscow coming up on the show the italian job or italian job so s. c.e. representative and former italian foreign minister franco frattini on whether it's really is next to leave the european union as italy's new prime minister is set to help the unemployed and why has the high court granted a challenge to the government over regulation of the media we speak to the alleged con man who says he was interested by the murdoch sunday times to target everyone from the chancellor of the exchequer to the boss of u.k. spy agency m i six plus as the world faces its worst refugee crisis since world war two the chelsea flower show in london tries to undo some of the legacy of tony blair's war in iraq all the support coming up in today's going underground but first the pentagon may be the biggest employer in the world and perhaps took heart from donald trump's cancellation of june's historic singapore meeting that might have gone some way to mitigate the killing of twenty percent of korea's

at the top of the agenda in tokyo where the chinese premier is meeting his a japanese counterpart shinzo ave and south korea's leader mungy him it is the first time in nearly three years at these countries have met for talks now they're aiming to come up with a common position ahead of the u.s. north korean summit and a move in that direction japan's as it is now ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea. cut. the seeks to settle beyond fortunately want on past with the north normalize if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon the missile programs. call three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a runt policy about to build a bright future. i mean how do you mean i you know a guy. now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour donald trump's lawyer michael cohen is alleged to have received half a million dollars from a russian oligarch to pay hush money to the adult film actress stormy daniels and that's according to her attorney michael of an audi he says that m

lowskilled foreign workers entry to japan for a maximum of five years as a part of prime minister shinzolost millions of dollars in a love scam. the woman is hong kong's biggest victim of online love scams, losing 26.a million hong kong dollars injust 18 months. 0n the front page of the strait times, malaysia has agreed to go ahead with an mrt line betweenjohor baru and singapore. but despite going ahead, ways to lower the cost are still needed. the new government will review the project. it is hoped to be completed by 202a. now, babita — what stories are sparking discussions online? yes — let's look at what is trending right now. japanese hunters caught and killed 122 pregnant minke whales as part of its antarctic summer "field survey". japan says its whaling programme is for scientific purposes. that's despite a un ruling against its "lethal research" and widespread condemnation. dozens of pakistani shias have gone "missing" in recent months — after, according to their families, being detained by the security forces. they've never been produced in court or charged with an offence, but

japanese prime minister shinzo abe has said tokyo will normalise ties with north korea if the nuclear of the abduction of japanese citizens, are solved comprehensively. mr abe was speaking after a trilateral summit with chinese premier li keqiang and south korean president moonjae—in held in tokyo. let's ta ke let's take another look at the rest of the stories in the news, then. malaysians are voting following one of the most hotly contested general election campaigns in the country's history. an opposition coalition, now headed by the 92—year—old former prime minister mahathir mohamad, is hoping to win power for the first time since independence 61 years ago. the current leader, najib razak, was once mentored by mr mahathir. the man who led weeks of protests in armenia has addressed his supporters in the capital, yerevan, as prime minister. nikol pashinyan promised human rights would be protected, and that corruption and election—rigging would end. a report by amnesty international uk claims that a secret scotland yard database of gangs is racially discriminating against young black

people who are actually sitting in the front rows in that hallway and lattimer pope emanuel macron shinzo and also the vice president of china and the head of the i.m.f. were speaking. well these are the things that you've been discussing in the last few days the number one stories on the air on most the t.v. channels that's of course the issues of korea and iran and obviously that was something that was brought up very quickly after the opening remarks by the speakers and i can tell you that it seems that in this particular case pretty much all guests were expressing regret about the missed opportunities and. i just want to tell you that everyone here still hopes that talks may resume in one way or another besides this the chinese five presidents. one also said that china will never accept a war on the korean. you know and so and also here's an observation for you when it comes to the speakers they all were framed from the back saying donald trump in the first place or came john thune for this kind of a rail mint of the talks that happened as a result of the latest developments now movin

after speaking on the phone earlier, president trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe have agreed to meet again, before the us attends any summit with north korea. the latest search for malaysian flight mh370 ends shortly — with still no sign of the missing plane. it disappeared four years ago with 239 people on board. and this video is trending on bbc.com... a migrant from mali who climbed up the outside of an apartment block in paris to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony is being hailed as a hero. the video of his amazing feat has been watched more than 10 million times. and now, as a ‘thank you', he's been promised french citizenship. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news — it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. it is dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art, but it does seem it's often linked to the experience of dark, painful places. my guest today is a renowned poet and playwright, whose writing and performances lay bare his own intimate wounds. lemn sissay was abandoned as a ba

agenda in tokyo where the chinese prime minister because shome is meeting his japanese counterparts shinzo abbay and south korean leader. in no it is the first time in nearly three years that these countries have met for talks they're aiming to come up with a common position ahead of those american north korean discussions japan's abbay says that his country is ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea. that's the cut. on the seeks to settle the unfortunate wartime past with the north and normalize if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon nuclear and missile programs. of course it will call three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a right path to build a bright future he meets your i me at how the media your guy. they didn't film it isn't it there that i thought i knew on this so it took me. to my sins are there we're going back to our story from moscow about the commemoration day parade now underway in red square we're joined from our there by our moscow correspondent emily su

after time here we're going underground as vladimir putin hosts talks with japanese prime minister shinzo up in moscow coming up on the show the italian job or italian job so s. c.e. representative and former italian foreign minister franco frattini on whether it's really is next to leave the european union as italy's new prime minister is set to help the unemployed and why has the high court granted a challenge to the government over regulation of the media we speak with alleged con man who says he was interested by the murdoch sunday times to target everyone from the chancellor of the exchequer to the boss of u.k. spy agency m i six plus as the world faces its worst refugee crisis since world war two the chelsea flower show in london tries to undo some of the legacy of tony blair's war in iraq all the support coming up in today's going underground but first the pentagon may be the biggest employer in the world and perhaps took heart from donald trump's cancellation of june's historic singapore meeting that might have gone some way to mitigate the killing of twenty percent of korea's pop

president trump has spoken to japanese prime minister shinzo abe and they both agreed it was "imperativeto completely dismantle pyongyang's nuclear weapons. the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight mh370 is due to officially end on tuesday. it's a little more than four years since the passengerjet disappeared on a flight from kuala lumpurto beijing. a search of a huge area of sea—bed off the coast of australia has yielded nothing. the journey to work on the number 840 bus in north yorkshire isn't your ordinary commute. it's just been crowned the ‘most scenic bus ride in britain'. however campaign groups are warning that rural services are in crisis. simon gompertz has hopped on board to find out how to keep the wheels turning. it isa it is a bus driver's dream. the 840 coastline at lee's leeds, takes in york, then had that would be on the coast. driving what has been crowned oui’ coast. driving what has been crowned our most beautiful bus route and getting paid for it is added davies. every day is a joy. it is beautiful. just bring people out of the cities into this beautiful

see we're going underground as vladimir putin hosts talks with japanese prime minister shinzo up in moscow coming up on the show the italian job or italian job so a c. representative and former italian foreign minister franco frattini on whether it's really is next to leave the european union as italy's new prime minister is set to help the unemployed and why has the high court granted a challenge to the government over regulation of the media we speak to the alleged con man who says he was interested by the murdoch sunday times to target everyone from the chancellor of the exchequer to the boss of u.k. spy agency m i six plus as the world faces its worst refugee crisis since world war two the chelsea flower show in london tries to undo some of the legacy of tony blair's war in iraq all the support coming up in today's going underground but first the pentagon may be the biggest employer in the world and perhaps took heart from donald trump's cancellation of june's historic singapore meeting that might have gone some way to mitigate the killing of twenty percent of korea's population by the

and shinzo abbate wants to ensure his concerns are addressed in any u.s. north korea summit not just those exclusive to donald trump and al-jazeera so our diplomatic editor james phase was recently in north korea and joins me now from new york james the most senior north korean official to come to the u.s. in a year's but he's not going to washington is going to a year in new york why do you think that is yeah he's coming to new york certainly we understand that in a few days he'll be meeting secretary of state mike pompei oh now the reason for coming to new york we're not being told anything by either the north koreans or the u.s. but we think that general kim who has met before in pyongyang would probably prefer to have this meeting in new york because remember that the u.s. and north korea don't have diplomatic relations that means there is no north korean embassy in washington d.c. to work out of whereas they have a mission here an embassy in effect to the united nations where he will have support from diplomats they'll have translators about the most

and next thursday, president trump is scheduled to host japanese prime minister shinzo abe in washington to talk about what the white house is calling "the expected summit with kim." so far, there is not a meeting or a call on the books between president trump and his chinese counter-part, xi jinping, to talk about the summit. last week, the president blamed china for causing kim jong-un's new harsher tone, even though north korea has denied that influence. jeff. >> glor: weijia jiang, traveling with the president. weijia, thanks. missouri governor eric greitens, a one-time rising republican star announced today he is resigning. greitens was facing possible impeachment and multiple criminal investigations. he spoke earlier at the state capitol. >> this ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family. millions of dollars in mounting legal bills, endless personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends. >> glor: ed o'keefe is following late developments on this story tonight. ed, first of all, remind us what led to today's announcement.

he spoke with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe and the white house plans to meet face to face tordinate before the expected summit with kim jong-un. abe looking for security ahead of any nuclear disarmament deal north korea may make with the u.s. >>> a utah man accused of spying in venezuela and jailed for two years is home in salt lake city. family and friends greeted he and his wife at the airport. his grandmother draped him with the american flag. he went to venezuela to get married, but they were arrested waiting for her u.s. visa on what the trump administration says are clearly bogus charges. >> we have gotten maybe four hours of sleep in four days. i want to say thank you to all of the people here in utah for helping us. >> they met with president trump shortly after arriving to the u.s. over the weekend. senator bob corker has flown to venezuela to secure their release. >>> thomas garrett opened up about a personal battle with alcoholism. he announced he is not running for a second term to focus on recovery and his family. the 46-year-old member of the freedom caucus was

the white house says president trump will meet japan's prime minister shinzo abe ahead of his expected summit with john in. by phone on monday and say they share the same goal of dismantling north korea's weapons of mass destruction. the u.s. has sent a delegation to singapore to prepare for the summit, and another team is talking to kim's people. suffering its worst rout in at least 20 years as a truck strike wreaks havoc in latin america's largest economy. shortages of food and fuel have shut airports, schools, and businesses. fell.o paulo stock market news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. that shift for tens let's exit savings will be recycled into global capital markets. markets are already struggling to couple with the fed's normalization plan. the prospect poses some additional dangers. should we be worried? >> one thought on china's current [indiscernible] have been dramatic's over the past decade. depending on how you look at it, this may mean china is exporting less savings to the

president trump and the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, have discussed the prospect of a us andas "imperative" to completely dismantle pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. the white house said the two leaders confirmed they would meet ahead of any talks between president trump and kim jong—un of north korea, in order to co—ordinate their positions. the announcement comes after us and north korean officials held their second consecutive day of talks in order to finalise plans for their heads of state to meet. the doctor tasked with leading a review into the gender pay gap in the nhs in england, has admitted there will not be a quick or easy fix to the problem. professorjane dacre, who's president of the royal college of physicians, will draw—up recommendations for the government by early next year but she says changing culture and attitudes may take a long time. at present, male doctors are paid on average £10,000 more than their female colleagues. here's simonjones. the nhs is the uk's biggest employer, but there are still big concerns about the gender pay