. happen on singapore —— in singapore on june 12.ingapore —— in singapore onjune 12. north korea has had long established trade relations with singapore. there economic and dramatic ties ended last year when singapore basically cut the ties. but north korea has continued to have an embassy here in singapore. from the us perspective, singapore is one of their biggest trading partners in the asia—pacific. and there are a number of companies like facebook, airbnb, and google, that are headquartered here. so it is a neutral choice. thank you for that information on the much anticipated meeting here in singapore. in other news, dropbox has exceeded its vacations in its first as a separately listed company. it had about 11 million users at the end of march, up 4% could lead to a year ago. but the company faces a lot of competition in the cloud sector. there are some commentating factors. there are some commentating factors. there are some commentating factors. there are are companies like box, then get competitors they can bother with othe

the good news for singapore is that these eight destinations, singapore has these free access to all and singapore which has seenjapan consolidate the position and number one is japan has these are free access to kosovo. just one country! let's talk about china, it's historically been difficult to access, what is their current standing in the welcoming guests without a visa? china has been active in the web space, currently ranked 68 in the world. relatively low in terms of these free access, only 70 countries but what china has done is be active in going to places like the united arab emirates, ukraine and having reciprocal visa free access between the countries.” have four passports with me, singapore which is number two, the united states which is numberfour, south africa which is number 50 and my personal philippine passport which is number 70. tell me, how ha rd which is number 70. tell me, how hard is it for governments to secure visa waiver agreements, what's involved say for the philippine passport to go up in the ranking? it's very much depending on heads of state having a c

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the date isjune 12th. the venue is singapore. the first ever summit between a north korean and us leader puts the lion city at the crossroads of history. as 92—year—old mahathir mohamad is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister, the country's youth give their verdict. he's like the godfather! you will do whatever it takes to get whatever he wants. i guess age doesn't matter too much, i'm just more worried about his track record. i'm lebo diseko in london. also in the programme: the mountains of abandoned metal and rubber springing up across china as commuters switch to bike sharing apps. eurovision song contest fever spreads across the world as this weekend's grand finale approaches, and asia's getting in on the act later this year. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's midnight in london, 7pm in washington and 7am here in singapore, where president trump will meet kim jong—un next month. it will be the first time an american president has met a leader of north kore

and our correspondent andrea hang joins us now from singapore so i'm trail walk us through why singapore was chosen to host the summit. well there are a multitude of reasons some and more contentious and this is the start of singapore's course very high on the neutral neutrality scale with little or no historical political baggage security means that a lot of media coverage will be restricted is no protests of course not to mention no experience in running such high profile summits perhaps the most amusing get also possible reason that has been reported is that kim's plane is not able to travel slow that in one thousand two hundred kilometers making single quite an ideal spot for him to travel to without refueling another important reason of course is that singapore will be seen as an acceptable choice by a very key it is interested audience member and that's china how has singapore been able to maintain that neutrality because this is a very unique position that it's in retaining ties with both the united states and north korea. is exactly right singapore has been known to be a very wel

and north korea and singapore. trying to say dan this is al jazeera live from dar how so coming up a staunch critic of the fog peace deal in colombia gets the most votes in the first round of presidential elections. one in a dispute with the u.s. over second hand clothes we'll find out what this means for the economy. and a real life hero after migrant is rewarded for an extraordinary acts of bravery by from. the summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on its way to singapore well that's where the meeting was scheduled to be held on june the twelfth before donald trump canceled it last week for more on this that speak to andrew thomas in seoul then so a lot of coming and going pretty strong signals june the twelfth may be the date again. it's looking very likely and that just shows the difference one frenetic weekend can make remember it was only on friday that we thoug

the good news for singapore is that these eight destinations, singapore has these free access to all of them but the difference between japan has these free access to all of them but the difference betweenjapan and singapore which has seenjapan consolidate the position and number one is japan has these are free access to kosovo. just one country! let's talk about china, it's historically been difficult to access, what is their current standing in the welcoming guests without a visa? china has been

it is all happening from singapore. there will bea happening from singapore.it. president trump says he will try to make it a very special moment for world peace and as you mentioned, markets are responding to this by ticking higher in the region. ahead of the meeting, though, there were lots of concerns that still remain about the us china trade war, but a nalysts a re about the us china trade war, but analysts are saying the us korea summit will ensure the rhetoric around the trade war takes a back seat for now, and that is leading to some relief amongst investors. we know there has been a variety of contenders in terms of location, mongolia, the demilitarised zone on the border of the two koreas. singapore was seen by top us officials as a good neutral choice for the trump kim talks. in 2015, the leaders of china and taiwan held historic talks right here, the first in more than 60 years. the us and singapore have a close relationship will stop singapore have also has diplomatic ties with north korea, but they suspended all trade with the country in november

what is the best food you have had in singapore?do you think of the upcoming summit with president trump? i think the upcoming summit will hopefully result in peace, because from what i've heard, they are because from what i've heard, they a re really because from what i've heard, they are really the same person with the same personality. hopefully they will get along. kim jong-un lookalike, howard x, thank you for watching. and before we go, what you are about to see is, believe it or not a residential street in hawaii. it's now being engulfed by lava from the kilauea volcano. lava has now burned through dozens of homes on big island, that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello, good morning. 0n hello, good morning. on monday there was some respite, most part of the uk were fine, dry and warm. but we're not out of the woods, there's more storms and heavy rain in the next few days. cloud threatening to give us a few storms in the south of england. 27 degrees here. it was the warmest day of the year so far. scotla nd warmest

and north korea in singapore. sam is a guy and this is al jazeera live from dell also coming up a staunch critic of the peace deal in colombia gets the most votes in the first round of presidential elections straightly in an english cricket boards deny any involvement in a match fixing after an al jazeera investigation plus. the passengers have a strong determination to break the siege whatever the circumstances palestinians turn to desperate measures to break an israeli blockade and get urgent medical help . the summit between u.s. president donald trump a north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on its way to singapore where that meeting was scheduled for june the twelfth before the u.s. president canceled it for more let's speak to andrew thomas he's in souls of some pretty strong signals there that june the twelfth is the date and it's back on again. what a difference one frenetic weekend can make on friday the

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. state, mike pompeo, says he's had substantive meetings with one of the north korean leader's closest aides to prepare for a potential summit. key allies of the us say they will retaliate against washington for its decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. and "all the good women — have already been snapped up" — that's just one of a number of excuses given by top companies in the uk for not appointing women to senior positions. the excuses have been released as part of a report commissioned by the british government into gender balance. others included "we have one woman already" and "the issues are extremely complex" — that story is popular on bbc.com let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. starting with the financial times, which is leading with the trade war we reported on earlier, with the eu, canada and mexico. it's headline reads "us fires first shots in trade war with allies" and says we'll probably see a tit—for—tat round of tariffs over t

and kim jong un in singapore not quite it's a dress rehearsal as the historic summit between the north korean leader and president trump seems to be back on track. you. the man who will become italy's new ketek a prime minister has promised to do all he can to steer the country out of its political crisis a few hours ago. was handed a mandate to form an interim government it follows the collapse over the weekend or what would have been italy's first populist administration cut to the early promise that if he wins a vote of confidence and follow meant he would hold fresh elections by the beginning of next year. after accepting the mandate car look at a deli saw to reassure italy's partners in the european union. local call new dialogue with europe to defend our interests is essential we can do better than we did in the past but it has to be a constructive dialogue fully acknowledging that as a founding member our continuous participation in the eurozone remains essential your own. correspondent is standing by for us in gold from what can look on to really sink italy's position in the e.

i am now speaking to kim jong—un, what do you think of singapore?the greatest dictatorship of singapore in the world. the most efficient dictatorship, i have a lot of respect for you and a lot of respect for your father. what is the best food you have had in singapore?m has got to be the chicken rice. i can eat that every day. what about the dorian? no, iam not map. can eat that every day. what about the dorian? no, i am not map. what about the upcoming summer with donald trump? i think it will be salt in peace. from what i have heard, they are the same person with the same personality so hopefully they will get along. on that note, kimjong—un, they will get along. on that note, kim jong—un, aka howard they will get along. on that note, kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you thejoining us kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining us and kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you thejoining us and we hope to kimjong—un, aka howard x, thank you the joining us and we hope to see you again between the summit b

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines... a close aide of the north korean leader arrives in new york for talks about the trump—kim summit. it was fake news — the russian journalist reportedly murdered in ukraine, is alive and well after all. sorry you had to experience it but there was no other way. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme... what lies behind the disappearance of dozens of shia men in pakistan? we have a special report. the country un—friending facebook — why papua new guinea is planning a month—long ban of the social network. good morning. it's 8am in singapore. 1 am in london and 8 in the evening in new york where one of the north korean leader's closest aides has just begun talks about plans for thejune summit. kim yong—chol, is meeting the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, and the white house says it's optimistic that the much—anticipated summit between the us and north korea is back on, here in singapore as planned, on 12 june. mr kim — a close advisor to kimjong—un — is the most senior nort

in past days which led with singapore with his official announcement via twitter earlier today singapore is seen as neutral territory for both the u.s. and north korea the u.s. naval presence as well as a north korean embassy one of fewer than fifty countries to do so in the world and the singapore is experienced in these high stakes last minute diplomatic talks in two thousand and fifteen we saw a successful meeting hosted by singapore of the leaders of china and taiwan and its location five thousand kilometers from young is apparently not too far from for kim jim to arrive at we saw him taking a plame to his visit in china which was his first time aboard an aircraft that aircraft that we know of and he's expected to fly as well to singapore now leading up to this summit scheduled for june twelfth trump has been touting the list of what appears to be concessions that north korea has already offered they've included stopping testing of a listed missile program as well as the nuclear weapons program kim jong un told the south korean leaders that he was willing to allow the u.s. military t

tennessee. be doing in singapore on the 12th of june.to find out. is the scene in nashville as a packed crowd awake. packed crowd awake. carries her hit sitcom has decided to cancel her show. to cancel her show. of the show, interesting to see if he will comment. he will comment. we will bring you that when he comes on stage, live. critic of president putin has been killed in ukraine. where he had been living in self—imposed exile. caroline rigby has more. arkady babchenko was one of russia's best—known investigative journalist. best—known investigative journalist. and feared for his life in his own country. country. the 41—year—old was shot and fatally wounded. wounded. gunfire and found her husband lying in a pool of his own blood. in a pool of his own blood. been shot in his back and died in an ambulance a short time later. ambulance a short time later. course, it's about finding out who was behind it. was behind it. and, as i've said, it's too early to say. it's too early to say. babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian chan

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories.he us secretary of state about plans for the june summit. back from the dead — the russian journalist reported to have been murdered in ukraine, is alive and well after all. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. 0n the front page of the japan times, there is a story about the restriction on foreign workers. the government may allow 500,000 lowskilled foreign workers entry to japan for a maximum of five years as a part of prime minister shinzo abe's new economic policy. the south china morning post has an article about a woman who lost 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 —

very close to arriving in singapore.and then we hear a c.u. north korean official seen in beijing on his way from pyongyang to singapore to the north koreans are on their way it looks like it's full steam ahead a lot of moving parts has thank andrew thomas for now and let's go over to see one coup is the managing editor of korea exposé that's a news magazine joins us now live from seoul and looking at all the moving parts that are happening here do you see that this is going to turn into a trilateral meeting well so i mean we're seeing a lot of reports coming out here in the last media suggesting that the blue houses are preparing for their possibility and president losing seems are perhaps even enthusiastic that he might even be flying to singapore i think especially after the kind of performance moment when over the weekend having this prize second summit begin jungleland and being critically sell getting this peace or dialogue process people do think it wouldn't be ultimately if you were to actually join these two lea

now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore.s new prime minister pulls the brakes on a major high—speed rail project as he tries to stabilise the country's finances. asia's thirst for wine, in particular china. find out why there isa particular china. find out why there is a lot of excitement around the mainland market potential. tackles mac good morning, asia, hello, world! it's tuesday, welcome to another exciting addition of asia business report. project derailed, malaysia's new prime minister has announced he will scrap the project to build a high—speed railway network to singapore. the route would have dramatically reduced travel times between the two neighbours, but the prime minister, who won a surprise election victory earlier this year, said they would not make money from it. katie silva joins me now. what's the reaction from singapore, have they been informed? it appears they were not informed? it appears they were not informed ahead of time. that is what the head of transport has said here. last night he made similar

why singapore? reporter: singapore is viewed as neutral turf for both leaders. the u.s.as long-standing security agreements with singapore. there is a north korean embassy there. it also has strong ties to china. it fits the bill on a number of france. it is viewed as a very secure place to have a big summit like this. they have held other kinds of things like this in the past that have gone successfully. meeting ofy had a the chinese president and the taiwanese counterpart. there is a lot of reasons that this makes sense. it is interesting. some are viewing the fact that the north korean leader is going to go to singapore, which was not his first choice. it is the furthest he has gone as leader. it is a little bit of a conciliatory gesture to the u.s., that he was willing to meet them halfway. it is much closer to korea. everybodymething that feels comfortable with as a meeting place. >> we understand the kim jong-un was keeping a close eye on the outcome of the iran nuclear court. president trump now saying that the u.s. is going to leave it. readly we -- what can we b

i'm in singapore. i'm in london. our top stories.kimjong un — blaming tremendous anger and open hostility from north korea. the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is reported to be preparing to surrender to police in in new york, who've been investigating alleged sexual assaults. and police in turkmenistan are reportedly inspecting toilets and rubbish dumps for evidence that locals have been using newspapers featuring photographs of the president to wipe themselves. many turkmens can't afford normal toilet paper — so newspaper, which tends to feature lots of images of the president, has become a popular choice. that story is popular on bbc.com let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the strait times is one of many reporting president trump's cancellation of his summit with north korean leader, kim jong un. it reports that mr trump "laments a lost opportunity". it also quotes the foreign ministry of host singapore as hoping dialogue will continue. the story vies in the chinese press with the visit of german

the long awaited us north korean summit a misanthrope summer here in singapore is waiting to turn up. even with the australian accent many singaporeans were fooled by kim impersonator howard x. he predicted the meeting will be a success. and i think that the two leaders will sit down together and they're going to have a great time because really they have the same personality and really that they're the same person so i think it would be best friends right after this meeting. meanwhile the real kim was in the demilitarized zone at a surprise meeting with the south and counterparts they say the meeting with trumpets back on but is it let's start from the beginning and an exchange of bombs . they will be met with fire and fury little rocket man little rocket man rocket man is a sick puppy olympic diplomacy follows in february and pyongyang extends an invitation to meet donald trump i'll be meeting with kim jong un in the coming weeks at the end of april the leaders of north and south korea meet for the first time kim jong un crosses into the south. and mungy and crosses into the north

president and a north korean leader singapore is a strong u.s. ally and its ties to china north korea's greatest supporter i mean kim can feel at home as well. you want this comes after years of threats from north korea and in recent months harsh rhetoric from the u.s. president as well. with fire and fury now president trump is raising the stakes counter to usual diplomatic practice with extravagant promises of success we're going to said that they were going to make a break do you want the are going to reverse south korea japan or china. and he already has something to show for his engagement with north korea this week released three hostages to return to the u.s. with great fanfare. for kim jong un an agreement with the u.s. holds the promise of relieving choking sanctions which could lead to economic growth he said he wants to concentrate on modernizing the hermit nation. but analysts say the singapore talks won't be easy a host of issues must be sorted out not least the thorny task of persuading kim to abandon nuclear weapons and both sides

singapore, june 12? we will be there with bells on. >> john roberts, chief white house correspondent. >> fascinating stuff. more from ari fleischer, press secretary for george w. bush. every day we talk, is this really happening? mike pompeo, he flies the pyongyang on tuesday with no guarantees, obviously a hope to bring back all these hostages. then he had the meeting with kim jong un and is in for the following day wednesday the man had been granted amnesty. do you think he expected that call? >> i think he thought he would get that call. this has been playing out in a certain way that these concessions in advance of the big meeting start to feel natural. and that is a sign of goodwill. a sign that north korea has done this before. taking hostages only to release hostages before. so far, so good. i remain a cynic. >> the president has promised, though, while it looks great and it seems to be going in a positive direction, you know, he's promised to put axman professor on kim to give up his country's nu

but why singapore did he explain. well barbara singapore is seen as a neutral territory for both the united states and north korea it does host naval presence from the u.s. military there as well as an embassy to north korea singapore is also demonstrated that it is capable of hosting these high stakes diplomatic talks in two thousand and fifteen we saw the leaders of china and taiwan also true single port as their point as their meeting spots and it is not far from north korea is about five thousand kilometers this would be the furthest that kim jong un has traveled from his native country expectedly he would fly there we just saw from his recent visit to china that indeed his country does have the capability of sending him there on a plane which at one point was a question and leading up to the announcement of this summit there has been a series of developments that has been viewed by the u.s. as as good progress that started with north korea saying that it is willing to stop testing of its ballistic missile and nuc

very close to arriving in singapore and then we hear a c. you north korean official seen in beijing on his way from pyongyang to singapore to the north koreans are on their way to it looks like it's full steam ahead italy's president has appointed an economist to become interim prime minister carlo carli is a former official at the international monetary fund italy's experiencing political turmoil following the decision of the president. to veto the former prime minister's there's a choice of economy minister colombia's set for a runoff vote to elect a new president after sunday's election produced no clear winner conservative even duke a critic of the fog he still got thirty nine percent of the vote he'll face left wing challenger to starve a petro in three weeks rebels near the southern syrian province of there are preparing for a possible offensive by government forces the area is mostly controlled by opposition groups the u.s. is warning of a strong response government forces attack rwanda may soon lose some of its trade benefits with th

, they don't want to be in singapore. nonethele nonetheless, being inside this country hours after they blow up the nuclear site and learning of this, it was a very awkward and uncomfortable moment and we'll have to see what happens in the coming hours and days on the ground here. >> will, thank you for that remarkable significant reporting inside of north korea, where, again, will just witnessed the destruction, partial destruction of one of these nuclear sites within north korea as somewhat of a goodwill gesture, the appearance of one from north korea just hours ago ahead of this letter. all our players are back with us. wasn i want to go to you, kaitlan, you have new reporting on what the last straw was for president trump before he wrote this letter. >> we're getting some more insight behind this decision to formally cancel this summit. we have long expected for weeks that the summit would be at least delayed, especially after north korea first thought to pull out of it. white house officials weren't really sure what

it will be in singapore.t will be june 12th according to president trump who tweeted about that moments ago. he says we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. context here g 7 summit is just prior to that in canada so president may go from one to the other. regardless we have a when and a where. singapore is an interesting pick. he basically laid out two options. singapore was one of them. it is a site closer to north korea. it is a fairly neutral site. there is a lot of diplomatic planning that went into the creation of this. what do you make of this announcement? the president had been teeing it up. >> i think now is the time for the president to deliver on everything he has been talking about for weeks now. you know, i think that he has been sort of trumpeting up what is going to happen here. he has a chance to bring home more people in north korea. no one has gotten north korea to get rid of nukes. >> may 10. >> no pressure for mike pompeo. >> 2 1/2 weeks. >> this is going to be t

the headlines: i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. indonesian police say one family, with four children, carried out coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three churches, killing 13 people. will not tolerate this kind of caldas, i am calling on everyone to fight terrorism. —— we will not tolerate this kind of caldas. fiercely —— cowardice. more fallout from malaysia's shock election result. a leading businessman says sorry for backing the ousted prime minister. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: israel's prime minister calls on the world to follow america, as the us prepares to moves its embassy to jerusalem. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and 5am in surabaya, indonesia, where police believe a couple and theirfour children — aged between nine and 18 — were involved in coordinated suicide bombings at three churches. at least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks in the city in east java province. the

of the top stories on al-jazeera next month summits in singapore between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead the u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north is in china on its way to singapore south korea has suggested that president moon in may also take part. it's in his presence is appointed in. colonist to become interim prime minister lord cook that early is a former official at the international monetary fund italy is experiencing political turmoil following the decision of the presence to veto the former prime minister's choice of economy minister colombia said for a run of photo elect a new president after sunday's election produced nokia win a conservative even duke a critic of the fact peace deal got thirty nine percent of the vote he will face left wing challenger gustavo petro in three weeks more than two million afghans are at risk of severe food shortages because of a devastating drought unipod says below average rain snow fall and precipitation since december have affected twenty ou

when they meet in singapore onjune 12. world. when they meet in singapore on june 12.obviously quite happy to hear those words, to hear that the two leaders are speaking warmly towards one another and that, most importantly, that the summit will go ahead. because, naturally, the thing that people here fear is that those weapons will not be removed. 0bviously, here fear is that those weapons will not be removed. obviously, if you are living one hour away from the demilitarised zone here in seoul, you want that nuclear threat to be removed. the problem is that now people are turning to how do you guarantee that? when those two leaders sit down, what is it that the us president can offer kim jong on to get him to give up those nuclear weapons? —— jong—un. the americans don't even know how many warheads the north koreans have. imaginea warheads the north koreans have. imagine a deep within installations within mountains. that all needs to be dismantled and it could take a long time. the us government says it will not relieve those sanctions, that sanctioned pressure until

they will be face-to-face in singapore next month. good health, we remember another american hostage, donald trump acknowledging the family of otto warmbier. >> deepest respect to the parents of otto warmbier, a great young man who really suffered. >> he died days after being released from north korea last year. the vice president tweeting he spoke to otto's family. in a statement, fred and cindy warmbier say we are happy for the hostages and their families. we miss otto. life seem coverage of this historic morning continues, "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> this is part of it. it will be when we denuclearize that entire peninsula. jillian: breaking overnight three hostages just freed from a north korean nightmare stepping foot on american soil for the first time in over a year. todd: they nates greeted by donald trump and mike pence at joint base air force andrews. jillian: historic face-to-face meeting between donald trump and kim jong un. you are watching "fox and friends first". what a day it is. rob: in the last fe

a difference one frenetic weekend can make and i was like it's full steam ahead for a summit in singapore on june twelfth as originally planned has been the u.s. delegation inside north korea on monday advice on kim south korean born but the u.s. ambassador to the philippines he's been ambassador here in seoul in the past though he was very much involved in the six nation talks that took place while president bush was in office later president obama he knows the issue backwards he's been meeting with north korea's vice foreign minister chase on he again fluent english speaker she knows this issue backwards from a north korean point of view meanwhile in singapore over the coming days they'll be u.s. delegation and a north korean delegation meeting to discuss the logistics security arrangements protocol that's all happening simle time in your sleep and if there is a summit on june the twelfth will president moon of south korea be there the blue house the presidential palace here in seoul said that though we're working on plans for president moon to be in singapore probably not for the begin

singapore is an interesting destination, a neutral zone. washington and pyongyang. one titbit in the reporting which is funny a p pa re ntly in the reporting which is funny apparently one of the reason singapore was picked is because of the secure aircraft but north korea's flight cannot go far and so singapore is about the limit of where they can go. fascinating. the front page of the financial times and a story about bt slashing 13,000 jobs. in order to modern eyes. what caught my eye is it is part of an effort to strip £1.5 billion in costs and i remember bt, they have invested heavily in sport and outbid sky in the rights to football about £400 million a season, just for european rights which does not include the domestic league. huge investments on that side and perhaps this is the counterbalance to that. bt had a tough time. it has the accounting scandal in italy and fails to meet targets and it seems to be they have decided to do a radical restructure. 13,000 jobs. they want to free up cash to invest in 5g and faster into that. they

as trump was debating between singapore and the d.m.z. he ruled out the d.m.z. in days earlier singapore is seen as neutral ground for both countries it hosts a u.s. military base as well as the north korean embassy and it is a country experienced in holes in hosting these high stakes diplomatic talks at the last minute we saw that in two thousand and fifteen when it successfully hosted a summit between the leaders of china and taiwan israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is defending overnight strikes in syria which the israelis say destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure there saying iran crossed a red line israeli army says it dozens of targets across southwestern syria to holland has yet to respond officially but senior iranian politicians have denied iran was behind any attacks. mohammed has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister following his unexpected election victory the ninety two year old was sworn in as the seventh leader by king sultan mohammed the fifth on thursday military govern malaysia in the eighty's and ninety's when m

from singapore to the us. flight, so why are they doing this? can we afford it, katie? i am not sure, it is not likely to be cheap, but it is far. it is the longest commercial flight far. it is the longest commercial flight and it will go from here in singapore to new york. it is 16,700 kilometres which makes it the world's longest commercial flight. the journey will take almost 19 hours and it will cross a dozen times zones. it is a gamble for the airline because they have offered this route before. from 2004 to 2013, but they cancelled it because it wasn't making enough money. nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haul flights. nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haulflights. they nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haul flights. they have taken off and had their maiden voyage in the last five years. they are possible because aircraft are lighter and more fuel—efficient and airlines like it because they can charge a premium for offering the convenience of a direct flight. int

the date, the location, why singapore? >> singapore is viewed as neutral turf. the u.s.as security agreements with singapore, so that makes the trump administration happy. north korea has an embassy there. singapore also has strong ties to china, which is also involved in this. something for everyone and is viewed as a secure place to have this kind of meeting. they have done big meetings in the past, and that is a real concern of the u.s.. president, the chinese president, met his counterpart from taiwan in 2015, so it has the historic meeting feel to it as well. this will be the farthest that the north korean leader kim has traveled. rishaad: he's only been to beijing so far since he became leader. haidi: right. so that is a concession. the real question is president trump has come farther than his predecessor being able to arrange this, and the prisoner, was vastlyoming back important, but the question is can he get any significant movement on the nuclear front. rishaad: let's move to a nother side of this, movement on the trade front. >> they have extended the time f

malaysia is scrapping a plan for a singapore high-speed rail line. new prime minister said he is canceling the project. finals the decision is and accepts that malaysia will have to pay contractual penalties for exiting the deal. the european commission is proposing a total ban on some simple use plastic products. the measure will drastically cut consumption of others. if approved, the ban would apply plates, andutlery, straws. global news 24 hours a day on air and on facebook and twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am haslinda o amin. haidi: as asia wakes up this tuesday morning, new zealand will get things under way, down about 1%. the kiwi-dollar, 69.40. if you look at this collapse in oil prices, it puts more pressure on these currencies. sydney futures, looking a little bit weaker. we've got the aussie dollar ahead of the546 china pmi numbers. s&p futures, a bit of a pickup as we resume trading in the u.s. , and the euro, continuing to get slammed with uncertainty over italy and the second failure

the summit is back on, singapore is still thes back on, singapore is still top choice of venue?tephen: that would make sense, but the advance team's first stop, we did hear from the white house saturday that an advance team will also had to singapore just in case, whether june 12 -- donald trump did say friday night, we will likely remain in singapore on the same date and necessary, will be extended not that date. but hear what donald trump had to say. mr. trump: a lot of people are working on it. it is moving necessary, will be. we are working on june 12 in singapore. it isas not changed, and moving along pretty well. we will see what happens. stephen: but that was friday. today is monday, so don't bank on those words that he is saying it will be in the koran june 12. it could be or not. another interesting wrinkle because moon jae-in again reiterated his desire if that summit does go ahead and is successful, we might have another summit. we might be getting summit have a, but moon want to three-way summit, trilateral between himself, trump, and jim to end -- kim to end the kor

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and will the real kim please stand up singapore it's a dress rehearsal with the historic summit between the north korean leader and president from back on track. i'm going thomas a very warm welcome to the show italy's messy post-election drama has taken another surprising turn the prime minister elect has stepped down after the country's president rejected his choice for economics minister a man who said italy should prepare to leave the euro the country could now be facing a constitutional crisis in the appointment of a government by the president or new elections. with limited political experience italy's coalition parties choice for prime minister was always going to be considered unconventional nature seppi conta has confirmed he would leave the country. i have rejected the mandate to form a government that was offered to me by president met at a law i can assure you i have given all of my efforts and all of my attention to this task and i have worked in a climate of maximum collaboration. and they say it all centers around this man. the league and five star parties had put ten for

let's talk about the singapore summit. what changed between the time the president sent out the premature breakup letter and now. is it simply being nice to the president and i'll meet with you. >> it is like president trump never canceled the meeting. there seems to be disagreement within the administration whether it is still able to hold the meeting on june 12th. they lost between several days between now and the cancellation, but the north koreans were unresponsive leading up to the cancellation. that is why president trump issued that interesting letter scrapping the summit all together. we have 15 days before the june 12th. the date of the summit. there is a lot of ground to cover with the north koreans and u.s. not just logistically for the meeting of this size and caliber, but the substance of the talks. north koreans are making demands of the trump administration that trump said he would be unwilling to do. he said he is not willing to ease the north korean sanctions. he wants north korea to disarm completely befo

he sold singapore airlines 49 of these planes, each costing $320 million.there's a process by which they pay. >> after kicking the tires and checking out the paint job, it's time to hand off the keys of this bad boy to singapore airlines. and thso. thousands of employees looking on in pride. >> i've got tears in my eyes i'm so happy. >> this is the first plane fully assembled at this plant which employs about 7,000 people. handoff complete now. >> singapore airlines takes delivery of the first 787-10 dreamliner. >> time to drive it off. on board the flight, executives from boeing and singapore airlines as well as a small crew of journalists, less than 50 people on a plane that seats 330 passengers. among them, the travel blogger, the point staff. the first time on this plane? >> of course. >> you feel nervous? >> very. >> first time? >> no, i've been nervous a lot of times. >> surely you can't be serious. >> no, but please don't call me shirley. >> a whopping 15 hours from singapore to osaka, japan. and a dance with the ladies for my workout plan. a little

the dmz talking with north korean counterparts preparing for the expected summit in singapore. through these series of meetings, i am confident we are moving in the right direction. today vice chairman kim and i discussed how we would take it vantage of the unique opportunity that our leaders have created through the vision of the future they have articulated. vice chairman kim is planning to travel to washington to deliver a personal letter from chairman kim jong-un. the proposed summit offers a historic opening for president to lead achairman cam new era of peace, prosperity and security. our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship when it would be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste. in my conversations with chairman kim jong-un and today kim, it ishairman clear that president trump in the united states objective is consistent and well-known. a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president trump has made it clear that if kim jong-un nook rises there is a brighter path for north korea. -- if k

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: after weeks of improving relations between north and south korea, pyongyang suddenly cancels talks with seoul in protest atjoint military exercises with the us. palestinians bury their dead, after clashes with israeli forces on the border with gaza. politicians and diplomats abroad call for peace, but real peace talks ended, failed a long time ago. i'm kasia madera in london. also in this programme: myanmar‘s forgotten crisis. kachin‘s christian minority forced from their homes by an upsurge in fighting. and doubts continue about whether meghan markle‘s father will be at the royal wedding this weekend. it's now reported he needs surgery. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday, it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in pyongyang, where in breaking news, north korea has cancelled planned talks with south korea in protest againstjoint military exercises being held by the south and the united states. the state news age

and will the real kim please stand up singapore gets a dress rehearsal for the historic saumur summit between the north korean leader and president trump back on truck. also coming up a hero's homecoming for real madrid after claiming another champions league title their third trophy in succession paraded through the spanish capital but this fall the celebrations fans are asking what now for christiane all that. brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show italy's messi. most election drama has taken another surprising turn the prime minister elect has stepped down after the country's president rejected his choice for economics minister a man who said italy should prepare to leave the euro the country could now be facing a constitutional crisis and the appointment of a government by the president or new elections. with limited political experience italy's coalition parties choice for prime minister was always going to be considered unconventional naija said picante has confirmed he would leave the country if. i have rejected the mandate to form a government that was offered to me by p

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