hopefully this south korea, north korea can make good progress. mr moon.unjom. the village residents came to have a photo. so if we could have meetings in pyongyang as well. the pictures, one was from a nearby waterfall. i haven't been back to the mountain myself, mr moon said, but so many tourists had been to the mountain byway of the chinese border. mr kim said, if you can come to north korea, the traffic system is not that good. people who visited said, the transport system is well advanced, i was told. it might be embarrassing for us to host with the poorfunctioning embarrassing for us to host with the poor functioning transport system. that is my warrior, mr kim said. this south korea and north korea have a great connection, you may be a will to use it. that was written down in the agreement of the 15th of june last year and that kind of talk has not carried on. that is a pity. 0nce has not carried on. that is a pity. once again, we came to meet each other. it is a very positive side. we haven't carried out the outcome ten, 11 years ago. but taking a

the president of south korea. this perhaps laying the ground work to full denuclearization of the korean peninsula. will it be verifiable? it certainly paves the way for a monumental meeting with president trump and kim jong un. let's check in with paula hancocks for the historic breaking news. paula. >> reporter: dave and christine, the word historic is over used. not today. this is truly historic. this agreement that the north and south korean leaders have signed said they will declare an end to the korean war some time this year. they also said that moon jae-in will go to pyongyang later this year. in the fall probably. they confirmed a common goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula through denuclearization. it is vague. we do not have specifics on what they will do with the denuclearization. we were hoping for that information. we confirmed they have a common goal of denuclearization of the korean peninsula. they said the armistice agreement which was signed 65 years ago is going to be turned into a peace trea

our top story this hour: hand in hand, the leaders of north and south korea meet for the first summit between the two countries in more than a decade. kim jong—un becomes the first north korean leader to visit the south since the war ended 65 years ago. the two men are now locked in talks, with pyongyang's nuclear ambitions expected to top the agenda. an historic meeting is under way right now between north korea's kimjong—un and south korea's president moonjae—in. the two leaders greeted each other with a handshake at the military demarcation line that divides the peninsula. it's the first time a leader from the north has crossed into the south since the end of the korean war, 65 years ago. the summit is focusing on trying to reach a peace deal to officially end the war — and persuade mr kim to give up his nuclear weapons. it's uncertain how they will reach an agreement on north korea's nuclear weapons programme. andrew plant starts our coverage. a north korean leader setting foot in south korea for the first time since the korean war, more than 65 years before. kim jong—un shaking h

what king across the border stepping into south korea and i think broadly the feeling here in south korea is that any movement towards peace is certainly better than the place we were in last year when we had regular nuclear tests coming out of north korea the threat of war between the united states and north korea and of course the fear that has lingered for decades here that if the united states were to attack north korea that north korea's first response would be to attack seoul the capital here with conventional artillery it wouldn't even really need the nuclear weapons that it keeps testing so as we see this shift now this hit to a more peaceful atmosphere i think broadly the south korean population welcomes it but it must be said as well there were protests here in south korea today there remain people who did not want to see this picture of and meeting with each other people who are skeptical that kim jong un cannot be trusted that these kinds of summits the rare have happened before and then after a declaration was signed north korea pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile test

it could notjust that be between the north and south korea is. day while president trump was speaking with the japanese prime minister, he said he would give his blessing to any peace treaty, to the end of tension between north korea and south korea. if it comes to it, it seems they have the blessing of president trump but the emphasis coming from here in seoul is that it isa coming from here in seoul is that it is a long—term plan. a process. not something that will be immediately put on the table. north korea will have to give up its nuclear weapons for this to happen. there are all kinds of potential implications here. we will discuss or more in a moment that breaking news that has come through about relations between north korea and the us. but for nearly seven decades, have there been something like 30,000 us troops holding the line with the south korean military in south korea, against the north. when it comes to the presence of the troops here in south korea, it has angered north korea and angered china. it seems that if north korea is goin

south korea's policies, limit briefly introduce the policies. before -- became president -- billing -- when people look at their sense a in detail they believe area -- a believe. most of korea was hogtied to this idea of conservative government. when jane government paid special attention to the -- and the greater unification by peaceful means. this is the basic line of north korean policies. throughout the nuclear crisis on the note -- on the peninsula there are four kinds of ideas around or in korea about north korea's change. is the -- school. -- the collapse school. second school's neglect. this is the park obama -- the park government, plus obama. think the moon governments belongs in the sunshine course. even though many of south korean maybe taperingre in washington dc, they believe are -- i can say the policy orientation is quite different from them, even though they embrace the policy idea. plus they are very cautious and they try to keep pace with the information. this is very different. they pay special respect to the u.s. alliance. i

tonight, from south korea, the summit heard around the world as kim jong-un alongside president moon jae-in pledged no more war on the korean peninsula and complete denuclearization. my interview with the south korean president's special adviser who was at the summit. plus, the latest international reaction as president trump hails the positive progress on the peninsula. two long time korean workers join me to discuss where we go from here. >>> good evening and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in seoul, south korea. a new history starts now. those words from kim jong-un during what's been a remarkable day here on the korean peninsula. the two korean leaders were as we've never seen before standing side by side smiling and joking as they dealt with critical matters like nuclear weapons and peace. the two men did, indeed, make history. first standing together at the dmz and walking back and forth across the demarcation line then signing the so-called panmunjom declaration, a three-page document covering several issues. most importantly a goal to farmly end tfarm -- formal

we are not going to renuclearize south korea. but that would be a symbolic get if they said we'll not allow anybody to nuclearize the south korean peninsula. that would be a de facto way of saying they would never become a nuclear power. there has been a lot of talk saying we need to be like israel. south korea can afford it. but it wouldn't probably lead to what you might call stability. >> it's interesting because president moon is much more of a hippie than some of the predecessors who have run south korea. and he has resisted some of the military fortifications the united states has offered including the anti-missile system thaad. brian: moon is a military veteran. but he's more liberal progressive than his predecessors, and he does see value in giving a lot to the north koreans. the standard south korean position is don't give them anything because they just take it. moon believes kim jong-un is a far different guy from his dad and grandfather. he went to high school in switzerland. he speaks english when he wants to. and the

and from south korea also they brought water from south and north korea so that was pretty much the last step before signing a document and then talking again and both of them. came joan and the south korean president have talked in privacy again i. i plan to be a tree for about thirty minutes and probably the talk also about the declaration that they have just signed a couple of minutes ago. you mentioned symbolism there fell up with regard to the tree but there's obviously things that both sides want out of not potentially business thing but ones that are coming in the future what are the two governments expecting to come out of this summit specifically. one. where i think especially is especially for the south korean president it's really important that both sides are talking again yes as you may know for the last. almost ten years the relationship between north and south korea was really bad the korean president has just been elected not even. twelve months ago and for him it was really important to stop the talks again with north korea and that

continue this high level you engage humans with korea continuing to open up to not only with its south korea but also potentially to village other countries in this region i think kim jong un has shown a willingness to gradually transform north korea into a normal member of international community and also another interesting moment during the summit meeting when it was when kim jong un was talking about inviting the south korean president to north korea he joked. he would be embarrassed because of the poor road conditions in north korea asking about another city no north korea wants to focus on economic development from now on and would welcome international you and. cooperation in trade and economic development i think that's important signal that we the international community should seize upon these opportunity to encourage a north korea to further the brown eyes and further open up i think china would feel very encouraged by that signal ok and do you do you agree with that is this an opportunity here is there a chance to see that we seeing kim jong un wanting to transform north korea to

our top story this hour: hand in hand, the leaders of north and south korea meet for the first summit between the two countries in more than a decade. kim jong—un becomes the first north korean leader to visit the south since the war ended 65 years ago. right now the two men are now locked in talks, with pyongyang's nuclear ambitions expected to top the agenda. and in other news — bill cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in a retrial of charges brought against him. as we go on air, a historic meeting under way between kim jong—un and moonjae—in. the two leaders greeted each other at the military demarcation line. it is the first timea demarcation line. it is the first time a leaderfrom demarcation line. it is the first time a leader from the demarcation line. it is the first time a leaderfrom the north has crossed on to the south since the end of the korean war 65 years ago. the summit will focus on trying to persuade kim jong—un to give up the summit will focus on trying to persuade kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons, it is uncertain if they will reach a agreement. andrew

the words came from the south korean envoys who traveled to north korea, and the south korean envoys, they have a different motivation. south korean government currently is focused on engaging, engaging with north korea so i think that's something that we have to remember. when we hear some things such as kim jong-un is committed to denuclearization. when i read the korean text, the word committed to was not there. so something to keep in mind. so we can't be overexcited about the prospects, and another point that i would like to highlight, and this is something that dave maxwell supported out is the word denuclearization. again, in the original text it was not about denuclearization of north korea. it was denuclearization which can sometimes be translated as non-nuclearization of the korean peninsula, and those two have different meanings. when north korea is talking about peninsula, they are talking about south korea. they are talking about if south korea denuclearize and south korea doesn't have a nuclear weapons program. it's an alliance with the united states, u.s. nuclear umbrel

this is day two of the news live from berlin the leaders of north and south korea agreed to and have an unprecedented summit yields pledges to bring the korean war to a formal ends and with the potential of nuclear weapons but will actions follow works will bring you complete coverage also on the program the. course of a tree in washington is john the chance and i'm going back a little past to meet u.s. president donald trump for a look ahead to a meeting the promises to be brief and far from simple. i'm still down welcome to the program the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to formally end the state of war between their two countries sixty five years after the fighting and it is a historic summit a kim jong un blue jay and said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free korean peninsula and they insisted they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. momen

they all commented on how good transportation was in south korea i think there's some evidence there that the olympians of course are absorbing all this and transmitting information back into north korea about life in the south. we have had to attempt something similar historically if we go back through what a political generation between north and south korea all the optics potentially successfully different this time around compared to those previous efforts. well it's certainly for me i think the optics are better now can john has come out of his sounds like he's saying all the right things easy is doing all the right things and you know his attempt to a successful attempt to get him to cross over into north korea was off script but i must say i think moon gene handled it very well he handled it with grace that he was able to do it and i think that's going to be important for everyone involved as we move forward because we know that north korea is going to throw some curveballs into the south koreans and later into the u.s. and we have to be able to adapt as that happens and

and south korea it was signed between north korea and the u.s. and its allies again complicated because they call themselves the u.n. command these days they have nothing to do with the u.n. the u.n. doesn't supervise what they do but back in one thousand nine hundred fifty the u.n. russia was boycotting the u.n. china was a member of the u.n. and so when the korean war happened the u.s. and its allies took up the u.n. flag in this war and still the u.n. flag flies there although the u.n. in new york have no control over this military operation which is basically a u.s. run operation with the south koreans and their allies still worth noting the u.s. has twenty eight thousand troops still stationed in this country ok and james we're going to bring somebody else into the conversation now someone who is speaking with us a while ago from seoul carl freight often a fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and a scholar at the korea foundation man scale foundation so. have you been able to take and some of these pictures as we were as we've bee

we will be joining north korea and south korea. with us planting ceremony. please stay with us for that. and you can get more information on our website. hello there. it's been getting cooler day by day through this week and by the weekend, temperatures will be below the seasonal average, wet, cold and windy late on sunday. more on that in just a moment. we start friday on quite a chilly note, some areas a touch of frost in scotland but south, not quite as cold because we have this area of low pressure and outbreaks of rain. quite wet start across south—west england in towards south wales. the rain starting to push its way into northern and eastern parts of england as the morning wears on where as further north, it will start bright with plenty of sunshine. that rain will be in bands moving its way northwards across most of england and wales into the afternoon. a few drier interludes, quite strong winds across the channel through the channel islands for cornwall and the scilly isles, gusting up to 40mph. rain heavy into the afternoo

shutting down a nuclear test site the surprise announcement comes ahead of two important summits with south korea and the united states both countries have been pushing north korea to denuclearize u.s. present describe this latest move as a positive step but is it a real change in pyongyang policy we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first kathy novak has this report from south korea's capital seoul. north korea regularly tested increasingly threatening ballistic missiles last year including weapons that could have the range to hit the united states in september it conducted its most powerful nuclear bomb test now north korea says those tests are over so it. should chip picture we will discontinue nuclear testing an intercontinental ballistic rocket test firing from april twenty fifth. the north and you could test ground at the d.p. r. k. one also be dismantled to transparently the discontinuance opinion. it's welcome news for the us president who's planning to meet north korea's leader kim jong un within weeks donald trump tweeted north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear tests and c

or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialist had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abbay that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera sold. let's bring in our guests now and joining us in geneva tara grove former head of the verification and security policy coordination office at the international atomic energy agency and in seoul was skype peter ward a writer for and k. news who researches the north korean economy great to have you both with us thanks for joining inside story tara first of all how much of a big deal is. said that kim jong un is shutting down this nuclear test site well i think this is to demonstrate now that he is serious in the go shari

and then turn and pose for a photo looking at south korea but this is a historic moment nothing has been. but you are seeing that. it is doing something his father and his grandfather the found founder of the state never did he is now on south korean soil it's quite a moment let's just kind of take this. as you said wow. that is she is with wow that's quite a moment so james also there are people that are watching this their families that are watching this that have been separated for decades and decades i can't imagine what this must feel like for them as well to take this and perhaps to a combination of pain and maybe a little bit of hope and optimism perhaps. yes well that's certainly what they're trying to create here is some optimism to school children from a school in the demilitarized zone on the south side who live in this is not really a very good name for it because it's one of those tense military areas anywhere in the world posing for photos with the two leaders as you say there are many families that have been divided since the

to reports from and south korea. technically they are still at war but this was carefully choreographed to create a new atmosphere of peats north korean leader kim jong un entered from the north side of the demarcation line the south korean president moon j in waited at the concrete block that marks the start of his country's territory. a historic handshake. and then something in all the years since the korean war that kim's father and grandfather never did the north korean leader crossing into south korea. but. it was followed by a reciprocal gesture moon jay in very briefly crossing the line into the north. both leaders seemed relaxed and was smiling but of course they hope this summit is only the start of a process and that's likely to be complicated and will involve difficult negotiations. among the most men on the dame's this meeting i hope that there is new history written with regards to p. for prosperity and i will approach this with the feeling of a brand new start i'd like to discuss all issues as standing

pursue more cooperation with south korea how do you feel about president it's clear he's interested in a policy engagement with north korea. he's poli sci it's the only option we have both making more engagement with north korea what do you think of north korea where most of the military i was been taught that those korean people are not the enemy. the enemy sort of those korean regime in those korean military. i think there's something important to know that i did research service for twenty one months and this compulsory for all of those men in there when you go to the military you get too exposed to the view of north korea is your enemy. this very different from society where you can have different views about those in the square in the gym you said it that the north korean regime is the enemy not the north korean people why do you think that that distinction is important i think that distinction is important because the north korean people or part could be part of korean families which is true for my grandpa grandfather my grandpa has moved from north korea to south korea because h

i'm mariko oi in south korea. the headlines: we are just moments away from an historic summit between the two koreas — the first time a north korean leader has crossed the border since the korean war. so can the south convince kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons? i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: bill cosby is found guilty of sexual assault, in a retrial of charges brought against him. but his lawyer says the fight isn't over. and president trump's first trip to the uk is confirmed, but without the pomp and circumstance of a state visit. if»; és'fifiiéé if—zigigxér-sfi ii'ifiiiii 9-2 i , : , first, here is the bbc‘s laura bicker, who has been to one this man farms his seaweed on the northern limit line separating the two countries. translation: they draw lines on this ocean, and tell us not to go over them. it's like being in a prison without bars. the hazards of fishing in these waters have less to do with the weather and more to do with the political climate. even when things are good, such as

you mentioned denuclearize nation a lot of people specifically in south korea or south koreans around the world are a little bit skeptical in terms when he says that he's willing to denuclearize why is he saying that what could the reason the why now. what i think one reason might be that before for north korea the nuclear weapons are basically so important and many experts actually said that the reason that north korea now has developed nuclear weapons that's the reason why north korea agreed to stop these negotiations in the first place so many people just don't think that north korea will accept will be willing to give up these nuclear weapons . correspondent philip bilski in seoul thank you very much. in a bun as late as friday night's game hoffenheim can thank andre crime rich master catterick for keeping their champions league drains alive with a three one win against hanover the croatian of was man of the match began with the simplest of tappan in the sixteenth minute followed up with a smash of a volley in the fiftieth and that field a victory for hof and time with a delicate

ina sense, domestic audience for south korea. jority of the south korean people and of course, there are some extremes. for this time, moonjae—in‘s government are some extremes. for this time, moon jae—in‘s government are are some extremes. for this time, moonjae—in‘s government are very good. live pictures of president moonjae—in arriving for the summit. his family fled north korea. it appeared rather personal. did that help to bring the two countries to the negotiating table. it can be very conducive to completion with north korea. the personal history of our chief executive. he tried to utilise the kind of personal asset. the south korean government, get some good results us far. based on this kind of trust building between north and south. president moon jae—in will make some move forward and makea jae—in will make some move forward and make a bridge from here to the us and north korean summit. sunday injune. us and north korean summit. sunday in june. we have live pictures of the panmunjom on the southern side of panmunjom ne

leaders of north and south korea agree to that war president said summit shields pledges to bring the korean to a formal and the potential of nuclear weapons but actions following words from bring you complete coverage also on the program. more summitry in washington german chancellor angela merkel arrives to meet us president donald trump talks promised to be brief and far from straightforward. o'clock because two new songs for the virtual two off on the t.v. special. welcome to the program so the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to formally end the state of war between their two countries sixty five years after the fighting stopped as i started summit to kim jong un and move jay inside they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free korean peninsula and they insisted i did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. moments before the leaders signed a historic decla

looking for a possible way forward, the administration here in south korea is probably the most pro— ts there has ever been so this is the path they have taken, engagement between the two countries. then leading on to engagement with the united states. rupert wingfield—hayes, thank you to joining us today. we are continuing our special coverage of the summit between moonjae—in our special coverage of the summit between moon jae—in and our special coverage of the summit between moonjae—in and kim jong—un. you can special coverage bbc. welcome back to our viewers on bbc news america. we are continuing our live coverage on the historic summit between south korean resident moon jae—in and north korean leader kim jong—un. —— president. we are seeing live footage of the peace house where the two leaders are expected to meet injust where the two leaders are expected to meet in just about half an hour ‘s time. they will have some welcoming ceremony before officially starting the summit. this is the third time that the leaders of the two korea's are meeting. the last summit took place in 2007

the bridge between the two koreas between south korea and north korea and they after this they go back to peace house presumably sit down opposite one another again and get on with the business of hammering out some sort of agreement . some sort of declaration is what we're expecting i'm sure parts of it have been pretty written for the last couple of hours they have been resting and having lunch with our own delegations i think to mull over what the other side said in that first hundred minutes of talks to see where each side compacts give some ground i'm not ruling out i have no evidence for this that they weren't going over that lunch period communications perhaps phone communications between the two sides and they will now we're told try and hammer out in this final session the joint declaration we're told if they reach an agreement in the joint declaration it is likely that we will see both men on camera saw in that declaration and potentially both will speak about the declaration we also understand that both leaders are going to speak during the official banquet that is also goin

this year so that's a commitment for a peace treaty this year and then they'll pursue a sort of south korea and north korea u.s. talks and the south korean north korea us china talks they're coming up to the podium and i'm sure you're going to hear more about the details i've got more details here that i can give you but let's listen to the two leaders after signing this is storage agreement marty. them. tough day. coming to the dog the. book about a. dog on a dog but the dog. i'm got to agree. had on political. can dominion jungle no no come out on on monkey really you're going to go your car or join one of you don't divorce. him bond or later you song change your going to. show and tell us their god you're going so more. so don't tell us. if you say we're going on and on in saddam's focus of all. here ok well while we're waiting for translation of president moon's words we can continue talking to diplomatic editor james she plays james so while president moon is obviously introducing some of the aspects of the declaration that you started to you started to tell us about what stands out mo

also between north korea and china and china and south korea. my and business has to do with this deal. they are high, as you like, and north korea struggling hugely. does money have a lot to do with it as well. there is also the question of what kim jong—un thinks he can get out of it. the view of the world, how they are being seen. north korea has, in the past, not get much about its population in terms of. given the gap from the north and south korea is huge. this is quite interesting. when a manual micron was in washington. based on the encounter they had last year. trump refused this shake hands. with angela merkel. he turned it down, also because angela merkel is said to be relatively neutral. a number of issues they have a plate. russia sanctions that the us has imposed. donald trump's and there is quite a bit between the two. what do the german people think about angela merkel and donald trump? the expectation is that angela merkel will, in the end, the torch for free trade. germany has benefited a lot from international trade. many germa

minutes a nuclear free korean the message from a history making day as the leaders of north and south korea sign an agreement to work together towards peace. the first north korean leader and sixty five year to cross into the south and all the news. projects talks with. him all continues days after the prime minister resigned plus . three words. the man known as america's dad. was convicted of sexual assault. history is made. at this moment the leaders of north and south korea along with their spouses are getting ready to sit down for formal dinner after a day of talks and symbolic gestures the just signed an unprecedented declaration calling for a peace treaty that would replace the armistice that's been in place for sixty five years well early on friday morning kim jong un became the first north korean leader to set foot in the south since the end of the korean war in the nineteen fifties command south korea's president planted a tree and a gesture that's meant to symbolize peace and after that they sat down and began talks aimed at reaching an agreement on issues including nuclear progra

to go to china and come across to south korea and talk to donald trump. rea but just the fact is to know what is going on in north korea butjust the fact is doing this shows he is comfortable enough with his domestic political power. of course, he tested all these missiles. he tested nuclear devices. he isa missiles. he tested nuclear devices. he is a certain amount of strength and confidence internationally but is ready to go out and diplomatically open up notjust kim jong—un but north korea in diplomatic and economic terms. you called a political risk and security risk. is that because the public in north korea who have been given a very different view of south korea until recently would take this positively? it's a big part of it. you can call him a dictator that at the same time, even the strongest dictator as public opinion and has to keep his elite happy. and the people at large. the north korean system, and i have been there a few times andi system, and i have been there a few times and i study it, it's a very different system. the media there is co

to make it a worldwide success not just for the united states or south korea or north korea or japan but for the entire world. just because north korea is responding to dialogue should be no reward maximum pressure should be maintained and actual implementation and action towards denuclearize ation will be demanded this firm policy has once again been completely shared between us. that has more. as u.s. president donald trump and japanese prime minister shinzo abbay wrapped up their two days of meetings here in west palm beach florida at the mar-a lago resort of donald trump they certainly expressed considerable optimism donald trump underscoring that he believes there's a tremendous opportunity not just for the united states but the world with the upcoming meetings with the north korean leader kim jong il and saying that he believes there is a bright path ahead that could be achieved if there is denuclearize ation not only for the united states but the world but certainly there was a headline coming out of all of this and that was that donald trump is also keeping open the possibili

and south korea. when he was in south korea, he spoke to the south korean people on television. people were impressed. he joked about certain things like how bad the roads are in north korea. he acknowledged the fact there are defectorors, peoplee leaving north korea. so he is somebody who seems to be of a deal with the reality of the situation and can talk plainly about what needs to be done to move forward to a peace process. i think that he really does want to fix and improve the north korean economy, this is the way to do it. amy: let me ask about the in aage -- media coverage, recent article in ""the new york expressedrk landler skepticism that the meeting between the south and north korean leaders could be beneficial to the u.s. concluding -- "the talk of peace is likely to weaken the two levers that mr. trump used to pressure mr. kim to come to the bargaining table. a resumption of regular diplomatic exchanges between the two koreas, analysts said, will inevitably erode the crippling economic sanctions against the north, while mr. trump will find it hard to threaten milita

i think this summit here in south korea on friday will really set the agenda for the potential trump kim summits north korea has always regarded south korea as more or less the junior negotiating partner and any real deals would have to be brokered between pyongyang and washington it's not that's not to say that the summit this week isn't important but if north korea is going to make any real concessions it's only going to be when he has some sort of agreement reached with the u.s. president right jason strother in so it's outgoing i thank you very much for that thank you. you know being up the if it's along the stories making news around the. the deadly van attack in the german city of mr three weeks ago has now claimed a fourth life police say a seventy four year old man who'd previously been seriously injured in the rampage has died in hospital the driver who killed himself is thought to have had mental health problems. armenia's parliament says it will elect a new prime minister on the first of may this follows a massive anti-government demonstrations in the country that force vet

and south korea with north korea's kim jong. hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle after sixty eight years the two koreas are on the verge of signing a peace treaty a donald trump summit is in the works is peace coming to the korean peninsula well it's possible the foreign policy blog and the corporate its media are less enthusiastic after all conflict is there a business model. crosstalk in the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest. washington he's a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have john merrow he is former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war and in new york we cross to daniel as our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate

out talking about denuclearization but what that means to north korea versus what that means to south korea or the united states navy different the united states wants north korea to do so mantel its missile and nuclear program whereas north korea when it talks about the asian tends to take a broader view and includes that it would be open to discussing it if it no longer felt threatened by the united states and it wants the u.s. for example to remove troops from the korean peninsula so it's interesting then when you hear donald trump still leaving open the possibility that the talks may not happen if he's not satisfied that he is getting the concessions that he wants from north korea he was saying in that news current conference that there's still the possibility he may walk away so i think the feeling here in south korea is one of cautious optimism going into this into korean summit where they're cautious optimism is there a sense that south korea is going into this with a fairly broad an open ended agenda or do you think that actually has specific goals that it thinks it can achieve. the

pushar will south korea north korea to commit to denuclearization?mind that the moon has spent political capital emphasizing piece first as the first color of his three about strategy to engage with the north. this will set the mood. will the north be willing to commit to denuclearization or will they want to have a peace deal first? that could perhaps be a conditional thing that the two sides will have to hammer out today across the table. chief north asia correspondent stephen engle in south korea for what will be a very historic morning. has been to north korea several times and involved in negotiations with the leadership there is the early 1990's. joining us now from santa fe is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson, also the former governor of new mexico. thank you for your time this morning. yet been involved in negotiations north korea before i might remember all the fanfare around the distraction of the calling tower 10 years ago, and now here we are 10 years later. is there any reason to think this time will be diffe

that first of all that is not going to happen and it's probably going to be the other way around south korea and we have this new government under moon very popular seventy five percent approval rating last year we had massive protests against the former government against their policies these are the north korea i mean the moon has got all these ducks lined up and so does kim and i think we should focus more on this internal yes affair among the korea i mean i looked at some of the pictures here i was quite moved to be honest with you having watched this for so many decades but the cultural thing which really you know really brought them they are the same they really are they come from the same origins of the other there was a very nice touch here i think it's we could see them. becoming the finland is ation. of. time in two thousand president of south korea again. yes well in fact we should not forget who started the whole thing there were meetings between the north korean and south korean presidents in the year two thousand in the year two thousand and seven the group that scrapped the wh

south korea's leader will also visit north korea in the autumn. ean pennisula. translation we will work together, mr kim and i, having paid in each other. and through the hotline, we will speak quite often. and we will not go back. citizens of south and north, with mr kim and i, forjoint call of prosperity and peace. we decide to work on our own, and the north and south will cooperate together. and exchanges will be preceded. and be separated families will meet again. and the south korean liaison office will be set up. and the economic corporation committee will be set up. if conditions are met, and the liaison office will be set up in the south and the north. and mr kim, has called for lasting peace, and a mile stone has been set up. and mr kim's brave decision made a big gift to the world. our clip was a bit out of sequence. let's listen now to what the north korean leader, kimjong—un had to say. translation: we have been waiting for this, and there we re been waiting for this, and there were people who were looking forward to this historic meeti