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to singapore's straits times, where that meeting is due to take place between donald trump and kimjong—un's comments it may be delayed. the japan times looks at the impact the change in privacy law in europe could have on cybersecurity for the rest of the world — and whether it will help hackers to hide. if you've been swept up by the romance of the royal wedding. this article in city am may be worth a read, "is marriage worth it?" it asks — and breaks it down from a financial point of view. and from marriages to parenthood, and a story from abc in the us where a 30—year—old man's been ordered by a supreme court to move out of his parents home after refusing to fly the nest. so let's begin. back with me is kulveer ranger. vice president of strategy & communication at atos. let us start with this story in the sun. 0bviously hugely emotional service at the cathedral in manchester. and proving, if ever there need improving, that manchester is a great city with great people who really come together in times like this. yes. this headline in the sun this morning, city of tears, manchester isa m

let's start with the straits times then and the big news that president trump has called off this historicummit. well, it was going to be a stoic, it is certainly no more for the moment. what is your take on this? in other words, it is not a complete surprise. only two days ago, americanjournalist surprise. only two days ago, american journalist quoted as saying that they have all been advised by flexible tickets, ones that could be cancelled. yeah. and do the same for anyone else. what it does show really is that negotiating world peaceis really is that negotiating world peace is not as easy as a business deal. i think most of us probably knew that. it is in the paper before we had the response from north korea, which is amazingly conciliatory in its tone, isn't it? they are saying they are willing to continue dialogue with the united states at any time, in any place.|j think that will surprise a lot of us, the tone coming from north korea. the key thing is that these things take months to negotiate. you can't say because president trump says that i will have a meeting of the north korean

let's move on to the straits times. we have been talking about this story on the news today. trump, who has been going on and on about this big deal he is going to break between north korea and south korea the rest of the world, the 12th of june, a big meeting with kim jong—un, it looks now as though there could be doubt cast upon this meeting. is there to reporters there isa meeting. is there to reporters there is a chance it could work out, a substantial chance it would work out. we all know that donald trump blows hot and cold at various points. we were all banking on this going ahead. what has happened?” think president trump is realising that international diplomacy is not as easy as dealmaking. although dealmaking is not easy. he felt he may have had something in the bag you. but he has been highlighting that kim jong—un has you. but he has been highlighting that kimjong—un has had a second meeting with chinese president xi. this something that was not flat. he feels that there may have been something said there, some conversations that have impacted kim jong—un's bews

the straits times of singapore has a picture of a celebrating mahathir mohamad, who has made a dramaticority, defeating the party that has been in powerfor more than 60 is. a standard avintia leads with the huge business story that they are day jesting, the fact that they are day jesting, the fact that walmart is acquiring a 70% sta ke that walmart is acquiring a 70% stake in the biggest e—commerce marketplace flipkart. in the uk, the sun looks at the health of the actress dame barbara windsor. in an emotional interview with her husband,it emotional interview with her husband, it is revealed that the star of eastenders and the carry on films has been diagnosed with alzheimer's. and finally, the independent, should schoolchildren be punished for not caring about the environment? a uk private school has warned pupils who bring plastic water bottles, one use only bottles, to school could be reprimanded in a similarto wait if to school could be reprimanded in a similar to wait if they are caught smoking. things like nonbiodegradable cups will be viewed as antisocial behaviour. so let's begi

the straits times is leading on the historic malaysian general election.y, pakatan harapan, has won enough seats to form a majority government, with the result confirmed by the election commission. the south china morning post reports on a new hotline being set up between china and japan. the paper says it's part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two countries and help prevent military clashes at sea and in the air. and finally, it's t0 russia with love, according to the arab news. it says youngsters in the middle east and north africa now believe russia is their biggest non—arab ally, replacing the united states which has fallen out of the top five for the first time since the survey started a decade ago. the italian multi—millionaire owner of the english football team, leeds united, has told the bbc he doesn't regret taking the club on a controversial trip to myanmar. the team has faced widespread criticism for travelling to a country whose military is accused of ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims. andrea radrizanni denied he was putting his bu

singapore's straits times reports on the swearing in of malaysia's new cabinet. $250 billion in debt — an unprecedented level. in thejapan times — thousands of broken radiation monitors around the fukishima nuclear plant are to be removed. the paper says they cost the government $4.5 million a year and officials claim that radiation levels have dropped significantly since the plant's 2011 meltdown. and too close for comfort — the south china morning post is among the papers focussing on the erupting kilauea volcano on hawaii's big island. this dramatic photo shows the intensity and danger of the seismic activity, which has increased considerably in recent days. a leading scientist believes he has found the cause of the most common cancer in children. he says that coming into contact with too few germs early in life can leave a child vulnerable to one type of leukaemia which is more common in advanced, affluent societies. our health correspondent james gallagher has more. hugo has a cancerous immune system. he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when h

the straits times reports on the swearing in of malaysia's new cabinet. han $250 billion in debt — an unprecedented level. in thejapan times — thousands of broken radiation monitors around the fukishima nuclear plant are to be removed. the paper says they cost the government $4.5 million a year and officials claim that radiation levels have dropped significantly since the plant's 2011 meltdown. and too close for comfort — the south china morning post is among the papers focussing on the erupting kilauea volcano on hawaii's big island. this dramatic photo shows the intensity and danger of the seismic activity, which has increased considerably in recent days. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? it's the obamas. coming soon to netflix, barack and michelle obama. america's former president and first lady have signed a multi—year deal to produce television shows and movies with the streaming service. a statement from netflix says the couple will work on documentaries and other features that highlight issues they pursued when in office. a

let's start with the straits times, which takes a look at the first meeting held by malaysia's new cabineteting, alongside the news that each minister will take a 10% salary cut, and nine government agencies will shut down, in a move to curb government spending. the south china morning post reports on how bosses in hong kong won't have to pay their workers overtime wages. in a bid to find a consensus on standardising working hours the government has settled on guidelines, which means bosses won't be legally required to compensate low—income workers for the extra hours they do. and finally, the japan times has an eye—capturing image of fire—flies performing a synchronised mating ritual. they created a spectacular display lighting up senri ryokuchi park in osaka. the image was captured by super—imposing photographs taken at is—second intervals. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? if you live in the hotel of mum and dad then here's a tale of caution — an american couple have won their legalfight to have their 30—year—old son evicted from their home. michael rotondo has b

the strait times is one of many reporting president trump's cancellation of his summit with north koreanlaments 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 chancellor angela merkel. while the south china morning post reports that mr trump hit out at a "hostile" kim, it headlines that mrs merkel and president xi were "seeing eye to eye" in their opposition to the us president's protectionist trade policies. la figaro in france leads on a justice department study of more than 200 convicted radical islamists that it says reveals the face ofjihadism in france. but it covers the summit cancellation with the headline declaring mr trump's strategy a failure. now, you know there's a prestigious musical career ahead of you when you win an internationally renowned music competition at the age of ii. last month, chloe chua won thejunior division of the menuhin competition in geneva. the competition attracts some of the greatest violin talents from all over the world and many

on the front page of the strait times, an article states that anwar ibrahim won't serve in the malaysian tuesday morning, he has said he needs "time and space" to rest with his family, and travel abroad. we're getting more details about the arrangements for saturday's royal wedding at windsor castle. princess charlotte and prince george will be among the six bridesmaids and four page boys. there's been no update though, on whether ms markel‘s father will attend, to walk his daughter down the aisle. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. on her way to her daughter's wedding — meghan markle's mother doria ragland left her home in california for the flight to london. good luck with the wedding! conspicuously not travelling was markle's father, thomas, who, according to reports, is in hospital in mexico — possibly undergoing surgery, probably not attending the wedding. though kensington palace has still said nothing officially. leading the page boys and bridesmaids on saturday will be prince george and princess charlotte, who played the roles at pippa middleton's wedding last yea

we begin with the straits times, which unsurprisingly leads with the swearing in of malaysia's new prime government will be business friendly. the south china morning post has some good news for villagers in hong kong's northern new territories. it says hk$550 million will be made available to those being forced to leave their homes to make way for new town developments. and finally, the international edition of the new york times has some cheeky news from paris. the palais de tokyo is hosting a special tour where visitors wear nothing except shoes. it's the first of its kind in france and has proven popular, with 30,000 people registering an interest. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? well, it's donald trump trending today — nothing unusual there — but this time he might have finally gone too far. the us president has banned the sale of irn—bru at his scottish golf resort in turnberry because it might stain the clubhouse carpet orange. the soft drink is extremely orange and extremely popular in the country where it's referred to as scotland's other national drink — and

the straits times has a story on high speed rail in malaysia.d train from kuala lumpur to singapore to be dropped. malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad says this is due to the former government racking up $371 billion in debt. the south china morning post has a story about the plight of elderly poor people. eight in every ten hongkongers who make a living by scavenging for discarded cardboard and other waste on the streets are women. they earn just over 90 us dollars a month from collecting cardboard. 0n the front page of the japan times, yokohama is to get aerial gondolas ahead of the olympics. private sector companies are planning to build seaside aerial gondolas in the port city, aiming to attract tourists coming from abroad for the tokyo 2020 olympics. now babita what stories are sparking discussions online? the new star wars movie solo: a star wars story, has failed to make the impact disney had hoped in north america. experts had predicted ron howard's film about a young han solo would take between 130 million and $150 million on its

the straits times looks at the singaporean prime minister‘s address at the annual may day rally.uture of singapore‘s economy. the china daily also leads on international workers‘ day, featuring a letter penned by chinese president xi jinping, where he argues that happiness is achieved through hard work. and a rather different story on the front page of the japan times, which looks at the fugitive who evaded japanese police for three weeks. he managed to elude the authorities by hiding in an attic. 15,500 personnel were involved in the search. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? rico, this picture from inside a football stadium in the iranian capital, tehran, has caught people‘s attention online. it shows women who have disguised themselves with beards in order to be able to watch their favourite team. although there is no official ban on women going to sporting events in iran, it is rare for them to attend as they are often refused entry. scotland has become the first country in the world to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol. the scottish government

singapore's the straits times has been celebrating parenthood.ore programmes and activities to support parents in raising their children. it's good news for commuters as the philippine star reports on the go—ahead for a monorail project between two major business districts just outside manila. this artist's impression of the sky train monorail shows the proposed link which will reduce travel time to just five minutes. what stories are sparking discussions online? this sighting in singapore of a man who — at first glance at least — looked a lot like the north korean leader kim jong un. he drew quite a crowd on sunday at the esplanade — but it soon became clear that despite the trademark haircut, he wasn't actually the real thing. it turned out he was an impersonator, who gave his name as howard x, who'd come to singapore ahead of next month's summit — should it actually go ahead. and he stayed in character as he sent this message to president trump. hey, donald, i'm already here in singapore, look. it's fantastic. it's just like pyeongchang but si

online love scams, losing 26.a million hong kong dollars injust 18 months. 0n the front page of the strait timesspite 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 sources in the community have told the bbc it's believed they're being secretly held by the intelligence services, accused of links to a brigade of shia foreign fighters in syria. but their families say they're innocent, and are desperate for any information about them. they've been sp

the government and they are seemingly as disbelieving as the government themselves so in the new straits times we have pakistan the opposition claims victory they seem to be hedging their bets their son wants the star conceive the doctor here is to be sworn in as the new prime minister and giving this all important figure of one hundred twelve seats won by his coalition it is left up to the non english headlines to be a little more emphatic on such an historic moment the chinese title here reads a people's tsunami and that is the same title in behave in malaysia the local language here tsunami racket the same message this is a people's it's an army peter just very briefly rather mean looking at the broader picture of malaysian politics dr mahathir was criticized and in effect i guess some people say got rid of they would say look you destroyed the institutions of government when you had your twenty two years in the top job and yet he would have been elected back into office on a ticket of law and order how does that work. it is it is quite extraordinary many ironies here he is credited dr maha

of the titles are either government controlled or closely aligned with the government the new straits times has pakistan the opposition claims victory it seems to be hedging its bets about whether indeed it did win although the star concedes the doctor matter here is to be sworn in as prime minister and also giving the magic number in this first past the post electoral system of one hundred twelve seats which gives the opposition coalition the majority in parliament it's up to some of the non english titles to be a little more emphatic the people tsunami says this chinese title meanwhile in behalf of my lay the local language the same headline people tsunamis the nami rock yet with a smiling picture of dr mad here who is expected to be the next prime minister he was of course prime minister for twenty two years the grand old. ninety two no one here is expecting him to be in the position for very long there's a lot of talk now about where they're at the new prime minister very soon will be and why abraham had tears former deputy who is languishing in prison and who may very well be looking a

the twilight of grant's career, after he's left the presidency and fallen on hard times and terrible financial straitses to pay him a visit. >> hmm. i thought you were never going to write about the war. [ birds chirping ] >> well, my circumstances have changed, mr. twain. i'm broke. so, i'm not gonna die and leave my family with nothing. they're gonna pay me $500 to write this article, and i need it. >> $500? >> mm-hmm. >> why, they're robbing you blind, sir. [ sighs ] let me publish your memoirs. you saved this country. now let me help you save your family. >> nobody wants to read a chronicle of my failures. i was never gonna be anything more than a drunk. >> hear, hear! [ bottles clinking ] >> seven years before the start of the civil war, grant is stationed at a remote fort in northern california. with half a continent between him and his new family, miserable and lonely, grant grows restless. >> that your boy? >> frederick. there's ulysses jr., but i haven't met him yet. >> you're not the only one here missing someone, sam. right now what you need is this. >> [ coughing ] >> [ chuckles ] >> ohh.

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strait in delta. in case you want to spend time at the santa cruz boardwalk or the beach it is looking like a fantasticnta cruz 78 degrees. uv index will be very high. bright and mild. make sure you take sun screen with you. temperatures will be in the mid 60s for the other coastal cities. 52 for the ocean temperature. mother's day planner fog in the morning 7:00 a.m., cooler in the afternoon but still pretty mild around the bay and inland with some sun 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. 50s along the coast. accuweather seven-day forecast looks like this. warming it up, 60s to 80s friday, saturday. mother's day temperatures drop a few degrees but i think moms will still enjoy the weather. so if you're taking her out to brunch or lunch or a picnic, looks good. much cooler next week. dropping below average. download the accuweather app. and keep track of those and keep track of those temperatures anytime you ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ these are a

refugees they don't know that one year but i want to experience so in second time when i started to come through the strait it's mean that i didn't feel. safe in indonesia and i thought that i must go to a strange one i must you know leave this country because it was not safe for me you landed on christmas island on the twenty third of july twenty third saying that was four days after australia's government changed their policy the rules have changed how did they tell you that news would be coming to us you know i didn't know that was strange i was on the ocean because i. i were both last week and we came to australia on sixteen july. what sop was to arrive to christmas island after two days what our boat get lost and we were lost for a week and when we arrived with cheney or was twenty three july exactly my best thing. when we arrived there they put us in a place like some crazy place and they didn't allow us to call our family we were there for about twenty day. after twenty. poor they just told us that you must go to. uni so for twenty days i thought that i arrived in australia as a. free country so i d

strait earlier this month. and finally we turn to the international edition of the new york times which takes a look inside oneh is focusing on the work of employees at the berlin centre, trying to keep up with germany's new law on hate speech. raja ampat is an archipelago of 1500 odd islands scattered over 40,000 square kilometres off the indonesian coast of west papua. these waters are home to more marine species than anywhere else on the planet. there are single reefs in raja ampat that contain more species than the entire caribbean. but as word of its unspoilt beauty gets out, and visitors swoop in, locals and scientists are striving to protect their slice of paradise. earlier i spoke with mark erdmann from conservation international. he is one of the scientists who helped to establish the whole archipelago as a shark and ray sanctuary. his mission is to seek out new species there. really i would say there are two main reasons for that. predominantly, it's because of the mind blowing diversity of habitats you have in raja ampat. you have pseudo species so that adds up to quite a few over role. additionally

. ♪ a good time ♪ bringing the sunshine ♪ the moonshine ♪ when i am gone ♪ rob: george strait.is new york. a beautiful morning. the glow of the soon-to-be sunrise on the horizon. that is another beautiful shot, love that shot. hard to tell. welcome to "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. jillian: thanks for starting the day with us, donald trump blasting the so-called deep state, two big bipartisan meeting that the justice department. rob: congressman drag out he warning invited democrats to that meeting, don't leak. griff jenkins live with the latest. >> reporter: two briefings take place today at the justice department. democrats have a seat in one of them to answer questions on whether an informant was trying to penetrate the trump campaign in 2016, something the president said of true is unprecedented. >> it looks like a serious event but we will find out. when they look at the documents people will see a lot of bad things happen. i hope it is not so because if it is there has never been anything like it in the history of our country. we now call it spy gate. >> rep

i live in a purple strait, i live in a state that's a mix, every state is basically of mix but it's a matter of degree and what holds us together unfortunately at this time as nation, it's sense of collective suffering, of pain out of great recession which a lot have not recovered from and trust in the stability of our institutions. >> you talk about that in your book, by the way, we will put the phone numbers on the screen if you want to participate in afternoon 202-748-8200 in eastern central time donees. -- zones. you write in your book about the so-called fly-over country that the recession like you said hasn't ended. you're not so worried about improving, you're just worried about getting back up to speed or at all. >> yeah, i call survival is not aspiration because that's what's assumed. you can survive on the most basic level. if you can pay the bills, you have a job that provides benefits or a job that's minimum wage, you're head of the game. most people i know, a range of people, whether you have ged, ph.d, are unable to find work that reflects their skill set and unable to find work that pays their bills and that's been going on since 2008, you

strait tooers there. what was going on through your mind at this particular time. >> somewhere along the line sheriff jim lingo had determined a new plan. they implemented it there and in charge of state troopers said kneel and pray and go back where you calm from well they kneeled, prayed stood up and nobody moved. as if to turn around and when troopers came in with night sticks held -- almost shoulder high and started pushing people when they started pushing people, of course, they fell like dominoes so many paper injured from scrape and bruises and so forth panic type stuff. short time later tear gas was thrown at crowd and people began screaming so my big fear in the panic he would run back across the bridge and some of them might jump off the bridge which -- fortunate never happened but -- it was quite a so i knew what to do so it doesn't impale our eyes very much as it did the public. and marches. it was a sad moment for us because we had anticipated the fact that dr. king had confided in some of his people that he had basically been unsuccessful in selma and he was thinking about moving to either

agreed to straits limits on its nuclear program and to open up its facilities to international experts don't you mcadams he's an executive director at the wrong paul institute at pace face the timing of netanyahu his charm offensive is all too convenience netanyahu in those very well that he cannot take on iran on his own bibi is playing trump like a fiddle but look around trump is good all the same losers that were in power in two thousand and two who lied us into going into iraq or we're supposed to believe that somehow just a week or so before trump has to make his decision on iran that all of a sudden it come into this amazing information here let us rush to share with you this information telling you how you really are it's all purity after it's just like his ridiculous bomb thing at the u.n. it's just a desperate ploy to lie us into another war well the wrong deal could be in great a doubt in light of mike pump a as appointment as u.s. secretary of state the former cia director was officially sworn in as washington's chief diplomat on wednesday he's a known critic of the agreement and has a close relationship with donald trump. i must say that's more spirit than i've heard f

. >> he was in sort of financial dire straits because he had gone in on a number of these real estate deals in california and new york with jeffrey yohai at the time deals were distressed, they were in trouble and he continued to invest in them to try to bail his son-in-law out and himself to some extent. then his son-in-law and his daughter get divorced and he's still in this financial trouble, which sort of sets the stage at the time -- this was during the campaign. at the time you remember, now we see from these e-mails, that he is trying to get made whole from some of his former clients in ukraine, including the russia-aligned political party opposition block which was the successor to the yanakovich political party and the oligarch whose interactions with manafort through this guy constantine are now at the center of the mueller probe and paul manafort is having trouble paying his bills from the mueller probe. so, all the financial distress that sort of led him to this situation can be linked to some extent to this jeffrey yohai guy who is now working with investigators, potentially in the cases against manafort. >> so, manafort has been, i b

the president dare saying rudy will get his facts strait, and, in fact, giuliani did that, here's part of the statement he said, as it relates to the timingd, my references to timing were not describing my understanding of the president's knowledge, but instead, my understanding of the matters so, it seems to be that although giuliani said that the president was aware of the general arrangement with michael cohen, his other lawyer, in terms of the payments to stormy daniels, now giuliani is saying that he can't say for sure whether the president knew about that. he was only giving his understanding of what the president knew, which opens the door for now the white house to say that, in fact, the president never knew all of this is important because on april 5th, on air force one, the president did say that he did not know anything about this, and it sort of raised a lot of questions when giuliani said he made the payments in 2017, how it's possible that he could have paid for the stormy daniels payments a year before with no idea about that a year later. so a lot of confusion here, and we still, as we approach the end of the day here, kel

straits. we need to dial that up if the summits go bad. translator: on january 1, i came to washington. andhe time, many americans many organizations had expressed interest about human rights in north korea. an i know that it is important topic for many people and on their minds. , the peace regime on the these peninsula i believe go hand in hand with human rights before people of north korea. however, i see that you feel that the human rights are neglected if we do not come out right and talk about it. gdp, per capita in south korea is about 20 times higher than what it is in north korea. professor at the university, andeard about the exchange kim had expressed his concerns that north korea was too slow in reforming their economy. so, if kim is lamenting that in economic late reform, i think it is a good wantl that he does indeed to reform his economy. and by not reforming sooner or earlier, it appears that it has weakened his grip on the koreans internally. to that. can respond last year, they were deployed. environmental assessments being done. temporarily --t that they were temporarily deploye

straits. i human rights situation. we need to dial that of if the summits go bad. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: 2016 on january . at the time many americans and many organizations have expressed interest about human rights in north korea. and i know that it is an important topic for many people, and on their minds. so the denuclearization and peace regime on the korean peninsula, i agree. these go hand-in-hand with human rights for people of north korea. however, i see that you feel human rights is neglected, if we don't come out wide and talk about it. but the gdp, per capita in south korea, is about 20 times higher that is in north korea. professor at university, he heard about the exchange, and kim had expressed his concerns that north korea was too slow in reforming their economy. so if kim is lamenting that they are too late in economic reform, i think it's a good signal that he does indeed want to reform his economy. and by not reforming sooner and earlier, or earlier, it appears that it has weakened his grip on the koreans internally. i think i can respond to thaad deployment. last year they were deployed. moon admin

same time more and more americans are turning to outpatient settings for chronic care, rehab and routine surgeries. since 2010, 83 rural hospitals and closed their doors hundreds more are in dire straits. in fact, excuse me, rural services have been closed since 2010. 83 rural hospitals. bottom line, when you live in a big city like portland, chicago or los angeles, you take it for granted there's always going to be an emergency department nearby. but rural americans who fear their hospital will be the next to close, are left wondering, what's going to happen if their son or daughter breaks a leg in a high school basketball game? i heard exactly that kind of concern just a couple of weeks ago in rural oregon. where would the family go if an older one -- older love one suffered a stroke? would they get to the hospital in time if dad suffers a heart attack? keeping these hospital emergency departments open is a key challenge when it comes to rural health care. in my view it's step one, when you're working to prevent rural america from turning into that sacrifice zone, where people can't get the care they need. and i'll just close by this point. i've already indicated i think we can prod