the destruction of its nuclear test site it's being billed as a goodwill gesture that president sturrock summit with the u.s. but is it all a show for the cameras. also coming up facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg prepares for a grilling by european politicians over the global data scandal engulfing his company. one year ago today twenty two people were killed and eight hundred were wounded in a terrorist attack in manchester. are all. week friends of one of the victims who is being remembered with a new play. time sumi so much comic good to have you with us north korea's kim jong un has asked a small group of foreign journalists to witness the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site the journal survived chong yang earlier today kim promised to destroy the facility as part of efforts to create a positive atmosphere at a plant summit with u.s. president trump next month but experts are divided on whether kim's plans to dismantle the site will achieve what he claims there's also been concern that south korean reporters were disinvited at the last minute. in a notoriously secretive coun

loudspeakers on their borders that are played propaganda for decades the move fulfills a promise made at an sturrock summit between the two countries leaders last week south korea has also asked the united nations to verify north korea's planned shutdown of a nuclear test site. and funerals have been held for dozens of people killed in three suicide bombings in afghanistan yesterday that includes nine journalists who were killed in a couple and several children killed in khandahar the media watchdog reporters without borders has appealed to the united nations to create a special envoy to protect journalists. a judge in australia has ordered the country's highest ranking catholic cardinal george pell to stand trial on multiple charges of sexual abuse tell of the most senior member of the catholic church to be tried on such charges a details about the allegations have not yet been made public but police say they are historical sexual assault offenses dating back decades alice pleaded not guilty a date for the trial is yet to be set. let's bring it to the views dieter hermann in sydney for more on the

that will take it across to having a harder brexit which will sturrock problems down the track.g. i'm sorry to rush you but it has been a busy night. thank you to you both. that's it for the papers. we have a news bulletin coming up at midnight. now it is time for newsnight. with emily maitlis. they thought they could take control, but they failed. labour plymouth. look at the overall picture, labour gained seats across the country. we have kept what we had but we have at the best results in some parts of london than ever before. it has been a brilliant night, the liberal democrats have a skip in their step this morning and i'm really pleased. it is a really good result and we are clearly the fourth party because ukip has disappeared. is everybody happy? the party leaders have been on the road, claiming victory, even when the results are mixed. i'm at the heart of the black country. the labour leader was asked if we had reached peak corbyn today, how will his cabinet answer that? will this change how the prime minister does her brexit? we askjojohnson, and our panel is here to p

built on a lie when the be going to understand this when we're going to send understand there's no sturrock zero patton and we see that played out now almost through the propaganda that's presented as news i think will get you that many mainstream media journalists have short memories perhaps but they are handed as they have always been handed press releases from government they routinely say russia has obviously rules invaded in area of europe and now they're being told we have proof that they have launched a chemical attack on english soil the first time since world war two and and the journalists say all governments cannot possibly be lying about such a serious event i've been a journalist for a long time i've covered many wars i've covered the first cold war i've covered it from the soviet union i've covered it from the united states i've worked all over the world i'm a reporter. i would say there is a pseudo journalism now the kind of journalism you describe i wouldn't describe as journalism to simply write down and swallow what governments tell you is the very end to thesaurus of what

built on a lie when the be going to understand this when we're going to send understand there's no sturrock zero patton and we see that played out now almost through the propaganda that's presented as news i think will get you that many mainstream media journalists have short term memories perhaps but they are handed as they have always been handed press releases from government they routinely say russia has obviously rules invaded in area of europe and now they're being told we have proof that they have launched a chemical attack on english soil the first time since world war two and and the journalists say all governments cannot possibly be lying about such a serious event i've been a journalist for a long time i've covered many wars i've covered the first cold war i've covered it from the soviet union i've covered it from the united states i've worked all over the world i'm a reporter. i would say there is a pseudo journalism now the kind of journalism you describe i wouldn't describe as journalism to simply write down and swallow what governments tell you is the very end to thesaurus of

built on a lie when the be going to understand this when we're going to send understand there's no sturrock zero patton and we see that played out now almost through the propaganda that's presented as news i think will get you that many mainstream media journalists have short term memories perhaps but they are handed as they have always been handed press releases from government they routinely say russia has obviously invaded an area of europe and now they are being told we have proof that they have launched a chemical attack on english soil the first time since world war two and and the journalists say all governments cannot possibly be lying about such a serious event i've been a journalist for a long time i've covered many wars i've covered the first cold war i've covered it from the soviet union i've covered it from the united states i've worked all over the world i'm a reporter. i would say there is a pseudo journalism now the kind of journalism you describe i wouldn't describe as journalism to simply write down and swallow what governments tell you is the very end to thesaurus of what

are not expected so what made donald trump change his mind after telling the world that this is sturrock summit was cancelled and what made him change his mind once again what appears to have been a statement made by north korea their most recent statement and which they said they were still open to meeting and sitting down with the united states at any time now seems particularly sensitive to these statements from north korea his previous decision to cancel the summit was also based on a statement from north korea this is donald trump. sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting now that previous statement that trump says made him cancel the upcoming summit was a criticism of the u.s. vice president they referred to the u.s. vice president as a dummy in the aftermath of him getting up and making a statement in which he invoked the libyan scenario and the you know the toppling of the libyan government in two thousand and eleven in reference to north korea so at thi

songs from councils what was supposed to be the sturrock summit with north korea's kim jong il next month that's despite pyongyang going ahead with dismantling its only nuclear testing site just a few hours before he made that announcement if i don't correspondent was there to witness the underground facility being destroyed. the french president lavished praise on russia. for its international role as he joins the team approach to the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all the highlights from day one coming up and. the russian defense ministry criticizes the latest findings from the air crash investigators looking into the m.h. seventeen tragedy in twenty fourteen for allying on social media pictures instead of witness accounts. this is art international just after one am from moscow with me kevin owen thanks for choosing us for your at news update and first in this half hour then after days of uncertainty donald trump yesterday cancel his upcoming meeting with north korea's kim jong un that was shadowed for june in singapore trouble ada gave his reasons to supporter

program it comes as north korea's leader kim jong un works to improve ties with the south taking sturrock summit last week in march he was in beijing in his first overseas trip as leader that's going live out of beijing. brown is with us so it was have been so long since a chinese foreign minister was lost in north korea. well quite a few reasons really adrian but basically relations between poor and young and beijing have been at an all time low i mean this time a year ago north korea and china simply weren't on talking terms if there was a hotline between beijing and pyongyang it simply wasn't working president xi jinping was both enraged and humiliated by kim jong un's refusal to abide by u.n. resolutions his continued tests of nuclear weapons underground testing of nuclear devices that really did in rage president xi jinping but things started to change really of course at the end of march when kim jong un made an unexpected visit to beijing he was invited all summoned here by president xi jinping and of course this visit came only a few days after it was announced that kim jong un an

north korea has thrown into doubt plans furnace sturrock summit with the united states young says it will not take part in the meeting if the u.s. demands that north korea denuclearize the north also counseled a meeting with south korea after the southern neighbor conducted joint military exercises with the us young man condemns the exercises as preparation for an invasion. the former employee of gymnastics team dr lowery nasa has agreed to pay five hundred million dollars to the women he sexually abused michigan state university sexual abuse settlement paid out to more than three hundred victims appears to be one of the largest of its kind. with the european council president donald tusk has condemned the united states foreign policy in a speech in bulgaria he criticized u.s. president all traumas withdrawal from the iran nuclear chord and his threats to start a trade war with europe called on europe to unite and determine its own future. a slate of three. has opened its new embassy in jerusalem becoming the second country to do so the ceremony was held just two days after the u.s.

ban on abortions the yes vote won by a two to one margin prime minister leo varadkar called and sturrock day for arlen saying the outcome showed the electorate's concern for the next generation rates. north and south korea are to hold high level talks on june first north korean media made the announcement after a surprise meeting between south korean president cheney and a north korean leader kim jong un at a border village they discussed kim's upcoming summit with donald trump. supplies of fuel food and medicines are declining in brazil as truckers continue a protest over diesel prices they've set up road blocks that have paralyzed traffic prompting president michel to merit to order the military to clear the blockades the cities of sao paulo and rio de janeiro have declared a state of emergency. right all madrid have won their third consecutive champions league title with a three one victory over liverpool in kiev substitute gareth bale scored twice for a zero including a spectacular scissor kick liverpool suffered a blow when their star forward mohamed salah was forced off after just