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just remind you for a go the breaking news story of just joined us hi this is r t international state t.v. in north korea reporting that the country's camis old wednesdays are level talks with the south decision has been taking a response to seoul carrying out joint military drills with the united states which is long of course been a huge bone of contention for north korea it's no twenty eight minutes past eleven o'clock moscow time that's the way the world looks so far tonight always much more from us of course. my name's kevin i mean for me in the rest of the team thank you so much for watching and more for me just over half. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. of. the united states. and its tax on other countries. economic sanctions are just the beginning another thing you like to do is play some military press or countries that you're talking about. and there has to be an effort to. that countr

this is out international news live at one am from moscow with me kevin and well welcome to this thirty minute news update that first state t.v. in north korea is reporting that the country's canceled wednesday's high level talks with the south the decision is said to have been taken in response to seoul carrying out joint military drills with the united states similar car as more. this definitely comes as a blow considering the storage developments we've seen recently but in addition to canceling tomorrow's summit north korea is reported to have threatened to cancel its highly anticipated meeting with trump that's scheduled for june twelfth in singapore now this is all due to washington's military drills with soul which is always been a topic of discussion but it seems that the d.p. r. k. has finally decided to put its foot down. i. i. i so the d.p. r. k. has made it clear that these joint drills there and its security describing it as a rehearsal for invasion and many view these fears as legitimate given the history of countries that have willingly surrendered their w m d's but this was in fact one of the points agreed upon back in january

international news at midnight live from moscow with me kevin owen well welcome into this thirty minute live news update a lot of big stories to brief you on tonight first breaking news state t.v. in north korea is reporting that the country has canceled wednesday's high level talks with the south the decision said to have been taken in response to seoul currying out joint military drills with the united states it's long been a bone of contention let's go to washington to get the latest on this it's pretty significant it could be a looming crisis and could be talks off i guess scenario carnes their high sabera. how it will this definitely comes as a blow considering the storage developments we've seen recently but in addition to canceling tomorrow's summit north korea is reported to have threatened to cancel its highly anticipated meeting with trump that's scheduled for june twelfth in singapore now this is all due to washington's military drills with salt. which is always been a topic of discussion but it seems that the d.p. r. k. has finally decided to put its foot down. i. i. now the d.p. r. k. has made it clear that these joint drills there and it security describing it as a rehearsal for