yeah and that also reflects their concerns about a unified korea because would a unified korea perhaps involve some of the twenty eight thousand u.s. troops currently in south korea remaining in a unified country they certainly don't want that to happen but yes they wanted to avoid at all costs the the kim jong regime collapsing that could have seen you know a lot of refugees pouring across its border into china creating the one thing that the leadership here fears most which of course is social instability but now in a sense china finds itself in a very odd position i mean this time you know a few months ago the leadership here really feared the prospect of war on the korean peninsula now it has the prospect of peace and that perhaps leading to a unified korea and the uncertainty that could bring for china all right agent thank you very much indeed for giving us. commentary from china very important country of the sea in this let's go back there now to james james spays our diplomatic editor his there overlooking the demilitarized zone so overall by and large this is being quite a suc

would a unified korea perhaps also have on its soul some of the twenty eight thousand u.s. troops currently in south korea so cautious overall from beijing and you know beijing is on the sidelines let's be honest it's not used to being in this position especially as this is a summit that's happening right on its doorstep but eventually china is going to have to play some role in this process in the negotiating process because of course china is a signatory to the one nine hundred fifty three armistice and would therefore feel that its signature would be crucial if any peace treaty is to be signed so china's role ultimately very important but where do we go from here well kim and president trump a jew to have their meeting sometime in the next few weeks but after that is it possible that china the united states and the two koreas will also talk and then after that perhaps the two other players in this russia and japan will they also join and we get back to a situation of the six party talks remember those six party talks were last held here in beijing in two thousand and seve

and china worries that a unified korea might perhaps be less friendly to china and perhaps someu.s. troops might remain on the soil of a unified korea where the white house released a statement following the meeting it says we're hopeful that talks will achieve progress towards a future of peace and prosperity for the entire korean peninsula the united states looks forward to continuing robust discussions in preparation for the planned meeting between president donald trump and kim jong un in the coming weeks and the white house has released some photographs of the new u.s. secretary of state when he met the north korean leader might prompt pompei or travel to pyongyang earlier this month as the cia director to lay the groundwork for a meeting between kim jong un and president trump mr pompei is now on his way to a nato meeting in brussels before going on to the middle east the u.s. senate confirmed him as the top u.s. diplomat by a narrow majority of fifty seven to forty two. well the summit is a political and diplomatic milestone for the korean leaders kim jong un became north

peninsula that's free of nuclear weapons it wants a lasting peace but when it comes to the issue of a unified korea it is as i say much more hesitant because it worries it worries potentially that it could have a neighbor that's less friendly toward china the north korea and south korea at the moment and it worries that perhaps some of those twenty eight thousand u.s. troops currently in south korea might remain in a united korea in the future not something they want to avoid they want to avoid the prospect of apps having u.s. bases close to their side of the border the something else to factor in here marty which is quite interesting just across the border from north korea in northern china there is the korean autonomous region and some two million ethnic koreans live there so i wonder what they make of today's historic events and what is the what is the state of the relationship between president xi and president trump there's a lot of water has passed under the bridge since they had their their rather pleasant and amicable summit in mar-a lago there's been a quite a bit of bad blood has it they

and china really worries about a unified korea right on its doorstep it doesn't know whether that would be good or bad for china but it would certainly mean potentially the china would lose influence over the korean peninsula and it worries of course that could some of the twenty eight thousand u.s. troops currently in south korea now remain in a unified korea but we shouldn't get too ahead of ourselves you know ahead lie you know months or years of negotiations china will feel pleased i think that it's now back in the game in a sense because the joint declaration refers to the prospect of four party talks taking place later in the year involving china involved the united states as well as the two koreas because china has really found itself in an unusual position it's been on the sidelines of a major international event that is happening right on its doorstep now in the past in the days and weeks leading up to today's summit china has said that is supports the idea of a nuclear free korean peninsula it supports the idea of reconciliation it wants to have a peace treaty but what i

troops might remain on the soil of a unified korea. the view from beijing let's get a broader perspective joining us on skype from singapore is graham on the web he's a research fellow at the rajaratnam school of international studies graeme good to talk to you again what's your main takeaway point so far well in relation to china their concerns are extremely real they ask themselves questions about what the future is going to look like if the korean peninsula is able to work its act act out and to unify did been have degenerated into the sixty year long steel meet between north and south creating a establish security buffer between china and india for the presence of american military forces in the region and so therefore it's quite understandable why the chinese government particularly under president xi jinping would be quite concerned about how changes in that security environment can possibly put at risk chinese national security interests ok they have clearly kept the dialogue and the level of dialogue the intricacy of it incredi

but politically the chinese wouldn't loan a dime to a unified korea. they would loan money to north korea that maintained a semblance of a chinese-style central committee. they will never accept another free market country full of koreans. kennedy: isn't that interesting that the threat that poses to china. you talk about a theocracy. if this experiment is successful, and i truly hope that it is, is there some way of shifting this paradigm to the middle east particularly in iran where we assume those thee krattic authoritarians have such a stranglehold on politic and culture and the economy that there is no way they will open up. are there some lessons we can learn from this and apply over there? >> this is part of the unspoken message to iran. what trump is dloiferg north korea is, if you deal with me wide open on a blank slate, open table, i give some, you give me some, you will be welcomed in the community of nations as a full partner and you can start playing by the rules and you can enrich yourselves and make cars and telephones. and we are fair br

what does it mean for a unified korea long—term? does it mean for a unified korea long-term?spoke about unification in his news address this year. he mentioned the word a dozen times. but he was not talking about a south korean style unification. the north has always talked about unification under kim jong—un or his father or grandfather's control, under north korean control. so that is very different from what we typically hear about in south korea, which is a very democratic, liberal economic kind of unification. they would not be the case in a kim jong—un style operation. would not be the case in a kim jong-un style operation. thank you very much forjoining us. thousands of people have returned to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to continue protesting, after a court acquitted five men of raping a teenager at the annual bull—running festival. the men were convicted of sexual abuse instead. it's the third straight day of demonstrations. sophie long reports. this is the third day people have filled the streets of pamplona and other cities across spain aft

troops in a unified korea so for china this represents a great deal of uncertainty also worth mentioning adrian the papers have been talking about the fact that it might be time now to lift sanctions on north korea because of course china has been in forcing those sanctions but of course any decision on sanctions would have to be taken by the u.n. security council adrian many thanks i'll try to correspond a daydream brown there live in beijing germany's chancellor angela merkel has visited washington for a brief meeting with the u.s. president she hopes to persuade donald trump not to impose new u.s. tariffs on european stale steel and aluminum exports but top of merkel's agenda was the preservation of the iran nuclear deal which trump has threatened to abandon the iranian regime feels violence bloodshed and cares all across the middle east we must ensure that this murderous regime does not even get close to a nuclear weapon and that iran ends its proliferation of dangerous missiles and its support for terrorism no matter where you go in the middle east wherever there's a problem around

also social costs the polarization within the south korean society is very high compared to a unified korea so they are highly interested in having a peace yes of course quite interesting because if you look at it in terms of mr costa south korea says ok we don't spend all this money on weapons. looking out for our neighbors they stop doing that the united states looks is going to look at that somewhat askance regardless of what will or will not happen in this meeting but also will or will not happen between donald trump and kim jong un well yes of course the united states also have different interests here in this matter but now that's why it is so important that we have a south korean president who is very much interested and willing to mediate between these two parties in order to to bring also to make this very successful the summit with the united states which is crucial for beginning a long term peace process peace process from both ends graduate school of a station not a status thank you so much thank you. little trump meanwhile house welcomes the announcements from the into korean s

also social costs the polarization within the south korean society is very high compared to a unified korea so they are highly interested in having a peace is that's interesting because if you look at it in terms of mr costa south korea says ok we don't spend all this money on weapons. looking out for our neighbors they stop doing that for united states looks is going to look at that somewhat askance regardless of what will or will not happen in this meeting but also will or will not happen between donald trump and kim jong un well yes of course the united states also have different interests here in this matter but now that's why it is so important that we have a south korean president who is very much interested and willing to mediate between these two parties in order to to bring also to make this very successful the summit with the united states which is crucial for beginning a long term peace process peace process from both ends graduate school of a station not a status thank you so much thank you. u.s. president donald trump has welcomed the announcement from the into korean summits h

the leaders of north and south for political courage but it's also but it is also wary about a unified koreaand what that could mean for its influence in the region brown has been monitoring reaction from beijing. well china's leaders will be studying this joint declaration very carefully indeed because of course the text refers to the prospect of four party talks happening later in the year those talks would involve china the united states as well as the two koreas so in a sense china is now back in the game because it's found itself in an unusual position being on the sidelines of a major international event happening right on its doorstep now in the past few weeks chinese leaders have reiterated again and again that they support the idea of reconciliation they support the idea of a peace treaty and of course of a korean peninsula being free of nuclear weapons but the joint declaration refers to one country and that's where chinese leaders become a bit hesitant because they in a sense feel uneasy about the idea of a unified korea they don't know what that would mean but they fear it could

because china doesn't know whether a unified korea would be good or bad for it but at least now it seems that china is in a sense back in the game because that declaration referred to the four party talks that could take place later in the year involving both koreas as well as russia and china because you know china has not had a seat at the table on friday it's found itself in the unusual position of being on the sidelines of a major event happening right on its doorstep and what china wants to avoid i think potentially is being outmaneuvered diplomatically by washington so china wants to maintain its influence over north korea you know relations between pyongyang and beijing as we know have been very strained during the past few years they have had a real falling out but at the end of the day china doesn't want to lose the influence that it has over north korea so that was why kim jong un was invited perhaps someone does a better word to beijing at the end of march and that allowed president xi jinping to i think demonstrate that in the she can relationship kim is very much th

me here, so they told me to hurry and go back before anyone m the fishermen fly the flag of a unified korealea will be heard by the leaders of both countries as they prepare to meet. we have been worried about bombs and missiles flying over us and another war starting. all that could be gone all at once. my heart would be at peace, and our lives would be at peace. for many, the dream of sharing these waters has been held for 65 years. this is their best chance at peace in decades, and they can only place their hope in those who will negotiate their future. some views from the south korean island. we can actually show you some live pictures from the loop house, where the south korean president, moonjae—in, house, where the south korean president, moon jae—in, is house, where the south korean president, moonjae—in, is expected to leave any minute now. and after he leaves he will be crossing the bridgejust behind us he leaves he will be crossing the bridge just behind us to he leaves he will be crossing the bridgejust behind us to meet he leaves he will be crossing the bridge just behind us to

.: the fishermen fly the flag of a unified korea. they hope their plea will be heard by the leaders of both countries as they prep meet. >> we have been worried about bombs and missiles flying over us, and another war starting. all that could be gone all at once. my heart wilbe at peace and our lives will be at peace. laura b.: for many, thindream of sharthese waters has been held for 65 years. this is the best chance at peace in decades, and they can only place their hope in those who will negotiate their future. laura bicker, bbc news. laura: the point person for the trump administration on north s been mike pompeo, and today he was confirmed as u.s. secretary of state. shortly afterwards, the white ituse released these photos of mr. pompeo meetingkim jong-un in north korea over easter weekend. for more on the diplom developments, my colleague fochristian fraser spoke ter billambassador to t u.n. richardson a short time ago. christian: governor richardson, the two koreas meet tomorrow. what can we expect from the e eting? mr. richa

the fishermen fly the flag of a unified korea.by the leaders of both countries as they prepare to meet. we have been worried about bombs and missiles flying over us and another war starting. all that could be gone all at once. my heart would be at peace and our lives would be at peace. for many, the dream of sharing these waters has been held for 65 years. this is their best chance at peace in decades. and they can only place their hope in those who will negotiate their future. history will be made on this peninsula injust a history will be made on this peninsula in just a few hours when kim jong—un steps over the border into south korea, the first north korean leader to do so and for its pa rt korean leader to do so and for its part south korea says it will be strong and stubborn on the issue of denuclearisation. mr kim has said he's only bahebeck to stop testing his weapons and not give them away and he might see the summit as a way to cement his place on the world stage as a nuclear power. it is the job of seoul, and indeed was

demilitarized zone as a member in 2015.cross dmz did you think this moment can come and you you see a unified korea in the future? >> well, indeed. ahn, who i was with in honolulu ofwe watched the beginning the talks between the leaders, and of course, this has been our dream, not just women across the dmz, but all of the people that have been working on the issues of the korean peninsula for decades. indeed, it is a remarkable occurrence today that our dreams are really coming true. if this agreement is implemented in the way that it is written, it will really provide such a relief to both the people of north korea and south korea that they don't have to live under the potential military action that indeed there can be corporation on economic areas that will help north korea -- i mean, the people in north korea are not dummies. they are very smart people. i think they will be able to use this opportunity to increase their standard of living and the family rina vocation part of this, that the people of the korean peninsula in were artificially divided 1945 that indeed they will be resume family rel

. >> reporter: a unified korea remains a long way off. for now it is about guaranteeing survival.he north needs relief from biting sanctions. for the south and the watching world, it is the promise of denuclearization. but an afternoon walk in a dmz garden offers the leaders a chance for private discussion. stern faces betray an intense conference. pageant friday returns as the men meet their wives for a banquet, the menu sourced from across the peninsula offers a reminder of what unites the two before millions across both koreas and around the world wait for what will happen when donald trump comes to the table. it is interesting also to see how state run media has covered this. there are a number of news articles already about what happened, about the tree planting, about how they stepped over the mdl of course mentioning the fact that president moon also stepped into the northern side of the dmz. so it is a very different tone that we're seeing from north korean state run media which means that it is a different tone that the north korean people are being shown now. not speakin

demilitarized zone as a member in 2015.cross dmz did you think this moment can come and you you see a unified korea in the future? >> well, indeed. ahn, who i was with in honolulu ofwe watched the beginning the talks between the leaders, and of course, this has been our dream, not just women across the dmz, but all of the people that have been working on the issues of the korean peninsula for decades. indeed, it is a remarkable occurrence today that our dreams are really coming true. if this agreement is implemented in the way that it is written, it will really provide such a relief to both the people of north korea and south korea that they don't have to live under the potential military action that indeed there can be corporation on economic areas that will help north korea -- i mean, the people in north korea are not dummies. they are very smart people. i think they will be able to use this opportunity to increase their standard of living and the family rina vocation part of this, that the people of the korean peninsula in were artificially divided 1945 that indeed they will be resume family rel

south korea went into full gear trying to get the north koreans to participate and they did the north and south korean athletes marched together during the opening ceremony in february under a unified flag north korea even sent athletes to the paralympics in march and that sports the plumas see has led to this the fall in tensions and now this summit this week and jason and you indicated this is a very high stakes summit how important is the outcome of this meeting for the one being done and kim jong un briefly if you can. well we're on not even sure if the trump kim summit will actually happen i think we're still some ways off from that i think what is discussed tomorrow here in in south korea will really set the agenda for a potential kim trump summit right jason strother in so thank you very much for that thank you. let me now bring you up to date but some of the stories making news around the the deadly van attack in the german city of mustard three weeks ago has now claimed a fourth life police say a seventy four year old man who'd been seriously injured in the rampage has died in hospital the driver who killed himself is thought to have had mental health problems. a media spo

wanting change in north korea, is probably more pleased with a somewhat more radical north korea than a unifiedders. a lot of players in that room beyond the two korea leaders there. let's eat hopeful, it has just begun. they are at lunch now. beyond these ceremonies, there continues to be a process that will hopefully move the korean peninsula forward. thank you very much indeed. stay with us on bbc news where we continue our special coverage of the korean summit. still to come — what do north koreans who've defected to the south make of the summit talks and the chances of peace? we'll find out. nothing it seems was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally there have already been protests, sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong, it was only when radioactive levels started to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebrations. th

know we don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves at the moment then wouldn't a new sort of unified korea be more friendly or less friendly to china these are the issues that chinese leaders have really been fixating on now china of course really feels that ultimately it will have to be involved in any peace talks because china of course was a signatory to the one nine hundred fifty three armistice and therefore its signature would be needed required once the peace treaty was signed and you know just a few weeks ago kim jong un was summoned or invited to beijing by president xi and i think president xi wanted to demonstrate two things one the china wanted to be central in any peace process and two in the kim she relationship kim is very much the junior partner analysts i've spoken to here in china suggest that actually some officials are actually concerned that perhaps potentially you know north korea could sort of slowly leave china's orbit and sort of strike out on its own and what chinese officials worry about is not so much this summit that's happening today because after all the lead

south korea went into full gear trying to get the north koreans to participate and they did the north and south korean athletes marched together during the opening ceremony in february under a unified flag north korea even said athletes to the paralympics in march and that sports the plume a sea has led to this the fall and tensions and now this summit this week and jason and you and i did get it this is a very high stakes summit how important is the outcome of this meeting for the one being done it and kim jong un briefly if you can. all right well we're on not even sure if the trump kim summit will actually happen i think we're still some ways off from that i think what is discussed tomorrow here in south korea will really set the agenda for a potential kim trump summit right jason strother in so thank you very much for that thank you let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world i mean a spot of the city elect a new prime minister on the first of may this follows massive anti-government demonstrations the country that have forced a veteran. to resign from the same post on monday he was accused of making a polygraph and opposition leaders are ca

japan's prime minister shinzo avi north korea's weapons program has dominated talks between the two leaders. japan and ourselves are locked in we are very unified on the subject of north korea we will probably be depending on various meetings and conversations will be having meetings with kim john very soon it will be and will be taking place probably in early june or a little before that assuming things go well it's possible things won't go well or we won't have the meetings and we'll just continue to go along this very strong path that we've taken but we will see what happens former u.s. first lady barbara bush has died aged ninety two the wife and mother of two former presidents was in hospital several times this year barbara bush was often ranked in polls as the most popular first lady in modern history. and government rallies have intensified in armenia after a vote to allow the former president to become prime minister tens of thousands of people protested accusing him of a power grab he was president for a decade i mean his new construction situation strengthens the office of prime minister. police in nigeria have fired tear gas at hundr

korea. together, the south korean stars sang about a dream of unifying the two koreas divided by war.hat this kind of exchange will lead to lasting peace on the peninsula. and those taking part hope for more in the future. translation: i think the role of an artist could be more important than that of a politician, who can be very formal. if unification does happen, what both countries can relate and share is culture. i think about how i can be a little help to that. the audience may be clapping along to the same beat of their neighbours for now, but the two countries have been at this point before. all agree it's a start. but affecting real change on the peninsula will require more than the occasional overture. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. tributes are being paid to the us television producer and writer steven bochco, who has died, aged 7a. he was best known for creating some of america's best—known police dramas, including hill street blues, la law and nypd blue. the ten—time emmy award winner had been suffering from a rare form of leukaemia for several years. the headlines on bbc

korea. together, the south korean stars sang about a dream of unifying the two koreas divided by war.sula. and those taking part hope for more in the future. translation: i think the role of an artist could be more important than that of a politician, who can be very formal. if unification does happen, what both countries can relate and share is culture. i think about how i can be a little help to that. the audience may be clapping along to the same beat of their neighbours for now, but the two countries have been at this point before. all agree it's a start. but affecting real change on the peninsula will require more than the occasional overture. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.

worst-case scenario is the koreas unify under democratic leading government to retain the united statess ally. perhaps under that scenario, u.s. troops remain in the korean peninsula. instead of the buffer with south korea and north korea, which is north korea, if it unifies, does that mean u.s. troops would be on the chinese border? that is a long way down the road. china is preparing for a worst-case scenario. that is why they want to be involved. they don't want that to happen. they will do all they can to make sure it doesn't. >> they don't want millions of starving people floating across the border that they have to deal with that potential crisis. it shows how many strategic goals china has in this discussion. matt rivers, thank you for your expertise. >>> let's get more reaction from anna stewart live in tokyo with reaction from there. the key player in all of this issue. anna, good morning. >> reporter: hello. we just heard from japan's prime minister shinzo abe seconds ago getting his reaction. he welcomes this development. he expect to see more concrete steps going forward. he

have some sort of peace or settlement or reconciliation with north korea that when unified of the peninsula and have korea as korea not north and south korea as a state as a nation to balance along with japan and china that would lead to a much more stable environment in asia and a much more much more effective position for the united states in asia and i would argue throughout the world but that is something that the foreign policy elite here would have because it has to be essentially the united states against somebody to fuel both the military industrial complex here but also the foreign policy as they see it is not one of balance it can't be one where you have a strong china a strong korea a strong japan it has to be dominance all of those countries having their power only because the united states less than do so you know that to me is the strategic problem and you have that in the middle east to where i you know i agree with mike in some ways that trump may not want to have what's happening but it is a slippery slope not one that's accidental one that is purposeful by the foreign poli

japan and ourselves are locked and we are very unified on the subject of north korea.yria says international inspectors have arrived in douma, the scene of the alleged chemical attack in which dozens of people were reported killed. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: stormy daniels speaks out again, this time revealing a sketch of the man she says threatened her to keep quiet about having sex with donald trump. and meet the chinese scientists leading the way towards the ultimate form of green energy, nuclearfusion. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and 6pm in florida, where donald trump has said the us is having high level direct talks with north korea ahead of a planned summit with kim jong—un. mr trump, who's hosting the japanese prime minister shinzo abe, said five locations were being considered for the meeting. president trump said the summit would take place in earlyjune if things went well or maybe even before that. japan and ourselves are locked and we are ver

. >> i think it's north korea's blot to unify the pea -- plot to money -- i think it's north korea's plot to unify the peninsula under communism. >>> facebook just released an extremely detailed look into how reviewers decide when to remove content on the site. facebook says the 27-page set of guidelines is based on principles of safety, voice, and equity, applying to languages or pictures that can be harm, hate speech, or terrorism. there's also an appeal process. previously it could only be appealed when an entire group or page was refused. >>> happy to be joined today by the expert in counterterrorism for facebook. good morning, monica. >> reporter: good morning. thank you for having me. >> a number of groups including the electronic frontier foundation in san francisco have been pushing facebook to release these detailed pieces of information for years now, and why release them yesterday? >> reporter: yes, this is part of the conversation we have been having for a long time, and just to be clear, the community standards are a set of rules that tell you what you can and cannot post

apparently kim jong-un says the first thing the two koreas should unify is their clocks. >> ben tracyorting in beijing. >> a showdown at mexico border. hundreds of asylum seeking migrants are testing the trump administration tough stance against illegal immigration. mireya villarreal has the the latest. >> in tijuana, mexico, hundreds of migrants gathered, families with young children have very little with them. after nearly a month of traveling their journey's end is blocked by a fence that some have defiantly climbed to draw attention to their ultimate goal off sigh lum. >> maria galvez, mother from honduras is nervous what may happen to her family if she tries to cross into the u.s. >> she is part of a caravan of refugees that are now meeting with attorneys, preparing to ask the u.s. for asylum. >> refugees are welcome here. >> supporters who marched from los angeles to san diego are pro testing on the u.s. side of the fence. >> watch the caravan. watch how sad and, and terrible it is. >> at a rally outside detroit saturday night, president trump blamed democrats in office for the

but to imagine ooen the glirm of possibility of unifying the koreas in our lifetime is something many of us didn't think we'd even be talking about. whether with skepticism or not. thank you both so much. i appreciate your time. next, breaking news, jeff sessions court reportedly warning the white house if trump fired rod rosenstein, sessionings could be gone, too. the breaking news ahead and a bold prediction from michael cohen's attorney as we learn more about what the president really thinks about and how he treats cohen. plus, donald trump apparently caught on tape acting as his own publicist. >> what's your first name? >> the reporter who took that call is my guest. i just need some rest. i'm just worried about the house. and taking care of the boys. [ door slams ] he's still asleep. zach? zach?! [ dog barking ] ♪ [ sighs in relief ] zach! talk to me. it's for the house. i got a job. it's okay. dad took care of us. principal. we can help you plan for that. so if you have heart failure, your heart doesn't only belong to you. ask your doctor about entresto. it helped keep people al

korea anymore. it could be some sort of unified fed rated korea, in which case how does that work with the name of whatever's on the document for the treaty changes and the entity it is no longer republic of korea, but it has an, is an entity that contained an alliance and a threat. so how do we dole with that? i'm not sure if that's going to come up during summit, but if it kuz does, we need to be prepared for it. so just wanted to highlight that and i will end there because my time is up. thank you. >> even better, i got the last word. i'm an dmis economist. the it's something i think a lot of us are missing. goes back to the sanctions. i must admit for many years, if you'd asked me about two years ago how effective these sanctions are, i would have said they're just not working. they're not working for two reasons. one is they're kind of by themselves. nothing else is happening. second, china is not on board. and with north korea and china are so close, they natch riley do a huge amount of business. if china is not on board with sanction, sanctions are virtually useless. that was my thinking. since north

pompei you met north korea's leader in pyongyang president trump's been speaking during a meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo. japan and ourselves are locked in we are very unified on the subject of north korea we will probably be depending on various meetings and conversations we'll be having meetings with kim jong very soon it'll be taking place probably in early june or a little before that assuming things go well it's possible things won't go well or we won't have the meetings and we'll just continue to go along this very strong path that we've taken but we will see what happens. as a matter of fact the united states has the overwhelming military power in the world and by using this strength you have effectively applied an overwhelming amount of pressure against north korea and also as the u.s. and north korea have a summit meeting which will be held for the first time my hope is that there will be a tangible progress towards resolving the outstanding issues of concern this includes nuclear issues as well as the abduction issue which is a top priority for the japanese syria's ambassador to the u.n. says chemical weapons inspectors will enter duma on wednesda

the first time little kim has made agreements only to break them and kim's delusional idea of a unified korea is a unified communist korean peninsula with him in charge standing against the west. for other sicks decades, the kim regime has actively pursued nuclear and ballistic weapons, terrorizing anyone who opposes the rogue regime. president trump's hardball tactics had their intended unsurmountable effect. we must proceed with caution and stand with our allies to ensure this agreement is not merely a ploy to serb north korea's nefarious totalitarian aggressive interests. that's just the way tsms i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. project has socal changed flight path into los angeles airport, effectively cramming traffic from a six-lane highway in the sky into a single lane. constituents in my district now have low altitude flights other their heads sometimes every three minutes. parents

japan and ourselves are locked in we are very unified on the subject of north korea we will probably be depending on various meetings and conversations we'll be having meetings with him. very soon it'll be taking place probably in early june or a little before that assuming things go well it's possible things won't go well or we won't have the meetings and we'll just continue to go along this very strong that we've taken. but we will see our syria's ambassador to the u.n. says chemical weapons inspectors will enter doom on wednesday if it's safe enough he says the u.n. security team is at the site and will make an independent decision on access for an opiate c.w.t. the investigators will look into a suspected chemical attack on april the seventh but won't assign blame they arrived in damascus on saturday and of called for access as soon as possible syria's state media were earlier reporting that weapons experts have entered the formal rebel on klav when you die i mean today the u.n. security team entered duma around three pm in order to assess the security situation on the ground and

korea. together, the south korean stars sang about a dream of unifying the two koreas divided by war. those taking part hope for more in the future. translation: i think the role of an artist could be more important than that of a politician, who can be very formal. if unification does happen, what both countries can relate and share is culture. i think about how i can be a little help to that. the audience may be clapping along to the same beat of their neighbours for now, but the two countries have been at this point before. all agree it's a start. but affecting real change on the peninsular will require more than the occasional overture. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. a curfew has been imposed in indian—administered kashmir. that's because 20 people have died in clashes between security forces and separatist militants. the violence broke out on sunday. remember all of kashmir is claimed by both india and pakistan. they've fought two wars over this since it was divided in 1947. and it remains separated by this line of control and is still one of the most militarised places in the wo

then a breakthrough came on the diplomatic front in february athletes from north and south korea march under a unified flag at the winter olympics and a month made to south korea announced pyongyang was ready for talks with the u.s. donald trump accepted the invitation within two days weeks later came made his first overseas visit to china following a meeting with north korea's strongest ally they were more conciliatory gestures and trump this week confirmed his administration has been in direct touch with pyongyang a story meeting is expected to take place in late may or early choose well let's bring in our panel for today's inside story. in south korea robert kelly professor of political science and diplomacy at busan national university in singapore graham webb a research fellow at neon technological university and in washington d.c. mark fitzpatrick a twenty six year veteran of the u.s. state department way specialize in nonproliferation gentlemen thank you all for being with us on inside story robert kennedy is this in your view a genuine set forward by north korea or a negotiating tactic ahead o

apparently kim jong-un says the first thing the two koreas should unify is their clocks. >> morgan: bency reporting there in beijing. it is a showdown at the mexico border. hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants are testing the trump's administration tough stance against illegal immigration. mireya villarreal has the latest. >> reporter: in tijuana, mexico, the caravan of migrants gathered at the border. many families with young children have been traveling for nearly a month of traveling, their journey's end is blocked by a fence that some have defiantly climbed to draw attention to their ultimate goal of asylum. maria galvez is nervous about what might happen to her family if she tries to cross into the u.s. galvez is part of a caravan of refugees that are now meeting with attorneys, preparing to ask the u.s. for asylum. >> refugees are welcome here! >> reporter: supporters who marched from los angeles to san diego are protesting on the u.s. side of the fence. >> watch the caravan. watch how sad and terrible it is. >> reporter: at a rally just outside detroit saturday night, president tr