to the north korea and ask for the future policies on north korea includes the us north korea summit meeting, we have details for aligning our position. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together but japan and the united states will be in full alignment for the historic us north korean summit meeting in singapore. >> thank you very much maximum pressure is absolutely ineffective. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation perhaps after negotiation, i will be using it again . you know how well we will do with the negotiation. you heard me say we are going to use maximum pressure. we knowthe negotiation did not do well . there's no reason to say. we in the meantime agreed on sanctions. have a list of over 300 massive in some cases sanctions to put on north korea and i've decided to hold that until we can make a deal because i really believe there is the potential to make a deal and i don't think it's nice knowing in under those circumstances but yes, the campaign hasn't changed. china has continued to hold the border.

to the north korea, and as for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the us — north korea summit north korea summit meeting in singapore. yes, thank you very much. maximum pressure is in effect. we don't use the term, because we are in friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation, we will use it again. you will know how well we do, if you hear ms saying, we are going to use maximum pressure, you know that the negotiation did not go well, rightly. there is no reason to say it. in the meantime, we have not removed any sanctions. we have a list of over 300, massive, in some cases, sanctions to put on north korea, and i have decided to hold that until we can make a deal, because they really believe there is a potential to make a deal, and i do think it is nice to go in at under those circumstances. the campaign has not changed. china has continued to hold the border. again, we would like them to do more in that sense, but they have been really good, and the president has been really very good, but maximum sanction is there. we are leading all of the existing sanctions. we hav

will be the state of play when it comes to putting it in official end to the war between the us and north koreaat the 2005 agreement, it directly affected parties in china, the us, south korea, north korea. would be north koreans let the south be a part, and we would not do it without them. the chinese used the phrase directly affected parties. they negotiated a peace treaty in a separate forum. it was something the north koreans asked for. as soon as we got into the agreement they lost interest. we followed up with them and they lost interest in pursuing it. it is a bit ofa interest in pursuing it. it is a bit of a red herring. it is talked about a lot. but it is the concept somehow north korea, only something like a peace treaty will change that with the us. i do not think they have ever had anything to fear, not the 28,000 us troops in south korea, but it stands a metaphor for the fear of north korea that they need nuclear weapons because the us will invade them. president trump is very interested in having a peace treaty. after all, that is the stuff that nobel peace prizes are won on, not

singapore for our special coverage on the eve of the historic summit between us president, donald trump, and the leader of north koreaun. both men are already here, preparing for the big day on tuesday. it will be the first time a sitting us president will meet a north korean leader. the white house hopes the meeting will begin a process that will lead to pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons. kimjong—un, for his part, wants security guarantees, respect on the global stage and an end to international sanctions in order to build the economy. north korean state media is now reporting that the two leaders will discuss a way of creating permanent and durable peace, and de—nuclearization, on the korean peninsula. our correspondent, laura bicker has the latest: the waiting is over. the hard work starts now. donald trump has arrived in singapore to try to do a deal that has eluded past us presidents. he hopes his unconventional political style will persuade kimjong—un to disarm. i think within the first minute, i'll know. reporter: how? just my touch, my feel, that's what i do. the north korean leader doesn't look like he

our top story: days before the us—north korea summit, america's top diplomat says kim jong—un has assured that he's prepared to denuclearise. britain's prime minister arrives for the g7 summit in canada, leaving behind another storm in her cabinet over brexit. ahead of the football world cup we visit the host city of kaliningrad, russia's westernmost exclave. leaders arrive for the g7 summit in canada but with tensions high over donald trump's america first policies, is it more of a case of the g six ahead of the us a change of flight path, we meet the former telecoms botha battling to turn around south african airways. —— telecoms boss. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think. just use the #bbcthebriefing. the us secretary of state says he's received a personal assurance from kim jong—un that north korea is prepared to denuclearise, and that the two countries are closer to agreeing what they mean by that. mike pompeo told reporters that donald trump is approac

the contributes to that resolution if they talk liza to the solution of the problem between us and north korea or between japan and north korea the meetings we would we wish to have on the issue of abduction in the final analysis. i german. and between me between japan and north korea problem has to be solved of course japan for japan missile issue and nuclear issue very important. nuclear issue missile issue regarding these issues at the u.s. and north korea summit meeting first and foremost i'm hopeful for the progress and then on the issue of adoption. we will live as we will collaborate with the u.s. and the international community and. and japan ourselves must . talk directly with north korea in the final analysis i am determined about that. so the highs and lows. thank you. well the prime minister of it i have question to prime minister as well as president trump starting with prime minister you have already had to mention to a certain degree on the abduction issue in order to hold japan north korea has summit the premise is that you need to obtain results for the abduction issue what ki

he has given north korea something without them giving us anything. where they are at in terms of their economic situation? absolutely not. they are a multinational gangster state that functioned more than a —— more like a mafia state. the regime cannot stay in power and fund its weapons programme. already we have seen china relieve some pressure which probably gave kim courage to stand up probably gave kim courage to stand up to trump a little more. is it possible that we will not see any success possible that we will not see any success in this upcoming summit, it is just basically a show to raise the profile is both kimjong—un and donald trump? in some cases, no news is good news, and i am 0k donald trump? in some cases, no news is good news, and i am ok with trump taking a meeting with kim will stop for him to reject the invitation would be a slap in the face. maybe if nothing happens, that is best for all. that was sean king from the new york—based thing tank. president trump's pet hate is the us trade deficit. this latest number has come out and

as for what money is used in north korea, by all accounts the dollar.a rtefa ct dollar. the euro, the chinese yuan artefact currencies. exchanging them is another matter. most of that activity is done in the black market. and while there are banks and atms, it is not clear how much ordinary citizens get to use them. the banking system exists for the regime and state owned enterprises. one thing that may surprise people about the communist regime is the healthy bloom of private business. boast a little shops, restaurant and cafe ‘s. it is likely that these businesses will need to pay some sort of tax to the regime from the profits and it takes connections to get a licence in the first place. but there is a start—up culture. so if your image of the north korean economy if this or this then it may be worth remembering it is more developed than you think, even if only for the privileged people of pyongyang. lets find out more about the economy now. i spoke to a sink tank representative and i asked what and where north korea needs new investments. physical i

the us north korea summit is back on. import tariffs on steel and aluminium. the government here says it supports a legal challenge by the eu but warns against an escalating trade war. calls for the transport secretary to resign, as train passengers endure thousands of cancellations following the introduction of new timetables. technical problems for visa, customers are experiencing issues using their cards. visa says it's investigating the cause of the disruption. on news watch, why was there no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it? join us tonight at 7:45pm here on bbc news. let's get more now on the hundreds of cancellations and delays on northern trains, affecting tens of thousands of passengers in the north of england. trains on govia thameslink in the south have also been badly disrupted. 0ur correspondent has been away the stations affected by the delays. we've been here at manchester piccadilly station all da,y talking to commuters about the problems

truly believe north korea has brilliant potential and will be and great economic and financial nation one day you'll know how to. get. there what it means to just get together top teasing us from. north korea to commit to getting rid of everything that you know now is wrong with me. yes well the other hand came down and will be mindful of the fact that maybe it is number one colonel gadhafi agreed to do just that but a few years later was dragged from the drain and shot so you can see the argument for keeping it a little deterrent you know. that's a common donald give the boy a chance to build up a mound. early. in case you missed it trump and kim aren't going to meet the north korean leader says washington will be in the fight of a thousands ok so you missed it and kim finally agreed to meet they've officially booked a romantic suite at singapore raffles harry tell case you missed it trungpa has stormed out of a summit with the north korean leader it's reported he misunderstood the briefing telling him he'd be meeting someone called kim in a singapore hotel because more of the show on our site r.t. dot com well meantime was the us north korea summit was being debated eit

we'll be looking at what the us and north korea both hope to gain from the summit. also tonight. eu, canada and mexico retaliate against us tariffs with taxes of their own on american goods. hundreds of trains cancelled again on northern rail, and from monday there'lljust be an emergency timetable. the family of the only british victim killed in the london bridge attack say they feel forgotten as the anniversary approaches.

north korea summit meetings are upcoming i also would like to express my appreciation to the people of the united states for always warmly welcoming us as your ally. in five days u.s. north korea's summit is to take place first of all i would like to pay my deep respect to the outstanding leadership of president trump as he made this decision that no past presidents were ever able to accomplish in the last eighteen months we really spent many hours to discuss this issue we shall never repeat the past mistakes while this thought is completely shared between us we are able to witness and historic talk which will take place shortly today with present trump. our discussion was focused on your. issue of north korea. what should we do as we approach that coming are us north korea's i mix as well as for the peace and stability of northeast asia after the summit on this topic we took a good amount of time and carried out. in-depth and candid exchange of views i'm not able to talk about the details of what we discussed. but one thing i can say is that japan and the united states are always together that i strongly hope that this historic summ

that was the way he did —— described us sanctions on north korea at leading up sanctions on north koreansidering imposing. north korea didn't ask about them but he told them unsolicited that he was going to hold off on any new sanctions because he feels like real progress is being made. a very encouraging or encourage the donald trump speaking there. he seems to be optimistic about the way things are heading. anthony there on that impromptu press c0 nfe re nce anthony there on that impromptu press conference and he is already tweeting about it. you can follow him on twitter, it's a good idea to do so. italy has a new prime minister — and government — ending three months of political uncertainty. little—known lawyer and academic giuseppe conte was sworn in alongside other cabinet ministers to lead western europe's first anti—establishment government. the populist prime minister had earlier abandoned attempts to form a government after italy's president rejected his pick for finance minister. jenny hill reports from rome. it's the moment europe has been waiting for. a new italian prime mi

well we would really like to see that north or south korea jointly together to do nuke us the whole korean peninsula joins the treaty on the purpose of nuclear weapons and then of course we would like to see both the u.s. and north korea signed and ratified this. perhaps a test ban treaty i think that's a really crucial step and they also have to avoid legitimizing nuclear weapons one of the dangers to see with today's summit was really that it kind of the gym isis can really move us a nuclear armed you know leader and that's a pretty dangerous sign to show that nuclear weapons equals power and for states they do forgive me for our involvement forgive me for interrupting but we have an example the whole point of debate diplomacy is dealing with what is happening on the ground now so north korea has nuclear weapons the plan is to denuclearize i accept what you say about the difference in interpretation but that's just the facts of life the north has nuclear weapons this is a step along the road to ridding them of those. now of course but we don't must not equate this with christine and that

and the us—north korea summit, brexit and yemen.d in dateline london in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a fire has devastated glasgow's world —famous school of art. the alarm was raised just after 11 o'clock last night and the mackintosh building was said to have been engulfed by flames within minutes. the scottish fire and rescue has said that the historic building has been extensively damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following a similar blaze four years ago. let's go over live to the scene and our correspondent catriona renton. good morning, well the words that we are hearing over and over again, here this morning isjust how are hearing over and over again, here this morning is just how so sad, so very sad this is. of course this building hasjust about sad, so very sad this is. of course this building has just about to re—open after that devastating fire four years ago here, and you will see behind us, if we can zoom in

long been exposed to the threat of north korea short and mid range missiles prime minister shinzo had this to say it will grow no major snow cried i knew it i welcomed the us north korea summit as a step forward towards a comprehensive resolution of the issues surrounding north korea because it confirmed leader kim jong un's will to commit to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula which i told him it and of course south korea presents a moon j n n as promised to write a new history with his country's northern neighbor he was full of praise for kim jong un's decision to go ahead with the summit in a statement released by his office president's mood said leaving the dark days of war and conflict behind we will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation will be there together with north korea all the way along the way i should say with us now from leeds university in britain is aden foster carter a career experts there always a pleasure to have you on and to get your take on these very very remarkable developments i'm just wondering are these american allies just putting on a brave face on what essentially feels like america undercutting allies a

donald trump and kimjong—un arrive in singapore ahead of the unprecedented summit between the us and north koreathe us says preliminary talks with north korea are moving more quickly than expected but they remain focused on the main goal. a complete and verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula is the only outcome that the united states will accept. the north korean leader kimjong—un has been on the streets of singapore and president trump says there is "excitement in the air". we'll be speaking to a former us special envoy ahead of tomorrow's historic meeting. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... spain says it will take more than 600 migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the mediterranean after italy and malta refused to accept them. social care services for adults in england could be reduced as financial pressure forces councils to make increasingly difficult decisions. the prime minister says she regrets not meeting the grenfell survivors in the days after the disaster. and the budget chain poundworld goes in to administration — more than 5,000 jobs are at ris

north korea has been completely denuclearised. the summit created an enormous historic opportunity for us to move forward together. between the united states and north korea. verification is central to that. complete denuclearisation. it certainly encompasses that idea very clearly. and i know each of the three leaders are tasked with making sure we implement that in a way that is as quick and as complete as we can achieve in the coming days and weeks. that was us secretary of state mike pompeo just speaking. really reiterating, he says, no difference between the countries and how they are going to approach denuclearisation. i think it is fair to say that he is trying to scotch any suggestions that there are divisions between the united states and its allies. earlier, on wednesday, secretary of state mike pompeo was a little bit more techie, i think we can say, when asked about the new cairo station and the steps that would be taken to verify —— denuclearisation. now saying there would be time to complete denuclearisation. something else that came out of that press conference a little earlier was that us forces in

north korea were completely denuclearise? we area korea were completely denuclearise? we are a long way a from that and donald trump realises that now. the useryone knows all of those things will come at the end of this process, not, as donald trump thought, in an hour. that's not going to happen. let's return to our top story, the summit in singapore between us president donald trump and north korean leader kimjong—un. until this meeting, there had been nearly 70 years of conflict between the two countries, armed and otherwise. david eades has been been looking at footage from the bbc film archive of this complex, and often hostile relationship. for a conflict pitching the us and the west against soviet forces and the west against soviet forces and the chinese, never mind korea against korea, it is ironic it was labelled the forgotten war. initially, the north flooded the south. a terrible first month. line around the plymouth... that triggered relentless air bombing to force the enemy back across the border. in three years of combat, nearly 3 million deaths. civilian and military. massacres were inflicted on and by both sides. more 0rdina

declaration signed by north and south korea, for example, included conditions such as, quote, south and north korea shall not test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store, deploy, or use nuclear weapons. and, south and north korea shall not possess nuclear reprocessing and uranium enrich. facilities. unfortunately, neither of those commitments appears in the latest agreement. eage, instead, suggests something worrying. as the administration must have realized that this agreement was not as strong as the previous ones, it appears that it was unable to convince north korea to adopt tougher, more detailed commitments. if true,e should take the hint that north korea has not yet felt the economic pressure necessary to compel it to accept our definition of denuclearization. one where the kim regime relinquishes its nuclear weapons and its means to produce more. it appears that kim jong-un, having stockpiled a wide range of illicit and dangerous weapons, believes that he is negotiating from a position of strength rather than from a position of weakness. and while the trump administration says that it has imposed maximum pressure, the truth is that we haven't yet reached that

north korea. of all the details coming out of it... the headline concession from the americans, is that this will stop. usntly, and the north korea has frequently condemned them, and called them "provocative". donald trump has clearly been listening to those concerns, and he had this to say. after the meetings with the north korean. we now have 32,000 soldiers in south korea, and i would like to bring them back home, but that's not pa rt bring them back home, but that's not part of the equation right now. at some time i hope it will be, but not right now. we will be stopping the war games, which will send it —— save us a war games, which will send it —— save us a terminus amount of money. frank aum spent a decade as a defence dept adviser. "this was the biggest outcome of the trumpkimsummit. cancelling joint military exercises is a huge unwarranted concession, but it could potentially lead to many nk concessions in future." that's a big unknown at the moment. the us military was taken by surprise, "us forces korea has received no updated guidance on cessation of training exercises". "to include this fall'

the headlines at eleven: the us—north korea summit is back on.fter kim jong—un sent a letter to the white house, donald trump confirms they will meet in singapore later this month. we will be meeting onjune 12 in singapore, it went very well, it is a get to know you kind of situation, mike spent two days doing this, we've gotten to people very well. the government warns against an escalating trans—atlantic trade war as the eu, canada and mexico hit back at us tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. calls for the transport secretary to resign — as hundreds more trains are cancelled and another emergency timetable is announced. and on newsnight, populism is in charge in italy, that is the second big g7 country with a non—traditional government. clearly people are voting for change, but the populace is really have new a nswers 7 the populace is really have new a nswe rs 7 we the populace is really have new answers? we will hear from a italian 5—star mp. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the meeting between the united states and north korea is ba

us. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting from singapore to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is sharanjit leyl. our top stories: on the eve of the historic us—north koreaout the talks. it will be the first face—to—face meeting between him and kim jong—un. north korea says it's willing to discuss denuclearisation and a permanent and durable peace. the world's media are watching their every move... but can the two sides find enough common ground to strike a deal? welcome to singapore for our special coverage on the eve

this is a miniaturized nuclear warhead a capability the world hoped north korea would never reach north korea's new missile just to use another intercontinental ballistic missile if flew higher and longer than ever before a triumphant north korea says its latest ability stick missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike anywhere in the united states. and. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew about it they went home to korea after the war and described it to the korean in the leadership picked up on the fact that this was a really big deal. at the end of the will korean like germany was divided by the allied powers. the border between the two occupation zo

north korea that they will be in a war and they will lose it if they don't pursue peace. everything else before has failed. no one in north korea believes the past president would useilitary force and if they don't believe donald trump will use military force as a last resort the people in north korea are making a very big mistake because he will, if he has to. ed: joining of life in washington, retired army lieutenant. colonel, your thoughts on senator graham's comment? >> yeah, senator graham is great experience and is a good guy but i'm telling you he could not be more wrong on this. the using the military option in this thing going toward would be the absolute unequivocal worst outcome for the united states. here is why. we don't need to use the military force to keep our country safe. if we use that military force there is no telling how many people will die. our soldiers and civilians and allies and we still made not to acquire them in the end unless willing to go into a normandy invasion which would be way out of proportion to anything that might possibly be gained. instead, are powerful nuclear deterrence will keep america safe indefinitely no matter how th

despite us stocks recovering on easing concerns over political turmoil in italy and the us north korear time with us. i am rico hizon. see you again soon. the top stories this hour: at least 62 people have died and up to 2 million have been affected by the eruption of guatemala's most active volcano. the white house has confirmed that the first meeting between donald trump and kim jong—un will take place at 9:00am in the morning local time in singapore on 12 june. trade union membership among the under—30s has fallen to its lowest level in over 15 years, partly because of the growth in the so—called gig economy and zero—hours contracts. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has the story. the new and old world of work. tyneside — modern buildings and traditional factories, the face of change. but memories of a different world for those who started work more than 50 years ago, when every acre was covered in factories operating date and night. in the early ‘60s, there were 10,000 people working here. everyone in the companies that i worked in were in a union. if you weren't in a union, you wo

north korea is not just moscow. absolutely. north korea is notjust in a dialogue with south korea and the us, but also powerful neighbours to thessia has become far more involved. sergey lavrov travel there last week. he has given an invitation for a summit. that meeting with vladimir putin and kim jong—un will take place in september in vladivostok at a conference. kim jong—un has successfully worked his way through different diplomatic difficulties and now has world leaders asking him to come to them. thank you so much forjoining us from seoul. there is hope in south korea that this historic meeting will lead to a peace treaty after decades of division. others have very personal reasons to hope these talks will be successful. for a group of north korean spies who've beenjailed in enemy territory in the south for decades, these talks offer their best chance of being returned home before they die. our correspondent, laura bicker, has been to meet them. north korean spies were hunted down in the south. their capture on enemy soil made television headlines. a warning to others who wished to follow. many came by boat to promote th

the symbolism matters for north korea, but not for us. north korea is getting an informal gain. y with us. we will bring the updates as soon as we get them as we continue special coverage on this, an historic and unprecedented day, the summit with donald trump and kim jong—un. unprecedented day, the summit with donald trump and kimjong—un. stay with us, live from singapore. hello there. for many days, even weeks now, our weather has been stuck in a rut. long spells of warm sunshine, and just the odd thunderstorm. but, at long last, things are changing. you may not like the change because firstly we're bringing some cooler air in from the north. and then, from the atlantic, through the middle part of the week, we're going to bring quite an active frontal system, an area of low pressure, that will bring some wet and very windy weather, particularly across the north. that will be a bit of a shock to the system. but the changes are already under way. some cooler conditions through the day ahead. quite a lot of cloud around as well. that cloud will break up through the day, so we will

after all history shows us that north korea interprets the korean peninsula meaning the peninsula. capable of by contrast previous agreements were much more stringent and in t declaration signed by dorothy south korea included conditions such as south and north korea shall not test manufacturer produce possess store deploy or use nuclear weapons and shall not possess processing and nuclear enrichment facilities unfortunately neither of those commitments appears in the latest agreement. the language instead worries me as administration must have realized this agreement was not as strong as the previous one it appears it was unable to convince north korea to adopt tougher or more detailed commitments. we should takeea the hint that they have not yet felt the pressure necessary to compel it to accept our definition of denuclearization where the kim regime relinquishes the nuclear weapons and its means to produce more. it aears kim jung-un having stockpiled a wide range of illicit and range of weapons feels he is negotiating from a position o of strength rather than weakness and while

the headlines at eleven: the us—north korea summit is back on. donald trump confirms they will meet in singapore later this month. we will be meeting onjune i2 we will be meeting onjune 12 in singapore, it went very well, it is a get to know you kind of situation, mike spent two days doing this, we've gotten to people very well. the government warns against an escalating trans—atlantic trade war as the eu, canada and mexico hit back at us tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. calls for the transport secretary to resign — as hundreds more trains are cancelled and another emergency timetable is announced.

north korea in changing that balance of power in the north peninsula. i think north korea wants more. if you sign a peace treaty, if there is one along the us china north korea, south korea constitution will come under revision. in particular, articles three and four, article three defines koreans are okay territory at the korean peninsula. article four stipulates that south korea will pursue a policy of peaceful unification on the principle of freedom and democracy, a free democracy. that word is maximum, the word free or freedom. so, this will cause friction in south korean society. south koreans will bicker among themselves and this is only plus for north korea because north korea will insist that all of this-- it's concerned with this piece. north korea on multiple levels. they are not one dime mention of encircling a crazy. >> quickly on peace treaty. it's actually one of my biggest fears because we know kim jong-un wants it for the reasons articulated. because president trump even before he came into the office kind of question why do we even need troops there, it's too expensive. i'm concerned and i don't think north korea will bring

headline: donald trump is set to meet the singaporean prime minister on the eve of the historic us north koread cup. ahead of the the world cup kicking off later this week, the finishing touches are being put on across moscow. lucy hockings reveals how the russian capital is getting ready for football's biggest event. when people think of russia, this is what they imagine. it is the most visited place in the country and ha rd visited place in the country and hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and grandeur of the red square, saint andrews cathedral, and the imposing kremlin. they making the imposing kremlin. they making the far north preparations for a concert that will take place here. it will be madness notjust for fans and torres, but the locals were coming downjust to and torres, but the locals were coming down just to watch. dozens of people work in the kremlin, but one man holds all the power. those in the world cup has long been a in —— and ambition of the repute and. but whether the expands has been worth the soft power and influence it could gain him has yet to be seen. are yo

when i was in the intelligence community working and cia we called north korea the hardest of the hard targets i used to work the soviet union and in retrospect that was an open book compared to north korea so you gather tidbits of information you put it together and so it was simply the jigsaw puzzle was far too few pieces and yet you have to come up with what was the answer on the cover of the box. we watched the north koreans build a small. gas graphite moderated nuclear reactor five megawatt hours since a research reactor it's a small reactor but it produces each year in its fuel about five kilograms or so of paternity of enough material for a single mature weapon each each year. at this time north korea have the technical capability to build me a k. weapons. in one thousand nine hundred eighty five john yang ressa five the new nonproliferation treaty mostly to ease international concern about its weapons program. by the late one nine hundred eighty s. the subject up was collapsing and that meant trouble for moscow's allies including north korea. kim il sung was forced to find new sources of fore

us imperialism on the korean peninsula. he is sitting down with the sworn enemy of north korea. ng. if you are just joining us, this is special coverage of the donald trump and enjoyment summit on sentosa island here in singapore. bring you up—to—date. —— bringing. protocol was followed. a motorcade arrived at the capella hotel, playing host to the summit. kim jong—un arriving first and then donald trump. they are meeting behind closed doors. and then they came out for a symbolic moment with both of them shaking hands and standing in front of the flags of the us and north korea. seeing donald trump usher kim jong—un towards the translators before heading to the library area for an informal conversation and importantly a photo opportunity. we also saw some of the media of the world. i would also add the chosen media in particular, a few of the north korean journalists there. translators on behalf or the north korean delegation and the american delegation. rupert, you made the point, and perhaps, for me, it sums up point, and perhaps, for me, it sums up the awkwardness, there is a

the us wants to, at a minimum, contain and limit their nuclear capabilities and if possible, reduce the threat that north korea reform and strengthen his economy, which means sanctions relief as well as economic operation. both sides come to this meeting with an interest. the question will be, what kind of specific quid pro quo can be worked out and how that can be verified? even though kim jong—un and is not likely to give up his nuclear weapons, i think he may be willing to a cce pt weapons, i think he may be willing to accept concrete limits the on the current moratorium on nuclear long—range missile testing. and that will be the test of the negotiation. whether the north koreans are willing to accept a rollback of current capabilities, whether they are willing to freeze the production of nuclear weapons of. again, that is all to be hashed out in the negotiations after the summit. thank you for spending some time with us on this historic day. bringing you up to date something i said a short time ago, in terms of the choreography. kim jong—un arrived seven minutes before donald trump by walking into the corr

we are going to stay with this, just hearing confirmation from mr trump that north korea and the us will be meeting on june 12th. the that north korea and the us will be meeting onjune12th. the advertised programme of newswatch will now be shown at 8.115 this evening. so let us shown at 8.115 this evening. so let us continue to listen in. japan does, south korea does, and i think china does, but thaw is their neighbour, it is no ours. reporter: you you were concerned about the meeting of lavrov... i didn't like it. but it could be very positive too. ididn't like positive too. i didn't like the russian meeting yesterday. i said what is the purpose of that? but, it could be a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting i love it. if it is negative i am not happy. it could very well be a positive thing. that could happen. that could happen. we talked about it. we talked about ending the war, and you know, this war has been going on, it has to be the longest war, almost 70 yea rs, has to be the longest war, almost 70 years, right. t

going to happen and north korea was expressing serious reservations donald trump actually blamed china for that so how much leverage does china still have with north korea and couldn't use north korea in this trade war with the u.s. . i don't think in the way that you're expressing it remember what donald trump came out and said is that he has no intention of the us paying for any of the economic development that north korea is going to demand in return for giving up its nukes he's looking in he is pointed at south korea and japan but the fact is china will have to be part of it i don't know exactly how he's going to achieve that if he keeps punching everybody in the nose this idea that you can push somebody and then you know they'll back down and give you their lunch money just isn't working and remember this has changed radically the appeal of the of america can you imagine somebody in the developing world sitting there listening to donald trump who heads a nation with five percent of the world's population that consumes a total of twenty five percent of the world's annual consumption telling everybody that oh we've gotten a raw deal we're not getting what we want thi

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privately hoped that president had gotten a great concessn from china to the cooperated with us in north korea. the fact that china is now calling for the relief of un security council sections against north korea suggests they are not moving forward with us in providing the pressure essential to keeping kim jong-un at the table to accomplish anything of substance. we all hope and pray that diplomacy will work. but diplomacy on a whim without preparation andituttudy and without a clear agenda means not really diplomacy, but entertainment. it is my hope we will change course and a very much look forward to senator menendez's leadership on our foreign relations committee to hold this administration accountable for delivering a meaningful strategy , for engaging with our allies, for holding north korea accountable to the very nice statements made at the summit and to standing up for human rights. thank you. >> excellent statements by my colleagues. questions? >> have you negotiated personally with the question -- president -- have you seen anything in your personal actions to give you anything bu

actually have the exact numbers for the north and the economies will of vasili different in twenty sixteen south korea's g.d.p. was around sixteen hundred billion us dollars the north's just twenty seven billion now the south is one of the world's biggest exporters with a huge surplus at imports that it does a trillion dollars worth of trade every year the north's trade when it's miniscule and almost all of it with china. this is the view into north korea from the chinese border city of dandong here interest in the events that led to the extraordinary meeting of the north korean leader and the u.s. president has been huge for many locals it was about business as much as politics. if the missing between trump and kim is successful it will be great for us people and dong because we do a lot of cross border trade. by cross border trade that's what my husband does he had investments in north korea so we really hope that the country opens up soon. for a country as isolated as north korea maintaining ties with china has proven to be an economic lifeline look at the numbers and you'll see why in twenty fifteen north korea imported goods worth almost thre

americas are more than a thousand you can have bombs however north korea has an emotive term capability but it doesn't matter no matter how powerful us one moment no matter how fred north korea even when they have a negotiation they should have a mutual respect dead in the most important key to success of negotiations so what could be the first option on the table we give you that and we get that indeed it was amusing part. nuclear bombs if this is present trump would be asking him to get rid of the nuclear bomb and i said mia but if you do that i mean all you bought all it wants or not is up to do any washing and then us will be saying that look you had more than twenty gear couldn't pick up the big. but even north korea makes a very fundamental post that. i'm going to be about nuclear bombs at the beginning. then that will be a big progress but for concessions you know if in there you hold the pen up in what the president trump wanted to give to north korea in return what would that be. recognition of the north korean system or in that their current pickle or a declaring the end of the korean war on the korean peninsula or non-aggr

"we believe my sister is alive and suffering in north korea," he says. "they told ust back her ashes that dna tests showed they were from a different person. so we think north korea is lying". if megumi is still alive, she is now 53 years old. herfamily have her family have waited four decades for her to come home. the singapore summit has given them new hope that she could still return home. 0pposition politicians iain guatemala have called for the sacking of the head of the emergency service. in the last hour the death toll has risen and 99 people are now known to have been killed. the tiny community of los lotes stood no chance. flimsy shacks of tin and corrugated iron offered residents no protection when the awesome power of volcan de fuego thundered through their village. everything was buried under the river of lava and ash. homes, livelihoods, loved ones. some are still looking for survivors, but it is an increasingly forlorn task. instead, the desperate search has turned to the morgues. wendy hernandez has lost everyone she held dear, her entire family gathere

many of us urged before t summit that there be no concessions unt there's action by north korea to give us an inventory of their nuclear programs and their missile delivery system programs, that we have a commitment to completely denuclearize the korean peninsula. we have a game plan in order to achieve that. there are specifics that we need to have. we need to have inspectors on the ground to understand the program, to make sure that the commitments are carried out. that is what is to be expected. and moving forward, we will insist that that be achieved. now, kim jong-un accomplished two things at the summit. he got president trump to change the commitment on the military exercises on the korean peninsula and he got a meeting with the president of the united states. we urge that there be no concessions until there is progress made that we can visually see. secretary pompeo said that he will be submitting an agreement, if an agreement is reached, to the congress of the united states and perhaps a treaty to the united states senate. we have not been briefed at all on astrategy, which lea

not even now is north korea and the us discussed peace. how can we too when we're in the grave she asked him you'll be lying alongside your wife no mother he said that's just my life and death you and i will be reunited has. it a sports news now retired jamaican sprinter usain bolt is trying to kick start his career in professional football having already practiced with him and this year bolt has now played in a friendly game in norway for club side strums gazza wearing the shirt number nine point five eight his world record time for the one hundred meters the thirty one year old had the best chance of the game against norway's under twenty thousand despite all its best efforts and some decent touches of the ball his team ended up losing the friendly one nailed. well with the world cup just over a week away thailand's around the world are gearing up to support their teams in nigeria so many fans have stepped up the team striking new official jersey there's now a shortage in the shops the players have been supported have been sporting the f

translation: we believe my sister is alive and suffering in north korea, he says. they told us korea sent back her ashes that dna tests showed they were from a different person. so we think north korea is lying. if she is still alive, and she is over 50. the singapore summit has given them new hope that she could still return home. in guatemala, the emergency teams searching through the villages which were caught up in the fuego volcano eruption have found more victims buried in the ash. 75 people are now known to have been killed — but more than two hundred others are still missing. one of the worst affected areas was around the village of el rodeo which was hit by the flow of rock and toxic gases despite being almost ten kilometres away from the volcano. will grant reports. the tiny community of los lotes stood no chance. flimsy shacks of tin and corrugated iron offered residents no protection when the awesome power of volcan de fuego thundered through their village. everything was buried under the river of lava and ash. homes, livelihoods, loved ones. some are still looking

north korea may not be as disconnected as we think. what kind of devices are available and north korea, and who is using them? the leaders in north korea might not be as disconnect head as we think. kim jong-un has been photographed a number of times using macbook computers and other devices. this study shows there have been they cannotders -- name names and say how many each has, but there has been exports of computers and other devices being used in north korea, which is contrary to what many would believe with sanctions and the way that typical north koreans use and for the internet. they are only allowed to access certain sites and go through certain products, not an iphone. it is shocking that the leaders over there are talking that bucking that trend are getting access to the iphone x and samsung. emily: samsung is in their backyard, yet, their mortal enemy. how do they compare? julie: i cannot say how many each of them have, but there are a lot of devices. there are various cm songs and everhing from the iphone six to the iphone x. most of them appeared to be -- they say it gravitates towards older dev

less banks willing to finance deals related to north korea >> in your mind, how much of this summit, this talk of a deal is related to north korea versus usingea as a lever against china, maybe iran? >> if you look back at everything the president has done, he's making good one by one on campaign promises he talked about making peace with people like kim jong-un he's going out there, having the summit, trying to make a deal and proving to the world he's making good on those promises. >> what happens now? >> there's going to be a structure put in place to show what the north korean government will go to denuclearize and a verification timetable to prove that what will likely happen is step by step, once north korea makes certain concessions, sanctions relief in a limited form will come those were the principles of the iran deal, which was just castigated as the worst deal ever, and that's used as the foundation for the deal from north korea. >> you are on european time right now, this should be easy for you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the "squawk box" team has had their coffee or tea. let's see what's coming up >> two big stories, it's goin