foreign minister put out a statement to that effect and that has really been the cause, along with us south korea strategic, is. those two events together what led north korea to think that this administration is not serious about diplomacy on its terms. see you are blaming the trump administration for its own rhetoric, being its undoing there. and dismissed the role of china. what about the role of south korea?|j think about the role of south korea?” think the south korea there is too different processors. one is the inter— korean peace process. lot of that, going back to april 27 when we think that the inter— korean declaration, most of that had to do with korean issues and only one section talked about denuclearisation of the peninsular. so that is one. and then two, the us south korea alliance, which i think has the potential to suffer from president trump feeling as if he was misled by president moonjae—in, i don't think that was the case, i think the president has been trying to play a hand that he was dealt pretty well since north korea decided to engage in diplomacy beginning in february.

south korea. the reason. the it's the annual us south korea joint military exercises this is taking place south korea was surprised and disappointed by the delay. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone you. it also caught us off guard we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not continue conducting these exercises or that we would not continue planning for a meeting between president trump and kim jong un next month trump has taken credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace here meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who had been held prisoner in north korea their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere things could be up in the air. and for the very latest joining me now from seoul is josh smith from reuters josh talks with south korea postponed down with the one of the june summit between came and u.s. president trump will take place isn't all korea is not going to t

south korea. the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. on south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone the upcoming high level talks. back in washington president donald trump said he had been officially notified about north korea's threat to cancel their planned to summit next month we haven't seen anything we haven't heard anything we will see what happens very early or the white house press secretary indicated that the president was prepared to roll with whatever decision the north koreans make. will continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case but like i said if they want to meet the president will certainly be ready and we will be prepared but if not that's apparently trump has taken credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who had been held prisoner in north korea. their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere th

south korea. the reason. these the annual us south korea joint military exercises the taking place the u.s. and south korea were surprised and disappointed. that it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally perspire on the upcoming high level talks i don't know if this is something that we fully expected the president is very used to ready for tough negotiations and if they want to me will be ready and if they don't that's ok to. continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case but like i said if they want to meet the president will certainly be ready and we will be prepared but if not that's where i think president trump is taking credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who have been held prisoner in north korea their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere things could be up in the air. washroom virtue's alexander phenomenon joins us now our eyes are it's kind of looking increasingly like the talks are off the table or is this just all pre-su

south korea. the reason. these the annual us south korea joint military exercises the taking place the u.s. and south korea were surprised and disappointed. that it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally perspire on the upcoming high level talks we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not continue conducting these exercises or that we would not continue planning for a meeting between president trump and can john next month. president trump has taken credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who have been held prisoner in north korea that release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere things could be up in the air. joining me now is enforced ecod he's a korea expert from leeds university in the u.k. first of all what do you see these latest developments how much does it mean for this much hyped sun match up between came john warner and donald trump just showed you for next week is it in jeopardy.

south korea. the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. on south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone the upcoming high level talks. back in washington president donald trump said he had been officially notified about north korea's threat to cancel their planned to summit next month we haven't seen anything we haven't heard anything we will see what happened very early or the white house press secretary indicated that the president was prepared to roll with whatever decision the north koreans make. will continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case but like i said if they want to meet the president will certainly be ready and we will be prepared but if not that's where i think trump has taken credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who had been held prisoner in north korea. their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowher

bill knee lneely is joining us south korea. what did the two leaders talk about? >> reporter: good morning, dara. president moon offered more proof that donald trump does indeed want a summit. and more momentum building to the summit. he said it was kim who asked to meet him. he said kim reiterated he was absolutely committed to meeting donald trump. to having denuclearization. but the interesting part is what kim was concerned about. not about the issue of denuclearization, but he was worried that the united states couldn't be trusted. that he couldn't trust the united states to guarantee his security. otherwise, if you like the fought of gadhafi hovering over the summit at the back of kim's mind, gadhafi gave up the nuclear program seven years lawsuiter. that is worrying kim jong-un. the north korean president and talks with donald trump are critical. and donald trump who canceled the summit on thursday now appears to be talking like that never happened. he said that it has not changed and things are moving along well. so it does appear that the summit is back f

sudden reversal and the diplomatic initiatives from the korea as now the summits with south korea and china and the usth korea summit goes or colla pses, and north korea summit goes or collapses, then we may start hearing talk of that's at least within some in washington. i suspect we might be speaking again at some point but for now thank you very much.|j speaking again at some point but for now thank you very much. i think it is not going away. i don't think so either. thank you very much. police have appealed for information about a missing schoolgirl who left the uk on a eurotunnel train. 13 year old serena alexander—benson left her home in wimbledon yesterday morning, telling her father she was going to school. the police believe she probably boarded the train "in the company of an older person". the owner of the high street chemist, boots, has denied overcharging the nhs. the government has asked the competition and markets authority to consider investigating walgreens boots alliance. a report in the times alleged that the firm had charged thousands of pounds for drugs which cost a few pounds ov

threatened to cancel the talks if the us continued to push for an end to its nuclear weapons programme. north korea has already pulled out of this week's talks with southotest at the joint military exercises with the us. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more details. it is an annual event, and each year it upsets the north. a military training manoeuvre involving 100 warplanes from the us and south korea. and last night, pyongyang engaged in their own live—fire exercise, with a threat to shoot down next month's planned summit. but, if this was provocation, donald trump was doing his best not to react. his comments in the oval office were conspicuously muted. we haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything, we will see what happens. though, in the hubbub, he was asked whether he was still insisting on north korea getting rid of its nuclear programme. yes, he says, but this is the thorniest issue. denuclearisation means one thing to the us, and something completely different to the north. the us national security adviser has said disarmament must be complete, verifiable and irreversible. he says it should be what colonel gaddafi did in libya. i

south korea. the reason. the us the annual us south korea joint military exercises that are taking place the u.s. and south korea were surprised and disappointed. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally perspire on the upcoming high level talks we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not continue conducting these exercises or that we would not continue planning for our meeting between president trump and i can john next month. president trump is taking credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who have been held prisoner in north korea their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere things could be up in the air. i spoke to a korea analyst adan fosdike ata earlier and i asked him if the june summit between kim jong un and is now in danger of being called off. it could be i'm hopeful that it isn't i if i can respec

us and demanded of its east asian allies . in order for north korea to change their policies it is necessary for japan and the us and south korea to apply pressure including the united nations sanctions. with the united states call to stand firm against north korea south korea in hopes of mediating a historic breakthrough shouted as the tunnels of. robert broad al-jazeera sole people have been protesting in south korea against the cancellation of the us north korea summer demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. embassy and so they say they feel they've been cheated the chance to live in peace . jim brown joins us now from beijing tell us about the reaction from there. well china's government has taken its time to respond to president donald trump's decision to pull out of that summit that was planned for singapore but finally on friday afternoon here in beijing we got that response it came from luke airing who is the foreign ministry spokesman he said that china had noticed there have been obstacles in the process of preparing for this meeting but the china also notices the two sides are willing to meet up and we hope both side

the world they can to keep him in place because it protects their southern borders against us and south korea. iran, you will never be able to trust them. they have been killing our troops for the past 10 years with roadside bombs. they are untestable. as soon as they get the nukes, they will do exactly what they said they will do. that is how i feel about it. i do not know how you feel about it, daniel. -- danielle. guest: on the buffer state what keeps us as we cannot trust with xi jinping -- it is something we should worry about. that is right. north korea has been a buffer state for china. it has been the buffer between the troops i talked about. if the chinese are going to support the north koreans, what would make it worth it? at aei what scholars have written about. they write well on this. we will leave this for remarks from ron rosenstein. people comment on the role of law this afternoon. -- he will comment on the role of law in this afternoon. >> as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of law day, a day established by president dwight the as in our -- dwight d. eisenhower in 1950 eight

south korea will be heavily impacted. vision, how does this hold? could or could not with the power or standing within korea or not? well, firstusly -- of all, thanks for taking us in. we are the survivors. i would think that south korea has a lot at stake here. moon jae-in has invested a lot of personal capital as well. as frank said, this is one of his top agenda items, one of the first things he wanted to do at the summit, even before he was elected, it was very much a top priority. he's already had the inter-korean summit with all of that success, they got all the commitments they needed to move the process forward and he has been very successful in dragging the u.s. along and getting trump involved in the process, getting them talking directly. now the problem becomes that in this scheme of things, as much as they want to be in the drivers seat of the process, north korea doesn't necessarily see south korea as an equal partner. now that the u.s. and china are involved, they have sort of marginalized south korea's influence in the process as well . a lot is really going to rise on forwarde relations move . moon sort of gets caught in the middle of that and i

us. south korea president moon has finished that answer let's wait and see for a moment if the president takes a question here. >> i heard the tragic news that many innocent lives were lost due to the shootings and attacks at high school a few days ago. so i'd like to convey my condolences to you and the american people. on a brighter note, i would like to congratulate you for the safe return of the american citizens who have been detained in north korea. thanks to your vision of achieving peace through strength, as well as your strong leadership, we are looking forward to the first-ever u.s./north korea summit, and we find ourselves standing one step closer to the dream of achieving complete denuclearization and achieving peace. all of this was possible because of you, mr. president, and i have no doubt that you will be able to complete -- accomplish a historic feat that no one had been able to achieve in the decades past i have to say that the fate and the future of the korean peninsula hinge on this, and as such, i'll spend no effort to the end to support the success of the outcoming

coming in the conversation and child who's more amenable to negotiating with north korea using and goes what about south korea doesn't have any say in this it doesn't have any swing at all i mean what i'm trying to get to is could the north sold out some sort of the meeting the seem to get on pretty well most efficient of what's going on by the sales but is there a way that i could maybe come up with some sort of pact and not have the u.s. in vold or is the u.s. up salute me kate. there's they're the guys pulling the lever. well of course us to defend south korea essentially and so the south koreans don't like to get too far right from the u.s. position i think the south korean leader. is really genuinely interested in having at mom with north korea but he can only go so far depending on what the united states the united states guarantee south korea's security situation so we'll see it will act to see what happens donald trump amos lee says this could be a negotiating tactic or it could be the end of the whole thing but certainly the danger is now that if this doesn't talk don't get going in the summit

interested in such a dialogue and canopy consider proceeding to the us summit after the north canceled a key meeting with south koreaver what they called provocative military ruckus if the us and south korea maintain military drills for maximums under exercises for routine annual training at the state berman says they have been notified to the contrary. >> we have not heard anything from the government of south korea to indicate we would not conduct these exercises or that we would not continue planning meetings from donald trump and kim jong un next month. >> surprise developments from cia director john brennan who accused the president of being in average with a policymaking process fraught with pitfalls and potential disasters but republican sen. john barrasso was optimistic but cautious. >> i continue to be skeptical. this is the best opportunity to get them to get rid of their nukes in a peaceful manner. >> pistol set for june 12th. they hear directly from north korea otherwise but we could be witnessing some back and forth initiating. >> we will monitor. jillian: a stunning about-face after plans for the summi

talks that were due to take place with the south koreans previously and the adversity they fielded towards those joint military exercises between the us and south koreaeviously said they understood the reason for those exercises. there are some here who are pointing the finger at the president and the white house perhaps having gone too far too soon with all of this, having pumped up expectations. some are saying without having the background framework in place perhaps. there did seem to be doubts even as to what both sides meant when they actually used the word denuclearisation. in the words of one senior diplomat it constitutes poor diplomatic tradecraft. north korea has responded to the decision to call off the planned summit. the tone of the message sounded quite conciliatory. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayesjoined me from seoul. i think the good news from here this morning is north korea has not responded with anger and threats to return to muscle tests and nuclear tests. indeed it has released a statement saying that the door to dialogue is open. "we express our willingness to sit down face—to—face with the united states and resolve iss

threatened to cancel the talks if the us continued to push for an end to its nuclear weapons programme. north korea has already pulled out of this week's talks with southlitary exercises with the us. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more details. it is an annual event, and each year it upsets the north. a military training manoeuvre involving 100 warplanes from the us and south korea. last night pyongyang engaged in their own live fire exercise with a threat to shoot down next month's planned summit. but if this was provocation, donald trump was doing his best not to react. his comments in the oval office work conspicuously muted. we haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything, we will see what happens. in the hubbub he was asked if he was still insisting on north korea getting rid of its nuclear programme. yes, he says. but this is the thorniest issue. denuclearisation means one thing to the us and something completely different to the north. the us national security adviser has said disarmament must be complete, verifiable and irreversible. he says it should be what colonel gaddafi did in libya. we are looking at the libyan model of 2003/4

these military exercises between south korea and the us are a provocation. and acknowledge the importance of them. and in that issue, what do you think is going on? >> these exercises were going to be taking place, they voiced opposition to previous exercises as part of these negotiations. in dealing with a barbaric regime that has helped sway over 7 decades. their actions can be unpredictable. we are dealing with a regime that doesn't play by the rules, just saber rattling from pyongyang to disrupt positive momentum on the us side. and shooting themselves in the foot, they have far more to lose than the united states has, in north korea's interests to be going forward with those talks in singapore in june. this is the latest example of posturing from the north koreans, deeply unhelpful but that is to be expected from this. >> do you have something to add? >> i agree, that is completely right. a lot of ups and downs, a bit of a roller coaster but the pres. is focused on accomplishing this. >> free or at the table, we will see. june 12th seems a world away. g

meeting with kim jong—un, citing north korea's "tremendous anger and open hostility. " and that in turn provoked some open hostility towards the us president in south change in that time. 0vernight the north koreans issued a conciliatory statement saying: and that was music to donald trump's ears. you remember the summit that was off? well, it might nowjust be back on. we will see what happens. it could even be the 12th. we are talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we would like to do it, we will see what happens. at the pentagon, the defence secretary, far from rattling sabres, was talking up the possibility, too. there is possibly some good news on the korea summit, if our diplomats can pull it off, it might be back on, even. today kim jong—un was striking an unusually relaxed pose, in pictures released by the north korean news agency. a floppy hat, a white jacket, looking to all the world as though he was quite enjoying himself. and donald trump, who loves a drama as well, might be enjoying it as well. but for all that the atmospherics might have improved, substantial policy differences remain. a spokesman insisting that north korea

us should have work to do according to pyongyang. they should get rid of the troops based in south korea and the troops based in south korea and the nuclearection it places over south korea and japan. the us has a different view. they want north korea to give up its weapons over a its??? yea rs years as? then, only then will they receive economic benefits. what we are seeing is north korea asserting itself in other ways, other than firing rockets. if they don't get a deal they are prepared to like or prepared to do, they will walk away from a summit with president trump, but i think kimjong—un from a summit with president trump, but i think kim jong—un will want the photo opportunity with the us president. thank you very much. there's been heavy criticism for the body which regulates midwives for its response to deaths at a maternity unit in cumbria. a review found the nursing and midwifery council failed to take bereaved families seriously, and took too long to consider disciplinary cases. 11 babies and a mother died at furness general hospital in barrow between 2004 and 2013. the report says some of the deaths may have been avoidable. h

ivan watson in seoul, south korea, for us. , did the south koreans have any inkling that the decision to cancel the summit was coming before it was officially announced? >> reporter: it's certainly didn't look like it, jake. the president here moon jae-in had to convene an emergency meeting of his national security council shortly before midnight here in the hour after the news of the letter broke. and then shortly after that issued this statement, a statement expressing regret and saying it was unfortunate that the summit in singapore had been called off. going on to write, quote, it is difficult to solve sensitive and difficult diplomatic problems with the current way of communication and urging all parties to improve their method of communication and recall that moon jae-in, the south korean president, had just been in the white house on tuesday meeting with president trump. these two allies urging president trump to please go ahead with the meeting with kim jong-un in singapore june 12th saying lavishing praise on him sayin

korea for long time and we still haven't got to that point. finally, he said there was no daylight between the us and north korea... the us and souther president mcenroe signed off a cancellation of the summit without even “— cancellation of the summit without even —— no daylight? after president trump signed off a consolation of the summit without even contacting president moon. i think there is a big gap. for now, thanks forjoining us. barbara plett usher is in washington. mike pompeo did not commit himself to very much. the word is positive, he said they had made progress in the last 72 hours to create the conditions for a summit, but he did not say what the conditions were, but he said these were arrangements which would make it worthwhile for kim jong—un which would make it worthwhile for kimjong—un and which would make it worthwhile for kim jong—un and president trump to meet and achieve something, so he did not announce the summit would go ahead but he came as close as he did without making the formal announcement. kim jong—un will get kim yong chol to go to washington to hand deliver a letter to the president. we have heard

us wants unilateral disarmament on the north korean side. china and north korea would like to see the corresponding de—escalation in the peninsula. there are 20,000 us troops in southere might be division in the north korean leadership, that the military leadership might not be entirely supportive of this change. they will not be happy about denuclearisation. look what happened, look what happened to saddam hussein. you should follow the libiya model, deposed leader — that's not going to go anywhere. it needs to be done. it is going to be an interesting few weeks or months ahead if he does go ahead. thank you very much for being with us. but the next day so far, some of us have had sunshine, in other areas the clouds have been growing through the clouds have been growing through the course of the day and a risk of thunderstorms this evening, they will be affecting mostly southern areas of the uk, the west country, possibly reaching parts of the midlands and wales by the time you get to the evening and could be a lot of rainfall in a short space of time in areas, frequent lightning, hailstorm is possible as well. many northern areas escape the thunderstorms and by t

during times of heightened tensions here on the korean peninsula north and south korea have used the loudspeakers to broadcast propaganda messages across the border south korea's messages have included news weather and k. pop music it often provoked an angry response from north korea which tightly controls the information it allows its citizens to access but relations between the two countries have been improving south korean k. pop artists were even welcome to pyongyang recently for a performance and the leader kim jong un was in the audience and as part of the declaration signed between him and south korean president on friday the two koreas agreed the propaganda campaigns would stop south korea begin dismantling its speakers on choose day in the north reportedly did the same and after that historic summit between the two koreas there's now the possibility that a meeting between u.s. president donald trump and kim jong un could take place at the same border village the date and location have not been confirmed yet but donald trump says he likes the idea of having the meeting at the

korea from renewing the wmd program. using the capabilities have already acquired and also nonproliferation. for south africa, it took 19 years, almost 20 years, for iea to satisfy that south korea is suddenly committed to nonproliferation. iraq, u.s. george bush administration ran to iraq. the group consisted of 1400 experts supported by military, and it took almost less than two years only to prove that there is no wmd exist in iraq. we have to be realistic about the scale we are talking about when, about north korea deputy program and also long-term commitment that will be required to us if we are to lift all sanctions after required time. we might be expected to see revival of the recent play of iraq sanctions. we don't want to have, i mean, iraq, no, iran sanctions, iran nuclear deal. iran comply with the deal but trump administration is that happy with missile program and also other activities with iran, which were incorporating the previous u.n. sanction regimes. but discarded in the iran nuclear deal. we have to have more long-term comprehensive perspective when we're talking about, ssb reich

us and demanded of its east asian allies . in order for north korea to change their policies it is necessary for japan and the us and south korea to apply pressure including the united nations sanctions. with the united states call to stand firm against north korea south korea in hopes of mediating a historic breakthrough may now be shouted as the tunnels of calgary robert bright al-jazeera soul when i speak to a white house correspondent can be how could his life from washington and june the twelfth still realistic for the summit. it doesn't appear so at least according to top white house officials what we do know is that there is close coordination going on between the national security adviser the secretary of state and also the president as they continue to discuss but at the same time in a background briefing call from a top white house official late thursday evening he said the reality of a june twelfth summit at this point is next to impossible given the fact that there had been a team that was planning to go this weekend that is not happening also saying that when the team was there in singapore waiting to meet with the

he has been trying to do things to make south korea more compatible with north theresa may can have a union. that is dangerous for us>> it was interesting first of all, south korea has basically had its -- canceled by north torrey. kim jong-un feels like he is in the seat of power. because he is trying to send a message to the united states. mess with me and i will cancel your summit next. what did you think of john colton's remarks regarding the libyan model? comparing qaddafi that was killed after giving up his nuclear weapons. that was a bad move at this time after all of the work in this upcoming summit. >> at the end of april when he made those libyan model remarks, he could've just said love, our model is the north koreans give up all of their weapons up front and then we provide concessions later on. whatever. he did not say that. he used something which probably was in his mind, deliberately provocative. nonetheless, the north koreans sorted cited that as a reason why they stopped talks with south korea and maybe not to talk to us but that is not the reason because john bolton made those at the end of april.

alexandra field is joining us from seoul, south korea. good morning, alex. >> reporter: dave, look, the message from the president is stay tuned. the families are hoping for good news. the times would seem open tupor here as we are weeks away from the sit down with kim jong-un and donald trump. this is a source with familiarity with the negotiations and he says release is imminent and it was discussed two months ago when the north korean foreign minister traveled to sweden. it was proposed by the foreign minister at that time. he was told that u.s. officials would insist release of hostages would not be tied to the main issue of denuclearization. we cannot say for sure when the three men will be released. we know one of the sons of one, tony kim, has not been given a release date. they are encouraged by the president who said repeatedly this is the goal of the administration to get the three hoss acknowled hostages released. we know the secretary of state traveled to pyongyang to get the three men released in discussions. dave. >> what an

each year it upsets the north — a military training manoeuvre involving 100 warplanes from the us and south koreair own live—fire exercise, with a threat to shoot down next month's planned summit. but, if this was provocation, donald trump was doing his best not to react. his comments in the oval office were conspicuously muted. we haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything. we will see what happens. though, in the hubbub, he was asked whether he was still insisting on north korea getting rid of its nuclear programme. yes, he says, but this is the thorniest issue. denuclearisation means one thing to the us, and something completely different to the north. the us national security adviser has said disarmament must be complete, verifiable and irreversible. he says it should be what colonel gaddafi did in libya. i think we're looking at the libya model of 2003—200a. we're also looking at what north korea itself has committed to previously. but look what happened to colonel gaddafi. without his weapons he had lost his insurance policy, and he was ousted from power. north korea isn't going to go

readiness of our forces and south korean forces. >> reporter: when it comes to another sticking point, whether the us is reducing the size of our 20,000 troop presence in south koreas. wouldn't say if that was on the table. jillian: time is ticking to june 12th the. we will see. a major win in the fight against isis. and iraqi airstrike in syria, according to a local media report, shimmied believed responsible for video showing massacre and torture. isis has lost nearly all of its territory in iraq and syria from airstrikes and ground operations. another fox news alert. hawaii's kilauea volcano sends a plume of ash 6 miles into the sky as more violent eruptions could happen at any minute. residents on the big island want to take shelter is toxic air levels spike. the explosions should go on for weeks. the eruptions shown in this time-lapse video could take months to clean up all that lava. rob: uranian protesters hitting the streets for a second day aiming their wrath at the iranian regime, internet and phones cut off as security forces clash with protesters in the southern uranian city of kaz around they are angry over the decision to split the city and two towns