himself. >> between a brash american president and a reclusive north korean ruler. >> translator: the u.s. main lamainland is in the range of our strike. >> we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> he may have 20 nuclear weapons, missiles that eventually might hit the united states. >> he sees having nuclear weapons as essential to his survival. >> after seven decades in near isolation, is the country's leader, kim jong-un, changing the global game for north korea? >> for the first time, the leader of north korea stepped into south korea. >> one of the first things he has done is make himself a more acceptable figure on the international stage. >> kim jong-un does something which nobody expects. he again changes the balance of this regime. >> as the historic summit between president donald trump and kim jong-un nears, what will it mean for north korea, the united states and the world? >> we have never had this kind of negotiation before. the stakes are incredibly high. >> this will be the critical test of the trump administration. this is what history will remembe

u.s. president and north korean leader. a really you know a lot of progress. really very positively better than anybody could expect. amazing that many thought would never happen is addressing pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up stranded at sea hundreds of migrants who were rescued off the libyan coast find themselves with nowhere to go. and we meet the afghans walking a seven hundred kilometers for the message for their government. after eighteen months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation donald trump and kim jong un have held face to face talks in singapore in the last few moments trump said the meeting went better than anybody could have expected but it's the first time a sitting u.s. president has met a north korean leader. really great to really take you to a lot of progress really very fatherly better than anybody expected comparable to. well i dream brown reports on a historic day that many people thought would never come up in this diplomatic drama here was act one for. getting to know you the ha

the last shot was fired and more and more south koreans are even changing their mind about north korea's dictator kim jong il and self is in the t.v. . you've got to get what he said and what he was. probably smarter than i thought i got the impression he's actually leading the country sort of. three months and was. turning. into a korean summit changed many people's opinions about him. but that doesn't change the fact that it is oppressive communist regime the young it. is the biggest issue during the meeting as a career i have the impression that he has to give up the weapon to say i hope the us or summit flow through. good agreements to. all expect somebody. based on the inner screen of somebody a few weeks ago i would like to hear something great such as the declaration to end the korean war. so many of us wish to see them. sometimes one side and his wife come to the national cemetery in seoul to find his brother's name on the wall of missing soldiers. even though chance the book is no longer missing they don't want his name deleted soul was his home they say they hope that m

trump will have a news conference. our coverageill include events relating to the north korean leader. we will share with you a conversation discussing the book "without you, there is no us." we will be back in a couple minutes as the pictures come to us. we will share them with you. also, during the evening and morning hours, we will get your reaction to what is happening in the poor. -- singapore. >> where you from? , originally. korea i was born and raised there. >> why did you come to the states? >> a long story. as all immigrants do, there is a lot of turbulence. claim, new york without a word of english. >> what do you do for a living today? >> i am a journalist, so i publish novels. literary novels is how i began writing. coming out with books. into the first time i went south korea in 2002. i've been covering north korea, more or less. >> that is why we invited you is preview your book. us, my you, there is no time with north korea's elite. how did you get a job in north korea? >> it took a long time. , i joinedtime i went this pro-north korean group. >> what was the process l

expertise in the future. the north koreans have a sligly different definition. plus, u.s.that military assets that could be used to launch nuclear weapons or to strike regime in the strike and could that is what the north koreans are worried about. working off the first definition, you mentioned concrete actions. what would be the first couple action steps that would be necessary for that to happen? guest: when need to look at this in phases. to make surese is north korea has frozen its program. we cannot ducarize ifhey are improving their arsel.northa of important first steps. president trump talked about they stopped ballistic missile testing, closing their test site, ending the clear test explosions, but they continue to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. for the trump administration has to be to solidify those. we have got to make sure that heey are boasting dismantling of test facilities and production. soon after, we need to have a declaration from the north koreans of their program. what do they have? where is it? so inspectors can come to check arsenal to make sure

flag side—by—side with the north korean flag. who would have thought that this was possible, not just a few weeks have thought that this was possible, notjust a few weeks ago, months ago, but decades ago? that's right. this is what a lot of us that's right. this is what a lot of us in the analyst community think the north koreans want from this, the north koreans want from this, the symbolism, north korean imagery next to american imagery, the flags and the handshakes and it validates north korea as distinct and independent from south korea, making the division more permanent, some recognition. the north korean flag next to the american flag, something ofa next to the american flag, something of a recognition of one of the worst countries in the world to be honest. amnesty international and human rights reports from the un about north korea paint it as an awful place. that's a big achievement, that shot, with the flags. regime change has been spoken about in north korea after the death of kim jong il, kim jong—un‘s north korea after the death of kim jong il, kimjong—un‘s

was approached by a number of north korean ships and m.i.g. planes. the captain thought it was a routine harassment. in the end, the north korean ships ordered the public low to surrender. they tried to escape but the engines didn't work very well. they were hardly outgunned, couldn't maneuver well, not prepared in any capacity. in the end they surrendered. there was a brief gun battle. the public low was fired upon by korean ships. one american was killed. a number wounded. the ship was surrendered. tied it one a tow land and drove it into wonton harbor. they were in prison for almost a year when they were released by this crazy diplomatic solution and the ship remains. it's still in north korea now where it is a leading tourist attraction. >> that was a surprise to me hat it's a popular tourist area. what should we take away about north korean culture than? -- -- then? mitchell the stands as a great symbol of the cold war. the american policy and intelligence committee -- community never really thought of this as a dangerous mission. the soviets ran these kind of operations. we

south korea is 36 times larger than that of the north yet somehow the north korean leader now commands the center of the world's stage. this is the story of kim jong-un, his past, his present and how has managed to bring an american president to his doorstep. ♪ december 28th, 2011. kim jong-un had just inherited the cruelest, most repressive dictatorship on earth. his father kim jong-il was dead from a heart attack. in icy pyongyang, tens of thousands lined the streets. for many mourners, it was a chance to catch a glimpse of their new leader. >> people believed he's too young. he's too inexperienced. >> there were real fears that kim jong-un still in his 20s was not up to the job. >> he looked like a boy. there he is sobbing over his father's casket. >> some doubted that he could ever command the kind of cult-like worship his grandfather and his father inspired. a reaction like this. >> i don't want to say it's insincere but let's say the enthusiasm's over the top. these people are going to be on north korean television. >> it's the question we so often ask about north korea. is thi

motorcades bringing in the north korean leader d president trump arriving at the resort which is a hundred acre facility in singapore, a small island, just a short distance from singapore -- downtown singapore. that began a 40 minute session that took place one-on-one. the only people in the room where the translators for the north korean president and -- leader and president trump. the luncheon is underweight right now. in attendance will be the senior u.s. officials as well as white house press secretary sarah sanders. that luncheon will last about e hour or an hour and a h come back forl some sort of statement work news conference at 4:00 eastern time. it was a very short session but you can see the room where the president and the north korean leader were about to dine. we also want to get to your phone calls. what do you expect from this summit? for republicans, democrats, and all others, called the numbers on your screen. the north korean leader is 34 years old. you heard that discussion with bruce, he did spend a number of years in switzerland where he attended school and then back

at his back donald trump standing emerging after having lunch with the north korean leader who we can also see on the screen right there kim jong un has just emerged after a meeting of working lunch we did hear donald trump reference something about going for a signing a spring in our diplomatic editor james varies james was going on well. well it doesn't look a particularly well choreographed scene right now but it does look like a friendly scene and look him going one way trump going the other i think we actually saw the signing perhaps just a few moments ago when cameras were not a live picture but other cameras were seen filming the two man i think they may well have now signed their declaration certainly they came out of the lunch the two leaders walked past reporters they didn't seem to be a translator they seemed to be happily conversing we had thought that perhaps kim speaks some english he certainly speaks enough english to talk to president trump for that walk past the camera crews where president trump was asked how it had been going and he said it's going better than anyon

over a week from now. mr. trump playing up the drama as he met with the north korean dictator's right hand man at the white house. while down playing expectations for any summit break throughs. this after cnn learned that north korea's blowing up its test tunnels appears to have been propaganda. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. there's some reason at the same time to be skeptical? >> reporter: absolutely. it was on and off, and president trump was all smiles when he announced the summit was back on with kim jong-un. the question is is the president giving away too much? giving the north koreans what they want without delivering much of anything in return. top republican senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell is worried the president could be sno snookerred in singapore. >> after meeting more an an hour, president trump declared the singapore summit he cancelled last week is back on. >> getting to know you meeting plus. june 12th we'll be in singapore. it'll be a beginning, i don't say it ever happens in one meeting. >> reporter: the president

although the north korean state hacking campaign against it ended up scaring the movie off of a lot of movie screens and theaters around the country, the movie did end up doing pretty great, streaming online, i think driven in part by this very weird anti-publicity campaign conducted by north korean military intelligence calling this movie the most dangerous thing in the world. now, that attack, 2014, the attribution for that attack specifically went to something called the reconnaissance general bureau, which is sometimes described as the equivalent of the cia in north korea but really it's its own thing. it's foreign intelligence in north korea. it's cyberwar. it's cyberespionage. sometimes it's just plain war. i don't know what you call it when it's hacking into a foreign movie studio and destroying their laptops. i don't know what you call that. but that's the group within the north korean military, north korean government that was -- got the attribution for that attack. reconnaissance general bureau. that was 2014. the year before, in 2013, the u.s. and south korea were engaged in

donald trump there making his way, as concentrated a face as the north korean leader, who made his way there just a few minutes before him. breaking news. we have special coverage live drum singapore and sentosa island with us president donald trump a short time ago, in the last five seconds, arriving for this historic summit with north korean leader kim jong—un, this historic summit with north korean leader kimjong—un, with this historic summit with north korean leader kim jong—un, with a motorcadejust korean leader kim jong—un, with a motorcade just arriving outside of the hotel 2.5 minutes before donald walked in. we understand the two men will walk through the hotel towards the library to greet each other with only translators be for expanded bilateral talks begin. —— before. we have never seen that before, the american flag side—by—side with the north korean flag. it truly is a moment many thought not possible. we we re moment many thought not possible. we were here decades before, 9092, 1994, 1996, previous presidents trying to start dialogue with this regime.

house the success of an unprecedented summit with his north korean counterpart. -- a joint document committing to denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president trump has held the success of an unprecedented summit in singapore with his north korean counterpart kim jong-un.n -- kim following from today's historic summit, the two leaders signed a joint document committing towards workingoward complete denuclearization of the peninsula. it also says that countries will join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the peninsula. trump said he was optimistic that kim would respect the terms. >> chairman kim and i just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his commitment to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. to figure iseed negotitiations to implement the agagreement as soon as p possib. he wants to do that.t. this is not the past. this is not another administration that never gogott stararted and thereforore nevert it done. chairman kim has told me thatt north korea is already destroying a major missile engine testing site. that is not in you

singapore and president north korean official with at the white house. this event was hosted by the foundation for the defense of democracies in washington, d.c. >> all right.and ten minutes. good afternoon and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. my name is david adesnik. i'm the director of research. it's my pleasureid to welcome al ofh in their the audience and new ones. i hope this really shows quite a broad audience, thehe kind of wk were doing here and how proud we are to bring some super experts to talk about north korea today. so i couple of housekeeping items. today's event is being live stream video recorded and broadcast on c-span, so it's on the record which means would like you to turn off your phones so we don't have any interruptions, otherwise your frozenaught for posterity and never forgotten. to set an example i will go ahead and turn off my phone right heater. so with that i'd like to turn to the issue at hand and i will say a word about why this is so important. obviously for the world but also in particular for fdd. north korea on own is somethi

start of their historic one—day summit in singapore. the us president and north korean leader then held brief one—on—one talks with translators on defusing tensions and nuclear disarmament. the long road to the talks has seen secret meetings, stop—start diplomacy and the release of us detainees. but it all hangs on what happens, right here, right now. we're going to be great discussion. i think tremendous success. we'll be tremendously successful. it's my honour to be here. we will have a career thick relationship, i have no doubt. —— terrific relationship. we had obstacles on our way forward in this but we hope to do well. both leaders thenjoined their teams of advisors for more detailed, wider—ranging discussions. we have all the developments live on bbc news. hello and welcome to this bbc news special from singapore and that historic summit between president trump and kim jong—un. the two men met and shook hands on a red carpet at the summit venue at the capella hotel on sentosa and then then held one—to—one talks for around 50 minutes. they also held talks wit

. north korean state media report denuclearization and lasting peace top the agenda for this meeting. all of this has been a stunning turnaround for a young kim jong-un from international pariah to what some are calling a statesman, apparently ready to negotiate a end to his missile programs in return for security guarantees and an end to crushing economic sanctions. cnn's will ripley has reported from north korea many times. many times, so many times that i can't remember, actually. will joins us now from singapore. okay. what we have right now, will, are the last -- >> eight. >> the last couple of hours and working level negotiations between the americans and the north koreans, the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo put out a statement saying in part we've had detailed meetings to date with the north koreans. south korean news agent has reported there may be a draft agreement they're working on. what do they know about the meeting? ma what are the details here? >> this is kind of like trying to put -- it's like speed dating. you know, something that should have taken maybe months

only american who saw this north korean leader. victor, you've been lni to our conversation. what would you add, based on either body language or overheard language itself? >> i think, brian, at the very beginning when they first met, it was clear that president trump was talking to kim jong-un, there werno interpreters around and kim jong-un was responding in english. so he does speak english as sue said. i think the other thing is this bigger meeting, as ben said, is important but not nearly as important as the one on one and not as important as the working lens particularly if kim and trump sit next to each other where they can have more quiet, trust building conversations. the other thing we're missing is the surprise. both leaders like surprises. when kim jong-un met with the south korean leader in april, remember they met at the rcion line but then kim pulled the south korean leader over. and when president trump made his first trip to south korean, he said there was a surprise, he tried to make a trip to the demilitarized zone but it was called back because of heavy fog. we

korea's missile programs or the end of north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded or if it failed we would suddenly go to war well it's simply not the case but i think the media and gareth you've been talking about this i mean the media's been pretty shameful in the narratives that they've been pushing but that almost has everything to do with domestic politics in the united states and let me go to gareth theory because you wrote written recently on this topic go ahead. well yes of course it's true that the media have played a very nasty role in the run up to this summit really trying to discredit the idea that there could be an agreement that would effectively denuclearize a

coverage, including the insights of a north korean defector. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. this is a mission of peace. >> how long will it take to figure out whether they are serious? i said maybe in the first minute. >> kim jong-un out and about visiting sands casino resort. >> this was like the tour of >> this was like the tour of some kind of rock star. >> adding to the circus atmosphere... >> dennis rodman here in singapore. >> now he wants credit for the summit. >> i just happen to be part of it. i think i brought awareness to a lot of things around the world. >> president trump sits down with his long-time enemy. he is hurling insults at some of america's closest allies. >> there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump. >> an orlando police officer shot and four children are held hostage. >> the standoff still going on. >> a wildfire in colorado... >> doubles in size. >> thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. >> glor: good evening from singapore. >> the this is tuesday morning her

comes to u.s./north korean relations? guest: i think it is too early to call it a breakthrough. i think it is the start of a process. kim jong-un has made general commitments as his father and grandfather did before him. all of those commitments turned out to be not valid. either the north koreans lied or never carried out commitments. the question is whether kim jong-un is different. whether he is prepared to take steps toward nuclear disarmament . we will find that out in the course of the next months and years as secretary of state pompeo tries to put some flesh on the bones of this joint andunique which is general lacks detail on timetable asing reciprit verification, all these critical issues which were not result in the singapore summit itself. host: here are the bones of that agreement. president trump committing to provide security guarantees for north korea. the united states and north korea committing to establish new relations in accordance with desires of teople the two countries for peace and prosperity. the united states and north korea will join efforts to build a lasting

between president trump and north korean leader kimjong—un about denuclearisation. mr kim is welcomed by the singapore prime minister — it's only his third trip abroad since becoming north korea's leader. president trump is currently en route to singapore and is due to arrive soon. this is the scene live by the military airbase in singapore. as preparations gather pace here in singapore for the summit on tuesday, we'll bring you the latest. and the other main headlines on bbc news at 1: the g7 summit ends in disarray over trade tariffs — president trump lashes out at the canadian prime minister, calling him dishonest and weak. and 100 years after the first british women won the right to vote, women across the uk are set to march together. good evening. welcome to singapore, just after eight o'clock local time here, and the next hour we are expecting donald trump to arrive here on the island. it is an unprecedented summit we are expecting here in the next 48 hours. we have never seen anything like this before, sitting american president meeting the north korean leader. we

indeed become friends. he was speaking after signing a joint declaration with the north korean leader in two thousand nuclear arms the korean peninsula. i'm still get a welcome to the program a first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula president trump made a declaration of the press conference following their historic meeting he then went on to say the north is already destroying a missile testing site and explain that this wasn't in the that aeration as i said been agreed after they went on to announce that the u.s. would and military exercises on the korean peninsula but that sanctions would remain as jhumpa then went on to express his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. what's important i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first ball step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves their real change is in

morning, president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un are on the ground in singapore. it is 10:00 p.m. eastern 10:00 p.m. singapore time, and they are preparing for tomorrow for the historical summit that will take place at 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. go to www.c-span.org for more details. that will be 9:00 a.m. in singapore when they meet behind closed doors. earlier this morning, mike pompeo briefed reporters about thearations in advance of summit. here's what he had to say. >> good afternoon. thank you for your patience. certainly worth the wait. i would like to welcome the secretary of state mike pompeo, who will answer questions specific to the summit that will take place tomorrow and will be around to follow up with questions beyond that. thank you. >> good afternoon. said onresident saturday, this is a mission of peace. our ambassador led a delegation to meet with the vice foreign minister and her north korean delegation. as talks continue this afternoon, even as we sit here now, they are moving quite rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical co

summit since he first accepted to meet with the north korean leader in march. the president a few days before departing felt this was less about it preparation but more about his attitude going into the meeting and thinks it's more about what hir relationship is king jong unis going to be like and something the president is looking and the question everybody is waiting to see what exactly goes on during that conversation and what happens when these two people sit down together. >> thank you. >>> nic robertson is there in seoul. nic, they are in south korea for obvious reasons. the country has a lot of interest in what is happening but president moon as well has invested a lot personally in the success of this upcoming meeting. >> hugely. it's greatly anticipated here. there was real concern, if you go back less than a year ago, that there could be a wide-scale war on the korean peninsula. for president moon, the fact that president trump and kim jong-un can sit down and talk about what is a war of words between them is a hugely positive thing. the way that it's being viewed here is let

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's feeling his way. considering this is his debut on the world's diplomatic stage, he looked calm and relaxed as he discussed his hopes for peace w

between the north korean leader and president trump. we will keep you posted as we get information from the pool that is giving us the pictures. northt, talking about korea and security. booktv part of c-span2's coverage. as events unfold in singapore, we will break away and show them to you as we get those pictures. stay with us. >> how is everybody doing? loud voice.for my i'm half-death. half-deaf.'m i wore headsets for 25 years. thank you for bringing me here. i'm always treated like a king when i come. special thanks to linda for organizing this event. my lovely bri of 24 years is here. i would like to thank her for putting up with all of my 24 years.or the past i will see my youngest daughter next week. that will be my most fun trip. i'm going to iowa, which all of you know is the cultural center of the universe. i would like to thank my colleagues and friends who have encouraged my scholarship. university. state i appreciate that they have encouraged me to study what to me is a very interesting subject matter. i intend to do it for as long as i can. i would like to thank all

trump and north korean leader kim jong il and. also on the program and get america describes president trump's withdrawal from the weekend's g seven joint statement as sobering and reiterates the european union's determination to retaliate against u.s. tariffs. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. preparations for tuesday's historic summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's supreme leader kim jong un in singapore are in full swing president trump has met with singapore's prime minister at least scieno at a working lunch if tomorrow's event happens it will be the first time a sitting u.s. president has ever met with a north korean leader mr trump has said that he will know within the first minutes of the meeting whether a deal with north korea will be possible u.s. secretary of state mike pump air has been spelling out u.s. preconditions. in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years this president will assure ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat the ultimate objecti

korean war but a letter smuggled from north to south brought him unbelievable news. and i'm going to michael tries to repair the damage after donald trump criticizes the g. seven over trade the german chancellor describes his withdrawal from the g. seven joint statement a sobering and reassurance of the european union's determination to retaliate against u.s. tires. i'm still gal welcome to the program. preparations for tuesday's historic summit between the u.s. president donald trump and north korea's supreme leader kim jong il and singapore are in full swing president trump has mass with singapore's prime minister and the cme new working lunch if tomorrow's event happens it will be the first time a sitting u.s. president has ever match with a north korean leader mr trump has said that he will know within the first minutes of that meeting whether a deal with north korea is possible u.s. secretary of state mike palm pilot has been spelling out u.s. preconditions in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years this president will share ensure that n

jong un the north korean leader they are running a little bit behind schedule i think at this point but the german was scheduled to be leaving singapore and perhaps that is what we are looking at right now him on his way out of hell hotel we we think. we are still awaiting confirmation though of what exactly he has signed soon as we get that of course we'll be able to talk a little bit more about that we did see the two leaders short while ago dan tromp and kim jong were sitting in that room and signed together a document which both of them praised donald trump calling it important and comprehensive document whatever is in that james it is it safe to say at this point this is a turning point in relations between the u.s. and north korea and perhaps even in world politics right now. oh yes it's a very very important turning point in north korea's relations with the u.s. and with the world they certainly turn direction whether they reach a destination is clearly clearly a different matter yes very interesting that we still don't have a copy of this whether it's a letter or a declaration p

is called "in order to live: a north korean girl's journey to freedom." websitedline from the wrap up and kim jong-un a working lunch. that wrapped up less than one hour ago. we have been watching this very prepare for the two some sort of a signing ceremony. we do not have a lot of particulars in terms of what they will be signing, but we want to watch this and take you to the event at the compiler resort in singapore. the day began at 9:00 in the morning on tuesday morning, a 12 hour time difference, a 40 minute one-on-one session followed by a bilateral meeting that included north korea and u.s. officials led by secretary of state mike pompeo and the president, and then, a working lunch which lasted just over one hour. andtwo men shook hands departed to separate parts of the resort. the president also showing what is known as the beast, the presidential motorcade, to kim jong-un. it will show you that again in just a moment. you can see the hand coming up. we are probably less than five minutes away of president trump and the north korean leader who will have some sort of a sign

korea is due to begin shortly he also said he developed quote a very special bond with north korean leader kim jong un for his part kim claimed the world will see a major change after today's summit and that he and trump agreed to leave the past because time would you like me expect to learn more about the contents of their joint document shortly with president donald trump to address the press soon. trump held the signing of the declaration saying it would transform relations between the united states and north korea is proud of what took place today. i think our whole relationship with north korea and the korean for the chiller is going to be very much different situation than it has in the past we both want to do something we both are going to do something we've developed a very special bond so. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world and dreaming studios young cartel with the german marshall fund of the united states before we speak to you we're going to go to singapore w

arrives in singapore for an historic summit on denuclearisation with north korean leader, kim jong un. kim jong un has already been greeted by singapore's prime minister. the historic summit with the us leader will take place on tuesday. the g7 summit ends in disarray over trade tariffs. president trump lashes out at the canadian prime minister, calling him dishonest and weak. i have made it very clear to the president that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something we relish doing, but it is something we absolutely will do. as canadians, polite, reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around. companies are to be forced to justify the pay gap between their highest and lowest earners. processions are taking place all over the uk with women wearing the colours of the suffragette movement — green, white and violet. a very good evening and welcome to singapore. it is nine o'clock local time here and president trump has just arrived in singapore. just behind us, you will see the stunning singapore nightline, the financial district, the marina bay, the iconic landmark on the s

-one with the north korean leader. at 10 so that is to say 45 minutes later there's an expanded group of people so of course to talev the room you'll have president trump and kim jong-un but some advisers will be added. from the west u.s. side that's going to include the secretary of state mike pompeo. he tweeted out this morning very short very to the point we are ready for today to chief of staff john kelly will also be in the room and national security adviser john bolton. neoi spoke with the former ambassador to singapore somebody who had served under president bush and he said you really knew one in the room and that is clearly john bolton. he will be there as well and then at 11:30 a.m. local time which is 11:30 p.m. for you there's a working lunch he is added to the mix. everybody that i just mentioned the white house press secretary sarah sanders u.s. ambassador to the philippines sung kim has been so helpful. some of the state department say he's been instrumental to making sure the event goes well but also national security council's senior director for asia matthew pottinge

now we've had three times in a row the north korean leader has gone to chinese soil and this one so soon after that summit between trump and kim is really difficult to understand what's going on you know basically the chinese are saying to everybody look we control the north koreans and if you want a solution on the peninsula you've got to come to beijing now kim he actually i think says look i've got china at my back but right now this is really high politics and high drama does it appear to you he was summoned to jenin. absolutely larry you know the north koreans don't like the idea that they're vassals but the chinese are trying to reinforce that impression because this was a breach of diplomatic protocol the chinese should have returned the visit a long time ago they didn't do it and so now what i'm sure the north koreans are pretty upset but there's nothing they can do about it because china is a big power they are on their border and you know they do give some benefits to the north koreans but i'm sure secretly in pyongyang they're not very happy what effect does the two hundr

divides the korean peninsula into north and south at the thirty eighth parallel the armies of both sides face each other along the border. this standoff has continued since the end of the korean war nine hundred fifty three it's a precarious balance of power that's often been threatened. to begin with north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile to join the fish this is a miniaturized nuclear warheads a capability the world hoped north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile it flew high. and longer than ever before a triumph and north korea says its latest a ballistic 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. that. 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

between the u.s. president and the north korean leader will start just hours from now in what could only be described as surprising. we actually saw kim jong-un walking around singapore just a little while ago. you see him there with his sizeable entourage and security detail. he seems to be enjoying s time in the spotlight on the world stage, even stopping to be part of this picture with singapore's foreign minister. the arrival just a while ago of the basketball star dennis rodman. he's met with kim before, now he wants credit for the summit. >> i'm just happy to be a part of t because i think i brought awareness to a lot of things around the world, and i think north korea has given a lot of people an opportunity to do this conference now, and i hope it's a success. >> rodman hasn't been invited to the talks. we'll see what happens as the day and the next day continue. meanwhile, the delegation is hopeful this upcoming summit will bear fruit. if the summit doesn't bear fruit, the united states seems ready to act. >> we are hopeful this summit will have set the conditions for futur

the trumpet speaking after signing a joint declaration with the north korean leader to denuclearize the korean peninsula. i'm still get a welcome to the program. a first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump has praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula the joint declaration also committed the two countries to continuing efforts to bring a lasting and stable peace to the koreans this is the first time a north korean leader at met for talks with a sitting u.s. president usa concept resisted such a meeting for decades describing north korea as a rogue state that should unilaterally abandon nuclear weapons. after the meeting the president expressed his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. ortley i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting the first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves that real change is indeed possible my meeting with chairman kim

time ago they didn't do it and so now what i'm sure the north koreans are pretty upset but there's nothing they can do about it because china is a big power they are on their border and you know they do give some benefits to the north koreans but i'm sure secretly in pyongyang they're not very happy what effect does the two hundred billion the new terra's have on all of this. that's a great question i think it certainly complicates matters you know in the past u.s. diplomats tried to stovepipe matters with china trade on trade you know south china sea south china sea you don't use one to leverage the other but right now you know the chinese don't think that way and obviously president trump doesn't think that way i think it will complicate matters but it also may make things better because it shows the chinese that they've got to come to terms with the u.s. you know see jumping is personally responsible for everything in china these days because he's accumulated so much power the chinese know that they can't win a trade war if the u.s. is determined to see it through and that's wha

he plans to hold north korean leader kim jong-un to his word. but were the concessions made by the president too high a price to pay?>>> plus, the brutal tru behind kim jong-un's smiles and promises of peace. an atrocious record of human rights abuses. bob woodruff inside the hermit kingdom where the government sets the scene. >>> across the dmz, north korean defectors describe the labor camps and starvation that made them risk their lives to escape. >> trump and kim, the historic summit, will be right back. (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) >>> this special edition of "nightline," "trump and kim," continues. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. president trump left his historic summit with a pledge of complete denuclearization from kim jong-un. what exactly does that mean and what good is the promise of a brutal dictator? in his first interview after saying good-bye to the north korean leader, president trump tells abc

lifting of the un sanctions in return for north korean steps that could be reversed. saying that we will let you inspect the shutdown of our centrifuges and we have to lift the un sanctions, if they start treating, we have -- if they start cheating, and we have a hard time convincing the world those sanctions. you --ow comfortable are how confident are you kim jong-un will keep his word? guest: i'm not confident at all. all he said is that he wanted a denuclearization. he meant the nuclear element has to and. denuclearization is a broader concept for them. it is not the physical presence obama's on the peninsula, it is the whole association. they are not going to give up butr bombs, ever perhaps, not until they get theig change that inoo sanctions, warming of ties, maybe an ending of the nuclear a alliance. what came out of the summit was not back. the next step is credible. host: the next step is expected to be led by mike pompeo and irrelevant high-level north korean official. what are your thoughts between the differences of president trump's style and what mike pompeo will have

strike against north korea. you have the north korean leader, the u.s. president, spending time together, appearing, as far as we can tell, to build a relationship. it appears they are getting on. the north korean leader, kim will walk away from this with a huge victory. the very fact that he has been hitting side-by-side with the u.s. president, the fact to his people. and around the world, he's seen on a level with the u.s. president. and just hearing what the north korean leader was saying. clearly, we weren't going to get the off-the-cuff remarks from kim jong-un as from donald trump. he decided beforehand the message he wanted to give across. at the beginning of the morning, the beginning of the meeting, he said it took a lot to get to this point. they had to clear a lot of obstac obstacles. he said the world will see a major change. it was a historic moment, a historic document. and one other thing, he said, i would like to express my gratitude to president trump. if you had told me six months ago that the north korean leader was going to say that while sitting next to the

north korean leader, kim jong—un. this is the scene at the hotel where the north korean delegation is staying. when president trump arrives the two men will hold talks on denuclearisation. companies are to be forced to justify the pay gap between their highest and lowest earners. also this hour — 100 years since some women won the right to vote, processions are taking place all over the uk. women will don the colours of the suffragette movement — green, white and purple. and in a moment... dateline takes a look at how the issues of the week are being tackled around the world. hello, a very good morning, and welcome to bbc news. the g7 summit has ended in disarray, with a war of words between president trump and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. mr trudeau said canada would not be pushed around on trade tariffs. mr trump then accused him of being "dishonest and weak". the president has withdrawn his endorsement of a joint communique on the importance of free trade. from quebec, our correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. scarcely 2a hours after the president arrived at a su

take place on june twelfth as originally planned. a high level north korean envoy talks with the white house the u.s. president says that he believes the secretive state could be transformed on we'll go to washington for more also. political change into southern european capitals today in italy the new prime minister. and his cabinet they have been sworn in but the country's new government has a markedly skeptic stance. a no confidence vote it was triggered by a corruption scandal in his conservative party socialist. said to be the new man in charge. it's good to have you with us it is back on u.s. president donald trump says he will meet north korean leader kim jong un in just eleven days on june twelfth trump had earlier canceled the summit intended to denuclearize north korea he cited belligerent rhetoric for the reason that he canceled it the first time spent the last few hours today meeting with a senior north korean envoy who has. now left the white house kim young shoulder is the highest ranking figure from north korea to come to the white house in nearly twenty years he d

its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. and. 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 koreans in the leadership picked up on the fact that this was a really big deal. at the end of the war korea like germany was divided by the allied powers. the border between the two occupation zones was drawn along the thirty eighth parallel in the northern sent the soviet union installed kim il sung at the head of a provisional government. the democratic people's republic of korea was proclaimed in september one thousand nine hundred forty eight. into nine hundred fifty north korea invaded the south and was suppose it in this conflict by the soviet union and china the self by a un backed international coalition led by these us. the fighting dragged on for three years and killed an estimated two point five million. u.s. general do