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 this real? or is it propaganda? watch again. as the camera moves down the line of mourners, most seem to react only when the camera reaches them. this godfather-like drama ran for days on north korean television. it became propaganda. it is the life blood of north korea. and one of the key reasons the kim dynasty has endured. >> north koreans want kim family to continue ruling north korea. this is abou

lead to pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons. north korean state media says the summit will discuss a permanent and durable peace and denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. germany's chancellor angela merkel has called president trump's abrupt withdrawal — by twitter — from an agreed g7 communique, sobering and depressing. it was the latest barb in a day of recriminations after the g7 summit in canada. iraq's prime minister says a fire in warehouses storing election ballots due to be recounted, was an attempt to harm the democratic process. it's the first indication the government thinks the fire was deliberate. and the top story here in the uk: the former conservative chancellor ken clarke has called on tory mps to "rescue" theresa may from her leave—supporting ministers, by voting against the government on the eu withdrawal bill on tuesday. a highly anticipated summit here in singapore will attempt to diffuse tensions on the korean peninsula that will open up the north korean economy? a former member of the british parliament turned her attention to help other wom

the region. while trump has indicated flexibility, he will still want to see pyongyang agreed to a timeline. david: let's check the mood in beijing because china is playing a very important role in the summit, even if it is not at the capella hotel. joining us is carnegie-tsinghua onter director paul haenle, a security council under president george w. bush and barack obama. thank you for coming on the program. fairly monumental, these events taking place. just you are broad, initial thoughts on what has been happening so far. >> well, the symbolism that we are seeing play out and the optics are quite powerful. president trump is a former reality tv star. this is what he does well. he can orchestrate theater and creedia spectacles. it is a good thing the two leaders are meeting, but in some sense the meeting was the easiest part. the north koreans have been trying to meet a u.s. leader for as long as i can remember. when i was in the six party talks negotiating with the north koreans, they expressed strong interest having a meeting with the u.s. president. this house, in their view

korea meanwhile are pre-trained the summit is a win for pyongyang listing american concessions including the promised end to a us south korean military exercises critics of the deal point to its vagueness and the fact that it contains no mention of washington's demand for the north's complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. in a train station in pyongyang north koreans huddle around newspaper stands to learn the outcome of the historic meeting between their leader and former arch donald trump. on state television glowing praise for kim jong il in with a newsreader and answering that washington would lift sanctions against that country and suspend its joint military exercises with south korea. the exercises have angered pyongyang for decades conducted several times a year there a major part of washington security structure in east asia but now donald trump says they're provocative and a waste of money games of course of fortune you know we're spending a fortune every number of months we're doing war games with south korea. which is costing we're flying planes in from warm an

north state media framed tuesday's summit as a win for pyongyang as a list of the concessions made by president trump including his pledge to end joint us south korean military exercises critics are pointing to the lack of detail in the agreement signed by both leaders and the fact that it contains no mention of washington's demand for a complete verify. why a ball and irreversible denuclearization of the north of the nuclear weapons we never even discussed the other in an interview with the a.b.c. news network following the talks in singapore u.s. president donald trump said it was a big day for the world he also announced that he will freeze military war games with south korea and i'm doing something that i wanted to do from the beginning we stop playing those war games a cost us a fortune you know we're spending a fortune every number of months we're doing war games with south korea and i said what is costing we're flying planes in from warm and we're bombing empty mountains for practice and i said i want to stop that i will stop that and i think it's very provocative especially ge

hundred sixty three moscow supplied pyongyang with a nuclear research reactor. the us military reconnaissance aircraft later provided images of the reactor site. difficilis he went into operation in nine hundred sixty five at a young young new to scientific research center located about one hundred kilometers north of pyongyang. by the one nine hundred eighty s. u.s. intelligence agencies were becoming concerned about the development of north korea's nuclear program. but they weren't able to find out much about it. 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 it's like a symbol of the jigsaw puzzle with 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 produc

russia's foreign minister has already met with the north korean leader in pyongyang our correspondent lee put trying to travel with the russian delegation too and was granted to rare access to one of the north korean leaders residences. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind in now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this van just to cower and one photographer and myself following a lot of shade in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fall this man. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be the area where it came john will be greeting certainly loughborough of and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john sister and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here well. and as far as i understand this is. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment we still don't know whether the attempt fr

well with pyongyang might result in eight million dead worldwide and yet just as peace talks are on the table between washington and pyongyang a major us news organization quoted unnamed cia official of who seem to claim there was no point in gold trump talking to kim jong un the korean leader has no intention of disarming joining me from virginia is a mutha gehlen prize winner for journalism gath porter author of perils of dominance and balance of power and the road to war in vietnam thanks for coming on going underground what do you make of the cia leaking this information to n.b.c. owned by comcast that north korea won't disarm their nuclear weapons well first of all this this story which is really quite an exercise in dissin for mission by the corporate news media is just one small part of a much larger campaign that has been going on for weeks now and which i think is certainly one of the most important developments surrounding the whole u.s. north korean developing relationship that has occurred so far and that's because i think the corporate media are very very closely aligne

pyongyang can demonstrate what he calls full denuclearize ation state media in pyongyang suggests a different timeline was agreement. has been in south korea briefing regional leaders on this week's summit between president trump and kim jong un hey reports from seoul. after the hype of the summit with the sworn enemy came the explanation to the allies america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with south korean president in solved before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way michael says that's not the case thanks and you really cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that nor

reporting in pyongyang . hello welcome to us is there live from doha i'm also coming up the biggest battle in yemen's war threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis as the u.n. holds an emergency session on the conflict. demonstrations in argentina as congress debates whether to change strict abortion laws plus. i'm joined now in rome where the government is employed in a diplomatic standoff with from shoebridge migration policy while hundreds of refugees and migrants turned away from italy head to spain. and the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions on north korea will not be eased until it can demonstrate what he calls full cries ation but media reports from pyongyang suggest a different timeline. has been in south korea briefing regional leaders on this week's summit between president trump and kim jong il and there's also concern over the president's pledge to end joint military exercises along the korean peninsula when hey reports from seoul. after the hype of the summit with the sworn enemy came the explanation to the allies america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with the

the two koreas. this comes as pyongyang improves relations with moscow. absolutely. 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 the north. china, yes, but russia 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 spie

dictatorship on earth. his father was dead from a heart attack. in pyongyang, tense of thousands lined the streets. ce to catch a glimpse of a their new leader. >> people believed that he is too young and 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 couldn't believe that he had a cult-like worship. a reaction like this -- >> i don't want to say it is insincere, but let's say the enthusiasm over the top. >> people on the north korea television. it's the question we so often ask about north k is this real? or is it propaganda. watch again. as the camera moves down the line of mourning -- most seem to react only when the camera reaches them. this godfather like drama ran for days on north korean television. it became propaganda. ♪ >> it is the life blood of north korea. and one of the key reasons that the kim dynasty endured. >> north koreans want the kim family to continue ruling north korea. it is about regime survival. >> kim jong-un quickly embraced the firs

pyongyang? >> i think i've helped them. things will change. there's nothing i can say all i can do is do what i can do. we have to top the denuclearizati nuclearization, and at a certain point maybe you'll be able to ask me a much more positive question but not much i can do right now. at a certain point i believe he's going to do things about it. i think they are one of the great winners today, that large group of people that you're talking about. i think ultimately they'll be one of the great winners as a group. yes, sir, go ahead. go ahead. >> reporter: would you ever consider removing the sanctions without significant improvement in the human rights situation? >> i want to know it won't be happening. and, again, once you start that process there will be a point at which even though you won't be finished for a while because it can't happen scientifically or mechanically but you won't be able to go back. once we reach that point i'll that serious thought. yes, go ahead. >> reporter: mr. president, did you also discuss the cost of denuclearization and how north korea will foot the bill

help speed up talks with pyongyang football's ruling body is gathering in moscow for a vote on who will host the world cup in two thousand and twenty six there are two bids in contention enjoy one from the united states canada and mexico and the other from morocco the shores competition kicks off in russia on thursday more than nine hundred migrants rescued at sea by a coast guard ship have now arrived in italy it is the first major refugee landing in italy since battaile slovenia became the deputy prime minister seventy has promoted a hardline anti immigration stance since he has been in that position italy has refused to let another charity vote carrying more than six hundred people doc it's now headed to spain after drifting at sea. macedonia has agreed to change its name to resolve its decades old dispute with greece its new name is the republic of northern macedonia issue has been a stumbling block to the countries to join the european union and nato greece is said using the name macedonia was an attempt to claim its land and ancient leader alexander the great. a u.s. federal

indicated by the postumt statemenromhina's foreign ministry, pyongyang and beijing already appear to be working together to remove sanctions despite the lack of tangible evidence of denuclearization. nuer two from the kim family playbook -- use sleight of hand to make irrelevant actions seem meaningful by supposedly site a missile engine testst stand, north korea is claiming it has made real progress despite not destroying a single warhead or missile. and number three in the kim mily playbook -- exploit ambiguity. therump-kim agreement is so vague that it imposes no clear requirements on north korea. what we should want is reconciliation, not repetition, of what has happened decade after decade when the kim family uses its playbook to delay concessions. that they make while front-end loading the rewards which they receive. we can all agree that we need a plan to stop north korea's plutonium production and uranium enrichment that suspends and then eliminates its missile program, that permanently dismantles and removes all of its nuclear and biological weapons and that implements a

worker who was released by pyongyang last year a thousand days in prison and so on and. my name is he lim i'm pastor at the korean light presbyterian church near toronto. and. i went to north korea one hundred fifty times to help starving people during the famine told me we fed more than ten thousand i was so well known to the north korean government i didn't even need a visa i wasn't suspicious when they asked me to come to a meeting one day i just went. home in pyongyang i was arrested in the court i found out they objected to a speech i made against worshiping the kim family as god's only god should be worshiped i said that's what i believed so i confessed to the charges i even said i'd been a traitor. all the indians out and go to war and dipping sentenced me to death but then sent me instead to a labor camp for life it was in and it was bitterly cold i had to break up cold and dig with my bare hands in the frozen ground the guards didn't torture me but the verbal abuse was constant you know what you're saying who. my christian faith was all i had if god wanted me to die i was

come to a meeting one day i just went. home in pyongyang i was arrested in the court i found out they objected to a speech i made. against worshiping the kim family as god's only god should be worshiped i said that's what i believe so i confessed to the charges i even said i'd been a traitor. and sentenced me to death but then sent me instead to a labor camp for life. it was bitterly cold i had to break up cold and dig with my bare hands in the frozen ground the guards didn't torture me the verbal abuse was constant. my christian faith was all i had if god wanted me to die i was ready. when my release came in two thousand and seventeen it was such a surprise i was handed over to a canadian delegation took me home and i'm so grateful. i'm hopeful there can be peace talks as for me i have no hard feelings against the people who mistreated me north korea eventually will be a better place i know that. just ahead here on that is a grand slam title at last for some of the hot up. be here she did it in schools. uncovering faulty forensic analysis by the f.b.i. more than twenty years ago repo

, much closer only 3,000 miles from pyongyang but that's the longest trip kim has taken since he became north korea's leader in 2011. the two leaders are set to meet esday at 9:00 a.m. on sentosa island, sentosa has amusement park and beaches and luxury cape will, will a hotel where the summit will take place. this hour we will discuss what to expect out of this summit, how both leaders are likely to approach it and what would qualify as success. but we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts where president trump just landed, john. >> chris, good evening to you, president trump disembarking air force one into the steamy singapore night and taking a step closer to history with that meeting tuesday morning here in singapore with kim jong un. the president telling the host tv and assembled prez pool under the wing of air force one that he's feeling good about that meeting, the president going back to hotel tonight for some rest tomorrow he will meet with prime minister of singapore, visited the white house extended invitation to the president to come to singapore, t

. well, we have to hope that kim jong-un was impress wednesdaed singapore and like to have pyongyang look like singapore and is willing to trade his nuclear weapons for economic incentives. the document doesn't spell out exactly whathat is so we have to get secretary pompeo to work immediately nailing down the details on this. and outlining a process where you can have teams of people working step by step, phase by phase on detailing and getting a complete declaration of what north korea has everywhere, material, weapons, missile sites, manufacturing facilities, getting verification mechanisms put in place. >> yeah. >> and then a process to detail when they're going to dismantle what. that's the promise of this process, but we are a long way away from seeing any implementation of this. >> so, ambassador sherman, was tay mistake not to include that word? not to include verification in this joint statement these two signed? >> it's the first time in the agreements that have been written in the past where there was no reference to either have a fa occasion or inspections all the way bac

to pyongyang. perhaps they are ratcheting down expectations, but setting the stage for further summits down the road. we heard from the press briefing with mike pompeo. he has mentioned president trump can offer unique options when it comes to security guarantees. we have not heard the secretary of state mentioned it before. what does that all mean? is interesting, because mike pompeo said he believes, in his meetings with the north koreans, that the north koreans are committed to denuclearization, but when reporters yesterday repeatedly asked him about have the two sides agreed on what the definition of denuclearization is, he would not necessarily answer that other than to say outcome thehe only united states will accept, and that is complete, verifiable, .rreversible denuclearization they are sticking steadfast to that. it's up to donald trump how much give and take he will give in those face-to-face meetings. u.s. officials also have been saying repeatedly that they are not pursuing regime change, and that is very much at the top of the list of the north koreans in addition

are learning that kim jong un will go back to pyongyang at 2:00 p.m. president trump will have a press briefing before wheels up at 7:00 p.m. so much for the possibility of day two. the reason for this, miami pompeo saying that talks had been progressing faster. i s that's a goosign. if things are going quickly, but it looks as though they are putting a positive spin and finding common ground. when it comes to what we heard from the secretary of state, you mentioned about the secretary of guarantees that the u.s. may offer, perhaps offering different options. >> that's right. let me read some of the comments and put on my old-man glasses because it's dark and i cannot see. mike pompeo said it's the only outcome that the united states will accept, complete verifiable,rreversible denuclearization and said that maximum pressure will continue. they must get some sort of timetable and their position, the united states' position has not changed on that matter. at the same time, mike pompeo said they are willing to offer some sort of unique guarantees. we don't know what that means. let

. when pyongyang announced an august last year it was close to developing a missile capable of reaching the u.s. trump responded with a threat of biblical proportions. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. him shown on set by cooling the us president and mentally deranged don't taunt. and the war of words culminated in a contest over who had the biggest nuclear button. but then in february a change of chewed on the ice between north and south korea thought at the winter olympics and pyongyang extended an invitation to donald trump i'll be meeting with kim jong un in the coming weeks at the end of april the leaders of north and south korea met for the first time kim jong un crossed into the south. and when jay in crossed into the north they agreed to have continued theorising the korean peninsula. in a pyongyang extended another all of branch and released three american prisoners i think he did this because i really think he wants to do stop thing getting two weeks later kim jong un appeared to make good on a promise detonating parts of his only no

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 handshake to could change the course of history president donald trump it said he'd know within a minute of meeting kim jong un if he'd get on with him so this was the moment he began sizing him up from.

declaring war. one woman couldn't wait to phonw her mom,ho was born in pyongyang. "after seeing this, i suddenlywa thought how ed to go back to north korea before i die," she said. "mum, i want your dream to come true. i want you to step back on north korean land." in seoul, president moon jae-in admitted he had a sleepless night, but looked jubilant at the meeting, which was partially the result of his careful diplomacy.t budonald trump had a surprise for him. he pledged to end what hear described mes, joint military exercises between south korea and the u.s. which have angered the north. this will worry japawill mr. trump's suggestion to remove troops from the peninsula in the future. >> iis a mistake to cancel a joint u.s.-south korea military exercises. the united states needs to maintain sufficient levels of readiness and praredness on the peninsula because the north korea nuclear threat istill there. laura: kim jong-un has signed two agreements to denuclearize. the first was in april. but both lacked detail. he has destroyed his main nuclear test site, and has promised to dismantl

achievement. this summit between kim jong—un and donald trump comes as pyongyang wants to improve bilateral relations with moscow. yes, indeed. we saw sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister in pyongyang last week. we were told there might be an invite or kim jong—un to go to russia. they are saying that meeting is on and could take place in vladivostok in mid—september. it is ha rd to vladivostok in mid—september. it is hard to know whether that will be the first time we see kim jong—un go into russia, but what has become clear is that he is suddenly one of the world leaders that people want to talk to. north korea's regime was a pariah internationally for many yea rs. a pariah internationally for many years. now, kim jong—un a pariah internationally for many years. now, kimjong—un is meeting with donald trump, already having met xijinping in china, and possibly vladimir putin before the year is out. and also reports bashar al—assad will be making a state visit to north korea, the leader of syria. yes. syria has been accused alongside north korea of working on nu

there's been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the potentially historic summit between pyongyang and washington scheduled as we say for june the twelfth in singapore last week don't trump called off the meeting but within twenty four hours changed his mind saying it could still go ahead which now appears as if it will the u.s. president also said he didn't approve of russia's foreign minister meeting with kim jong un the two met on thursday in pyongyang sergio offer off expressed his support for deescalation efforts on the peninsula but that it should be handled gradually. who has been following the delegation for us and was granted exclusive access to a residency of kim jong. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices declined and now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this fandom just to keep our men one photographer and myself rolling a lot of state in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the powers. that be if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being t

between pyongyang washington scheduled for as we said june the twelfth in singapore last week called off the meeting but within twenty four hours that changed his mind saying it could still go ahead and that being confirmed it. well the u.s. president also said today he didn't approve of russia's foreign minister meeting with kim jong il the two met on thursday in pyongyang circle of roff expressed his support for deescalation efforts on the peninsula but other than they should be humble gradually r.t.c. who has been following the delegation for us was granted exclusive access to a residency of kim jong. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this van just to keep our men and one photographer and myself following a lot of savings. in this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold this man. who. i don't really know what exactly this place this but

committed to providing security guarantees for the pyongyang regime but u.s. president suggested off of the meeting that that's who have formed a stronger relationship and that they intend to meet again the turnaround in relations came just months off the pad had been threatening each other with all out . we have developed a very special bond. the north korea best not getting one threats to the united states they will be met with fire and fury and have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place you will have no choice . voice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is a sick puppy. a frightened dog barks louder i will surely indefinitely tame the mentally deranged us doted with fire. this is true is proven over and over again. kerry did become friends both very honored to sign the document thank you. so the today we had a story meeting and decided to leave the past behind so we're very proud of what took place today that it worked out for both of us far better than anybody even predicted it's an honor to be with you. the historic talks were first announced in march b

has of course been pyongyang's adversary for decades and they'll be watching that meeting very closely but first let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays who is in singapore james so both leaders have arrived for the summit kim jong moon earlier told the singapore prime minister the whole world is watching so how would both leaders be preparing james. well i think they're preparing away from the cameras at this stage and resting particularly in the case of president trump after a very long flight and a contentious summit in canada i think he needs to rest up you don't want to go into a negotiation like this with jetlag having said that in a couple of hours time he will be with singapore's prime minister for a working lunch what has been going on though is some meetings taking place with lower level officials secretary of state might prompt peo has been meeting with song kim who is one of the u.s. state department officials has been doing a lot of prepare a tree work they had a meeting first thing and now this song kim has gone on to a meeting with a representative from t

the document does not specify a timeline or a deadline for pyongyang to get rid of its nuclear weapons. north korea's human rights record also do not feature in the final statement. with the impact of the summit still to be determined, both leaders seemed keen to put the past behind them. reporter: it is a moment many doubted would happen. u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un signed a joint declaration which commits pyongyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the highly anticipated summit in singapore, hailed a success by the leaders. >> thank you very much. it's fantastic. [applause] >> today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us. we are about to sign a historic document. the world will see a major change. >> and we have developed a very special bond. so, people are going to be very impressed, peopltoe bey e are going to take care of a very big a very dangerous problem for the world. reporter: that problem -- nuclear weapons. in the agreement, north korea has pledged to dismantle its nuclear arsenal

. when pyongyang announced an august last year it was close to developing a missile capable of reaching the u.s. trump responded with a threat of biblical proportions. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never see. kim jong un oncet by calling the u.s. president a mentor need to range don't taunt. and the war of words culminated in a contest over who had the biggest nuclear button. but then in february a change of. the ice between north and south korea thought at the winter olympics and pyongyang extended an invitation to donald trump you know i'll be meeting with kim jong un in the coming weeks at the end of a proof the leaders of north and south korea met for the first time kim jong un crossed into the south. and when jay in crossed into the north they agreed to have continued theorising the korean peninsula. in a pyongyang extended another all of branch and released three american prisoners i think he did this because i really think he wants to do this up thing again two weeks later kim jong un appeared to make good on a promise detonating parts of his on