-il -- meet north korean leader kim jong-un and singapore. singapore has security partnerships with the united states and north korean embassy. announcemente after greeting three u.s. citizens free by north korea, praising their release. >> the relationship is good. world,ly for the hopefully something very good is going to happen and they understand it is very important for them. it is important for everybody. japan, south korea, china, everybody. i think it is going to be a very big success. minister israeli prime is accusing iran of crossing a red line by launching rockets against israeli positions in the occupied heights. itsmilitary conducted biggest rate inside syria and at least 30 years. and targeted what they say were iranian military infrastructure. iran says the israeli claims are alive. -- a lie. rally to 100uld prices a barrel next year. venezuela, according to bank of america. that few hinges on outback -- opec reviving of us. malaysia's new prime minister has said he will lead a business friendly administration and seek ways to boost the company's -- country stock mar

going to have the very latest, on the ground in rome. reporters are joining us from singapore and london. straight to putting these markets in context. this is in the gtv live. it was an existential threat. year notes, the spread from yesterday. we are seeing the spreads blowing out, taking anything we have seen in the euro zone debt crisis of 2011 or 2012. sauros is saying there is a new global financial crisis. if europe in existential danger? that is a harsh reality. what might italy be forced to ask the ecb? omt is the new acronym. it comes with rules and rewards. llar yen money -- dola money, going into yen. yen is bid. yields went down. there is the selling of bonds and yields are rising. toe s&p 500 in itself is one keep an eye on. yesterday, the biggest one-day drop since april 24. the market is now repricing for the united states, only one rate hike by the end of the year. reporter is standing by with the latest on the first word news. juliette: it's only may be ly may be headed toward an election as early as july. does not have an agreement on the cabinet team. the presi

on "surveillance." stay with bloomberg. ♪ live shot of singapore there, little bit of a gray day, but asian stocks rallying. two big heavy duty stories going on. jong-unthe trump-kim summit said to be back on the agenda. that is a monumental change from friday. the moment asian stocks are looking at, dollar is lower, yields are lower, we will take a bid from anywhere. talking about north korea, the summit might be back on. president trump appeared to confirm that the meeting will happen, saying the u.s. team is on the ground in north korea. bloomberg's chief north asia correspondent, stephen engle. we are at the behest of tweeting. where are we? clarity or confusion? >> absolutely both. we still have 15 days to go before that june 12 proposed summit in singapore between kim jong-un and donald trump. we might have more gyrations tomorrow and the next day. , it is an tell you is positive step from late last week towards the end game that would be a summit. lost in all this is, over the weekend, kim jong-un and moon jae-in met again, only the fourth time these leaders have met since

singapore down .33%. petro in china leading this rally. morgan stanley saying the firm is its new topic for china oil majors. csl rising to a record. to the downside, this auto control maker in seoul up by 2.4%. it did rally closing above 50 day average. anna? anna: thank you. deficit relief. china offers trump a $200 billion reduction in its annual trade surplus with the united states. the offer was made during talks between the two countries is today in washington. joining us now for more details, jodie snyder. very good to have you with us. what was -- what does china's offer mean for trade talks? seriouses seem to be a olive branch to the u.s. and these trade talks. the u.s. had asked for this. a list of u.s. demands to move forward in terms of trade to avoid tariffs and the potential trade war. this came with the chinese vice premier who has been in washington this week meeting the delegation there. a lot of questions. we still don't know how they would reach that number what analysts told us that would be the number that would be difficult to contemplate, how you could reach

get the bloomberg first word news update from juliette saly in singapore. u.s. lawmakers have press president xi as they try to fool back from a trade conflict. talks with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. it's a second visit after an earlier round of meetings this month in beijing ended in discord. the white house has distanced itself from the hard-line north korean stance of donald trump's top security advisor. the comments press secretary sarah huckerby centers -- sanders, trying to force unilateral nuclear abandonment and threatening to walk away from next month summit. the president said north korea is not directly raised concerns about his plans meeting with kim jong-un. president trump: we haven't seen or heard anything. we will see what happens. juliette: rex tillerson has taken avail shot at president trump, warning that a grown crisis of ethics and integrity has put american democracy at risk. -- saying only society able to pursue the truth and challenges. rex tillersonired by tweet in mid-march. but if early leaders seek to conceal the truth or we as people become accepti

. his guidance for the year ahead. we break it down. anna: good morning, everybody. over in singapore, 1:21 in the afternoon. some gains we're seeing here. despite the no trade war headlines. let's get a bloomberg/with juliette saly. -- bloomberg/with juliette saly. a bid for santos. u.s. based company improved its bid by 4.6% and says it could be expanded further. the equivalent of 695 -- 6.95 australian dollars and is an 11% premium to friday's close. chelsea super best chelsea football club owner roman of from of each is facing delays renewing his u.k. visa. he did not attend the fa cup final where his team beat manchester united. he is in the process of renewing his visa which is taking longer than usual. this has fueled speculation that british authorities may be pulling the welcome mat for oligarchs like abramovitz. that's your bloomberg business flash. is the treasury market at an inflection point? possibly so. 10 year yields have reached over the 3% level in on a closing basis, that has been a barrier. it's popped above their five days in iraq. the yields are the highest in ye

. juliette saly in singapore. manus, we have breaking news. very relevant to the next story. great news coming through from nestle and starbucks. seven to pay starbucks $.15 billion as part of a global coffee pack. nestle agrees to market starbucks products globally and starbucks pays a chunk of money -- nestle paying a chunk of money to starbucks in the process. that's a lot of money in coffee. manus: $7.1 billion. if you think about the features of what's going on, last week, we focused on walmart. we focused on some of the other big deals that have gone through. the question for markets is where are we in the growth story? is this the cycle equity market behavior that is coming through? nestle agrees to market starbucks products globally. i suppose this is about the momentum in all of those growth markets. one of the markets on the move is crude oil, $70. $70 per barrel and rising. the highest since november 2014. this comes as traders brace themselves for u.s. sanctions to be reimpose on neuron. may 12 is the deadline for president trump. he says he will decide whether or not americ

vision of total denuclearization. as you know, on june 12 in singapore, whether or not it happens, you will be knowing pretty soon but we are talking right now. the iconic american novelist has died at the age of 85. he burst to it international consciousness in 1969 with a satiric couch monologue set in new jersey, his own town. -- national book award and through his inspiration from jewish family life, faith, and american ideals. global news 24 hours a day, on air and tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . the turkey contagion spreading into asia, asian stocks under pressure for a third consecutive session. it is the typical risk on story, the yen called higher. japanese stocks lower by 1.2%. weakness coming through in china and hong kong markets today, but the jakarta composite has risen and bank indonesia is ready to buy more government bonds, one of the e.m.'s that has been hit hardest. the worst-performing in asia. turning to stock movers we are watching in the regi

expire. stories throughout cranfield joins us from singapore and in london. philip sure is our guest for the next hour. ♪ manus: james gorman has a message for the markets. this is a baby cappucino -- italy's president say, give -- says, give me a call when you sort it out, whatever administration you put together. cpiget the eurozone today. this is crude, a little bit slower on the markets this morning. a little bit of value is given up. the chinese was quite robust. the lira is on the move. you have something very interesting. that is not the movie wanted. -- move we wanted. reacting nicely to this containment of what is markets,in global this containment of policy and risk in italy. sming up, these eric -- the insurance manurch joins us. juliatte: italy's president is ready to appoint a new prime minister. he is waiting on a signal from the populists. ulace. days after the anti-establishment five-star movement and the antigovernment andgue-immigrant lea walked away from forming a coalition government, the president is looking to see whether they are ready to revive it. in spain,

happening in the demilitarized -- in the demilitarized zone, taking singapore now the most likely venue. donald trump's attorney rudy giuliani is that the president didn't know about payments to -- his personal lawyer received from companies. it was revealed by another attorney representing the adult film star known as stormy daniels he was paid $130,000 by: just before the 2016 -- by cohen to remain silent about an alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. in malaysia, a stunning victory in the country's election. rule ofthat six decade the prime minister's party in a landmark shift for the southeast asian nation. the nation's longest serving premier defected to the opposition and will return to the power at the age of 92. markets are closed today and tomorrow after the government declared a public holiday. said itnk of scotland has reached a tentative agreement to pay a penalty to resolve a long-running u.s. probe into its packaging and sale of mortgage backed securities. before the fall of it 2008 financial crisis. the lender say most of the cost will be covered by money it had alr

-- a live shot of singapore. you are seeing a drop in asian equities. day.e off the lows of the let's see how the geopolitics plays out. bond yields rising above the 3% level. a post on the eye of the bond market. julia is in singapore for us. lia: the united states is ready to impose sanctions on the european union after there was a ruling that airbus -- after the airbus ruling. this is in addition to president trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. -- elon musk readies a reorganization of the top management team at tesla. bob rudd, who lighted north american commercial and northies sales -- led american commercial and utilities sales have left the company. musk declined to comment further. rudd couldn't be reached for comment. relianced bonds of munication some slumped after an indian tribunal ordered the wireless carrier be placed in insolvency proceedings. a $3.7ision jeopardized billion asset sale. and two of its subsidiary us will decide on the next quarter action after studying the detailed order. anna: thank you. the 10 year treasury yields reached the highest level in almost sev

rates, by the rba, that was a big headline there. closed, markets are china, singapore, south korea, you get the picture. u.k. ande open in the denmark and many other places will be closed. i wanted to highlight where we are at the moment as we head into the first of no code days of fed deliberations. the focus will be on three or four rate hikes in total in 2018, including the one that has already passed. the price of oil, we will keep an eye on that due to the news surrounding iran. the israelis are alleging about iran has put the -- price on an interesting manus: very good morning. there is a lack of conviction, that is what that. chart here says we broke the two sequential losses. money for two shores, earnings per share ratcheting up, the most in seven years for the first quarter. the fact of the matter is, since 2007, the s&p has only closed with a loss in april once. it is not above what we are earning now, but about what you aren't in the future at/and burn. the analysts have the razors out. we ran the numbers, and earnings growth will decelerate from 20% in 2018 to just 8.9% goi

trump's decision to cancel a summit in singapore. the country remains willing to meet with the u.s. at any time. pyongyang vowed to continue to pursue peace and signaled it would give washington more time we consider talks. -- to reconsider talks. china's official news agency reported that officials book by phone today about plans to negotiate on economic and trade issues during the visit. union has dismissed many of the uk's plans for their post-brexit relationship as little short of fantasy. according to an eu official, three days it of talks wrapped up with little headway on the most different issues, how to prevent a hard irish border. the u.k. has not come to grips with all the steps needed to avoid frontier ship from the isle of ireland. it has not formally pitched its plan. you can find more stories on the bloomberg website. >> we are in track for a weekly loss. this uncertainty about the summit is sending shockwaves through the stocks in asia. you have seen the cost be off the lows of the day and south korea. it is hong kong that is one of the worst performers there, down by a

cancel high need railway to singapore. the move signals a return to rocky ties between the two countries. the decision deals a setback to rail companies in asia, including those from china and japan. the russian billionaire owner of chelsea the ballclub has reportedly he come an israeli citizen. that comes one month after the and delayed his visa, diplomatic tension between london and moscow. withoutravel to britain a visa and can stay for six months. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . asia, we markets in are seeing selling coming through across the region. asian stocks falling with japan down for a seventh consecutive session. the nikkei off by 0.9%. the yen is higher. where have that impact you do have a number of markets closing, including singapore, malaysia, and thailand. vietnam is recovering. having a look at stocks we are watching in the region, we are seeing softbank under pressure. thatd the news yesterday the talks with softban

investors? let's get more from our strategist in singapore. sia willitially china-a make up a tiny part of the world index. why does it matter? mark: numbers are very small to begin with. chinese markets are already huge. measures are very large beyond sure markets. people expect the number to get larger. it is a recognition china is doing the right thing. they are part of a global community as far as investing. years,n, within five china could make up a pretty big chunk of the msci. if people are expecting that to happen, they will be very incentivized, beginning with the chinese market. it is a long-term play. because of the size of their market, they will affect everyone. they are too big to ignore. anna: making a slow, creeping start. zte, how is the market taking news president trump wants to save it? this changes the mood music around the u.s.-china trade conversation quite substantial yesterday. mark: it was taken well initially. monday morning, the asian markets liked it. china is now reopening qualcomm. positive on that side as well. the vice premier of china is now in washingt

hong kong market been hsbc. manus: thank you very much. juliette saly and our singapore studio. ira raisesh l interest rates. there was an emergency meeting on wednesday. the currency plunged. globalntry will follow principles on monetary policy. the message was slightly different last week when president spoke exclusively to bloomberg. we have to give up the image of a president who is influential in military policies. 6 you will play a role in military policy going forward echoes is that the big change back of -- change? >> this may make some are, but we have to do it. allen, good morning. is this a capitulation moment? have we seen erdogan step back from his verbal moment last week on the lira? >> he flip-flops between the two. it is great to see that bloomberg interview and it looks like he has moved away. the central bank has raised rates. i think you are right. i think if you are looking at long-term, this is a familiar pattern. you have these big selloffs and the long period of stability. done enough for now, but he likes -- to be fair to him, if you go back 20 years ago, the

target of four aussie dollar's on that. anna: juliette saly in singapore on the asian market session. today, donald trump will announce whether the united states will leave the iran nuclear agreement. he has described it as the worst ever and foreign leaders say he will likely exit. oil is falling this morning after climbing more than 1.5% yesterday. let's bring in jodi schneider from hong kong. good to have you on the program. what is president trump expected to announce at 2:00 p.m. washington time? -- he is widely expected to announce that the u.s. will leave the deal or perhaps that they will be extending the deadline for it by weeks or months. the president has called it a bad deal, has harshly criticized his predecessor barack obama for making the deal, and has said on a number of occasions that he doesn't like it and he doesn't think the u.s. should be in this agreement. yet, just last week, he said that doesn't mean he wouldn't agree to a different accord, to something else and when the french president was in the u.s., he talked about perhaps a different kind of agreement re

kicking off the week for us in singapore. --cks in futures are likely are largely in agreement. but oil has held at $71 a barrel. despite the threat of u.s. iran, other opec nations have signaled they have enough of their capacity to mitigate any market impact. tracy alloway spoke to the uae energy minister in abu dhabi. . we have been there before, and i think opec had been resilient to deal with many of those issues in the past. some of the member capacity, they have that can be used with production. -- with reduction. anna: joining us in london, stephen isaacs. stephen, a very good morning to you. let's talk about oil. oil whenoncerned about we see the trump administration move away from the around deal -- from the iran deal? >> i was listening on the radio this morning when you are hearing the $100 a barrel calls. it makes you worried. first of all, what happened with iran last week was hardly new news. it was highly anticipated. he said it would be a campaign promise. . think that is built into it more importantly, opec was working on the quotas. they are very difficult to negotiat

south korea and japan. juliette saly on the market in singapore. let's talk about corporate earnings in europe. specifically, around the oil sector. in, beatingted analyst estimates. joining us, the ceo of lundin petroleum. rate have you on the program. toplinelk about the performance. revenue coming in well above the estimate. is there something that analysts missed? what explains the fact that the strong has come in so versus what was expected? alexandre: the strong number is on the back of strong production from key assets and we have seen excellent up signs and have reached production levels in the upper range of the guidance and that has led our numbers to be very strong. with low trading costs. we have reached operating costs below four dollars a barrel -- $40 a barrel. a record low. anna: record low operating costs. the you see that continue -- do you see that continuing for the rest of the year? alexandre: not just for the year, but a long time because we are currently working very hard to put on stream one of the largest projects in the world offshore. it is due to come on stre

. we'll discuss the implications for brexit. this is bloomberg. ♪ shot: welcome back, a live of singapore. a great day there and at great day for markets. the msci excluding japan i'm a down .6%. construction materials are on the league of the drop. finding the direction posts fed. one lady always knows the ,haidi.n, good morning >> good morning and thank you for that. kicking off her process expected to raise at least 10 billion u.s. dollars. the ipo could be the largest since 2014. the chinese mark warner maker said revenue surged 67.5% in 2017 at a blistering pace of growth that will help it take on apple and samsung. tesla shares reversed in late trading after ceo elon musk cut off analyst pressing him about ending the companies before his cash burn. he earlier said tesla would generate money in the second half as it ramped up production of the mass-market model three, but on the post earnings conference call, he dismissed questions about capital climbing. >> am sorry, his questions are .o dry, they are killing me >> the political consulting firm at the heart of the facebook data mani

south korea may join a historic summit between the u.s. and north korea and singapore. trying to say dan this is al jazeera live from dar how so coming up a staunch critic of the fog peace deal in colombia gets the most votes in the first round of presidential elections. one in a dispute with the u.s. over second hand clothes we'll find out what this means for the economy. and a real life hero after migrant is rewarded for an extraordinary acts of bravery by from. the summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on its way to singapore well that's where the meeting was scheduled to be held on june the twelfth before donald trump canceled it last week for more on this that speak to andrew thomas in seoul then so a lot of coming and going pretty strong signals june the twelfth may be the date again. it's looking very likely and that just shows the difference one frenetic weekend can make remember it was only on friday that we thought this su

south korea may join a historic summit between the u.s. and north korea in singapore. sam is a guy and this is al jazeera live from dell also coming up a staunch critic of the peace deal in colombia gets the most votes in the first round of presidential elections straightly in an english cricket boards deny any involvement in a match fixing after an al jazeera investigation plus. the passengers have a strong determination to break the siege whatever the circumstances palestinians turn to desperate measures to break an israeli blockade and get urgent medical help . the summit between u.s. president donald trump a north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on its way to singapore where that meeting was scheduled for june the twelfth before the u.s. president canceled it for more let's speak to andrew thomas he's in souls of some pretty strong signals there that june the twelfth is the date and it's back on again. what a difference one frenetic weekend can make on friday the summit was of

so many sri lankans disappeared without a trace on al-jazeera. june twelve in singapore donald trump announces the time and place for his highly anticipated meeting with kim jong. il oh i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up israel flexes its military might on iran hitting dozens of targets inside syria. ninety two year old mattera mohammad is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister just hours after a stunning election victory. and down in kenya unleashing a sea of war forty nine people killed officials say the death toll could rise. u.s. president donald trump has confirmed the date venue for an historic summit with north korea's leader as is customary the president announced this on twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong un and myself will take place in singapore on june twelfth we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. let's go live now to hide your castro who's in washington any further details on this meeting. i maryam we know that the location of singapore came as no surprise to watchers in the united

and for you. the historic singapore solid between two countries that could become three discussions of a meeting with the us north and south korea underway. and sam is a down this is al jazeera live from dollhouse so coming up a staunch critic of the fog peace deal gets the most votes in the first round of colombia's presidential election. straightly in an english cricket boards deny any involvement in match fixing after an al-jazeera exposé plus. he says in a flower stop i am story more allegations of bad behavior by the family that controls korean air. now there are positive signs the summit between u.s. president donald trump a north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on its way to singapore and that's where the meeting was due to take place on june the twelfth before trump canceled it last week but he's since expressed enthusiasm for the talks this let's speak now to andrew thomas although not officially announced is the working assumption now that june the twelfth is officially ba

in north korea while a team from the north has been spotted in china on route to singapore where the meeting which trump cancelled was due to take place for the u.s. president has since expressed his enthusiasm for talks tweeting that he believes north korea has brilliant potential and will one day be a great economic and financial nation under thomas has more from seoul. do you think an unprecedented potential summit between the u.s. president and the leader of north korea that's on probably now on again would be all people here in seoul would be talking about after all it's people here close to the border with north korea who have the potential to be profoundly affected by that summit outcome and yet talk to people here and that's not what they're talking about looking far more like a pop band yes a boy band think particularly well in the u.s. and u.k. music charts until i know there is an outcome the summit happens and there is something solid to show for it i really want to talk about it it took me a while you've got diplomats from the u.s. and north korea now in singapore to hol

north korea and then tweets he'll meet with kim jong il and in singapore. hello i'm. also coming up israel hits iran's bases in syria kucing iranian forces firing rockets on the occupied heights. it is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister as his supporters celebrate on the streets of kuala lumpur. and at least forty nine people are dead and many more missing after a bust in central kenya. he was president donald trump has confirmed a date and a venue for an a for historic summit with north korea's leader as is customary the president announced this on twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong un and myself will take place in singapore on june twelfth we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. this comes after president trump welcome back three americans to the united states who were released from jail in north korea the prisoners landed back on u.s. soil at an army base outside washington on thursday they were freed after u.s. secretary of state might travel to north korea reportedly excepted the u.s. proposal to grant amnesty to the det

program june twelfth in singapore announces the time and place and dissipated meeting with kim jong un ninety two year old man as your mohamed is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister just hours after winning standing victory and the dam bursts in kenya unleashing a sea of water forty nine people are killed officials say the death toll could rise . thank you for joining us israel says it has the story all of iran's military infrastructure in syria in a wave of overnight strikes it's in retaliation to alleged iranian attacks on israeli positions in the occupied golan heights with prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning iran that it had crossed a red line tehran has yet to respond officially but senior iranian politicians have denied that iran was behind the attacks we're going to have more on iran's reaction in just a moment but we begin our coverage with harry forsett from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military

joining in a u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from pyongyang is heading to singapore where the historic meeting is set to take place andrew thomas has more now from seoul. what a difference one frenetic weekend can make and i was like it's full steam ahead for a summit in singapore on june twelfth as originally planned has been the u.s. delegation inside north korea on monday advice on kim south korean born but the u.s. ambassador to the philippines he's been ambassador here in seoul in the past though he was very much involved in the six nation talks that took place while president bush was in office later president obama he knows the issue backwards he's been meeting with north korea's vice foreign minister chase on he again fluent english speaker she knows this issue backwards from a north korean point of view meanwhile in singapore over the coming days they'll be u.s. delegation and a north korean delegation meeting to discuss the logistics security arrangements protocol that's all happening simle time in your sleep and if there is a summit on june the twelfth will pres

al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program june twelfth in singapore donald trump announces key details about his highly anticipated meeting with. forty nine people have been killed after a dam bursting kenya with an entire village washed away and justice for nora social media rallies to overturn a death sentence given to a young sudanese woman accused of killing her husband. israel says it is the story of nearly all of iran's military infrastructure in syria in a wave of overnight strikes it's in retaliation to alleged iranian attacks on israeli positions in the occupied golan heights with prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning iran that it had crossed a red line tehran has yet to respond officially but senior iranian politicians have denied that iran was behind the attacks harry forsett reports now from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircraft i

this hotel close to the u.n. for just two days the planned date of the summit in singapore now less than two weeks away hence the hectic diplomacy with meetings between the north koreans and the u.s. in singapore at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea and here in new york was secretary of state mike pump is meeting general kim at the white house they say it's president trump will make the final determination on whether the summit goes ahead as their conversation is going to be focused on denuclearization of the peninsula that's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centered on as well as this summit that will take place in singapore and we're going to continue it as long as that is part of the discussion we're going to continue to shoot for the june twelfth it was evening in new york at this apartment complex with the secretary of state and general kim have their first meeting of this trip although they already know each other from the two occasions this year when pump aoe visited pyongyang the dinner the first in a series of meetings between the

diplomatic maneuvers surrounding the possible trumka meeting in singapore next month an american delegation led by veteran diplomat son kim a former nuclear negotiator with pyongyang is holding talks with north korean officials to prepare for the summit meanwhile south korea says its president could also have a seat at the table it comes after moon surprise meeting with kim at the demilitarized zone on saturday let's get more on this now we're joined by our correspondent andrew thomas who is live for us in the south korean capital seoul suppressions well on the way the summit is going to happen ender. well it certainly feels that in some ways and there are two things going on here those what's happening in singapore now we have a u.s. team and the north korean team both there to sort out logistics protocol security arrangements those sort of practicalities i can't see the big any take ups there so that's going full steam ahead simle taney as to that though is what you referred to the talks going on just on the north korean side of the demilitarized zone just about an hour away fr

when that summit that all off so it's in singapore is supposed to take place and of course encouraging sounds james about the potential summit but the issue and sort of the. issue of denuclearization is a fractious one and each side of the has a very different view on what that means. absolutely exactly how do you denuclearize north korea and as the north koreans always talk about denuclearization of the korean peninsula in the past suggested that means the u.s. has to pull its troops out of south korea which of course come under south korea comes under the nuclear umbrella of the united states and what does the u.s. have to do in return for north korea dismantling its nuclear weapons program north korea wants a guarantee of non-aggression so a great deal to work out here before they can give the got to go ahead either side can say that they want to go to that summit that is supposed to take place in singapore secretary of state pompei o.s.b. leading the diplomacy on this interesting that also we spotted here a top cia official andy kim who was with secretary of state pompei on his two

korea and the united states in north korea in south korea in singapore and in the u.s. itself high level meetings are taking place in a senior north korean official to set foot in the u.s. for eighteen years he's currently in new york kim young charles is having a second round of talks with secretary of state might come in an effort to pave the way for a summit to take place in singapore next month. our diplomatic editor james spays joins us now from new york gains we've been hearing already from president fairly optimistic assessment as to how the talks again but we also learned that the north korean a mystery who is currently going to pompei or is going to be going to washington with a letter from kim jong il. absolutely important development this these negotiate going on in new york that started at a dinner here in new york on wednesday night in the continuing now on thursday or not the end of it is going to continue now to washington d.c. with that direct delivery of. from the north korean leader to the u.s. president the talks going on behind me are actually taking place in th

latest move in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvers surrounding the possible meeting in singapore next month an american delegation led by veteran diplomat son kim a former nuclear negotiator with pyongyang is holding talks with north korean officials to prepare for the summit meanwhile south korea says its president could also have a seat at the table it comes after moon surprise meeting with kim at the demilitarized zone on saturday well let's get more on the latest development andrew thomas is joining us live from the south korean capital so what more do we know andrea about kim yong chore and his visit to washington. well both yonhap news agency here in south korea and kyoto news in japan are reporting that this man is only as way to washington and he's significant because he has been important in the build up to the summit so far he met with much of the state department in pyongyang earlier this month he was also there at the surprise summit on saturday between kim jong un and president moon of south korea and he's seen as a very senior figure essentially heads the department that

meeting could still take place on june the twelfth or later in singapore. prospect of the summit between trump and kim is a highly divisive issue in south korea while most people support better relations with the north conservative groups are firmly opposed from abroad reports. these protests by right wing groups have been a regular feature in seoul every saturday afternoon since the president they supported parky and hey was forced out of office a year and a half ago and the protests have continued against the president who replaced her j n n especially against his policy of engagement with north korea these are people who believe the north can never be trusted and that dialogue with north korea is simply dangerous folly. as well as the korean flag and the other bands you see here often in evidence in the stars and stripes these people believe the strong ally the united states provides the ultimate protection against north korea so the on again off again talks between trump and kim leaves many people here deeply conflicted. south korea and the u.s. are like one body because it m

between donald trump and kim jong un and singapore next month is back on that comes as the north korean leaders right hand man travels to the u.s. for talks with secretary of state mike pompei o. the united states continues to actively prepare for president trump's expected summit with leader kim in singapore president trump will meet with prime minister shinzo abi of japan on june the seventh at the white house and the secretary pompei o looks forward to being a part of those meetings north korean vice chairman of the central committee kim yong chal is arriving in new york and will meet with secretary palm pale later this week we also have a u.s. delegation meeting with the north korean delegation in the d.m.z. committee held at has more from washington d.c. . well the white house is confirming when north korea's vice chair travels to new york city it is the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o with whom he will be meeting this is significant because previous visits between the u.s. secretary of state and north korean officials happened in pyongyang this is now happening on u.s

singapore summit could still happen it's possible that the existing summit could take place or a summit. at. a later date doldrums letter to north korea was a curious mix of threats and polite regret sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it is inappropriate of this time to have this long planned meeting the letter said you talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so massive and powerful i pray to god they will never have to be used but the president added i thought a wonderful dialogue was building up which mean you and me and ultimately it is only the dialogue that matters if you change your mind having to do with this most important summit please do not hesitate to call me or write u.s. secretary of state also said the next move is for the north koreans to make chairman kim why that decision to make for himself as president said we welcome their call their outreach to head back down there did we consult with our allies about the decision before making a public i don't want at least advise them that it's wa

summit between donald trump and kim jong un and singapore next month is back on it comes as the north korean leaders right hand man travels to the u.s. for talks with secretary of state mike pompei. the united states continues to actively prepare for president trump's expected summit with leader kim in singapore president trump will meet with prime minister shinzo ave of japan on june the seventh at the white house and as secretary pompei o looks forward to being a part of those meetings north korean vice chairman of the central committee kim yong chael is arriving in new york and will meet with secretary palm pale later this week we also have a u.s. delegation meeting with the north korean delegation in the d.m.z. . thomas has the latest from solver. the talks that began on sunday and continue on wednesday inside the demilitarized zone between a u.s. delegation and a north korean delegation shrouded in secrecy as you can imagine we're not getting anything from either side directly involved but an official of the president's palace here in seoul in south korea said on wednesday that t

twelfth in singapore were scrapped by trump on thursday only to express enthusiasm a day later in a tweet trump writes i truly believe north korea has a brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial nation one day. agrees with me on this it will happen mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the state department has confirmed that a u.s. negotiating team has traveled to the north korean side of the demilitarized zone for negotiations hitting the team is some king now he's a former ambassador to south korea and he was part of the delegations that negotiated during the so-called six party talks between two thousand and three of tall they broke down in two thousand and nine now interestingly enough on the north korean side their chief negotiator is chose she's a deputy foreign minister and was part of the north korean delegation during those six nation talks so certainly the go see it is from both sides know each other well aware of the history of the ongoing crisis in north korea now what they are doing we understand is to set an agenda for the talks should they ta

dependent upon a successful summit in singapore but the summit between donald trump and kim jong un still isn't officially on but preparations for its session are close and of chemists and the u.s. that will be holding talks with secretary of state pompei on thursday kenyan troll is the senior most north korean official to visit the u.s. and eighteen years on diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york. arriving in the united states the personal emissary of kim jong un here for crucial negotiations which will decide the fate of the on again off again summit between his leader and president trump. general kim yong schol is staying in this hotel close to the u.n. for just two days the planned date of the summit in singapore now less than two weeks away hence the hectic diplomacy with meetings between the north koreans and the u.s. in singapore at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea and here in new york was secretary of state mike pompei oh is meeting general kim at the white house they say it's president trump will make the final determination on whether the su