thank you very much. >> kim, will you denuclearize? >> mr. kim, will you give up your nuclear weapons, sir? >> i know we'll have tremendous success together. and we'll solve the problem that until this point has been unable to be solved. working together, we'll get it taken care of. thank you very much. [speaking in a foreign language] >> we will solve it. we will be successful. i look forward to working on it with you. it will be done. [speaking in a foreign language] >> thank you very much. thank you very much, thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you, let's go. >> very nice. getting a good picture, everybody so we look nice and handsome and thin? >> beautiful. >> perfect. >> thank you very much. please. >> doing great. we've have a fantastic meeting. a lot of progress. really positive. better than anybody couldave expected. top of the line, really good. we're going right now for a signing. >> do you have any comment about denuclearization. >> what are you signing sir? >> we'll be announcing that in a few minutes. >> will you open up yo

it as a propaganda win for mr kim. stay with us on propaganda win for mr kim. stay with us on bbc news as we continue special coverage of the north korea/ us summit. some small changes in the forecast today compared to yesterday, something a bit cooler for many. a more cloudy start to the day compared to yesterday. gradually that cloud will break up and there will be sunny spells developing into this afternoon. a dry start to the day for most of us, we could see showers cropping up across central and southern scotland, and later on we could just about make out those showers in south wales and south—west england. if you have cloud this morning it will break up to get brighter weather this afternoon. temperatures down by a few degrees, 27 yesterday, at best around 21 today across the south. this evening and overnight, quite quiet, some cloud floating around, plenty of dry weather. temperatures getting down to about seven to 10 celsius in eastern areas, 11 or 12 in the west. going through wednesday, high pressure domina

president negotiating with mr kim mr kim for the past few years has has been consolidating his power domestically he has the support of the mechanisms of the workers' party the military and so you have a special moment in history where you have a president who is keen on transactional diplomacy to react according to scenario and you have a north korean leader who has the full support of his party and his military coming together now what president tran has mentioned in the press conference is that technically speaking it will take time some experts he called it says that it may take a decade of more or more because it takes time to verify each or stage and there are good mechanical and physical processes involved so that the lady is purely technical and not really going back on political or geopolitical reasons that's what you mentioned in the this afternoon victor you have been basically saying about china has been pushing all the parties to negotiate a settlement but there are those who say that on the other hand china could be the one to lose from an irreproachable on its way in n

we don't know if it will be a one—on—one meeting, between mr trump and mr kim, or whether there will be other people in the room. we are expecting secretary of state mike pompeo to be present for at least part of it but we know this is very much hope mr trump sees his comfort zone. he likes this sort of high—stakes deal— making, as comfort zone. he likes this sort of high—stakes deal—making, as he would see it. he believes he is able to size up his opponent quite quickly and he has said he will be able to tell within a few seconds whether the meeting will be positive. barbara plett—usher, at the media centre, thank you very much indeed. let's have a little look at what north korea has built up over the decades it has been trying to build this nuclear programme. for one reason, of course, it has been trying to guarantee its own survival. for pyongyang to even consider scaling down its weapons programme it will certainly want a reduction of the us military presence on the peninsula, around 20,000 troops of course stationed in south korea. kim jong—un 20,000 troops of course

mr kim arrived several hours earlier. the meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. marking 100 years since women first won the right to vote. processions take place across the uk. hello. donald trump has arrived in singapore, ahead of tuesday's historic summit with the north korean leader. tuesday's talks will be the first—ever meeting between a sitting us president and a north korean leader. on saturday mr trump described it as a "one time shot" at peace. washington hopes the summit will kick—start a process which will eventually see mr kim give up his nuclear weapons. after reaching singapore, kim jong—un said the whole world is watching events in the city—state. over to singapore now and my colleague christian fraser: hello, and welcome to singapore. we are on the eve of something quite unprecedented here in singapore. there's nothing routine about this summit at all. first time a sitting president has meant a north korean leader

mr kim and his group were the first to arrive. more than a dozen people have been arrested at protests in vietnam. demonstrators clashed with police in several cities over proposals to create three new special economic zones. the protesters are concerned they'll be dominated by chinese investors. the bbc‘s hoang nguyen was at the protests in the capital hanoi. the protesters took to the streets today to voice their concern about what they call the national sovereignty being at risk. the vietnamese government is currently proposing a law or bill that would give foreign investors a 99—year lease on three economic zones. it would give potential investors more incentives and free up restrictions, for example, to promote growth in this area. but this protest has happened at a time when there is new tension between the two countries, vietnam and china, beijing recently indicated they would be deploying troops and weapons on a man—made island in the south china sea, within what they call china's sovereign rights. this type of state

. >> mr. kim? >> mr. kim? >> will you open up your persons? -- prisons? [no audio] >> that footage from this last hour as president trump's meeting with the north korean leader and going to separate locations at the resort hotel in singapore. are live pictures. aed states, donalumndt of kim jong-uign statement. we don't have details as to exactly what they will be signing. the washington post reporting the president greeting the north korean leader and vowing to forge a new partnership, reversing decades of u.s. policy towards the authoritarian regime. details available at shingtonpost.com.we are a few moments away from the two gentlemen the room.nter we will get details about what they are signing and we will hear from president trump later. he will hold a news conference that will take place at 4:00 in whh is 4:00 a.m. in the east. my coverage from singapore, here on c-span. -- live coverage from singapore, here on c-span. [indiscernible] >> humor that reference to two minutes, which is a two-minute warning meaning the president and north korean leader

mr kim has already been greeted by singapore's prime minister. the landmark meeting with mr trump 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. and in sport... rafael nadal is playing in his 11th french open final. his opponent is dominci thiem who has beaten nadal on clay this year. first set 6—4. scotland's cricketers have made their highest one day internatioal total — 371—5 against england in a one off odi at the grange. egnland are three without loss. former world champion tyson fury‘s return to boxing was over afterjust four rounds. fury‘s albanian opponent, sefer seferi, retired just before the start of the fifth round. it was fury‘s first fight for two and a half years. i'll be back with more on those stories in around an hour. big companies will soon have to justify the gap in salary between their highest paid executives and the average worker. the business secretary, greg clark, wants publicly listed

mr trump and mr kim arrive in singapore for their historic summit, with both men suggesting real progress can be made. with both men suggesting real the president hopes the talks will lead to north korea giving up its nuclear weapons. will lead to north korea giving up while mr kim wants security guarantees, and an end to crippling sanctions. security guarantees, meanwhile there's recrimination after the g7 summit in canada, with president trump withdrawing his support for the leaders‘ finaljoint statement. withdrawing his support for we'll be live in singapore with the latest. also on the programme. with the latest. conservative mps are told to rally round the prime minister, ahead of a series of crucial commons votes over brexit. thousands march across the uk, marking a hundred years since the first british women won the right to vote. is won the right to vote. set and match, nadal! and rafael nadal won the right to vote. wins his eleventh french open title, with a comfortable victory, over austria's dominic thiem. with a comfortable victory, good evening. president trump and the nort

mr kim arrived several hours earlier. the meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. also: 100 years since some women won the right to vote. processions have been taking place all over the uk, with women wearing the colours of the suffragette movement — green, white and violet. in sport, world number one rafael nadal wins his 11th french open title, by beating austria's dominic thiem in straight sets. and meet the author speaks to the american author kevin powers about his second novel a shout in the ruins. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong un, have arrived in singapore, the leaders will come face—to—face on tuesday morning, for the first—ever meeting between a sitting us president and the leader of north korea. from singapore, here's christian fraser. hello and welcome to singapore. we are on the eve of something quite unprecedented here in singapore. there is nothing routine

mr kim arrived several hours earlier and was greeted by singapore's prime minister. both men are confident progress can be made. it was all smiles at the start of the g7 summit two days ago, but tonight, us officials launch a stinging attack on canada's justin trudeau over trade talks. there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader engaging in this kind of diplomacy with president donald trump. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. also this hour: 100 years since the first british women won the right to vote. tens of thousands march across the uk to celebrate the achievements of the suffragette movement. and the king of clay, rafael nadal, does it again for the 11th time, winning the french open. also in the next hour: we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers with the journalist tony grew, and the broadcaster and writer, caroline frost. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. donald trump and kimjong un, are in singapore, preparing for their historic summit on

mr kim arrived several hours earlier. the meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. france condemns president trump's description of the canadian prime minister as "dishonest and weak" in a tweet following the g7 meeting in quebec. companies are to be forced to justify the pay gap between their highest and lowest earners. also: 100 years since some women won the right to vote. processions are taking place all over the uk with women wearing the colours of the suffragette movement — green, white and violet. and newsbeat documentaries explores formula e racing and the shift towards electric cars. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un have arrived in singapore. the two leaders will come face—to—face on tuesday morning, for the first—ever meeting between a sitting us president and the leader of north korea. their talks will be the first between the leaders of their countries and people in the region hope the encounter will promote peace and stability. christian fra

the report also said mr kim was accompanied by his foreign minister, his defence minister and his sister. of course what actually constitutes getting rid of the weapons hasn't been pinned down and many commentators are saying the north korean definition of this is very different from the american one. but nonetheless, it's being billed as a historic summit in singapore due to ta ke historic summit in singapore due to take place on tuesday and it will get plenty of coverage here on bbc news. reporters are being advised to treat it as a breaking news story even though it has been in the diary for a few days. we will bring you more on that in a little while. time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. after a bit of a cloudy start for some of us, the sunshine came out and it was pretty widespread through the afternoon. a warm day, temperatures into the mid—20s celsius in some places. this weather watcher photo here in somerset shows pretty much what many people experienced. but there were some showers and thunderstorms around south—east scotland, into northern england. these will f

mr kim has already been greeted by singapore's prime minister. the landmark meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may, as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. big companies will soon have to justify the gap in salary between their highest paid executives and the average worker. the business secretary, greg clark, wants publicly listed companies with more than 250 employees to publish their pay gap every year. labour says the policy won't change pay disparity, and accused the government of being unwilling to take on bosses. our business correspondent, joe lynam, has more. three of the best paid executives in the uk last year — sir martin sorrell, rakesh kapoor and pascal soriot. between them they earn £70 million. the amount senior bosses get paid compared to their staff will be brought into sharp relief from january next year. the average earnings for a ftse 100 chief executive were £4.5 million last year, that is 120 times more than what the avera

mr kim has already been greeted by singapore's prime minister. the landmark meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's reshmin chowdhury. good evening. rafael nadal made history today, winning "la undecima", "la onzieme" or — to you and me — a record iith french open title. the spanish world number one beat dominic thiem in straights sets, overcoming cramp in his hand in the final set to win 6—4, 6—3, 6—2. nadal said it was a dream to win the title again, whilst thiem — playing in his first grand slam final — said what rafa had done was one of the greatest achievements in all sport. there's a reason why he won here i! times! is definitely one of the things, one of the best thing is somebody ever achieved in sports. forsure, me, i'm confident that this was not my last grand slam final. and that's my biggest goal, to get into the n

it is the two leaders, mr trump and mr kim, who will be deciding how to proceed. will there be a breakthrough at the beginning? it seems unlikely. more likely, they will establish a relationship, start a process. that is at least what mr trump has been talking about, and set the parameters for how diplomats can set the parameters for how diplomats ca n follow set the parameters for how diplomats can follow on afterwards in terms of the big issues, which are north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, what the us is demanding, and the lifting of sanctions for the north koreans, which is what pyongyang is demanding, and we don't really know how far demanding, and we don't really know howfar kim demanding, and we don't really know how far kim jong—un is willing to go in terms of denuclearisation. it is something that americans have been quite hard line about in their demands but it may be in the end that you get most of the sort of general declarations were the details are filled in later. but, yes, an extraordinary way to go about this kind of event, especially bec

he is two steps away from this hereditary rule of mr. kim il sung. so he's had to build his place in the history of the dprk. and so shaking hands with president donald trump is going to build a lot of legitimacy, consolidate his power in the eyes of his own people, which allow him to rule over the dprk going forward for some time to come. >> but will he give anything up? and will he really venture into the realm of this concept of denuclearization, which of course means one thing for the united states and another thing for north korea? >> well, i would argue that he has to. and i think he knows. and that is where i think we get into the sticky areas of this whole event about what exactly the dprk, mr. kim ng-un, tof cssions that they are going to make when they meet with president donald trump. on the 12th of june. something tangible clearly has to come out from this meeting. it's not certain what this tangibility is going to be, but i think some concessions have to be made. and coming back to the point about the three top military officials being r

the right hand man of north korea's leader is to hand deliver a letterfrom mr kim to president donald trump at the white house on friday. the american secretary of state said real progress was made during talks in new york — but refused to confirm a summit mr kim and president trump was going ahead. key us allies have said they'll retaliate against washington for its decision to press ahead with steel and aluminium tariffs. the eu, canada and mexico say they'll impose duties. and this story is trending on bbc.com. fans of real madrid have been stunned by zinedine zidane's decision to step down as team coach, less than a week after leading the spanish club to a third straight champions league football triumph. many fans have been saying "gracias" on social media. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. torrential rain is lashing large parts of the uk as severe thunderstorms hit, causing flooding and

the right hand man of north korea's leader is to hand deliver a letterfrom mr kim to president donald trump at the white house on friday. the american secretary of state said real progress was made during talks in new york — but refused to confirm a summit mr kim and president trump was going ahead. key us allies have said they'll retaliate against washington for its decision to press ahead with steel and aluminium tariffs. the eu, canada and mexico say they'll impose duties. and this story is trending on bbc.com. fans of real madrid have been stunned by zinedine zidane‘s decision to step down as team coach, less than a week after leading the spanish club to a third straight champions league football triumph. many fans have been saying "gracias" on social media. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. torrential rain is lashing large parts of the uk as severe thunderstorms hit, causing flooding and travel disruption. a met office amber warning is in force across wales and south west england. now on bbc news all the latest business news liv

mr kim has already had a meeting with the leader of singapore. following the g7 meeting, one of president trump's aides has accused justin trudeau stabbing him in the back. there have been several demonstrations on the streets of vietnam over fears of growing chinese influence in the economy. protesters are concerned that china will dominate three new special economic zones, where foreigners will be allowed to own land on a 99 year lease. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with the news. tens of thousands of children in pakistan are legally employed as domestic servants. they cook and clean and are vulnerable to exportation and abuse. but there are rarely consequences for those that cause them harm. this programme contains some scenes which viewers may find upsetting. for losing a broom, this ten—year—old girl says she was beaten and her hands were burned. this 16—year—old boy died allegedly after being assaulted again and again. their horrific stories highlight the plight of some children working as servants in the homes of the ric

kim and mrtrump is summit in singapore between mr kim and mr trump is china, because they can move into the vacuum that america on paper seems to be wanting to vacate. ultimately, that will be the case. the chinese want the very things that we gave them and the north koreans, namely cessation of exercises. that was always a complaint from the chinese, and a reduction or elimination of our troops in the korean peninsula. those two objectives will have been achieved, giving very little in return other than paper thin promises that we are going to work towards peace and we will work towards peace and we will work towards denuclearisation. no comprehensive, irreversible verification. none of that in the document, it is working towards denuclearisation, which raises the issue of what they mean by it and what do we mean by it? thank you for joining us. clive, he has hit the nail on the head. what do we mean by any of this? this is the never—ending question. it will be interesting to see whether or not mike pompeo can clarify these issues when he meets with leaders in seoul. he is also talki

in mind forthe don't know what mr kim jong—un has in mind for the next chapter of the story. let's head to capitol hill. any scepticism there? well, that corridors here in congress are buzzing with reaction to the singapore summit. some of it is quite nuanced. unsurprisingly, democrats criticising what the president has done. some describing it as nothing more than a photo opportunity and asking for what the details are. then you have republicans. the republican leadership is broadly saying that what president trump did was great. senior republicans were congratulating him. when you dig through, other members of his party say it all comes with concerns. the biggest concern is that president trump is doing a deal with the dictator. strong language from some senior senators like the senator from florida, who says kimjong—un is not a talented guy and president trump is trying to butter up a total weirdo. 0ther republicans expressing similar sentiments, saying, even if kim jong—un promises denuclearisation, it does not change his character. the fact he is a human rights abuse

kim and his men want them to me. mr. kim and john bolton must remind the president that he is dealing with a nave and a group behind the smile -- host: read more at washingtontimes.com. lou, republican line. caller: yes, sir, thank you for taking my call. you do a great job on your show. a comment i haven't heard today, we may be watching history repeat itself. i was in active duty in 1987 and when i returned with horses to that exercise stopped the following year, in 1988. in 1989 the berlin wall came down. something like that were to happen and they let capitalism into north korea, i think it would change the tenor of that country and would even solve some of the worst of the human abuses problems. in fact, the korean armistice is 27.ng up here, july i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a signing of the end of the as an actual event. i hope so. host: thank you. new windsor, maryland. greg, good morning, independent line. caller: caller: what -- caller: what you are going to hear a lot of people talking about is the imperi

i would not like to be in close proximity in proximity to mr kim but what you have to realize is that kim is smart the notion that president trump in two minutes is going to size him up is nonsensical and we will see what happens but if the meeting with mr kim is as destructive as the meeting with g seven put on your flak vests and helmets because it's going to be a very bumpy ride if that's the case i said you like to be a fly on the wall and can juggle wondering what he makes of present statements it does make you think how present trump is going to deal with this meeting and how his allies and we're talking about you know asia pacific allies who have a vested interest in peace and security in the region are going to deal with you know a failure should you say looking into the future if it happens this way of those talks and and how to react to it. i think if you are a prime minister abbe japan having just met with the president and president moon of south korea you will have seen how the g seven meeting has gone and you will say to yourself we have to be prepared to do this indepen

mr kim arrived several hours earlier. the meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. marking 100 years since women first won the right to vote. processions take place across the uk.

kim has met with chinese president xi, south korean president moon, and mr. pomp. mr. trump, meanwhile, is thinking of other photo ups with mr. kim. e>> if you invite him to united states, would it be at the white house or mar-a-lago? pres. trump: maybewie will start the white house. jane: mr. abe hasn't spent time -- has spent te building a personal relationship with mr. trump, but as other leaders have discovered, friendship does not always come with benefit mr. abe might be right to worry. jane o'brn, bbc news, washington. rajini: a brietime ago i discussed the meeting with mary jordan, a correspondent for "the washington post" who was previously based in tokyo. mary jordan, good to have you with u we have seen the japanese prime minister in washington today. how important is it as we approach the summit in singapore for president trump to make su has all the regional allies on his side?: mathink it is just as important to the japanese, and i think that abe came here with high, high hopes he is noton forgotten byd trump. after all, donald trump is the america first

what is significant about the location that president trump and mr. kim jong-un are meeting at? host: do you have the answer, or what weant me to share know? ey wanted to get a location at was secure, to go to a country that was viewed as somewhat neutral, some had described singapore as the switzerland of asia. and north korea and the u.s. government have consulates ordered diplomatic posts in singapore. caller: thank you very much. host: how much have you watched as a 13-year-old? caller: i have been here since about six caught when it started. host: great. 9:40 p.m. your time? caller: about 9:50 p.m. host: thanks for phoning in. the headline, handshakes and hopes for an agreement is what "the new york times" is reporting at this hour. from tulsa, frederick, democrats' line. caller: i am glad i got a chance to speak to. i will let you know something and i know you're going to disagree. after watching what was going on , i have been watching this all day and it was wonderful, even though i am a democrat, our president, he is really reaching out and doing his job. but i will let

mr trump meeting an enemy of many years and i guess kim jong—un feeling that even more, given that he has seen the united states as hostile for a very long time. he seemed a bit nervous. but they relaxed a bit as they were walking towards the meeting room and began towards the meeting room and began to smile and chat a little bit. i think we are all watching so closely because clearly the emphasis we are supposed to get from this is their rapport. the fact they are opening this meeting that a one—on—one and not with a whole set of nuclear experts and advisers means that the emphasis for this meeting, at least in donald trump's mind was that this report is established rather than a detailed agreement. i think the pressure is on for them to do that and given they do speak the same language that may take a little bit more time than what they have allotted. but yeah, very much, a sense of history being made. a question of where it will lead and aware that in washington, it won't be that sort of touchy—feely response. they will be looking at what comes out of this in concrete terms w

mr kim arrived several hours earlier. the meeting with mr trump will take place on tuesday. france condemns president trump's description of the canadian prime minister as "dishonest and weak" in a tweet following the g7 meeting in quebec. companies are to be forced to justify the pay gap between their highest and lowest earners. also: 100 years since some women won the right to vote. processions are taking place all over the uk with women wearing the colours of the suffragette movement — green, white and violet. and newsbeat documentaries explores formula e racing and the shift

reports say mr kim is also on his way. the south korean news agency, yonhap, said mr kim's privatejet had left pyongyang en route to singapore. before leaving mr trump was asked how long it would take to figure out if kim jong—un is serious about the talks. how long will it take to figure out whether or not they are serious? i said, "maybe in the first minute." you know they say how you know if you're going to like somebody in the first five seconds, you ever hear that one? well, i think that i'll very quickly know whether or not something is going to happen. i also think i will know whether or not it will happen fast. it may not. but i think i will know pretty quickly whether or not, in my opinion, something positive will happen. and if i think it won't happen, i'm not going to waste my time, i don't want to waste his time. president bashar al—aassd of syria has again alleged that western nations have stoked the conflict in his country. in an interview with the mail on sunday, he also defended russia's involvement in

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mr kim has arrived in singapore in the last hour. mr trump has described the meeting as a "one—time shot" at peace. they will discuss the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. our correspondent in singapore, rupert wingfield—hayes, witnessed mr kim's arrival. this, we believe, is the motorcade carrying the north korean leader kim jong un. it left the international airport about half an hour ago, we think with him in the armoured mercedes, we have not yet seen it. this appears to be the advanced guard. here comes his limousine now. flying the north korean flag... we think this is the car carrying kim jong—un, arriving in the centre of singapore, going into the saint regis hotel behind me here. that is where the north korean delegation is staying. this is the beginning of the biggest diplomatic event for this small citystate in its history and also the biggest diplomatic event for north korea in a very, very long time. since the korean war, —— korean war, maybe. we weren't sure which aircraft he would come on, in the end

mr. kim and his translator were quickly ushered in by chief of staff john kelly. the other north koreans, not allowed in. there was no sign of the letter, but he did have it with him and white house officials say it was tested for poisons before given to the president. >> it was a very interesting letter. and at some point it may be appropriate, it may be, and i'll be able to give it to you, maybe. you'll be able to see it. and maybe fairly soon. >> reporter: but a few minutes later the president said this. >> i haven't seen the letter yet. i purposely didn't open the letter. i haven't opened it. i didn't open it in front of the director. i said, would you want me to open it? he said, you can read it later. i may be in for a big surprise, folks. >> reporter: at any rate, officials say he has now read the letter. with the summit now officially back on and the president flashing his signature thumbs up as he bid farewell to the north koreans, he is trying to lower expectatio, at least a little. >> it will be a beginning. i don't say, and'vnever said it happens in on

. >> mr. kim -- [applause] pres. trump: thank you. thank you, everybody. [indiscernible] >> it is 1:45 in the afternoon in singapore as the president wraps up a signing ceremony. we do not have a lot of details in terms of the agreement they signed, but the president is saying this will have significant changes along the korean peninsula. we will get more as the president briefed reporters. is 1:45 in the morning in washington. our phone lines are open. your expectations for this summit now that we have more details following the morning meeting, the bilateral session with both delegations, the luncheon meeting, and the signing ceremony that took place between the north korean leader and president trump? the first time a u.s. president has met with a north korean leader, and it's taking place in singapore at a resort hotel not far from downtown singapore. that is our line for the republicans. democrats and independents. you can see the cameras have gathered again. this is where the handshake took place at 9:00 in the morning, local time, and we expect to s

just having this meeting, shaking hands it's that simple for mr. kim. that's his baselining goal. and there are tons of benefits for this man. he's going to bring back a lot more shaking hands with the leader of the world's super power. he's been gunning for legitimacy, recognition. he's getting all that and we're giving it to him. for the last few months he's meeting all the heads of state from major powers, important countries, the six parties so to speak and he's getting it. everyone's lining up. he's done very little in a sense, i would argue, to get to this point. he's said a lot of things, done very little in action, and he's meeting all these objectives. unfortunately, i think we are playing into this game plan that he has. but i would also argue it may also be an imperic victory for mr. kim, because in order for him to carry on with this game plan of his he's got to deliver something tangible to the united states and other parties in this. he's got to denuclearize, he's got to give up some portion of his arsenal, elements of his nuclear structure. if he doesn't deliver or

mr kim arrived several hours earlier and was greeted by singapore's prime minister. his summit with mr trump will take place on tuesday. it was all smiles at the start of the g7 summit two days ago, but tonight us officials launch a stinging attack on canada's justin trudeau, over trade talks taking place. tory mps are urged to rally round theresa may as the government prepares for a series of crucial parliamentary votes on brexit. i think ithinki i think i need to start to run a tighter ship. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary tony grew, and the broadcaster and writer caroline frost. welcome. many of the front pages are already in. you would hope that at this time of night. let's start with the financial times, where the continuing fallout from the terse exchange of tweets following the end of the g7 summit is their top story. the metro also has the souring relationship between the us and its allies as its splash. the times focuses on comments made by the white house economic advise

[agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. clerk, can you please call agenda items 1 through 4 together. [agenda items read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. clerk, and i see mr. brian hsu who will be presenting on each of these items. >> good morning, brian chiu with the mayor's office of housing and community development. i come here with our annual request to allow us to accept and expand our hud allocations in these four different funding streams. as you see attached in your packet, we are moving into the fourth year of our five-year funding cycle. we are grateful that we will be able to maintain all of our grantees at the same level to which they were previously entitled this year. as you may recall, even though the president chose to zero out the community development block programs, congress saw fit not only to renew that program but actually to increase it a little bit more, which means that for us, we have a little more money to provide for our affordable housing and a little bit more money to rehab our commu

mr kim got a freeze in these us—south korea military drills. mr trump got a reaffirmation of north korea's commitment to denuclearisation. we'll unpack every aspect of the summit for you with our correspondents and experts, if you have any questions, the hashtag is #bbcos. and it's notjust north korea, we'll be talking about brexit too, the british government forced today to make concessions to rebels in its own party to stave off a parliamentary defeat. we will tell you how all of this fits into the brexit story. we will be spending much of today's programme talking about this. this is the moment that donald trump and kimjong—un met. a moment of great history, and broader trucks to. donald trump says he got what he came for, a north korean commitment to denuclearise. but given we've had those pledges before, you'd be right to ask what does this add up to? we'll do our best to assess just that across the hour. if you have any questions on the summit, send them my way, #bbcos. we'll be looking at all of the most important pictures of the day,

kim jong-un rather than mr. trump. and do you think he can be trusted? it seems to be a coup for kim jong-un. he has gotten so much in the last several months having diplomatic meetings with the president moon of south korea, the president of china, mr. is russia, and now mr. trump. to sure he is going to want have the dance card signed by prime minister abe of japan as well. i think he is in a role that on --ole in terms of diplomatic he's become very good at it and he enjoys it here it if he got so many things he wanted, increased status internationally, and increased legitimacy around the world through the summit, that perhaps something to take away is what he referred to in singapore, that singapore might be able to serve as a model, that singapore might have many things that north koreans could learn from, and i would think that refers to economic development. mr. kim was wowed by singapore and i would hope those kinds of engagements outside of the country would entice him to really get going on the track toward economic and political reform that he

it's a very big pill for mr. kim jong-un to swallow. one thing people completely forget about is i hear so many concerns about north korea's proposal of a step-by-step approach allows north korea to engage in these salami slice techniques and that we should be concerned about this. i understand that. but there is a significant difference about the situation in north korea today and 10 years ago. today, north korea is wrapped literally in layers of sanctioned regimes. u.s. sanctioned regimes, e.u. sanction regimes and other , regimes. we have so many sanction regimes surrounding north korea. but now currently, we only have the discussion about whether we do nothing until the summit is completed or we give everything up after the total disarmament. this advantage that we did not use them -- have 10 years ago. we have only been talking about two different options. it does not seem to be credible enough. if you are concerned about the salami slice cutting techniques by north korea, we can do the same if we wish with these sanctions. also, t

. >> mr. president, what surprised you the most about chairman kim? pres. trump: great personality. >> is he a worthy negotiator? pres. trump: a very worthy, very smart negotiator. we had a terrific day and we learned a lot about each other. >> what did you learn abhim? what did you learn about him, sir? pres. trump: i learned he loves his country very much. >> when will you see each other again? pres. trump: [indiscernible] >> will you be seeing each oth again soon? host: c-span is live continuing the summit of cash in singapore. -- phone lines and are open in singapore. our phone lines are open. a reminder that we will have live coverage of the news conference scheduled to get underway in 12 minutes. if the schede holds, the president will depart singapore around 6:30 in the morning for the airbase to travel to guam and later the air force base in hawaii before returning early wednesday morning. air force one landing at andrews. these are pictures of reporters cap. we will take your calls but cnbc highlighting the question key points of what the u.s. and

the leaders later signed a document which included a pledge from mr kim to work to rid the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. 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. both leaders have now left. we'll have the latest analysis from singapore and washington. also this lunchtime. ajunior minister has quit the government on the day of a crucial vote on parliament's final role in any brexit deal. an alleged member of a banned neo—nazi group has admitted plotting to murder an mp and threatening to kill a police officer. arron banks, the founder of the leave.eu campaign, says he did give russian embassy officials telephone numbers of president trump's inner circle, but only after asking their permission. and, heading to russia for the world cup — england manager gareth southgate says he wants his team to give fans a reason to smile. and coming up on bbc news... david haye announced his retirement from professional boxing. the former heavyweight and unified cruiserweight champ

mr kim can reflect on the glory of bringing the president of the united states to the negotiating table. kim jong un wants to rebuild the north korean economy, but whether he will give up his main bargaining chip is still hotly debated. no final deal is expected from the summit. jane frances kelly, bbc news. you will have seen in that report all the preparations under way in singapore. roads are being repainted, various areas of the city have been spruced up. the island is being sealed off, where the summit will take place on tuesday. and arriving at the media centre, some 3000 people, who will be accredited from the world's media, watching this summit very closely. barbara plett—usher is that the media centre for us. just listening to the singaporean prime minister, $20 million for an event that will take place over three days. and real pressure on the singaporeans to pull it all together within the space of two weeks. yes, and a senior official mentioned that as well, that it had been a real challenge, not just the short timing but the on—again and off—again element of it. it wa

kim to come to the table. in a moment, we'll talk to an expert about the country's little—known economy. but first let's go to singapore andjoin mariko oi, part of our team there following the story. i know you have been based outside the hotel where kim jong—un i know you have been based outside the hotel where kimjong—un has been staying. everybody is watching and waiting, certainly around the global market falls. give us your perspective so far. i am not sure if you can see some of the tripods behind me. earlier, when kimjong—un left for the summit with president trump there were at least 50 journalists and cameramen tried to get that shot and many are from japan and south korea, those are the two markets which would be dead should there be any concrete agreement between the two leaders. —— which would be effected. as far asi —— which would be effected. as far as i can see, japan's nikkei has been very choppy. they are trying to figure out what it means. when it means to opening up north kor

your job the sister of mr kim jong un played a very important intermediary role in bringing this summit to hand we can see that president mourn reported constantly back to washington and share information with tokyo in order to have a quite a nation between the u.s. and its allies and miss kim your job also passed messages from her brother to the western allies and especially to press a moon to make this summit possible so many consider that the summit taking place itself is a success and there were many takeaways during a president trumps a press conference where he mentioned that the secretary of state might pompei all will be taking over from here by sending a team to pyongyang.