mr. pompeo: no, senator. no easing of the sanctions. sen. cardin: what there any discussion about magnitsky? certain things came out. were there any discussions with the president? sen. cardin: mr. pompeo: now. many me make clear. the united states will defend our team in the field and the team that has been in the field when it retires and leaves the field. we understand that americans deserve the protection of the united states of america during their time in service and thereafter. sen. cardin: was there any agreements reached in regards to ukraine? mr. pompeo: nope, center. the u.s. policy hasn't changed and you can see that. sen. cardin: understand. mr. pompeo: $200 million since the helsinki summit provided to the ukrainians. there was lots of concern, and i saw it. i could find your quotes if you'd like me to drag them out. concerns that president trump would make a change in position there is none.d it is a policy that the previous administration refused to undertake. to hear comparative -- comparison

mr. pompeo has said as much -- it has always been difficult, it still is, it will take time. mpne: talking about summits, what is mr. so keen for the dialogue between mr. putin and mr. trump to continue? barbara: broadly, it is good, he says, for two nuclear powers to keep talking. there are issues. nuclear -- they need to extend ree nuclear arms reduction treaty with north north korea -- they need russia's support for sanctions, not nearlys much as chinese. syria -- the russians are the military power there and the americans want to work with them to resolve the conflict. mr. pompeo said they talked about returning refugees to syri the moscow press said there had been a jnt repatriation agreement, which is something mr. pompeo did not confirm. this gets to the issue of the talks being important, but if they are private, they create confusion and concern. jane: barbara plett-usher, thank s ve much for joining me. ha17 peopl died, nine from the same family, after a tourist boat sank in a missouri lake during a fierce storm. it is one of the most deadly such incidents in years,

as mr pompeo left for tokyo yesterday he said that the nuclear talks were productive. he landed in tokyo, we saw some tweets from his staff enjoying a japanese sushi dinner. we all thought ok, thatis sushi dinner. we all thought ok, that is it, then we heard from the north korean state newsagency, calling the us attitude regrettable and, depending on how you want to translate the korean word, but some media have described it as gangster like and others said they were robbed of a good spirit that was achieved at the singapore summit last month. there is quite a bit of confusion there. mr pompeo, after meeting with his counterparts in japan, the japanese foreign minister, he continues to say that the talks were productive. it appears that what happened was that the us and demanded complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation, which south korean officials have reportedly been advising america not to because that would make kim jong—un feel rather vulnerable to a regime change. but it appears the us are still pushed for that during the summit and it really u pse

we don't know whether mr pompeo will be accompanied by any journey less know whether mr pompeo will be accompanied by anyjourney less at this stage so we might have to wait until he gets to tokyo to meet with the japanese and foreign ministers where he will also be holding a press c0 nfe re nce . where he will also be holding a press conference. marie here in britain, the government has accused russia of treating the country as "dumping ground for poison" after a second incident involving a nerve agent. two people from the town of amesbury in the south of england are critically ill. police say they handled a "contaminated item." they fell ill on saturday just 8 miles from where the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter were poisoned in march. moscow has denied being involved in either of the incidents. june kelly reports. this is dawn sturgess in a store in salisbury last friday, seen on cctv buying drinks. 2a hours later she was in intensive care. she and charlie rowley fell ill within hours of each other and both remain critical in hospital. like all their family membe

have a great deal of confidence that mr. pompeo knows exactly what happened in that meeting. mr. trump's way of doing business is that's not what he does. he does what he wants to do when he wants to do it. to the surprise of his own national security team. comfort level a as to what happened in the room itself. we do know that in the public settings after the meeting, in , president. putin trump raised questions about our own intelligence agencies, sort of accepting president putin's's statement that he was not in interfering in our elections in 2016. allowing mr. putin to make a comment about american former diplomats being made available to the russians. that was not dismissed out of hand as it should have been. the list goes on and on and on. there is not a comfort level that mr. pompeo has a deep understanding as to what happened in that room. >> senator, you mentioned that you would like to know what happened in that meeting. we saw a number of moves by lawmakers in congress to try to around natossues and the intelligence community's findings for reinstatement. we saw some

>> i don't have a great deal of confidence in -- and mr. pompeo knows exactly what happened. mr. trump's way of doing business is that is not what he does. he does what he wants to do when he wants to do it. to the surprise of his own national security team. we did not get a comfort level as to what happened in the room itself. we do know that in the public settings after the meeting, in front of mr. putin, president trump raised questions about our own intelligence agencies, accepted president clinton's statement that he would -- president putin's statements that he was not involved in interfering in our elections in 2016. utin to make a comment about american foreign diplomats to be available to russia. the list goes on and on. levelis not a comfort that mr. pompeo has a deep understanding as to what happened in that room. >> you mentioned you would like to know what happened in that meeting. we saw a number of moves by lawmakers in congress to try to raise some issues. ,e some resolutions introduced very -- a issues regarding nato, the intelligence committees findings. we saw

and that is why there was lots of pressure on mr pompeo to get more thanjust lots of pressure on mr pompeo to get more than just words from pyongyang and to get more details about the denuclearization plan. south korean officials have been advising washington to turn tone down the language and make kim jong—un feel more comfortable about what he can agree on. but that did not work too well because north koreans seem rather upset after mr pompeo spent two days in pyongyang. for the third timei two days in pyongyang. for the third time i should say as well. mr pompeo was expected to meet with kim jong—un but apparently that meeting never happened and the us delegation had to leave after he held two meetings with kim jong—un's right—hand man. thousands of people across the country have been taking pa rt across the country have been taking part in pride. these pictures were taken outside of the bbc headquarters here in london near oxford street. thousands lined to cheer the processions, which included party floats and soldiers. they are celebrating the lgbt community and will continue

we did not hear that from mr. pompeo. >> so i guess that means you have not raised confidence or don't think it's highly likely that they'll be able to achieve denuclearization? guest: i don't want to go that far. i don't believe we've achieved very much in accomplishing that goal to date. so i understand from the president that he got a ommitment from kim jung un, to deknew clearize north korea. that's a positive first step. but the very first step really is to understand their programs. we know they now have a nuclear weapon so they have deknew clearize north that. we haven't seen any evidence that they're willing to give that up. >> let's switch geerings to some domestic affairs. the senate is going to be staying in session for quite a bit of august we're told. largely to work on some bills but also this nomination of cavanaugh to be the supreme court. how are you approaching the nomination at this point? do you think that -- at some point it's inevitable for democrats. you are in the minority, republicans have

what i'm doing is basically following some journalistse who accompanying mr. pompeo to pyongyang. but as far as could tell, they are not updating regularly yesterday all of a sudden -- just appearance the meeting wrapped up we srted getting lots of tweets from mr. pompeo and from those journalists. but as far as we know, they have now set up thisporking gro nail down some of the details of the denuclearization of the korean peninsula which was aeed between president trump and kim jong-un in singapore last month. but that's -- as far as we know for now. nkem: ok. since we don't know very much, i'm sort of at a loss of what to ask you. but i'm still going to probe. what we think denuclearization of the korean peninsula means? does that mean just north korea? or does that mean northorea and the united states?: reportell, that's the big question ever since that declaration at the singapore summit. of course, that meeting between the s.ting u president, president trump, and kim jong-un was hisric and very symbolic. but there they kind of agreed in a very vague term that they're both co

the us secretary of state, mr pompeo, has criticised iran during a keynote speech in california. speaking to an audience composed mostly of iranian—americans, mr pompeo claimed the govnrmnent in tehran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government. to the he cited what he described as the vast wealth and corruption among the country's leaders. mr pompeo assured his audience that washington would support the long—ignored voice of the iranian people. but his message was topped by president trump who posted an all capitals tweet addressing iran's president rouhani directly with the message: a wave of protests that rocked southern iraq is entering a third week, deepening uncertainty about the country's shaky political future. the government promises to improve the infrastructure and create job opportunities, but that's done little to quell the anger. mouna ba reports from basra. four days, they have been taking to the streets. —— for days. hundreds we re the streets. —— for days. hundreds were injured in clashes with the security forces and several p

the north korean statement is somewhat at odds with what mr pompeo had to say as he left pyongyang on saturday. many hours of productive conversations. these are complicated issues but we made progress on almost all of the central issues. some areas a great deal of progress, other places there is still more work to be done. very productive conversations but the process by which we will deliver on the commitments made in the singapore summit, i think we made progress on every element of our discussion. well, earlier i spoke tojohn delury, associate professor of chinese studies at yonsei university graduate school of international studies, in seoul. i asked him about the difference of opinion between mike pompeo and kim yong—chol. this was never going to be an easy process. the dialogue has been opened at the highest level. that is really the biggest hurdle. this will be on and off in fits and starts. both sides came out spinning in a slightly different way. secretary pompeo emphasised when he thought there was progress and the north koreans, the north korean statements, that was not

mr pompeo said no change in terms of the military stature and cooperation with the russians. that has been his general a nswer russians. that has been his general answer and the president has the right to say what he wants to to the countries at rent private. but i am telling you the policy has not changed and that did the policy has not changed and that doesn't seem to have satisfied the senator very much. but they also having getting off their own test their frustrations with not having been in the loop about all of this. i believe this hearing is actually supposed to be about north korea but russia was added to the agenda because of the concerns. that is right. the senators haven't been told about. the summit injune between trump and the north koreans, they statement about denuclearization and mr pompeo went to north korea to fill in the details and they haven't heard anything more about that. it's also being asked questions about that, do you have any concrete evidence that north korea is ready to the nuclear rise. he said yes there is, but then he tells the senators only

mr pompeo was apparently supposed to meet with kim jong—un but apparently that meeting never happened, and the us delegation had to leave after he held two meetings with kim jong—un's right—hand man, kim yong sholl. —— chol around 30,000 people descended on the british capital this weekend as part of london pride to celebrate the city's diversity. thousands lined the streets to join the festivities. the events up and down the country are celebrating the lg bt down the country are celebrating the lgbt community and will continue over the next few weeks. time forever catch the weather forecast. another glorious day. we are getting quite used to this theme to the weather, it has been hot, dry and sunny once again, and impact that is the way it looks notjust for the rest of the weekend but through for the week ahead. this was the picture on saturday afternoon in berkshire. a bit of fair cloud here and there, but not spoiling those blue skies. 0ver but not spoiling those blue skies. over the next few days, more blue skies, more strong sunshine and for most of us it is looking drive

he also said that mr. trump got it when it came to election meddling. he said, mr. pompeo, that he himself told the russians that if there was further election meddling, there nculd be conseq. in terms of senators being convinced, they don't sound convinced. senator bob corker said to mr. pompeo, look, we have faith in you and it is the president we are concerned about. another senatorai i know you are making the distinction between the u.s. policy in the president's atements, but the president's statemlits are u.s. . jane: are we any clearer about what happened behind closed doors at the two-hour meeting between president trump and president putin? barbara: not really, jane. he has not given detail about what took place in the composition. he defended the president's right to have a conversation with the adversary, and is a protest to argue again and again that it remains what it is -- his approach is to argue again and again that it remains what it is. the secretary of state h been careful not to contradict or upstage the president. ne: what about north korea? he

the north korean statement is somewhat at odds with what mr pompeo had to say as he left pyongyang on saturday. many hours of productive conversations. these are complicated issues but we made progress on almost all of the central issues. some areas a great deal of progress, other places there is still more work to be done. very productive conversations but the process by which we will deliver on the commitments made in the singapore summit, i think we made progress on every element of our discussion. our correspondent in washington david willis has more details. depending on whose version of events you care to believe, these talks were either productive or deeply regrettable. at the summit in singapore last month, the two sides reached an agreement, a tentative agreement, on the denuclearisation of the north, but it was vague and this meeting was intended to put some flesh on the bone, if you like. america sending its top diplomat, the us secretary of state mike pompeo, all the way to pyongyang but he failed to meet with the north korean leader kim jong—un and it doesn't appear tha

pompeo: - despitedespite the regime -- barbara: the boos showed mr. pompeo had a sympathetic audience, opposition activists encouraged by his aggressiveev stance though he did not talk about changing the regime, just its behavior. >> the only way you can change it is to remove them.di i think that hsay it, but not directly. we have an old expression in iran, you speak to tl but the ceiling understands. barbara: you understood what he was saying? >> absolutely. barbara: southern california is home to a quarter million iranian americans. they call this neighborhood tehrangeles. getting them on board with president trump's agenda could be a tough sell because they are divided over his decision to pull out of e nuclear deal, d they are angry about the travel ban, which hits iranians particularly hard. one man was eager to hear what mike pompeo had to say. prerecorded his radio program so he cld attend the speech. he is no fan of the regime, but thinks mr. trump's position decision to scrap the nuclear deal was - >> bad. word that he said, then deal -- bad

but speaking in tokyo after talks with his japanese and south korean counterparts, mr pompeo said he was encouraged by the progress made during his recent two—day visit to north korea. we had lengthy discussions about the scope of what complete denuclearization means over the past two days. they acknowledged that this is broad, this is, as my two colleagues have said from weapons systems to the physical materials, the production facilities, enrichment facilities, across the range of weapons and missiles, it is a broad definition of denuclearization and north koreans understand that and have not challenged that. second, they also understand that denuclearization makes no sense, absent of verification. they acknowledge that as well. there will be a verification connected to the complete denuclearization, that is what president trump and chairman kim both agree to, and so people can try to parch words should they choose to do so, but the most important is that the north koreans understand and the demands that the world is making of north korea and that can be unmistakable, the scope o

sorry to outlaw and it accuses mr pompeo of insisting on unilateral denuclearisation — which it says is against the spirit of the summit. removing the nuclear threat from the korean peninsula had been a key part of donald trump's approach during his meeting with kimjong un in singapore. the north korean statement is somewhat at odds with what mr pompeo had to say as he left pyongyang on saturday. the many hours, they were connected conversations. these are compensated issues but we made progress on all of the central issues. in some areas, there is still more work to be done. very productive conversations but the process by which we will do bill —— deliver on the commitments made in the singapore summit, i think we made progress on every element of our discussion. our correspondent in washington david willis has more details. depending on whose version of events uk to believe, these talks were either reductive or deeply reg retta ble. either reductive or deeply regrettable. at the summit in singapore last month, the two sides reached an agreement. a tentative agreement, on the de

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong—un on saturday. more details have been released about donald trump's visit to the uk next week. the president and first lady will arrive on thursday. he'll meet the british prime minister, theresa may, and also queen elizabeth, but will largely avoid london. large—scale protests are planned. let's get all the world cup action and we now know the winner of the competition will be a european team, after belgium beat brazil 2—1 to go through to the semi—final. it's a huge blow to one of the tournament favourites. here in britain, investigators wearing protective suits have entered a hostel in salisbury, as they search for the item contaminated with a nerve agent which poisoned a couple. police believe charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were exposed to novichok after handling an unknown object. the pair remain in a critical condition in hospital. june kelly has more. key sites have been sealed off and this afternoon the decontamination process began. a team in special protective suits arrived at the

the north korean statement is somewhat at odds with what mr pompeo had to say as he left pyongyang on saturday. many hours of productive conversations. these are complicated issues. but we made progress on almost all of the central issues. some places, a great deal of progress — other places, there's still more work be done. a very productive conversation about the process by which we will deliver on the commitments that were made in the singapore summit. i think we made progress in every element of our discussion. let's speak to the bbc‘s david willis who is in washington. very productive, said the american side of things there. but not what the north koreans thought at all. absolutely right. depending on whose version of events you believe these we re version of events you believe these were either deeply regrettable talks or highly productive. after that summit in singapore they came to a rather vague declaration and america sent its top tips diplomat, mike pompeo to put some flesh on the bone and nail down commitments from north korea. he failed to meet with the north korean l

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday. rescue teams in thailand say an air supply line has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. thousands are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride,

mr pompeo gave evidence to the senate foreign relations committee, and also defended mr trump's right to keep private the content of his talks with president putin. i want to show this committee the united states does not and will not recognise the kremlin‘s purported annexation of crimea. we stand with many in our commitment to the ukraine and its territorial integrity and there will be no relief of crimea related sanctions until russia returns control of the crimean peninsula to ukraine. and for now, threats of a trade war between the united states and the european union seems to have vanished, thanks to a meeting at the white house on wednesday with the european commission president. mr trump had claimed americans were losing out because of unfair deals, and in may, he put tariffs on steel and metal imports. he'd even referred to the european union as "a foe." andrew plant reports. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the european commission. donald trump and jean—claude juncker. after months of trading tit—for—tat threats on tariffs

the north korean statement is somewhat at odds with what mr pompeo had to say as he left pyongyang on saturday. many hours of productive conversations. these are complicated issues but we made progress on almost all of the central issues. some areas a great deal of progress, other places there is still more work to be done. very productive conversations but the process by which we will deliver on the commitments made in the singapore summit, i think we made progress on every element of our discussion. we speak out tojohn delury who is based in china. thank you so much for joining based in china. thank you so much forjoining us based in china. thank you so much for joining us —— based in china. thank you so much forjoining us —— we speak now. there is a division released a difference between the accounts from north korea and from mike pompeo. is this difference a roadblock orjust a speed hump? i think we are in the category of speed bump. this was never going to be an easy process. the dialogue has been opened at the highest level. that is really the biggest hurdle. this will b

but speaking in tokyo after talks with his japanese and south korean counterparts, mr pompeo said he was encouraged by the progress made during his recent two—day visit to north korea. we had lengthy discussions about the scope of what complete denuclearization means over the past two days.

mr pompeo is expected to meet the north korean leader on saturday before he leaves for tokyo. here's the bbc‘s mariko 0i in seoul. as you mentioned, mike pompeo arrived on friday afternoon and he met with kim jong—un‘s right—hand man. that was the only meeting as far as we know that took place late yesterday. it wrapped up around 7:30pm local time and they spoke about three hours before breaking for dinner. apparently the mood appeared relaxed. mike pompeo joked that this was his third time and that if he came another time he would have to start to pay taxes. to which the right—hand man suggested that the more he came the more trust could be built. this morning his first meeting was scheduled at 9am local time, about one hour ago. we still do not know who he is meeting with. as you can imagine, the information is only trickling in. i'm basically following some journalists who are accompanying mike pompeo to pyongyang — as far as i could tell they are not updating regularly. yesterday, all of a sudden, just as the meeting wrapped up we started to get a lot of tweets

but speaking in tokyo after talks with his japanese and south korean counterparts, mr pompeo said he was encouraged by the progress made during his recent two—day visit to north korea. we had lengthy discussions about the scope of what complete denuclearization means over the past two days. they acknowledged that this is broad, this is, as my two colleagues have said from weapons systems to the physical materials, the production facilities, enrichment facilities, across the range of weapons and missiles, it is a broad definition of denuclearization and north koreans understand that and have not challenged that. second, they also understand that denuclearization makes no sense, absent of verification. they acknowledge that as well. there will be a verification connected to the complete denuclearization, that is what president trump and chairman kim both agreed to, and so people can try to parch words should they choose to do so, but the most important is that the north koreans understand and the demands that the world is making of north korea and that can be unmistakable, the scope

but speaking in tokyo, mr pompeo said he was encouraged by the progress made during his recent two—day visit to north korea. we had lengthy discussions about the scope of what complete denuclearisation means over the past two days. they acknowledged that. this is broad. this is from weapons systems to fissile material to the production enrichment facilities, across the range of weapons and missiles. it's a broad definition of denuclearisation. the north koreans understand that and have not challenged that. second, they also understand that denuclearisation makes no sense absent verification. they acknowledged that as well. there will be a verification connected to the complete denuclearisation, that is what president trump and chairman kim both agreed to. so folks can try to parse words, should they choose to do so. what's most important is what the north koreans understand and demands that the world is making of north korea will be, it's unmistakable, the scope of what denuclearisation means to the north koreans, i've been very clear with them. mike pompeo there. there are warnings th

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday. rescue teams in thailand say an air supply line has been installed in the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. coming up in 10 minutes‘ time, news watch, but first on bbc news, click. the thing i love about mit in boston is that whenever you open a door in a basement you could run into anything. unless it runs into you first. which might be why, for the seventh straight year, mit has been named the world's number one university. and, i am going to say it, this is one of my favourite places in the world. what i love about mit is that it is all over the place. the buildings have this brilliant higgledy—piggledy nature and inside is the same. here at csail, for example, there is stuff all over the place. it is wonderful. the computer science and artificial intelligence lab, csail, is mit's ai powerhouse with some of the world's foremo

it was hoped on this trip that mr pompeo would come back with the remains of the us war dead and technically the us and north korea are still at war, there is only an armistice. he returns in a few days time for another round of negotiations. again, ithink, this story will go back and forth and we will not quite see the sort of definitive outcome of the abolition of all nuclear weapons in north korea that the us government province last. let's talk about now this story in the financial times about vodafone developing don't come and train detection systems, talking about the threat of drains and the mayhem that they can cause. —— talking about the threat of drones. it was suspected they were used in paris to try and and work out how to get a famous criminal out ofjail. it was a massive break what we. there is bad and we have heard criminal elements before and people are using drones to work out the things. interestingly, this piece spoked about british telecom and one of theirdrains spoked about british telecom and one of their drains getting too close to an electricity pylon. moving on n

mr. pompeo was firm in what he wanted to get. at this teenage, all they say is he was very firm in his conversations. so we now wait for mr. pompeo to land in tokyo. he has left after meetings with come yong chul. they met fried and again this morning we don't know if he went on to meet kim jong-un it's the third time he has visited and met him previous two times. so we don't know whether that meeting took place today. the assumption was there was going to be one. it certainly would be a unusual if he didn't. it would raise questions so meek pompeo will be meeting with his counterparts in japan and south korea and tokyo. >> certainly the optics, very important here. of course, we'll continue to find out what happened there. andrew stevens i've for us in seoul, south korea, thank you for your reporting today. >>> still ahead here on cnn "newsroom," why the next few days would be critical for the thailand ahead. residents of puerto rico prepare for the first hurricane of the atlantic season. stay with us. >>> welcome back to cnn "n

earlier, mr pompeo said there had been progress during his two days of talks in the north korean capital, though he didn't give any details. the bbc‘s seoul correspondent, mariko oi, has more on this developing story. they did not take long for north korea to stadler shing out that the united states. mr mike pompeo, before leaving to tokyo, told reporters he thought that the nuclear talks were very productive, that now he had a timeline for it. several hours after he landed in tokyo, we heard from north korea's state news agency that they thought the attitude of the us negotiators was regrettable. they thought the americans made too many demands, that they wanted a unilateral force denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. critics have always won, after president trump and kim jong—un agreeing to commit to the denuclearisation of the peninsula, that that term, the term denuclearisation, is interpreted differently between the different sides, because the americans want kim jong—un to give sides, because the americans want kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons, whereas he does

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mr. pompeo, back when he was running the intelligence services said that the new ne yh koreans were a handful of months away from acquiring that capacity. there's a lot of time on did mra cd rocket man kind of thing. and that can be fun and we're all getting distracted. there are certainly short term measures and certainly the secretary is there to see what concrete steps puts them on the question of how are you going to do and under what time lynn. connell: between now and then -- the report is the south korea media report, that he reportedly brought a cd of "rocket minnesota" if elton john song over. >> north korea might just be starting. connell: got a s a cassette or t track. since the summit took place in singapore, various reports have come out from media outlets quoting or intelligence agencies here in the united states that seem to suggest that kim jong-un is not so much interested. >> that certainly is history. that's the great danger. this is a man and a regime that have not kep

and now we have mr. pompeo coming up here for north korea. i would just urge mr. pompeo and senator corker, let us make sure that mr. pompeo is prepared and has the time not only to address north korea, but also address what happened in helsinki. we have a right, an obligation to find out. and while we are able to question representatives from the executive branch in regards to helsinki, let's make sure that we have a chance to talk to ambassador huntsman, our ambassador to russia, to get his take on what happened and his assessment. we need to talk to our d.n.i. director as to his assessments. we need to have oversight hearings here in congress. and most importantly, we need to understand what happened in the room, where it happened, where mr. putin and mr. trump spent over two hours. we have no information about what happened in that room. we have a responsibility as members of congress to understand what discussions took place or commitments in regards to our elections, in regards to ukraine, in regards to syria, in regards to north korea, in regards to iran. w

pompeo and mr. lavrov, the russian foreign minister, in which they say mr. pompeo, the u.s. secretary of state himself initiated that call. that's what they mean by the american initiative. in it they repeated some detail of what they claim was agreed, or under negotiation raised by the two presidents when they met in secret accompanies by only one official translator on each side. now, the lack of noting -- notes taken by mr. trump unmatched by mr. putin, who's a kgb agent, trained to recall a verbatim conversation over many years and this is playing directly into his hands. they're eking out isn't some of information, indicating maybe a summit, also maybe an agreement over cyber issues. quite an ironic suggestion, and equally that syria may come in for, there may be a peace deal agreed that would somehow allow 1.7 million syrians to return to government controlled areas that are currently also supported by russia. that under the president's only policy could be inconceivable what they're really trying to do, drive the narrative, own the story. >> one thing we've learned ab

mr pompeo is under pressure to get more details on how and when the regime might give up its nuclear weapons. let's get more from our correspondent mariko oi, who's in the south korean capital, seoul. could see you. is happening now? —— good to see you. what is happening 110w. good to see you. what is happening now. we believe that mike pompeo has arrived in pyongyang, scheduled to arrived in pyongyang, scheduled to arrive around two hours ago but even though he is accompanied by some foreign journalists we have not been getting that many a rates but we believe he has landed and there is a lot of pressure on the us secretary of state because since that singapore summit where kim jong—un said he is committed to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, we had us intelligence agencies saying that they had evidence that the country is continuing to work on its nuclear programme. so mike pompeo is hoping to get more than just words and more detailed plans of how to do that denuclearisation, but the us has also softened the language, remember after the singapore summit where pre

mr pompeo has been giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee. russia's foreign ministry then dismissed his statement — pointing out other recent reversals in american foreign policy. a series of measures to try to avert an all—out trade war have been agreed by the united states and the european union. after talks at the white house with the eu commission president jean—claude juncker, mr trump claimed a new phase in their trade relations had begun. 80 people are now known to have died in the wildfires around athens — they are the deadliest ever recorded in greece. and dozens of people are still missing. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape now on bbc news, it's time for click.

barbara: there is some confusion 'bout what exactly the policy is after mr. pompeos speech. longtime opponents of the regime sense a window of opportunity and are waiting to see how far the administration is willing to go. barbara plett-usher, bbc news, s angeles. laura: for more on the war of words tween the u.s. and iran, i spoke a brief time ago with karim saadpour, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. do you feel that there is a rising risk of conflict between the u.s. and iran? karim: there is. you have in president trump an erratic president who is not necessarily ideological but he is very impulsive. a -caps tweet taunting iran'san president hassan ro is an escalation. perhaps more importantly, you have the folks around president, ularly national security bolton, when he was out of government, almost every piece that he wrote about iran advocates military conflict. secrary pompeo himself is ve proudly hawkish. i think the onus is on iran to try to de-escalate, and that is generally not the instinct of iran's supreme leader. laura: on that

there is some confusion about what exactly the policy is, even after mr pompeo's speech. but long—time opponents of the regime sense a window of opportunity, and are waiting to see how far the administration is willing to go. barbara plett usher, bbc news, los angeles. our correspondent anthony zurcher is in washington. it would seem that the trump administration believes the idea maximum pressure worked to get the north koreans to the negotiating table over their nuclear ambitions and therefore maximum pressure could work with the iranians, as well, does that make sense? that is diplomacy in the donald trump era, the fire and fury the likes of which the fire and fury the likes of which the world has never seen, used that line about north korea last year, and then he pivoted to have a face—to—face meeting with kim jong—un and negotiating about their nuclear arms programme, although whether any progress has been made, the administration, donald trump likes to boast in particular about the change of rhetoric represents a breakthrough... so we could see this as an op

there is some confusion about what exactly the policy is, even after mr pompeo's speech. but long—time opponents of the regime sense a window of opportunity, and are waiting to see how far the administration is willing to go. barbara plett usher, bbc news, los angeles. we're joined now from tehran by professor mohamed marandi. heuristic what from the iranian president. do not play with the line's tale, this will only lead to regret. —— here is the quote. —— lion's tail. it goes beyond that. what the regime in washington is trying to do is strangle the iranian economy, they are trying to make ordinary iranians peoplesoft, they are trying to make women and children suffer, this is a barbaric policy. and the iranians have shown goodwill to the international community, even though from day one, the iranian nuclear programme had always been within a framework of international law. but because of us accusations, they signed a deal and got rid of the excuse the americans we re got rid of the excuse the americans were using for years. but now we see that the americans,

mr pompeo's declaration came shortly before he gave evidence to the senate foreign relations committee. a series of measures to avert an all—out trade war has been agreed by the united states and the european union. after talks at the white house with the eu commission president jean—claude juncker president donald trump said a new phase in their trade relations had begun. the greek authorities say 80 people are now known to have died in wildfires around athens — making them the deadliest ever recorded in greece. dozens of people remain missing after the fast—moving fires swept across the attica region — trapping some people in their homes or cars. now on bbc news, westminster in review.

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mr. president, ladies and gentlemen. negotiations with the president of the united states, donald trump, took place in a frank and business-like atmosphere. i think we can call a it a success and a fruitful round of negotiations. we carefully analyzed the -- analyzed the current status and future issues of the global agenda it's clear the bilateral relationships are going through a complicated stage. any of those impediments, the current tension, the tense atmosphere, essentially have no solid reason behind it. the cold war is a thing of the past. the acute ideological confrontation of the two countries is a vestige of the past. the situation of the world changed dramatically. today both russia and the united states face a whole new set of challenges. those include a dangerous mall adjust -- mall adjustment of mechanisms to maintain security and stability. the creeping threats of terrorism and transnational crime. snowballing problems in the economy, environmental risks and other challeng

mr pompeo has been giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee. russia's foreign ministry then dismissed his statement — pointing out other recent reversals in american foreign policy. a series of measures to try to avert an all—out trade war have been agreed by the united states and the european union. after talks at the white house with the eu commission president — jean—claude juncker — mr trump claimed a new phase in their trade relations had begun. 80 people are now known to have died in the wildfires around athens — they are the deadliest ever recorded in greece. and dozens of people are still missing. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape now on bbc news — it's hardtalk. to talk with me it zeinab badawi. my guest is the outgoing united nations human rights commissioner zeid al hussein. he tell us why he is stepping down in august after four years in the post, about why he does not wish to remain in the role. after being criticised for being too outspoken — especially about the us president donald t