putin the thought was ready to get together with the american president donald trump again mr putin fell short of giving a direct answer to that question although he believes that or later this kind of summit will have to will have to happen because other ways there is no way out of the crisis on the korean peninsula. ok. well it's been saying that have been pretty good at this summit so let's take a closer look at the atmosphere in these talks and president putin welcomed his north korean counterpart in the far eastern city of boston. ok well we can bring in a body language expert now he's howard feldman he looks at this type of thing guessing what's happening really in the minds of people by looking at their body language howard welcome what you make of the meeting and the summit place. thank you very very good afternoon to you first of all i think it's quite interesting to take a look at kim jong un's body language when he arrived actually invited he was much more relaxed than if we compare him to how he arrived to the meeting with donald trump he was visibly a lot more comfortable wi

two hours in face to face talks of the russian president vladimir putin and his north korean counterpart kim jong un their first ever summit describing the meeting as highly productive both expressed a willingness to work towards the denuclearize asian kareen i mean should. we just had a fairly full right one two one conversation three q. for the great try and should we are. also human rights groups condemn this great test saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven mostly from the shia minority the body of one convict was even strung up in public following the largest mass execution in needs and the un will claim that governments u.s. and international forces in afghanistan the responsible for more civilian deaths in the minutes since they've been fighting to get reaction from the. child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to ask which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato you. know they're just going eleven am here in moscow you're watching r.t. in

putin and kimjong—un will meet. we sports hall where president putin and kim jong—un will meet. we are expecting them to arrive in an hour oi’ expecting them to arrive in an hour or $0. expecting them to arrive in an hour or so. kim jong—un is already expecting them to arrive in an hour or so. kimjong—un is already in town, they admitted and is on his way stop it was a ceremonial event, a red carpet laid out for him at the station here as his armoured train rolled into the station. there was a military band, a full reception for him here at the campus of this university. he is going to be holding those talks with putin in the sports hall where a stage is set up. we are expecting a reception, we have heard musicians rehearsing for some kind of show. but the substance will be those talks, primarily. talks focusing on north korea's nuclear programme and what role russia can bring and play now in terms of resolving the denuclearisation issue in north korea. i think the timing of all this is no accident. it comes

let's start with putin himself, if you don't mind. you talk about his early days and havinhell what kind of shaps outlook. will you take us through some of those experiences and to give an inside look at his personality? >> guest: as we know in 2000 when he became president, he published a series of interviews and this comes from that and other things he says. of course it had a terrible siege for a million people have died or not these tragedies are come out and he and his family lived in a communal apartment. they had one room in an apartment. they were poor and he had two brothers that had died previously said his mother was quite old when she had him and been born to these parents happy to have him but he wasn't a very good student he said about himself. there were two things that helped him get out of that in terms of the student he found a teacher of german who believed in him and he started studying german and did very well and of course later on he was an agent in east germany, the the other thing that helped him was martial a

and north korean leaders wraps up after more than two hours of face to face talks both lot of near putin and kim jong un expressed a willingness to work towards denuclearization of the korean peninsula. if you're going to show you we need some confidence building measures to be taken if you're making a step forward two steps back you'll never succeed. off of this our human rights groups condemned as a growth task saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven people mostly from the sham minority the body of one convict is even strung up in a public calling the largest mass execution in years. also a un report claims the government u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths in the militants they've been fighting we hear reaction from locals. the child a woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces have found them but there is no one to last week how can someone who won the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. and nato. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in

i think vladimir putin wa nted programme. i think vladimir putin wanted to send another message as well, the sort of old russian game of saying we're here, we are a global power, we need to have a say on the big issues of the day and of course, the issue of nuclear north korea is one of those very big issues. so i think russia wants to reinsert itself into the diplomatic process and i also think russia has a different approach to north korea than, for example, donald trump. donald trump is all about maximum pressure, suddenly a slightly more nuanced approach. russia has not signed up for sanctions against north korea because of its programme but it does not think that pressure is the weight to resolve this crisis, it certainly talks about the need for more gradual approach and argues that pressure will not get north korea to change its position, so north korea to change its position, so perhaps after this meeting, perhaps after the two men meet you at this university campus, suddenly putin may try to lobby with the americans

president putin there are north korea‘s leader tim donlon. the welcoming party there as it were, this on an island of that of stock —— kim jong—un. it were, this on an island of that of stock —— kimjong—un. —— is out of stock —— kimjong—un. —— is out of stock, the two are going into a private discussion having done the official meeting —— the out of stock, so we will return to events there are later when we do hear more about that meeting. let‘s discuss sri lanka. the government has acknowledged a "major intelligence la bs acknowledged a "major intelligence labs over the easter summer though bombings" does make easter summer bombings. the president has asked his defence secretary and police chief to resign over the failure to pass on warnings. in the last few hours, the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said there is "every indication" the attacks were planned by so—called islamic state. ramzan karmali reports. sri lanka. a country in a state of shock, despair and utter confusion. there is also anger. a

to continue someplace else me directly to tell the us about his position latimer putin says kim jong un has asked him to clarify north korea's position to washington after more than two hours of face to face talks between the two leaders at their first ever summit. also this hour human rights groups condemned as pro task saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven people mostly from the shia minority a body of one convict was even strung up in public following the largest mass execution in years. also a un report claims government u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths and their militants they've been fighting we hear reaction from. the child a woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces abound but there is no one to walk through but we have something we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. and nato. they're watching are to international bring you here live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the first ever summit between russian pres

there is something in this for putin as well. analysts say this is a chance for putin to peel another world leader away from trump's influence. >> what putin likes to do is take advantage of opportunities presented to him by president trump and his difficult relations with the number of allies. we've had an example of that with chancellor merkel where she's heavily criticized by president trump and putin started to behave toward her in a more reconciliation status. >> reporter: they asked that mike pompeo be replaced as the leader and said the u.s. has until the end of the year to change its attitude. what might be worrying u.s. officials about this kim-putin alliance tonight? >> what would worry me is a russian move to cheat on sanctions and provide north korea with cash or access to cash and with possibly even help on some weapon systems so that would be more extreme. >> reporter: analysts say with this summit vladimir putin is working toward a couple of bottom lines with kim jong-un. they say putin does not want north korea to

putin now says kim jong-un asked him to play the role of mediator, and putin says he's happy to oblige. >> translator: we will also discuss this matter in today's meeting with u.s. leadership in the same open and candid manner. there are no secrets here. russia always voices an open position. there are no conspiracies. >> reporter: president trump, who has been more trusting of both strongmen than veteran diplomats would advise, is positive about putin's overture. >> i appreciated president putin's statement yesterday. he wants to see it done also. >> reporter: putin does share the americans' view that north korea should not have nuclear weapons and, experts say despite being an adversary of the u.s., putin could help with kim. >> to the extent that putin is north korea's last best hope when it's otherwise isolated, if the united states and russia are communicating, if the united states and russia have some degree of agreement about where the negotiations could go, that means a lot more joint leverage on pyongyang than we would otherwise have. >> reporter: but with vladimir putin, expe

the first one between vladimir putin and kimjong—un. i think, as i said, the timing is not an accident, this is happening two months after those talks between the north korean leader and donald trump broke down in hanoi. that was a surprise collapse of those talks. i think now, north korea is looking for allies, it's looking to tell washington that it does have friends here in russia, an important ally. i think for russia it's about inserting itself into the political and diplomatic process. we've heard from the kremlin after they finally confirmed that this visit was taking place, the kremlin said they see this as critical to resolving the political and diplomatic stand—off on the korean peninsula. i think a lot of signalling, but there will be some substance too. plenty for the two men to talk about as they meet for the first time here on the far eastern coast of russia. we are seven time zones here, from moscow. talking about substance, what you expect to come out of it? how much are we likely to know? at the moment we have been to

ok has invited bottom of putin to visit north korea that follows what the d.p. oks leader described as a very meaningful exchange in russia's far east the two years of statement for the first time on thursday they discussed denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula as well as international sanctions and their country's bilateral ties our correspondent in your trunk or was out of a stock. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but its. chairman king also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to da

just think about what vladimir putin sorry just think about what lot of our putin said for. another second now this probably could be careful. sorry we're just interrupt you there because we've actually got live thank you. the moment so let's have a look at the. speaking there with. leaders have already held. their conversation i don't believe this is being translated but let's have a quick listen just a chance of improving the situation and. i think you. are going to. get on this but you're probably i'd like to thank you mr chairman for accepting our a little coming to russia. to. come to. would you rather than using. i mean it has been a pleasure for me here as a lot of what has been a budget i mean with interviews with do you have a russian friend headroom woolley most commercial going over to show you that the region really got you was really the key clue an only daughter she needed and she wanted to do it for those of either the. modern age in the days of. change and we're going to come hazleton in what she showed us and we received again you please no i would like to e

. —— vladimir putin. the kremlin has confirmed the two will meet on thursday in the city, it's just over 100 kilometres from the border with north korea. sarah rainsford is there. they have been sprucing up vladivostok, preparing for a summit that russia wants to reflect its status as a serious global player. vladimir putin will host the leader of north korea at this college campus to talk nuclear weapons, among other things. kim jong—un's armoured train will roll into this station. though the special service from pyongyang isn't being announced here and there's no obvious fuss yet among the locals. 17 years ago kim's father made the same journey to see the same man. then vladimir putin was trying to renew an alliance that had flagged after the soviet collapse. now he wants russia to help negotiate an end to its neighbour's nuclear ambitions. two months ago donald trump's efforts to do that collapsed, but analysts here argue mr putin is looking to revitalise the diplomatic process, not undermine it. i d

russia and north korea concluded their first ever summit after more than two hours of face to face talks putin kim jong un expressed a willingness to work towards the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. because the. german king also lead to tell the us about his position and about the questions he says in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula. human rights groups as grotesque saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven people said to be mostly from the shia minority one person's body was even stronger up in public following the largest mass execution for years. the u.n. report notes that u.s. international and government forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths in the militants they've been fighting to get reaction from locals . woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to ask we have. we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato. joining us this evening this is. the first ever summit between vladimir putin and kim jong un has come to an e

statement. >> putin shares the view that north korea shouldn't have nuclear weapons and putin could help with kim. >> to the extent that putin is north korea's last, best hope when it is otherwise isolated if the united states and russia are communicating or have a degree of agreement where the communications can go a lot more joint leverage on pyeongchang than would otherwise have. >> and there is another motive often working against america's interests as putin could be trying to drive a wedge between trump and kim and persuade kim he does not need the u.s. >> if they say you don't have to give up what the united states is asking you to give up, we will help you weather the storm of sanctions. we are under sanctions. we are doing fine. kim might not have an incentive to meet with trump or make concessions. >> there are other ways vladimir putin could be a destructive actor saying the russian president can and has offered more cooperation in cyber warfare against the united states saying weapons and military cooperation is always on the table and that the russian president can help

of the summit then has offered putin a chance to push russia's agenda of opposing u.s. influence north korea's talks with president trump on the country's nuclear arsenal broke down without a deal in february. well our correspondent in moscow and we share one sense is this is this meant about the meeting between kim and putin. this was the first meeting between vladimir putin and kim jong un and though we didn't see any major breakthroughs what we did see was a chance for the two leaders to size each other up and they seemed to get along quite well after the meeting the two leaders exchanged gifts a saber and a sword respectively and putin after the talks said that he had an open discussion with kim and he also called him an open person the main issue on the agenda today was denuclearization the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and that's something that russia is certainly in favor of they want stability in on the korean peninsula after all we shouldn't forget that russia shares a land border with north korea so the last thing they want is a conflict at their bo

let me a putin's eyes arrived in russia's pacific city of light of all still gearing up for the first time a summit between the president of russia and the leader over north korea kim jong il not lead to a correspondent rather it a trend is that for us now you know we've been hearing president putin has landed in and out of all stalk lot of anticipation what do you know about the talks when will they get going. down hello i am home on the island cold through ski which obviously means russian but for now all of the most senior and serious person on this island isn't russian it is the north korean supreme leader kim john and it is the kind of situation when the guests arrived earlier than the host but mr putin is on the way his plane touched down at the lot of all stock airport just a few minutes ago and it will take him about thirteen minutes to reach the island his motorcade will be on that bridge that you can see behind my shoulder and almost immediately after that the two leaders will end up behind closed doors one on one however they will obviously need a translator for that then t

i don't think putin would try to pour fuel into this fire. i think putin wants russia to be a constructive and responsible player. russia... it is not in russia's interests to see another crisis surging on the korean peninsular. seven time zones east of moscow it is hard —— isn't hard to see why. this place is full of visitors from china and crowds of tourists from south korea. the border with the north is just over south korea. the border with the north isjust over 100 kilometres away as the crow flies. from here in vladivostok, north korea is very close and russia definitely doesn't wa nt close and russia definitely doesn't want a nuclear armed state right on its border, but these talks are important politically too. they are about vladimir putin stepping in and engaging with pyongyang after donald trump's efforts have stalled. people here welcome that, worried about an unpredictable nuclear neighbour. yeah, it is a bit unsettling and it does make me a bit uncomfortable i guess when i think about it. the timing suggest kim jong—un gue

putin? markus: maybe. but it provides a terrific opportunity for russia see station policy -- russia's east asia policy. we are aware of two different approaches. one, the big deal, the plan by donald trump where the step-by-step approach by kim jong-un and the resident -- brent: i can imagine when vladimir putin was watching donald trump meet twice with kim jong-un, he had to have been sitting there thinking, why can't i be there. is he doing this summit now in an effort to outdo donald trump? markus: it is a win-win situation for both sides. it allows kim jong-un to show to the chinese and the americans, look, i have other options as well. and it allows president boudin -- putin to present himself as a responsible leader in east asia. i would not be surprised if he reinvigorate talks of a six party, which has been dormant. this might be one approach he is choosing. brent: markus kaim, as always we appreciate your insights. a court in hong kong has sentenced eight leading pro-democracy activists to 16 mon

concluded their first ever summit after more than two hours of face to face talks both lot of near putin and kim jong un expressed a willingness to work towards the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. to contribute something chairman king also be directly to tell us about his position and about the questions he has in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula. human rights groups condemned as grotesque saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven people to be mostly from the shia minority one person's body was even strong up in public following the largest mass execution in years. and the un report notes government u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are sponsible for more civilian deaths and the militants they've been fighting we get reaction from locals. the child a woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should all the foreign forces about them but there is no one to walk we have come sun we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. and nato. you're watching our national bring you your live news update from our studio

just to show she is guilty of something president putin's eighteen month jail sentence handed to maria failing to register as a foreign agent as an attempt by washington to save face with her lawyer. in the us were illegal. in and of themselves but she got caught up in this. signing up for the twenty first century silk road. comes to a close in beijing with sixty four billion dollars worth. forces to the country's intelligence service. journalists. international news center in moscow welcome to our team my names you know neal good to have your company in our top story russian national maria has been sentenced to a year in prison in the united states south to she pleaded guilty to conspiring to . registered foreign agent president putin described the decision that's an attempt by washington to avoid humiliation. they are trying to save face grabbed her seized her put her behind bars but there is nothing they can charge her with and to avoid looking ridiculous they sentenced her to eighteen months just to show she is guilty of something. very important has already served half of her sent

yes some reaction to that political analysts some ball thinks putin and composer moon might reach some consensus on some of those key global issues that have been plaguing the korean peninsula for quite some time. kim moved to worlds that must. be restored right now is. something that's that he really wants some sort of that we need cooperation between russia and the p.r.g. in terms of the economic. up believe it's going to be under the u.s. sanctions because the united states sanctions that's not to be they're not going to believe the sanctions under current circumstances and the negative should be in the u.s. and i think the timing of this meeting is very important and after the game meeting that's happening met that drops into the drops enough that. nothing's comes out from that reaching a confidence that will between that moscow and and young is more as compared to other countries and there are more chances that they can get on some sort of that consensus and to make some sort of that peaceful. erikson not in a human rights lawyer and peace advocate shared his perspective on the up

well president putin made his comments in this case while in beijing he was there for a forum focusing on china's must global trade network known as the belt and road and it is just in terms the figures really staggering of one point three trillion dollar project that spawns asia europe and africa and over the past few days alone over two hundred eighty billion dollars worth of agreements were signed off on off reports from their. well busy few days here in beijing as for the russian president he wrapped up his official participation quite traditionally with a media conference and judging by what he focused on for him these few days were heavily dominated by several things trade and the jeep and economy and this is quite well natural i should see given the very nature of the belton road initiative which is centered i should say a routing around exploring new trade routes and the global economy boosting global economy and so lattimer putin position russia as the key energy players sort of an oil export in superpower he stressed that russia is not only a key player on the market but also

the first ever summit between bottom are putin and kim jong un has come to an end the leaders of russia and north korea spent more than two hours in a closed meeting discussing everything from denuclearization to expanding bilateral relations our correspondent in the summarizes events from the city of a lot of us talk. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but it's. also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has it today with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dating core ization according to mr putin the only way forward is through these kind of guarantees i would like to remind

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the first ever summit between bottom or putin and kim jong un has come to an end the leaders of russia and north korea spent more than two hours in a closed meeting discussing everything from denuclearization to expanding biological relations our correspondent there trying to summarize events from the city of a lot of us talk. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but it's. also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has it today and with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dating korea's ation according to mr putin the only way forward is through these kind of guarantees i would l

i don't think putin would try to pour fuel into this fire. i think putin wants russia to be a constructive and responsible player. russia... it is not in russia's interests to see another crisis surging on the korean peninsula. seven time zones east of moscow, it isn't hard to see why. this place is full of visitors from china and crowds of tourists from south korea. the border with the north isjust over 100 kilometres away as the crow flies. from here in vladivostok, north korea is very close and russia definitely doesn't want a nuclear—armed state right on its border. but these talks are important politically, too. they're about vladimir putin stepping in and engaging with pyongyang after donald trump's efforts have stalled. people here welcome that, worried about an unpredictable nuclear neighbour. yeah, it is a bit unsettling and it does make me a bit uncomfortable i guess when i think about it. the timing suggests kim jong—un is travelling here because he now needs russia to push his case with america. russia has always argued that m

'north korea's leader is due to meet vladimir putin this week. why the talks matter for the region and for the u.s. welcome to our view public television in america and also around the globe. sri lan's president says intelligence warning of an impending attack was not shared with him. sri lankan officials say there are still militants out there. so-cald islamic state has claimed respsibility for the attacks, though it hasn't been confirmed. this comes as the country is holding a day of mourning and prepares to bury the dead. the bbc's clive myrie begins our coverage. clive: white banners and erstregreet them today. in the afternoon breeze they dance as if heralding a celebration. but in sri lanka, white signifies death. a meditation on the life of christ and remembrance of the ad. in this house, open caskets contain 4 members of one family, murdered as they prayed on easter sunday, a mother, two a boy aged seven. the quiet reflection is broken. clive: "my golden daughter, my small son, why a?" you like thhe wailed. "get up, get up!" overcome, thi

asked vladimir putin specifically to convey his message to donald trump does that mean that kim jong un is no longer ready to meet the american president not really but a lot of our putin fell short of throwing this question in a specific way though he believes that sooner or later another summit between the leaders of north korea and america should happen because there is no other way around this. sure ok thank you for that summary of their invited or stop for us well i think we can go back now to our previous guest he's an expert on political and g.h. to teach. our correspondent there was just stressing the need for this to include this whole issue to include greater international support i mean you would go along with that this is sort of a stepping stone really perhaps for more countries now to get involved. about the issues on the korean peninsula. well to do somebody was basically a big be stopped you were. having a broader consensus away which greenwald the un security council was getting while the european union and i think. the other a lot of extremely important to begin wit

the optics for president putin are important he wants to show that he's back in they gave. a lot of attention here and. as we speak all right we know you'll be keeping abreast of all of those developments for us. and live in the eastern russian city of where the north korean leader has just arrived as we saw there. for the first time in ten years a u.n. report says the military and u.s. forces have been responsible for more civilian deaths in afghanistan than the taliban and i saw airstrikes and military raids killed more than three hundred people in the first three months of this year the taliban i saw and some other fighters are blamed for two hundred twenty seven civilian deaths but the number of attacks has gone down and they've also been fewer taliban suicide attacks between january and march of twenty eighteen there were nineteen suicide bombings this year there have been four our richard bennett d.-u. an afghanistan human rights chief who put the report out says any civilian casualties are too many while a reduction overall in civilian casualties is positive. it's to

passports we're so glad putin signed this decree which is. to believe that all this suffering somewhere north of the plane and that will be able to have a better life. and encroached on ukrainian sovereignty in the sense that they regard it's going to go to space and take parts of ukraine and they receive is moscow you know encroaching on that plate. to people that they would perceive to be cranes in those regions even though those people themselves might find passports far more valuable here inside russia you've got to look at it from a different perspective right the fact is that there are three million ukrainian citizens and russian moment there are far more ukrainians and that here that the russian citizenship is that acquired over decades or years but there are three million ukrainian citizens right now this would be seen as a humanitarian thing and say russia because these people for five years they've been in a state of limbo many have expired. board the event document issued by the separatists ministrations in lugansk internet is comp

the first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin is about to begin. today is anzac day — when australians and new zealanders commemorate soldiers who served and died in wars for their country. turkish authorities have arrested a suspected member of the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, who they believe was planning to attack a world war one commemoration at gallipoli. and in auckland, prince william joined prime ministerjacinda ardern at a service. the bbc‘s phil mercer is in christchurch at the bridge of remembrance with more. those were the sentiments of the new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, addressing a dawn service in the city of auckland earlier today. the anzacs, by the way, were the australian and new zealand army corps who fought so heroically alongside allied forces in gallipoli in 1915, the new zealanders, australians and allies in general suffering you horrific losses during that campaign and today, both countries and many other services around the world marking that get friends sacrifice. the prime minister, jac

that is where president putin and kimjong—un held the summit. it lasted around two hours, but as per the details of what they were talking about, when they emerged they did not give away a huge amount. it was very positive in terms of body language, smiles, a warm handshake but in terms of what they talked about kim jong—un said it was constructive and useful and president putin talked about a substantial discussion. a lot of this is about simply sending the message that the meeting was taking place and sending the message, primarily to the united states, because this is happening shortly after talks between donald trump and kimjong—un after talks between donald trump and kim jong—un over after talks between donald trump and kimjong—un over his nuclear programme broke down and this is russia stepping into potentially as a powerful ally. geographically, that make sense, of course, doesn't it? do you see the beginnings here ofa it? do you see the beginnings here of a much stronger north korea and russian alliance given that the last talks

our north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in russia to meet president vladimir putin on thursday kim has been traveling to the city of lagos stuck on a private train it's thought to be part of north korea's efforts to build international support after the breakdown of talks with the u.s. in february russia is also came to play a role in any peace plan on the korean peninsula let's go live to step vasant who is in of light of our stock for such that when is kim expected to arrive there. well after brown rehearsals and security sweeps everything here in florida at the rail station is ready to receive any minute now expected to arrive in the next hour maybe two hours from now as you said he's traveling on a private train and he has crossed the border to small border with russia earlier in the day it was a small welcoming ceremony there as well and he said he was very glad he arrived in russia he had been looking forward for a long time it's his very first visit ever and he also said that it was be is going to be the first time it will be other times as well so he is set to meet pres

of the interesting things about to vladimir putin and and we see this often with him if he's meeting he's very protective of the obvious our own space it's very rare for somebody to come into his zone or close to his proximity when they shook hands he was quite dominant kim kim jong il and by dominant i mean he is and takes all the downward position we saw that kim juggle wanted to try and establish a bit of dominance very himself when he got to that point that's when putin kind of left god just quite a long handshake and i think vet and shake was well it was very important by the time that there was sitting on those chairs having that conversation it was very very little movement from king john when he was quite. uncomfortable i think it was a sense of relief that this was over actually for kim jong il. and there's no doubt that the son that was really about just having a son that. he is it was an easier discussion in that it was really just about more about the historic event he was quite relieved when it was whether it was over but i don't think by any means there that it had gone

i don't think putin would try to pour fuel into this fire. i think putin wants russia to be a constructive and responsible player. russia... it is not in russia's interests to see another crisis surging on the korean peninsular. seven time zones east of moscow it isn't hard to see why. this place is full of visitors from china and crowds of tourists from south korea. the border with the north isjust over 100 kilometres away as the crow flies. from here in vladivostok, north korea is very close and russia definitely doesn't want a nuclear—armed state right on its border. but these talks are important politically, too. they're about vladimir putin stepping in and engaging with pyongyang after donald trump's efforts have stalled. people here welcome that, worried about an unpredictable nuclear neighbour. yeah, it is a bit unsettling and it does make me a bit uncomfortable i guess when i think about it. the timing suggests kim jong—un is travelling here because he now needs russia to push his case with america. russia has always argued that m

russian president vladimir putin north korean leader kim. one would have wrapped up their first ever face to face the discuss the rides you can put in security on the korean peninsula and the north north nuclear weapons program all of this is still long after kim summit with the us president dollar trump ended in failure. it was their first ever face to face meeting but for russia's vladimir putin and north korea's kim jong un the body language suggested it was set to go well talks took place on an island off the pacific coast near flooded boss dock and went on for two hours a little longer than expected but statements after the meeting didn't really give away any substantial news but. of course we spoke about the situation on the korean peninsula we exchanged views on what needs to be done so that we can improve the situation in the future ali and i don't this is just the korean peninsula and the regional political situation which is garnered the urgent attention of the world and we also held deep discussions on strategic ways to pursue sta

korea conclude their first ever summit have to more than two hours of face to face talks both live with putin and kim jong un expressed a willingness to work towards the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the interim chairman king also reached rickly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he says in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula. human rights groups condemned grotesque saudi arabia's beheading of thirty seven people said to be mostly from the shia minority one person's body was even stronger than public following the largest mass execution for years. also a un report notes u.s. international and government forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they've been fighting we get reaction from locals. for the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch we have concerns we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. and nato here. thanks for joining us this evening this is r.t. international

coming up north korea's leader arrives in russia for his first ever summit with president vladimir putin to stand all over north korea's nuclear weapons program widely to top the agenda. it's good to have you with us tonight show a link as president is demanding the country's police and defense chiefs quit he's accusing them of grossly mishandling intelligence relating to these suicide bombings on the easter sunday the government has confirmed that information about possible attacks was not passed on to relevant authorities the death toll has now risen to a staggering three hundred fifty now it has to gator say that they've identified the bombers and are now looking into whether international extremist groups may have provided support. for more on what's going on in joy. now on the phone from colombo by journalist jimmy leno's would be a good evening to you i mean that the president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and the national police chief is that what the people of sri lanka want to see now. granted i have the public at this moment of time changing any of you

has invited a lot of putin to visit north korea following what the d.p. oks leader described as a very meaningful exchange in russia's far east the two heads of state met for the first time on thursday they discussed denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula as well as international sanctions and their country's bilateral ties our correspondent there was a lot of us talk. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but it's. directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dating korea's ation according t

in the stories that showed that we've just gone the first of a summit between putin and north korea's kim jong. il relations and look to remove nuclear capabilities from the korean peninsula. russian national grid boots and jailed in the u.s. for failing to register as a foreign agent but a lawyer says he's a victim of the current political climate in washington. but none of. his activities in the us were illegal. in and of themselves but she got caught up in this and she rushes hysteria and saudi arabia comes under fire from the un and human rights organizations for a mass execution with concerns that the charges against the thirty seven mostly shia men were trumped up. sunday lunchtime here of moscow life for russia around the world to you were you watching this is an international with me kevin owen thanks for taking the time to be with us weekly news review of the week and the big stories we brought you of the last seven days starting with this that from a nuclear free north korea to bilateral relations let me approach and kim jong un met for the first time on thursday russia's fa

has invited lot of putin to visit north korea that follows what the d.p. r. k. s. leader described as a very meaningful exchange in russia's far east the two heads of state met for the very first time on thursday they discussed denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula international sanctions as well as the country's bilateral ties our correspondent in the trunk was a lot of us talk. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but its. chairman king also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dating qu

has invited vladimir putin to visit north korea that follows what the d.p. occasionally described as a very meaningful exchange russia's far east meeting for the first time on thursday the heads of state discussed denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula as well as international sanctions and. our correspondent. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message will get all the way to washington through russia as well but its. chairman king also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has in connection with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader as confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dating korea's ation according to mr putin the only way forward is through

putin it looking to rize the diplomatic process, not undermine it. >> i don't think putin would try to pour fuel onto thisire. i think putin wants russia to be a constructive and responsible player. i not in russia's interest to see another crisis surging on the korean peninsula. sarah: seven time zones east of moscow, it isn't hard to see why.fu this place i of visitors from china and crowds of tourists from south korea.h the border wite north is vost over 100 kilometers away. from here in vlaok, north korea is very close, and russia definitely does not want a nuclear-armed state on its border. but these folks are important politically, too. they are about vladimir ntin stepping and engaging with pyongyang after donald trump's efforts have stalled. peop here welcome that, worried about an unpredictable nuclear neighbor. is unsettling. it does make me uncomfortable, i guess, to think about it. sarah: the timing suggests kim jong-un is traveling here because he needs russia to push his case with america. russia has always argued that maximum pressure on pyongyang won't work, so this is

i've always felt strong about putin. he's a strong leader. he's a powerful leader. >> as president trump has met with putin at least five times the two leaders stay in touch by phone. in may of 2017 the very day after firing james comey trump met with two high level russian dip mats famously in the oval office telling them firing comey had eased pressure on the russia investigation and consider this the only photo of that meeting came from the russian foreign ministry, no american media were allowed in the oval office. it's around this time the fbi launches its counter intelligence investigation into the president. trump and putin first meet face-to-face in germany just two months later. we still don't know what they talked about in that two-hour meeting. "new york times" reported trump took his interpreter's notes afterward and ordered them not to disclose what he heard to anyone. another shorter dinner conversation where no americans were present wouldn't be confirmed by the white house until ten days after it happened. trump and putin met

live from berlin the leaders of russia and north korea meet for the first time face to face lattimer putin and kim jong un to toast their new relationship at a summit in russia's far east in the wake of the failed u.s. talks but will the meeting be a game changer when it comes to persuading north korea to abandon its nuclear arsenal also coming up a bad fit for germany's financial sector merger talks collapsed between torture bank and commits but we'll find out why plus the french president emanuel mccann builds a long awaited reforms response to the country's yellow those protests can be soon french tempers and rescue his own political future also. can you see yourself competing in sports with this kind of vision we report on insights into playing with visual disabilities. the book. on why hearkened you so much for your company everyone. russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong un have wrapped up their first face to face meeting they discussed a host of subjects including security on the korean peninsula and the north's controversial nuclear weapons program and th

north korea's leader kimjong—un is in russia for a summit with president putin. they're expected to discuss the future of north korea's nuclear programme. and these are the most recent pictures from new zealand. prince william is taking part in anzac day commemorations to honour new zealand and australia's fallen heroes. the prince will also meet the survivors of last month's terror attacks in mosques in christchurch. that's all from me. goodbye.