kim jong un and vladimir putin meeting face-to-face for the first time ever. the meeting happening behind closed doors. what does it mean for nuclear talks with washington. 300 migrants using the cover of night to cross the southern border and that's nothing compared to the mother of all caravans closing and as we speak. we are live with what the white house is doing ahead of their arrival and joe is ready to go for 2020 but can the former vice president compete with his far left field of competitors. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ a beautiful day ♪ ♪ a beautiful day ♪ shannon: waking up to a beautiful day in new york city. we appreciate you joining us on "fox and friends first" on this thursday. let's get to our fox news alert. another very busy day as the fourth summit is happening right now in russia. kim jong-il in and vladimir putin meeting for the first time overnight. is a live look at vladivostok were the leaders are meeting behind closed doors as we speak and expected it the top of the agenda north korea's nuclear program amidst a

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

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

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

. —— 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

the first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin is underway. top sri lankan officials lose theirjobs over the intelligence failures before sunday's attacks as new details emerge about the bombers. prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations in auckland as new zealand, australia and turkey honour their fallen. in business — ‘liked' by wall street again. facebook shrugs off privacy concerns as earnings surge despite a multi—billion dollar hit from us regulators. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: tourists are flattening tulips in the netherlands as they attempt to get the perfect selfie. tulip growers have now launched an ad campaign and erected barriers to stop the damage. so, we like to hear about selfish selfies — what's the worst you've witnessed? get in touch, just use the #bbcthebriefing. let's get started. the russian president, vladimir putin, is meeting the leader of north korea, kimjong—un, on an island near the city of vlad

north korea's leader is heading to russia for his first meeting with president vladimir putin. security and protocol staff for kim jong—un have been spotted making final preparations in vladivostok for the summit. the kremlin has confirmed the two will meet on thursday in the city, which isjust over 100 kilometres from the border with north korea. the bbc‘s sarah rainsford reports: 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 is 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 tr

high stakes but a warm welcome russian president vladimir putin greets his north korean counterpart kim jong il in ever summit they both expressed a willingness to try to work together the denuclearize ation of korea and ensure. that you can go to the hopes that we will have a substantial exchange of schools. i'm sure of it. also is a human rights groups have condemned the beheading of thirty seven feet tall saudi arabia and the largest mass execution in years. and a un report claims that government he u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they think by i think we hear reaction from locals. the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here. good morning is just gone nine am here in moscow you're watching the international now but in the last two hours flirting with hootin and kim jong un have sat down together at their histori

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

north korea's leaders due to meet vladimir putin this week. why the talks matter for the region and for the u.s. welcome to our viewers on a public television rica and also around the globe. sri lanka's president saysin lligence warning of an impending attack was not shared with him. sri lankan officials say therest arl militants out there. so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility 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 streamers grt 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 dead. in this house, open caskets coy,ain 4 members of one fam murdered as they prayed on easter sunday, a mother, two a boy aged seve the quiet reflection is broken. clive: "my golden daughter, my small son, why are you like this?" sheailed. "get up, get up!" overcome,

russian president vladimir putin has signed an order making it easier for people living in a separatist controlled eastern ukraine. to get russian passport ukraine's president elect a lot of media criticized the move he called for more international sanctions against russia denouncing moscow as a quote aggressor state. north korea's leader kim jong un has arrived in eastern russia had a big summit with president vladimir putin the meeting in the city of blood of all stock will be the first between the two leaders economic cooperation and north korea's nuclear program are likely to be on the agenda kim is concerned about u.s. led sanctions against his country because of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs russia has called for this ancients to be just. on i'm joined now here at the big table by marcus kind he is from the german institute for international security affairs it's good to see you would get into that here we know that when you. met twice that they always met to talk about denuclearization of north korea is that what mr putin wants to discuss first of all it's e

there is debate about whether or not this is a victory or defeat for vladimir putin. the other analysis is vladimir putin should be worried about the fact ukraine has had a democratic transfer of power in which a sitting president lost an election, conceded defeat, and russians might think they want to see the same thing happen in their country. zelensky is not the kind of ukrainian president that vladimir putin contains two some kind of raging nationalist. he talks about the need to unune the coununtry and says all ukrainians and russian s speakes ould be considered patriots and he is jewish. ukraine is the only country in the world, except for israel, that is said to have a jewish president and jewish prime minister at the same time. when y you think about russia being in the -- russia talking about ukraine being in the hands of ultranationalist's, that is something to keep p in mind. for the voteout for president in macedonia. results show the left candidate and the conservative candidate arnett connect -- are you and and neck. neck -- are accusing it of being made

to meet with russian president vladimir putin as you said that explain that meeting happening tomorrow. and does this what we're seeing here does this add to to the sense of. kim jong un's image in the world right now that that this is another step in him raising his international. no profar with this meeting now with the russian president. well exactly that's what he's trying to show of course that he is not isolated even though the talks with donald trump he can go contrary go to russia have a high profile meeting here which of course. is still in the game. of course. as has been reported wants to bring back the six party talks that have been. also in two thousand and nine if you want to bring back those talks would mean that russia would get a bigger role in the korean nuclear option but all that is still of course very early days to say. that. something that slightly more like me a putin wants to try to achieve during these stops here but also 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 righ

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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

'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

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 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 welco

kim jong-un arrives in russia ahead of his meeting with vladimir putin. the talks will center on the center of north korea's nuclear program. -- condemning the use of sexual violence. also coming up after more than three decades in development at the cost of aroundd 890 million malaria the first license that has been rolled out in malawi. we will have the details in our business update. we begin in sri lanka, where over 60 have been arrested in connection with the suicide atattacks on easter sunday that list -- that left at least 359 people dead. we knonow after nine bombers, oe was a woman. thee are conducting investigations at the moment. has claimed.s. on theibility, but funding part, we are conducting investigations. >> could you start by telling us ?bout the security lapses the prime minister did not seem to know about the threat. >> neither the p prime minister nor the president. there is growing anger now that .hese warnings were not heeded the united states has said it did not have knowledge of these attacks that were going to take place, but ther

vladimir putin signed an order for people making it easier for people living in ukraine to get russian passports. in response, the ukraine president has called for more international sanctions against russia, denouncing moscow as quote, an aggressor state. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has called for a new referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. by the yeyear 2021 if britain leavs the european union. she said the scottish government will introduduce legislation setting the rules s for a second vote, which would first need the british government's approvoval. the leaders of ireland and the u.k. were among hundreds of guests today attending the funeral of slain northern irish journalist lyra mckee. she was shot by irish nationalists last week during a riot in the city of londonderry, also known as derry. a catholic priest leading the ceremony today told the congregation that her death must march a turning point for northern ireland. the sermon had from -- some uncomfortable moment for political leaders there. reporter: the murder of the young journalist lyra mckee b

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 and analysts here argue mr putin is looking to revitalise the diplomatic process, not undermine it. 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

bear in mind that vladimir putin invited kim jong—un to come here a year ago and it's taken him time to make the journey and the timing is important. this is about the fact that the talks with donald trump had broken down. what kim jong—un wants talks with donald trump had broken down. what kimjong—un wants is talks with donald trump had broken down. what kim jong—un wants is the easing of sanctions on north korea. economic sanctions which are hitting his country's economy. vladimir putin and russia are signed up to the sanctions against north korea because of the nuclear programme but they do advocate easing those sanctions and don't believe that pressure is going to bring about major change on the korean peninsula that the international community is pushing for. potentially vladimir putin is an important ally for kim jong—un, alongside china, in pushing for a different approach in resolving the issue. sarah, thank you very much. joining me now is former british ambassador to north korea, john everard. very good to have you with us. listening to what sarah is saying about wh

russian president vladimir putin inserts himself between president trump and kim jong-un, offering to help them get back on track with denuclearization talks. tonight, we're learning what kim told putin about it at their summit. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. troubling new numbers for president trump. a just-released national poll shows 58% of those asked say they believe the president lied about matters that special counsel robert mueller investigated. only 31% of people asked think mr. trump told the truth. and tonight, he's still trying to discredit mueller's findings, even going so far as to call the entire investigation, and i'm getting the president now, an attempted coup. we'll talk about that and more with congresswoman madeleine dean of the judiciary committee. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, the president has a new line of attack on the mueller investigation. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. as yo

he believes vladimir putin. has no reason not to. so you are -- i don't think you're going to get the right audience with him. >> he's about the only person in the country that believes that. the point i'm trying to make is, it's hurting our country. because if he acknowledged that, a third of country will follow what he says. if he made a speech today and acknowledged, saying no collusion and no obstruction of justice but the russians attacked us, it was a serious thing, we need to respond and can't let this happen again, that would help our country. i think that's one of the big points of the report. now, we can talk about in the collusion part, full, the first volume of the report, there's a lot of things redacted and i think -- i remember in law school learning about a concept called conscious parallelism. that means there's no agreement, but two sides operating in a way they know is going to benefit each other. that seems to come through in the report. i think you read a sentence or john read a sentence that indicated that. they

moscow confirms talks between vladimir putin and kim jong un will take place in russia's far east on thursday the details of their first ever meeting have been kept top secret. islamic state claims responsibility for sunday's bomb attacks in sri lanka which took more than three hundred lives. also this hour r.t. investigates the links between the us government and facebook as the social media giant introduces its new general counsel a legal advisor at the u.s. state department. for the use of its. coats and if they have it they're ready to shoot. and a high profile german bodyguard reveals why it's so difficult to deal with the clans making berlin a hotbed of ethnic crime. you're watching our to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned six pm welcome to the program. anticipation is growing over the upcoming talks between vladimir putin and kim jong un the kremlin has confirmed they will take place in the city of water bus stop in russia's far east this thursday moscow opinion had been keeping the details of the first ever meeting between the ru

former president obama says he warned russia's vladimir putin to stay out of u.s. elections. >> i felt the most effective way to ensure that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out or there would be serious consequences if he didn't. >> reporter: white house critics wonder whether the west wing is getting serious begin the president's son-in-law jared kushner's comments on the subject this week. >> you look at what russia did, buying facebook ads, and it's a terrible thing. i think the investigations and all of the speculation that happened the last two years has had a much harsher impact on our democracy and a couple facebook ads. >> reporter: now senior white house official conceded the president and his team have been more focused on border security than cyber security in recent months saying the border was the first, second, and third topic on the president's agenda. the official suggested former secretary nielsen is attempt to go to repair her image. wolf? >> there's more breaking news coming in. the former secretary of state, hill

vladimir putin and kim jong-un meet face-to-facacfor the fifirt time in moscow, offering to break the north h korean nuclear standoff after eight yield summit with donald trump. -- after a failed summit with donald trump. police in sri lanka raid houses overnight in an investigation into the deadly blast that continues. meanwhilile, churchehes have b n ordered to stay close until security improves. they closed until security improves. plus, a marchand said don to call on the military to give power to a civilian counsel -- in sudan to call on the military to give power to a civilian counsel. several members resigned after the demand from the opposition. news,oming up in business the proposed merger between two isjapan's largest banks now scrapped in the fear that the risks outweigh the rewards. ♪ >> thank you for watching live from paris, we start with a summit between the russian president and kim jong-un, who met in the russian city. meeting,e first ever vladimir putin offered moscow's help to break the deadlock over north korea' nuclear weapons programs. the meeting comes some two

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

putin. in particular what mr. kim thinks about donald trump and what that may mean to u.s./north korean relations. more from washington. >> reporter: north korea's angry dictator is venting. kim jong un gave the russian president a brutal view of where he thinks he stands with donald trump. kim told putin the situation on the korean peninsula is at a stand still and reached a critical point to where it will return to its original state and kim accused president trump and team of acting in bad faith. kim jong un is frustrated. the last summit in hanoi was a failure. >> trump walked out after kim asked for the sanctions against north korea to be dropped. they are worried about how kim might take out the frustrations. >> my worry is that kim because high had a bad summit in hanoi might make provoking steps that might start a diplomatic effects in the peninsula. >> what is more interesting, he chose to share them with another of america's foes, vladimir putin. putin asked him to play the role of

the first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin is about to begin. anzac day services are underway across australia and new zealand, and in turkey, but security has been tightened because of the christchurch attacks. 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 i commemoration at gallipoli. hundreds of australians and new zealanders are attending. in auckland, prime ministerjacinda ardern and prince william, are at an anzac day civic service. phil mercer is in christchurch at the bridge of remembrance. an occasion for commemoration, of course, an occasion for commemoration, of course , a an occasion for commemoration, of course, a celebration of shared humanity with particular resonance this year. those were the sentiments of the new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, addressing adorned service in the city of auckland earlier today. the anzacs, by the way, where the australian and new zealand army corps who fought so bravely alongsi

kim jong-un gets a warm welcome in russia ahead of the summit with vladimir putin. are the north korean and russian leaders making president trump jealous? (ding) hey, who are you? oh, hey jeff, i'm a car thief... what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. so get allstate... and be better protected from mayhem... like me. ♪ >>> tonight kim jong un is getting the red carpet treatment from vladimir putin. the north korea leader arrived in russia for his first meeting with the kremlin base. our senior international correspondent matthew chance is at the summit site for us. what do we expect from the kim putin zblumt the main event of the day is coming up in the next few hours with those face-to-face meetings between president putin of russia and kim jong un. the kremlin call it first contact with the north korean leader. after a lengthy armored train ride from pyongyan

breaking news as moscow confirms talks between vladimir putin and kim jong un will take place and russia's far east on thursday the details of their first ever meeting have been kept top secret amid security concerns. also this hour islamic state claims responsibility for sunday's a bomb attacks in sri lanka shook more than three hundred lives. plus r.t. investigates the links between the us government and facebook as the social media giant introduces its new general counsel a legal advisor at the u.s. state department. has a register called kill. the rich kill. and a high profile german bodyguard reveals why it's so difficult to deal with the clans making berlin a hotbed of ethnic crime. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. breaking news this hour anticipation is growing over the upcoming talks between vladimir putin and kim jong un the kremlin has confirmed it will take place in the city of laudable stock in russia's far east this thursday moscow n.p.r. news had been keeping the details of the first ever meeting betw

could vladimir putin be kim‘s new best friend? donald trump will be watching. steve rosenberg, bbc news, vladivostok. the time is 1.13pm. our top story this lunchtime. cases of measles almost quadrupled in england last year, as a report warns more than half a million children in the uk may not have had the jab. coming up... the huge surge in the number of aianbs. we look at what it means to local communities. andy murray is said to be "cautiously optimistic" about returning to playing this summer. his mum judy says it‘s early days after his hip surgery injanuary but that he‘s back hitting a ball. the duke of cambridge is visiting new zealand, a nation still coming terms with last months devastating mosque shootings when 50 people were killed. he began his two—day visit by attending an anzac day memorial service to commemorate the country‘s war dead. earlier william met four—year—old alen alsati at a children‘s hospital in auckland. she was injured in the terrorist attack and only awoke from a coma earlier this week. hywel griffith reports from chr

but there were no real agreements, but some important messaging on vladimir putin side. he said that to moscow and washington agree on the need for north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. probably made the administration very happy, but also said that pyongyang needs more security guarantees including with countries other than the u.s., and guess what, russia is one of those countries that he thinks there should be a guarantee fro from. for his part, pyongyang kim jong un probably a little bit disappointed that he did not hear them or give in terms of te economy, and perhaps vladimir putin helping to ease some of the sanctions that are really doing the north in so much, but it was also following what some at least think was a failed summit failed summit between president trump and kim jong un back in february. another chance to stretch himself on a global stage. one last thing about russian president putin, he said that he will be debriefing president trump, and you have to believe that president trump will be listening to that. you will also be debriefing the chines

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nothing to add for me here vladimir putin was very clear about what he meant by that but the next turn in the conversation was quite obvious the moderator wondered that if there had been no proof of the russian collusion is there now a possibility that a lot of more potent could come to washington or possibly that the us russia ties could start at least gradually or in some way again start getting back to normal well of a lot of our putin said that he wasn't really hoping that much would change and that regard and he actually went on to say that the us internal politics are. indeed trouble he used the words serious crisis let's have a listen to how he elaborated on that. is part of a wider crisis in the us political system and the groups that attack illegitimately elected president they don't accept the choice of the american people they want to overturn the result is a political crisis unlike anything we've seen in u.s. history. but let's stay away from the u.s. for now and there was something else that was actually quite special about this particular international arctic form the par

russian president vladimir putin is currently holding his first ever summit with his north korean counterpart kim jong il and they both expressed a willingness to work together to try to bring peace to the region. hopes that we will have a substantial exchange of goods. i'm sure. also human rights groups have condemned as grotesque the beheading of thirty seven people by saudi arabia and the largest mass execution in years one even crucified in public. also a new un report claims 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. among the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to walk we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do want the u.s. and nato we will work with each other. hello there welcome good morning just gone eight o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now within the last hour and kim jong un sat down together for their historic summit in russia

kim jong—un will soon travel to russia for his first ever meeting with president vladimir putin, according to north korean state media. while no specific date has been announced, the kremlin has also revealed the two will meet "in the second half of april". laura bickerjoins us from seoul. so this meeting could be pretty eminent? yes, i mean, we are expecting widely reported that it could be at the end of this week. we have had no official confirmation. what we have had in the last few hours is the first north korean confirmation that kim jong—un will travel to to see vladimir putin in russia. we are hesitating to announce where it might be. at the moment what we are hearing is that it could be in vladivostok because the russian president vladimir putin is due to travel to china and it is widely reported that he might want to stop off in vladivostok for that meeting which the border town, the port town is very near the border with north korea so it could be that thatis with north korea so it could be that that is the venue for the summit, but it is interesting timing for kim jong—un to

it has always been vladimir putin. what the obama administration did for a number of years to engage with them and was an utter failure and in many ways encouraged vladimir putin on aggressive behavior that led, i could screw with the to t 16 elections and get away with it. rob: they were soft on russia, wanted to play nice with a man that i don't think knows how to play nice and doesn't respect anything but strength. you believe that emboldened vladimir putin. he thought i can do anything i want because obama is not going to touch me. >> including going into the ukraine, initial us response to the crisis, all these things that up to create where we got today and what people forget is donald trump came into office, his policies have been rocksolid against russia across the board, supporting ukraine in georgia to pushing nato to revitalizing himself to continuing the sanctions, pushing back against energy projects the russians are using to undermine european security. rob: the rest of the world, look at examples, crimea

today kim traveled to russia pete with vladimir putin, putin said he will share details of their meeting with u.s. government. government. elizabeth: thank you for your report. >> vladimir putin said north korea is ready to denuclearization, but does the world believe that in joining me now one of world's leading expert on china, michael pillsbury from hudson institute, author of the hundred year war. what is your take on the medical bill fors on warm beer. fora warmbier. >> this outrageous, in china they sent a 1 million dollar bill for keeping as hostages air crew from the p-3 aircraft. their pilot caused to have to land in their territory. we did not pay it, there is no reason to pay this bill either. bill was not properly signed 234-forby a guy in a coma, if ag we should ask them for a bill for death of otto warmbier. this is not part of the big picture. this visit to putin is a sign of dedesperation, it sounds like putin did not support chairman kim. sounds like he is saying more positive things for president trump. this may be a major success for the president, but chairman kim is

it's almost a year since russian president vladimir putin and fighter. north korean leader kim jong un to russia now today finally met face to face for the first time i thank while russia and north korea and neighbors ties have become more distant so instead collapse of the soviet union both leaders say they want to change that. i am proposing a toast to happiness and the beautiful future of our two countries people as well as the health of our comrades and friends here. do you know rice ation dominated the two leaders nearly two hour long private meeting with inside the united states and russia have mutual interests and that is a north korea without nuclear weapons or terribly we're going to what is denuclearization it is to a certain extent disarmament of north korea of course i have spoken about it all the time and can confirm once again the north korea side speaks about it as well democratic people's republic of korea needs guarantee of its safety and sovereignty even though no concrete results were announced came and put in both used this summit to

putin. kim jong un was given a warm m welcomome in vladivostok. the meeting is seen to rekindle a relationship with its old ally and to send a message to donald trump that the north koreans have other options on the table. >> after weeks of speculation and secrecy, kim jong un a arrived from russia on n wednesdayy ahead of f a planned meeting with vladimir putin in the port city of vladivostok. the two two are expected to talk trade and economic ties but the main focus will be e on north korea's nuclear program and the revival o of stalled talks with w washington. kim is likely to ask put on the limit economic sanctions while he meeting will help bolster regional politics, though the two don't expect any major breakthrough. >> we don't expect successes here. we're talking a process but russia wants to essentially send a message that it is an important player and russia should be factored in when korean issues are discussed! , the last time the two countries' leaders melt was s i 2011 when ki

vladimir putin meeting with heather: he says he will brief the us on the meeting. what kind of impact will russia's influence have on the trump administration's talks? >> vladimir putin loves summits like a car - he loves instagram. he likes being out there. despite that, i am going to give vladimir putin the b plus because he stayed on message and reiterated the importance of denuclearize in. russia has a part to play here, russia has to do with us at the un security council and has been pretty decent about keeping harsh sanctions on north korea. it did not hurt and might have helped a little bit. >> is this unfolded, the difference between how the last summit with kim jong un ended with the photo ops and those types of things being canceled and in terms of kim and denuclearization, he says that they can a being north koreans only need guarantees about their security. it won't be possible to get by without international guarantees, unlikely any agreements between two countries will be enough. what will those guarantees be? >> there needs to be a guarantee, and a s

vladimir putin and kim jong-un toast their new friendship. can russia do what the u.s. has -- has not? persuade north korea to abandon its nuclear arms. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the u.s. and all around the world, welcome. the president of france today presented reforms, hoping that they will and months of yellow vests protests. protests which have challenged his authority. in a bid to restore order to the country, i is pledging to cut income taxes for the middle class and make it easier to hold referendums. he also says there will be no tolerance for a repeat of the violent protests of recent months. >> today, above all, public order must return. it is essential that we come together. i don't want the actions of some people to eclipse the just demands put forward at the start of this movement and that were broadly supported. brent: joined here is my colleague. she has been covering the yellow vests protests for some time. the french president, you say he is willing to cut income taxes, what else? >> he -- his talk was significant. it's the first time he

north korea's leader is in osvladivostok for a clely watched summit with vladimir putin. laura: welco to our viewers on public television here in america and around the globe. it is another day of mourning in rei lanka as more funerals held for the victims of the easter sunday attacks. the death toll has risen to 359 peop. at least 500 were injur' the nation'president is calling for the resignation of top security officials, as we are learning more about those who carried out the attack. here is the bbc's clive myrie. clive: mourning for the majority christians who died is not confined to the catholic church. at this grand mosque, prayers included thoughts for the hundreds killed, murdered in the name of a perversion of islam. the rituals remain the same. but something has changed here now. there's an undercurrent of fear that tre might be christian reprisals from that whole by thety has been tarred barbarity of a few, in a city that has eured so many years of interreligious cooperation. "not in our name," say the trustees of the mosque, denouncing the bombers as enemies

. >>> north korea's kim jong-un meeting face-to-face with russia's vladimir putin. should president trump be concerned? >>> after days of protests, police release body cam individual yes of two officers opening fire on a car near yale university with two unarmed people inside. >>> speaking out. a new message from britney spears on the rumors and death threats against her family. >>> plus, we'll hear happen here in this street fight. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena. we are monitoring reports of severe weather hitting the south this morning. the national weather service is urging people in the fort worth, texas area to stay off the roads where reports of heavy rain, flash flooding and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. several water rescues have also already been reported. let's get straight to nbc management bill karins for the latest on this. good morning. >> good morning. we are watching the areas north of dallas. 5 inches of rain was reported overnight. that's where they were doing the water rescues. and i

vladimir putin, nicolas maduro, you're both on notice. all of this as today marks the 500th day five americans have been held hostage in a caracas prison by nicolas maduro. this is a story we originally broke, and we've continued to report on exclusively right here on "trish regan primetime". the vice president, as i said, they did -- he did, as well as mike pompeo, meet with the american families whose loved ones are being held there, and i spoke with the daughter as well as one of the wifes of one of the hostages there. they've had no communication with their father, with their husband because of the power outages there. so there's a lot of concern that keeps mounting. joining me right now for a look at how we deal with all of this and how we deal with vladimir putin is former trump deputy national security adviser kt mcfarlane. it is good to see you, ma'am. thank you for coming on the program. >> it's an honor and a pleasure is, and congratulations to you and this prime time success, trish. you go, girl. [laughter] trish: thank you, kt

is counting on the russian president vladimir putin as a sort of middleman and delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership of course we do understand that the next destination for mr putin is beijing but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message can get all the way to washington through moscow. directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has it today with the situation on the korean peninsula but it's. something else very important that we heard from the russian leader was that mr putin is confident that one of the essential desires of pyongyang and the north korean leadership is international security guarantees guarantees for the sovereignty of the d.p. r. k. and when it comes to nuclearization. and believes that the only way forward is through giving guarantees to the north korean leadership for years russia's position on this has been in fact it was laid out in the. road map that was put together together with beijing is that. they only have to use mutual consent. the keyword is mutual and these concessions should come from bo

in the stories of the week of the first summit between vladimir putin and north korea. relations with the focus also on breaking the nuclear. option. is jailed in the u.s. for failing to register as a foreign agent but. she's a victim of washington's current political climate. none of. us were illegal. themselves but she got caught up in this. claimed victory in an election that has also seen the far right of parliament for the first time in over four decades. and saudi arabia comes under fire from the un and human rights groups for mass execution with concerns that the charges against the thirty seven mostly shia men were trumped up. broadcasting live. in the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our international. ride from a nuclear free north korea to biological relations vladimir putin met for the first time on thursday in russia's far eastern city. after nearly two hours of face to face talks the leaders expressed their willingness to further develop relations and tackle the situation on the korean peninsula. we just had to. say should we managed to t

source confirms a meeting between vladimir putin and kevin jong is to take place and lot of us talk on thursday the details of their first ever meeting have been kept secret. also this hour islamic state claims responsibility for sunday's deadly bomb attacks and sure longer which claimed the lives of three hundred and twenty one people. and are to investigate the links between the u.s. government and facebook as the social media giant introduces its new general counsel who is a legal adviser at the u.s. state department. for the monthly average of cults and kills if they have a good reason to kill. plus a famous bodyguard from germany it reveals how berlin has become an epicenter for criminal ethnic clans and why it's so difficult to deal with the issue. you're watching r t international bringing you in your live news update from our studio here in moscow where it's just turned three pm welcome to the program. we have breaking news this hour as anticipation is growing over the upcoming meeting between a lot of air putin and kim jong un and according to an r.t. source it will take place