A tremendous discussion. European. Public. Stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments this is the weekly international. Their top story donald trump made history by becoming the 1st sitting u. S. President to enter north korea he briefly crossed into the. Meeting with its leader kim jong il for hurriedly arranged talks initially proposed on social media. Didnt confirm that. Until the very last moment they did the leadership across the demarcation line korean Demilitarized Zone which sits in the middle of the worlds most. Heavily fortified border area kevin said he was surprised that Donald Trumps offer to get together was announced on twitter but added that he believed it marked a positive step for his part said he was delighted to have crossed into the north. Since my honor. I didnt really expect to be repaired for the g 20 we came over to. Over here i want to hold him and we got to meet and step think of course that was a great honor a lot of credit. To the president has just walked across the demarcation line that made him the 1st u. S. President to visit our country i believe just looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future. Yes what does it actually mean while i discuss the implications of the meeting with our senior correspondent. Trump said to himself the speed is no longer for the essence theyre now talking about progress rather than speed so in that vein theyve now come up with working groups negotiation groups from the north korea from the United States to get together and they to try to find common areas whether they agree theyre going to start meeting in 2 or 3 weeks so well see if progress comes from that but of course sanctions sanctions are the thing that really everything theyre saying on memory or something and look im looking forward to taking the more i dont like sanctions but you know on his country im looking forward but the sanctions remain useful but at some point during the negotiation things can happen and thats what well be talking about it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north Korean Leader and trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite depressing because there was completely nothing that came out of that. As for north korea they have got the coup of getting a sitting u. S. President on to their land the 1st ever time what else what do they want to hear well donald trump said the North Koreans wanted the sanctions to be lifted the completely and he said that theres theres no way that that is going to happen and now the north Korean ForeignForeign Affairs minister came out and said no we are we asked for sanctions to be lifted partially and that the United States demanded something extra. To denuclearization to to go ahead and begin lifting sanctions which he said is an acceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the United States all these speak clearly to the fact that the world dream of the United States to bring us to our knees by means of sanctions and pressure has not changed at all but grows even more undisguised the u. S. Senate and thursday passed a bill that would allow for the strengthening of sanctions with the with regards to north korea soon so you know there is a trust issues well that sanctions is the issue that this is the overriding theme is that is there any sense do we have an idea when they may be left or otherwise theyre looking for concrete details concrete achievements before they begin lifting sanctions and they want them verified but again its going to take time denuclearization efforts progress to be put in place and then verified by the United States will then take that but as i said trust big issue we dont expect. To of the truth thats where were going to verify any denuclearization that takes place thats why we will ensure that we see actual on the ground on the ground outcomes were not going to take anyones word for it this is going to take time and a lot of effort and they need to keep talking. For more and. Development lets talk to a frame inbar frame is the president of the Jerusalem Institute for strategy and security and joins us live on the program do you see this meeting as more symbolic or productive as donald trump called it. I think its basic political seattle both sides have been interested in meeting president of course its a beginning go. Electioneer and he likes this type of. The 1st president to read on north korean soil it sounds good. Kim of course is into said International Legitimacy and the result of this meeting is working committees and we all know what committees mean its polkas to nation and i doubt very much if eventually. Jim will give up its Nuclear Weapons which are basically. You sure us policy for surviving as an independent nation the meeting as far as we know was spontaneous not the usual preparations that go into heads of state coming together do you think this somehow lays down a marker for future diplomacy especially in terms with donald trump just saying listen to his foreign minister etc im going to talk whether you like it or not. When we all know the President Trump is quite unpredictable. He likes those gestures he likes to surprise his. Advisers and the International Community this is part of his personality. Kim jong il and say stuff the handshake in the to militarize own symbolizes change thats a big statement when it comes from north korea is it the case do you think. I dont think so because. A lot of interests that they do not agree upon and also we shouldnt forget that. Its part of the chinese bloc and. Economic wall of. China. Some of call this a photo opportunity for donald trump saying its part of a ploy really to get him back into the headlines ahead of the 2020 alexion when the democrats are having their debates and having their time in the press do you think that hes going to move on from issue to issue and perhaps where you are introducing him the israel palestine conflict is going to be where he tries to really get something sorted now that hes going to put his pressure and his emphasis on. Well obviously he started last week then conference in which we try to advance. Peace plan. It was only partly successful because the palestinians refuse to participate and to enjoy some of American Financial aid. And it is possible that he will come again to the middle east after all israel is one of the few countries that is very poor trump and he likes being here. But again this is another issue in which its hard to predict much progress sure just on todays news then both leaders we know exchanged invitations for official visits for kim jong un to go to washington do you think that will happen and what would the establishment what would the u. S. Political spear say about that if came john then came to washington and spoke with donald trump. I see a visit by kim it would be no more supplies for north korea and it would be a mistake of the United States. Allow him to get this type of id and internationally without making. Any concessions for example one clear concessions its america interested in is great of transparency of the Korean Nuclear program so far refused to open up a nuclear program. All right we have been speaking to a frame president of the Jerusalem Institute for strategy security thank you for your time. In a desperate bid to capture the moment that will go down in History Press pools from north korea the u. S. From tickly to make sure they got their best shot. To the front of the. Ok. Button that we should be suppressing us us were here. Well the reporters crowded side the building used to host the impromptu talks between kim Trump White House press secretary you can just about make out there that Stephanie Grisham was reportedly left just a little bruised and battered doesnt turn this rush to occupy the meeting room prepared for the 2 leaders well the plan with the efforts really coming to the fore this week the whole moscow and washington are also edging towards better relations about president s putin and trump agreed to hold new arms controls talks that occurred at the g. 20 summit which wrapped up on saturday and shipped out and he was in osaka for us he takes us through the other big developments but. You may like it or not but the 20 year round table isnt the biggest summit attention grabber the reality is that everyone is keen to know what happens at the socalled buy a last and the one that the media was hungry for the most happen on friday the face to face between donald trump and Vladimir Putins one and a half hours behind closed doors or wait the journalists were there just for a little bit at the very beginning not to the delight of mr trump. And to a cleese trauma to make american journalists leave him alone on one particular matter donald trump said this. Was. Going to. Bring a whole. New day soon after time after time the president s kept repeating how happy they wore with how they got along the meeting was good and businesslike we discussed the whole area of issues which are of interest to russia and the united staes we spoke about their economic relations russia sees that american businesses are interested in developing better relations with russia we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion president putin most of it was really a tremendous discussion i can see trade going out with russia we could do fantastically well we do very little trade with russia which is ridiculous frankly so from now on the top diplomats of russia and america will be working together on a new framework for global arms control plus the administrations. To join afterwards to boost mutual train and donald trump is considering coming to moscow in may next year he was invited there for the victory Day Celebrations another leader who got an invitation by the kremlin was Emmanuel Macron and we found out here and. Mr mccausland wont have a problem with saying hello when he comes to russia. So as you can see great vibes that that late night meeting to like when putin was with you case to resume a for the 1st time in 3 years london is set to remain an cold war mode with moscow the good g 20 news though is those who were in panic mode because of us china trade wars can breathe with relief for now were going to continue the negotiation we agreed that i would not be putting tariffs on the 325000000000. 00 that i would have the ability to put it on if i wanted to have a tremendous relationship with president nobody else would have the deal that we were getting tens of billions of dollars from china coming in indeed donald trump xi Jinping Bilad worked its magic no new import tariffs for the time being and further talks to try and and the trade wars all together now everyone who is really making this planet spin angle maracle Shinzo Abi Mohamed been remote and aired on who by the way heard for the 1st time from donald trump that washington wasnt treating fairly sometimes got their fair share of headline making by a lats and we as journalists got. Quite a few amusing moments here and. Yes some fascinating images there coming up in the program a Washing Powder. By challenging traditional promoting gender equality that story on plenty more after the break. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. For something i want to. Let you go right to be close this is like the 3 of them all cant be good. Interested always in the august. 31st. All right lets start back now with what is potentially a very significant story this week the European Union has launched a new Payment System aimed at helping its firms bypassing u. S. Sanctions on iran brussels is odds with washington after the u. S. Unilaterally ditched the 2151. 00 mark Nuclear Accord and reintroduce strict trade restrictions the sanctions at busting tool is called the european financial settlement mechanism or for short in sticks washington has threatened to sanction any country that buys all from iran tehran responded by saying it will increase production of low enriched uranium to near weapons grade levels if it is not guarded from the u. S. Sanctions. Well Americas Campaign of maximum pressure and to run does not end there irans foreign minister has accused donald trump of violating International Law with his threats to and i quote obiter rate or President Trump should remember that we dont live in the 18th century there is a United Nations try to force these either you go lets just timeline this if we go back to choose the mr trump threaten to run with a ration if iran attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of a war with iran he boasted it would be a quick of her but now that he doesnt want one. Then on friday the u. S. Sent more stealth fighters to the persian gulf increasing its military deployment there the president of iraq was among those to speak out against it he warned that the u. S. Will be a lot to use his nation to launch any kind of military action against neighboring countries. The american troops the Coalition Troops in iraq again at the invitation of the Iraqi Government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want our territory to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran though u. S. Secretary of state my pump a. O. Says it wont be done to anything the United States hours dawn if war breaks out. Americas done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict there is war if there is a kinetic activity it will be because the arabians made that choice the pressure or the approach that the americans or their allies have had toward iran has impact that this behavior iran now we are in this collection more than the region as a result of the United States withdrawal from the nuclear deal and then followed by maximum pressure against iran on the one side were seeing americans talking about negotiation on the other hand youre using military threats as well as economic war against the country this shows inconsistency as well as i think ambiguity in their policies because i think donald trump is enjoying advisors conflict viewpoints towards iran and other International Issues and this has caused this broad chaos to the white house in relation and is of iran dissolution in the region needs cooperation and talks and diplomacy between different sides in the region this is the argument of iran. Lets turn attention in the program now to pakistan where a Washing Powder on verge has triggered gender equality rather and i think comes after consumer goods giant procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. That. You have that advertised and those images really have drummed up plenty of reaction including expect on social media with some people even calling a lie for a taste to take action against the brand boycotts dariel who are muslim and we love our culture or religion and our rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand i miss my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel the soonest possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycotts ariel Prime Minister of pakistan we want ariel cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media you have a story has got people talking we asked a number of social commentators whether the detergent and was right to push the boundaries of cultural norms in pakistan. I dont think its a big u. S. Companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture or if it was women speaking up against their own culture that would be one thing but i feel that its very wrong for a western company to come in and insert themselves in a culture that maybe isnt adapted the same way that American Culture has and a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country their desire has been for women to have more rights to you know education to Financial StabilityFinancial Empowerment thats come from within the culture so for these women to be on the commercial simply gives them a platform to add enhanced their voice that theyve already been using this kirshner may set back that agenda this commercial may set back that initiative for these women this commercial may create children are you married at the age of would it be a gallon can it be i understand how much that were not sure brady and peyton are getting to know marilyn company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why why you came saying how i see any women i think theyre really pushing the envelope when theyre dealing with sharia law and just like i dont want sharia law to come here to one merica and take over my western American Values i dont necessarily think i think its very confrontational to go into a country that does have sharia and insert western values there has never in the history im just as if youre going to acknowledge that any type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak youre not going to acknowledge if we were in america in the 1928 if it were not about women sitting up there is not america up against not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is and not to marilyn to speak up against lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. 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