a sincere discussion in order to ensure the shuttle into korean summit is successful. now a date for that summit has been set on april twenty seventh north korea s leader kim jong un will come here to the so-called truce village of panmunjom on the border between the two koreas if the meeting goes ahead it will be only the third of its kind since the end of the korean war more than sixty years ago. the announcement came a day after it was confirmed km young un made a surprise visit to china where he met president xi jinping china s foreign ministry said kim pledged his commitment to denuclearization. tension over north korea s nuclear weapons escalated last year after pyongyang tested several ballistic missiles sparking a war of words between community and u.s. president donald trump. but since the winter olympics in south korea
and not and with the next weeks or months. in moscow thank you. to washington now we join. correspondent claridge s and welcome clare the u.s. government presumably was expecting this latest set of explosions. yeah it s hard to imagine that the u.s. would not expect some kind of reaction especially since the russian foreign ministry said right away that they would respond with retaliatory measures now we re seeing that that means sixty people being expelled from russia to match the sixty russian diplomats who are being sent home from the united states also a similar timeframe they ve been given a week for them and their families to leave the country much as the case was much as was the case in the united states and we need to remember that this expulsion from the u.s. of russian diplomats was the largest one that we ve seen in the united states since the mid eighty s obama had sent people home previously about thirty five russian
the storm starting in april seventh on d w. this is d w news live from berlin tonight russia hits back in the diplomatic war over the poisoned ex spot and it is a chance for that response russia s foreign ministry says that the country is expelling sixteen u.s. diplomats and closing america s consulate in st petersburg for bringing a reaction from washington and moscow also coming up
but if we don t do something today it will be too late. thailand has restricted tourist sites before to protect its environment for example and twenty eleven dozens of diving sites were closed to protect coral reefs but with the number of foreign visitors expected to grow the government has a tricky job it needs to find the right balance between protecting the environment and drawing tourists. back to the breaking news the foreign ministry in moscow says it will shut down the u.s. consulate and the move is being made to respond response to washington s decision to a spell russian diplomats following the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain will not fade on that story at the top of the. news .
some breaking news coming in the foreign ministry in moscow says it will shut down the u.s. consulate in cent petersburg the move is being made in response to washington s decision to expel russian diplomats following the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei strip are in britain we ll have an update for you on that story of course at the top of the hour in d.w. news as briggs it looms british businesses are increasingly i m sure about what to expect when the country has left the e.u. but if it effects companies of all shapes and sizes from big multinationals to small manufacturers because most of them have one thing in common they depend on sales in other european markets alex pool has profited from the craft beer boom he and his partner founded the brewery by the horns six years ago we do explores the causes are we explored to cover the sweden norway italy more recently russia