Cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Thanks for being with us. The president is gearing up for the meeting with kim jongun. But much ahead of that trip has been on china and the issue of tariffs. President trump is tweeting that he is delaying a hike in tariffs in china, as progress is being reported in the trade talks. Heres what mr. Trump said sunday about a potential trade deal. Listen. If it all works well, well have big news over the next week or two. And its really been terrific. I tell you, that whole relationship has been outstanding. We put ourselves into a position of strength, for the first time in about 35 years or probably a lot more than that. China is great. We want to make a deal for both countries and thats what were doing. Lets look to the markets. Modest gains across asia. In shanghai, stocks have surged. President trump says on twitter he hopes to finalize a trade deal with a u. S. Summit if there is more progress. Our steven jong is fo
a military test. they blew up a satellite just before the war started, and they had to maneuver the station to avoid the debris from this test that they did on their knees. the whole rahman, and haul reminder of our top news stories. russian forces led by mercenaries from the vancho rupe say that they ve gained control of the eastern ukrainian town of solid. our chief denies the claim fighting in the area has intensified in the past days. as russia tries to gain ground that developed earliest they know the terrorist state. and it s for again this to try to pretend that some parts of our city of solid are almost completely destroyed by the occupiers. if some kind of rushes achievement, they will present and are already presenting this to their society in such a way as to support the mobiles ation and to give hope to dos with support aggression. but the fighting continues. the donya direction is holding out and we without a break even for one day, do everything to strengthen uk
for many more centuries to come. i m at the priest al jazeera with these are the top stories here on al jazeera and police, and germany are a victim climate activists from a small town that s going to be turned into an open pit. coal mine, a quote, has rejected their protest as requests to stay, and police have started. removing them that fasten is at the proudest camp in a littler police has said definitely come in to the village of little hot air right now. as you can see, they are already in the streets or where the houses of lou to that are standing there still. only a few houses that remain villages have left its village quite a while ago, but its been there occupied for the last 2 years. my year climate active is saying this, a village should stay, it has become an international symbol or for to fight against climate change because dozens of villages have been destroyed over the decades. to make way for this mind, a gas while a mine, one of the largest lick night mines
were allowed in awe. reminder the stories now and i ll just hear a russian forces have stepped up their assault on the eastern ukrainian salt mining town of soda, ukraine s president said the area had been flattened by fighting. the british defense ministry says it appears. russia has taken control of much sorta, and in doing so blocked key ukrainian supply and communication lines to back moot. char stratford has more from keith present zalinski last night, acknowledging that the battle for solid was indeed intensifying. he saying that the ukrainians had in his words, one time in order to get more men and supplies in sight, that town now solid is around 20 kilometers, ne of the town of buck, mood, of course, buck mood is seen. some of the most intensive fighting over recent weeks and months . a town that is often nicknamed a meat grinder because of the sheer amount of men that have been killed in it. on both sides, for hills president has criticized the army for not doing eno