Someone hasjust asked if someone has just asked if we are picking up tweets during the programme. We definitely are. Weve been talking about Donald Trumps trip to brussels today. Donald trump will be flying to sicily to model where there is a two day summit. How do you assess today . It was quite a strange day. You do not have to be a Body Language expert to feel that a lot of the nato leaders, european leaders, were uncomfortable with donald trump standing up on the stage and harrying them about not paying their fairshare harrying them about not paying their fair share for defence spending. The promised mark of 2 of gdp, the majority of nato members do not do that and he essentially lectured them, it could i did me of Inauguration Day when donald trump stood up and talked about all of the politicians behind him saying they we re politicians behind him saying they were benefiting the rest of the country was not. If we look at that in the context of america that is precisely what a lot
Was 15 kilotons. World leaders issued rapid responses. President barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. The japanese Prime Minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. The president of south korea called kim jongun fanatically reckless. They are holding a closed door meeting in the Yunited Nations N two hours. We are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. Will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. Probably more than any other western journalist. What is pyongyang up to . Kim jongun, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north Koreas Nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. In addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u. S. , still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. The week before that, there was a submari
London. This is cnn newsroom. After five long years of war, a chance at peace may finally be in sight for syria. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, announced a ceasefire deal on friday. Under the plan, a czessation of hostilities across place in Syria At Sundown on monday. Secretary kerry says it should end the barrel bombs and end to the indiscriminate bombing of civilian neighborhoods that has left scores of people dead. The agreement comes after months of fruitless efforts to reach a ceasefire between the Syrian Regime and moderate syrian rebels. Our Nic Robertson has details now from geneva. Reporter so key to the czyzration of hostilities working, secretary kerry said for the United States to put pressure on the opposition to keep good on their obligations and for russia for their part to keep assad good on his obligations. He said the United States assessment is thats what russia would do. This is how he put it tod
Germany will defend "every square foot" of NATO territory should Russia attack an Alliance member, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a Baltic heads of government meeting in Latvia on May 6.