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Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
Top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the European Commission. And africas football stars grabbing in the spotlight that is the africa cup of nations gets underway in egypt we report on the issues beyond the stadiums democracy activists have denounced egypts hosting of this turn. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong are likely to center on changs Nuclear Program now that after a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us President Donald Trump ended without any agreement and with china backing sanctions on the north and that strain ties between those 2 countries. Its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north koreas closest foreign ally many times over the years. She jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. We are ready to
Says a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution on World Refugee day we look at the plight of egypt Rohingya Muslims from being marked living as refugees in bangladesh. And who get the European Unions top job france and germany clashed over who should become the next president of the European Commission. Plus of the womens world cup in france some acrobatic goalkeeping by japan was not enough to tame england the lionesses put on a dominant display to secure their spot in the last 16. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st aid. Visit there talks with his host kim jong un are set to center on kangs Nuclear Weapons program a summit earlier this year between kim and u. S. President donald trump ended without any agreement and china then backed sanctions on the north so ties are currently strained between those 2 countries its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has vi