in singapore, and eight in the morning in north korea where russia s president, vladimir putin, is expected to arrive in the coming hours, for a two day state visit. the visit has been announced on north korean state television though no other details were given. it will, however, be the first visit by mr putin to his country s eastern neighbour in 2a years. satellite images of pyongyang s airport and main square indicate signs of preparations for mr putin s visit including the sort of construction set up that is usually used for parades. russia s state news agency tass said president putin is travelling to the country on a friendly state visit on the invitation of north korean leader kim jong un. the leaders last met in the russian city of vladivostok last september with mr kim travelling there on his private train. the us will be watching the visit very closely. what we are concerned about is the deepening relationship between these two countries. notjust because
every move is watched. it s another thing trying to keep up with him. austria escaped but they have the capacity to do more than survive. the austrians have been on good form and here for christoph baumgartner, a great chance. commentator: and maignan did his job superbly. a sliding doors moment because in a blink, the match moved on. mbappe moved on, mesmerisingly. commentator: it s an own goal. france have taken the lead. typical, magical. a conjuring trick that made poor max wober the stooge. it is easy to take mbappe for granted, so when he got away here, everyone knew what would happen next. until somehow it didn t. commentator: and misses. goodness me! so for didier deschamps, this was not yet comfortable and for mbappe, less so. his nose felt the force of trying to score a second. eventually he went off. that would be their last problem though. les bleus are on their way. this was not spectacular but for this much fancied france, it is a start. patrick gearey, bbc ne