In gaza, after hamas gave what it called a Comprehensive Vision to mediators. Mr netanyahu . Office said he also planned an assault on rafah, the city in the southern edge of the gaza strip where more than half of the territorys two and half Million People at residing. Meanwhile, a ship carrying Food Supplies for gaza has arrived, and is now waiting off the coast in a test run of what is hoped will become a new route for aid into the territory. The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has been speaking about the negotiations. Answering questions from the press in austria, mr blinken said both sides were working to bridge the remaining gaps. He said he was yet to see a plan for the Israel Military in rafah. You asked specifically the Israel Military in rafah. 7m. Asked specifically whether weve seen the plan, and now we have not seen the plan, and now we have not seen it. Regarding the hostages. Yes, there has been a Counter Proposal put forward by hamas, i cant get into the details o
You are talking about years of hostility, years of problems, years of really hatred between so many different nations. President trump met with north korean vice chairman kim yongchol for more than an hour yesterday. The president says they talked about many things including sanctions and denuclearization. Mike, the president said that he explained that removal of sanctions would only happen if they were willing to denuclearize. At this point it is still incredibly unclear if thats something north korea would ever agree to. The president did say that he hopes eventually he can remove sanctions that are on north korea. Mike . Mike Ellison Barber leading us off from the north lawn of the white house, ellison, many thanks. You bet. Mike one issue that wont be up for negotiation on june 12th is the number of american troops stationed in south korea. Thats according to defense Secretary Mattis, who says the deployment is strictly between the u. S. And seoul. Garrett tenney has more from was
The next few days. take it slow. mike: daniel from the weekly standard and free beacon. many thanks. thank you. mike: u.s. delegation back in beijing to talk trade as concerns of an all out trade war escalate. the negotiations coming after the white house moved to revive the threat of tariffs on chinese imports and slapped canada, mexico and eu with steep metal tariffs. we have more. commerce secretary ross is in beijing trying to substantially change the trade relationship between the united states and china. the commerce secretary is reportedly scheduled to have dinner with china s lead negotiator, vice premier tonight and then another meeting with him tomorrow. the trump administration says it wants china to dramatically reduce its 375 billion dollars trade surplus with the u.s. the president wants to cut that gap 200 billion dollars by 2020. the administration also wants china to allow american businesses greater access to its economy. earlier this week, the white
Take it slow. mike: daniel from the weekly standard and free beacon. many thanks. thank you. mike: u.s. delegation back in beijing to talk trade as concerns of an all out trade war escalate. the negotiations coming after the white house moved to revive the threat of tariffs on chinese imports and slapped canada, mexico and eu with steep metal tariffs. we have more. commerce secretary ross is in beijing trying to substantially change the trade relationship between the united states and china. the commerce secretary is reportedly scheduled to have dinner with china s lead negotiator, vice premier tonight and then another meeting with him tomorrow. the trump administration says it wants china to dramatically reduce its 375 billion dollars trade surplus with the u.s. the president wants to cut that gap 200 billion dollars by 2020. the administration also wants china to allow american businesses greater access to its economy. earlier this week, the white house said it is moving forward
Kelly cobiela. she s in soeoul. what can you tell us? this possible break through came after that four-plus hour face-to-face between a high-level south korea delegation and kim jong-un himself in pyongyang. that delegation back today. the head of the delegation, also south korea s national security adviser, then announced today that north korea was willing to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons. saying the country has no reason to possess nuclear weapons when military threats are resolved and when north korecorkorea s rs guaranteed. not necessarily an unconditional offer there, stephanie. the south koreans are also saying that north korea is willing to talk to the united states about denuclearization and about normalizing relations and they re willing to put those