and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president donald trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. in an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to rain in its leader kim jung un‘s nuclear ambitions. the relationship i ve had with china, it s been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what we ve already had. on north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. but he had some surprising words of praise for supreme leader kim kim jong un. dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that po
it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where president donald trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. in an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to reign in its leader kimjung un‘s nuclear ambitions. the relationship i ve had with china, it s been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what we ve already had. on north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. but he had some surprising words of praise for supreme leader kim kim jong un. dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or any
president trump has warned that a conflict with north korea, which is trying to develop nuclear weapons, could kill millions of people. he argued that getting chinese help to deal with north korea was more important than becoming involved in a trade dispute with beijing. in an interview with cbs news he also described the north korean leader, kim jong un, as a pretty smart cookie. sarah corker has the latest. so far, mounting diplomatic pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. pyongyang has launched two failed missile tests in the last two weeks, the latest one on saturday. and in a wide ranging interview on us television, president trump stepped up the rhetoric. if he does a nuclear test, i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don t believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy either. you mean military action? i don t know, we ll see. but he also warned of the consequences of conflict. massive warf
a conflict with north korea, which is trying to develop nuclear weapons, could kill millions of people. he argued that getting chinese help to deal with north korea was more important than becoming involved in a trade dispute with beijing. in an interview with cbs news he also described the north korean leader, kim jong un, as a pretty smart cookie. sarah corker has the latest. so far, mounting diplomatic pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. pyongyang has launched two failed missile tests in the last two weeks, the latest one on saturday. and in a wide ranging interview on us television, president trump stepped up the rhetoric. if he does a nuclear test, i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don t believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy either. you mean military action? i don t know, we ll see. but he also warned of the consequences of conflict. massive warfare, with millions, potentially
to environmental causes, but says he s now spending the money to take on trump. hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has warned that a conflict with north korea, which is trying to develop nuclear weapons, could kill millions of people. he argued that getting chinese help to deal with north korea was more important than becoming involved in a trade dispute with beijing. in an interview with cbs news he also described the north korean leader, kim jong un, as a pretty smart cookie . sarah corker has the latest. so far, mounting diplomatic pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. pyongyang has launched two failed missile tests in the last two weeks, the latest one on saturday. and in a wide ranging interview on us television, president trump stepped up the rhetoric. if he does a nuclear test, i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don t believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy either. you