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Related Stories US President Donald Trump has sat down with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore

The two leaders later signed an agreement in front of the world's press

North Korea "commits to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula"

Critics say the document does not contain any significant new commitments

It is the first time a sitting US president has ever met a North Korean leader

Live Reporting

By Helier Cheung, Tom Spender, Anna Jones and Andreas Illmer

All times stated are UK

9:28

That war games announcement

9:27

'Without Otto this wouldn't have happened'
The president also adds that without Otto Warmbier "this wouldn't have happened". Just as a reminder, Otto Warmbier was the student arrested in North Korea but who came home in a coma - his parents allege torture. Trump says the meeting was a vindication for his parents somehow.

9:26

US 'stopping war games'

Trump says the US is not reducing military capabilities as part of the assurances it will provide North Korea. But he says the US will be stopping its military exercises with South Korea - these routinely infuriate North Korea.

9:24

Trump says Kim is 'talented'

In response to a question Mr Trump says that Mr Kim is "very talented". He came to power at a young age and ran a country, and "ran it tough".

9:23

World 'really wants to engage with N Korea'
"We can replace the horrors of battle with the blessings of peace," Trump continues.

"There's no limit to what North Korea can achieve when it gives up its nuclear weapons," he says.
He says the rest of the world "really wants to engage with North Korea".

Kim could be "remembered as the leader who ushers in a new era of prosperity for his people", he says.

9:22

BREAKING Kim 'destroying major missile site'

Trump says Kim is "already destroying a major missile site".
This detail is not in the joint declaration because the two leaders agreed it after the document was created, he says.

9:22

Trump giving press conference

"Today’s the beginning of an arduous process – our eyes are wide open," he says.

9:19

Trump praises Kim

Trump says "real change is indeed possible".
"My meeting with Chairman Kim was honest, direct and productive," he says.

9:17

BREAKING Trump gives news conference

Trump has begun his news conference.
"We've had a tremendous 24 hours, a tremendous three months actually," Mr Trump says.
"It has the potential to be an incredible place," he says of North Korea.

9:13

Something to build on

Laura Bicker
BBC News Koreas Correspondent
The agreement that the two sides have signed is vague and lacking in detail. It only commits the United States and North Korea to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

There is no mention that the process should be verifiable or irreversible - which is what the US has been pushing for. There is no timetable to disarm North Korea nor is there any invitation for weapons inspectors to be allowed in.

The two sides have promised to hold follow up talks and work on efforts to build a lasting peace regime. This could lead to a treaty which could end the near 70-year war on the Korean Peninsula - however it looks like a long term process.

But this is at least a start. Something to build on. The enduring image of this day will be of a usually reclusive North Korean leader shaking the hand of the US president. A powerful signal that this relationship between two decades old enemies has changed.

9:11

Malaysia warms towards North Korea?

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says his country will reopen its embassy in Pyongyang. The two countries were embroiled in a diplomatic row after the killing of Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un's half brother, in 2017. There is widespread suspicion Pyongyang was responsible - something North Korea denies.

9:09

What has North Korea promised before?

You will be aware by now that many analysts are pouring cold water on President Trump's claims that this agreement is "comprehensive".

They say North Korea has signed much more substantial declarations after past negotiations.

So what has the Kim family agreed to in the past - only to later renege?

In 1992, the Koreas agreed to not test or produce nuclear weapons

In 1994, North Korea said it would freeze its plutonium weapons programme in return for aid
In 2005, it said it would abandon "all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes"

9:09

Trump tweets - with uplifting music

In case you needed any further confirmation that Trump is happy with how the summit's gone - he's just tweeted a video of his meeting with Kim Jong-un - complete with uplifting music.

9:06

'Floppy', a 'nothing burger'
More analysts have been weighing in and their invective has grown sharper at what they say is a lack of substance in the Trump Kim declaration signed earlier.
"We expected it would be a flop, but it's floppier than anything we expected," says Andrei Lankov from Kookmin University in Seoul.

"A tremendous, bigly, grand nothing burger," says Van Jackson from the University of Wellington, mocking Trump's use of language.

9:04

'Don't ignore human rights' - defector

North Korean defector Grace Jo watched coverage of the summit at the BBC's Washington bureau.
"I feel very sorry that human rights are not being discussed," she said.

"We can't separate the nuclear issue from human rights issues. They developed nuclear arms while people were dying of starvation, others in prisons."

China welcomes Trump-Kim talks

China has said it welcomes and supports the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Before the leaders signed the joint statement, China's State Councillor Wang Yi told reporters he hoped the two countries can reach a basic consensus on achieving denuclearisation, news agency Reuters reported.

"At the same time, there needs to be a peace mechanism for the peninsula, to resolve North Korea's reasonable security concerns," Wang said.

Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-44411114

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