
Kim Jong-un to Meet South Korean Leader
The leaders of North and South Korea will meet next month in the first such summit in more than a decade.
The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to meet on the border next month, in the first such summit in over a decade. South Korea says the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has suggested he would be willing to discuss getting rid of nuclear weapons if the country's security could be guaranteed.
Also in the programme: The mystery surrounding the sudden illness of a former Russian double agent in the UK; and the perspective of an American woman living in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.
(Image: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un shaking hands with the head of the South Korean delegation, Chung Eui-yong, on a recent visit to Pyongyang. Credit: AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
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