
Trump-Kim Summit Confirmed
Trump: ‘They want it, we think it’s important and I think we would be making a big mistake if we didn’t have it.’
After meeting a senior North Korean envoy at the White House, Mr Trump says that his summit with Kim Jong-Un will happen in Singapore on 12 June. He told reporters afterwards that “they want it, we think it’s important and I think we would be making a big mistake if we didn’t have it.”
Also in the programme: how do American steelworkers feel about the new US tariffs on Canadian, European and Mexican steel? And as the Kenyan President orders civil servants to undergo lie detector tests as a way of fighting corruption, we speak to an expert about how well they actually work.
Picture: US President Donald Trump poses with North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol outside the White House. Credit: AFP Photo.
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