Demarcation line at the korean Demilitarized Zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. We will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. In over 4 Million People filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modernday lgbtq movement. We will hear voices from the que er liberation march. First, were honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 ors ago at the stonewall bar. Amy all that and morere, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a a historic first for a sitting u. S. President , donald trump crossed through the Demilitarized Zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking sidebyside with north Korean Leader kim jongun after kim greeted him at the demarcation line. They agreed to resume do new causation talks come although trump said sanctions on north korea would remain for now. North korea had said in previous negotiations that sanctions relief is a necessary precondition to any sort of deal. The symbolic move came 24 hours after trump wrote a message on twitter offering to meet kim at the dmz after the g20 summit wrapped up in japan, and four months after Nuclear Talks bebetween the two leaders broke down in february when President Trump walked out of the the nm summit. Well havave more on this story after headlines. In hong kong, thousands have taken to the streets today, the anniversary, they return of hong kongs control 22 years ago. Dozens of protesters breached the legislature building, where they were met with riot police. Protesters continue to call for chief executive carrie lam to step down over a contested bill which would allow for extraditions of hong kong residents and visitors to mainland china, which critics see as an infringement on their legal rights and on the independence of hong kong. Lam has postponed the legislation, but has not fully withdrawn it. The u. S. And c china have reachd a temporary trade truce after a meeting between trump and chinese president xi jinping saturday at the g20 summit inn japapan. The truce delays a new round of 25 taririffs on 300 billion of chinese goods. Trump also walked back a recently announced ban on selling u. S. Equipment to Chinese Telecom giant huawei. He said china will in return import large amounts of american agricultural products. The trumump administration said, however, that no timeline had been set to reach a longerterm trade deal with china. Also while at the g20 summit, trump met with Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salman, praising him as a reformer and telling him you have done a really spectacular job. Trump refused to answer questions from reporters about bin salmans role in the death of Jamal Khashoggi last october but said the prince was very unhappy about the killing. The United Nations u. S. Intelligence officials and u. S. Lawmakers have all found credible evidence that the crown prince was directly implicated in ordering Jamal Khashoggis murder. In sudan, at least 10 people were killed after tens of thousands took to the streets sunday, the first mass demonstration since the deadly crackdown on a peaceful protest camp by Security Forces in early june, which killed at least 128 people. Ramadan, ie 29th of felt my blood boiling in my veins. So i have to come out tonight. I had to march. I had to march for everyone killed. Add a march for the martyrs that died, march for the girls that were raped. I had to march to achieve something, anything. Amy i amid an internet and press blackout, reports emerged of police deploying tear gas, live ammunition, and stun grenades into crowds. Demonstrators are continuing to demand a civilianled government after a monthslong Popular Uprising led to the military overthrow of longstanding authoritarian president Omar Albashir in april. In afghanistan, a bomb explosion near a Defense Ministry building injured at least 65 people, including nine children, in n te capital kabul today according to local officials. The taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was followed by a gun battle with afghan Security Forces. The attack comes after a weekend of violence across the country and as u. S. And taliban officials meet for another round of peace talks in qatar, to discuss the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from afghanistan. Around 300 people, mostly fighters from m both government and taliban forces, were reported killed ovover multiple attacks s friday and saturday. Eight election workers were among those killed in a Taliban Attack on a government compound in kandahar province sunday. Afghanistan is currently gearing up f for a president ial election at the end of september. R. In italy, Police Arrested carola rackete, the 31yearold german captain of a refugee rescue ship saturday, after her vessel collided with an Italian Border Police boat as she attempted to dock at lampedusa port. Rackete and 53 refugees were caught in limbo at sea for over two weeks in need of medical care and food, as authorities refused to let the seawatch 3 dock and passengers disembark. This is rackete speaking from aboard the ship the day before she was arrested. The concerns about these [indidiscernible] which are also my responsibility. Frustrated and suffer psychologically frfrom the sisituation. Amy she was referring there to italys antiimmigrant interior minister matteo salvini, who refused to let rackete dock her ship and called her actionons an act of war. German officials and human Rights Groups have praised the seawatch 3s mission and condemned the Italian Government for criminalizing humanitarianan aid. The u. S. Senate friday rejected a measure restricting trumps ability to go to war with iran without congressional authorization. The proposal would have retroactively attached an amendment to the 750 billion National Defense authorization act, which was passed thursday 868. A similar, bipartisan amendment to prevent unapproved military action against iran was also introduced in the house last week. In an unexpected partnership, liberal billionaire donor george soros and rightwing billionaire charles koch have teamed up to finance a new think tank with the mission of moving u. S. Foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. The cofounders of the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft, which launches in september, include trita parsi, founder of the National Iranian american council, and andrew bacevich, retired colonel and vietnam war r veteran both outspoken n critics of u. S. Military and foreign policy. On friday, the Supreme Court rejected alabamas attempt to ban dilation and extraction, the most common secondtrimester abortion procedure. If allowed to go into effect, the law would have affected 99 of abortions performed after 15 weeks. In may, alabama signed the nations most restrictive abortion ban into law, effectively banning the procedure except in cases where a pregnant persons life is at serious risk. That law is currently being challenged in lower courts. In another decision friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by the Trump Administration over its move to end deferred action for childhood arrivals. Four federal appeals courts have since blocked the repeal of daca, which affects the immigration status of nearly 800,000 formerly undocumented people who were brought to the u. S. As children. The court will hear the case in its upcoming term, which starts in october. A federal judge has barred President Trump from using 2. 5 billion in Defense Department 10 to gone funds to build a border wall following his declaration of a National Emergency in febebruary. The move by california judge Haywood Gilliam comes in response to two separate lawsuits, and expands his ruling in may that said trump does not have the authority to circumvent congress to appropriate the funds required for construction. The aclu brought one of the suits on behalf of the sierra clubub and the souththern bordrr communities coalition. Gloria smith, an attorney at the sierra club applauded the decision, saying walls divide neighborhoods, worsen dangerous flooding, destroy lands and wildlife, and Waste Resources that should instead be used on the infrastructure these communities truly need. Former new York City Police detective and outspoken advocate for 9 11 responders, luis alvarez, died saturday at the age of 53 after a threeyear battle with cancer. Earlier this month, alvarez spoke before congress, alongside other 9 11 responders and former the daily show host jon stewart, urging lawmakers to extend healthcare protections for rescue workers like himself, who became sick after responding to the september 11, 2001 terror attacks in downtown manhattan. This fund is not a ticket to paradise. It is there to provide for our families when we cant. Nothing more. You all said you would never forget. Well, i am here to make sure that you dont. Amy the house is expected to vote this month to permanently extend the september 11 Victim Compensation fund, and Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnelel told a group of First Responders last week the senate would work to pass its authorization by august. In virginia, james fields, a selfdescribed neonazi who killed activist Heather Heyer at an antihate rally in 2017, was sentenced friday to life in prison. Fields plowed his car into a crowd of antiracist protesters in charlottesville at a counterprotest of the white supremacist unite the right rally. Following the rally and heyers killing, President Trump claimed there were very fine people on both sides. Heather heyers mother, susan bro, reacted to the verdict. The last time i saw my daughter was to identify her body and a sign the papers for her to be cremated. And i held her bruised hanan and bruised arm and i said, im going to make this count for you. And that is what i have done. And i will continue to do. You dont get to knock my child down and silence her voice without more than 500 raising up. You dont get to do that. Amy floridas republican governor ron desanantis signed a bill friday requiring formerly incarcerated people with felony convictions to repay all fines and fees to courts before they can vote again. Civil Rights Groups say it is essentially a poll tax. A lawsuit filed by former incarcerated people and groups including the aclu, and the nepalese cp immediately followed the move. Lastst november, 65 of floridaa voters a approved amendmenent 4, restoring Voting Rights to 1. 4 Million People with nonviolent felonies who have fully completed their sentences, by overturning a jim crowera law aimed at suppressing the black vote. But republican lawmakers have been w working t to stop the mee from beingng fully implememente. Follllowing the signing of fridays bill, the florida rights restoration coalition, which led the campaign to pass amendment 4, announced a new fund to help those with past convictions pay off f their fins and fees, and help them register to vote via the website wegotthevote. Org. You can see our interviews with desmond meade, the head of florida rights restoration coalition, at democracynow. Org. 2020 Democratic Candidates beto orourke and Julian Castro headed to the clint, texas, the immigration jail over the weekend, which has come under intense scrutiny over recent reports of inhumane conditions and child neglect. Castro, former san antonio mayor and secretary of housing and urban development under president obama, was denied entry into the clint child jail saturday. Former Congressmember Orourke participated in a rally in front of the jail sunday, calling out the dire conditions inside. Both castro and orourke also recently visited a homestead , florida, immigration jail, along with other 2020 contenders in town for the first democratic debate, including senators warn, Kamala Harris, kirsten gillibrand, and Bernie Sanders, as well as new york city mayor bill de blasio and south bend mayor pete buttigieg. In more news from last weeks 2020 democratic debate, democrats are condemning donald trump, jr. After he retweeted an altright personality during thurday nights debate who attacked senator Kamala Harriss identity as a black american, writing Kamala Harris is not an american black. She is half indian and half jamaican. Im so sick of people robbing american blacks of our history. Its disgusting. Harris family were actually slave owners. Don jr. Reposted the tweet, adding, is this true . Wow. He deleted the tweet later that night after coming under fire, including from joe biden, who clashed with harris at the debate over his checkered track record on race. Biden tweeted the same forces of hatred rooted in birtherism that questioned Barack Obamas american citizenship, and even his racial identity, are now being used against senator Kamala Harris. Birtherism was widely promoted by donald trump while he was campaigning for president. 36 jewish activists were arrested s sunday as they protested, along with hundreds of others, in front of an immigration and Customs Enforcement immigrant jail in elizabeth, new jersey. The protest, organized by never again n action, brought t toger activists from the immigrant community and jews, who called for an immediate end to ice raids, deportations, and immigrant prisons. And for Million People took to the streets of new york city sunday and the largest lgbtq pride celebration in history. The demonstration was just one of many taking place across the United States and the world this weekend. In some cities, events were banned and efforts to mark the occasion were harshly suppressed. In istanbul, clashes broke out between police and members of the Lgbt Community after the governor banned a planned annual march for the fifth running year. Back in new york city, there were two marches to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that sparked the modernday lgbtq movement. Hundreds of thousands marched down fifth avenue for the world pride parade, surrounded by. Illions cheering them on and in sheridan square, the very site where gay and trans people clashed with police on the Early Morning of june 20 8, 1969, tens of thousands more gathered for the anticorporate am antipolice queer liberation march. This is Anne Northrup composed of the free speech tv show gay usa. Intoe parade has involved a corporate party. We just think that is ridiculous and insulting and demeaning and disempowering. So we got together to bring the Community Back into the streets. Amy we will have more voices frfrom the queer liberation marh of tens of thousands later in the broadcast. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. PrPresident Trump made h history this weekend when he became the first sitting u. S. President to step foot in north korea. Trump met north Korean Leader kim jongun at the military demarcation line at the korean Demilitarized Zone. Kim then invited trump to cross the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. Trump then took about 20 steps into north korea. The surprise meeting came 24 hours after trump wrote a tweeted to kim jongun, offering to meet him at the dmz after the g20 summit wrapped up in japan. After meeting at the dmz, trump and kim then held a threeway meeting with south korean president moon jaein. Trump and kim then appeared together at a news conference. Pres. Trump it t is an honor to be with you. It was an honor that you ask me to step over that line. I thought you might do that. I was not sure, but t i was reay to d do it. It has been great. One of the folks from the media were saying this could be e aery historic moment. I guess that is what it is. I enjoyed being with you. Thank you very much. Amy north k Korean Leader kim jongun also addressed reporters. In fact, i was surprised to see your message that you wanted to meet me in the morning. Then i found there has been an official offer for todays meeting in the late afternoon. Our great relationship will continue to create good events that others cant expectct. I am confident it will be missed ago powers to lead us to overcome all obstaclcles. Amy when we come back from break, we will go to seoul, south korea, as well as hawaii, to get response to this historic m