A Surprise Meeting between the leaders of North And South Korea its the second time in just a month that theyve held talks top of the agenda the success of a summit between north korea and the United States despite President Trumps cancellation of that summit just days ago. And in european soccer fans are counting down to tonights Champions League final titleholders real madrid taking on liverpool in a dream match up will be looking at the tense run up to the big game. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us we begin with what appears to be a sea change in ireland ballots have been counted in more than half of the countrys constituencies after yesterdays referendum showing over two thirds of voters voting in favor of Scrapping Island strict abortion laws. Yes votes
counterpart kim jong un as diplomatic efforts to rescue kim summit with u. S. President all trump continue now the two leaders met inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two koreas south korean Officials Say they had a candid exchange of views of making the u. S. North korean summit a success its the second meeting between the two men within just a month coming just days after President Trump first canceled his summit with kim then suggested it may happen after all. Ok were going to get the perspective from washington our correspondent there Claire Richardson standing by for us Claire How Is Washington reacting to this Surprise Meeting between the two Korean Leaders. Hi christopher were still waiting to see exactly what kind of reaction were going to get from trump and the white house we do know that the white house has announced that a team is planning to leave from washington to Singapore Today to iron out some of
the details for the planned meeting on june twelfth as though trump has never walked away from this arrangement but we know that the Surprise Meeting between the north and south Korean Leaders as you say also focused on they say that it focused on ensuring that a successful american north Korean Leader summit does take place at some point of course this would be historic if trump just sit down with kim it would be the first time a sitting u. S. President meets with a north Korean Leader a lot of the details still need to be fleshed out so thats why we would see this team in singapore trying to determine an agenda some of the nitty gritty Details Behind exactly what the optics of this meeting with look like although weve seen the back and forth on again is it off again it does seem that there is still diplomatic wrangling taking place to try and ensure that some sort of meeting can occur. Off to singapore the u. S. Negotiating team theyre going to be setting the agenda war that is the american
agenda you know the white house has been mentioning that diplomats in the background of busy talking to each other to make sure that theres so much is a success one of the main stumbling blocks for the u. S. So there certainly are several stumbling blocks and in fact its going to be a more difficult Possession Position for the United States now that trump said that he would walk away from this meeting in some ways it strengthens the north koreans hands as being seen as taking the high ground they came out with a very conciliatory statements the other day saying that they were willing to hold talks at any moment so if theres going to be coming back to the table were going to have to see exactly what kind of concessions north korea is willing to make what United States is willing to make and theres also the issue of trust weve just seen that this meeting between a key u. S. Ally south korea with the north you would generally expect to see the United States there side by side with south korea in a message of support and instead we see this Surprise Meeting between south korea
and the north without the United States involvement its going to be a matter of making sure that the United States actually has a say in these negotiations and that they dont see China North Korea and south korea for example cutting some kind of deal without their involvement ok clear many thanks for that clear richardson washington correspondent. Time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world in from thousands of Trade Unionists began march you know position to president calls labor reforms but fewer people turned out than to reform unionists angry over Public Sector job losses and reductions in workers benefits the government has failed to push ahead with their reforms. A psych loan has battered the Arabian Peninsula bringing devastation to parts of amman and to parts of Neighboring Yemen and leaving at least two people dead a month Third Largest city has been the worst yet theres also been heavy flooding
in nearby rural areas and. The crown prince of saudi Arabia Mohammed bin has reportedly imposed a ban on Government Agencies awarding contracts to German Companies thats according to the people online website it says the kingdoms de facto ruler isnt happy with berlin stance on riyadhs Foreign Policy its decision could endanger exports totaling almost Seven Billion euros. And european soccer its the biggest evening of the year tonight with the Champions League final kicking off in the Ukrainian Capital Kiev Spanish giants real madrid are going for an unprecedented third title in a row but another traditional name liverpool stands in their way to clubs with a Rich Heritage in European Competition facing off for its top prize. Round the dread the holders the galactic holds. Against
liverpool the reds club synonymous with european glory one of them a lot another chapter to their last years history by winning the Champions League. We are again in the Champions League final and you know and were going into it with a lot of confidence this is the minute we will try the very positive way everything to bring the boys. To show the boys why it makes so much sense to be really brave in that game real madrid are chasing a Third StraightChampions League title. Dan has molded a group of talented individuals into a winning machine on the european stage but one man stands tall amongst them kristie on the right now there was netted fifteen times in the Champions League this part of the whole rail dulls in a competition. When you had christiane zero in the team for the best and he proves
it every year but five times champions liverpool have this competition in their blood they used to dominate but their last title was Two Thousand And Five now they have german culture your club excel in abroad his top man is Mammoth Salah back home in egypt hes a mega star and the final copy crowning glory he has played this season which is outstanding. And has not potential to improve so thats a really good news real madrid against liverpool we could be in for a classic in here. And now for something completely different is there life on mars thats a Question Scientists are hoping to find out more about soon with the help of a joint European Russian program called exo mars two years ago that program launched a probe to the red planet and after a long journey the probe has now descended into an orbit low enough for it to sniff the planets surface for me think why methane me thing would be a possible indicator that life once existed on mars or perhaps still to us
scientists are hoping to determine whether the methane is a result of geological or biological activity the team is excited about the possibilities. Mars of course has his very special thing is that that there is actually a place that you can imagine yourself walking on eventually with a not too far in the time in the future surely people will be walking on mars that makes this very exciting and then to think about this idea that they might have been some kind of life or even exist today on the ground that makes it a very special place despite differences on Earth European and russian cooperation in space could help unlock the mysteries of the red planet. A quick reminder for you the top stories at the moment partial results in ireland show moving two thirds of voters support ending the countrys new total ban on abortion in the official results are expected very very soon the north korean and south Korean Leaders have