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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves the Russian city of Vladivostok in his armoured train after his summit with President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departs Pyongyang for his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam. IMAGES
Donald Trump says his summit with Kim Jong Un represents a one-time chance to forge peace between the US and North Korea as he prepares to fly Saturday to the venue in Singapore. SOUNDBITE
The United States describes Russian President Vladimir Putin as desperate over the Ukraine conflict in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "Having to travel across the length of his own country to meet with an international pariah to ask for assistance in a war that he expected to win in the opening month, I would characterize it as him begging for assistance," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron says Russian President Vladimir Putin made a terrible mistake in pulling out of the deal to protect Black Sea grain exports. "He decided to weaponize food, and I think this is a huge mistake," Macron says. SOUNDBITE
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's Ebrahim Raisi attend the CICA summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, a cooperation forum of 27 Asian countries. An opportunity for Russia to strengthen its alliances in the context of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES