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BBC OS: US North Korea Secret Meeting

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US North Korea Secret Meeting

18/04/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, US North Korea Secret Meeting

Reaction to the secret meeting between the US and North Korea.

President Trump has confirmed that the CIA director, Mike Pompeo, held a secret meeting with the North Korean leader last week,

Reaction to the news that the nominee for US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has met with the North Korean leader. 
Also today; Coffee chain Starbucks will close thousands of branches in the US for an afternoon next month to carry out ‘racial-bias’ training. We'll try to find out more about the training. And a major surfing tournament in Australia has been cancelled after two shark attacks.

(Photo: Mike Pompeo, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump. Credit: Yuri Gripas/Reuters, KCNA handout via Reuters, Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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