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30/06/2019 GMT

Trump to meet Kim in the DMZ

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Trump confirms meeting with Chairman Kim; authorities prepare for more Hong Kong protests

President Trump has confirmed that he'll be meeting the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, shortly when he goes to the border between the two Koreas.

Also in the programme:  Authorities in Hong Kong are preparing for further protests on the eve of the anniversary of the handover to China.

Plus the political battles being fought in the United States over a woman's right to have an abortion.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Dea Birkett, a British writer, journalist, broadcaster and a former circus performer, and Dr. Mark Kersten, a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto in Canada.

(Image: U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. Credit: Reuters)

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