Julian Borger and Benjamin Haas in Singapore, The Guardian: Trump-Kim summit: US to offer unprecedented security deal
Mike Pompeo says assurances Trump will offer Kim will go further than 2005 agreement
North Korea is to be offered unprecedented security guarantees when Kim Jong-un meets Donald Trump in Singapore, the US secretary of state has said on the eve of the summit.
Mike Pompeo did not specify what security assurances Trump would offer Kim but made clear they would go even further than a 2005 agreement in which the US pledged not to attack North Korea with nuclear or conventional weapons.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 11, 2018
A look at what to expect from the Kim-Trump summit -- Foster Klug, AP
The Guardian view on the US-North Korea summit: realism should trump hope -- Guardian editorial
Dealmaker Donald Trump meets powerbroker Kim Jong-un — can they do business? -- Stan Grant, ABC News Online
Kim Jong Un could give up ICBMs but keep some nuclear forces -- Kim Tong-Hyung, AP
Trump's G7 bust-up shows risks for North Korea summit -- AFP
N. Korea, the U.S. and the strange path to Singapore -- The Cipher Brief
North Korea summit explainer: the people, problems and possibilities -- Benjamin Haas, The Guardian
What happened in Singapore on the eve of Trump-Kim summit? -- Tamer Fakahany, AP
Turkey election: All you need to know about the June 24 polls -- Al Jazeera
Congress rebukes Trump over lack of Syria policy -- Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor
Why is radicalism growing among Indonesian students? -- Rizki Nugraha & Ayu Purwaningsih, DW
Italy's coalition on collision course with EU after migration standoff -- Jon Henley, The Guardian
Lula: Brazil's bitter divide personified -- DW
Trump's trade tirade casts Canada in unfamiliar role of America's bad guy -- Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian
As Trump attacks, Canada goes to Plan B: same as Plan A -- David Ljunggren, Reuters
U.S. - Canada relations: From a special relationship to a 'special place in hell' -- Benjamin Sveen, DW