North Korean media releases images of Kim on white horse up sacred mountain
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule.
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The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule.
Tensions are continuing to intensify between Iran and the US.
A meeting between the two countries this week ended unexpectedly early.
The meeting is expected to happen before the end of May.
Tomorrow is the deadline to reach agreement.
After almost a decade of stalemate, three rounds of negotiations since September led to a pre-dawn interim deal in Geneva.
US Secretary of State is to leave for London, while Iran’s chief negotiator expressed doubts over a deal.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that Iran had baulked at a proposed deal just as world powers were set to sign up to it.
The Iranian president says that there are “red lines that won’t be crossed”.
Talks involving the US, China and Russia aimed at easing tensions over Iran’s controversial nuclear programme have been taking place in Geneva.
Last night’s phone conversation was the first direct contact between leaders of the two nations in 34 years.
The call to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme shows evidence of an unprecedented opening of relations between the two nations.
The US wants to suss out if Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani’s charm offensive is for real but there’s no sign of a handshake with Barack Obama just yet.
Pyongyang says talks must be held on the basis that nuclear states are equals – but the US says it won’t ever acknowledge it.
High-level talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan this weekend.
The New York Times reported that the US had agreed one-on-one talks with Iran after the November presidential election but the White House has denied this.
The diplomat said nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran were “very constructive” – but that a second round looks likely after a morning session between the two sides today.
After talks with Russia, North Korea is reportedly willing to start six-day disarmament talks without prior conditions.
Turkey has agreed to the proposal to host nuclear talks but other powers have yet to comment.