North Korea: Trump cancels Singapore summit with Kim

Summary

Donald Trump cancels next month's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
He says it was because of "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent North Korean statement
The summit had aimed to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons
It would have been the first time a sitting US president met a North Korean leader
Earlier, North Korea appeared to blow up tunnels at its only nuclear test site

Live Reporting

Yaroslav Lukov and Max Matza

'Successful outcome not possible' - Pompeopublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the summit was cancelled because a "successful outcome" did not seem possible.
"Over the past many days, we have received no response to our inquiries from them [North Korea]," he told US lawmakers.
Mr Pompeo said the US was ready for the meeting, adding that he "regrets" remarks North Korean officials have made over the few days.
Earlier on Thursday, North Korean official Choe Son-hui dismissed remarks by US Vice-President Mike Pence - who had said North Korea "may end like Libya" - as "stupid".
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who renounced nuclear weapons in 2003, was killed by rebels in 2011.
North Korea says US Vice-President Pence's comments 'stupid', external
NK officials 'shocked' by newspublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
Mr Trump's letter appears to have caught North Korean government agents travelling with foreign journalists in the country off guard.
"I can tell you there is a real sense of shock," reports one American journalist, who read out the letter to the officials.
Journalists have been visiting North Korea to watch the country dismantle its nuclear test tunnels at Punggye-ri.
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The three test site tunnels were officially "destroyed" earlier today.
North Korea nuclear test tunnels at Punggye-ri 'destroyed'
South Korea 'attempting to make sense' of Trump movepublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
A South Korean official tells the Washington Post's Anna Fifield that South Korea is "attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means".
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Trump's letter to Kim in fullpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
President Trump's announcement came in the form of a letter to North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. In it, he warned Mr Kim "you talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used".
He added "some day, I look very much forward to meeting you".
Trump blames 'open hostility' for cancelling summitpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 24 May 2018
US President Donald Trump has cancelled what would have been an unprecedented meeting with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. In a letter, he said due to the "tremendous anger and open hostility" from Mr Kim recently, it would be inappropriate to meet now.
We will be bringing you reaction to the move as it happens.