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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, July 1st,

and this is your FT news briefing.

U.S. President Donald Trump

says North Korea and the U.S US would start working to resume nuclear talks

after meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un on Sunday.

The US and China eased trade tensions at the G20 Summit, but outside commentators are a bit more cautious about

the outlook.

Angela Merkel's compromise plan to fill the EU's top positions has hit a wall of opposition.

And H.S.B.C. tells China it's not to blame for the arrest of

Huawei's Meng Wanuong Joe.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

Good to see you again.

I've never expected to meet you at this place.

On Sunday, Donald Trump made history as the first sitting U.S. President to visit North Korea. Mr. Trump crossed into the demilitarized zone

that divides the Korean Peninsula for his third encounter with North Korean

dictator Kim Jong-un.

Ed White is the FT's sole correspondent.

He has more on the meeting.

This meeting came about in an unorthodox fashion.

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