It is only a few months since Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un were trading insults and threatening to launch World War Three, yet on Tuesday morning they laid aside the rhetoric and met for the first time.

In a major breakthrough, Mr Trump and Kim signed what the US president said was a "very important" and "pretty comprehensive" joint statement.

Kim declared the "world will see a major change" and that he and Mr Trump had "decided to leave the past behind" as they signed the document. 

At a press conference later in the day, Mr Trump said Kim had told him North Korea was destroying a major engine-testing site used for missiles, but maintained international sanctions on Pyongyang would stay in place…

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