Trump-Kim summit: Singapore meeting begins as US and North Korean leaders shake hands – live

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have met at the Capella hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore, the first meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

They shook hands on the steps of the hotel before cameras. By Trump’s standards it was a relatively low-key handshake, with no jerky movements, though it lasted for about 12 seconds.

Trump and Kim will first have a one-on-one talk before they are joined by advisers for talks later this morning.

The leaders address the media before walking into their one-on-one discussion. Donald Trump says he is confident the talks will be a “tremendous success” and that “we will have a tremendous relationship, I have no doubt”.

Kim Jong-un says “it has not been easy to get here” and that “the old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles, but we have overcome them and we are here today”. - Th Guardian

Trump-Kim summit: Singapore meeting begins as US and North Korean leaders shake hands – live