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The councillor, who has represented the Princes Park ward since 2019, made history as she became the first black woman to lead a major British city. She claimed victory after voting went to second preferences, winning 59.2% of the vote while independent candidate Stephen Yip came second with 40.8%. Ms Anderson said "today is the beginning of the fresh start we all want and need" for Liverpool. Despite a tumultuous few months for the Labour party in Liverpool, it has retained control of the city council as well as Knowsley, Halton, Sefton, Warrington and St Helens councils. Wirral has remained under no overall control with Labour as the main party. Ms Anderson, 47, was selected as Labour candidate for the mayoral election after the previous mayor, Joe Anderson, stood aside due to an ongoing police investigation. Labour has controlled Liverpool City Council for a decade but has come under intense scrutiny in recent months following Mr Anderson's arrest along with four others in December. It follows an investigation by Merseyside Police into building and development contracts in the city. Mr Anderson, who is not related to the city's new mayor, denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offences. In her first speech as mayor, Ms Anderson apologised to the people of Liverpool for the findings of a highly-critical report into the governance of certain areas of the city council. "I have always held an unshakeable sense of justice and this is one of the reasons I have stood for the role," she said. "I am wholeheartedly determined to put our city on a restorative path after a difficult year." She said she was "proud and honoured" to be the first black woman directly-elected as a mayor of a UK city and the city's first ever female leader. "Liverpool has always been a city of firsts - one that does things differently and that charters its own path. Today we made history," she said. A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English council or Scottish or Welsh constituency to find out. Eg 'W1A 1AA' or 'Westminster' Shortly after the arrest of Mr Anderson and four others in December, the government announced an investigation into the council's planning, highways, regeneration and property management departments. It was later revealed that government-appointed commissioners will oversee parts of Liverpool City Council after inspectors found a "serious breakdown of governance". Analysis By Claire Hamilton, BBC Radio Merseyside political reporter It is an historic day for Liverpool - Joanne Anderson's the first woman to lead the city council and the first directly-elected black woman to lead any local authority in the country. But while the new mayor Anderson, who was described as a breath of fresh air by Keir Starmer, says she is going to do things differently, she has got to work hard to win back the trust of the people of Liverpool. Her first challenges are implementing the findings of the Caller Report and the prospect of government-appointed commissioners coming to the Cunard building, where her office will be, to oversee aspects of the council's operations. These "dysfunctional" parts of the council- planning, highways and regeneration- was why Stephen Yip's campaign was fought on transparency and accountability. He says people told him on the doorstep they were disillusioned with Labour - they wanted change. They have definitely got change. Joanne Anderson is no career politician, but she's still wearing the red rosette and Liverpool remains Labour. A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to [email protected] Related Internet Links Liverpool City Council

Labour's Joanne Anderson has been elected as the city mayor of Liverpool.

By Andrew WalkerBBC World Service economics correspondent But Spain is now also facing an uncertain economic outlook, with slowing growth and unemployment that is the second-highest in the EU, despite having come down from earlier highs. Although Spain did bounce back quite well from the global financial crisis, it took a while to get started. The economy either contracted or just about failed to grow for five consecutive years, starting from 2009. Once the recovery did get under way, however, Spain managed several years of growth in the range of 2.5% to 3%. Not stellar, but perfectly respectable. Unemployment has come down a long way from its peak, which was more than 26% for the adult population and almost 56% among young people. The figures are still high. On both those measures, it is the second-worst in the EU after Greece. Still, the progress is very apparent. Now, however, the outlook is somewhat cloudier. For next year, the International Monetary Fund forecasts growth of less than 2% for the first time since 2014. Regional tensions The political situation in Catalonia is a factor, as tensions continue between local separatists and the central government in Madrid. The region accounts for 19% of the Spanish economy. It is the largest regional economy in the country (though only just ahead of Madrid). After growing more quickly than the national average in 2016 and 2017, Catalonia slipped behind last year and probably will this year too, according to forecasts from economists at the bank BBVA. Spain has also been affected by the global economic slowdown. True, it is not as exposed as Germany, which as a big exporter of machinery and vehicles is especially vulnerable to the disruption of international trade that has followed from the more confrontational approach taken by US President Donald Trump's administration. But tourism has been affected by weaker demand from European visitors, while some Spanish regions, particularly in the north of the country, have seen export performance weaken. That said, Spain does not appear to be in imminent danger of suffering a recession, though the gloomier outlook does raise the spectre of the crisis. Economy Minister Nadia Calviño said in a BBC interview that the pattern of growth now is more sustainable than in the past. The crisis followed a boom in the construction industry and a surge in lending by banks, which were subsequently bailed out with the help of a eurozone loan. Ms Calviño said construction now accounts for a much smaller share of employment than it did then and families and companies have "deleveraged": that is, they have lower debts. However, the government's debt has more than doubled since before the crisis and a sharp economic slowdown would almost certainly force it to borrow more.

Voters are going to the polls in Spain on Sunday, in an election overshadowed by the crisis in Catalonia and the rise of the right-wing Vox party.

One of the starkest ways American women have achieved equality with men in the workplace has occurred in the military. The decision five years ago by then Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to open all positions in the armed forces to women - including combat duty - was largely applauded as a necessary step that benefited the military and society. But this levelling of the military playing field has led to a more divisive consequence - at the end of March the government's National Commission on Military, National and Public Service declared it is now time that women become eligible for the military draft - the procedure by which individuals are chosen for conscription - just like their male counterparts between the ages of 18 and 25. Currently, all male US citizens in that age bracket, regardless of where they live, and male immigrants - documented and undocumented - residing within the US, must register through the Selective Service System. These registrations create a pool of men who could be pressed into service if the US needs tens of thousands more troops to fight a war or if the country faces an existential crisis. Women have also been serving the US military for generations, from sewing uniforms during the Revolutionary War to nursing the wounded in World War II. But they have never been required to register for the draft, a stance increasingly at odds with the reality of American's modern military. "The mere fact that women would have to register would signal a national recognition that everyone is expected to serve if needed and that everyone's service is valued equally," says Kara Vuic, a war studies professor at Texas Christian University, who is writing a book called Drafting Women. More than 224,000 women are serving in the US military, constituting about 17% of the armed forces' 1.2m active duty members. More than 2,900 of those women have served in army combat positions since 2016, according to the national commission. It spent two years conducting dozens of hearings across the country. In its final report it recommended "that Congress amend the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA) to eliminate male-only registration and expand draft eligibility to all individuals of the applicable age cohort". The decision could be seen as moot. No one has been forced into military service in more than 40 years since the Vietnam War, mainly thanks to the creation and size of America's modern-day all-volunteer military force. But not registering with the Selective Service has implications, including exclusion from student loans or employment for the federal government. Beyond arguments that the draft change empowers equality between men and women, the commission noted that the US population growth rate is at its lowest in more than 80 years and that seven out of 10 Americans of draft age - both male and female - are unfit for military service. In 2009, a group of retired US generals and admirals formed a nonprofit group "Mission: Readiness" to draw attention to this growing problem. In their report Ready, Willing, and Unable to Serve, the most common barriers for potential recruits were failure to graduate high school, a criminal record and physical fitness issues, including obesity. Richard Kohn, professor emeritus of History and Peace, War and Defense at the University of North Carolina, says the US can't expect to have a first-rate fighting force if half the population is excluded. "If you want the best human capital in your force you need to include women - there is simply not enough of the necessary calibre in the male population to get what you need." Conscription in the US has been employed by the federal government in five conflicts - the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War (including the Korean and Vietnam wars). The draft's most recent incarnation came into being in September 1940, when Congress passed the Burke-Wadsworth Act, which imposed the first peacetime draft in US history. It ended in 1973 when the US armed forces became all-volunteer, and from 1975 to 1980 men were not required to register with the Selective Service. But after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter reinstated it. He also asked Congress to allow women to register. Lawmakers rejected the idea. A 1981 Supreme Court ruling upheld the men-only draft registration system. But the issue kept bubbling away across the decades and recently the courts have weighed in. In 2019 a Texas district judge ruled that while historical restrictions on women serving in combat "may have justified past discrimination," the fact that men and women are now equally able to fight renders the men-only draft system unconstitutional. In New Jersey, a district judge is considering a case brought by a 21-year-old New Jersey woman who twice tried to register for Selective Service. Among the general public, the majority of men and women support women serving in combat roles. But opinion about women being drafted appears sharply divided along gender lines. In a 2016 Rasmussen Reports poll, 61% of men favoured extending the draft registration to both sexes while only 38% of women supported doing so. That said, both men and women are not keen about the draft in general. Only 29% of all voters support it, according to the 2016 poll. The issue even has feminists splitting either way. Some believe registering women on the same basis as men would recognise both genders have equal rights and responsibilities in society. Draft expansion advocates also say it could encourage more women to consider the military a suitable career. In 2019, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she supported all genders being drafted as long as a draft existed. But there are also feminists who believe the entire militarist system is a social evil that ought to be dismantled. More on women in the military "War is not a feminist position," says Maria Santelli, executive director of the Washington-based Center on Conscience & War, a non-profit that opposes military conscription and advocates for conscientious objectors to war. "Feminism is life affirming. Women and children suffer disproportionately through war around the globe. One's equality shouldn't be based on acquiescence, submission to the military." She notes people have often defended the Selective Service by saying "it's just registration"- skirting the reality that it is ultimately about mobilising for war and body bags coming back. "You are not just putting your name on a list," Santelli says. Currently you can be registered simply through ticking a box online when applying for a student loan. But the commission has been more candid about the potential implications of registration and is considering making it a more formal and less passive process. Experts also point out that the lack of fairness in the draft system fuelled much of the fierce protests against the Vietnam War draft. "The younger generation today can appear blasé and apathetic on this, and it's not the cutting edge issue it was back when I was 18," says Matt Meyer, former chair of the War Resisters League who in 1980 became a public face of non-registration resistance in New York, appearing in Rolling Stone magazine alongside a photo of him burning his registration card. "But when I speak to young people, and those I taught as a professor, they are angry and speaking out about issues like climate change, and I think you would see the same militant response if the draft was enacted now." The commission's verdict along with increasing pressure from the courts means US lawmakers will no longer be able to avoid making a final decision, Santelli says. Congress would need to modify the Selective Service Act if it were to include women. For now, the government has far more pressing matters to consider due to the Covid-19 outbreak, whose wider societal ramifications might even come to influence Selective Service and the draft. "A draft of massive numbers of people would be almost inconceivable in this era, but what I can imagine is a targeted draft of people with certain skills [such as] cyber or medical, for example," Vuic, of Texas Christian University, says. "There are provisions even now to conscript medical personnel. Imagine if we got hit with a cyberattack in the middle of this COVID-19 quarantine." Whether a more focused draft would be more acceptable to the populace may depend on the type of America that emerges from the pandemic. "We are going to come out of this with a new understanding about the connection between government and society, that it is important but also not fully working," Meyers says. "As that connection is noted, felt and rethought, especially by younger generations, will that result in more resistance to unpopular policies such as being conscripted? I think that will be one of them."

US women may soon achieve a level of equality not everyone wants - ending 40 years of all-male precedent by becoming eligible to be conscripted in a time of war, writes James Jeffrey.

By Ian YoungsArts reporter, BBC News They will join Sir Kenneth Branagh, Massive Attack and The xx, who had already been announced for the event. The festival, which takes place in July, specialises in staging new work and one-off events from across the worlds of music, theatre and art. The venues will include a derelict railway station and a disused chapel. The newly-announced events include: Sir Kenneth will appear in his first Shakespeare play for more than a decade with his debut performance as Macbeth. That will take place in a deconsecrated church. He said the festival had "a hell of a programme, so we are very proud to be part of that". Recalling the last time he performed Shakespeare in the city, he said: "I've never forgotten it and I've always wanted to come back. "That was 25 years ago and along that time, the one play by Shakespeare that follows me everywhere is the Scottish play. Of all the plays, it's the one that sits in the loo and has travelled with me all over the place and that I've talked and thought about, and I've always circled around it. "Over all of those years, there was something happening to me as an artist that wanted to come and meet that play and that role at some point, if I was lucky enough to have the opportunity." Tickets for the intimate production have already sold out, but the closing night on 20 July will be relayed to 5,000 people via a big screen in the city centre. Speaking about her play, Maxine Peake said the story of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819, in which 15 protesters demanding parliamentary reform died when they were charged down by cavalry, was "more relevant than ever, especially where we are politically". "This was about people coming to protest for a voice, for a vote," she said. "This was the beginning of radical Manchester. "And where are we now? People are struggling to get by and are getting marginalised and ignored because they're poor, because they're different." Festival director Alex Poots said a number of the works focused on the current social and political climate. He said: "Probably because we're living through unprecedentedly troubled times, there are a number of artists making work who are responding to questions around power, the individual, coexistence, compassion. We've not had that before. "Another theme in the festival is people discovering places they've never been. Massive Attack and The Rite of Spring will be in the Mayfield depot, which has been closed to public access for over 50 years. It's an amazing, huge, cavernous space right next to Piccadilly station." This is the fourth edition of the festival, which takes place every two years.

Actors Maxine Peake and Willem Dafoe and artist Tracey Emin have been named on the line-up for this year's Manchester International Festival.

Ifthekar Jaman, from Southsea, Hampshire, said he joined up with the jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The 23-year-old, who is thought to have left the UK in the spring, told the BBC it was his "duty" because Muslims were "being slaughtered". The Foreign Office said it was aware of reports a British national had died. A spokesperson added: "The UK has advised for some time against all travel to Syria where all UK consular services are suspended. "As we do not have any representation in Syria, it is extremely difficult to get any confirmation of deaths or injuries and our options for supporting British nationals there are extremely limited." Mr Jaman's family told the BBC that he was killed while fighting forces loyal to the government. It is believed he was integral in persuading at least four or five other British residents to travel to Syria to fight. 'No UK threat' The BBC's Newsnight managed to speak to Mr Jaman via an internet video call in a report that was aired last month. He said: "I am ISIS. This is the group I am with. We are trying to establish the law of God, the law of Allah. "This is the duty on me... all these people are suffering. Muslims are being slaughtered." Mr Jaman's brother, Mustakim, said his family understood the reasons for joining the jihad - a holy war or struggle, to establish a caliphate, a state based on Sharia (Islamic law). In the report, he said: "If he dies in his cause, then he's not died in vain, has he? He's doing a good deed." Mustakim said he believed his brother had become radicalised over a long period of time but posed no threat to the UK as he had no plans to return home.

A British man who travelled to Syria to fight for a group linked to al-Qaeda has been killed, his family has said.

By Ben Butcher & Micah LuxenBBC Reality Check The British security minister has said it is "perfectly possible" a far-right attack could happen in the UK and has raised concerns about the radicalisation of individuals online. So, how widespread is this form of violent extremism? Australia and New Zealand Before the latest attack, both New Zealand and Australia said their main security risk was from Islamist terrorism. And New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service's most recent annual report makes no reference to far-right extremism. A report in 2017 by Australia's Security Intelligence Organisation says that although the country "experiences low levels of communal violence", one person was charged with far-right terrorism in 2016. The report did not dismiss the possibility of attacks but stated that any attacks by far-right extremists would "probably target the Muslim or left-wing community, be low-capability, and be more likely to be perpetrated by a lone actor or small group on the periphery of organised groups". European far-right extremism Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, recorded five right-wing terror plots in 2017, all of which were in the UK. This was out of a total of 205 potential or successful attacks recorded by European intelligence agencies, with 137 "separatist", 24 "left-wing" and 33 "jihadist" plots among them. In 2017, a total of 1,219 terror suspects were arrested. Of these, 20 were classified as far-right extremists (705 were "jihadists"). The Global Terrorism Index, an annual report compiled from an open-source database at the University of Maryland, also monitors incidents relating to the far-right in Western Europe. Its number of right-wing terror "incidents" is higher than the official figures from intelligence agencies, which it says is down to differing interpretations between countries as to what constitutes a terror incident. Across Western Europe, the database shows 28 right-wing terror incidents in 2017 compared with just one in 2007. The United Kingdom Sara Khan, the UK's anti-terror commissioner, told the Observer that UK-based far-right activists were "organised, professional and actively attempting to recruit", although the numbers being monitored were not released. The intelligence agencies have revealed, however, that of the 18 attacks foiled in the UK since March 2017, four came from the extreme right wing. And referrals to the government's anti-extremism programme, Prevent, from this group have increased in recent years. In 2017-18, there were 7,318 referrals across the country, 1,312 of which related to the extreme right. The number actually going on to receive so-called "Channel" support has increased as well. Since 2012-13, the number of extreme right wing individuals receiving support has increased almost 300%, while the number of Islamist extremists has increased by 80%. Germany and the Netherlands In Germany, "politically motivated" crimes are recorded by the government In 2017, 39,505 such offences were recorded, of which half were attributed to people with right-wing ideologies, including 1,130 acts of violence (although more acts of violence were attributed to the far left). Right-wing individuals also committed 300 attacks on asylum centres in 2017, although this was a two-thirds decrease from the previous year. In the Netherlands, the Ministry of the Interior says: "The extreme right has manifested itself primarily with non-violent or minor disruptive actions. "Although a limited number of right-wing extremists activists are prepared to resort to violence, this intention is hardly if ever acted upon." Despite this, the Anne Frank Foundation, an organisation that conducts research with the Ministry of Interior, says it has identified a rise in active members of right-wing extremist groups, increasing from 90 in 2011 to 250 at the end of 2016. The United States of America Between 2002 and 2017, there were 86 far-right terror incidents in North America, with 62 deaths, according to the Global Terrorism Index. Most of these deaths were in the past three years, with nine killed by a gunman at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015 and 11 killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings in 2018. In 2011, to counter extremism of all types, the US Department of Homeland Security announced a national strategy, called Counter Violent Extremism (CVE), which included a $10m (£7.5m) grant. One of the groups to have received funding is Life After Hate which says it has helped de-radicalise "hundreds, if not thousands of people… involved in the white-supremacist movement". At the end of 2018 - 11 days after the massacre in Pittsburgh - this funding for the programme was cancelled. Detecting far-right extremism Historically, it has been more difficult to detect right-wing terrorism in the West because of its scattered nature, according to Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute. His organisation's research highlights the tendency for right-wing terrorists in Europe to be "lone actors" who are less likely to exhibit noticeable changes in behaviour or discuss plans with friends or family than their Islamist extremist counterparts. In its dataset, 40% of far-right "lone actors" had been detected primarily by chance, compared with 12% of Islamic extremists. "We are seeing more isolated individuals connecting with each other through online communities," he says, which could help intelligence agencies tracking far-right terrorism. But, he adds:"[The intelligence agencies] still see it as a lesser threat and the scale of it is not as big as Islamic extremism." What do you want BBC Reality Check to investigate? Get in touch Read more from Reality Check Follow us on Twitter

The shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, which left 50 people dead and dozens wounded, have led to renewed questions about the extent of far-right extremism.

In a speech, Mr Hammond set out his argument against "sceptics", saying it is possible to reach a deal. But EU president Donald Tusk flat out rejected the UK proposals. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has argued that such a deal had never been done before. But Mr Hammond said the EU has in the past attempted similar agreements. In December, Mr Barnier said: "There is not a single trade agreement that is open to financial services. It doesn't exist." Mr Hammond said on Wednesday that the EU itself tried to include financial services on trade deals with the US and Canada. He said: "If it could be done with Canada or the USA... it could be done with the UK." The Chancellor stressed: "I am clear not only that it is possible to include financial services within a trade deal but that it is very much in our mutual interest to do so." However, European Union president Donald Tusk issued guidelines on Wednesday telling EU negotiators that the UK will have to settle for a more conventional free trade agreement, such as the EU's deal with Canada. The UK's stance on leaving the single market means the City having to settle for more limited access to European markets, he said. "I fully understand and of course I respect Theresa May's [political] objective - to demonstrate at any price that Brexit could be a success and was the right choice. "But sorry, that is not our objective," Mr Tusk added. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says a trade deal including financial services "does not exist". Mr Hammond said: "The EU is a very skilled negotiator... they've negotiated agreements with many countries. They are very skilled and very disciplined in the way they carry out their negotiation, and it doesn't surprise me remotely that what they've set out this morning is a very tough position. "That's what any competent, skilled and experienced negotiator would do. I expect that we will have a deep and constructive engagement with them, and I hope that what I've set out here this afternoon will contribute to the discussion that we'll be having." On Tuesday, French economy minister Bruno Le Maire told the BBC: "Financial services cannot be in a free trade agreement, for many reasons, for reasons of stability, for the sake of supervision because there are some very specific rules for financial services." He said that the "best solution", would be for a system of "equivalence" where both sides recognised each other's standards. But Mr Hammond said: "It is time to address the sceptics who say a trade deal including financial services cannot be done because it has never been done before. "To them I say 'every trade deal the EU has ever done has been unique'. "The EU has never negotiated the same arrangement twice. It has bespoke relationships with Turkey, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland." Analysis: Kamal Ahmed, economics editor In his speech on UK-EU co-operation post-Brexit, the Chancellor referred to past attempts at forging a free trade agreement between the US and Europe. "The EU itself pursued ambitious financial services co-operation in its proposals for TTIP [the now aborted Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership]," Mr Hammond said. "Which it described as a partnership that would be: 'more than a traditional free trade agreement'." Mr Hammond argued that if the EU tried it before with a nation which doesn't have regulatory alignment on financial services - America - then surely it can do so with a country that it at present does - the UK. But the Chancellor also said a lot more than that. Because the person who proposed "regulatory co-operation" on financial services as part of the EU-US free trade negotiations was one Michel Barnier. Read Kamal's blog here. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said: "The Chancellor has shown his hand, and it is clear he is looking for a TTIP type deal as his blueprint. "Yet those negotiations took nearly four years and collapsed, which is why a transition period is critical." Mr Hammond also said: "A trade deal between the UK and the EU must start from the reality of today, that our economies, including in financial services, are interconnected, that our regulatory frameworks are identical." Stephen Jones, chief executive of UK Finance, the trade body that represents the UK financial services sector, said: "Thousands of customers and businesses in Europe rely on access to financial services from the UK. It is in everyone's interests for this vital cross-border trade to continue."

Chancellor Philip Hammond has told European leaders that it is in the "mutual interest" of both the UK and the EU to include financial services in a free trade agreement.

By Huw ThomasBBC Wales arts and media correspondent Equity criticised a perceived lack of opportunity for Welsh or Wales-based talent and NTW's artistic direction. It said the number of jobs being offered on NTW shows had fallen. NTW said it was making plans to meet with the signatories of the playwrights' letter. Equity represents entertainment workers, including actors, directors and behind the scenes staff, and said it had almost 1,600 members in Wales. In a statement it said NTW's "ethos seems to be changing under its new artistic leadership". "Recent productions in the past year or so have seen not only a predominance of artists based outside Wales being employed, but also co-productions taking place with companies based outside of Wales...{this} leaves the stories and talent based in Wales out of the equation and seemingly out of consideration," it said. Equity added it was fully supportive of continued investment from Arts Council of Wales, which is about £1.5m, but "this funding must bring a benefit to the talent within Wales and not just provide a vehicle for productions to 'lift and shift' from elsewhere in the UK for which the performance venue and context is unimportant". An NTW spokeswoman said: "We have read Equity's statement in support of the recent open letter to our chair. "We are making plans to meet with the signatories of the letter, and look forward to an open and constructive conversation with them."

The actors' union has backed 40 playwrights who last month in an open letter criticised National Theatre Wales (NTW) for "undermining" Welsh artists.

The leaders are in Vietnam for talks on nuclear disarmament. They are under pressure to reach concrete measures after making little progress following a historic first summit last year. But the summit has been cut short by two hours and it's not clear why. Mr Trump earlier said there was "no rush" to reach a deal. But when Mr Kim told reporters that if he was not ready to denuclearise he "wouldn't be here", the US leader responded: "That might be the best answer you've ever heard." Analysts say it remains unclear what exactly Mr Kim means by denuclearisation. The pair were holding a discussion at a conference table with aides and cameras present, after the first round of closed-door discussions in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. Mr Trump and Mr Kim are believed to be discussing a roadmap for removing nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula and could also announce a formal treaty ending the Korean War or even the establishment of liaison offices. What's on the table for talks? The first summit last June in Singapore between two leaders who had previously only exchanged vitriol was certainly a historic moment. Now, they are both very conscious of the need to answer their critics with signs of concrete progress. Washington had previously said North Korea had to unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons before there could be any sanctions relief, but that condition is known to be a sticking point for the North Koreans. Speaking ahead of their talks, Mr Trump appeared to again address scepticism about the success and progress of their last summit, saying he wanted to get the "right deal". "I've been saying very much from the beginning that speed is not that important to me. I very much appreciate no testing of nuclear rockets, missiles, any of it," Mr Trump said, adding that he had "great respect" for Mr Kim. Meanwhile, answering his first question from a foreign reporter, Mr Kim said: "It's early to tell, but from my instincts, I do have a feeling that good results will emerge." He said people seeing him alongside Mr Trump would think they were watching a "fantasy movie". At the end of 2017, when they were both threatening each other with war, Mr Trump called Mr Kim "little rocket man", and Mr Kim said Mr Trump was a "mentally deranged dotard". They emerged from their first session after about 30 minutes and took a brief stroll in the courtyard, joined by their chief advisers - Kim Yong-chol for Mr Kim and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - and interpreters. When asked by reporters afterwards if he would allow a US liaison office in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, Mr Kim said it was something he would "welcome". Mr Trump replied it was "not a bad idea - both ways". There is no direct channel between the US and North Korea at the moment and a liaison office would be the first step to normalise relations between the two countries. Mr Kim was also asked if they were discussing the issue of human rights in his country, a subject that was not raised in Singapore. Mr Trump - who separately warned reporters not to "raise" their voices with Mr Kim - stepped in and said they were "discussing everything". Mr Kim did not answer. How will the day of talks unfold? The leaders are holding a series of meetings at the Metropole hotel in Hanoi. It is unclear if a "joint agreement signing ceremony" will still be held and Mr Trump has brought forward a news conference, which is now scheduled for 14:00 local time (07:00 GMT). It is also not clear what any joint agreement might include although there have been working level talks between North Korea and the US in recent weeks. So what should we expect? The tone of the talks was set in a dinner on Wednesday when Mr Trump described Mr Kim as a "great leader" and said he looked forward to helping him achieve a "tremendous" economic future for North Korea. Mr Kim called the US president "courageous" in return and said he was confident there would be an "excellent outcome that everyone welcomes". Analysts have long warned that full denuclearisation is very unlikely but speculation on what we should look out for includes: What do we know about North Korean reaction? North Korean state media have praised Mr Kim for making the 4,000km (2,500-mile) trip, with state paper Rodong Sinmun dedicating four out of its six pages to it. It said North Koreans had reacted to his visit with "boundless excitement and emotion", and urged people to work harder to "give him reports of victory when he returns". The paper also added that his overseas trip had caused some of its citizens sleepless nights, with one woman telling a state broadcaster that she "really missed" Mr Kim.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has told reporters that he would not be at a summit with US President Donald Trump if he were not ready to denuclearise.

They parked up at Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex, after a padlock securing the grounds was cut open. GCSE exams had to be moved, pupils were kept in their classrooms during breaks, and they had to travel in groups to go to the toilet. Sussex Police arrived at 11:00 BST and served a notice to leave. The travellers initially pulled up on a verge close to the 1,800-pupil school, but quickly moved on to the playing field. They set up pens for their horses and more travellers arrived. The school confirmed it went into "lockdown" over concerns for pupils' safety, and students sitting PE and Latin GCSE exams had to be moved into another hall. Head teacher Ann Fearon said: "I am angered and frustrated by this. "There is no getting away from the fact it's been an extremely difficult day, and having that number of people illegally on your grounds is very annoying and worrying." At 15:00 police formally gave the group an hour to leave, but anticipated it would take longer to move them on. A West Sussex County Council spokesman confirmed 22 caravans initially parked up on the site "having forced entry on to the school field by cutting a padlock". The travellers were making their way out by 18:30. One traveller, who did not wish to be named, said they did not know the land was school property - and are now heading to Scotland. They are believed to be the same group who set up camp in the town's Manor Royal area and left after being given notice to quit by the landowner, police and the local authority.

A school went into "lockdown" when travellers with up to 30 caravans moved onto its playing field while pupils were in their lessons.

Dr Michael McBride said he was "acutely aware" that Covid-19 restrictions have had "far-reaching implications especially on mental health and wellbeing". "This has been an exceptionally tough year for everyone," said Dr McBride. Stricter coronavirus measures were extended last week by the executive until 20 November. Although acknowledging their affect on mental health, Dr McBride said the restrictions were "essential for saving lives and protecting our health service". "We know that this pandemic has already taken its toll on the mental health of our population and as we enter winter and are in the midst of a second wave, it is likely that mental health issues will be exacerbated," he said. "For those who have experienced stress, anxiety or loneliness, these feelings could become even more pronounced and we must also be mindful that people of all ages and walks of life are likely to be impacted." Dr McBride added it was important to recognise this is "not abnormal" and must be prepared to talk to others and seek help when needed. 'We will weather this out' The chief medical officer said he knew the pandemic had been "particularly tough" for young people. "There has been so much disruption to your life," he said. "It is likely that you can't see your friends as often as you would like, that your education has moved online, and sports and hobbies interrupted. And you may be worried what the future holds. "Please be assured we will weather this out." He encouraged everyone to get regular sleep, exercise, eat well and to balance time between activities that give a sense of achievement and activities that are for fun or relaxation. "And remember that during the Covid-19 pandemic, health and social care services are still there for you, so it's important to ask for help and not hold back," he added.

NI's chief medical officer has urged people to look after their mental health and wellbeing this winter.