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Trump-Kim summit called off. Ireland abortion referendum up for vote. Forming a new government in Italy. Centenarian runner writes memoir. Will Smith sings new World Cup theme.

Trump-Kim summit called off. Ireland abortion referendum up for vote. Forming a new government in Italy. Centenarian runner writes memoir. Will Smith sings new World Cup theme.

Trump-Kim summit called off. Ireland abortion referendum up for vote. Forming a new government in Italy. Centenarian runner writes memoir. Will Smith sings new World Cup theme.

Will there or won't there be a US-North Korean summit? US President Donald Trump said Friday it was still a possibility. Daniel Pinkston, lecturer on international relations at Troy University in Seoul, discusses the latest. Beginning Friday May 25th, companies that collect or process the personal information of European Union residents must comply with new rules that protect the privacy of people's data. The rollout of the General Data Protection Regulation has been welcomed, but is also causing confusion. Companies are trying to understand what level of protection different data needs, whether this could force them to change the way they do business and innovate, and how to manage the EU's 28 national data regulators, who enforce the law. What is the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR for short? Plus, Another Star Wars installment opens on screens the across the globe this weekend. "Solo: A Star Wars Story" traces the beginnings of the friendship between Han Solo and Chewbacca and VOA’s Penelope Poulou has that box office preview.

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On this edition of Issues in the News, Moderator Paul Brandus, Washington Bureau Chief for West Wing Reports, Dan Raviv, Washington correspondent for Israeli-based i24 News, and Michael Warren, White House correspondent for the Weekly Standard, discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the much-anticipated summit with Kim Jong Un; the politics of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, including a controversy surrounding an FBI informant; and the U.S. suspends tariffs on 150 billion dollars of Chinese goods as negotiations over trade continue.

On this edition of Issues in the News, Moderator Paul Brandus, Washington Bureau Chief for West Wing Reports, Dan Raviv, Washington correspondent for Israeli-based i24 News, and Michael Warren, White House correspondent for the Weekly Standard, discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the much-anticipated summit with Kim Jong Un; the politics of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, including a controversy surrounding an FBI informant; and the U.S. suspends tariffs on 150 billion dollars of Chinese goods as negotiations over trade continue.

On this edition of Issues in the News, Moderator Paul Brandus, Washington Bureau Chief for West Wing Reports, Dan Raviv, Washington correspondent for Israeli-based i24 News, and Michael Warren, White House correspondent for the Weekly Standard, discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the much-anticipated summit with Kim Jong Un; the politics of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, including a controversy surrounding an FBI informant; and the U.S. suspends tariffs on 150 billion dollars of Chinese goods as negotiations over trade continue.