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US President Donald Trump says that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will "walk out". At a joint news conference, he and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said maximum pressure must be maintained on North Korea over nuclear disarmament. Mr Abe is at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for talks. Earlier, Mr Trump confirmed that CIA Director Mike Pompeo had made a secret trip to North Korea to meet Mr Kim. He said Mr Pompeo had forged a "good relationship" with Mr Kim - whom the US president was last year calling "little rocket man" - and that the meeting had gone "very smoothly". The visit marked the highest-level contact between the US and North Korea since 2000. North Korea crisis in 300 words The political gamble of the 21st Century Mr Trump is expected to hold a summit with Mr Kim by June. Details, including a location, are still being worked out. What was said about the summit? President Trump said at the joint news conference that if he did not think the meeting would be successful he would not go, and if the meeting went ahead but was not productive, he would walk out. "Our campaign of maximum pressure will continue until North Korea denuclearises," he added. "As I've said before, there is a bright path available to North Korea when it achieves denuclearisation in a complete and verifiable and irreversible way. It would be a great day for them, it would be a great day for the world." What else was discussed? On trade, the leaders agreed to start talks on "free, fair and and reciprocal trade deals". Mr Trump said the US remained opposed to rejoining the Trans Pacific Partnership unless Japan and other parties to the trade pact offered "a deal that I can't refuse". What is the TPP and why does it matter? The US president did not exempt Japan from punitive steel and aluminium tariffs, as he has done for other US allies. Turning to North Korea, Mr Abe said he had urged President Trump to help bring about the release of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. North Korea has admitted to abducting 13 Japanese citizens in order to use them to train its spies in Japanese customs. Japan believes the figure is much higher. The issue has soured relations between the two countries for decades. Three US citizens are also being held in North Korea. Mr Trump said the US would "work very hard" to try to bring the Japanese abductees home. "We are likewise fighting very diligently to get the three American citizens back," Mr Trump added. "I think there's a good chance of doing it. We're having very good dialogue." What do we know about Mike Pompeo's meeting? The secret trip took place after Mr Pompeo was nominated by President Trump to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. No details are known about the talks other than that they were to prepare for the forthcoming Trump-Kim summit.

Scientists say they have identified genes that cause a deadly heart condition that can only be cured by transplants of the heart or lungs. Pulmonary arterial hypertension kills 50% of those affected within five years, but little was known about what caused the condition in some people. Now experts say they have discovered five genes that cause the illness. The findings could lead to earlier detection of the disease and ultimately new treatments, researchers say. Thousands 'unaware of sudden death risk' New blood test to spot heart conditions Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) currently affects around 6,500 people in the UK and causes the arteries carrying blood from the heart to their lungs to stiffen and thicken, ultimately leading to heart failure. It is often diagnosed in people who have other heart or lung conditions, but it can affect people of any age and in about a fifth of people there is no obvious cause. The only "cure" is a transplant of the heart and particularly the lungs, but there is a waiting list for organ transplants and the body will often ultimately reject them, particularly in the case of lungs. For this latest research, published in Nature Communications, scientists carried out the largest ever genetic study of the disease by analysing the genomes - the unique sequence of a person's DNA - of more than 1,000 PAH patients for whom the cause of the illness was unknown. They found that mutations in five genes were responsible for causing the illness in these people, including in four genes that were not previously known to be involved in the disease. In people with the condition these genes fail to effectively produce the proteins that are required for the structure, function and regulation of the body's tissues, researchers found. Nick Morell, the lead author of the paper and professor at the British Heart Foundation, told BBC News: "Identifying the nature of these new genes and mutations in the new genes tells you what causes the disease. "It allows you to design and come up with potential new ways of treating the disease because you have really well-grounded knowledge about what's actually causing it in cases where you find these mutations," he explained.

The chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, WPP, has stepped after an internal investigation into his personal conduct. Sir Martin Sorrell was at the helm of WPP for 33 years, becoming the highest paid boss of a FTSE 100 company. He said WPP had been a passion but it was in "the best interests of the business" for him to resign. WPP said the investigation, over use of company money, was now over. Sir Martin has rejected claims of wrong-doing. The chairman of WPP, Roberto Quarta, will oversee the agency until a new CEO is appointed. Sir Martin once said he would "carry on until they carry me out of the glue factory". The 73-year-old was the longest serving chief executive of a FTSE 100 firm by far. He will be treated as having retired, WPP said in a statement, so will receive any payments, bonuses and shares in line with his contract. He was one of the best-paid chief executives, and in 2015 faced a limited shareholder revolt over a £70.4m remuneration package. Who is Sir Martin Sorrell? Formed WPP in 1985 after taking control of a shell company, Wire & Plastic Products, and established it as a marketing services group in 1986 Oversaw growth of company which now has 3,000 offices in 112 countries One of UK's top-paid executives. His pay package in 2015-16 was £70m - then the biggest in UK corporate history - which more than a third of investors refused to back A lack of succession planning for after the 73-year-old's retirement has caused some anxiety among investors Earlier this month it was disclosed that he was under a misconduct investigation by WPP, but Sir Martin strongly rejected any claim of financial impropriety. In a statement, WPP, whose businesses include J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather, said: "The previously announced investigation into an allegation of misconduct against Sir Martin has concluded. The allegation did not involve amounts that are material." It did not give further details of the claims. Roberto Quarta described Sir Martin as being the "driving force" behind WPP's growth and thanked him for his commitment to the business. Global expansion In a statement, Sir Martin said: "Obviously I am sad to leave WPP after 33 years. "It has been a passion, focus and source of energy for so long. However, I believe it is in the best interests of the business if I step down now. "I leave the company in very good hands, as the board knows." Few could question he has done that. WPP, then Wire and Plastic Products, was a UK manufacturer of wire baskets for the first 14 years of its life until 1985 when Sir Martin took a loan out against shares he owned in Saatchi & Saatchi and purchased a stake in the company. His aim was to turn it into a marketing company. Within a couple of years, the renamed WPP Group embarked on a series of acquisitions - research business Taylor Nelson Sofres, the Ogilvy Group, and the Young & Rubicam Group - as the firm expanded its presence across the world. Sir Martin was born in London and educated at the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School before going on to read Economics at Christ's College, Cambridge. An MBA from Harvard followed, and Sir Martin entered the world of work at Glendinning Associates before starting at Saatchi & Saatchi in 1975, becoming group finance director in 1977.

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At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements. It said the deaths were likely to rise. There has been no independent verification of the reports. Syria's government has called the allegations of a chemical attack a "fabrication". The US state department said reports suggested "a potentially high number of casualties", including families in shelters. It said Russia - with its "unwavering support" for Syria's government - "ultimately bears responsibility" for the alleged attacks. Syrian warplanes strike rebel enclave Mattis warns Syria over poison gas use 'We will stay until the end': A doctor's battle in Eastern Ghouta "The regime's history of using chemical weapons against its own people is not in dispute," it said in a statement. What do we know about the attack? Several medical, monitoring and activist groups reported details of a chemical attack, but figures vary and what happened is still becoming clear. "Seventy people suffocated to death and hundreds are still suffocating," said Raed al-Saleh, head of the White Helmets. An earlier, now deleted tweet, put the figure at more than 150. The pro-opposition Ghouta Media Center tweeted that more than 75 people had "suffocated", while a further 1,000 people had suffered the effects of the alleged attack. It blamed a barrel bomb allegedly dropped by a helicopter which it said contained Sarin, a toxic nerve agent. The Union of Medical Relief Organizations, a US-based charity that works with Syrian hospitals, told the BBC the Damascus Rural Specialty Hospital had confirmed 70 deaths. Image caption Pro-government forces are fighting to drive rebels out of Douma A spokeswoman said reports on the ground suggested a much higher number of around 180 dead, but that it was hard to reach victims due to continuous shelling and the time of night. She said there were reports of people being treated for symptoms including convulsions and foaming of the mouth, consistent with nerve or mixed nerve and chlorine gas exposure. As the allegations emerged, Syria's state news agency Sana said the reports were invented by the Jaish al-Islam rebels who remain in control in Douma. "Jaish al-Islam terrorists are in a state of collapse and their media outlets are [making] chemical attack fabrications in an exposed and failed attempt to obstruct advances by the Syrian Arab army," Sana said. Has the Syrian government used chemical attacks before? In August 2013, rockets containing the nerve agent Sarin were fired at rebel-held areas of the Eastern Ghouta, killing hundreds of people. A UN mission confirmed the use of Sarin, but it was not asked to state who was responsible. Western powers said only Syrian government forces could have carried out the attack. In April 2017, more than 80 people died in a Sarin attack on the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, and a joint inquiry by the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held the Syrian government responsible.

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