US President Donald Trump says he's willing to ease sanctions on North Korea if the country takes meaningful steps towards denuclearisation.
These comments come a week before Trump is set to hold a meeting in Vietnam with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.
William Denselow reports:

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