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The official reporting coming out of Pyongyang suggests the president and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached more verbal agreements than they put on paper.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Patrick McEachern, a former analyst on North Korea with the State Department, about Kim Yong Chol and the North Korean intelligence operation.

The looming catastrophe is "much bigger than anything any professional in this field has seen during their working lives," says the United Nations' humanitarian chief.

The United Nations secretary general has announced a ceasefire deal for a vital port city on the Red Sea. If it works, it would allow humanitarian aid into the country.

It will be the first meeting for Moon Jae-in and President Trump since the failed summit in Hanoi, which ended with no agreement between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un on denuclearization.

Addressing an audience of 150,000 North Koreans, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he hopes "the past 70-year-long hostility can be eradicated and we can become one again."

There's a humanitarian crisis on Myanmar's border, where thousands have fled in recent days. They're hoping to be allowed in to Thailand, which reportedly has forced them back into Myanmar.

Israel has called up more troops and launched its heaviest assault yet along the Gaza border. Seven people in Israel have been killed. Losses are much higher on the Palestinian side.

The assault is the latest in a part of West Africa known as the Sahel, which has seen years of instability brought on by political coups and Islamist assaults on security forces and civilians.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's testing of cruise missiles and about at how the country is handling COVID-19.