Today’s Headlines and Commentary

During his visit to South Korea over the weekend, President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone. The two agreed to restart negotiations over the North Korean nuclear program, which have stalled since their meeting in Hanoi last year, the New York Times reports.

Trump said he would allow U.S. technology companies to sell to Huawei after talks with Chinese President Xi at the G20 summit on Saturday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The two leaders also agreed temporarily to halt their trade war, with the U.S. pausing the imposition of additional tariffs and China agreeing to purchase large quantities of U.S. agricultural products.

Some 200 protestors in Hong Kong destroyed the facade of and have occupied the Legislative Council building, the Associated Press writes. They issued a list of ten demands including “universal suffrage, the resignation of top officials associated with the extradition bill and an investigation into police brutality during the recent riots,” CNN reports. While most protestors outside the building have now dispersed, a core group remains inside facing a police deadline to vacate the premises or confront police forces, CNN also writes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran has exceeded a stockpile limit for low-enriched uranium established by the 2015 nuclear agreement, a move the government of Iran has repeatedly threatened and which will likely further strain relations between the U.S. and Iran, the Washington Post reports.

Former Sudanese Prime Minister and current opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi called on the leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization which currently controls the capital city of Khartoum, to integrate his units with the rest of the military in order to avoid civil war. While there are no signs of division between the RSF and broader Sudanese military, the statement is part of Mahdi and other moderate groups’ efforts to jumpstart talks with the military about reinstating civilian rule in Sudan, Reuters writes.

Facebook will ban ads that discourage voting in the U.S. presidential election, according to Reuters.

ICYMI: Last Weekend on Lawfare

Jen Patja Howel shared the most recent episode of the Lawfare Podcast, a conversation between Benjamin WIttes and @CrimeADay (aka. Mike Chase) about his popular twitter feed of the same handle and his new book, "How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender."

Joe Whittaker explained that content moderation policies are driving terrorists onto encrypted apps, making them less accessible to both new recruits and law enforcement.

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