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Hello readers. Here is your noon round-up of today’s top stories, on a day when all eyes turned to Singapore for the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have become on June 12 the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet, shake hands and negotiate to end a decades-old nuclear stand-off. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Summit of the Century

As Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un sat down for their meeting, the US President predicted a “terrific relationship” with Mr Kim. After their historic handshake, the pair were filmed walking together down the hotel corridor toward the library where they will closet themselves alone for at least 45 minutes. Meantime, the President’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, has suffered a heart attack just minutes before the summit was set to begin. He is being treated at Walter Reed Medical Centre. Keep up with all the latest from the summit in our live blog.

“The past and the old prejudices and practices work as obstacles to our way forward but we overcame all of them and we are here today.”

Kim Jong-un

“We’ll soon know whether a real deal...can happen.”

Donald Trump

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12/06/2018: The Chinese billionaire Chau Chak Wing arriving at Federal Court in Sydney on Tuesday. Wing has made a defamation claim against ABC and Fairfax for making him out to be a "disloyal" person who used his influence to advance the interests of China. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Chau in court

Chinese billionaire Chau Chak Wing has arrived at a Sydney court for his defamation hearing against Fairfax Media and John Garnaut, a former adviser to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Mr Chau launched legal action against Fairfax Media in 2016 alleging he was defamed in a report that suggested he had bribed UN officials and had built his business empire by bribing Australian government officials.

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The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte watch The Duke of Cambridge play in The Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy at Beaufort Polo Club, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK, on the 10th June 2018. 10 Jun 2018 Pictured: Prince George. Photo credit: James Whatling / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com [phone]

Trigger warning

Young Prince George pulled the trigger on a social media storm after he was photographed playing with a toy gun. The future king was with Kate Middleton and his sister Princess Charlotte at the Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy at Beaufort Polo Club on Sunday. Prince George and a friend appeared to be more interested in pretending to shoot their toy weapons. Some social media users were incensed at the toy guns, while others scoffed at the easily offended.

“Leave the boy alone and let him be a child.”

Twitter user

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The long read: Fleecing the lambs of super

Warren Buffett, the world’s most famous investor and, suitably, one of its wealthiest inhabitants, has long pointed out that the best way for the vast majority of people to ­invest is to avoid fund managers. Sage advice, writes Anthony Klan, as he lifts the lid on the retirement savings system game in which everyone but us is winning.

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Comment of the day

“In spite of all the criticism of Trump, he’s the first US President to get a North Korean leader to the negotiation table in history.”

Christopher, in response to ‘Trump Kim summit: Leaders shake hands, share words before talks’.