Senator Rand Paul explained Tuesday that reports of North Korea threatening to cancel the imminent peace summit talks with President Trump are being 'over-read', and that the negotiations should go ahead unhindered.

Reports emerged yesterday suggesting that North Korea had suspended talks with the South over military drills being carried out in conjunction with the US.

This quickly escalated into reports of North Korea threatening to scrap the talks with Trump and refusing to denuclearize.

The State Department, however, said it was unaware of any problems: