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Published: 10:17 GMT, 2 March 2019 | Updated: 10:18 GMT, 2 March 2019
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left Vietnam today after his summit with president Donald Trump ended without a nuclear deal.
The dictator boarded his armoured train at train at the Dong Dang border station ahead of a 2,500-mile rail journey through China to Pyongyang, expected to take two and a half days.
Talks between the two countries ended abruptly on Thursday, with Trump saying Kim had demanded that all sanctions be lifted in return for giving up some of his nukes.
But the North Korean side said they had only pushed for the lifting of some.
Both Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there was a willingness on both sides to keep talking, but no follow-up summit has been scheduled.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left Vietnam today after his summit with president Donald Trump ended without a nuclear deal
The dictator boarded his armoured train at train at the Dong Dang border station ahead of a 2,500-mile rail journey through China to Pyongyang
Kim happily waved to crowds at the station in Vietnam today, having earlier paid tribute to Vietnam's late revolutionary leader.
His trip to Vietnam was the first by a North Korean leader since 1964, when Kim Il
