World News Roundup: PM May meets her ministers on Brexit; Pompeo meets Saudi king

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Two Koreas, U.N. Command wrap up the first session of talks on disarming border

North and South Korea held their first three-way talks with the United Nations Command (UNC) on Tuesday to discuss ways to demilitarize the border as the neighbours push for peace, Seoul's defence ministry said. The two sides agreed this week to begin reconnecting rail and road links, in spite of U.S. concerns that a rapid thaw in relations could undermine efforts to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

Under growing EU pressure, May meets her ministers on Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May will discuss Brexit with her ministers on Tuesday, under pressure to rethink her plans from both some members of her Conservative Party and the European Union. A day before May heads to Brussels for a summit, a senior EU official again made clear that parts of May's plan could not work and said the time was right to step up plans for Britain leaving the bloc without a deal.

Brazil far-right candidate Bolsonaro holds a commanding lead

The momentum is squarely behind Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, according to the latest polls, with just a dozen days to go before the run-off vote against leftist rival Fernando Haddad. Polling firm Ibope released a survey late on Monday showing Bolsonaro with a commanding lead, taking 59 per cent of the vote against Haddad's 41 per cent, although the right-winger is still unable to lead street rallies as he recovers from a near-fatal stabbing in an assassination attempt last month.

Pompeo meets Saudi king on Khashoggi case, Turks study 'toxic materials'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince to discuss the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday and Turkey's foreign minister said the envoy would bring information about the case to Ankara. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and leading critic of the Saudi crown prince, vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Turkish officials say they believe the Saudi journalist was murdered there and his body removed, which the Saudis strongly deny.

Chinese bishops at Vatican meeting invite the pope to make landmark visit

Two Catholic bishops from China who for the first time were allowed by the Beijing government to attend a Vatican meeting have invited Pope Francis to visit their country, a Catholic newspaper said on Tuesday. Joseph Guo Jincai and John Baptist Yang Xiaoting attended the first two weeks of a meeting of bishops from around the world, known as a synod, and saw the pope daily.

Trains collide near Moroccan capital: media

Two trains collided near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, causing injuries, local media websites said. No more details were immediately available from the reported accident at Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat.

Australian PM criticized for possibly recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government faces a crucial by-election in four days, said on Tuesday Canberra was open to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, prompting concern from Indonesian and Palestinian officials. Morrison's comments about recognizing Jerusalem and possibly moving Australia's embassy there, just like U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial decision in December, would reverse decades of foreign policy and inflame tension with some of Australia's Asian neighbours.

Northbound migrant group doubles in size, enters Guatemala

Up to 3,000 migrants crossed from Honduras into Guatemala on Monday on a trek northward, after a standoff with police in riot gear and warnings from Washington that migrants should not try to enter the United States illegally. The crowd more than doubled in size from Saturday, when some 1,300 people set off from northern Honduras in what has been dubbed "March of the Migrant," an organizer said. The migrants plan to seek refugee status in Mexico or pass through to the United States.

UK Conservative lawmaker deliberately broke campaign spending rules, court hears

A lawmaker from British Prime Minister Theresa May's minority ruling Conservative Party deliberately made false declarations over his spending in a 2015 election, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday. Craig Mackinlay, 52, who beat leading Brexit figure Nigel Farage in the parliamentary election for South Thanet in southeastern England in 2015, earlier this year pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Iranian security forces kidnapped on the border with Pakistan

At least 10 Iranian security personnel including Revolutionary Guards were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported, and a separatist group that claimed responsibility described the act as revenge for the oppression of Sunni Muslims. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's top security force, said in a statement carried on state television that some of its members were abducted by a militant group at a border post in the city of Mirjaveh in Sistan-Baluchistan province.