US republican presidential candidate Donald Trump open to nuclear weapons with North Korea

Trump's comments about North Korea emerged on Tuesday in an interview with newsroom Reuters.

"I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," the businessman said of Kim Jong-un.

Such a meeting with the North Korean would mark a significant change of US policy towards the politically isolated regime.

North Korea first tested nuclear weapons in 2006, in breach of international agreements, and has made repeated threats of nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US.

In a separate development, the BBC announced the possibility of Trump visiting the UK before the presidential election in November.

Diplomats expect his visit to the UK could happen after he formally becomes the Republican party candidate at a convention in July, the newspaper reports.

This comes in the same week where Trump said "it looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship" with the UK.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and new London Mayor Sadiq Khan have harshly criticised Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the US.

During his interview with Reuters, Trump also expressed disapproval of Russian President Vladimir Putin's military actions in eastern Ukraine, despite Putin being a figure he has previously said he respects.

On the subject of North Korea, the New York property developer said he would pursue face-to-face talks and added that he would also put pressure on China, as North Korea's only major ally.