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US President Donald Trump met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in the leader's first major foreign trip since assuming the presidency in June, BBC reported.

During the meeting, Trump spoke about his "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, saying that he hopes the relationship "stays that way".

He added that he would meet with the North Korean leader in the "appropriate future".

US President Donald Trump raised questions about South Korea just hours ahead of his meeting with its new president Lee Jae Myung at the White House later on Monday, Reuters reported.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!" Trump wrote on his social media platform, according to Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, according to a White House official, Reuters reported.

Trump is also expected to sign a separate order targeting Washington, D.C. that instructs police to charge suspects with federal crimes and hold them in federal custody to avoid cashless bail, according to a fact sheet seen by Reuters.

The moves are the latest effort by Trump and Republicans to place crime on the national agenda as they preview a game plan to retain power in Washington in the midterm elections next year. Trump recently took control of Washington's police force and has lashed out against Democratic mayors and governors over crime policies.

Cashless bail is a system where defendants are released from jail while awaiting trial based on their promise to appear in court, rather than by paying a specific cash amount, according to Reuters.

Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others, Reuters reported.

Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed near a live broadcasting position operated by Reuters on an upper floor just below the roof of the hospital in Khan Younis in an initial strike, according to Palestinian health officials.

Officials at the hospital and witnesses said Israel then struck the site a second time, killing other journalists, as well as rescue workers and medics, who had rushed to the scene to help.

The journalists killed included Mariam Abu Dagga, who freelanced for the Associated Press and other outlets, Mohammed Salama, who worked for Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera, Moaz Abu Taha, a freelance journalist who worked with several news organisations including occasionally contributing to Reuters, and Ahmed Abu Aziz, according to Reuters.