rhetoric from pyongyang and from all sides of response to what kim jong un has said it was officials have said i think we can expect an interim visit to the region for him to try and rally support. for some kind of movement from r.c. on to step up the pressure has been talking that regard for the last few months of our. our stance on which in complicity if you like in terms of the ongoing trade between some of the arson economies and north korea that's been going on for the last few decades and nothing sinister about that just the way things are in terms of trade relations and the thinking is that if our son turns out the tap on it's an item of about one hundred over million dollars worth of trade coming out from this region that could also help to hurt. and to get it to our to change its course of action all right at that point i'll say thank you all very much indeed very very interesting conversation graham where in singapore and even foster care in exeter in england and bruce harrison insult think you'll very much indeed and as ever thank you for watching the program you can see i

than a month world leaders have condemned the north south korea says it's now impossible to talk to pyongyang so where is this crisis heading and how close are we to war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program dennis now north korea's actions of again put the entire region in fact the whole world on edge pyongyang has launched another ballistic missile across japan for the second time in as many weeks now earlier this month north korea conducted its biggest nuclear test and there's another meeting of the u.n. security council so we've got a lot to get to with our guests in a moment first this report from craig place and then. the missile launch followed a familiar pattern it came early morning two minutes before seven local time with japan in its path launched from the capital pyongyang the missile through three thousand seven hundred kilometers over the northern japanese island of hokkaido reaching a height of seven hundred seventy kilometers before crashing to the pacific ocean. just minutes after sirens sounded in her kind as a public alert was issued residents had mixed fee

in pyongyang, traffic cops direct the flow of cars. the streets, noticeably busier each time i come here. busiest, at least for now. the u.s. says the latest u.n. sanctions threaten toll cut north korea's oil supply by nearly a third, which could spike prices for everything from taxis to energy, a ban on textile exports, and the end of foreign labor contracts could further slash the income of this

>> translator: we have pyongyang. it's been built with our own power, our own technology, our own independent economy. how can seoul compete with that? >> i can't help but wonder what would his life be like if his family ended up just a few miles south after the korean war. driving back to pyongyang, i have no idea we're about to experience one of the strangest days i've ever had in north korea. it begins like every other morning in pyongyang. ♪ this music is the city's alarm clock, played every day beginning at 5:00 a.m. to commemorate the sacrifices of north korea's leaders. we head to the pyongyang international airport for the arrival of a v.i.p. dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of so-called basketball diplomacy. are you bringing a message from president trump to north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un? >> i'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circus, we have no idea a secret handover is happening at the pyongyang airport. american college

pyongyang has a surprisingly colorful, modern skyline. sure, it's full of grandiose monuments idolizing the ruling workers party of north kore the ideology of se-reliance. but recent years have seen a slew of new construction projects, futuristic buildings, skyscrapers, all pet projects of their supreme leader, kim jong-un. he ordered north korean soldiers to build this entire street of residential high-rises in one year, top party officials give all the credit to their leader for his tireless work. it's here we find north korea's version of the apple store. the brand, named for the iconic korean folk song, the store manager says, out of three north korean cell phone brands, this is by far the top seller. what are the main differences between the three brands? why pick this one versus the other two. >> translator: the brand is well-known to our people. it is known as a designer label. >> i notice the price over there, $350 for a phone is a lot of money for anyone, anywhere, how do people afford these phones? >> translator: it just means o

china is pyongyang's main trading partner. now it was the bomb that forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes in germany. a 1.8 ton british world war two explosive was successfully defused by bomb disposal experts in frankfurt. the bomb was nicknamed ‘blockbuster‘ during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world, which are largely dominated by north korea's latest nuclear test. the asia edition of the financial times says president donald trump has now left open the possibility of a military attack against pyongyang. it highlights growing concerns that pyongyang is getting closer to being able to hit the us with an intercontinental ballistic missile. the south china morning post says china and the us led the world in condemning north korea. it adds that beijing and moscow say they will — i quote — "appropriately deal with" the test, which the paper says appeared to be timed to coincide with the opening of the b

at this trade fair in pyongyang, one third of the stalls we re pyongyang, one third of the stalls were hosted by chinese companies. they will be free to trade, even if the north korean businesses can no longer do so inside china. and pyongyang still maintains a vast financial network around the world that helps it of aid sanctions and gain hard currency. as warlike threats and insults continue between president trump and king john 0ng, china has shown it is prepared to act, even though the real cost to itself. —— kim jong—un. first of all, let's have a look at some of the day's of the news. the chinese research team says that it has performed the size of chemical surgery on human has performed the size of chemical surgery on human embryos for the very first time. using a technique which is called acer editing, the tea m which is called acer editing, the team were able to remove a mutation of the dna code. they say that base editing opens up a new avenue for treating or preventing inherited diseases. this is basically surgery but on a microscopic level, altering dna itself. so if

>> translator: we have pyongyang. it's been built with our own power, our own technology, our own independent economy. how can seoul compete with that? >> i can't help but wonder what would his life be like if his family ended up just a few miles south after the korean war. driving back to pyongyang, i have no idea we're about to experience one of the strangest days i've ever had in north korea. it begins like every other morning in pyongyang. this music is the city's alarm clock, played every day beginning at 5:00 a.m. to commemorate the sacrifices of north korea's leaders. we head to the pyongyang international airport for the arrival of a vip. dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of so-called basketball diplomacy. are you bringing a message from president trump to north korea's supreme leader kim jong-un? >> i'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circus, we have no idea a secret hand-over is happening at the pyongyang airport. american college stude

kim jong—un pyongyang this to happen. it was just a matter of time. kimjong—un pyongyang is showing their goals, the technological goals, by releasing these photos and we are at a situation and a time where seoul and washington cannot afford to have any rift in the alliance or any intentions so this is when i would argue that washington should reconsider and not pull up of the us — korea trade agreement at this time because this is exactly what north korea wants. pyongyang wants to see the allies drift apart and doing so, pulling out of the fta would hand a go on everything he wants on a silver platter. we're looking at some of kim jong—un silver platter. we're looking at some of kimjong—un inspecting silver platter. we're looking at some of kim jong—un inspecting what is thought to be, what is described by north korea newsagency is as a hydrogen bomb capable of fitting onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. these pictures are coming in to us in the last few hours. we can see him there taking a look at, inspecting it with scientists. he

we call on gang gang -- pyongyang to change its course. we hope dprk and others can learn from the clear and undisputed example of classic denouncedh not only nuclear weapons but treated a nuclear weapon free zone. -- created a nuclear weapon free zone. thank you. thank the representative of context and. i give the floor to the representative of egypt. >> mr. president, egypt the eminently condemns -- the condemnsy the nuclear test conducted by dprk yesterday. commitment ongoing of the importance to safeguard the credibility of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, we reject any double standard in this regard and are committed to setting an example in dealing conscientiously and strictly posed to theat nuclear nonproliferation regime. egypt fully grasps the nature of the threats being caused by north korea and its violations of the security council and the threats this poses to the international peace and stability. the threat this poses to the security of northeast asia. korea tols upon immediately cease all violations of security council

they made it clear pyongyang will face a massive military response. take a listen to what general mattis had to say earlier. mattis: any threat to the united states or our allies will be no with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. kim jong-un should take heed of united nations security council's unified voice because we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. as i said, we have many options to do so. host: with more on how the trump administration has been responding to this escalating tensions, i'm joined by international affairs commentator doug herbert. doug, when you see the secretary of defense warning of a massive military response if north korea merely just threatens the u.s., is it just bluster or is it a statement of true intent? doug: it is bluster in the sense people inevelheaded the trump administration are well aware the nuclear option military option is not an option. if you were to launch any sort of missile, as donald trump said earlier last month, that the milita

the us sanctions target foreign companies doing business with pyongyang. president trump has signed an executive order aimed at preventing companies and banks from dealing with pyongyang. emergency workers at a school in mexico city have called off their search for children thought to have been trapped. officials said they're still trying to free one adult. and this video is trending on bbc.com. the world's richest woman has died at the age of 94. liliane bettencourt was the heiress to the l'oreal cosmetics fortune. according to forbes, her total wealth is estimated at $39.5 billion. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: the bbc understands that the prime minister will propose a two—year transitional deal for the uk to try to secure a smooth exit from the european union. theresa may is expected to make the offer in a speech on brexit in italy. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. china's credit rating is downgraded over concerns the growing debt pile isa over concerns the growing

they also called for international efforts to maximise pressure on pyongyang. the south china morning post is featuring a new school lunch initiative in hong kong. the voluntary programme wants to reduce salt levels in hong kong pupils' lunches by half in a decade. officials say they've already seen reductions in the first month of this academic year. and the china daily has a tribute to basi on the front page. the oldest panda in captivity has died at the age of 37, almost 100 in people years, according to experts. basi was the inspiration for panpan, the mascot for the beijing asian games in 1990. mainland japan is bracing itself for typhoon talim. the strong storm system packing gusts of up to 250 kilometres per hour has already lashed japan's southern islands. some areas have recorded level of rains not seen in the last 50 years and many thousands of homes are without power. ben rich from bbc weather has more. rico, we've been watching this storm for several days now, and it has been developing quite rapidly. you can see here on our satellite picture this m

i was the first british representative in pyongyang in 2001. which is a reminder of the long period where we have had no relations with the north korean regime until 2001, we did not have any serious contact? we did not have deep contact. after about 1991 when we voted for the omission of north korea and south korea to the united nations, that meant we recognised it asa nations, that meant we recognised it as a state, as only states go to the un, and we began to, low—level political talks, some of which i took part in. eventually that led to diplomatic relations. the thrust of a diplomatic relations came from the south korean government at the time. this was the height of engagement, north and south korea met at a summit in pyongyang. we had some opening of economic links?m summit in pyongyang. we had some opening of economic links? it was much more political than economic. opening of economic links? it was much more political than economiclj was much more political than economic.” was thinking between south korea and north korea? very much

the philippines has cut off all trade with pyongyang. thailand has drastically cut its economic ties with north korea. and states much farther away are also doing their part. mexico recently declared the north korean ambassador to its country persona non grata. along with strictly enforcing sanctions, these are important steps toward complete international unity. they make clear that all nations can act to deny north korea the funds to build its nuclear arsenal. today is a solemn day in the united states. it is the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people. most of them in this very city. it hurts as much today as it did 16 years ago. we will never forget the victims of september 11th. and we will never forget the lesson that those who had evil intentions must be confronted. that day, the united states saw that mass murder can come from a clear blue sky. on a beautiful tuesday morning. but today, the threat to the united states and the world is not coming out of the blue. the north korean regime h

that is a quote from the news agencies from pyongyang. north korea has, of course, been pursuing a nuclear device that is small enough and light enough to fit on a long—range ballistic missile without affecting its range, making sure that it affecting its range, making sure thatitis affecting its range, making sure that it is capable of re—entering the atmosphere and hitting its target. now, the north koreans are saying that all the components of that h—bomb were home—made, so that was a few hours ago. and you can see a missile test from last tuesday that went over japan, a missile test from last tuesday that went overjapan, causing alarm there. at the developments in the last hour is these tremors being felt, and they are being felt in areas around north korea where the pyongyang authorities have previously tested missiles. we are going to keep following this story here on bbc news. do stay with us. hello. most of us enjoyed some picture—perfect weather to start the weekend on saturday. well, these are the pictures to prove it.

we must further step up, we must maximize pressure on the pyongyang regime. france supports the prompt adoption of new sanctions by this council, particularly in the economic realm and other sect we are firmlyor committed to a similar initiatives of the mentioned. spiral ofarming brinkmanship and provocations which north korea has undertaken, it must be the consequences for its obstinacy. sole response that we can put forward is policiesnd ambiguous based upon the goal of a complete dismantling of the north korean program. we need utmost resoluteness and pressure to be brought to bear on the regime, only this way can we change its calculations to prompt the north korean regime to return to negotiation without preconditions the red that is the only way we can pave the crisis. president, in light of this heightened, extremely grave threat, the council must rise to the responsibility it has assumed. assured that france is committed to this, as a private -- permanent member of the security council, thank you. >> i think the representative of france for his statem

pyongyang has a surprisingly colorful, modern skyline. sure, it's full of grandiose monuments idol uizing the late supreme leaders, the ideology of self-reliance. but recent years have seen a slew of new construction projects, futuristic buildings, skyscrapers, all pet projects of their supreme leader, kim jong un. he ordered north korean soldiers to build this entire street of residential high rises in one year. top party officials give all the credit to their leader for his tireless work. it's here we find north korea's version of the apple store. the brand, named for the iconic korean folk song, the store manager said out of three north korean cell phone brands, this is by far the top seller. >> what are the main differences between the top brands? >> this brand is well known to our young people. it is known to our young people. >> i noticed the price over there, $350 for a phone is a lot of money for anyone anywhere. how do people afford these phones? >> translator: it just means our people's living standard went up that much. >> we n

so it's going to work in pyongyang's favor. i'm sure they're relishing the fact that they're not on the same page. it's important for them to seek their messaging now. i think it's not at all helpful for the -- for president trump to be nit-picking now and questioning south korea's strategy. it's much more important to do that perhaps behind the scenes and to at least outwardly show that they have this ironclad alliance that they keep talking about. >> okay. the united nations having an emergency meeting today. what do you see happening at this meeting today? >> well, we'll certainly get some sort of strongly worded statement. whether it will go so far as another round of sanctions we'll see. i'm sure the u.s. mission to the u.n. is working on crafting some sort of statement as well as perhaps another round of sanctions. you know, there's very little room for additional sanctionses. so much has been sanctioned already. we might -- it will be interesting to see what kind of reaction and what kind of role china and russia have in

he's also threatened to cut trade to any country doing business with pyongyang. the brexit secretary says the eu is making itself look "silly" by insisting negotiations aren't making progress and dismisses reports the uk is preparing to pay a £50 billion divorce bill. we have said the era of big payments to the european union is coming to an end. i suspect we will still be paying something. hospital bosses are warning the nhs in england could suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. also in the next hour... walter becker, who co—founded the us band steely dan, has died aged 67. its # are you reelin' in the years? in the group's heyday in the 1970s, it scored hits with reelin‘ in the years, do it again, and deacon blues. and in sport, britain's lewis hamilton celebrates after winning this afternoon's italian grand prix in monza. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has warned that the united states is considering cutting economic ties with any countries that do business with north korea. he issued

|j think pyongyang. is that realistic?” think it's the right thing to do and i hope the chinese get the message. they have certainly supported un security council resolutions. north korea doesn't even have its own refinery capability, so when china cuts off gasoline to north korea, that really hurts. i think president trump needs to think about this problem for more than ten seconds and understand that going after north korea because of the trade relationship with south korea is wrong, and they should keep the focus on north korea. we understand there is a un security council meeting scheduled, and antonio guterres has said that north korea has breached its international obligations. but they don't care about that, do they? so what can the un do? you don't care -- you got it, they don't care about un resolutions oi’ they don't care about un resolutions or isolation. what they would care about is a us chinese joint effort, not outsourcing to china, but a joint effort to slow them down. a lot ca n joint effort to slow them

falls on pyongyang to do the right thing. to step back from confrontation and to step towards de-escalation. thank you. >> i thank the representative of the united kingdom for his statement. i give the floor to the representative of ukraine. >> thank you, mr. president. ukraine welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2375 in response to the six nuclear tests conducted by the republic of north korea. i commend the strong u.s. leadership that made this happen. i want to use his opportunity to express our ukraine solidarity with the people of the united states as they commemorate the 16th anniversary of 9/11. i am proud ukraine was able to the council's reaction to this horrible terrorist act back in 2001 and including providing our mission's premise for the council's urgent consultations. north korea's advance in nuclear and ballistic missile programs still remains the most significant proliferation challenge on the global scale. moreover, the increasing militarization has already severely impacted and continues to threat

in pyongyang. your reaction? really, christiane, i guess the essential question is how much does this escalate the crisis with north korea? >> well, isha, it is no doubt going to be another major provocation. the north koreans have been threatening to do precisely this for many months now, and as we've been reporting for many months and years under the regime of kim jong-un they have been improving and strengthening their nuclear capacity. if, indeed, this is a hydrogen bomb that they have tested as the north korean official news agency has just announced, that is very significant. a hydrogen bomb, otherwise known as a thermonuclear bomb, is more powerful than atomic or fissions. this is a very, very dangerous weapon. the question is what they plan to do with this, and the question is how much further -- sort of second referencing and second sourcing can we get to find out what exactly has been tested and what exactly their plan is. i can tell you that i have spoken to the diplomats who have met mo

military seventeen's been a year of rapid progress for north korea's missile program pyongyang says it tested a hydrogen bomb two weeks ago it was north korea's six that nuclear test and its most powerful yet in response the un security council unanimously approved a u.s. drafted resolution imposing sanctions on the country they banned kim jong un's government from exporting textiles and restricts the shipment of oil products on august the twenty ninth north korea fired into media to range ballistic missile over northern japan as we were just talking about that countries fired twenty one missiles during fourteen tests in february including its first test on an intercontinental ballistic missile in july less than six years into his reign has tested more missiles than his grandfather and his father combined let's talk to our diplomatic editor james basie's live for us in the united nations in new york this response to the sanctions that the security council put in place a few days ago isn't really much of a surprise how do you think the security council and the u.n. are going to react to

also in the programme: stepping up pressure on pyongyang — china orders all north korean firms in the country to close by the year's end. their lives on hold but for how long? 100,000 are displaced, as bali's volcano threatens to erupt live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 8:00am here in singapore, 1:00am in london, and you're watching newsday. the burmese government has invited the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, to visit myanmar. it comes after mr guterres told the un security council that violence against rohingya muslims has spiralled into the world's fastest growing refugee emergency. but the united nations itself has been accused of a series of failures. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the handling of the rohingya conflict. this is his special report. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authoriti

new sanctions against the pyongyang regime, but any hope for international unity has been dashed by russia. president putin says new sanctions would be useless. our correspondent reports from seoul, south korea. off the eastern coast of south korea, today it was that navy's turn to show its strength. the command of this fleet said they were training to bury the enemy at sea. south korea has held military drills for two days now in response to the north's nuclear test. pyongyang claims it successfully made a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted onto missiles capable of reaching america. at a un conference in geneva, north korea's ambassador was defiant. the recent self—defence measures by my country, dprk, are gift package addressed to none other than the us. the us will receive more gift packages from my country, as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the dprk. those attempts include further squeezing north korea's economy. but some don't think that's a good idea. translation: the use of sanctions of any kind in this case is already useles

pyongyang's brother against the u.s. pyongyang's foreign minister told the u.n. an attack on the u.s. mainland was now inevitable it came just hours after u.s. bombers and fighter jets flew near north korea in a show of force against the isolated state. germany heads to the polls on sunday to elect a new parliament and tipped to win a fourth term as chancellor of the populist alternative for germany party is expected to enter the bundestag for the first time. this hour in the men in the meantime you should check out our website that's called for all the latest updates and more information you can also find us on twitter and facebook but we are at thank you for watching. as long as the top managers do not go today nothing would change you know the banks pay huge fines and so was the language of the bank money. speaking the truth.

we must further step up, we must maximize pressure on the pyongyang regime. france supports the prompt adoption of new sanctions by this council, particularly in the economic realm and other sectors. we are firmly committed to similar initiatives at the european union, as i mentioned. alarming spiral of princeton ship and provocations ship andsman provocations from north korea must accept the responsibilities of the soul response we forward isan put strict, unambiguous policy based on the goals of a complete dismantling of the north korean program. only on the basis of this resoluteness,most only this way can we change its calculations to prompt the north korean regime to return to the negotiating table without preconditions. that is the only way we can pave the way to a political resolution to the current crisis. mr. president, in the light of this heightened, extremely grave threat, the council must rise to the responsibility it has a ssumed. you may rest assured that france is committed to this. thank you. gentleman --e thank the gentleman from france for

i woke up in pyongyang yesterday and landed in tokyo last night. i thought when i left north korea after speaking with government officials and some statements from north korean media talking about the fact if the united states were to shift its longstanding position of refusing to acknowledge north korea as a nuclear power, then perhaps kim jong-un and his government is open to diplomacy. when they released those numbers showing kim jong-un looking over that miniaturized nuclear war head, i started to get a little nervous. it was a couple of hours later, the earthquake was detected. a massive 6.3 earthquake at a mountainous border region near china. the earthquake felt not just in north korea but registering seismic monitoring stations all over the world. an explosion, eight, possibly ten times stronger than a nuclear bomb dropped on hiroshima in japan 1945 and another sign that north korea is not backing down despite the fiery rhetoric of president trump but escalating the situation. we were speaking with government officials in pyongyang last we

pyongyang has tested long range missiles in july. many pyongyang has tested long range missiles injuly. many experts believe that these missiles have the capability of hitting the us mainline. it is effectively saying it can arm these long—range missiles now. is their more concern on the streets of seoul then there has been up streets of seoul then there has been up to now? people in seoul are quite used to threats from north korea. this is the sixth nuclear test that north korea has conducted. it has conducted more than a dozen missile tests this year. many people here believe that these tests, this ramping up of the nuclear programme by pyongyang, is more for political leveraged than meaning to start a war. these are tests conducted by north korea. it is a ramping up its missile programme. it says it is a defensive technique. its justification is that this is a defence from invasion. it hasn't made claims that it is going to start a war. it is a defensive claim, particularly against the us and south korea. that's what many people

but first — just hours after pyongyang said it tested a hydrogen bomb, president trump tweeted the us is considering slapping trade embargos on all countries that do business with north korea. this includes india, russia, pakistan and perhaps most notably, china. the latest figures show trade between the us and china is worth nearly $650 billion every year. this makes china the united states‘ biggest trading partner. many experts believe that washington is leaning on beijing to isolate north korea. trade with china is crucial to the fortunes of pyongyang, with over 80% of all north korean exports being purchased by their neighbours across the border. rico hizonjoins us from singapore. nice to see you. a bit more about this new threat of wider sanctions. well, there is still no clarity on what this could be. this was from a tweet from donald trump bite, sally, and bago from the united states almost will surely result in friction with beijing and moscow. but it could be the price for denying kim jong—un the resources for his weapons programme. there are many ways and bardot can be p

. >> reports come less than one day after pyongyang said it had a new hydrogen bomb. these images purport to show kim jong-un inspecting the device. state media claim it can be loaded on an intercontinental ballistic missile. covering this from all angles, will ripley is in tokyo, and christiane amanpour is on the line in london. ian lee is in seoul, south korea. let's begin with you. >> once this earthquake officially it was an earthquake that was detected, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. there was a lot of talk this could have been a nuclear test. so the south koreans went -- convened an emergency session of their national security council to discuss this latest development. that council convened a meeting that lasted hours and just got out. we are expecting an update in about 30 minutes' time but it's we have heard that the south korean military has been placed on a heightened alert. there is extra surveillance taking place in the north right now. we're hearing that south korean officials are in close contact with their american counterparts to discuss this latest deve

the trump administration warned pyongyang that it risks a "massive military response" if it threatens the us or its allies. south korea responded by conducting its own military exercise. seoul says it carried out live—fire ballistic missile drills in response to the north's nuclear test. there's been widespread international condemnation of pyongyang, with china and russia both expressing deep concern. we report from tokyo and beijing in a moment but first, here's our correspondent yogita limaye in seoul. "it was a perfect success," the newsreader declared, as she announced north korea was close to achieving its nuclear goals. the country says it has detonated a hydrogen bomb small enough to be fitted to an intercontinental missile. this is kimjong—un inspecting what north korea claims is such a device. if true, it would mean that pyongyang is now capable of launching a nuclear attack on cities in the united states. this unprecedented threat prompted president trump to say... any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam, or our allies, will be met with a mass

kim jong—un has describes president trump as mentally deranged, after his anti—pyongyang speech at the un. mr trump has announced more trade sanctions. protests continue a cross catalonia after the spanish government imposed daily fines on separatists organising an independence referendum. the spanish government says any vote on a split from spain would be illegal. the mexican president has promised to continue the search for earthquake survivors. he said rescuers are still looking for anyone alive in the ruins of ten buildings. over 270 people across are now known to have died in the quake. now it's time for world business report. back from the cliff edge. britain will push for a brexit transition period that would keep it in the single market for two years. but can it break the stalemate over money? plus, clouds gather over the us solar industry as a trade dispute with china heats up. welcome to world business report. i'm rachel horne. we start in florence, italy, where — as you've been hearing — british prime minister theresa may will set out her position on brexit in a speech.

we have pyongyang upping the ante. also political pressure on the south from donald trump, threatening to end the south korea u.s. trade pact from 2012. let's find out more. that actually mean for the united states? i find the timing extraordinary. is very strange. donald trump talked about ripping up this trade deal that started in 2007, but was renegotiated in 2012. it is a deal between obama and south korea, a big trade pact between the u.s. and south korea, and the idea was to get rid of tariffs, 95% of the tariffs between south korea and the u.s., and so all of a sudden they are saying amongst everything else that donald , let'sas on his plate rip this up or at least renegotiate a better trade deal for the u.s. rishaad: this was a long time negotiated come up wasn't this, this free trade agreement? what are the sectors likely to be affected by the friction? exports morea on goods to the u.s. than the u.s. exports to south korea, things like cars, cell phones, , things that the u.s. does not have the manufacturing

the test was also condemned by beijing, pyongyang and north korea. the test took place at a site in the north—east of the country. from seoul in south korea, yogita limaye sent this report. state television proudly announcing that the country has conducted another nuclear test. it was a perfect success, the newsreader said. pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb at its testing site in the north—east of the country. and hundreds of miles away in china, people say they witnessed tremors caused by the explosion. experts believe it could be the most powerful weapon north korea has tested so far. earlier in the day, these photos were released of north korean leader kim jong—un, inspecting what is claimed to be the bomb. the country says the nuclear device it's tested can be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile test. a serious threat because it means pyongyang can arm these long range rockets it tested injuly, missiles that would put the us mainland within firing range. in south korea, an emergency meeting was held. translati

it follows pyongyang's most powerful nuclear test to date. in response, south korea has just carried out its own ballistic missile exercise. the un security council will hold an emergency meeting later on monday to discuss its response. in a moment, we report from tokyo and beijing, but first our correspondent, yogita limaye, who's in seoul. it was a perfect success, the newsreader declared, as she announced north korea was close to achieving its nuclear goals. the country says it's detonated a hydrogen bomb small enough to be fitted to an intercontinental missile. this is kimjong—un inspecting what north korea claims is such a device. if true, it would mean that pyongyang is now capable of launching a nuclear attack on cities in the united states. this unprecedented threat prompted president trump to say... any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam, or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. it is a strong message to south korea's president, who for mont

is pushing tough measures against pyongyang i think that they wanted some action to be taken and they knew that china and i believe also russia would not go along with what the draft was that it was really recipe for extinction for north korea korea has also said that if there's a peace treaty signed between them and the united states and there's a halt to those maneuvers that they would suspend nuclear and missile tests by the united states has brush this off as absolutely unthinkable and so i think that's the real reason that we have an ongoing crisis so you know you have here is basically nikki haley having initially distributed the most extreme stat abstentions. perhaps even historically this latest round of sanctions which was supposed to be extremely hard hitting but instead reflected the influence of both russia and china in pushing for diplomacy actually signals a possibility and even though things have gotten about as grim as they possibly could with regard to u.s. policy toward north korea there is a rational pathway at hand. following the adoption of the resolution russia a

pyongyang has its adversaries scrambling to respond. its southern neighbor is predicting further applications. >> we put -- further complications. >> we predict north korea could fire an icbm to show they have obtained the means of delivering a nuclear bomb to united states. reporter: south korea simulated an attack on pyongyang's main testing site but so far military maneuvers and talk talk have not seemed to impress north korea. it has only pushed ahead with its nuclear missile program. brent: four more i am joined by joshua in washington. he is an editor at the nonproliferation review. it is good to have you back. let me first ascii for your take on what we are seeing tonight in new york, this emergency security council meeting. joshua: this is almost always how the u.s. and its partner countries respond to this kind of event, with the threat of more sanctions. how threat the chinese will go is always the limiting factor because they are responsible for the great majority of north korea's foreign trade. they simply try to sanction ch

in pyongyang. and top u.s. defense officials are responding to north korea's biggest nuclear tests yet with a blunt warning. defense secretary mattis warning any threat by pyongyang against the u.s. or its allies would draw what he called a massive military response. mattis' warning coming after a meet with the president, vice president, and top national security advisers. mattis said, "our commitments among the allies are ironclad." >> any threat to the united states or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response. a response effective and overwhelming. we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. as i said, we have many options to do so. >> the warning after north korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb on sunday. a test that was overseen by leader kim jong-un. pyongyang claimed the weapon was designed to be carried by an intercontinental ballistic missile, the kind that north korea has also been testing recently. president tr

the us wrong pyongyang's latest provocation is pushing its patience to the limits as kim. overture. hello i'm citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up despite police just going over your head in everything three. prime minister raises the terror threat from severe to critical as for the suspects behind a london bombing. amnesty international says it has evidence mammo security forces burned the hinge of villages as part of an orchestrated campaign. and you ask me for the first time in two years as opposition to the independence plans mounts. we start with the korean crisis the white house national security adviser general. has warned that the united states was approaching the limits. on diplomacy can accomplish when it comes to reigning in north korea's weapons program. for those who have said and been commenting about the lack of a military option there is a military option now it's not what we would prefer to do so what we have to do is call on all nations call on everyone to do everything we can to address this global problem short of war so that is implementing

provocation from pyongyang kim jong un fires yet another missile over japan triggering a new round of international condemnation. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up despite police just doing a deal i did everything screening the police down for the suspects behind a london tube bombing twenty two people were injured when the device exploded during the morning rush hour. amnesty international says it has evidence mia security forces burned range of images as part of an orchestrated campaign. and the independence question iraq's kurdish parties meet for the first time in two years as opposition from baghdad mounts. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says north korea's aggressive regime threatens not only the region but the entire world comments call off the pyongyang five yet another missile over japan the second in less than a month the u.n. security council is due to meet in the next few hours to discuss this latest provocation will be live in new york in just a moment with more on that first though craig gleason has this report from tok

a coming down hard on the pyongyang pyongyang with we just sore and not report. that's exactly what president donald trump lost force net. it weighs duties and about the same time we have to see the extended should extent. on d. e. and a actions that are being taken by china how they will be implemented. i would be invested in a. it can be yeah and digs about such that way lady doubts and compose this is the strongest said that stanchions. that suits saw and but no wake in previous cases china was the same into because of itss impoportance in terms of ou. economy get trade and exchanges with north korea during really easter china and. a to so probably will t and secretary to this and i and some requests and in with us in these i'm implementation to take plac. yeah because in the showed that china or alone could done more in terms of applying the pressure on on pyongyang in the regime tha. because. a few weeks ago when you know the the the the trump of administration was particularly. a vocal on this issue telling charlie you've got to do more. the chinese were qu

so there hasn't been too much movement from pyongyang from my experience in the capital of north korea. speaking to people who are close to the leadership there, speaking to officials. they need just as a short time ago in april told me face to face flatly they would never, i repeat never give up the nuclear program. they would never give up their missile program. they see it as a combination of national pride. they see it as also an element of survival. that they feel if they have the weaponry there, the nuclear weaponry there they stand less of a chance of being threatened by the united states. so far i haven't seen too much budging by north korea. one of my experts said it looked like china was having an effect in tempering the attitude of pyongyang because we hadn't seen another nuclear test. by all indications according to this information, today we have, robert. robert: it does appear that way. we are waiting for confirmation from north korea. gregg palkot we would like to thank you for your insight with your reporting and experiences on the ground in pyongyang. thanks again for