nuclear strike if they're attacked, a senior official says. earlier, us vice—president mike pence warned north korea not to test the us. prince harry reveals he's had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years ‘not thinking' about his mother's death. turkey's president erdogan has said he'll press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. easyjet apologises to a couple who were ordered off an overbooked flight. the pair — who were due to fly from luton to italy — were not offered compensation or told that they were entitled to an alternative flight with another airline. brighton is promoted to the premier league after winning against wigan athletic and huddersfield drew against derby. it is the first time in sa years that brighton will be playing top—flight football. this summer, some gcse grades in england are changing, with a* to g being replaced by grades 9—1, a move that's creating "huge uncertainty" according to the teachers‘ union the nasuwt, who are holding their annual conference in manchester.

the government says standards will go up because the content is more rigorous and that bright pupils will have a better chance to shine. our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. the new system has more grades and replaces letters with the numbers 9 to 1 — with 9 being the highest grade. it's all change for gcse maths and english this year. numbers, not letters, for grades and new, tougher content for the exams. would that be ok, to do that? so umi is getting extra help from her tutor, something many families can't afford. even so, she's anxious about the exams. it's quite daunting, because lots of my teachers don't... they've never taught it before, so they're not used to the new syllabus that's coming in. her mum, kelly, is trying to get her head round it all. a grade 4 will be the same as a c or above. a top grade of 9 will be higher than an a*. she doesn't mind the exams‘ content being made harder.

but to bring in a new grading system and make the whole exam structure tougher as well means that there's a lot that people have to deal with in a short space of time. teachers have been debating the changes today. their union, nasuwt, says ministers are moving the goalposts. headteachers move goalposts for yourself individually. but i think the government have just taken them away. and we might actually be playing snooker. generally, we are just very, very confused about what these grades actually mean and, actually, were they even necessary in the first place? in a system where everyone understands, a‘ to g, why did we need to move to 9 to 1? it's only england that's making these changes, starting with maths and english this year. wales and northern ireland are sticking with letters. gcses are an important milestone in students' lives... ministers say that's why high standards matter. they insist the new system

will be fair, a grade 4, just as good as a grade c. but all that takes some explaining. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. let's get more now on our main story — north korea has stepped up its war of words with the united states, warning there will be "all—out war". in a rare interview with the bbc, the north korean vice foreign minister han—song ryol has threatened that pyongyang will carry out weekly missile strikes. earlier the us vice—president, who's visiting south korea, warned the north ‘not to test‘ president trump's resolve. speaking to our correspondent john sudworth in pyongyang, han song—ryol said despite the threat, the missile tests will go on. it would mean an all—out war. our nuclear weapons protect us from

threat. we will be carrying out more tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. if you could send one message to donald trump today, what would it be? translation: i would tell him if the us encroaches on our sovereignty, it would provoke an immediate counterreaction. if the us is planning a military attack against us, we will react with a nuclear pre—emptive strike by our own style and method. david slinn was the uk first ambassdor to north korea between 2002 and 2006. hejoins me on webcam from the canadian capital, 0ttawa. welcome to the programme. it says a lot about the isolation of north korea that somebody... somebody is trying to dial into you at the moment, so we are getting an interesting picture. it is another

skype. it is the joys of technology, but we can still hear you. it says a lot about the state of isolation for north korea for so long that you we re north korea for so long that you were the ambassador after a0 years of the suspension of so—called hostilities. what was the atmosphere like when you were serving in pyongyang? the atmosphere was quite tense, quite difficult. it was at the height of another nuclear crisis in that the existence of a second north korean nuclear programme based on enriched uranium was revealed. i can recall lots of conversations with north korean officials, complaining, passing messages from uk ministers, about north korean plans for their nuclear programmes and stressing that in our view the development of a nuclear programme would not be good for the

development of north korea. a decade on, what has changed? what has not changed is the north korean‘s strategic objective of developing their own strategic, independent strategic, nuclear capability. the other thing that has not changed is the international community's resolved to try to convince north korea not to pursue that programme. let's pause for a moment because a short while ago in washington, sean spicer, president trump's press secretary, was holding his weekly press briefing and was asked about what was happening with mike pence's visit to the neighbouring south korea. let see what he said to journalists and then i will ask you for your views. let's listen to sean spicer. for us to telegraph what we are going to do or ask others to do would not be a smart strategy. but

if you realise, for example, on the economic side of things china is the number—i importer of north korean coal, to see them curtail some of that as a real economic impact on the region. there is a lot of economic and political pressure points that china can utilise and we are encouraged with the direction in which they are going. we have got a lot of tools left and a lot of conversations are ongoing. but let's not get ahead of ourselves, we have had a very productive direction and we see china moving and there is an agreement by everyone so far that a nuclear capable north korea is not in any body's best interests. again a lot of that washington hoping that beijing will apply more effective pressure, but those hopes have existed in the past. is there any reason in yourjudgment that china should be any more willing to up the

pressure on pyongyang than it was under kim —— kimjong—un‘s father? it is not in china's interest to have a nuclear north korea on its doorstep. we have to accept that china's interests do not necessarily align with those of the united states. what would be fascinating to know would be more about the content of the conversation between president trump and the north korean president at their summit to understand a bit more about the tone of that conversation. what i had long thought would be worthwhile would be for china and the united states to sit down and have a quiet, away from the public dialogue about the future of the korean peninsula so that the concerns of both of those superpowers could be understood and they could come to a better understanding amongst themselves about what might happen ina themselves about what might happen

in a post—nuclear, post—kim jong—un north korea. you spent four years there as ambassador. can you give us a sense, i appreciate it is getting on for a decade on, but the country moves less quickly than other countries, in terms of technology, just how difficult the place was it to live in and pay to all your other experiences around the world? to live in and pay to all your other experiences around the world7m to live in and pay to all your other experiences around the world? it was very different, the most different place i did working and it was that sense of isolation, isolation from the outside world. diplomats are used to sitting down and talking to their opposite numbers. diplomats can understand each other, they can see where the guy on the other side of the table is coming from even if they do not agree. in north korea that was not the case. north korean diplomats did not really understand what the position of the west, what the position of the united kingdom

or the european union was. why we we re or the european union was. why we were trying to convince them a nuclear north korea was not in any one's interest. it made for interesting, sometimes quite confusing discussions. what is your sense of what the balance was, and again this may have changed with the change of leader, the balance between the ruling family and the other influences in running the country, most obviously the military? that is the ultimate challenge for the international community to try and work out. we have never been totally sure or reliably sure about that sort of relationship. we were not then and we are not now. we do not really know who has a serious influence on kimjong—un in the way know who has a serious influence on kim jong—un in the way that when i was there we did not understand who had a serious influence on kimjong eel and how the decision—making progress “— eel and how the decision—making progress —— process progress. 0ne

eel and how the decision—making progress —— process progress. one of the things that always struck me was how ill informed and how little the officials that we seemed to talk to understood the dynamics, the policy—making process, in either washington or in london or in brussels for that matter. there was a lot of decision—making that was based on ill informed processes within north korea. let me ask you finally, do you see a hope for a way out of the problem of north korea if sanctions do not appear to have worked, if the so—called sunshine policy that some governments in the south have tried to pursue, opening links and hoping the regime will colla pse links and hoping the regime will collapse and people will see like is better? if those options have not work, i there any options left?|j think work, i there any options left?” think there are options. the option

for a political solution is still there. of course it will not be easy. i do not agree that sanctions have not worked. sanctions are a blunt tool and they often take a long time to have any impact. there is circumstantial evidence to suggest sanctions are having some impact in north korea. there is some circumstantial evidence to show that the amount of external information going into north korea is increasing and that is opening the minds of some of the people in north korea to the extent they are now starting to ask questions about their own regime. that is a fascinating prospect, once the questions start, do they have the answers? thank you so much for talking to us this evening and giving us your insight. easyjet has apologised to a couple who were ordered off an overbooked flight. the pair — who were due to fly from luton to italy — were not offered compensation or told that they were entitled

to an alternative flight with another airline. our business correspondentjoe lynam has been giving me more details. the passengers were not taken off violently as happened with united airlines. human violently as happened with united air lines. human error kicked in here and it is embarrassing for easyj et. here and it is embarrassing for easyjet. the two people had booked and paid for their flight, easyjet. the two people had booked and paid for theirflight, but easyjet. the two people had booked and paid for their flight, but could not check in online for a technical reason. they turned up at the desk and were given boarding passes, got on the plane and discovered there we re on the plane and discovered there were not enough seats, they were told to leave. politely. in a polite way and then human error number two kicked in when they were not told they were entitled to substantial compensation and they could get a rival airline to their final destination paid for by easyjet in this incident under eu compensation rules. human errors can read league

two reputational issue. again it is being on a plane and not having a seat. last week with united airlines they had to get a cruise on and that is why they were asking people to get off. here it is something to do with the system, the seats were reallocated because they had not booked in online? airlines oversell seats. it is a question of by how many? for nearly every flight there is somebody who cannot make it, turns up late, or whatever, so the oversell by a few seats. in this insta nce oversell by a few seats. in this instance it was human error, they should not have been issued the boarding pass. to be clear, under the rules as they currently exist, it does not matter how cheap your ticket is or how expensive, you still have those same basic rights? you are protected, this is an eu regulation? eu 261 if you want the

code. i am writing it down now. you are in the care of the airline in that if they have overbooked and they have to take you off the airline, they are responsible for your onward journey. in this particular incident, after the infamous united airlines flight, they were told they had to wait four days for the next flight and that was a mistake. there is now retraining going on and the airline is very apologetic and they are genuinely sorry and they have com pletely genuinely sorry and they have completely compensated the two people in question, including the cost of the hotels in italy which they lost. joe lynam, our business correspondence. joe lynam, our business correspondence. the headlines on bbc news. a warning from north korea — all—out war and a pre—emptive nuclear strike if they're attacked, a senior official says. prince harry reveals he's had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years ‘not thinking' about his mother's death. turkey's president erdogan has said he'll press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning

the constitutional referendum. international election monitors have strongly criticised turkey's referendum — which gave the country's president sweeping new powers. approximately 51% went in favour. it will make mr erdogan head of state and both political leader of the country. and both political leader of the country. they've condemned last minute changes to the way the vote was counted, and said there was state interference and media bias against the ‘no' campaign. but president erdogan said his ‘yes' campaign had triumphed despite the influence of what he called ‘western crusaders'. let's speak now to doctor ahmet yayla — he's the former chief of counter—terrorism and operations at the turkish national police.

welcome, thank you for being with us on bbc news. what is your reaction to the result? i think turkey has had this referendum with serious legitimacy rob runs. it was held under emergency circumstances initially with arrest and imprisonment ofjournalists initially with arrest and imprisonment of journalists and teachers, academics and thousands of others. we are hearing a lot of reporting about irregularities. turkey is a democratic country and should be transparent about the election process. just a few years ago you worked directly under mr erdogan. you were a supporter in

many ways of what he was trying to achieve. what do you think has changed? i think mr erdogan is trying to promote himself and he thinks of himself instead of the republic of turkey. through this election he is trying to reach lifetime immunity from prosecution and basically he wants to rule the country so that he can save himself and his family. that is a pretty cynical interpretation. here is a man who has been politically active in turkey for many years. he would argue, and his supporters would argue, and his supporters would argue, that much of the economic boom in the country was down to his stewardship initially as prime minister and then as president. then there was this unlawful attempt to kick him out of office last year, he

has a point. he is critical of those who challenged him because he says he is defending the interests of turkey and the actual election system against what used to be the deep state, the military, the security, the other people who often used to run turkey. yes, you are right technically, however there are a lot of allegations about the process and what happened and there area process and what happened and there are a lot of allegations about the other camp as well. if you look at reports coming out of different eu country agencies about what happened during the coup and the aftermath, mr erdogan basically went after his opposition as the coup happened and afterwards he imprisoned around

50,000 people regardless of their involvement in the coup. he fired over 150,000 people without knowing if they were involved in the coup or not. because of the extra measures he had taken and because of his fight against the eu and the west and his rhetoric against many european countries, it ruined tu rkey‘s european countries, it ruined turkey's economy. inflation is very high again. many european tourists who used to come to turkey are not coming to turkey, said the economy is ruined, the prospect of turkish people for the future are very dark. do you think europe has made a mistake in how it has handled turkey in the last several decades? he was making a point during the course of his victory speech earlier today that turkey has been kept waiting in

the queue at the door for more than 30 years, promised they would become pa rt 30 years, promised they would become part of europe, and always have been reasons for delaying and there has been hostility toward a lot of turks which they say they feel from a lot of countries like germany for example. turkey's desire at one point to be more european was pretty much rebuffed by europe.” point to be more european was pretty much rebuffed by europe. i think you are much rebuffed by europe. i think you a re partly much rebuffed by europe. i think you are partly right, but on the other hand, at the same time, i think we should look at ourselves as turks first. we were not very keen on going through the eu process and we did not go through all the implementations of the eu process. yes, there might be problems with the european countries, but what the eu was asking from turkey for the

good of the turks and turkey as well... sorry to interrupt, but let me ask you finally and briefly, president erdogan has one, it may be a narrow win, but he has won it. do you think ultimately he will get what he desires, which is these new powers and a much longer period to remain as head of state? 0r powers and a much longer period to remain as head of state? or do you think other events, the worries, the fears, the international concerns, will undermine his position? he will not consult the country regardless of the outcome of the election anyway. yes, he won the election, but he is opposing all the countries that opposed him. elections will happen in 2019. he was the factor using all those powers regardless of

whether they were legal or not before this election. he has a lot of challenges ahead and because of the opposition he receives in the country, i think he is going to continue to oppress the turkish population. i do not see freedom of speech or free media population. i do not see freedom of speech orfree media in population. i do not see freedom of speech or free media in the population. i do not see freedom of speech orfree media in the near future in turkey. it looks like he is going to continue his autocratic style in the near future. the former chief of counterterrorism operations in the turkish national police, thank you so much forjoining us. you are welcome. good evening. it's the first of its kind in the uk a bereavement centre designed especially for the parents of terminally ill children. magnolia house is based at birmingham children's hospital. its aim is to care for children in theirfinal days, and to provide their parents with a space to grieve. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports. lewis was a really cheeky chappie.

he was always smiling. he took everything in his stride. i don't think i ever remember a time, even when he was poorly, that he didn't smile. gayle's son lewis died when he was just two. he was suffering from neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children. she was told the bad news on a hospital ward. the day he died, we were told in a very, very small room in intensive care. so much so, the consultant that was with us at the time couldn't sit down, there wasn't enough room. we could hear phones ringing outside on the ward. very claustrophobic. it was just awful. the environment is everything, being told news like that. now, here at birmingham's children's hospital, something unique has been created. magnolia house is a nationwide first. located in the middle of the hospital's grounds, it offers palliative and bereavement care to families facing the most tragic circumstances.

its pastel coloured walls, large windows and comfortable chairs are supposed to help create a calm and soothing feeling at a time of distress and sorrow. that setting contrasts with how it used to be. this is the type of room where, traditionally, we would have the most life—changing conversations with families. the majority of children die in children's hospitals. what we want to do here is recognise that and develop the services so that we can do the best possible we can when a child is going to die. grieving for a child takes a parent a lifetime. do you thinkjust providing support at the beginning of that process is enough? honestly, it's not enough. what this is is the beginning. there's a lot more to do. magnolia house cost £1 million and was entirely funded by charitable donations. i would have rather have had him

and gone through what we did than never have had him at all. you know, we have a lot of great memories with him. taking him for days out, when we could, when he was well. yeah, if we could change things, you would not go through thisjourney, but it was what it was and we have to deal with it. when i think about him now, i do smile. because he made me smile and he still does make me smile. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. let's have a look at the weather prospects and i fear we are in for a cold night. the skies are starting to clear and we are in for a chilly night, certainly frost around in many areas, but a particularly sharp frost in the far north of england

and scotland. the cloud built up during the course of the day, but the cloud is breaking up now and the skies are clearing and the temperatures will be dipping away. just borrowed time around late evening and into the early hours of tuesday we could have some showers in the east, east anglia and the south. apart from that it is clear. this is the frost developing in the north and even further south it will be close to freezing. that should not come as too much of a surprise at this time of the year, but this frost could be damaging to some tender plants and crops, particularly the further north you are. but it is a stunning morning with light winds and some strong sunshine. four or 5 degrees in the south, the midlands and wales. in the north—west, the north coast of scotla nd the north—west, the north coast of scotland and northern ireland, cloud thickening in the afternoon, but this is a very weak weather front

moving very slowly. some spots of rain in stornoway and other eastern isles, the best of the weather on the eastern coast, the midlands, east anglia and the south east and along the south coast and the english channel coast. 13 degrees in plymouth, single figures in the north. this is tuesday night and into wednesday again it is another chilly night, particularly across the south. high pressure will anchor itself across southern parts of the uk during the course of wednesday, so this is where the best of the weather will be, the brightest weather. in the north breeze is coming off the atlantic with thicker cloud. those temperatures are typically around 12 degrees and very little change on the way for thursday. so, the summary for the week ahead, very little rain with that area of high pressure. not

feeling too cold during the day, but the night will be on the chilly side. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00pm: a warning from north korea — all—out war and a pre—emptive nuclear strike if they are attacked, a senior official says. translation: if the us is reckless enough to use military means it would mean, from that very day, an all—out nuclear war. would mean, from that very day, an all—out nuclear war. prince harry reveals he has had counselling to help him come to terms with the death of his mother. turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, rejects criticism by international election monitors of the referendum campaign. easyjet apologises to a couple who were ordered off an overbooked flight and were not offered compensation. also this hour: brighton & hove is promoted to the premier league after winning against wigan athletic and huddersfield drew against derby the end of an era — chelsea captainjohn terry is to leave the club at the close of the season after