this is bbc world news today. our top stories: charlie gard, the terminally ill british baby whose medical care was the subject of a court battle has died, a week before was the subject of a court battle has died. donald trump takes cover after a setback in the senate and a public row between two of his closest aides. also, volunteers trying to save canada's wild horses from hunters before it's too late. hello and welcome to world news today. the pentagon says it believes

north korea has conducted another ballistic missile test. the japanese chief cabinet secretary said it flew for about 45 minutes. that's longer than the missile tested injuly which pyongyang claimed was an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the us. the prime minister convened the national security council and expressed his strongest condemnation against north korea and announce that our prime minister will take every possible measure to ensure the safety of the japanese people. it is important at this critical juncture that such key allies as the united states, south korea, and japan

closely coordinate and rigorously implement economic sanction measures that have been agreed upon, and that we re that have been agreed upon, and that were also announced to give pressure to north korea so that it would come to north korea so that it would come to its senses. it has been reported the head of the american and south korean military has discussed military response options, what does that mean, does japan supported? military response options, what does that mean, doesjapan supported7m has been expressed that japanese government supports the american administration's position that all options are on the table. there is no question about it. we will continue to closely coordinate with such key alex mowatt the united states and south korea. at the moment it is important to recognise that the military option is the last resort. what is important right now is to implement rigorously and com pletely is to implement rigorously and completely economic sanction measures that were agreed by the

security council, that also includes china and russia, which also have great influence over north korea. what should china and russia to that they are not at the moment? russia and china are permanent members of the united nations security council, the united nations security council, the bear a big responsibility in dealing with north korea's elastic missile programmes, and as far as china is concerned, 90% of north korea's trade is with china. what is making it possible for north korea to develop its ballistic and nuclear programme is its massive foreign currency revenue. it is critically important. in that regard china can play a far more important role than it is currently doing. do you think they are serious about stopping north korea or not? china's position on north korea nuclear and missile

programme is clear, they would never condone north korea becoming a nuclear power. they have been quite explicit about it. china is in a very good position and is serious about declaring north korea becoming about declaring north korea becoming a nuclear power. but it's obvious that the ballistic missiles that have been launched our delivery systems of such weapons. let us know get more on this from washington. what does talk of a military response mean? it could mean increasing the us military footprint in the region, or a pre—emptive military strike. there are various options available. the military has recently updated those options and they are ready to be presented to the president should he

ask for them. that reality has not changed. secretary of defence regularly says he does not want this option, a military cough edition would be a catastrophe, but equally they are watching with concern the ad —— the advancing technological ability of north korea with regard to ballistic missiles and the concern about long—range runs and the ability for these missiles to ultimately hurt the united states. what other options are possible? what other options are possible? what about the influence of china? can the us do more to exert pressure on the chinese? the us is preparing to do more to put pressure on the chinese. a state department official said the cpr drawing up a list of things that they said were sanctions busting. they have started to do that. they have signalled that they are prepared to do more. but that this within the range of policy that

is being pursued now which is sanctions and diplomacy trying to squeeze “— sanctions and diplomacy trying to squeeze —— trying to squeeze north korea with the goal of getting it to a giddy to d nuclear lies. there is the question being asked, can you convince them to do this at this point. either you have a military response or you have talks and agreed to freeze north korea where they are in their nuclear programme. that is something that the administration is not willing to consider, at least publicly, at this point. it's been confirmed that the terminally ill baby charlie gard has died, a week before his first birthday. it's thought he was moved to a hospice today from great ormond street children's hospital where he was being treated. the hospital has released a statement sending their condolences

to the family. in march of this year specialists at great ormond street that decided that his treatment should be withdrawn. his parents rejected this. they said there were doctors in america offering experimental treatment that could help charlie gard. they hang on to the possibility that they would be allowed to take him to america. but after further tests they admitted defeat and said it was time to let him go. ourson him go. our son is him go. ourson is an him go. our son is an absolute warrior and

we could not be prouder of him and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul will soon be gone but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come. the campaign was relentless. a petition was handed and with 350,000 signatures. an online appeal raised more than £1 million to pay for experimental treatments. support for charlie gard was global. a statement from pope francis said he was playing for his parents and that he hoped that they wished to a company and cheat their child until the end was not elected. —— and treat their child. but doctors at great 0rmond child. but doctors at great ormond street and the legal system saw things

differently. judges at every level up differently. judges at every level up to this european court of human rights determined that further treatment would not be in the interests of charlie gard and that he should be allowed to die with dignity. through out the legal process the relationship between the pa rents process the relationship between the parents and the hospital deteriorated stop i cannot get my head around it. we too him into hospital, they do not want to do the treatment. they basicallyjust kept him a prisoner there. our parental rights have been stripped the military we took in there, in hindsight we lost him. -- the moment we took him in there. his parents thank nurses at great 0rmond that they said the hospital and the courts had denied them theirfinal wish by determining that the life—support treatment should end sought —— shortly after he was moved

toa sought —— shortly after he was moved to a hospice rather than allowing them to move to a home environment. the money raised will now set up a foundation to help other desperately ill children. the parents thank eve ryo ne ill children. the parents thank everyone who supported charlie gard and said that by the time his short life came to an end he was loved by thousands of people. his parents have released a statement. they say the hospital denied them theirfinal statement. they say the hospital denied them their final wish. they just wanted quality time. most people will not have to go through what we went through. we had no control over his life or his death. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.

the court said nawaz sharif had been dishonest and not disclosing his earnings. he has denied any wrongdoing. police in germany say a man armed with a knife has attacked people in a supermarket in the northern city of hamburg. police say one person was killed and four others injured. the suspect is no indication. the police say they have no idea of motive and are not ruling anything out. the us government says it plans to rhetoric the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. they think reducing nicotine levels will make cigarettes less addictive. they will look at ways of shifting smokers to electronic cigarettes.

the volunteers trying to save canada's wild horses from hunters before it is too late. an independent review will be carried out into building regulations and fire safety after that grenfell tower fire. the government has announced an independent review of fire safety and building regulations. many of the questions were left their regulations were adequate. the former chairperson of the manufacturers organisation will over see this. it will report to the

communities secretary and to the home secretary. they will explore many of these aspects of regulation being sufficient. whether sufficiently applied. it sounds at this early stage. the latest headlines. the united states and south korea discuss a military response option after north korea test a second intercontinental ballistic missile. and charlie gard, the terminally ill baby, whose medical care was subject to a court battle, has died. it has been an incredible few hours for president donald trump. the senate has rejected another attempt

to reveal 0bamaca re, senate has rejected another attempt to reveal 0bamacare, and three of the top figures are, donald trump's promised to repeal 0bamacare that he said would be so easy, crashed and burned on the floor of the senate. 0utside, opponents celebrated. john mccain delivered the news with a dramatic thumbs down. two gasps and inta kes dramatic thumbs down. two gasps and intakes of breath that person that the president had hailed as a key role was note the villain of the piece. this is a disappointing moment. from skyrocketing costs, plummeting

choices, collapsing markets, our constituents have suffered through an awful lot under 0bamacare. that was not the only drama unfolding. at the white house the most extraordinary bare—knuckle cage fight has broken out among the three most senior people in their west wing who are not the president. the new communications director, anthony scaramucci, talking in abusive and obscene terms about the chief of staff, and the chief strategist. anthony scaramucci has apologised for the language used, but not the sentiments expressed. in his conversation with the new yorker magazine, anthony scaramucci said of the chief of staff. of said of the chief of staff. of steve banning he said. and earlier in the week anthony scaramucci told the bbc that his

style was going to be more direct. 0ne style was going to be more direct. one of the things i cannot stand about this town is the backstabbing. where i grew up, we are front stabbers. we like to tell you where we are from and what we are doing. donald trump left washington a short while ago to fly to long island, new york, to look up efforts to curb inter—gang rivalry and violence. he could have stayed at home. if the president was disheartened by the senate's decision to vote down their health care bill he was not showing during a speech he made in the last couple of hours then long island. discussing measures on immigration and law enforcement he said he would still get the job done on health care. we need more resources from congress and we are getting them. congress is actually opening up and really doing thejob. they should have approved health

ca re last they should have approved health care last night that you can't have everything. they have been working on that one for seven years. can you believe that? this one. but we will get it done. i said from the beginning, let 0bamacare implored, and then do it. that turned out to be right. 0bamacare, implored. i spoke to our washington correspondent about why 0bamacare is so divisive. i have been speaking to a number of people over the past few months about 0bamaca re people over the past few months about 0bamacare and health care provision. 0n the one hand you have a number of americans who rely on three health care, on the measures brought in by president 0bama. they typically don't get the treatment they need. 0n the other hand you have middle—class americans who are working very hard boost unions have shot up. their health care now costs

more than mortgage or rent sometimes. they cannot understand why they are paying for health care for those that they believe have made choices in life that they do not understand, that perhaps they are paying for health care for people who need certain treatments or who have had many children. i spoke to one woman who said why should i pay for another mother who needs to give birth for perhaps their fifth child? i needs to give birth for perhaps theirfifth child? i said is needs to give birth for perhaps their fifth child? i said is that not the way health care works? she said that is not how it should work in the united states. that is what the two camps, that republicans are trying to coalesce around. they have a problem. the measures for some of the particle too far. they fear that millions will lose health coverage. for others in the party, conservatives, they believe the measures do not go far enough, they wa nt measures do not go far enough, they want more of 0bamacare repealed. last night they try to bring those sides together. it is with some

course untiljohn mccain cast that full. they are bruised, battered, and on recess. it is not likely we will see health care floor any time soon. will see health care floor any time soon. on recess that they meant the number of troubles it has been a difficult week and a difficult couple of days. it is hard to sum up this week. it started with the president's son—in—law going to the senate to give testimony about meeting various members of either the russian government russian representatives. it's all these investigations into whether or not russia medal in the us presidential elections. then we donald trump treating saying that transgender people would be banned from the military, catching his own military off—guard, and that directive is no uncertain. nobody from the white house has given the military the idea of how they are taking this policy forward. last night we had the drama surrounding health care. and then the white house itself seems to be

at civil war with the likes of anthony scaramucci. we have not seen a resolution to that either. they have been on the same plane on the way to that rally that you have just seen. way to that rally that you have just seen. we have not seen how that situation will resolve itself. it is friday afternoon. you just never know what is going to happen next in this white house. here is the sport. how has the crickets gone? it is going very well for england. the third test. a brilliant day for them against south africa at the oval, particularly for debit and toby roland—jones, 4—39. alistair cook was hoping to make his 31st test century that he fell for it yet. ben stokes was the mainstay, it brilliant 112. kagiso rabada took three wickets after returning from a

one match ban at in the first test. but it was toby roland—jones, a knock of 25 with the bat, and he also took four wickets. it is a pretty special day coming into it. we knew that we wanted to try and push ourselves as hard as possible. still pretty testing conditions at times out there. i thought it was outstanding and elevating us to a score that we always thought would be very competitive in the game. it is very helpful when you have got players at the end of your remark with the experience of stuart broad andjimmy. with the experience of stuart broad and jimmy. they were calm and be guided me through the opening few overs and then i'd use the adrenaline to keep me going from there. the bad they for south africa has been compounded. philander will spend the night in hospital on a drip. he has missed large spells of

the tests so far with a stomach bug. usain bolt‘s killie could go on and on according tojustin gatlin. he is still going at age 35 and thinks usain bolt might reconsider his decision to quit. when they miss competing at the highest level? it's as not just a competing at the highest level? it's as notjust a figure, it is going to be filled by such young athletes, athletes who want to make a name for themselves. but he has the opportunity to come back. 0nce themselves. but he has the opportunity to come back. once he leaves he can still come back. he can have a year of rest and say, i cannot believe it's too soon stop do you think he might do that? he has that rock star mentality. he could travel the world, have fun, party in different places, come back and say he wants to take this seriously again. the president of cycling's world governing body has hit back at

critics as he seeks free election to meet the body. lance armstrong and pat mcquaid have both been vocal in their dislike of his tenure. i could not want better endorsements. neither lance armstrong nor pat mcquaid like what i have been doing with cycling. they are the people in their own different ways who took cycling to the brink of disaster. i do not want their support. that tells its own story. that has all the sport for now. there is more online. for more than a century horses known as wildies have roamed free in the canadian province of alberta. but recently their numbers on the eastern slopes of the rocky mountains have been dwindling. natural predators and culls to prevent them from harming the grassland have both contributed. today less than 800 wildies remain and now a team of volunteers is taking a new approach

to save them. one only has to go out there and watch a herd roaming the hills just to really get a sense of what it used to be like in this country. if we lost the alberta wildies, i think we'd be losing a big part of that spirit of alberta. they were just considered feral, stray. nobody cared about them, nobody wanted anything to do with them, and so they were rounded up, they were killed, they were just basically abused. in the wild horse herds, one that lived closer to the private land and the forest, the young boys get kicked out of the herds and they start roaming by themselves and maybe join up with a couple of other young bachelors. most of the boys that we have in the barn right now, that's what happened to them. they got onto private land, trying to get close to find a girlfriend or something like that. the contraceptive is administered via a dart, so it's a disposable

dart and we use an inject rifle. it is a true contraceptive, it's not sterilisation. the mare will get bred and she will have normal behaviour, but she just won't conceive. i didn't start with horses until about ten years ago. my daughter got a horse and when she went off to college, guess who ended up with the horse? it'sjust neat. every day, there's something you learn and can teach them, too. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @geetagurumurthy match more of course online. it isa

it is a cool and mixed weekend on the way. we have had some dark clouds today for the cricket at the 0val, particularly in one of the dressing rooms. the wettest weather has been in wales. when strengthening. clearer skies then following on behind. we will keep blustery showers across scotland and northern ireland. laws of around 12 or 13 degrees. saturday morning, first thing, showers in the north—west, running across northern parts of northern ireland and western scotland. dreyer across eastern scotland. probably some sunshine for northern england. not many showers here. most part of payment and we'll start dry and bright with some sunshine. still

this area of cloud close to the south course. that dream from overnight never properly clearing away. it will start to move northwards during the day. we not be so northwards during the day. we not be so lucky with the weather at the 0val tomorrow. possibly extending into the evening session. this rain slowly moves northwards. how quickly and how far north that is the tricky bit through the day. much of the day will be dry. the midlands and northern england, some sunshine, best day of the weekend. back to blustery showers. temperature is very similar to what we have had over the past couple of days. we need to keep an eye on that green. very quickly transport was during the evening on saturday. into the night before sweeping with us stronger winds into the north sea. but weather system out of the way by the time we are rap on sunday morning. low pressure sitting

towards the north. that is the co nsta nt. towards the north. that is the constant. heavy showers, hailand thunder in the west will go eastwards during the day. more sunshine, more showers to come on monday. fewer showers, more sunshine, more showers to come on monday. fewershowers, later showers on tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines. the united states and south korea discuss military response options. it flew for 45 minutes before landing in the seed. charlie gard, the baby at the centre of a high court battle over his care, has died. it follows a ruling by a judge that his life—support system should be turned off. supporters of the former

pakistan prime minister says he will use all legal options available to defend his name. he was forced to resign after the supreme court suspended him from office for life.