north korea says its intercontinental ballistic missile test brings all parts of the united states within its range. the missile landed in the sea ofjapan and the regime hailed it a success, saying it was a stern warning to america. after details were released on north korean television, condemnation followed from washington, with criticism from china. also on tonight's programme: another departure from the trump administration — the president's chief of staff quits after days of public infighting at the white house. the main pension scheme for british universities has a £17 billion deficit — could it lead to higher tuition fees for students? rain affects play at the cricket but not before toby roland—jones claims his fifth wicket on his england debut. good evening.

north korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test brings all parts of the united states within its range. the regime says the missile reached a height of 2,300 miles, before landing 47 minutes later more than 600 miles away in the sea offjapan. that was farther and higher than its previous test earlier this month. experts have said that the missile may have a range of over 6,000 miles, which is far enough to target some cities on the us mainland. from seoul in south korea, here's our correspondent karen allen. cloa ked in darkness, state—run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea's defiance in the face

of international sanctions, its leader kim jong—un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before, eventually splashing down in the ocean off the coast of japan. then came the official confirmation from pyongyang. the newsreader announcing that this test was proof that the whole of the us is now within reach. pictures show a triumphant north korean leader. in washington, president trump described the test as "reckless and dangerous". the reaction from north korea's neighbour in the south was equally harsh. translation: south korea strongly

condemns the reckless act, dashing the international community's hopes of eased inter—korean military tensions and, in particular, seoul's offer of bilateral military talks. thesejoint us—south korea military drills a response to the launch, designed to send a clear message that seoul and washington stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of an increasingly belligerent north korea. the us already has battleships in the pacific ocean. now it's promised to scale up its strategic assets in response to this latest threat. more aircraft carriers and stealth bombers could soon be on the way. a jubilant kim jong—un wants us recognition as a nuclear power. instead, in the wake of another missile test, he's likely to face stiffer sanctions, with china and russia under pressure not to stand in the way. president trump's chief of staff,

reince priebus, has resigned after days of public infighting at the white house. it makes him the shortest serving white house chief of staff in history. mr trump has replaced him withjohn kelly, a former general, who was head of homeland security. in the tumultuous seven months of his presidency donald trump has lost several key members of his adminstration. as early as his first month in office he fired, sally yates, the acting attorney general, over her opposition to his travel ban. then his national security advisor michael flynn resigned after only 23 days on the job over discussions he had held with the russians. at the beginning of may the president, fired the fbi director, james comey and at the end of the month white house communications director mike dubke resigned. the hiring of anthony scaramucci to replace him then led to the resignation of press secretary sean spicer earlier this month. we can now go to washington and speak to our correspondent, laura bicker.

laura it's quite a list, is it unprecedented 7 it sometimes resembles or feels like the apprentice tv show which the president once hosted. but when it comes to reince priebus, perhaps he was doomed from the start. he was pa rt was doomed from the start. he was part of the republican establishment, a politician's man. he never seemed to win the confidence of the president. so far his replacement, donald trump has once again looked at what he described as the washington swamp. he has gone tojohn ruraljohn kelly, a—star marine general who might impose some discipline in what has often seemed like a chaotic west wing. but this appointment once again sets him further adrift of the republican party. the advantages to that, if, when things go wrong, as it did in congress with health care this week on he can rain the party

not the presidency. as you havejust seen, north korea has put a bigger problem on his desk and the international community is now looking to him to take the lead. his current strategy doesn't look like it is working and we don't know what plan b is riding daily—macro riding on how quickly he can get his own house in order. the main pension scheme for british universities has a deficit of more than £17 billion, the largest on record for any retirement fund in the uk. the financial hole in the scheme widened in the past year as investments failed to pay off. there are warnings that contributions to the scheme, or student tuition fees, may have to rise to close the gap. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. they are the future captains of industry, but the cost of studying has mushroomed in recent years. now there's concern that tuition fees might have to rise again. that's because the main pensions scheme for lecturers, known as uss, has posted a record black hole and ways have to be found to reduce it. universities only have a limited number of sources of income. the main source of income is obviously from student fees

and it seems inconceivable to me that student fees will not have to be diverted into plugging the pension deficit. under international accounting rules, the uss pension scheme deficit almost doubled from £8.5 billion last year to £17.5 billion this year. now that gives the scheme, which has almost 400,000 members, lecturers and academics, the dubious distinction of being a record pension deficit for this country. but the chief executive of the scheme says it's way too early to think about hiking student fees. we are not responsible for setting tuition fees, clearly, but we have agreed a framework with the universities to manage the shortfall that exists within the pension plan without putting an unreasonable burden on their business models. and we have agreed a framework for looking at how pensions, contributions and the investment risk will continue to provide quality pensions for the members of the scheme. distinguished academic,

joan harvey, paid into the uss scheme for a0 years. she's already been paid from that pension but is worried that a less generous scheme might deter people considering academia. people that go into academicjobs often do it because they want to teach, or they want to do research or they want to do both, and they want to do that with some freedom, and they want to explore and investigate and understand. and the pension has, historically, always been something nice that goes with the job. because academics aren't as well paid as all these sort of fat cats in the city. pension statements are just a snapshot of the health or otherwise of their schemes. they go down and, in this case, up, but for everyone on campuses throughout the uk, clever solutions will have to be found for clever people. joe lynam, bbc news. tomorrow in venezuela a key vote

takes place to elect an assembly with broad powers to rewrite the country's constitution. critics of president nicholas maduro say it's nothing more than a power grab. the oil rich nation is mired in economic crisis and violent demonstrations which began in april have left more than 100 people dead. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, has just sent this report from caracas. it has been four months of anger on the streets of venezuela and there is no sign of an end. protest began after president nicholas maduro reversed a decision in congress, but by then the anger was clear. when former president hugo chavez came to power 18 years ago, many venezuelans wa nt to power 18 years ago, many venezuelans want to change. he won support among the poor because he promised to provide for them. it was the era of oil prices being high, but that is

over. but his successor, nicholas maduro is accused of pushing venezuela to the brink. the government says the vote tomorrow is the only way to stabilise the economy and bring much—needed peace. the opposition says it is a dictatorial move and is boycotting the vote. the country is paralysed. there are daily queues and food shortages, normal life as a struggle. the opposition's campaigner blocking streaks, calling strikes and protests, make life even more complicated for venezuela ns. but they are not giving up. with less tha n but they are not giving up. with less than 2a hours to go, the government is determined to push ahead with the vote. meanwhile, members of the opposition are working out what to do next. katie watson, bbc news, in caracas. the family of rashan charles, who died in hackney in east london after police apprehended him last weekend, have appealed for calm after a night of violence. bottles and fireworks were thrown during demonstrations. the independent police complaints commission is now investigating

the death of mr charles, who was 20. campaigners have called for protests to be peaceful. we understand your frustration, we understand your anger. don't feel the family doesn't feel that anger and frustration as well. but the family knows, taking it to the streets doesn't give you justice. burning down your own homes, burning down your neighbourhood will not give you justice. pakistan's ousted prime minister nawaz sharif has named his brother as his successor. mr sharif was forced to resign as prime minister yesterday over corruption allegations. his brother, shabaz, is currently the chief minister of punjab province. but he won't be able to take over straightaway, as our south asia correspondent, justin rowlatt reports from islamabad. rain lashed down as the ruling party gathered to choose a new leader. many in pakistan hoped yesterday's supreme court ruling that prime minister nawaz sharif was unfit to hold office, would begin a cleansing of corruption within

the political class. the disgraced former prime minister today denied any wrongdoing, before introducing the new leader. his brother, shahbas. an interim prime minister will hold the fort until shahbas sharif gets a seat in parliament. you would have thought keeping the party leadership and therefore the prime ministership pakistan within the same family, would be controversial. but the only rally anywhere near the pakistani capital today, was of supporters of the ruling party. whatever reservations pakistanis may have about power staying within the sharif family, the fact is, under mr sharif, the country has prospered. terror attacks are down and the economy is growing steadily. justin rowlatt, bbc news, islamabad. with all the sport,

here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. thank you. england's cricketers have strengthened their position against south africa in the third test but rain meant play was abandoned this afternoon. the home side have a lead of 252 runs with two days left. patrick gearey reports on the action and an interesting journey to the oval for the england team. today's ride london meant the capital's roads lament the cyclist. but beneath them and you would fine cricketers. the tube proved the best way for england to get to the oval, the next where south africa's innings terminates. but there were delays. bavuma gave his side's score respectability but it would have been an innings remembered for its end had ben stokes helpless. almost one of the great. almost. south

africa batted on so they wouldn't have two follow—on. jimmy anderson got morne morkel. the final wicket was a precious one for toby roland—jones, his fifth on his test debut, placed on the honour‘s board, walk off, you will never forget. england led by 178 runs. but overhead, problems loomed. alistair cooke didn't make it to the rain, few would, when faced with this from morne morkel. these would key moments of the keatonjennings, his place in the side potentially on the line. he had been dropped when he was given out lbw. 0nce, line. he had been dropped when he was given out lbw. once, that would have been that, but nowadays the batsmen has a last resort. use the gadgets. the decision was wrong and he will say. until another day. the rain stayed so time to head under cover, or perhaps underground. holders, hull fc are through to next month's challenge cup final at wembley after beating leeds rhinos 43 points to 24. the pick of hull's seven tries was this 75 yard dash by jamie shaul.

they will face either wigan warriors or salford in the final. lewis hamilton will start the hungarian grand prix from fourth place on the grid as he tries to overtake his rival for the world title, sebastian vettel. and it is vettel who will start on pole tomorrow with his ferrari team—mate, kimi raikkonen in second. hamilton isjust one point behind vettel in the world championship standings but he has won the hungarian grand prix five times. ben proud and james guy have both won bronze medals at the world swimming championships in budapest today to take great britain's medal tally to six. proud, who had already won gold in the 50metre butterfly finished in third place today in the freestyle final of the same distance. while james guy added bronze in the 100 metre butterfly to his relay gold medal. the favourite enable, ridden by frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. dettori went on a strict diet to get down to the required weight of eight stone seven pounds to ride the three—year—old filly but it paid

off with this win adding to enable's victories at the oaks at epsom and in ireland. and details of the day's other sports stories are on the bbc sport website including news of hearts being knocked out of the scottish league cup by dunfermline athletic. and the netherlands have beaten sweden to reach the semi finals of the women's euros. kate. thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me goodnight. it was one of the deadliest battles

of the first world war. join us for commemorations on the bbc news channel this sunday. this is bbc news. let return to one of our main story this evening. president trump's decision to remove reince priebus as his chief of staff and replace him with generaljohn kelly, the former head of homeland security. earlier i spoke to the conservative radio talk—show host, amonde ahead. this has been at a mulch. the reince priebus's credit, he took over the rnc as chairmanship in 2007 and he did fantastic things with the rnc as far as candidates and fundraising and things like that. he has had a sporadic

relationship with trump, ever since the primary process began last year. i don't think unnecessarily forgot that. it has always been in the back of his mind. reince priebus, could be considered one of the swamp dwellers that trump wanted to get out of washington, dc. and for what it is worth, reince priebus was the last of trump's inner circle that was one of those swamp dwellers. yesterday could be the start of a new administration, it will be interesting to say daily—macro c. anthony scaramucci has been scathing about steve bannon, chief strategist, how do you think he will get on? here is the thing with steve bannon. he seems to have a complementary personality to trump. they are both very bombastic. trump

tends to like guy's guys. john kelly, i think has done an amazing job so far as head of homeland security. he and jeff sessions have done a greatjob with shoring up the board without having to lay a brick. trump like these types of guys. i don't predict that steve bannon will be going anywhere any time soon. what is this acrimony in the white house among so many relationships doing to his popularity with the people who put him in power? trump was voted into office because people we re was voted into office because people were fed up with the status quo. but goes along with that of the formalities and this notion around the professionalism of the office of the professionalism of the office of the presidency, so when people voted trump in, i think we all kind of knew there would be a massive

shake—up. if you took a massive american company like ge or ford motors and you remove the executive staff and replace them with com pletely staff and replace them with completely new people, this is what this is because the trump administration is an amalgamation of grit and green. i live here in los angeles, the entertainment capital of the world and we use the term green for people who are new in the entertainment industry and they are new in the political industry. i think we expected a bit of a shake—up. for some people within his base, it is concerning. it is concerning for me, i like to see harmony and things going well and all of the cogs in the machine working properly. ithink all of the cogs in the machine working properly. i think that results, at the end of the day, are what matter. if we get tax reform, shore of the border even more, whether it is a physical walljust increasing security at the border with personnel, i think those are the things that matter to the base and all this rhetoric, i think that

stuff will be forgotten if the things that trump promised are accomplished. it has emerged uk universities have a pension fund deficit of more than £17 billion, the largest in the uk. the universities superannuation scheme caters for existing and retired academics. the labour peer lord adonis advises tony blair on tuition fees and he says the vice chancellors have serious questions to answer. they have serious questions to answer. the questions will need to be asked about the management of the scheme but there is no reason why student should fear their fees will go up. there are a range of different options for dealing with the deficit. it is a deficit concerning future liabilities, so it doesn't immediately impact the ability to pay retired academics and there is time to work through what there is time to work through what the solutions will be. what i do not

think is an option at all is for tuition fees to go up. have already been trouble from £3000 to £9,000. the government has linked them further to the rate of inflation so they are heading up towards £10,000. i don't think it would be acceptable to the public or graduates for fees to the public or graduates for fees to rise further. we will come back to rise further. we will come back to fees in a moment, but with all this money in universities, what is it being spent on? some of those tuition fees up to now could have been used for parental contributions? it has been spent on different things, range of facilities, too much has gone on top pay for senior vice chancellors in universities. some has gone on research. so all the activities universities undertake. 0ne research. so all the activities universities undertake. one of the key things universities need to do is make sure they're retired members are properly looked after and that is why in due course this pensions deficit will have to be addressed. where could, how could the have been

filled up until now to have stopped it getting to be quite so big, if not using these increase tuition fees? there are only three ways are plugging a deficit like this. the academics need to pay more into the scheme or the employers, the vice chancellors need to pay more into the scheme, or the benefits of the scheme have to be scaled back. there are no other options than those. in due course, those options will need to be investigated, but the assets are huge of this pension scheme, it is one of the largest in the country. if it is well—managed and the vice chancellors get their act together, which they haven't until now, they should be able to reduce the deficit over time and the impact will be less serious on existing and future members of the scheme. a first—class degree from cambridge is an achievement that anyone, but a refugee who was born blind and came

here to escape the war in iraq, it is all the more impressive. alan hennessy received one of the top marks in his ear and he says he refuses to let any of his circumstances keep him in his lane. we have been to meet him. when people ask me about my life. certainly people in cambridge, they think, god, he has had a difficult life. the reason i am able to be getting on with it, is i look back at my family in iraq and our friends. i think i am very privilege. he is a long way from the war—torn streets of baghdad where he was born totally blind. but six months old, you came to the uk for an eye operation. his vision was partially restored in one eye. growing up on a london council estate and going to the local state school, i never felt estate and going to the local state school, i neverfelt different estate and going to the local state school, i never felt different to any of the other kids. my disability didn't get in the way of how i went

about things. i was always defiant in the face of my disability. i a lwa ys in the face of my disability. i always wanted to be like the other kids. when i was younger i would get on the bumper cars at the fairground andi on the bumper cars at the fairground and i would want to drive it. i was goalkeeperfor and i would want to drive it. i was goalkeeper for arsenal's visually impaired team. self-described troublemaker at school, allan did most of his a—levels at home and he got a place at fitzwilliam college to study law. i remember on my first day, i was sitting in the library andi day, i was sitting in the library and i had my book up to my face. someone said to me, are you smelling the book? i turned around sarcastically and said, i am just reading it with my nose. what has been your biggest struggle?” reading it with my nose. what has been your biggest struggle? i have been your biggest struggle? i have been told all my life, i should not, cannot, would not, and i have had to go against the grain. i have got a

first—class law degree from cambridge university. that should set me up for life. but when you are disabled, blind, muslim immigrants living in britain today, there is so much more to do and the journey has only just much more to do and the journey has onlyjust begun. allan's achievement is more impressive, given that only seven students in the whole of the university have refugee status, according to the latest figures from march. 0nly according to the latest figures from march. only for students last year who are blind or partially sighted we re who are blind or partially sighted were offered a place. who are blind or partially sighted were offered a placelj who are blind or partially sighted were offered a place. ijust really hope the next time i come back to cambridge it is full of people who have come from different walks of life. because i want people from unorthodox backgrounds to feel like they can overcome and they don't have to stay in their lane. you really don't have to subscribe to the life that has been written for

you. allan has been offered a scholarship to law school in london in september. let that get the weather. it was the central third of the uk that got the best of the weather today. in the south it has been umbrella weather, lots of cloud, steady rain developing across southern part of england and more recently across south wales. there is the dryer where we have the showers in the north—west likely to feature overnight. heading northwards into many parts of england and wales, strong and gusty winds ahead of that in the south—east and the rain a little relu cta nt to south—east and the rain a little reluctant to clear away from some northern and eastern areas of england. clear skies for a while in the south—west on the way from no showers in scotland. heading into

sunday, the rain moves into the north sea leaving a mixture of sunshine and showers across scotland and northern ireland. many parts of scotland, still dry up the stage, but it is unlikely to stay that way. showers across northern england and the wetter weather having pushed out to sea and to the south of that, most to sea and to the south of that, m ost pla ces to sea and to the south of that, most places will start dry and sunny but we will see though showers rushing into the southwest approaches, filtering through the bristol channel. midlands, east anglia and the south—east, probably by 9am bright and sunny. prospects look better for the krkic at the 0val after the wash out today. we will find the chance of a passing shower to the afternoon and evening session, but for most of the time it will blow them eastwards in the day. almost anywhere could catch a shower and though showers will be heavy. some sunshine in between. towards london and kent and sussex, missing most of the showers and it is here we will see most of the highest

temperatures. most of the showers into the middle of next week. this low pressure has been a persistent feature to the west of the uk over the past few days and is still there on monday. it is today we will see most of the showers across scotland and northern ireland. some of them heavy again. a few scattered showers coming into england and wales but in the south—east it with state line and rye. the low pressure eventually fades away and we will see fewer showers on tuesday, but more low pressure to bring wetter and windier weather for the pressure to bring wetter and windier weatherfor the middle part of pressure to bring wetter and windier weather for the middle part of the week. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, but first, the headlines. more worries for students, as the largest deficit on record of any retirement fund in the uk is run up by the main pension scheme

for british universities. white house war — donald trump names generaljohn kelly as his next chief of staff after days of public in—fighting. north korea says its intercontinental ballistic missile