good afternoon. president trump says china isn't doing enough to halt the weapons programme of its ally, north korea. he made the comments on twitter after pyongyang test—fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. from seoul, our correspondent, karen allen, sent this report. us bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over the korean peninsula, escorted by fighterjets, as part of a drill, it was seen asa direct response to north korean aggression. and the us president is blaming china for letting it get there far. taking to twitter he said: but china also condemned

friday's second intercontinental missile test. this powerful rocket flew faster and further than the one before. experts believe north korea's nuclear and missile capability is growing stronger by the day. and so it seems is kim jong—un‘s hunger to be heard. north korea's young leader. the north korean side is sending a message to the united states. the missiles are aiming at the united states and so we are going to talk to you, not to korea. morejoint military exercises, a sign that force is not being ruled out, but pressure is mounting for a diplomatic solution. a pre—emptive strike could destabilise the entire region, but how long is washington prepared to wait? here in seoul, south korea depends on the americans

for security. but the presence of tens of thousands of us forces here feeds into north korea's propaganda it is under threat, justifying its nuclear ambition. with the military on high alert, the korean peninsula feels more dangerous than just a week ago. avoiding a confrontation is now key. and karen allen is live in seoul for us now. what can china actually do? well, it does have influence. it has trading influence. that is what donald trump was alluding to. its influence may be limited. there has already been sanctions against china, its imports of coalfrom north korea, which was said to be funding the nuclear programme. they stopped after a un security council

resolution. there are other areas it is able to cut down on. we could expect to see a push for un sanctions, un resolutions, later this week. it is notjust about china. russia still has to recognise that this was an intercontinental ballistic missile. that would be a trigger point for russia to be pushed on sanctions. it is not quite as simple as president trump has indicated, after all, there has been decades of mistrust in this part of the world. our correspondent, karen allen. thank you. police in australia say they've foiled a plot to bring down an aircraft. four men have been arrested and security has been increased at airports across the country. police say they've seized material that could be used to make an improvised bomb. from sydney, phil mercer reports. a suspect is taken into custody in the surry hills neighbourhood of sydney, one of four people arrested in raids across the city by heavily armed police and members of australia's domestic spy agency. investigators say they have

information that the plot to blow up an aircraft involved the use of an improvised device. as roads were sealed off and properties searched, it has been reported the operation was not planned but a rapid response to a tip—off. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, says the authorities have foiled what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy. i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. a woman who said her son and husband were among those arrested in sydney has denied they had any ties to extremism, but senior police commanders say the raids were part of an alleged islamic—inspired plot. additional security measures have been put in place at domestic and international airports around the country. australia's national terror threat

level remains at probable, which means the intelligence agencies believe that groups or individuals have the intent and capability to carry out an attack. since 2014, 70 people have been charged as a result of more than 30 counterterrorism raids across the country. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says unregulated free movement of people between the uk and the european union after brexit would "not keep faith" with the result of the eu referendum. with me is our political correspondent, emma va rdy. does this chime with what other ministers have been seeing?m does this chime with what other ministers have been seeing? it shows how immigration rules are going to change and that what pays and that thatis change and that what pays and that that is still being worked out. the government has made it clear that when brexit happens in 2019 the freedom of movement rules will no

longer apply but that does not mean that suddenly overnight eu citizens will be prevented from coming to the uk. instead there will be a gradual change of immigration laws. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said it may take some time before migration controls are fully implemented with europe, saying there will need to be a transitional period. liam fox has told the sunday times that if there was to be a continuation of freedom of movement after brexit that this would not keep faith with the result of the eu referendum. perhaps we are seeing that for some brexiteers a change in immigration rules may not be for them. they want to get control of oui’ them. they want to get control of our borders back quick enough. there is broad agreement within the cabinet that there needs to be a pragmatic, transitional approach, but what that might look like is where the divisions life. thank you. later today, the belgian city of ypres will pause to remember one of the most costly battles of the first world war. by the end of the three

month campaign, half a million men were dead, injured, or missing. live now to ypres and our correspondent there, robert hall. yes, the two days of commemorations that will take place, but he let the men engaged, and that the massive war cemetery nearby will remember those who fell during the fighting that raged for three months over farmland north of the city, but also of the sacrifices made by the city itself. it was virtually destroyed during the battle. people here have regular reminders of what took place. there is often a deadly remainder at the roadside. you see at virtually every day driving around and it is a lasting legacy of what took place a century ago. siren wails. drie, twee, een. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. sierra 3, papa kilo 2, over.

the belgian bomb disposal teams based in the village of poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you might think that after a hundred years this iron harvest would be reducing. it is simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired, and of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. one—third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, to get a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. the next step is an x—ray. you can see now the bottom.

this is the chemical stuff. arsenic. around this, explosive. even after a hundred years, lives are at risk here. the chemical shells are eventually destroyed in a sealed chamber. conventional explosives follow a separate path. shells, bombs, grenades and bullets, forced to the surface of local farmland by frost action and ploughing. how much explosive is in these shells, just in one crate, do you think? so, it is always around 50 kilos of high explosives. 50 kilos? yes, every crate. more than 50 kilos, even deeply buried, would risk damage to buildings, and so this meticulous operation rolls on, a legacy of a distant war that will provide these lethal reminders well into another century. robert hall, bbc news, flanders.

that's it for now. hello, you're watching bbc news. the time is 13:10pm. a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased under a scheme which allows members of the public to ask for them to be reviewed. last year, 1111 criminals in england and wales had their sentences increased. the government says it wants to extend the scheme to include a number of terror—related charges. aisling mcveigh reports. sarah sands stabbed a man to death in november 2014. she was convicted of manslaughter and given a 3.5—yearjail sentence. her neighbour, michael, was a convicted paedophile

and sands, a mother of five, claims she lost control, stabbing him eight times. but it was in january last year that the punishment was considered to be unduly lenient. judges at the court of appeal ruled that because sands took a knife to his flat she must have intended to cause serious harm and her sentence was doubled to 7.5 years. 1111 criminals have had their sentences increased in the last year, according to the attorney general‘s office. the unduly lenient sentence scheme allows the public to query penalties for serious offences and more people are doing just that. requests are up 17% on the previous year. sex offences make up the highest number of cases where sentences were increased and 1a sex offenders who had originally escaped prison are now serving time behind bars. from next month, the scheme will be widened to include an extra 19 terror—related offences.

the attorney general says in the vast majority of cases, judges do get it right. the number of sentences that are increased represent a tiny proportion of the 80,000 cases heard every single year. police in germany say an attack on a nightclub in which two people on a nightclub in which one person was killed and others injured was not related to terrorism. the attack happened in konstanz near the border with switzerland. he is identified as a 34—year—old iraqi citizen who had been living in germany for some time. he died after being shot by police. voting has begun in venezuela for a controversial plan to create a new parliament. the constituent assembly would override the existing opposition led congress. 0pposition

parties in the oil—rich nation are boycotting the vote. an election day amid near anarchy in venezuela. after months of violent protest, anti—government demonstrators are not about to give up. these barricades are not manned by hardened guerrillas. but ordinary venezuelans, who insist it is their last resort against autocracy. this is the only democratic weapon we have left, says this woman, with which we can show our anger without violence. this vote is not being conducted in a normal electoral environment in venezuela. it comes against the backdrop of barricades of deserted streets, of violence and of repression. these neighbours, who are opposed to the vote, say it is the final imposition of a dictatorship in venezuela and have vowed to keep these protests going until they effect change

in the country. some have gone further. young people calling themselves the resistance have taken to the streets with molotov cocktails and have faced water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas in response. more than a hundred people have died in recent protests. and these young men know they could be next. translation: we're scared. everyone who takes to the streets is scared. but we are more scared of what this government has in store for us. we've lost the fear of losing our lives. in such a chaotic atmosphere, the rhetoric has reached new and worrying levels on both sides. translation: we will never surrender. what can't be done with votes we will do with weapons. we will free our homeland using weapons. this is now the most controversial election of venezuela's modern era,

with the opposition boycotting the vote, the president is assured of a win. but amid such violence it may prove a hollow victory. the headlines. the australian prime minister says counterterror police foiled an attempt to blow up a plane. four people were arrested. the international trade secretary liam fox said the government would not be keeping faith with the eu referendum result if it allowed the free movement of people to continue after brexit. a record number of criminals had their sentences increased after victims and members of the public asked them to be reviewed. let's get more now on the news that security has been tightened at

airports around australia after the authorities said they disrupted a plot to blow up a plane. four were arrested in what the australian prime minister described as a major joint counterterrorism operation. earlier today i spoke to head of the counter—terrorism policy centre at the australian strategic policy institute, jacinta carroll. we have not had a major successful terrorist attack in australia to date unlike, unfortunately, you in the uk and in europe, but the terror threat alert level as the correspondent described is probable, equivalent to the uk terror threat alert level, and it has been that just under three years. what we have seen in that time is 12 previous mass casualty plots have been stopped by the authorities here. the one this weekend was the 13th. what is more high profile in australia, we have had four successful terrorist attacks, but all have been single actor,

low—level terrorist attacks and they have included weapons such as knives or firearms. the most well—known would be the cafe siege two and a half years ago. the terror threat alert level is constant and we heard from authorities today that will be maintained at that probable level. what we are seeing this weekend is the type of attack planned is more sophisticated and complex, involving something like explosive devices. we have not seen that in the current threat period, other than last christmas we had a similar plot disrupted in melbourne. that is concerning, because we have seen so—called islamic state groups and others specifically name airports and name melbourne and sydney as targets, and it appears there are groups here seeking to take up that call. how would you characterise the authorities‘ efforts at containing the threat? much as had been the experience until recently in the uk,

the disruption efforst had been successful. we have a federal system that means state or territory police have the lead on all law enforcement and counterterrorism activities. over the last decade and a half, there has been a joint approach so that the equivalent of m15 here, which has other roles, but in relation to counterterrorism it has the lead security and intelligence role, and federal police, run joint counterterrorism units with state and territory police and this unit undertook investigations and disruptions at the moment. they work together well. as has been your experience, they have been incredibly busy. they are running around 400 investigations at

the moment, almost double what it was a couple of years ago. an independent review into greater manchester's response to the manchester arena attack will be chaired by lord kerslake — the former head of the civil service. the city's mayor, andy burnham says the review will look at "what happened so that the right lessons can be learned for the future". earlier he outlined the scope of the review. our review will look at what happened as a response to the attack. it was a terrible event in which 22 people lost their lives and it provoked a massive response from the police and the other emergency services. what we want to look at is how did those services respond and in particular how well were they prepared for this type of event. we know there will be a lot of good things we can learn from this, but there will also be things that we can see that can improve the way such events are dealt with.

that is the purpose of the review. it's an independent review, that will look robustly, thoroughly and fairly at the issues. and who will you be hearing from? well, we will be hearing of course from the emergency services, but, and this is really important, we want to get the voice of the families, the victims, those who have been injured. and indeed anyone who was caught up in the terrible events of that night. it's really important to us that we conduct the review in the way that shows that we have listened to those who were directly affected. will you be holding public sessions, or will this be an exercise on paper? i'd very much like to look at having public sessions, but i do want to consult with others about how best to get the views of those affected. that will be one of the first things people do as a panel when we get to meet. i want to do it in a way

they feel works for them. you have spoken about examining the preparedness of the emergency services, will you be looking at whether or not this terrible attack could have been prevented? no, i think that's a different kind of review, actually, so the factors that led up to the terrible attack will be for a different kind of review than we are doing. we are very much focused on the response to the review and how well prepared manchester, greater manchester was for such an event happening. just finally, what will happen to the findings of the review, will they be binding? well, this is a report that is commissioned by the mayor, andy burnham, and we will report back to him and indeed to all of the services that are responsible for dealing with emergencies. my expectation is they will take those recommendations very seriously, because it will be an evidence —based review. and it's very much about helping

to deal with things in the future. i think also it will bring forward lessons that are relevant and not just a greater manchester, but the country as a whole. if more now on the events being held this week to commemorate the battle of passchendaele during the first world war. earlier our correspondent spoke to the auden —— organiser of the cemeteries here where amazing cemeteries here where everybody is grouped together, they

are dispersed across the uk and their stories are lost. with time, nobody knows because there is no central register. we are calling on people in the uk to find them and research them and remember them and we have a kit and guide to research and a data base we have a kit and guide to research and a database of 3000 likely graves to explore and you can find them and go and lay flowers. we tried it out with a school in north london, parliament hill school, who went to a stoke newington cemetery with a group of eight possible graves. they researched three they found were passchendaele. the young people laid flowers. i have a beautiful poem they wrote. 0ne flowers. i have a beautiful poem they wrote. one of the men, wb nunn