this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: president trump has criticised china on twitter, saying it's doing nothing to halt north korea's weapons programme after pyongyang test—fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. security has been tightened at airports across australia after the authorities said they'd disrupted a plot to blow up a plane. four people have been arrested following raids across sydney. the threat of terrorism is very real and the disruption operation, the efforts overnight have been very effective but there is more work to do. the international trade secretary liam fox has 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 have had their sentences increased after victims and members of the public asked for them to be reviewed. the duke and duchess of cambridge willjoin the prime minister this

evening to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele in belgium — one of the bloodiest of world war one. i will be reporting live from ypres, a focal point for the commemorative events and talking to one of those who have come from britain this weekend to remember ancestors who fought and died in the battle. and at 16:30, george alagiah meets renowned writer and political commentator ahdaf soueif at the hay festival in talking books. 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 fighter jets, as part of a drill, it was seen as a 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 kimjong—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. more joint 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. karen allen spoke more about what china can actually do to halt the north korean weapons programme. it does have influence, it has trading influence and that is what donald trump was alluding to but its influence may be limited. there has always been sanctions against china, its imports of coalfrom north korea which were funding the nuclear programme, those stopped after a un security resolution and there are other areas it is able to cut down on and we could expect to see

a more, new un sanction later this week but it is notjust china. there was also russia, it still has to recognise this was an intercontinental ballistic missile, a trigger point for russia to be pushed on sanctions so 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. security has been tightened at airports around australia after the authorities said they'd disrupted a plot to blow up a plane. four people have been arrested in what the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, described as a "majorjoint counter—terrorism operation". 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. a 27—year—old man has been charged in connection with the rape of a 14—year—old girl at a railway station in birmingham on tuesday night. british transport police say they're still looking for a man who subjected her to a second attack after she flagged down a passing carfor help. police in germany say an attack on a nightclub — in which one person was killed and three others were seriously injured — is not thought to be related to terrorism. a gunman opened fire at the venue in the town of konstanz on the swiss border. he's been identified as a 34—year—old iraqi citizen who had been living in germany for some time.

he died after being shot by police. 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. philip hammond said it is sometime before full migration controls be introduced. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. chris, essentially philip hammond saying there was a broad acceptance of free movement, liam fox is dismissing it. tell us more about the latest brexit disagreement. dismissing it. tell us more about the latest brexit disagreementm isa the latest brexit disagreementm is a good pithy way of summarising where we are with all of this because philip hammond was saying the other day that yes, there was broad agreement amongst ministers of a transitional period, a period

after march 2019 when we are outside the european union retains some of the european union retains some of the things associated with membership. broadly speaking, ministers are agreed agreed about that but crucially what is included within that transitional period, exactly what it looks like is that the essence of this disagreement philip hammond emphasises a desire that goods and services can still be traded as freely as possible in that transitional period and with that comes the expectation from many in brussels that that would have to mean there would be movement of people freely between the uk and european union because that is the way the eu works. but liam fox to campaigned the brexit making the argument millions of people who voted for brexit did so because they thought immigration was too high and would want to see something done about that from the outset. the government says free movement will end at the point of brexit but in

that the technical definition. what will matter to many people is exactly how different if at all things are around migration the day after we leave the european union compared with the day before. 0k, thank you. it claimed the lives of around 2115 thousand allied troops , over approximately 100 days of heavy fighting , to achieve an advance of less than five miles. the battle of passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud that filled the trenches. this weekend events are being held in belgium to mark the battle's centenary. 0ur correspondent ben brown is in ypres to watch those commemorations and joins us now... they get under way in a few hours' time. this is the city through which

the british and commonwealth troops marched on their way to the front line for the battle of passchendaele which began on july line for the battle of passchendaele which began onjuly 311917. more than three months of fighting that only one about five mild territory but some half a million casualties on both sides, the british and allied troops facing not only machine guns, mustard gas but also the mud for battlefield because of torrential rain became a swamp and some of the soldiers drowned in that liquid mud in the morass of mud on the battlefield. even now, 100 years on they are still finding unexploded shells from the battle of passchendaele as robert hall reports. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells

explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal teams based in the village of poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years, this iron harvest would be reducing. it's 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. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. 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 bottle. this the chemical. cyanide or arsenic. around is explosive. even after 100 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, in one crate, do you think? always around 50 kilos of high explosives. 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. this weekend thousands have come

from britain for the commemorative events that we will see over the next two days. among three generations of same family, mike, chris and william copeland. mike, it was your father who signed up at the age of 15 and he fought in the battle of passchendaele. that's right, he was one of many who turned up right, he was one of many who turned up the recruiting stations and made out to was older than he was. he thought he had to say 17, sent around the block to tell them he was 18. and then he came to france in early 1917 and was at passchendaele injuly that early 1917 and was at passchendaele in july that time. early 1917 and was at passchendaele injuly that time. he survived the

battle. yes, you survive the battle, who went through the war and to remove the end of september 1918 when he was wounded, he was gassed, invalided out but i am here come he survives to tell the tale and went on to serve as a commando in the second war which is unusual. he was taken prisoner of war. yes, a famous raid on the french coast and was prisoner of war three years as we escaped again. did he talk to about the battle of passchendaele? not at all. in his last days he spoke in a fairly garbled fashion to my brother but nothing coherent. theyjust did not want to talk about it. it was so horrendous they wiped it out of their minds and got on with their lives. and chris, you have another connection with the first world war. yes, my great—grandfather on my

mothers side was an australian artist who served in the boar war and the first world war and two came to the unveiling of the menin gate in 1927 to the unveiling of the menin gate in1927 and to the unveiling of the menin gate in 1927 and following that came to paint the opening ceremony the story goes he could not sleep that night, got up, went for a walk at midnight and had a vision of soldiers rising up and had a vision of soldiers rising up from the battlefield and that is what he painted. yes, this is the menin gate at midnight, huge canvas hang in the australian war memorial in canberra and was gifted to the australian nation as a sign of respect from the sacrifice of the australian and new zealand troops. he also went on to paint other paintings so this morning as a family went to visit a site of a

famous canadian action in the first world war so, we felt it was an appropriate time to come out and bring my son. tell us how important is it, do you feel, for us to remember what happened at passchendaele100 years later? remember what happened at passchendaele 100 years later?|j remember what happened at passchendaele100 years later? i am a history addict myself so purely from that point of view it is fascinating. i suppose the main thing is to keep remembering how terrible it was, i do not think any of us can begin to imagine what it was like. it was supposed to be the war that ended all wars. of course it hasn't and probably never will but if we can commemorate the people went through it and the bravery of those people but perhaps hopefully we learn something from it and there isa we learn something from it and there is a message that comes out from that. passchendaele, they fought for three orfour months that. passchendaele, they fought for three or four months between the british, french and allies and the

germans something like 500,000 people wounded or killed. these are unbelievable numbers. and we won five mild of land which we then gave up five mild of land which we then gave up again six months later when the germans came back again. the lunacy of it, the bravery and try to remember we must never allow ourselves to get into the situations if we can avoid it. wise words, thank you so much. those commemorative events getting under way with the last post here in ypres this evening attended by the duke and duchess of cambridge of the prime minister. those commemorate this —— commemorations you can watch live coverage on the bbc marking the centenary live coverage on the bbc marking the ce nte nary of live coverage on the bbc marking the centenary of the battle of passchendaele. the headline present

troubles criticised china on twitter saying it is doing nothing to hold north korea's weapons programme after pyongyang test fired its second incident continental missile ina second incident continental missile in a month. security has been tightened because airports in australia after the authorities said they disrupted a plot to blow up the plane. four people have been arrested following raids sydney. the international trade secretary liam fox has said the government would not be keeping faith with the referendum result if it allowed the free movement of people to continue after brexit. sebastian vettel will be able to enjoy his summer break after winning the hungarian grand prix ahead of his ferrari team mate kimi raikkonen. britain's lewis hamilton saw the gap to championship leader vettel widen to 1a points after he surrendered third place to his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas as nick parrott reports.

staying cool before a race is much easier than during it. staying cool before a race is much easierthan during it. in staying cool before a race is much easier than during it. in the heat of hungary, sebastian vettel kept calm to lead from the front behind him things boiled over. both red bulls charged past the lewis hamilton only for max verstappen to play matador to daniel ricciardo ending his hopes on the first lap. tea m ending his hopes on the first lap. team orders but he had to battle his steering feel —— steering wheel veering. 0nly steering feel —— steering wheel veering. only the briton could catch the ferraris. but he could not pass them. the turbulent air these cars cause almost cost him dear. sebastian vettel claims a chequered flag with a fourth win of the season and his championship lead was extended to 1a points when hamilton obeyed orders to hand third place

back to bottas. the sport now enters its summer break with work to do the mercedes while others can kick back. england have resumed their second innings against south africa on the fourth day of the third test at the 0val. they'll be hoping to build a healthy lead before bowling the tourists out and take a two one lead in the series play wigan warriors and red devils have been involved in an excellent game to decide who will reach the challenge cup final at wembley. a big night ahead for england at the women's european championships.

they're in quarter final action against france at quarter to eight. the winners will meet the hosts, netherlands in the semi finals. england haven't won against france since mark sampson took over in 2013, and have been beaten by them in their last three major tournaments, but that's a record they're confident they can change. what the england team are really building asi what the england team are really building as i mentioned, they beat germany two years ago for the first time ever, in friendlies are major tournaments regardless so it is just another kind of same mindset, it is nothing different for this one game, it is part of that momentum and building process that he and the tea m building process that he and the team have been a part of for the last six months i have seen the mentality and real sort of internal drive step up again. germany, european champions

for the last six tournaments, have been knocked out of the women's euros. they lost 2—1 in their re—arranged quarterfinal with denmark earlier today. torrential rain in rotterdam last night led to the game being postponed. much better weather today, but still there were some slippery hands in the danish goal as germany took the lead in the first half denmark were level not long after and grabbed victory with seven minutes to play. theresa nielsen with the winner, condemning germany to only their third defeat in the competitions 26 year history. the final line up for the second round of the scottish cup will be confirmed today and the draw will be made later. the dundee derby is the pick of the games today — paul mcmullan giving them the lead just before half time. they have levelled for dundee. the winners of the match will finish top of group c and be seeded for the second round draw. that's all sport for now.

you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. more in the next hour. 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. voting has begun in venezuela

for a controversial plan to create a new parliament. the new constituent assembly would override the existing, opposition—led congress in what critics are calling a power grab by president nicolas maduro. the opposition 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. more than 20,000 were evacuated from a dance festival in spain. organisers say a technical

malfunction started the fire, no one was hurt. this was not the sort of spectacle that thousands who had come here had been expecting. this stage at this dance music festival in barcelona lit up by a giant fire. initially some took photos, perhaps they thought it was part of the show. but if these were pyrotechnics, they appeared to have gone badly wrong. very soon, the audience was cleared. this was not the sort of spectacle that thousands who had come there was no panic but many people were inside the festival at this hour. the firefighters took 30 minutes or so to put the fire out and the police also took time to get all the people off the stage. tomorrowland unite is a multi—venue festival held in eight different countries including spain. the location there was barcelona, the concert taking place in can zam park in the north of the city.

the website describes it as enjoined unity to experience a massive show. explore further and all you will find now is a message saying the stage caught fire due to a technical malfunction and the authorities will continue their investigation. an unfortunate end to what should have been a great night. but with no apparent death or injury, things could have been so much worse. let's find out how the weather is looking. well, awfully showery today. we can't get rid of them. they are here to stay for the next 24 hours. some of them will be heavy, already causing some problems across one two areas of