all this is bbc news. i'm sharanjit leyl. our top stories: north korea threatens missile strikes near the us pacific airbase on guam after president trump issues this warning to pyongyang. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. kenya's president kenyatta takes a strong lead after tuesday's election but the results are rejected by his rival as fictitious and fake. and is faith in emmanuel macron‘s leadership failing? we have a special report from the french president's home town of amiens. the us market rally shows no signs of losing steam. but what does the high valuation tell us about wall street and america's economy? the magic kingdom sets out on its own. disney's announcing it will pull its movies from netflix and set up its own streaming services. hello.

north korea's official news agency says the country is considering launching missile strikes near the american airbase on guam, in a sharp rise in rhetoric between the two countries. the report says pyongyang is looking at a plan to fire medium—to—long—range rockets around the american territory in the western pacific where us strategic bombers are based. suzanne kianpour reports from washington. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met

with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. unprecedented language from an american president. donald trump officially escalated the stand—off with north korea from his perch at a golf course in new jersey. the trigger? a report saying pyongyang produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit in its missiles, possible with the capability to strike the us. the response could throw into a resolution. strong sanctions from the un on the regime, i moved to bring north korea to the table. a strong signal would be to

stop these result launches. obviously, we have other means of communications. we will hear from them if the house a desire to walk them if the house a desire to walk the talk. kim jong-un is ready having a plan already in place before the remarks. president trump has criticised barack obama not sticking to policy vadao, mr trump has drawn a red line with harsh rhetoric. what happens if north korea crosses it? that's the question. are people in guam very nervous?” have been out speaking here in south

korea and some were saying this is what happens every year around this time because this is the time us and south korea military conduct drills and training exercises. the right people who feel scared for time to time. the official reaction in south korea is that they are "bibi" gillette. they are trying to strengthen —— they are being vigilant. what they want is a diplomatic solution and this is what moonjae—in said to president trump when they spoke two days ago.“ there any diplomatic pressure that can be exerted from the likes of china, for instance, to ensure cooler heads prevail? at the summit

that happened and just ended a few days ago at manila, the chinese foreign minister urged north korea to stop the missile tests. they are a key ally and top trading partner and they have tried to exert pressure but analysts have said to me that sanctions have not worked in the past and they may not work now. if you look at the strong language that continues to come out of north korea— today they are saying they are examining a plan to strike guam guam and if kimjong—un gives the go—ahead, they will execute it. it would be a dream for the us to seek the mainland is a secure. but they can strike the heartland. for more on the tensions between north korea and the us, as well as coverage of all our other main stories simply head to our website, you can also download the news app.

in kenya people are awaiting full results from tuesday's election. early results give a strong lead for incumbent president uhuru kenyatta but the opposition presidential candidate, raila odinga, has rejected the partial results, saying the details were fake. our correspondent sammy awami is in the kenyan capital, nairobi. raila odinga claiming these early results are faked. any indication of when we will get the actual results emerging? well, we are still watching to see that. they have rejected, saying these results have been streamed without being accompanied by the necessary forms a sign by presiding officers from represented parties and say they have rejected the votes but the ruling party, the come and party,

said there is no reason for alarm because of these are just provisional results but hopefully later we will find out if they will sit down and talk and see how they can resolve this. you are in front to what appears to be a polling station. people still trickling around you. there has been a lot of tension in nairobi and other areas. fears there will be a re— peat of 2007 when thousands of people were killed. the country has been very calm. people would want to compare this with 2007 and i think it is important to note that it has been ten yea rs important to note that it has been ten years since that has happened and a lot has changed. people hope this process will go smoothly and people will come to the table and

resolve a ny people will come to the table and resolve any misunderstanding is. —— misunderstandings. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... china has been hit by its second strong earthquake in twenty—four hours. the latest tremor — measuring 6.3 in magnitude — struck near china's border with kazakhstan, in xinjiang province. there are no reports yet on its impact. earlier, a quake of similar strength shook a remote, mountainous part of south—west china, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more. the south african president, jacob zuma, has told supporters they have shown that his african national congress party was the organisation of the people. he narrowly survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence held by secret ballot. there's been a rush of tributes to the american country music star glen campbell, who's died at the age of 81. the singer dolly parton called him one of the greatest voices of all time. glen campbell struck fame as a solo artist in the 1960s and was best known for hits including rhinestone cowboy

and wichita lineman. the australian government will move ahead with a postal vote on legalising same sex marriage, after plans for a compulsory vote were defeated in parliament. the government has been determined to hold a national vote on the issue, despite criticism from supporters of gay marriage fearing it may stoke homophobic views. sally is here with all the business news. this week the main stock markets in the us have had another record run and london's ftse 100 flirted with breaking into record territory. it's a far cry from ten years ago when the global credit crunch started. on the 9th of august 2007 there was a swift reduction in availability of loans as banks suddenly found they had billions of dollars in toxic debts clients couldn't afford to repay the ensuing financial crisis cost the british economy up

to 7.4 trillion pounds in lost output — that's close to $10 trillion the us economy the cost was more staggering at $22 trillion. so with traders now celebrating a record breaking run for the dow and other markets, have we really learnt lessons from the costly mistakes of the global financial crisis? well yesterday it was revealed that in june consumer credit—card debt in the us rose above the previous record set in 2008 to just over a trillion dollars. in the same month unsecured consumer debt here in the uk topped 200 billion pounds — that's $260 billion. again, a level not seen since 2008. so do the stock markets have it

wrong or is this level of debt now more sustainable? media giant walt disney plans to start its own online streaming services for movies, shows and sports in a change that it says will bring its productions directly to consumers. this means it will end its present distribution deal with netflix. disney plans to launch its direct—to—consumer streaming service in 2019 starting in the us and then expanding it globally. shares of netflix lost 3 percent in after hours trading. we will have more on that and the other business stories in 20 minutes. to venezuela now where fresh protests have spread in caracas

after four months of clashes between government forces and opposition demonstrators. the un has warned of widespread and systematic use of excessive force being used against protesters. yet many who try to cope with a terrible economic crisis are now questioning the effectiveness of blocking streets as a way of protest. daniel pardo sent this report from caracas. it is just another day of protests in venezuela. people barricading the streets to oppose the government of nicolas maduro. but these things are divided the opposition. why do you insist in blocking the streets? translation: so that they see we do not want them. that we want them out. they have to quit now. this is a dictatorship and we will not allow it. daily life has become a real struggle. people have to queue for hours to buy racing goods as well as

to get medicine from the pharmacy and even cash from the atm. a devaluation of the currency is massive. why are you killing today? translation: i am queueing to get into the back and make a payment. later it is going to be the supermarket and then the pharmacy. tomorrow to buy anything else. in this country you queue for everything. venezuela used to be the richest country in latin america. large or richest country in latin america. large 01’ reserves richest country in latin america. large or reserves and to consume richest country in latin america. large 01’ reserves and to consume no large or reserves and to consume no other country. but how did it happen and how bad is the situation? translation: it is a really, really bad. we had to get up early to buy just one item not use ago you were able to go to the supermarket and get whatever you wanted. if you have five or six kids, how do you give one item to five kids? we want our

country back, we want nicolas maduro out of the country and we want the country like it was before. slums surround cities like caracas. many venezuelans is to be middle—class but now most of them, in the middle of the crisis, have become poor. what is life like? translation: what we need now is food, a lot. what about crime in neighbourhoods like this? crime is everywhere. you are not safe in many places dot with this situation, people are turning to crime to be able to feed their kids. that's the way it is. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the natural beauty of the scottish highlands. now the isle of skye is under increasing pressure from drive—through tourism. the big crowds became

bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millenium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: north korea says its considering missile strikes near the us pacific airbase on guam after president trump warns that any threats by pyongyang will be "met with fire and fury." early results in kenya's election put president uhuru kenyatta in the lead, but the figures have been rejected by his rival, raila odinga. perhaps the most interesting political experiment in europe this year is in france. there's a new pro—europe president and he's liberal, and anti—populist. a real break with the past. so, how's emmanuel macron getting on? mark urban reports from macron's home town of amiens. amiens cathedral gets the treatment

on summer's evenings with bright colour projected onto its 13th century facade. the place regains its original appearance to the amazement of locals and visitors alike. this is macron's city, both his birthplace and the cradle of his bon marche movement which now seeks to restore the fortunes of france. after an extraordinary campaign, in which an entirely new political colour scheme was deployed, president macron must now deliver. and there are already voices in france who doubt his ability to do so. france who doubt his ability to do so. in particular, recent polls showed macron performing poorly in the pantheon of previous presidents. translation: we measure the approval rating of every french president

since 1958, and it is with one exception the biggest fall in the summer exception the biggest fall in the summer ofa exception the biggest fall in the summer of a first presidential term. the previous full of outsized was that of chirac in 1995. for an example of how other mood has changed, look no further than the students. delighted that the old game of red versus blue have been outplayed by a new centrist movement, they turned out for macron. but cuts to their housing allowa nce macron. but cuts to their housing allowance are already causing grumbling. translation: for students the elections are now over. not eve ryo ne the elections are now over. not everyone was interested in the first place. but those that were were more or less happy with the result. now they are interested in things that really impact them, like finding somewhere to live, finding a course that suits them and the cost to housing benefit, which will mean less money in their pockets. not all

is what it seems with macron's brilliant victory. many voted against le pen, rather than for him as president. and in the battle for parliamentary seats, much of france abstained. translation: a dissident group within the bon marche party has been established and already has its critique. translation: what i have against this government and the national assembly is that they are confusing speed and haste. we could have taken the time to prepare the ground for reforms in a calmer way. instead of rushing them through in the summer. back in amiens we asked founder members of bon marche how they see the coming months for their president. translation: it is going to be tough, because macron is going to be tough, because macron is going to have to keep his campaign promises, he needs to get

significant reforms through, and reforms in france is difficult or blue —— difficult. reforms in france is difficult or blue -- difficult. if he is to keep the support of the national audience, macron will then have to rediscover... apologies for that, that was mark urban's report. tight rotors in india are still used for legal documents, though they are on the way out. but writing exams in maharaja will go out, so what will happen to the trained typist in the digital age? police in scotland have warned tourists not to visit the isle of skye without a reservation after an influx of visitors to the island has left its services at breaking point. the hebridean island has seen its 10,000 strong population swell to over 60,000 in recent weeks as tourists flood to its many beauty spots.

residents say they want more to be done to help with the mess left behind by visitors. our reporterjames shaw has been to skye to find out more. skye has a unique and stunning combination of rivers, mountains and see “— combination of rivers, mountains and see —— sea combination of rivers, mountains and see —— sea lochs but now it is under increasing pressure from drive—through tourism. some of skye's most stunning locations are victims of their own success. suffering increasing road and path erosion, but still visitors are drawn to them. what do you think what you seen so far? it is beautiful, i mean, just the landscape is amazing, the colours are beautiful. something you don't see anywhere else. yeah, it has been

lovely and everything is beautiful but there are so many tourists that there is not the infrastructure to deal with that, unless they manage it in some way. i fear that the prettiness will be damaged by all of us prettiness will be damaged by all of us trudging through. aided and imagine so many people, but yeah, we we re imagine so many people, but yeah, we were quite surprised by that —— i didn't add on. you know, you have the vast landscape you can walk and have the space, so, yeah. not so much space on skye's singletrack roads. incidents like this are surprisingly common. and more people are coming to skye because they've seen are coming to skye because they've seen it on film. the problem at the moment is the car parking, disposal of waste, and, you know, people come to where the films were made, jumped out of the car or the coach, take a quick picture and gone again. and,

you know, it is nothing coming into the island economy from some of these big companies. who wouldn't wa nt to these big companies. who wouldn't want to come to skye to be surrounded by natural beauty like this? it is clear that pressures are growing and some of the island believe that they need to be solutions sooner rather than later. well, the biggest challenge over singletrack wills... shirley runs one of skye's most famous restau ra nts. one of skye's most famous restaurants. she is also setting up an organisation which will pitch for government grants to improve the island's infrastructure. we need the scottish government to get right behind tourism, which is now recognised as being a major economic driverfor recognised as being a major economic driver for the country of scotland. we need to get them onside and perhaps supporting us with extra funding for the development of tourism as an industry. other people suggest a tourism tax, or even making all or part of the island and national park. but the consensus is that there should be action soon.

and three people fishing off canada's east coast have had a huge fright, and we will let their video tell the story. oh, jesus, mary and joseph! they were fishing near st john when this humpback whale left out of the water — it is clear that it caught them by surprise. it was a perfect catch on the camera! and we've got headlines coming up, so don't go away. within the last12— within the last 12— 18 hours we have

a dramatic weather across the uk. look at this short, looking apocalyptic, really, two waterspouts, the marine equivalent ofa waterspouts, the marine equivalent of a tornado off the essex coast, and thunderstorms around as well, here is one on southend—on—sea links to this nasty weather around the uk. note that london got away with it. very, very lucky indeed. wednesday morning, outbreaks across central pa rt morning, outbreaks across central part of the uk. let's see the weather through the early hours across the midlands. lincolnshire, down into wales and the south—west, this is where we will see some heavy rain and this will be slowly sinking southwards. very different story in the north of england, scotland and northern ireland. here you are heading to a fine start to the day with some sunshine. right from the word go in belfast, glasgow, aberdeen, everything is sunny. cabbage is fresh in rural areas ——

temperature is fresh. this is where the heavy rain is going to be. so from birmingham to the home counties in london, down into the south—west, cornwall, devon, somerset getting rainfall. just about right i think that the estate across the south east and central— southern england, but the rain will get going late in the morning and into the afternoon. a little like tuesday with the downpours in the afternoon. the same is going to happen on wednesday. so from the south and east midlands, east anglia, central—southern england, the home counties, this is where we are going to see some big downpours during the course of wednesday and they could produce some flooding and the possibility of some flooding and the possibility of some disruption. look at the different for western wales, yorkshire, northern ireland and scotla nd yorkshire, northern ireland and scotland — a fine and bright day. high pressure starts to build in into the uk during the course of thursday with the remnants of the wet weather across the far south—east and east anglia. on thursday the high pressure builds,

the weather opens up, there will be a window of opportunity, and it will turn warmer as well. and as far as friday and the weekend is concerned, it is looking mixed. there will be some rain on friday but overall it is improving a little bit. this is bbc world news, the headlines: north korea has said it's considering a ballistic missile strike near the us airbase on guam in the western pacific. earlier, president trump declared any further threats from pyongyang would be met "with fire and fury like the world has never seen". the kenyan opposition presidential candidate, raila odinga, has rejected early results announced by the country's election authorities which indicate a strong lead for his rival, the incumbent president uhuru kenyatta. china has been hit by a second strong earthquake in twenty—four hours. the 6.3 magnitude tremor struck near china's border with kazakhstan. earlier, a quake of similar strength killed at least nine people in sichuan province.

the american country music singer, glen campbell, has died aged 81.