what began with sickness and despair could end with a world championship medal. well, what else is around today? britain's team captain eilidh doyle will run in the 400 metres final. katarina johnson—thompson is in the heat of hyderabad laura muir will hope to put the fourth place in the 1500 metres behind her in the heats of the 5000 metres. the makwala final tonight, all eyes will be on the triple jumper christian taylor, especially those of britain's jonathan edwards. could his 27 year world record be about to go? taylor has come very close indeed. natalie pirks, thank you. time for a look at the weather. where's the sunshine? better than yesterday, yesterday we we re better than yesterday, yesterday we were on the verge of gathering the animals two by two on to no dark. in the last 24 hours, it's been the

most important thing it's been and gone, because that's the cloud from yesterday. today, almost gone. we still have the remnants of yesterday's bad weather. we even had a thunderstorm earlier on in kent and still one or two showers around, but for most of us today it's looking absolutely fine. a lovely picture here from leicestershire, scattered fairweather cumulus clouds. here's a nice positive spin on the weather on thursday, sunshine for most of us. that's because these are little area of high pressure is nosing into the uk, it will not last long, but today, is giving some of that fine weather. the temperatures are probably a bit below. it's a cool air mass coming in from the north atlantic, so temperatures typically in the teens. these are the pesky showers in the south—east. you might catch a downpour. but for most of the country there is not an awful lot to say. it's just a fine day. notice that the clouds are gathering and a bit of rain just of the north of our neighbourhood, this

is the next area of cloud and rain that will be approaching us and winds will be freshening from the south—west. that will be reaching northern ireland and west of scotla nd northern ireland and west of scotland tonight, but probably not until around midnight. the rest of the uk tonight, so england under way, is in for a dry night, around 12-13d. i way, is in for a dry night, around 12—13d. i mentioned the high—pressure is only a cameo appearance because by the time we get to friday it's out of the way. here's the next area of cloud and rain that sweeping into the uk. windy in the north—west around the western isles, even gale force winds. tomorrow, this time tomorrow, it will start to cloud over, dribs and drabs of rain. notice the east anglia and the south—east getting away with it, so tomorrow should be mostly dry. then friday night into saturday, that weather front pushes through. it's in france and germany and behind it we get another cameo area of high pressure, briefly visiting us. but just area of high pressure, briefly visiting us. butjust in time for the weekend, so mother nature is

going to be kind this weekend. there might be one or two little pesky showers across northern areas, but on balance, it's fine. again, the temperature is not quite where they should be. we are talking about 17-185, should be. we are talking about 17—18s, more of its september temperature and we are statistically one of the hottest times of year. maybe reaching 21 in london, 16 in glasgow, but the weekend is looking fine. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. 0n bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. time for some sport on the bbc news channel, with me hugh ferris. hello. one of the stories of the world athletics championship will reach a conclusion tonight. isaac makwala — the athlete banned, and then reprieved claiming an extraordinary title? let's go to the london stadium and join natalie pirks. natalie...

the men's 200 metres is the feature event tonight. very much so. before the championship started it was all talk of michael van gerwen. but isaac makwala's story has taken on a life of its own. he started this week despondent in his hotel room after being told he would have two pull—out of not only the 200 metres but eventually the 400 metres, having to watch the final from his hotel room, believing he would have been waking up with a gold medal. and yesterday, astonishing reprieve for him. in the afternoon he was told an appeal from the botswanan federation had been successful. he had had a medical, came out of quarantine for nora virus he said he never had, and ran a time trial in the rain against the clock. got down on the floor and did some push—ups, as if to say to the iaaf, i've been

fit all along. two hours later he was then in a semifinal. and then we saw what happened late last night here at around 9pm. he ran in that semifinal and came second. he was leading the race throughout, just came second, automatically qualifying. ironically, just narrowly beating britain's mitchell blake, who then had to wait and see if he would qualify as one of the fastest losers. he did do so, so mitchell break will line up against isaac makwala tonight in that final, and wayde van niekerk, who qualified also as one of the fastest losers but he was slow and looked shattered. tonight will be his sixth race in six days. good news for ma kwa la race in six days. good news for makwala and mitchell blake. tired minds and legs perhaps from both of those two. mitchell blake running tonight but before him plenty of british athletes in action, including the team captain? yes, a

fantastic team captain, very inspirational, and she told me in paris before the championship started that it was important to her to go out and do well individually, so asa to go out and do well individually, so as a captain she could show the others it could be done. she has a big ask. she has qualified but the eighth fastest from her heat qualify. that field, she is up against a stellar field, thatjust by getting into the final is a fantasticjoy achievement for eilidh doyle. elsewhere katarina johnson—thompson in the highjump. 0n johnson—thompson in the highjump. on saturday, second event in the heptathlon, usually her best event. her personal best of 1.98 would actually have won her gold in rio last year, but she didn't clear the height at all. she failed three times. as you can see, despondent on the crash mat because she knew it was her best event, possibly could have led her to finish fifth in the

heptathlon. denise lewis, most are very well and knows the heptathlon very well and knows the heptathlon very well and knows the heptathlon very well so she will be able to put that behind and we will be able to see a different side ofjohnson thompson tonight. tonight we will see a different cat, she will have spoken to her coaches and got rid of the negative baggage from the heptathlon. i think this is a hard combination that she has put on herself, but she wants to give it a go. with morgan blake in the competition as well, those two come through the ranks together. they just have to give it their all. laura anya is in need of the 5000 metres tonight, and also all eyes on the triple jump, the american christian taylor, goody break jonathan edwards' world—record question that we will find out when it all starts at 6pm on bbc two tonight. —— could he breakjonathan edwards' world—record ?

tonight. —— could he breakjonathan edwards' world-record? that is all we have time for for now. just to tell about the website where you can find out about coverage of that and the us pga championship. plenty of action before the television coverage starts at 6pm on the red button and later on, after the red button and later on, after the athletics, on bbc two at 11:15pm for the us pga golf. that is all bespoke for now. thank you. the war of words between the us and north korea is intensifying, as pyongyang says a plan to fire missiles overjapan, to land in the sea near the us territory guam, will soon be ready. state media denounced donald trump's warnings of "fire and fury", saying the us leader was "bereft of reason". the us has warned north korea's actions could mean the "end of its regime". a little earlier, to victoria guerrero from guam — she told me she's "terrified" at the prospect of military action. it's very frustrating to be sort of at the centre

of all of this conflict. guam, as you mentioned, is us territory and unincorporated territory at that. the united states has full sovereignty over the island. of course, we are fighting for our people's sovereignty. the people of guam, we have been here for over 4000 years, we have been colonised by spain, the united states, japan and the united states again. this recent conflict is reminiscent of world war ii, when guam was caught in the middle of a conflict between the us and japan. so we don't want to repeat the mistakes of history, and our people have been fighting for more say in our future. we've been fighting to exercise our right to self—determination. .. you clearly feel that yet again geopolitics is interfering in the lives of your people and the people of guam. how is it affecting people psychologically? i mean i particularly have two young children, a five—year—old and two—year—old boy.

explaining to them what this means is always something that is very real for me, because this isn't the first time that we've been threatened with an attack. you know, our experience, living in a place so heavily militarised is that we regularly see and hear bombers. for them, to explain to them that one day that could really drop a bomb. my son very simply, i asked him, i said what would it mean if a bomb hit guam? hejust bowed his head and didn't even want to express the words. so for them it is a pretty young age to know that to live here in this beautiful paradise that is their homeland, they run the risk of something like that, is very terrifying. there are people here that live with ptsd from world war ii, our elders who have experienced an attack and survived a war. this brings back those memories for them. does it feel real?

that might sound a bit of a strange question, but this is huge geopolitics that is being dealt with here, and the tectonic plates feel as if they are shifting when you read the papers on this side of the world. does it actually feel that it really could happen, or that merely this is just more sabre rattling? i think that we're dealing with two very unpredictable men, who are leading this conversation in a very irresponsible way. i wish that it actually felt more real. in the sense that our people are not prepared for what we would actually physically do if a bomb were launched, as north korea is threatening, in the waters near guam. i don't know where the nearest bunker is or fall out shelter. we aren't being prepared. the us should have a responsibility to notjust to prepare its military personnel and dependents, but also us, in a very

real and physical way. what would happen, where would we go, would we even survive it? those are not actual conversations that are happening, instead we are just hearing all the rhetoric, that it's not a real threat, guam's threat level has not increased at all. but i think that too is short—sighted and irresponsible on behalf of the people that are leading us. we need more. we need to have a plan, no matter what. .. you know, one of my uncle's was saying this is like juveniles doing drive—by shootings, but even in drive—by shootings, sometimes someone gets shot. if guam were to be shot or bombed, which is very serious, our people need to be prepared. lastly, our people need to have the opportunity to be sovereign and avoid these kinds of situations. we need to be able to negotiate better relationships with our neighbours. the us's presence here is largely touted as protecting us from these threats,

but the reality is these threats exist because the us is here. that's a little earlier. the national crime agency says modern slavery and human trafficking are far more prevalent than previously thought. it said that more than 300 police operations were currently targeting the criminals involved. the nca said previous estimates there were up to 13,000 victims in the uk were the "tip of the iceberg". 0ver over the last year law enforcement agencies across the uk have been significantly stepping up their effort and focus on the crime that is human slavery and trafficking. what we have found in the last year, in terms of the scale and scope of this problem, has shocked us and worried us, because this is a crime that exists where vulnerable people are being exploited in every large town and city across the united

kingdom. it affects every nationality, including british offenders and victims. it also is a symptom of the fact that criminals and crime gangs have recognised that whilst you might be able to sell drugs once i make a profit, you can exploit vulnerable people repeatedly make a lot of money from it. we have had previous figures, 10-13,000, an we have had previous figures, 10—13,000, an estimate of the number of victims, if that figure no longer reliable? we think that figure is likely to significantly increase. 0ver likely to significantly increase. over the last three or four years when those figures were extrapolated. what we've been doing, ina extrapolated. what we've been doing, in a project over the last six months, lead and coordinated by the national crime agency, is to pick a theme or a type of exploitation of vulnerable people and for a week every month, engaging really intensive, coordinated, law enforcement activity across all 43 police forces in the uk, border

force, and a range of other ngos to try and get a truer sense of the scale and scope of modern slavery and human traffic. what we have found as hundreds and hundreds of victims, what we have made are hundreds and hundreds of arrests. this is a problem that exists in every pa rt this is a problem that exists in every part on every corner of the united kingdom. that is why we are asking for public support and recognising the signs and symptoms of modern slavery and either reporting to the modern slavery helpline or the local police force. can you put an actual firm figure on the number of victims? we can't, because it's a hidden crime. and because it's a hidden crime. and because very often victims to see themselves as victims. they are so coerced, subject to so much psychological fear or physical violence, they genuinely don't see themselves as victims, which is why we need the public‘s help to act as oui’ we need the public‘s help to act as our eyes and we need the public‘s help to act as oui’ eyes and ears, we need the public‘s help to act as our eyes and ears, to help us tackle this really insidious crime, where the most vulnerable people are being exploited on an hourly daily basis across the whole the uk. it is

impossible to put a figure on it. we would say there are tens of thousands of victims of this crime across the united kingdom today. most people would think that trafficking and modern—day slavery isa trafficking and modern—day slavery is a sectors, in terms of agriculture and prostitution. what are you uncovering during these ongoing operations modular those are two of the principal sectors, people are principally exploited through labour or sexual exploitation. but also in people's private homes. there are range of different ways in which they can be used. for cheap labour or sexual exploitation, there are very vulnerable, perhaps by personal circumstances. the gangs and criminals involved target them for that purpose and then keep them through fear, through social control, using social media or fear of violence. it is a terrible life that some of the victims of modern slavery lead but they lead it in

plain sight of many communities across the united kingdom. what are the chances of coming across a victim, as people go about their daily lives? better than average. those two sides of society exist and they come up against each other in different places. people living in the legitimate economy will purchase goods and new services which involve vulnerable people who have been exploited. we are asking the public to act as our eyes and ears, to recognise the symptoms. the whole point of this campaign is about spotting those lines. if you see people who are vulnerable, if you are being people who may look distressed under the control of others, may be moved about with a frequency that just doesn't others, may be moved about with a frequency thatjust doesn't look or feel right, we would ask the public for their help and assistance in recognising those lines and then telling either the local police force or contacting the modern slavery helpline on the number on screen. ina

in a moment summary of the business you in a moment summary of the business you news, in a moment summary of the business you news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the war of words escalates — north korea says a plan that could see it fire four missiles near the us territory of guam will be ready in a matter of days. police defend paying a child rapist for information as part of an investigation into a grooming gang as "the right thing to do". nhs waiting lists have hit a ten—year high in england. other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. i'm alice baxter. in the business news... profits are up at tui, as the travel company announced its third quarter results. sales rose on profits went up 37% to

£200 million. more on that in a moment. a slowdown in the housing market is spreading from london to other parts of the south east of england. the royal institution of chartered surveyors says while the region pulled down activity and average prices across the uk, other areas still saw prices go up. the co—operative bank has posted a £135m loss in it's first earnings report since it was rescued, after plans to sell it collapsed. but the bank said it lost about 25,000 current accounts during the first half of the year, amid the uncertainty over its future. more on those tui figures now. today we learnt that while profits and sales are at the company — a family holiday that cost £2000 last year is £140 more expensive expensive this year.

that's according to tui — the uk's biggest holiday company and owner of the thomson and first choice brands. but the 7% hike in average selling prices doesn't seem to have dampened our appetite for travel, with the firm saying bookings are at the same levels as last year. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, can tell us more. to what degree is the hike in prices due to the slump of sterling in the wa ke due to the slump of sterling in the wake of the eu referendum?m due to the slump of sterling in the wake of the eu referendum? it could have been an awful lot worse and is explained by that. the pound after the eu referendum lost about a sixth of its value against the us dollar and euro. it is still in the doldrums, and yet they have kept the price increases to 7%. i imagine by doing some good hedging, in other words, buying currency well in advance at an advertised just rate —— advantageous rate. and also oil,

which is used to fly people to their destination for it since we are not deterred, although prices have gone up, deterred, although prices have gone u p, exa ctly deterred, although prices have gone up, exactly the same number of us are buying holidays from thompson and first choice. where are we all heading off on holiday to? the usual suspects, greece, croatia, portugal, but in particular spain, which had a record year last year and looks like doing the same again. the chief executive of tui said spain is looking pretty full and other restorations will have to come up. we have seen problems in turkey, egypt and tunisia. turkey is certainly making a resurgence. that was announced this morning. egypt, it all depends on when shah mel sheikh airport is open again. tunisia is now off the foreign 0ffice no—go list. whilst thomas cook has said, yes, we are going to start holidays there possibly as early as next february, tui, whose

holiday makers were killed on the beach two years ago, said they haven't yet made a decision about returning to tunisia. interesting. despite sales and profits going up, it hasn't all been plain sailing for the company? know, a few incidents. there was a hotel in majorca due to open, fabulous new place entirely refurbished on the 1st of may this year. i went to meet some of the very upset holiday—makers during the opening week who said, we got taken here on the bus from the apple and the manager stood outside and turned us the manager stood outside and turned us away. they had some bad reactions from customers there. they also lost over £20 million with a staff sick hour... the german 0peration temperer matt frei. they announced they would have a new low—cost operation in conjunction with air

berlin. it didn't go ahead eventually but last october loads of people phoned in sick, dozens of flights were cancelled and the organisation took quite a financial hit. but overall, they say they are on course to make 1 hit. but overall, they say they are on course to make1 billion hit. but overall, they say they are on course to make 1 billion euros profit, which in the tricky world of travel isn't bad. not bad at it. thank you. if yesterday's anything to go by, i imagine we all want to jet off somewhere. some other news this hour... toymaker lego has replaced its 61—year—old chief executive, bali padda, afterjust eight months in thejob, saying he was never expected to remain in the post long—term because of his age. the danish company's new chief executive will be 51—year—old niels christiansen. facebook has announced plans for a new tv service, putting it head to head with services like youtube and netflix. users will soon see a new watch tab that will offer a range of shows, some of which have been funded by the social network. it will also allow users to see recommended shows based on what their friends are watching. the owner of fox news

and twenty—first century fox movie studio looks to have benefited from a trump bump. fox said revenues were up 1.5% to $6.8 billion in the fourth quarter after ratings at its cable tv business improved and drew in more advertisers. a quick look at what the markets are up a quick look at what the markets are up to. here in london, the ftse 100 up to. here in london, the ftse100 has dropped 1.12%. big stocks like anglo—american, lloyds and bt group 01’ anglo—american, lloyds and bt group orfalling anglo—american, lloyds and bt group or falling after anglo—american, lloyds and bt group orfalling after going ex dividend. drinks bottler coca—cola hbc has jumped over 8% after a first half update, making it the ftse‘s top riser. the pound has touched a three—week low against a recovering dollar, after industrial production numbersjust

dollar, after industrial production numbers just topped economists‘ forecasts. more business news available on our website. that is all from me for now. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news. you may remember that appeal by the police who were searching for a jogger in south—west london in putney who appeared to knock over a woman who is in his path, into the path of a bus on the road. they say they have arrested a 41—year—old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. you can see the very disturbing footage. police say they have received a lot of calls in relation to that case. they have been appealing and continued to appeal for witnesses and for information to tweet the metropolitan police. they have arrested a 41—year—old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. now time for a look at the weather. thank you. the weather better today

than we had across southern areas. i think most of us will get some sunshine today. looking good throughout the country. nice pictures coming in this morning, here is one from leicestershire, just a few scattered clouds. this is what we had yesterday. this was a real super soaker. what we had yesterday. this was a real super soa ker. especially in what we had yesterday. this was a real super soaker. especially in the south—east. today that cloud has faded away, out in the near continent. still some clouds left over, so still a few showers across the south—east. we even had a thunderstorm earlier on in kent. that is the exception rather than the rule today. look at that, sunshine, brighter. maybe kent and sussex still catching a shower but by the trumpet in london on the home counties and everywhere north of that, looking absolutely fine. the clouds are gathering a little bit to the west of northern ireland and throughout the islands in western scotland. that an advanced of an

approaching weather front that war brings rain but not until much later tonight. a clear day, a clear evening, a clear night across most of the uk. then cloud and rain reaches belfast and glasgow through the early hours of friday morning. dry all night long in birmingham and london. tomorrow, a different story. this weather front will be moving across the uk. not exactly sweeping through and the rain won‘t be desperately heavy, maybe around the western isles but on balance an area of grey cloud will be sleeping in off the atlantic, dribs and drabs of rain. norwich london probably tomorrow staying dryjust rain. norwich london probably tomorrow staying dry just about all day long. friday night, that weather front moves out into france and germany, scandinavia. then we are in a clearer spot of weather. this means the weekend, mother nature is behaving herself and will bring are some largely dry weather, with some sunshine. here is saturday. the wind is coming

out of the north—west, wherejuliet is sitting. the temperatures would be desperately high, 17, maybe 21 in london. if you are unlucky, you could still catch a shower. when is ita could still catch a shower. when is it a completely dry day across the uk? always a shower lurking, for the back 95 — 99% of the country staying dry this weekend. looking good. this is bbc news. the headlines: north korea accuses donald trump of being bereft of reason after his "fire and fury" nuclear threat. the regime says only absolute force can work on the us president — and threatens to fire four rockets towards the american territory of guam. northumbria police defend paying a convicted child rapist for information that led to the conviction of 18 people in a sex abuse ring. waiting lists hit a ten—year high in england — other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. also in the next hour —

a stark warning on modern slavery and human trafficking. the national crime agency says the scale of the problem in the uk is far more prevalent than previously thought. it says every large town and city in the uk is now home to victims. police investigating an assault after a jogger appeared to push