this is newsday on the bbc. our top stories: president trump ups the words with north korea after vowing fire and fury, and now he says maybe he wasn't tough enough. north korea better get their act together or they're gonna be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble. slavery in britain — there are victims in every town and city. iam victims in every town and city. i am kasia madera in london. seven yea rs i am kasia madera in london. seven years on from the partition of india and pakistan, one muslim mother's tale of a desperate journey to a new home. and china's biggest movie box office hit, but does wolf warrior also have a political message? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in

singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in newjersey, where president trump has wrapped up his warnings to north korea. he said his threat to unleash fire and fury if pyongyang threatened the us may not have been tough enough. the us president said north korea should be very nervous if it made plans to attack the us or any of its allies. from washington, oui’ any of its allies. from washington, our correspondent nick bryant has the details. it's from his golf club in newjersey during his working vacation that donald trump is managing this stand—off. and this afternoon he was back in his trademark suit and tie, and using his trademark tough talk, his response to the latest

threats from pyongyang. i will tell you this, if north korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack, of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very, very nervous. i'll tell you why. and they should be very nervous, because things will happen to them like they never thought possible. earlier this week he warned north korea of fire and fury, raising the chilling spectre of a nuclear confrontation. his only regret, maybe that fiery rhetoric wasn't incendiary enough. the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years, and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries, so if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. earlier, on news bulletins in north korea, the customary martial music and also an unusually specific military threat. translation: the hwasong 12

rocket will be launched by the north korean people's army and will cross japan and fly 3356 kilometres for 1065 seconds, before hitting the waters 30 to a0 kilometres away from guam. this is the hwasong i2 missile on parade in pyongyang in spring. kim jong—un can back his fiery words with weaponry. today, on the tropical island of guam, it wasn't so much a case of fire and fury, as wet and wild. the news crews converging there producing what looked like tourist advertisements, people heading to the beach rather than fleeing. locals not particularly concerned at the threat that north korea missiles might soon come raining in. we're used to the whole ebb and flow of hearing that we're going to be bombed and then it not happening, and hearing about it again, so it's not anything that's new to us. it never follows through, so i wasn't really concerned. i think it's probably like a distraction maybe,

maybe a political kind of move on the us and korea, so just to get attention, maybe. guam is in the firing line because it is american territory that is home to two big us military bases. an attack here would be an attack on america. as well as refusing to back down from his threat of fire and fury, donald trump did say he would consider negotiations. but while the rhetoric is being ratcheted up fears will grow of some terrible miscalculation that could turn this war of words into a major conflict. well, for more on this we will go to oui’ well, for more on this we will go to our correspondent in seoul robin brant to get reaction from south korea. let's have a look at some of the other stories. modern slavery and human trafficking

has become so widespread that there are victims in every large town and city here in britain with ordinary britons coming into contact every single day. the uk crime agency says there are likely to be tens of thousands of victims. human rights lawyer cherie blair has campaigned against modern slavery and spoke to us against modern slavery and spoke to us earlier. it is surprising, actually, where these people can turn up. it could be the people who are picking strawberries in the fields, if you are ina strawberries in the fields, if you are in a rural area. strawberries in the fields, if you are in a ruralarea. it strawberries in the fields, if you are in a rural area. it could strawberries in the fields, if you are in a ruralarea. it could be strawberries in the fields, if you are in a rural area. it could be the girl who is doing your nails in the nail bar that doesn't speak very good english and seems very shy and frightened to speak. it could be the quy frightened to speak. it could be the guy washing your car in one of these hand carwash guy washing your car in one of these hand ca rwash places. guy washing your car in one of these hand carwash places. so these are the sort of places — and of course, the sort of places — and of course, the sex industry is an industry where there are very many such people. also making the news today, fresh

protest in venezuela after a fifth opposition mayor was sentenced to prison. the court found the mayor guilty of failing to prevent anti—government protest. four others have been found guilty of similar charges. it comes as the us imposes sanctions on government officials. international observers express confidence in the kenyan electoral process despite the opposition leader raila odinga's claim of fraud. raila odinga's supporters celebrated in a western city after his alliance said he should be declared winner. however the provisional electronic results give the provisional leader kenyatta the lead. a vietnamese businessman kidnapped three weeks ago was probably taken to the vietnamese embassy en route to the vietnamese embassy en route to vietnam. the man who had applied for asylum in germany emerged from

his home company you're country a week ago and appeared on tv saying he returned voluntarily. —— its own country. his lawyer says he was forced. a german nun who devoted her life to combating leprosy in pakistan has died aged 87. she was known as pakistan's mother teresa and spent half a century caring for some of the sickest and poorest people in the sickest and poorest people in the country. she was praised for her effo rts the country. she was praised for her efforts in loving the victims during the devastating floods in the south—west of the country seven yea rs south—west of the country seven years ago. these cctv images of a jogger in london pushing a woman in front of the path of a moving bus really shocked people here. now a 50—year—old man has been arrested and was held at a residential address on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. he has been released while police continued investigation. the 33—year—old woman narrowly avoided being hit by the

bus. she could have had a really serious injury if it wasn't for the bus driver's very swift movements in swerving out of the way. 70 years ago this month britain ended its rule of india. the event was marked by large—scale intercommunal violence as the country was split into two, hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan. the bbc tells one muslim woman's story of how her family were affected and her long arduous journey from india to the newly created country of pakistan. it was my home for 20 years. it was a friendly, peaceful place. i loved it. people from all backgrounds

lived alongside each other. by the time of partition, i was 31 years old and my husband was away working in the army. as the country divided, suspicion grew between hindu, sikh and muslim neighbours. 0ne suspicion grew between hindu, sikh and muslim neighbours. one evening, i was home alone with my children when i heard an angry mob outside. i feared for my life. i work my children and we fled in the middle of the night —— woke. i left everything behind and i buried my wedding jewellery in the dirt, hoping one day i would return to find it. we walked alone through the dark knight, which was lit up only by the fires of people's homes being set in the distance —— night. ——

satellite. when we finally reached the train station it was packed with people. lots of families became separated. we squashed into an overloaded train heading towards the new border. the heat was suffocating. during thejourney new border. the heat was suffocating. during the journey the train stops suddenly for a long time. everyone became scared. we we re time. everyone became scared. we were afraid we would get attacked by mobs. thankfully, there were soldiers on our train, so we were able to continue ourjourney. but then the attackers managed to separate the last three carriages of oui’ separate the last three carriages of ourtrain and set separate the last three carriages of our train and set them on fire. when we reached lahore we were placed in a refugee camp with many other

people and we live there for over a year. i never returned to my rampore. yes, one of the many, many stories from the time, and here on bbc news we will broadcast a special week of coverage marking 70 years of partition and the independence of india and pakistan, that is from the 14th of august. now, we're gonna return to the war of words between trump and north korea. the defence secretaryjim mattis has warned that a war with north korea would be catastrophic. let's get reaction from seoul, robin brant easierfor us. jim let's get reaction from seoul, robin brant easier for us. jim matthes also saying that diplomatic efforts we re also saying that diplomatic efforts were yielding results, and also seoul would be very keen for diplomatic diplomacy to work, to weave some kind of resolution in this war of words —— mattis. weave some kind of resolution in this war of words -- mattis. yes,

the people living in this city who have lived with the prospect, even the potential of a military conflict with neighbours in the north for a long time, perhaps those who more than anyone else in the world want to see this rhetoric toned down and wa nt to to see this rhetoric toned down and want to see the prospect of a lasting peace between south korea and north korea. it is interesting — much talk yesterday here from government officials reflecting the sentiment expressed on the us military site about preparing this. they are ready to act if pyongyang decides to do anything in terms of any kind of physical attack. the tone very much from government officials yesterday — and this has been the case under the relatively new president, president moon — has been to try to remind the north they wa nt been to try to remind the north they want them to return to negotiations and want to get around the table and they want to try and establish talks once again that would lead to a lasting peace. i have to say, though, you know, people are stoical

— perhaps a slight understatement. they have lived with this for a long time. i ran into a woman last night going home from dinner who said that nothing had changed in her life despite the rhetoric of the last 48 hours and another young guy who said they think nothing had happened and he pretended he didn't know about the comments. i asked what would change how he feels and he said, war. stoical realism may be. it is people living in this city 35 kilometres from the border who know what it really is like to face the prospect of military conflict with north korea. a country technically of course that they are still at war with. we are hearing this war of words from donald trump. but he is trying to bring the rest of the world into this police, world police figure. he doesn't want to take full responsibility. this is what he said, let's listen, he brings china into the debate. china can do a lot more, yes. and i think china will do a lot more. look, we have trade with

china. we lose hundreds of billions of dollars a year on trade with china. they know howl of dollars a year on trade with china. they know how i feel. it is not gonna continue like that. but if china helps us, i feel a lot differently toward trade. a lot differently toward trade. a lot differently toward trade. so, what do you make of that, because it sounds basically like donald trump is trying to offer china something to behave in a certain way. is this blatant blackmail? this has long been the case in terms of president trump and his administration. the most transactional of politicians, maybe. he has made it clear that he thinks the trade relationship between china and the us is not a good one. and in return perhaps, though, for china doing what it can to exert pressure on north korea, of course, chinese north korea's only ally. north korea does the vast amount of trade with its neighbour, china. in return for what he thinks

china. in return for what he thinks china can do more, he thinks they can doa china can do more, he thinks they can do a lot more to try to bring about denuclearisation in north korea, the president made it clear he is likely to be more favourable when it comes to action over the trade relation between the us and china. i have to say in the last month the hopes of getting china to do more have gone away effectively because the president doesn't believe china has delivered. i think beijing sees it differently and they have different considerations. china has concern about the march physically and politically of the united states on the korean peninsular, maybe even write up to its border. it has big concerns about the collapse of north korea, the implosion which would give it a humanitarian crisis on its border. they have different perspectives on this. let's hope the diplomatic effo rts this. let's hope the diplomatic efforts are yielding results as the us defence secretary has said. thank you very much. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: 0scar—winning director michael moore

gets ready for his broadway debut and tells us about his new one—man show. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approach. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of cloud control. —— crowd. police prepared for a hugejob of cloud control. -- crowd. uganda's brutalformer cloud control. -- crowd. uganda's brutal former dictator has died at the age of 80. idi amin was buried in saudi arabia, where he has lived in next since 1979. 2 billion people

around the world has seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. welcome back on. your watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. and i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories this hour: president trump ups the war of words with north korea. after vowing fire and fury, he now says maybe he wasn't tough enough. modern slavery in britain — a report says there are victims in every town and city. let's now take a look at some of the front pages from around the world. and we start off with the japan times. like other papers, it is devoting a large space to the rising tension with north korea.

it says that north korea's plan to fire four ballistic missiles into the sea near guam would see the rockets fly over shimane, hiroshima and kochi prefectures. moving out of the south china morning post in hong kong. —— moving 110w morning post in hong kong. —— moving now to the south china morning post in hong kong. it says that a one—time aide of hong kong's former chief executive has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the securities regulator. prosecutors say barry cheung chun—yuen and a co—defendant tried to hide the true financial position of a company to keep its licence. he did not enter a plea in court, and was released on bail. and finally, we have the new york times. it says that the us dollar is losing its status. the paper says that president trump's north korea rhetoric and saudi arabia's imposition of embargos on qatar caused investors to sell the dollar. and those are the top stories of

major publications around the world. kasia madera, what is trending online? rico are you a swiftie? that's a fan of the pop super star taylor swift. now, she is bucking discussions online. nothing new there, quite frankly. but rico, it's not her music that's being talked about so much. the singer has been in court where she has been describing the moment she says she was groped by radio dj david mueller during a meet and greet. the pair were being photographed ahead of a concert in denver in 2013. she alleges he reached under her skirt and fondled her. mr mueller denies the charges. this court case, as you can imagine, has people grouped, online. —— gripped. chinese cinema—goers have been flocking to fill seats for the breakout hit wolf warrior 2. the movie has become the country's biggest box office success of all time, making more than $500 million in just its first two weeks. it sends a patriotic message at a time of china's

expanding presence abroad. but why is it proving so popular? that's the question i asked jonathan papish, an industry analyst from china film insider. the sequel is popular for two the sequel is popularfor two main reasons: the timing of this release, and also the pride that the chinese movie—goers are feeling. in regards to the timing of the release, it is released during the annual summer blackout period, when new releases are restricted to domestic films. so there is decreased competition from hollywood films. the release also coincided with the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. so anything related to the chinese military is front and centre on citizens‘ minds. to the chinese military is front and centre on citizens' minds. so it was not this week, it would not have done as much as 500 million us dollars. but what makes the film

different from the first? this actually presents china not so much as an aggressor, but more as a saviour. the film takes place in an unknown african country, during a revolution. it is ravaged by disease. it follows a former special 0ps, pla soldier, who rescues chinese nationals. he is also battling and evil bed of foreign mercenaries and seemingly innocent africans. but it is more showing the compassionate side, if you will, of china's rise. -- band of foreign. it is raking in1 million us dollars in the north american box office. it is not doing as well as the previous box office hits from china, such as

flying tigers. a modern action film produced by china will never do as well as a martial arts film which has a strong fan base in north america and in the west. $1 million is not too shabby for this kind of film and the kind of distribution that it film and the kind of distribution thatitis film and the kind of distribution that it is getting. so i think it is doing fairly well. it was never going to break out in the north american market. let's stay with the movies, now. the american filmmaker, michael moore, is of course best known for his documentaries and liberal political views. but tonight, he is making his broadway debut. it probably comes as no surprise that the one man show takes satirical swipes at president trump. tom brook went to a preview performance in new york. it isa it is a hot ticket. michael moore on broadway, skewering donald trump.

you were saying i am going to make your reg, i am going to make your reach! that it is a non-stop -- is not a non—stop donald trump rant. it draws on a lot of anecdotes from his life, westmore actions brought significant change. it is supposed to bring inspirational comfort to liberals still gutted by donald trump's victory. millions of people have been depressed for a good nine oi’ have been depressed for a good nine or ten months. and so i am trying to give people a sense of hope to not give people a sense of hope to not give up, don't be filled with despair, and, you know, it liberals, democrats have won six of the last seven presidential elections with the popular vote. the majority of americans are with us. at the stage door, the mood verdict from his fans was strong. he was hysterically funny. i admired him before, and after seeing him tonight, i want to ask him to marry me. to marry you?

yes. are you preaching to the converted ? yes. are you preaching to the converted? yes. they want to hear a few things that we can do. the choir that we are pretty to just down the same. it cannot come close the fact that he might not be the pleasant political firebrand that he once was. there is a certain segment of the left that still worships them them. but i don't think he is seen asa them. but i don't think he is seen as a bellwether of how liberals think any more. and i think, in fa ct, think any more. and i think, in fact, there is not won any more. it has become very divided. he does not have the power level is that he once had. which is surprising, because he was the only person on the left of note to predict that donald trump would actually win the presidency. so you would think that they would make more people start listening to him. buti make more people start listening to him. but i do really feel that that has happened. sometimes members of the family of donald trump go to

broadway shows. i don't think there will come to this one. i hope they do. i have a box reserved for them. the presidential box. and be considered in it until somebody from trump comes. and you think that will happen? absolutely. i do think that, yes. it has a 12 week run. it has a ambitious goal: can a broadway show bring down a sitting president? it seems unlikely. but michael moore is not giving up. but afterwards, he has fahrenheit 11/9 coming up, another documentary. it will be interesting to see if anyone from the family does go sees it. hello. first there was a fine day

for most of us. the weekend is not looking too bad either. wejust have to get through first. things will be turning increasingly cloudy. we will see outbreaks of rain. some wet weather already in north—western areas. an area of pressure slowly across the northern isles. those isobars of tightly packed. that showers us that the winds will be strong. areas of rain are working from west to east. in the south and the south—east in england, it starts dry and bright, and will stay that way for good parts of the day. cloud only very slowly increasing from the west. even by 4pm, is angry, be to the south—east, some sunshine around. 22 — 23 degrees possible. mainly fine to the channel islands. some patchy rain could begin. that patchy rain continues to work across the south—west of england. most of it is quite light and patchy. perhaps some heavier bursts.

northern ireland, even the main area of rain will have cleared, there will be some drizzle. to the north—east, there could be some brightness holding on. they could alter reduced to about 20 degrees. rather cloudy and a little damp northern england. as we go through friday night into the early hours of saturday, the heaviest bursts will have cleared away. gillbee cloud, mess, murk, and drizzle around. —— there will be cloud, mist, murk. the frontal system will really dragged its hills, particularly across the south. high pressure takes charge of the scene for the weekend, meaning it will be largely dry, with spells of sunshine. as you can see, a cloudy start for saturday. that cloudy start for saturday. that cloud struggles to break up too much

in southern areas. some drizzle around. but northern inman, northern ireland, and scotland, skies will brighten. spells of sunshine and perhaps a shower for scotland, north—east england. temperatures nothing to write home about, but went about in the sunshine. sunday should be mainly fine day. good spells of sunshine, and you would be unlucky to get a shower at 16—17 degrees. things will turn are settled again into next week, particularly in the north—west. —— u nsettled. iam i am kasia madera, with bbc world news. president trump has ramped up warnings to north korea, saying his threat to unleashed fire and fury with pyongyang threatening the us may not have been tough enough. north korea says it is working on

plans to fire missiles overjapan, which would land off the coast of the us territory of guam. and british authorities say modern slavery and human trafficking has become so widespread it is prevalent in every large town and city. the national crime agency says there are likely to be tens of thousands of victims. this story is trending on bbc.com: taylor swift has described in court the moment she was grouped by radio dj david mueller. they were photographed head of a concert. she said he reached under her skirt. mr mueller denies those charges. stay with us here on bbc news. now it is time for hardtalk.