this is bbc news. anjames menendez. our top stories: —— this is bbc news. anjames menendez. ourtop stories: —— i'm this is bbc news. anjames menendez. our top stories: —— i'mjames. he threatened "fire and fury" — new president trump says he may not have been tough enough. they should be very, very nervous. i'll tell you what. and they should be very nervous. because things will happen to them like they never thought possible. but the us defence secretary, james mattis, says war would be "catastrophic" and insists diplomacy is bearing fruit. kenya's opposition are warned that their claims of a victory in the presidential election could be illegal. taking time out to make an important call — the new installation designed to help meditation in the dublin mountains. and i'm susannah streeter. in business, more troubles for the founder and former boss of uber. now travis kalanick is slapped with a lawsuit for fraud. shares of the owner of snapchat plunged 14% after the social media firm reported more than $400m in quarterly losses and fewer

than expected users. hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has again threatened north korea. if the regime in pyongyang thinks about attacking the united states, he said, "things will happen to them like they never thought possible." "they will be in trouble like few nations have ever been." he also suggested his earlier threat that north korea faces "fire and fury" might not have been tough enough. however, his defence secretary has warned that war would be catastrophic, saying diplomacy is yielding results. from washington, nick bryant. 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's american territory that's 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. let's speak to the bbc‘s robin brant. any reaction to donald trump's letters threats, robin brant? nothing from the government, aside

from some fairly minor statements that the gamut of south korea and the united states pledge to discuss any kind of decision or action they will take against north korea. —— latest threats. that reminds us of the very personalised these two countries have. of course, that alliance is crucial for the countries have. of course, that alliance is crucialfor the people on the streets here in terms of protecting and defending the country. to be honest with you, the people in this country have lived for decades with the potential of conflict with north korea in their minds. today, people are going out for lunch, hearing and seeing president trump say it was not enough. what is interesting is the words of defence secretary mattis. we have south korean officials

remind people yesterday that they tried to get back to negotiations between the countries. that is what the relatively new president of this country, president moon once. the relatively new president of this country, president moon oncei the relatively new president of this country, president moon once. ijust wonder whether people are funny difficult to make sense of those mixed messages coming out of washington, the contrasting state m e nts washington, the contrasting statements from donald trump and defence secretary mattis. look, i think there has always been to tracks here. they are prepared, as we re tracks here. they are prepared, as were reminded yesterday, prepared for swift action. they have a closed military alliance. people have lived here for decades knowing that a few miles away is a barrage of missiles lined up and their country. but at the same time, they don't see anything in congress, in the words of secretary mattis, because these two countries have talked before, and the president of this country

now wa nts and the president of this country now wants to approach these talks again. but nevertheless, they tried to defend the country and stand off the bellicose threats, at the centre is de—escalate. the united states and career both want to go, even though it sought feels like the words of others i don't reflect it. thank you, robin brant, joining us from seoul and south korea. —— in south. go to our website for more information on this story. just go to bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news today: a coach has crashed into the wall of a tunnel in northern china, killing at least 36 people. thirteen others were hurt. officials said the coach was travelling from chengdu in the south west to the central city of luoyang. deadly road accidents are common in china. the scandal over contaminated eggs in europe is still spreading. twenty tonnes have been sold

in denmark where authorities say boiled and peeled eggs were found to contain traces of fipronil, an insecticide used to rid animals of fleas, lice and ticks. scientists in the united states say they've moved a significant step closer towards using pigs to provide organs for transplant into human patients. advanced gene editing was used to remove 25 viruses from the pig organs, making contamination between species less likely, before the researchers used cloning technology to make the first virus—free piglets. kind of business. susannah streeter is here. good morning. more bad news for the loss of uber. —— the boss of uber. yes, travis kalanick, the former uber chief executive who was ousted injune, is being sued by one of the company's biggest investors. benchmark capital, which owns i3% of the ride—sharing firm,

has accused mr kalanick of fraudulently attempting to fill board seats with loyal allies, paving the way for his potential return as ceo. if successful, the legal action would see mr kalanick kicked out of the company altogether. in world business report, we'll have a report from san francisco. also, shares in snap, the company that runs snapchat, have fallen again after its latest set of results disappointed investors. snapchat launched in 2012 as a mobile app that allows users to send photos that vanish within seconds, and has gone on to become a big hit with so—called millennials. snap said the number of daily active users, the measure the markets are most interested in, rose by 4% to 173 million, compared with the first three months of 2017. compare that with instagram stories, a service on the instagram platform that closely resembles snapchat, it has 250 million users. revenues at snap almost doubled for the quarter to $181], which was lower than what analysts had been forecasting. and the losses are piling up. the tech firm made a loss of $4431

million, which was quite a bit bigger than the last quarter. the company has had a rough ride on the markets since it went public in march, with blockbuster valuation of $28 billion. today's results came out after the closing bell in the us but in after—hours trading shares were down by 14%. we will keep an eye on how they are doing as the day progresses. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcstreeter. but more to come in world business report. the electoral commission in kenya has called claims by the opposition that their candidate won the presidential election as unconstitutional. the opposition coalition published its own results which gave raila 0dinga a quarter of a million more votes than the incumbent uhuru kenyatta. they also demanded that the electoral commission's chairman declares mr 0dinga president. the chairman of that commission, wafula chebukati, spoke to the bbc‘s anne soy.

the independent elections commission is the only body mandated to run elections. running elections means from the process of voting to the counting of the votes and the announcement of the results. it is oui’ announcement of the results. it is our duty to count votes and announce results. so we don't expect a candidate to use our staff member, purport results, and tell us to announce. that is an unusual procedure. they alleged that there was someone procedure. they alleged that there was someone inside the electoral commission who is working with them, who gave them a set of results. do you know who that is? at the moment, we don't know who it is that is working with the opposition. we are told today that one of our staff was giving information and we are still tried to figure out who that could

be. but if we do, we shall of course make it public, and take the necessary action against that member of our staff. there were some allegations of hacking into your system. was your system hacked, and have you found any suspects? our preliminary findings show that there was no attempt to hack into the results transmission system. there we re results transmission system. there were attempts in other processors. —— processes. were attempts in other processors. -- processes. are you under pressure from anybody to subvert the electoral process? i want to say with no doubt in my mind that i was not under pressure from anyone to announce the results or declare the

results in any way. because we are all canyons, when it hit —— because we are all kenyans, we live here, and we know the motions in the country. we know that people are not living their normal lives. but i wa nt to living their normal lives. but i want to tell kenyans to go back to their work they continue their lives. the commission is taking care and can dundar results. and we shall announce the winner as soon as we finish the process. when we to get the results of the presidential election? the canny exercises going on. once that is complete, we will announce the results. —— the counting exercise is going on. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the veteran english playwright alan ayckbourn turns to science fiction to reach a new audience. 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: president trump has again threatened north korea if, as he put it, it even thinks about attacking the united states. he's also suggested his earlier threat of "fire and fury" may not have been tough enough. kenya's electoral commission rejects opposition claims of massive fraud in the presidential election. international observers say the result is credible. the american filmmaker michael moore is best known for his documentaries and liberal political views but tonight he'll be making his broadway debut. it probably comes as no surprise that the one man show takes satirical swipes at president trump and his attempts to inspire his followers with optimism. tom brook has been to a preview performance in new york. it's a hot ticket — michael moore on broadway, skewering president trump. he was saying "i'm going to make you all rich, i'm going to make you all rich!"

but it's not a non—stop anti—trump rant. it's something gentler. he regales audiences with anecdotes from his life, where small 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 or ten months. and — and so i'm trying to give people maybe a sense of hope to not give up, don't be filled with despair, and, you know, 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 verdict from moore's fans was positive. it was inspiring. it was hysterically funny. he was great. iadmired him before, and after seeing him the show, i want to ask him to marry me. to marry you? yes. with your show, though, aren't you just preaching to the converted? yes, yes. the converted needs — needs —

they want to hear a few things that we can do. the choir that we are preaching to wants a song to sing. the hype surrounding the new show cannot camoflage the fact that he might not be the pleasant political firebrand that he once was. there's a certain segment of the left that still worships him. or at least respects him. but i don't think he is seen as a bellwether of how liberals think any more. and i think, in fact, there is not one any more. it has become very divided. michael moore will be on broadway for a 12—week run. the production has a lofty goal. its tagline poses a question: can a broadway show bring down a sitting president? the answer is, it isn't very likely. but michael moore is not giving up. once the show is over, he has fahrenheit 11/9 in the works, a new anti—trump documentary. time for some sport. three gold

medals decided on the seventh day of the athletic championships in london. shock result in a couple of the events, including the men's 200 metres. botswa na's botswana's isaac smith while i was the sentimental favourite to win the men's 200 metres but many expected south africa's wayde van niekerk to add gold to his 400 metres title in add gold to his 400 metres title in a bid to match michaeljohnson's double of more than 20 years ago. that despite the fact that he only sneaked through as one of the fastest qualifiers from the semi—final, which was won by a different runner. he was leading down the home straight but had to settle for silver in the end. he was eaten for the second time in as many days to claim turkey's first gold medal of the championships. even more of a shock in the women's 400 metres hurdles. the cheque runner was bidding to get a third successive title and her main

challenger was delilah muhamed. but it was her fellow runner who took the title, to claim the first major medal of her career. american the triplejump. medal of her career. american the triple jump. christian taylor didn't get the world record that he wanted, but the olympic champion did retain his world title with elite of 17.68 metres. elsewhere, caster semenya is through to the semi—final. she won bronze on tuesday and the south african was back in action over her favourite short distance and she won her heat to extend her unbeaten record in the event. she hasn't lost 800 metres events in the world championship semifinals in beijing two years ago. finally friday's final in the women's 200 metres promises to be a cracker. all of the leading ladies are safely through. daphne skipper has won the first semi—final in 22.49 seconds. the woman who fell from first to fourth in the last few metres of the 400

metres final clocked the same time in winning the second semi and mary won her semi—final, so she still has the chance of taking the 200 after missing out by the narrowest of margins in the 100 metre final. mexico footbal captain rafael marquez has denied us accusations that he has links with a drugs cartel. in a news conference, mr marquez said he would co—operate with investigations, after he was singled out by the us treasury department for sanctions, freezing any of his assets that fall under usjurisdiction. he is one of 21 people under investigation for alleged drug trafficking ties. a new installation near the summit of two rock in the dublin mountains is causing a bit of a stir. the group responsible for the so called wind phone say it's designed to be a private space to meditate on life and loss. sarah corker reports. nestled in the mountains, high above the city of dublin, this is the wind phone. it is made from recycled materials, from an old door

to salvaged floorboards. but it is no ordinary phone. you can't actually make any calls. and who put it here is something of a mystery. this mountain biker saw it being installed. we came over and saw what appeared to be a telephone box. and there were three lads working away, drilling the foundations of the telephone box. so we went down and said goodbye, and they explained to us all about the project. the group behind the installation wishes to remain anonymous. according to a note inside, it is a private space to meditate on life and loss, a place where you can speak privately and openly, and the words will be carried away on the wind to wherever you want them to go. the project's inspired by a similar wind phone injapan, a place for those dealing with grief after the 2011 tsunami.

the dublin mountains are popular with hikers, who are certainly intrigued. it is a lovely concept. it is quite soothing. for one reason or another, it is very in touch with the surroundings. the group picked this spot because of the view, the wind, and the privacy, and they hope will become a special place for many to visit. sarah corker, bbc news. sir alan ayckbourn is one of britain's most successful playwrights, best known for his comic portrayals of the middle classes. but now at the age of 78 he's entering the world of science fiction for the first time. his new play, the divide, premieres at the edinburgh festival today. it's set 100 years from now, in an england where a deadly contagion has separated men from women. 0ur arts editor will gompertz asked the playwright what prompted this change of direction. it was, i think, an attempt by me

to bridge my ageing writing personality to a younger generation, and the way to do that, i thought, was through the medium of science fiction. science fiction is a great leveller. it gives you an even playing field, where you say to your younger audience, "now this is a world that i don't know but i have created, and you don't know, and you can inhabit it." i can't enter their world, which is for me as a 78—year—old, incomprehensible now. i mean, most of what my grandchildren say is complete gobbledygook. and anything i say is beyond their comprehension. so, here i am at last... a member of the falcons. is it a concern of yours that the theatre is failing to engage the younger audience? it's a fear, it's always a fear.

if you look in the average audience, maybe because of money but they seem to be middle to late middle age. the sort of people i want in there are... you can get the very young, you can catch them before they are ten but after that they are a lost tribe. i want that audience back. we've now reached the age where we are considered mature enough to be possible carriers and therefore a danger to men. how do you keep on challenging yourself? how do you make sure, you know, after all these plays you don't find yourself repeating past ideas? i think it's a terror. that is a real problem because i keep thinking i must have done about everything by now. i had a stroke a few years back, and for the first time in my life for a few months i had no ideas. and i thought, well that's it. then a little germ arrived and i go, wow, they're still manifesting and of course now

manifesting furiously. i feel very excited but a little bit nervous. it's a good feeling. i've written next year's play as well. it's a play called better off dead, i hope that doesn't predict anything! don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @jamesmenendez. hello there. thursday was a fine day for most of us, and the weekend isn't looking too bad either.

we just have friday to get through first. because things will be turning increasingly cloudy. we'll see some outbreaks of rain. in fact, already, some wet weather already in north—western areas. tightly squeezed isobars — notice the white lines quite tightly packed. stong gales at times across areas of scotland, with areas of rain working from west to east. a working from west to east. dry start in much of eng wales. a dry start in much of england and wales. central and eastern areas hold onto dry weather for a good pa rt hold onto dry weather for a good part of the day, even into the middle of the afternoon for east anglia and the south—east, with brightness clinging on. across scotla nd brightness clinging on. across scotland a lot of cloud by the middle of the afternoon but for the murray serve and aberdeenshire you could hold onto brightness. —— murray firth. generally out west a lot of cloud and drizzle. drizzle the northern ireland and across

northern england and into wales, the south—west and across the midlands it will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. heaviest over high ground in the west. east anglia and the south—east holding onto brightness and sunshine. up to 22 or 23 degrees. turning cloudy across the board into the early hours of saturday. the odd spot of drizzle, business and murkiness of high ground. nota business and murkiness of high ground. not a cold night. 16 is the low in norwich. saturday, it could bea low in norwich. saturday, it could be a struggle to brighten up on the south. but generally speaking high—pressure is the dominant feature for the weekend, which means it will be largely dry and increasingly we will have spells of sunshine. saturday is likely to be cloudy initially and it will stay that way in southern areas, with the odd spot of drizzle. the northern ireland and scotland things will brighten up. the chance of the odd showerfor brighten up. the chance of the odd shower for eastern scotland and north—east england. temperatures

about 16— 22. for sunday high—pressure will be sitting on top of the british isles, so that means it will be fine and dry for the most part. sunshine, unlucky to get a shower. 15— 22 degrees. things go downhill into next week. rain at times, especially in the north and west. this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has again warned north korea about attacking the united states. his defence secretary, james mattis, said war would be "catastrophic" and insisted diplomacy was bearing fruit. kenya's electoral commission has warned the opposition that its claims of a victory for its presidential candidate, raila 0dinga, could be deemed illegal. international observers say the result was credidble. —— credible. a coach has crashed into the wall of a tunnel in northern china, killing at least 36 people. 13 others were hurt. it's not clear if other vehicles were involved in the crash. the tainted eggs scandal that began

in the netherlands has spread