welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: raised tensions on the korean peninsula as north korea's latest missile passes over northern japan. catastrophic flooding in texas forces thousands of people into shelters, more rain is forecast in the upcoming days. up to 2,000 people have been rescued, many plucked to safety from rooftops by helicopter. president trump warns it will be a long and difficult road to recovery. we have pledged ourfull support as texas and louisiana rattle and recover from this very devastating and historic storm. 84 counts of murder —

the nurse who could be germany's most prolific serial killer since the second world war. sizzling sun and sensational sounds — hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on notting hill for the final day of carnival. hello. north korea has fired a missile which crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have increased tension with the united states. it was fired from sunan, near pyongyang in north korea, and made its way towards the island of hokkaido. it landed in the sea 1200 kilometres east of cape erimo. yogita limaye is in seoul and suzanne kianpour is in washington. how is this looking in the south korean capital? the president has

just confirmed that the government condemns what north korea has done. she will be talking to the us secretary of state soon, and to her japanese counterpart about what steps japanese counterpart about what ste ps ca n japanese counterpart about what steps can be taken. we are hearing that the prime minister has had a conversation with the us president donald trump. it is being seen as a serious escalation from north korea. it is ata serious escalation from north korea. it is at a time when joint military exercises were conducted. pyongyang last year fired a nuclear test in september after these drills. we haven't heard from north korea yet, nothing from the official news agencies. the response is usually that it agencies. the response is usually thatitis agencies. the response is usually that it is there a way of replying to these joint military drills that are taking place. seen as a serious and unprecedented escalation, it has been years since a north korean missile has flowed overjapan. we know that in the north of the

country, it has triggered an alert warning system asking civilians to ta ke warning system asking civilians to take cover. it flew over the northern island of cockeyed of. it happened at about six a.m.. -- hokkaido. how provocative is this from washington's point of view?m is quite provocative. japan is a major ally of the united states. there are several us military bases. japanese and american forces just wrapped up an exercise on that island that the missile flew over. the connection is right now unclear, but we have seen north korea makes rats ahead of the us— south korea military drills which are not due to conclude until thursday. there has beena conclude until thursday. there has been a toning down of rhetoric in washington. the us secretary of

state commended north korea for exercising restraint. 0n the sunday shows, he continued to stick to his diplomatic line, saying he would continue peaceful pressure. president trump, on the other hand, is taking a tougher line on north korea. he has said that the scaling back of missile launchers. we have not actually seen statements come out from the president or the secretary of state, but we have seen that the japanese president has asked the un to stay in and ramp up pressure. thank you both very much. the catastrophic flooding in texas is expected to get much worse — with officials warning they expect nearly half—a—million people

to seek assistance. with waters still rising, helicopters and hundreds of specialist vehicles have been deployed in the rescue effort. an emergency has also been declared in neighbouring louisiana, which is in the storm harvey's path. james cook has the latest from houston, one of the worst hit areas. in texas today, every stranger is a friend. medic! exhausted, unable even to stand, but she's safe. right here! it's ok, it's ok. all day long they have struggled to safety. family after family abandoning their homes to the water. anything that would float became part of this makeshift armada. people here are pulling together, but many say they had no choice. they'd called for help

but no one came. some neighbours and people came in with boats, but not enough help. and none from the authorities? none from the authorities. authorities have been basically useless. and they have been overwhelmed by the scale of this crisis. three days after hurricane harvey smashed into their state, texans are still struggling in its wake. in this suburb of houston, they called for help all night, but no one answered. in the end, it wasn't police or firefighters that came to the rescue, but friends with a boat. you called 911 and no one answered, but you answered the call. we had a boat and a truck, so here we are.

and that is happening all over texas. yes. and in the cold and the rain, a helping hand was warmly welcomed. you must be grateful. of course. i am grateful to the whole community. seeing houston all helping each other out. it is touching. ijust wish i could help others. in moments like this, we all need it. there is frenetic activity as boats buzz up and down the river. this little vessel alone has rescued 30 people so far. and the situation is developing very quickly. 0n the rooftops of flooded houses, many more are still waiting to be rescued. in desperation, all they can do is to cling on and call for help. in houston alone, more than 20 helicopters are flying rescue missions, but pulling people from the floods is delicate, and it is dangerous. and as texas brings in 12,000 soldiers from the national guard to help, the state also has to prepare for a presidential visit. it is an historic amount of water in particular. there has never been

anything like it. so, uhh, the people are handling it well. and the people of texas, as you know, have really persevered. when you watch the spirit and enthusiasm, helping each other, the teamwork, it has been something. texas is saturated, and it is struggling. thousands of people have made it to safety but the waters keep on rising. and the lone start state is swamped. james cook, bbc news, houston. jenelle eli is working on hurricane harvey for the american red cross and shejoins us now from washington. it is extraordinary to see people still waiting on the rooftops of flooded houses. many people pulling together, relying on neighbours who might have a boat because authorities are overwhelmed. also relying on you, how are you doing?|j

will relying on you, how are you doing?” will tell you, our people on the ground are really working hard. people have lost their homes, people are uncertain of where they will go next. it is neighbours helping neighbours, including red cross volunteers. we had more than 6000 people in shelters on sunday night. we expected high numbers, that was in 30 shelters. there is a lot of work to be done and it is expected that the rain will continue. there are about 30 inches of rain expected in the coming days. some people were struggling with shelter and food, 30,000 was the figure being talked about at one point. now we may have to look after more than half a million evacuated. how can that be done? to any disaster of these size, needs change minute by minute ——

just like any disaster of this size. this is really going to be an effort of neighbours helping neighbours, government officials, the red cross, everybody pitching in to meet the needs of people whose needs are changing every day. i think one of the hardest things for flood and disaster victims is the emotional toll that this takes. even if you get out safely, some people don't know where their family members are or what happened to their houses. that is another difficult thing that people don't think about for disaster survivors. the red cross really is providing a shoulder for people to cry on, in yelled for people to cry on, in yelled for people to cry on, in yelled for people to talk to so that they can get through this. we are hearing all kinds of stories, none of your volu nteers kinds of stories, none of your volunteers are as badly affected as the people they are trying to help? absolutely, our volunteers are from

the impacted areas. someone was getting ready to leave to help in the shelter today, and she and her family realised that the floodwaters had started coming into their own home. they got upstairs and realised they would be fine, the waters were receding. so she actually left and was able to go to the shelter and help people. she said that was where her heart was. her family was wet but to no worse for the way. thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me. kenneth craig is a reporter from cbs news in houston. how is it looking? it is not looking good. you can probably see behind me, this is part of the houston skyline. i am standing in the middle ofa skyline. i am standing in the middle of a usually busy parkway that is submerged in water this evening. conditions are not letting up. the rain is coming down. we got out here

early this morning, at about eight o'clock our time. it was pouring and it has not stopped since. the rain began on saturday night and into sunday, it has not let up. we got a0 inches of rain with another foot or two on the way. the problem is that this flooding is affecting major roads and arteries around the city. it is building water walls dividing communities and making it so difficult for people to get around, difficult for people to get around, difficult for people to get around, difficult for emergency responders to do theirjobs. thank you for being out there for us. you take care. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the french president, emmanuel macron, has proposed a series of measures to curb the flow of illegal migrants arriving to europe in boats crossing the mediterranean. the plan involves tackling people smugglers, improving security in libya and increasing aid to the transit countries. the president was hosting a meeting of the leaders of seven african and european countries. a self—styled spiritual leader

in india, whose conviction for rape triggered deadly riots, has been told he'll spend 20 years injail. gurmeet ram rahim singh was given 10 years for offences against two women in 2002. a heavy police and troop presence in northern india has prevented a repeat of the violence on friday, when 38 people were killed. police in south africa say they expect to make more arrests in connection with an alleged cannibalism ring. five men suspected of involvement have appeared in court to face charges including murder conspiracy and possession of human body parts. they're accused of killing a 25—year—old woman in kwazulu—natal province and eating herflesh in the belief that it would make them wealthy. pope francis is to become the first leader of the catholic church to travel to myanmar. stay with us on bbc news,

still to come: hundreds of thousands of revellers take to the streets of london's notting hill — for the final day of europe's biggest street festival. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts a5 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange, glowing disc that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: raised tensions on the korean peninsula — as north korea's latest missile passes over northern japan. the us and japan have requested a security council meeting. catastrophic flooding in the us state of texas is expected to worsen in the coming days as waters rise following tropical storm harvey. up to 2,000 people have been rescued in and around houston. let's return to our main story now: daniel pinkston is professor of international relations at troy university. he's based in seoul. professor, what do you make of this?

it's another north korean defiance of international law. it is brazen defiance of un security council resolutions. again, north korea has launched a missile without giving a notice to nn launched a missile without giving a notice to nm or mariners in the area. the missile flew through international airspace, japanese essays and splashed down investors —— pacific ocean. —— notice to air men. this is a threat to the international community. all kinds of things could have gone wrong. north korea has fired rockets over japan before, hasn't it? the first time was in august 1998 when they tended to launch a satellite and then again in 2009. it is not unprecedented it is a danger. if north —— north korea continues to

d efy north —— north korea continues to defy international norms. even though it is a low possibility, debris could have fallen on ships, on land, strike civilians in the pathway. is north korea have a kind of strategic interest in threatening japan or was this a way of getting japan's allies? north korea is a revisionist state. they are dissatisfied with a number of issues, they are dissatisfied with the division of korea. they would like to unify korea on its terms. they are dissatisfied with the sanctions regime, the penalties and punishment for north korea defying international norms and acquiring a nuclear deterrent. so they would like those listed. they would like to be accepted as appeared nuclear state and as their capabilities continue to improve and increase, i think they will continue to try to coerce international community into accepting its demands. so when prime

minister shinzo abe a horse is a grave danger to his country and says he will do his utmost to protect the public, if their meaningful pressure the rest of the world can exert? —— when a shinzo abe calls this. they could demonstrate the resolve to ensure that north korea cannot achieve its objectives through coercion. that requires robust deterrence posture, deploying the assets necessary to punish north korea. if necessary, to deny their military operations across a number of asymmetric areas. not only missiles at cyber warfare, artillery ina number of missiles at cyber warfare, artillery in a number of other areas will stop this requires international corporation and awarded nation and we have to play the long game to deal with north korea. we have to play the long game to dealwith north korea. so much of this seems to depend on china but china, like north korea, would like

to see the us of the peninsulas together. there is quite a limit to how helpful china will be, isn't there? i think that is correct. china is not going to act against their national interests. they are co mforta ble their national interests. they are comfortable with the particular being divided. they are uncomfortable with the us in the region but this could north korean behaviour is going to push south korea and japan and the us and other allies in the region into closer cooperation. they are going to balance militarily, build up counterstrike capabilities. this counterstrike capabilities. this counterstrike is something china does not want to see but they are going to have to face these realities. professor, thank you very much indeed. and you can get all the latest reaction to north korea's missile test on our website — just go to bbc.com/news. a nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in germany is now a suspect in at least 8a other murder cases. niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago —

for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. if found guilty it could make him germany's worst post—war killer — as jenny hill reports. they trusted him with their lives, but he killed patient after patient. in 2015, niels hogel was jailed for two murders. today, police revealed they have evidence he killed around 90 other people in his care, and they suspect, though they can't prove, he murdered dozens more. translation: if the clues had been duly investigated at the time, even in delmenhorst hospital, then the deaths of many patients, in our opinion, could have been prevented. hogel‘s apparent motive — to impress his hospital colleagues. he would overdose patients, triggering a heart attack, and then resuscitate them. hard to imagine such a deadly pattern could go unnoticed. translation: the current

circumstances lead to the conclusion that the former management was aware that niels h had an unlawful and deadly impact on patients. tonight, difficult questions — who suspected, who knew, and by turning a blind eye, for how long did they facilitate the murderous ambition of a man who may yet emerge as post—war germany's deadliest serial killer? jenny hill, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. china is saying india has withdrawn troops which has ended weeks of a stand—off. there was an agreement between the two countries. indian troops were trespassing and they we re troops were trespassing and they were pleased they had pulled out. formal brexit talks have resumed in brussels, with the european union's chief

negotiator, michel barnier, warning britain that it must start "negotiating seriously". mr barnier said time was passing without the uk offering sufficient clarity on the main issues. the british government wants an early start to discussions on a future trading relationship with the eu. a truck driver in the uk has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of causing the deaths by dangerous driving of eight people on the m1 motorway on saturday. four other people were seriously injured in the crash involving two trucks and a minibus. police in the south of england say weather patterns make it ‘very unlikely‘ that a suspected chemical haze, which drifted in from the channel, came from northern france. 150 people were treated in hospitalfor vomiting, streaming eyes and sore throats as beaches in the area were evacuated. the gas has now cleared, but an investigation‘s under way to find the source. it's known for its colourful and flamboyant processions and europe's biggest street festival didn't disappoint.

hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on notting hill to enjoy the sunshine and the final day of carnival. elaine dunkley was there. everyone can be king or queen at carnival. it's flamboyant, eccentric, extravagant — a spectacle of imagination. there's the legendary soundtrack. i'm going to say roots reggae music is earth music. heroes of the sound system playing to crowds in their thousands. through this sound system, we're giving a message, yeah? a message of love, hope, and unity for everybody. but as i hear the music and that bassline resonates through my body, like i say, it's a spirit that wakes up, and it'sjust higher, higher, higher, until itjust go "boom!" and then i'm alive again. carnival is the caribbean, with its culture and music. archive: this street festival

in notting hill is itself part of a voluntary social service... it was a celebration started by west indian immigrants facing racism and inequality in london in the 1960s. now it's the biggest street party in europe. in terms of visitor numbers, notting hill is ten times bigger than glastonbury. there are 70 performing stages, at least steel—pan bands, and a0 sound systems. i'm from rio dejaneiro, i'm from rio, and there we celebrate carnival in february and, yeah, but i really enjoy carnival here, i recommend them to come over here. it's a year thing, like, the poeple that make the costumes, they plan it in advance. we've been doing it for 24 years now, it is part of our life, so we wouldn't ever miss it, we live for it. and so, as the sun sets on another notting hill carnival, preparations start all over again. elaine dunkley, bbc news. theirjudgements on the use of

colour and peaking techniques and originality. the main story again. north korea has fired a missile that has flown over japan north korea has fired a missile that has flown overjapan before crashing into the sea. it travelled eastwards nearly 3000 kilometres nearjapan‘s northern ireland hokkaido. shinzo abe that he would do his best to protect his nation. —— northern island. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley.

thanks for watching. hello. a full uk forecast is on the way and i can tell you, it will be nothing like as disruptive or dangerous as the weather we're still seeing on the other side of the atlantic. tropical storm harvey has already delivered over one metre of rain in parts of texas. the radar picture shows the wet weather has been relentless and it continues on tuesday. we are likely to see further flooding and the problems may extend further east as well, along the gulf coast, through parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama. the risk of tornadoes as well. this dangerous weather situation continues. back home, some spots on monday got up to 28 degrees and south—eastern areas could see something similar on tuesday. further north and west, areas of cloud working into the picture. this through yorkshire, lincolnshire, midlands, wales and the south—west. slow—moving, the odd spot of rain. it marks a line between cooler and fresh air from the north—west and some warmth that clings on the south—eastern corner.

some sunny spells through london, essex, suffolk, kent. some spots here could get up to 28 degrees. not a bad day for the channel islands but for the south—west of england, some cooler, fresher air. despite some sunshine, 17 or 18 degrees. maybe 20 in cardiff. a stripe of cloud stretching up across a good part of the midlands. for northern ireland, we end up with a mixture of sunshine and showers. temperatures on the low side. some heavy showers being blown into northwest scotland on a strong and blustery wind. maybe 17 degrees in aberdeen. not too bad across northern england. some sunshine but lincolnshire and the north norfolk coast as well, cloud and drizzle and misty, murky conditions. for tuesday night and the early part of wednesday, warm, but by the end of the night, two different weather systems swarming and gathering down to the south. these bring a pretty wet day for parts of southern england, the midlands and wales as we go through wednesday. 0ne weather system towards the south—west, one to the south—east. the two are likely to merge to bring a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, increasingly blustery winds and a cool, fresh feel to the weather. temperatures well down across parts of the south—east.

maybejust 17 degrees in london. through northern england, northern ireland and scotland, afairamount of sunshine, some showers and temperatures similar, 16 or 17 degrees. with some spells of sunshine and just a few showers. this is bbc news — the headlines. north korea has fired a missile that has flown overjapan before crashing into the sea. japan's prime minister has called the launch an unprecedented, serious and grave threat to the nation. the united states and japan have requested a un security council meeting about the latest launch. president donald trump has pledged his full support for the states of texas and louisiana, as tropical storm harvey

continues to devastate the region. the catastrophic flooding is expected to get worse as more rain is forecast. up to 2,000 people have been rescued in and around houston. a nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in germany is now a suspect in at least 8a other murder cases. niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago — for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk.