i a :a million harvey. more than half a million evacuated people may need shelter. now it's time for our newspaper review. what's making headlines around the world 7 online, the japan times leads with the "unprecedented, grave and serious" threat posed by north korea. those comments from japanese president shinzo abe. social media and stock markets also reacting to the news of an unidentified ballistic missile which was test—fired by north korea, flying over japan on tuesday morning. the focus of several front pages is what's happening in texas. illustrated here in the new york times. it shows the devastation from hurricane harvey, with roads turned into rivers in what's been the most powerful storm to hit texas in decades. the south china morning post looks at a corruption probe following typhoon hato last week,

which killed ten people. it was the worst storm to hit macau in a half a century. there are concerns meteorological officials held off raising the highest storm warning because of the financial impact of closing casinos in the gaming hub. in the financial times— kenyans risk four years‘ prison for selling or using plastic bags after the country imposes the world's toughest ban. it's in a bid to reduce plastic pollution with an estimated 300 million plastic bags used in kenya every year. and in the guardian, revellers bask in the sunshine of the 51st notting hill carnival and also pay tribute to the victims and heroes of the grenfell tower fire. with me is bill blaine who is a strategist at mint partners. let's start with the situation with

north korea and japan. experts this morning have been saying it was inevitable. the provocation of north koreans are inevitable. the provocation of north korea ns a re co nsta ntly inevitable. the provocation of north koreans are constantly adding by their missile tests and the inability to see where the sense, this is what is causing the instability in the market at the moment. people are not sure what the endgame is likely to be. they see the north koreans push a little bit further, they see the cat might trump government react with bluster, and they are not really sure why goes. —— they see their trump government. it is difficult to see where it goes from here. it has looked for the last 30 days that people have been talking and then there is a pullback and then there isa there is a pullback and then there is a push and do we get another

pullback? the markets are very worried about this. everybody is watching it closely now. we know that prime minister ah —— by minister shinzo abe has called for a an emergency meeting with the un security council. it adds the question, how long will it take? if we start to go down the diplomatic route, do we get stuck in the glue of trying to negotiate as well? this, i'm afraid, is going to be one of the stories that we talk about maybe ten years after this. shinzo abe has spoken about this and warned about grave threats but when the missile went overjapan, alarms went off. people were told to take cover in basements but there was no interception of behalf of the japanese government. when she think we might see something more than words and sanctions? it's when one

of these with all becomes a targeted threat. i do read in some of the reports that this one actually broke up reports that this one actually broke up which doesn't speak well of the north korean. it is the first overflight of an american ally. that is what is adding pressure. they remaina is what is adding pressure. they remain a powerful tool with which to cause dislocation. in the meantime, trump has his own problem at home. hurricane harvey is continuing to dominate. we have many, many newspapers that you could read details. back of start with this watching bbc‘s reporting last night. -- it is watching bbc‘s reporting last night. —— it is still pouring with rain. watching bbc‘s reporting last night.

—— it is still pouring with rainm has gone back out to the gulf of mexico where the hot water is fuelling it to come back and we will get a continued dump of water into a country that can barely cope. the rivers that have been dried for 50 yea rs rivers that have been dried for 50 years a re rivers that have been dried for 50 years are bursting at the banks. they are having to open up the dams to relieve some of the tension. this is going to go on. it will have an enormous effect on the economy and texas which is the second largest pa rt texas which is the second largest part of the us economy. we will see things quite limited in terms of economics but we will see enormous personal cost for all the people who find themselves stuck in stadiums or whatever for the next few months and it's when this finishes, that is one aspect. second aspect is what does this mean. it's one of the things

that raises the question to donald trump. you are the man who says there is no climate change. well, here we have a 500 year at storm five years ago and a 500 year storm occurring twice in a week now in texas. blair what we have seen in the market. —— what have we seen in the market. —— what have we seen in the market. —— what have we seen in the market. texas and america has become a supply of oil to the local markets. the market is have taken in a much oil was lost. there was a probe into the expert 's that predict the weather. that trump

denial and global climate change. they were denying a storm was coming their way so they could keep the casino doors open. allegedly. i believe that if the bbc way of covering, isn't it? the unbelievable story of —— front of the financial times. do you use plastic bags? we religiously keep them. they never get reused. i have covered that will be discovered in 10 million years time. tenure is taking a stand. it is the world's toughest laws —— tenure.

—— kenya. -- kenya. it very draconian. they talk about local market traders who use plastic bags to take to markets and sell them. what are they going to replace them with? the plastic bag is one of the key elements of transporting goods. and must admit, i was thinking when i was reading this, cost of these people behind bars who have been using these plastic bags, of the environmental cost, anyway, whatever. the guardian, many have pictures from the notting hill carnival. it is massive on bank holiday weekend. this year, so poignant. the cause of the grenfell tower. this year, so poignant. the cause of the gre nfell tower. they this year, so poignant. the cause of the grenfell tower. they had a minutes silence and other events to mark that. we saw yesterday people

we re mark that. we saw yesterday people were referring to grenfell tower but fantastic to see so many people obviously having fun. the costumes arejust obviously having fun. the costumes are just fantastic. you wonder how people can go out and do that but then you see the smiles on their faces. and the sun was shining as well. beautiful weather. faces. and the sun was shining as well. beautifulweather. we managed to avoid any kind of terrorism. i assume that is because the police have done such a grand job of protecting us. a very hot day. i think the warmest one on record for 50 years. people going out, having fun, perhaps drinking too much in the sun and yet we had no major trouble. doesn't that speak well. fantastic. thank you for your time. that is all from us for now. we will be back at the top of the hour. 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 stripe of cloud through yorkshire, lincolnshire, midlands, wales and the south—west, very slow—moving, the odd spot of rain along it. 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. 16 degrees in belfast. 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, drizzle and misty, murky conditions. for tuesday night and the early part of wednesday, dry weather around, but by the end of the night, two different weather systems swarming and gathering down to the south. these threaten to 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. we stick with the cooler, fresher feel for the end of the week with some spells of sunshine and just a few showers. good morning. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. north korea's most provocative missile launch for years, as it fires a ballistic rocket over japan. siren. warning sirens were sounded injapan as people were told to take cover. at north korea's "reckless" actions. foreign secretary borisjohnson has expressed outrage at north korea's "reckless" actions. good morning. it's tuesday the 29th of august. also this morning:

as texas deploys the entire national guard to deal with the worsening floods, 30,000 residents are left needing emergency shelter.