tonight at six: president trump says all options are on the table after north korea fires a missile across japan. siren millions of residents in northern japan woke up to the sound of air raid sirens. it's unacceptable. they have violated every single un security council resolution that we've had, so i think something serious has to happen. north korea has carried out a series of missile tests recently, ignoring international condemnation. this was north korea's most provocative missile launch yet. we'll look at what can be done. also tonight: a new flood warning to tens of thousands of people in houston — two dams are overflowing. thankfulfor thankful for these people, i thankfulfor these people, i really am. i've never been through anything like this. donald trump has arrived in texas. officials confirm storm harvey has dumped record rainfall on texas. plans for the uk's biggest

companies to show the gap between the boss‘ and workers‘ pay. critics say that's not enough. the eu commission boss slaps down the government's latest brexit proposals. running rings around saturn — why the last days of the cassini mission could yield a wealth of scientific information. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: the west indies are chasing a famous win on the final day of the second test at headingley. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. japan's prime minister says his country is facing an unprecedented threat,

after north korea fired a missile over its territory. the missile was fired eastward from pyongyang at six in the morning local time. it potentially has the power to carry a nuclear warhead, and it fell into the north pacific ocean, 700 miles off the japanese coast. in a moment we'll look at the international community's options, but first rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. siren this is how people in northern japan were awoken atjust after six this morning. "a missile is passing", the announcer says. "a missile is passing, please find shelter immediately." at city hall, there are frantic phone calls. is there any damage? this is not a practice, this is real. a north korean missile has just flown overhead. translation: my phone was by my bed. suddenly it started

ringing with alerts. i really shocked. translation: we have nowhere to escape to. that's the scariest thing. the missile that flew overjapan is thought to be one of these, a hwasong—i2. it was first seen at this huge parade in pyongyang in april. a month later, north korea shocked the world by successfully firing one into outer space. today it has gone much further, forcing a grim faced japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, to address the nation. translation: this missile flown over japan is an outrageous act, and a critical threat that we have not seen before. there will be many who say this north korean missile launch is all about politics, that it's north korean brinkmanship, and they're probably right.

but it's not much consolation if you live here, underneath it. this was an extremely aggressive act by pyongyang, and it sends a very disturbing message to people here injapan. it can now hit tokyo with nuclear weapons, it can hit okinawa with nuclear weapons. you know, if you don't want to keep this game of escalation, we might want to sit down and start talking to each other. but right now, talking is the last thing on anyone's mind here. today, south korea sent f—is fighter jets to bomb targets just south of the demilitarised zone. american heavy bombers could follow next. each side now feels compelled to flex its military might, and so the spiral of tension is wound up yet again. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. in a few hours' time, the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting about the north korean missile launch. the country has carried out a series of missile tests recently,

but this is the first time it has fired what is thought to be a ballistic weapon overjapan. our diplomatic correspondent james landale looks at the options being considered by the international community. this is a crisis showing little sign of resolution. north korea has now tested more than 20 missiles this year alone. the aim of the country's leader is simple, to be able to fire on nuclear weapons were ever he wa nts. on nuclear weapons were ever he wants. the main escalation came in july, when it tested two long range intercontinental ballistic missiles, potentially able to reach the us mainland, prompting this. they will be met with fire and theory, like the world has never seen. in response, north korea threatened to strike guam, the us island territory in the pacific. after today's test, the now familiar words of

condemnation. these are a legal tests, we strongly condemn them and will be working with japan and other international partners to ensure pressure is put on north korea to stop this illegal action. this afternoon diplomats gathered at the united nations, once again asking what could be done to change north korea's behaviour. president trump said all options were on the table. this was his ambassador. no country should have missiles flying over them, like those 130 million people in japan. flying over them, like those 130 million people injapan. it is unacceptable. they have violated every single un security council resolution we've had and so i think something serious has to happen. so what are the options question what they could be moored diplomacy, tough talk in public and cry to discussions in private. but north korea shows no sign it is ready to listen. the international community could impose stricter sanctions, but experts say this will work only if they stop the flow of money and oil

for china. and the least likely option is military action, as any attempt to destroy north korea's nuclear capability could lead to massive retaliation against south korea. i think the bottom line is there is no magic bullet. no one of these options is going to deliver the outcome of the americans want. we will need some sort of co—ordinated combined response. the problem is the international community is divided. the us and south korea are carrying outjoint military exercises that presume an invasion from not. russia and china say it is this that has provoked john yang's later stats. so for now the missiles deployed, north korea's nuclear capability grows on the international community struggles for a response. james landale, bbc news. floodwaters in houston, texas are expected to rise still further, after officials warned that two dams near the city have begun to overflow. more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes in the wake of tropical storm harvey, which has set a new record

for rainfall in the state. the rain has been falling since last friday. some places have seen more than a0 inches of rain — that's the darker areas. the greatest danger may be yet to come, with floodwaters rising in several rivers which are expected to flood at some stage. here's our our north america correspondent, james cook. in the chaos, some order, at last. the boats have come from all over the united states and not a moment too soon. it's ok! the operation was fast and smooth. police, soldiers and civilians all working together. we're trying to get to a safe and dry place. has the baby? he's fine, just scared. are you scared? just a little bit. from above they can see the problem and it's a big one. a reservoir a few blocks away is overflowing. it was built 80 years ago to protect the

young city of houston but no one then imagined this. the level of the reservoir is still rising so flooding is going to continue along the structures and the homes that are against the western edge of the pool are against the western edge of the pool. streets will be flooding and will continue to flood. new homes will continue to flood. new homes will continue to flood. new homes will continue to flood. for the people being rescued here this is clearly a nightmare but it could yet get worse. these floodwaters will eventually make their way downstream to houston, which is already struggling to cope. this shelter ran out of beds last night. more than 7000 people are here, tens of thousands more are looking for a haven. little by little, the human costis haven. little by little, the human cost is becoming clear. we now know that four children and their great—grandparents that four children and their great—grandpa rents are that four children and their great—grandparents are among the dead, drowning in their car. for houston and for the us, this is a wake—up houston and for the us, this is a wa ke—up yell. the houston and for the us, this is a wake—up yell. the millions of people live around the rivers and swamps that surround the city. is it wise?

at harvey makes landfall again, it's a question for another day. the storm no longer packs the power of a hurricane but remains dangerous and is heading east. lying in wages louisiana, crippled by hurricane katrina 12 years ago. back in texas those rescues roll on and on as well. there are a lot of people who need help and i'm thankfulfor well. there are a lot of people who need help and i'm thankful for these people, really i am. i've never been through anything like this. and no wonder, 49 inches of rain has fallen. this is now officially a record—breaking disaster. james cook, bbc news, houston. the latest forecasts suggest the region could get another 50 inches of rain. thatin that in the next couple of days. tropical storm harvey reached land near the texas town of corpus christi. president trump has just landed in corpus christi,

to see the relief effort for himself. our north america editor, jon sopel is in texas. apart from the symbolism, what could president trump hope to achieve?” think their president is determined first and foremost to show he is the commander in chief, who is in commander in chief, who is in command of the situation. i think that he has, with some energy and a good deal of drive, sought to marshal all the resources of the federal government to work with the state, so that you can start alleviating the problems. take where iam standing alleviating the problems. take where i am standing now, this is la grange in texas. if we swing the camera around you can see the destruction in this community. estimated that 500 homes have been destroyed, so maybe 2000 people are now homeless. and of course, here in la grange and asa and of course, here in la grange and as a microcosm of the rest of the state, we are in the foothills of this. this is the start of the recovery operation. this could take months or years for people to come back to their homes for the economy to recover. it is quite a few years

ago now, but all this has echoes of hurricane katrina. 12 years ago exactly is when hurricane katrina struck. i remember george you and i being in the audience for it. the rescue effort was chaotic, shambolic and was woeful. it also exposed the sort of deep racial divide within america, where it seems the only people who were left behind were black. i think donald trump has looked at the damage that was done to george w bush's reputation in the way that he handled that and the m ista kes way that he handled that and the mistakes that were made by the federal emergency management agency and has bought, you know what, dou btless and has bought, you know what, doubtless george w bush's playbook, mine is going to totally different. so far, you would have to say, he is doing pretty well, but we are at the beginning of this. thank you. a four—year—old boy has been found dead in a swimming pool at an activity centre in bideford in north devon. he had been at the centre as part of a camping trip organised

by the charity narcotics anonymous for its members and their families. our correspondentjon kay is in bideford. a sad story. what more can you tell us? it was yesterday afternoon that this little boy was found in the swimming pool on this site after what we are told with an extensive search. i understand he had come here from weymouth in dorset with his family for a retreat over the bank holiday weekend, organised by the charity narcotics anonymous. they said in a statement today that what happened, something had gone horrifically wrong. they said they had been coming here with their members for six years and that is part of that camp they would have access and supervised use, they say, of the swimming pool, with trained lifeguards. however, we have had a statement this afternoon from the owners of this place, nap house limited, they said the group had use of the pool on supervised basis, for

recreational use, and this was not pa rt recreational use, and this was not part of a planned activity programme. the owners have sent their condolences to their friends and family of the little boy. a p pa re ntly and family of the little boy. apparently everyone on the site last night gathered in a big circle, held hands and prayed for him and his family. now the police and the health and safety executive are investigating. thank you very much. most of us expect our bosses to earn more than we do, but how much more should that be? that's the question at the heart of new government proposals to tackle what many are calling corporate excess. under the plan, the biggest companies in the uk will be forced to reveal the pay gap between chief executives and their employees. but as our business editor simon jack reports, critics are already saying the government has not gone far enough. a leadership and an election pitch to a party and a public that had lost faith in big business. we all know that in recent years the reputation of business as a whole has been bruised. that when a minority of businesses and business figures appear to game

the system and work to a different set of rules. i'm putting you on warning, this can't go on any more, a change has got to come and this party is going to make it. applause. since then, promises have been gradually shelved. a pledge to put workers on company boards was dropped, as was a plan to give shareholders a binding annual vote on executive pay. however, by forcing companies to publish the difference between its top earner and its average earner, this government has gone further than previous ones. when boards are setting pay, and when they're disclosing pay, they shouldn't do it just for. .. with an eye on pay in the board, but they should look at pay across the company and be prepared to set out publicly how they can justify boardroom pay, in the context of the pay that the rest of the workforce get. those numbers could

prove embarrassing. last year the average boss of a top 100 company £45 million in total pay. that hes a 129 times as much as his or her average employee and that's compared to 20 years ago when the boss earned only 47 times as much as the average worker. this is an important development. we haven't been able to track the gap between top pay and the rest without these pay ratios based on good data. no government has put this through before. the truth is, if you want to know how much a fat cat weighs, you do have to put them on the scales every now and again. there's already some evidence that the pay gap between the top floor and the shop floor is beginning to narrow and this extra transparency can only help that, but for many today's package of reforms falls a long way short of the big business shake—up that was promised by a leader trying to portray the conservatives as the party of the worker, notjust of the boss.

the prime minister has broken repeated promises to tackle boardroom greed. to put workers on the board and shake—up corporate culture and instead she's delivered a feeble package of proposals. business groups were generally supportive of today's proposals, perhaps glad that promises made in the bubble of campaigning can often be hard to deliver in the real world. simon jack, bbc news. our top story this evening: sirens sound as north korea fires a missile overjapan, president trump says all options are on the table. still to come: behind the scenes on dame judy dench‘s new film, she returns to the role of queen victoria. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: it's understood manchester city are due to make a formal approach to sign alexis sanchez from arsenal. the chile international is out of contract next summer. the countdown has started

for the end of the cassini mission to saturn. the spacecraft, which has spent two decades in space, has performed its lowest orbit before it's destroyed on september 15th. scientists say they're hoping this final phase of close—up exploration will solve some long—standing mysteries. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. instantly recognisable, saturn and its spectacular rings. the cassini spacecraft‘s revealed this planet in incredible detail and these are some of its latest close—up images, from its hexagonal north pole, to its ring system and even an aurora. but this mission's very nearly at its end. cassini's been in space for 20 years. it's set down a probe, spotted plumes on one of saturn's

moons and discovered colossal storms, but now it's running out of fuel. it's final days, though, will be crucial. we've learnt so much, but in that process we've also raised many new questions. one of the things that we still don't understand about saturn is simply how long its day lasts. over the last few months, cassini's been exploring a region where no spacecraft has been before, swooping between saturn and its rings and, in its final days, it will get closer still, giving us our best ever view of the planet, revealing its atmosphere and what lies beneath its thick clouds, but these last dives could also show us what's hidden within its rings, including a mysterious object, nicknamed peggy. we noticed this smudge right at the edge... the blurry speck was spotted by carl murray in 2013 on his mother—in—law peggy's birthday, and the name stuck. the ball of dust, more than a mile wide, is either a moon being born or one in its death throws,

and this is his last chance to find out. we need to understand what object peggy really is. we've only got, literally, now a matter of days. our last look at peggy will be on september 1ath, and i can't wait to see those images. time's running out, but this spacecraft will go out with a bang. its last manoeuvre will be a death dive into saturn's atmosphere, bringing this blockbuster mission to a close. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has delivered a new rebuke to the government over its handling of brexit negotiations. he said the latest official papers setting out britain's position were not satisfactory. our correspondent, damian gramamticas, is in brussels. ican i can almost hear some people here on this side of the channel thinking, he's acting as if he's judge and jury in all of this? yes,

his comments very critical of the uk approach so far, they have certainlishinged the uk government who said they put out a lot of papers over the last few weeks. a lot of positions, more than the european commission in some cases. it feels you need to move on to discussing the future relationship pretty quickly because many of the issues can't be addressed without that. this is quite a high stakes approach, i think, that. this is quite a high stakes approach, ithink, engaging in a sort of confrontation with the commissioner, mrjuncker. remember, they are overseeing the negotiations and it is mrjuncker and the commission, particularly the negotiator, who will recommend to eu leaders whether it's time to move on. the crucial issue there, they are being looking for movement from the uk is on money. today the uk didn't deliver what they want, which isa didn't deliver what they want, which is a calculation of what the uk might be prepared to pay. damian, thank you very much. cricket, and the second test

is poised on a knife edge with both england and the west indies hoping to snatch victory on a dramatic final day at headingley. west indies began the day requiring 322 runs to win, while england's bowlers needed 10 wickets to take the test, and the series. here's patrick gearey. cricket, and the second test is poised on a knife edge with both england and the west indies hoping to snatch victory on a dramatic final day at headingley. west indies began the day requiring 322 runs to win, while england's bowlers needed 10 wickets to take the test, and the series. here's patrick gearey. at headingley, they take history seriously.

it stares back at you from every head and headline. who would be next to make their mark? england began the day as big favourites, but this test just keeps surprising. alastair cook rarely drops these. kraigg brathwaite reprieved. and he was again here, but stuart broad inadvertently condemned the other batsmen, kyle hope. two down, the moment hope ran out, or not. west indies were mocked before this test, written off even last night, but were making a point with every run. you could feel the target starting to near, england beginning to fear. moeen ali outfoxed brathwaite, 95 finally out, but england needed seven more. attack too much and they'd allow shai hope the space to manoeuvre west indies closer to victory. england needed one of those magic headingley moments. who knew it would come from a 20—year—old substitute fielder, mason crane? this wonderful test is getting a fittingly thrilling finish. sixth wickets they need for victory look to be disappearing fast. west indies they need 30 runs from 10 overs, can they get them or will they run out of time after five engrossing days of test cricket here, we still don't have a result. george. patrick, thank you. 20 years after damejudi dench first played queen victoria, the actress returns to the role in the new film, victoria and abdul. it's based on the true story of an unlikely friendship between the monarch and a young muslim servant from india.

our arts editor, will gompertz, was given exclusive access to the set. the oscar winner talked love, looks and bossing bond as the spy chief ‘m'. ok, standby. on set for the filming of victoria and abdul... 1, 2, 3 — action! ..director stephen frears latest movie, starring judi dench as the oxygenarian queen and ali fazal as a young indian clerk with whom she develops a surprisingly special relationship. rani. rani, rani. um, um. ooh. um. you're playing victoria at the age she was. yes, iam. yes, so the age you are now — that she was, that i am. you are. yes. so you're the age she was, that's what i'm trying to say. can you relate to that relationship she's having with abdul, do you understand it? yes, i think i do. i've always been a rather susceptible person, so i understand that very much indeed. i think she was looking for somebody that she didn't have to be formal with. but whatever you do, you must not look at her majesty. do you think she fell in love with him?

well, isuppose, why not, he's so beautiful. could you fall in love with, i mean, what is he — somebody in their 30s? yes. oh, i expect so. what is it? a mango, your majesty. one moment, your majesty. it's off. sir henry, this mango is off. of all the things you've done, of all the parts you've played, which has been yourfavourite? i loved playing cleopatra because when i said i was going to do it, people were openingly quite rude. you know, they said — "cleopatra, is that your part?" i never thought that i'd be in a bond film and i had the most glorious time bossing him about and sitting behind that desk. i loved it, loved it. absolutely.

victoria and abdul is based on a true, if little—known story. a slice of victorian history about class, race and religious intolerance that speaks to today's multi—cultural britain. he's an indian, your majesty. and i'm the queen of england, i will have all the help i require. will gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz schafernaker. hello. hello. let us start with sunny skies. it's been a beautiful day for some of us today. very warm in kent. temperatures got up to 29 degrees. it's not been so warm or sunny everywhere. most parts of the uk had hazy skies with scattered clouds. there is rain around here and there, but not an awful lot. later in the night, more rain could develop to south eastern parts of the country. wouldn't be surprised if there is a rumble of thunder and rain into south—western england, possibly wales. the vast majority of the uk should have a dry night

tonight. tomorrow, the southern half of the uk will be engulfed by more cloud, so it will be a very different day. you will notice a huge difference, for example, if you live in kent from nearly 30 degrees today to something a lot, lot cooler tomorrow. you can seejust today to something a lot, lot cooler tomorrow. you can see just how much cloud there is and rain across east hang anglia and the east midlands, down to the south—east and portsmouth. many western and northern areas will have a good day. in manchester, throughout the lake district, into newcastle nice sunshine on the way, but a fresh day. the rain in the south—east will hang around for a time during the evening and it will push away further east and wednesday night into thursday will be quite chilly. thursday will bring showers, possibly quite heavy showers. i think fewer showers on friday and the weekend is looking good. before igo, the weekend is looking good. before i go, here is an update on harvey. here is the storm. the problem with this storm is that it's moving at five or six miles an hour. this

heavy rain across houston and louisiana keeps falling in the same place. we've had over a meter of rain now in houston. there's more to come. so it's not overfor a few more days. oh, dear. thank you very much. our main story. japan's prime minister says his country is facing an unprecedented threat after north korea fired a missile over its territory. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. president trump has arrived in texas, to see for himself the damage caused by storm harvey. he'll also assess how much more the federal government can do, to help the relief effort. sirens sound as north korea fires a missile overjapan —

the un security council is to hold an emergency meeting in response. the eu commission boss slaps down the government's latest brexit proposals, suggesting they weren't good enough. police are investigating the death of a 11—year— old boy at a swimming pool in north devon. travel disruption continues at britain's busiest railway station as signalling problems cause delays at waterloo, the day it was supposed to fully reopen after a month of engineering works. in a moment it will be time for sportsday. but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the third round of brexit negotiations continue in brussels, we look at whether the british proposals are enough. at 7, we'll be live in texas with our correspondent to get