welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the un security council condemns north korea's testing of a missile overjapan, describing it as an outrageous threat. president trump travels to texas where rescue efforts continue following tropical storm harvey. 11 people have died and thousands are forced from their homes. nasa's cassini probe is transmitting its final burst of data before plunging into the atmosphere of saturn. and giving notre dame a facelift: why the french cathedral needs millions of dollars worth of renovations. an emergency meeting of the united nations security council has condemned as "outrageous".

north korea's firing of a ballistic missile overjapan. a un statement has insisted, yet again, that pyongyang launch no more rockets and abandon its nuclear weapons programmes. north korea has said its latest missile test is a prelude to contain guam, reiterating its threat of attacking the us pacific territory. the country's official news agency released photographs which purport to show its latest launch. from seoul, yogita limaye reports. this is the rocket that north korea says it fired on tuesday morning, which flew over japan says it fired on tuesday morning, which flew overjapan and broke into parts before landing in the city east of the island of hokkaido. photos released by the official news agency show kim jong—un monitoring the launch of the medium—range missile. north korea says its latest testis missile. north korea says its latest test is a prelude to guam. the plan to attack the us pacific territory is still very much under

consideration and the leader has ordered more drills targeted at the pacific. the country is also defending it is widely condemned acts, saying it was a response to joint military drills being conducted by the us and south korean forces. in an emergency meeting, the un security council denounced north korea's latest missile. the 15—nation body maintained its unity after kim jong—un‘s latest provocation, with china and russia agreeing to sign up to a statement condemning his isolated regime's action. but the us—drafted statement will not immediately lead to new or tightened measures against pyongyang. bill hayton reports. this was an emergency meeting of the un security council, just three weeks after in posing new sanctions on north korea over its missile and nuclear weapons programmes the council had to face pyongyang's defiance. all 15 members wanted to

present a united face. translation: the security council condemns the dprk for its outrageous actions and demands that the dprk immediately cease all such actions. the security council stresses that this dprk actions are notjust a threat to the region but to all un member states. that apparent unity was emphasised by the american delegation, the main author of the statement that the council could only agree to implement existing measures against north korea. no new ones were promised. we are all denouncing north korea's outrageous act against another un member state, japan. we are all demanding north korea stop any future missile launchers. we are all demanding north korea abandon its nuclear weapons. north korea has violated every single security

council resolution and violated international law. at the same time, the us is emphasising military deterrence, with large—scale war games in south korea and the deployment of the thaad missile defence system. that was directly criticised by china. translation: china stands opposed to any chaos or walk. it has the military deployment on the peninsular and think this won't help in achieving the goal of denuclearisation. the deployment of the thaad system in north—east asia severely jeopardises the strategic balance, undermining the strategic security interests of all regional countries, including china. it will further escalate tensions in the region, making the issue more complicated. un sanctions were first imposed on north korea after its

nuclear test 11 years ago. so far they haven't stopped the country's nuclear ambitions. in the texas city of houston, hammered by tropical storm harvey, the mayor has now imposed a curfew to help deal with the aftermath. it will run from 10pm to 5am wednesday. almost 50 inches of rain has now fallen there since harvey swept in on friday. it's set a new record for rainfall in the state, and the storm is expected to make landfall again, on wednesday morning, in nearby louisiana. more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes by the storm. two dams near the city have begun overflowing and a river has burst its banks, and the authorities are warning water levels will be rising for some time. 0ur correspondentjames cook is in houston. baby cries don't worry, it's ok! he is not the only one finding it tough. it is now four days since the hurricane, and still the rescues roll on and on. we're trying to get to a safer, drier place, so... how's the baby doing?

0h, he's fine, he's just scared. are you scared? just a little bit, yeah. in the chaos, though, there is some order. the boats have come from all over the united states, and not a moment too soon. there are a lot of people that need help. and i'm thankfulfor these people, i really am, ‘cause i've never been through anything like this. this operation was fast and smooth, police, soldiers, civilians, all working together. from above, they can see the problem, and it is 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 nobody then imagined this. the pool 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. so streets are going to be flooding, they will continue to flood. new streets will continue to flood, new homes will continue to flood. well, this is now what much of houston and its surrounding suburbs look like.

it's eerie here. everyone seems to have fled. and, although the scale of this disaster is striking, it may yet get worse. much of this water will eventually work its way downstream, to the city itself, where they are already struggling to cope. this shelter ran out of beds yesterday. since then, 4,000 more people have arrived, and even that is just a fraction of the number looking for a haven. when it's raining outside, some people can't imagine a sunny day. and it's been raining for a week. so imagine what's in people's minds. the lines are so, so big and so, so long. we need more physicians, more doctors, more healthcare, for everybody in the whole facility. for houston, and for the us, this is a wake—up yell. a giant of global commerce has been paralysed. should the city have been evacuated? the mayor says no. you cannot put 6.5 million people on the road, two days before a storm that you don't know

where it's going. it is absurd. but the fabric of this city is now tearing. even motorways are giving way. and, as more deaths are reported, including one police officer, the strain is beginning to show. 0nce our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made the decision to leave officers there, waiting until the morning. because, as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk, for what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. every hour brings news of more rescues, more people trapped, more damage. with nearly 50 inches of rain, this is now a record—breaking disaster. president trump flew into texas a few hours ago. he has been meeting emergency workers in corpus christi where the storm first hit on friday. 0ur north america editor

jon sopel reports from texas. a commander—in—chief, determined to show that he is in command. president trump arrived in corpus christi this lunchtime, the city where hurricane harvey made landfall. and the crowds had gathered outside the fire station to hear him. he had come to offer comfort and support... thank you, everybody. ..though it sounded more like a campaign rally. this is historic. it's epic, what happened. but you know what? it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. and, with a flourish, he produced the flag of the lone star state, to the crowd's delight. cheering and applause earlier, he met the texas governor, greg abbott, and praised the co—operation between state and federal government.

we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want to congratulate. we'll congratulate each other when it's all finished. contrast that with 12 years ago, and the disastrous handling of hurricane katrina, and this utterly tone—deaf comment from then—president bush to his emergency relief coordinator. and brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. the fema director's working 24... actually, it was one heck of a mess. nearly 2,000 people died, and in new orleans, it was particularly bad. there was an evacuation, but it seemed that all those who were left behind were black. president bush's reputation wouldn't recover. the response to harvey has been more sure—footed, so far. across this vast state, damage is being assessed. we went to la grange. so how far has it moved? 0nly across there. so your home has moved across the street? uh-huh.

this mother, too, shows her children where their house once stood. this is just one small town in texas, and it is estimated that some 500 homes have been destroyed here. at this trailer park, you can see that particular house has been uprooted, fallen on top of a car. and, if we just move across, you can see the water bubbling up from the ground. that is because there is a cracked gas line underneath, and for the emergency services, it means it is still too dangerous to investigate. we are still in the foothills of this disaster. thousands will remain homeless for months to come. there is an economic reckoning to be had. will congress agree to fund the rebuilding? and the biggest question of them all — as louisiana stands next in the path, has tropical storm harvey done his worst, or is there more devastation to come? thousands sought shelter in the convention centre. kenneth craig is a reporter with cbs

and he's been the convention centre that is now turned into an emergency shelter. i spoke with him and told me houston is finally getting a break from storm harvey. the rain has finally stopped for now, so the rain has finally stopped for now, so some the rain has finally stopped for now, so some much—needed relief in terms of the weather. i've spent all day at this convention centre and it has been an extraordinary site. 9100 eva cu ees we re has been an extraordinary site. 9100 evacuees were inside as a just a few hours ago. now the number is up to 10,000. what is also amazing is the number of volunteers who have shown up number of volunteers who have shown up to help. you can't see it over here on that side of the roadway there's a line of several dozen volu nteers there's a line of several dozen volunteers who are waiting to get inside and see where they can help. hundreds have showed up today, many with clothes out of the closet, food out of their pantry and this all as visit you and —— search and rescue missions are still under way tonight. what should we read into the mayor's imposition of a curfew? he is concerned about looting and criminals taking advantage of people

who had to leave their homes and everything behind. there have been some sadly and unfortunately people are eating into homes of those people evacuated and stealing items inside —— breaking into. so the mayor decided to impose the curfew. 0riginally starting at 10pm, he has now made it from midnight until five a.m.. 0f now made it from midnight until five a.m.. of course volunteers and first responders and people going to work are exempt, but he wants to keep everybody inside, so that people who need to do theirjobs can do them and everyone else stay out. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a man suspected of belonging to a far—right group that rejects the existence of modern germany has denied murdering a policeman during a raid on his home last year. the man, identified only as wolfgang p, is being tried in nuremberg. he shot the officer through his front door during the early—morning operation in october, to confiscate illegally—held weapons. china's foreign ministry says it's looking into the case of a chinese ship detained in ecuador

over illegal fishing in the galapagos marine reserve. 20 crew have been sentenced to prison terms of up to four years. a chinese spokeswoman said they'd not been clear about ecuador‘s regulations. heavy rain has brought india's financial capital mumbai to a virtual standstill, flooding streets and causing transport chaos. dozens of flights and local train services were cancelled as rains lashed the coastal city of nearly 20 million people. more heavy rainfall is expected. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: avoiding a cathedral catastrophe. why paris' notre dame needs millions dollars worth of renovations. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 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: the un security council has condemned north korea's firing of a missile overjapan, describing it as an outrageous threat.

president trump is in texas to see for himself the disastrous floods caused by storm harvey. 30,000 people have been forced from their homes and two reservoirs near houston have overflowed. let's stay with that story. investigative journalist for the texas tribune, neena satija, joins us from houston neighbourhood of montrose. thanks very much for your time. i know you've been very busy. share with us something of what you've been seeing over the past few days. earlier today we were near the reservoirs and many homes around there are flooding. the concern now is residents don't realise how much higher the water is going to get around those reservoirs and many people are trying to rescue them and they're saying, no, it will be fine, so they're saying, no, it will be fine, so that's the big concern, hopefully under the mandatory evacuation order they will leave. i know you've reported on previous flooding in houston, are you expecting to see

some of the same problems again from these flights? yeah, absolutely. we are already seeing them right now and we are seeing... 0ne are already seeing them right now and we are seeing... one of the things i reported in the past is the development around the reservoirs, that has caused more flooding, things should never have been developed around there. those who bought them, they thought there would be no development and the floods wouldn't be an issue, that's an issue that's been talked about right now and will continue to be talked about. houston is very flat and there is a lot of water. we're being told by officials that we shouldn't be surprised to see highways streaming brimful with water because they were designed with the secondary purpose of flood train of channels, is that working? the system is overwhelmed. this is an historic amount of rainfall. this

was going to happen no matter what. i think scientists and experts we've been interviewing for months now have said smarter development, smarter building could have prevented some of the damage from this blood, not all of the damage but some of the damage. what recovery lies ahead for the people? i think it will take me years for many to recover and years for houston to recover. i spoke with senator ted cruz of texas earlier today, or yesterday, and he said this could be more expensive than any storm we have seen, it could even rival hurricane katrina so this will be years long and it went be able to start until the rain stops, which isn't necessarily today. we've been reporting of course how president george w bush's reputation never really recovered from katrina, how has president trump's visit gone down? i have to say i haven't really had much of a chance to watch tv today and see what he said. i think

the response is going to be ongoing. the question is also going to be how much money is congress going to be willing to provide? we had talks about fema budget cuts and recovery dollars, houston will need billions of dollars in recovery money for sure so of dollars in recovery money for sure so that question is still big. thanks very much for talking to us. thanks very much for talking to us. thanks for having me. concerns are growing for a nine—year—old girl who vanished while attending a wedding in eastern france on sunday. french police have launched a kidnapping investigation into the disappearance of maelys de araujo who was last seen in a children's room during a wedding that her family was attending. laura westbrook reports. this is where nine—year—old maelys de araujo was last seen. she was at a wedding with her parents in a town when the dj made the chilling announcement, she had disappeared. maelys had been wearing a white

sleeveless dress. she was last seen in the children's room at the venue. police says sniffer dogs lost the child's sent in the car park. translation: it's very surprising, especially a nine—year—old girl. during the night and 3am. it was well lit in the ballroom and dark around it. there's not a lot of traffic around at that time. three days on and police continued to comb the area. translation: every house in the neighbourhood has been surged. they asked me if i noticed anything suspicious and what we were doing on sunday. as well as going door—to—door, investigators are speaking to guests from two other parties that took place on the same night. police have appealed for witnesses to get in touch and the community is rallying around in the search to find her. translation: are displayed her poster because it could be my daughter, so i'm thinking about her parents as well.

at first police thought maelys had been left in a car in the parking lot, but that's looking increasingly unlikely. now an investigation has been opened into the possibility of kidnapping. laura westbrook, bbc news. the countdown has started to the end of the cassini mission to saturn. after two decades in space it's now made its lowest orbit before it's destroyed next month. scientists hope this final phase of close—up exploration will solve some long—standing mysteries. this from our science correspondent rebecca morelle. instantly recognisable — saturn and its spectacular rings. the cassini spacecraft has 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 as its end. cassini's been in space for nearly 20 years. it's set down a probe, spotted plumes on one of the moons, and spotted massive storms. but now it's running out of fuel.

its 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, sweeping 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 days could also show us what is hidden beneath its rings, including a mysterious object, nicknamed peggy. we noticed this smudge right at the end of the a—ring... 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 in its death throes and this is the 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 the 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 morrelle, bbc news. notre dame cathedral is one of paris' most iconic landmarks but it's a landmark that has seen better days. the city's archbishop is launching a $120 million fundraising drive to help restore it to its former glory. pollution and the passing of time have taken quite a toll on the building, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. when you come to paris, you come to notre—dame. but this landmark isn't quite

as impressive when you get a close—up view. gargoyles, spires, buttresses — all slowly crumbling away. ancient brickwork that needs to be repaired, and soon. translation: the urgency for the cathedral is to find 100 million euros within the next 20 years to save the building. one of the areas which is crumbling are the spires. if nothing is done, the ultimate catastrophic scenario is that they will fall and rip out the roof. works began on the cathedral around 850 years ago. the last major renovations took place in the 19th century. every year, millions visit notre—dame, making it more thanjust a place of worship. it's the symbol of paris, or even france, and is very famous, just like the forbidden city, in china. so it is a must—go place in paris. it's the movie as well for me.

it is the movie, the hunchback of notre—dame, and the book as well. when i saw the movie i wanted to visit. the church hopes to receive donations from around the world, so they can preserve and restore the historic landmark for centuries to come. tim allman, abc news. and before we go, let's take you to spain, where the annual tomato event is about to happen. la tomatina in the town of bunol on wednesday. huge crowds gather in the town centre and basically throw tomatoes one another. it usually takes an hour to turn around 145,000 kilograms of tomatoes to a pulpy mess. much more on that and all the news any time on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. hello there.

for some of us, wednesday looks set to bring a major cooldown. on tuesday, parts of south—east england had temperatures into the mid—to—high 20s. but for wednesday, not so. 15 or 16 degrees is the very best we can expect, with some outbreaks of rain. it may even feel like the end of summer. the cooler weather comes courtesy of this strip of cloud that has been working its way slowly southwards and eastwards. cooler air already in place across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. here, the day ahead will bring a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those showers could be on the heavy side. fairly breezy in the far north—west. but the further south and east you are, the greater the chance of being stuck in the areas of cloud, with some outbreaks of rain. where this rain turns heaviest and most persistent, you may be at 12 or 13 degrees at times in the afternoon. if you get a dry or brighter spell, you could possibly add a few degrees to that.

for the south—west of england, wales and the north of england, things brightening through the day, some spells of sunshine. just a few showers by the afternoon. showers across scotland. 16,17,18 degrees. it looks like we could see some heavy showers working to northern ireland later in the afternoon. 17 degrees in belfast. a soggy end to the day in east anglia and the south east. but then that should pull away to the east as we get into the early hours of thursday. with clear skies and fairly light winds, it's going to turn chilly. 10—11 degrees for some towns and cities. in the countryside, down to single digits. so a cool and fresh day for the most part on thursday. a day of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be heavy. they could be thundery. quite hit and miss. good dry spells in between the downpours. top temperatures ranging from 16 in glasgow to 21 degrees in london. on friday it looks like we could see one or two showers down towards the south. the vast majority, it should be dry with spells of sunshine. again, temperatures no great shakes.

15—21 degrees, pleasant enough in the sunshine. the weekend starts fine, but on sunday, we could see more cloud. before i go, a quick update on tropical storm harvey, which has once again over the last 24 hours being feeding huge amounts of rainfall into texas. some spots have seen well over a metre of rain. the wettest weather now sliding further east and further north. so across those flood—hit parts of texas, the rain will start to ease. however, the floodwaters won't subside for quite some time. this is bbc news. the headlines: the un has condemned north korea's firing of a missile overjapan, but pyongyang has now threatened more what it calls rocket drills towards the us pacific territory of guam. the security council has demanded that pyongyang halt any more launches and abandon its nuclear weapons programme. president trump is visiting texas to encourage the thousands of people struggling with the widespread flooding inflicted by tropical storm harvey.

at least 11 are confirmed dead, and large swathes of america's fourth—largest city are underwater. houston's mayor has now imposed a curfew to deter looting. the countdown is on for the end of the cassini mission to saturn. cassini has spent two decades in space, and has now performed its lowest orbit, before it is destroyed next month. scientists hope this final phase of close—up exploration will solve some longstanding mysteries. now on bbc news, weather world. this time, the bbc weather team take to london's rooftops with urban forecasters, to explore why city climates are so different that