this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: the un security council condemns north korea's testing of a missile overjapan, describing it as an outrageous threat. a night—time curfew to stop looting is imposed in houston, texas, after tropical storm harvey continues to cause chaos and disruption. also, concerns grow in france for a nine—year—old girl who vanished at a wedding in the east of the country. hello. i am sally bundock with be business stories. shinzo abe welcomes his uk counterpart to tokyo with north korea overshadowing trade negotiations. plus, as angela merkel fights for re—election in germany, we focus on the million migrants she welcomed two yea rs we focus on the million migrants she welcomed two years ago, and be impact on europe's biggest economy.

—— the impact on. hello. a a very warm welcome to bbc news. an emergency meeting of the un security council has condemned as "outrageous" north korea's firing of a ballistic missile overjapan. a un statement insisted, yet again, that pyongyang launch no more rockets and abandon its nuclear weapons programmes. north korea's official news agency says the latest missile test is a "prelude to containing guam," reiterating its threat to attack the us pacific territory. more from the un in a moment but first, from seoul, yogita limaye reports. this is the rocket that north korea says it fired on tuesday morning, which flew over japan and broke into parts, before landing in the city east of the northern island of hokkaido. photos released by the regime's official news agency show kim jong—un monitoring the launch of the medium—range missile.

north korea has said its latest test is a prelude to contain guam. a statement says the plan to attack the us pacific territory is still very much under consideration, and its leader has ordered more drills targeted at the pacific. the country has also defended its widely condemned acts, saying it was a response to joint military drills being conducted by the us and south korean forces. this was an emergency meeting of the un security council. just three weeks after imposing 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 these 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. but 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 launches. 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 wargames 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 war on the peninsula. enhancing military deployment on the peninsula 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 tension on the peninsula, making the issue more complicated and intractable. un sanctions were first imposed on north korea after its nuclear test 11 years ago. so far, they haven't stopped the country's military ambitions. yogita limaye live from seoul with regional reaction to the un security council meeting.

it is easy for everyone to condemn, isn't it? and to be outraged by what happened. finding unity or purpose in the next apps on how to respond, as we heard in nappies from bill hayton, clearly much harder. that is right. this is a country that is perhaps, you know, most at threat, if any kind of escalation happens, or ifa if any kind of escalation happens, or if a war actually breaks out. the president he has spoken to the japanese prime minister this morning, and they both agreed to increase the pressure on north korea, to what they say is the extreme level. they both say they wa nt to extreme level. they both say they want to push for tougher sanctions against the country. we are also hearing that president moon mostly to donald trump. the us and south korean to donald trump. the us and south korea n forces to donald trump. the us and south korean forces are currently conducting military drills, as they do every august. every time we see

some kind of retaliation from north korea, shortly after the drills concluded, north korea conducted a nuclear test. now we have seen a rocket flight of japan. the statement from the un today shows the limitation of control that they have over north korea. we are just three and a half weeks against —— past the last sanctions put on north korea, an attempt to economically squeeze it. but they have not achieved anything. the statement from pyongyang today is very strong, and says it has no intention of stopping. it says that kim jong un has ordered more drills targeted at the pacific. you put that together with the white house view, which is all options are on the table. and you understand why the chinese perspective is what it is. that is right. china's position has been that they should have a dual freeze.

the us and south korean forces here say they cannot do that because it isa say they cannot do that because it is a defensive mechanism against the threat from north korea, which is very real. north korea then uses this as an excuse to conduct its missile test. thank you very much for that for now, pac—3. that was yogita limaye in seoulfor us. —— now, yogita. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. prosecutors in germany say they're charging the man suspected of a bomb attack on the team bus of borussia dortmund football club in april with 28 counts of attempted murder. the suspect — known as sergei w — is alleged to have planned the attack to prompt a fall in the club's share price from which he'd profit. venezuela's new constituent assembly has voted unanimously in favour of trying opposition leaders for treason, accusing them of promoting economic sanctions imposed by the united states.

president nicolas maduro has frequently accused opposition leaders of siding with the us which he says is preparing for military intervention. the countdown is on for the end of the cassini mission to saturn. it has spent two decades in space, and has spent two decades in space, and has outperformed its lowest orbit before it is destroyed next month. nasa says that the last stage will help solve some long—standing mystery. already plenty of those in the business world. sally bundock, what can you solve president —— sally, what can you solve for us? british prime minister theresa may is in japan for talks with her counterpart shinzo abe on everything from defence to brexit and trade. although the uk can't officially start any trade negotiations until it leaves the european union — both sides are already weighing up what a future deal might look like.

while the uk's investment injapan is relatively small — in 2015 it was just over $6 billion — japan's direct investment in the uk is worth over $52 billion. very important to the uk, that investment. and that investment feeds through to the real economy — roughly a thousand japanese firms operate in the uk, employing close to 160,000 people. one of theresa may's key aims will be to keep as many of those jobs as possible in the uk in the coming years. that might be tricky though. a strongly worded report from japan's foreign ministry last year said firms might want to move "if eu laws cease to be applicable in the uk". meanwhile japanese banks nomura and daiwa have already chosen frankfurt as their new eu hubs in the wake of the brexit vote. the meeting also has added

significance as only last month the eu signed its own free trade deal with japan — a deal the uk will soon be locked out of. so we will be getting inexpert view live from japan on that visit in world business report. —— an expert. it's been two years since angela merkel took the momentous decision to suspend eu protocol, and open germany's borders to almost a million migrants — many escaping the war in syria. the numbers coming in to the country have since dwindled, but for those who have made their home in germany, finding employment is still a challenge. as you may remember, at the time, it was not the most popular move. angela merkel is looking for

re—election. we have a special report from berlin on that and all the other business stories. you have a lot? it is packed, as usual. see you in 20 minutes. the texas city of houston, hammered by tropical storm harvey, appears to be getting some relief as the harsh weather is moving off to the north. since friday, record breaking rainfall has turned the city's roads into rivers and made its neighbourhood resemble lakes. at least 15 people are confirmed dead and there is still an around the clock emergency rescue operation to reach people stranded. keith doyle reports. harry kane's come and go. but five days after it first hit the coast of texas, harvey continues to cause devastation. these are some residents of 20 nursing homes. hospitals have also been evacuated across the region. 31100 people have

been rescued, with the authorities reporting that harvey has claimed lives. it was the scariest thing we have ever seen. just couldn't... there are no words for it. this is just devastation. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far are a record a0 usa. -- has fallen so far are a record a0 usa. —— record for the usa. 30,000 people have been forced out of their homes by the floodwater. the red cross has warned people could be in shelters for months. donald trump visited corpus christi, 220 miles south—west of houston. he was greeted by team is co—ordinating the relief effort. we were say congratulations. we do want to do that. we will congratulate each other when it is all over. he is determined not to repeat the m ista kes determined not to repeat the mistakes of george bush, when hurricane katrina hit. in houston, the mayor has introduced a

night—time curfew, to deter looting. two huge reservoirs are overflowing. ha rvey‘s two huge reservoirs are overflowing. harvey's path is slow—moving and erratic. this force of nature may not be spent yet. concerns are growing for a nine—year—old girl who vanished at 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. laura westbrook reports. this is where nine—year—old maelys de araujo was last seen. she was at a wedding with her parents in the town of pont—de—beauvoisin 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 scent in the car park. translation: it's very surprising, especially a nine—year—old girl during the night at 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a big upset in the us open, as defending women's champion angelique kerber loses in the first round. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 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's 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'll 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 as outrageous north korea's firing of a missile overjapan, and demanded pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons programme. the mayor of houston has imposed a night—time curfew after tropical storm harvey continued to cause chaos and disruption. in a months time, german voters will deliver their verdict

on angela merkel and her refugee policy. if, as polls suggest, mrs merkel‘s conservative party wins the general election it will mean a fourth term in office for the chancellor. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill reports from germany's north coast. don't be fooled by the political calm. germany has survived a turbulent year. it is heading in a predictable election. the likely winner of next week's election is not as secure as you might imagine. speaks german. translation: not as secure as you might imagine. speaks german. translationi not as secure as you might imagine. speaks german. translation: i think she abandoned us fishermen, forgot the little people. she only cares about the big industry and what is happening overseas. she should look at her own country. this

international stateswoman has pleased the home crowd now. polls suggest she is doing just that. translation: she is the perfect chancellor. in truth mrs merkel knows she barely survived the refugee crisis. perhaps only because there was no one to replace her. in this election she is unrivalled. no real challenge from social democrat martin shorts, norfrom real challenge from social democrat martin shorts, nor from the anti—immigrant party afd. even so they are fielding a candidate in her own constituency. translation: we wa nt to own constituency. translation: we want to send mrs merkel back to where she came from. you can see it in football. underdogs can defeat the champions. it is a challenge, we

admit this. things —— he hopes to reel in voters like enis and silka. they will not be voting for angela merkel. translation: the refugee policy hasn't changed. she should speak up for the german people. translation: this party, that party, they are all the same. they do what they are all the same. they do what they want. they make empty promises. angela merkel has been in thejob for 12 years. she has survived crisis after crisis. and that is due toa crisis after crisis. and that is due to a combination of skill and luck. take for example brexit and donald trump's election. for many german voters m rs trump's election. for many german voters mrs merkel now represents a security, stability, in a shifting and uncertain world. she will need to find coalition partners. that

could take months. but in reality one hand alone is likely to steer germany's future course. a grandjury has a grand jury has indicted 19 people including 15 turkish security officials in connection with a fight in washington in may. protesters and the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan clashed after he met with president trump at the white house. 11 people were hurt. the washington police chief said it was a brutal attack on peaceful protesters outside the ambassador's residence, further stressing already strained us- further stressing already strained us— turkey relations. we start with tennis news from day two at the us open where in the last 30 minutes rogerfederer has reached the second round after a marathan five set game against the american frances tiafoe. elsewhere defending women's champion angelique kerber has been beaten in the opening round by japan's new york raised naomi 0saka. the german's serve was broken with blistering returns like this from 0saka who then went on to again

break on match point and claim a 6—3, 6—1win and a first victory ever over a player ranked in the top ten. translation: i was always believing until the end that i can turn around the match because i turned around a lot of matches but yeah, she played good, especially also at the end of the match and i'm always trying to go for it when i have the chance and today, i mean, she just went for it. i think she took her chances and she played a very good match but for me for sure it wasn't the best day and not the best match. in the men's draw, the world number 0ne rafael nadal secured his passage to the second round after a sluggish start to his match against serbia's dusan lajovic. he won the first set on a tie—break but found things much easier in the next two. today, here i am, 31,

if you tell me i'd be here at 31 being number one in the world especially seven, six, ten years ago i wouldn't believe you so i'm trying to enjoy every day without thinking much about what happened and what can happen. ijust go like that day by day, week by week and i'm happy doing what i'm doing today. to cricket, and the west indies have won their first test match in england for 17 years. shai hope led the tourists to a five—wicket victory on a thrilling final day of the second test becoming the first batsman to score a century in both innings of a first—class match at headingley. the three match series is tied at one all with the third test —— match at headingley. the three match series is tied at one all with the third test at lord's starting a week thursday. just two days remain before the summer transfer window closes for europe's top teams and it would appear that arsenal may be

amongst the busier teams. they've rejected a 65 million dollar bid from manchester city for forward alex sanchez. the 28—year—old chile international scored 2a premier league goals last season but only has one year left on his current contract. meanwhile, arsenal midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlain has turned down a move to premier league champions chelsea. the clubs had agreed a 51 million dollarfee, but it's understood the england international was unhappy with chelsea's positional plans for him. 0xlade—chamberlain may now have talks with liverpool. notre dame cathedral is one of paris's most iconic landmarks, but it's a landmark that has seen better days. the city's archbishop is launching a 120 million dollar 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. ijust think of the hunchback of notre dame and the book as well. so after reading that book i actually really wanted to come see it. the authorities are hoping for donations from all around the world so they can restore and preserve this historic landmark for centuries to come. tim allman, abc news. as indeed they should, and we should point out that if you want to get in touch with us we are on twitter. it is always good to hear from you. and a reminder, as we keep you across the latest developments on the north korea and un resolution — that will be followed up here on bbc news.

thanks for watching. for some parts of the country wednesday will bring a major cooldown, particularly across south—east england where on tuesday we had temperatures into the high 20s. not so on wednesday. the day will bring highs of 15 or 16 degrees at best with outbreaks of rain. it may well 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. all the while, things not looking too bad for northern ireland and scotla nd too bad for northern ireland and scotland with some spells of sunshine and some showers as well. and a fairly strong breeze to the north—west. further south and east, you have a greater chance of cloud with outbreaks of rain. and in the worst of the wet weather, temperatures may at times fall back to temperatures may at times fall back t012- temperatures may at times fall back to 12- 13 temperatures may at times fall back

to 12— 13 degrees. we should get a bit higher than that if we get dry and bright spells. southwest england and bright spells. southwest england and one is, things will brighten up and one is, things will brighten up a little bit. the cloud will take awhile to break. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, spells of sunshine, hefty showers later in the day across northern ireland, 17— 18 degrees at the top temperatures. through wednesday night the rain the south—east will slowly but surely clear off into the north sea. it will leave clear spells behind. the airwill will leave clear spells behind. the air will have turned cool and fresh across the country. towns and cities, 10— 11 degrees. in the countryside, single digits. a fairly fresh feeling day on thursday with some good spells of sunshine. but also some showers, and some of them could be heavy, they could be thundery at times as well. top temperatures, 16 in glasgow, 18 in cardiff and maybe 21 in london.

things don't look too bad with some spells of sunshine and temperatures around 18 to 21 degrees. before a 90, around 18 to 21 degrees. before a go, tropical storm harvey has been feeding wet weather in across many southern parts of the usa, particular taxes, things should try out a little as the leftovers of the system out a little as the leftovers of the syste m m ove out a little as the leftovers of the system move northwards, but the flooding will not ease for some days and weeks to come. you're watching bbc news. these are the headlines: the un security council has condemned north korea's firing of a missile overjapan — which pyongyang has confirmed it has carried out. the security council has demanded that pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons programme. tropical storm harvey appears to be moving off to the north, leaving a trail of chaos and devastation in its wake. the mayor of houston has imposed a night time curfew to deter looters as rescue operations continue. concerns are growing for a nine—year—old girl who vanished at a wedding in eastern france. french police have launched a kidnapping investigation into the disappearance

of maelys de araujo who was last seen on sunday.