welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: north korea says it's developed a powerful nuclear device small enough to be loaded onto an intercontinental missile, but offers no proof. president trump arrives in flood—hit louisiana to see the damage caused by storm harvey. earlier, he met survivors in texas and helped volunteers distribute aid. catastrophic flooding has affected more than 45 million people in south asia. we report from one of india's worst—hit provinces. water was above his head and came washing through. the water came crashing in his sweeping away the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. prosecutors in france step up the search for a 9—year—old girl who disappeared from a family wedding last week. two men are released without charge. and thousands set foot across scotland's new forth bridge ahead of monday's official opening.

welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. north korea says it has developed an advanced hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. state media said the country's leader, kim jong—un, had inspected such a device, although there's been no independent verification. last week, north korea fired an intermediate—range missile over northern japan, prompting the authorities there to warn residents to take cover. our correspondent yogita limaye is in the south korean capital seoul. we now have three photographs that have been released of kimjong—un looking at a silver—coloured — what north korea is claiming is an advanced hydrogen bomb, an advanced nuclear weapon.

the statement says that this is a weapon capable of fitting onto an intercontinental long—range ballistic missile. now, this is an objective they had set for themselves. we know they tested these long—range rockets injuly. there were two tests that were carried out of intercontinental missiles and at that time, north korea had said that they were trying to produce a miniaturised warhead that could fit onto those intercontinental ballistic missiles which was light enough and which could also fly that range. of course, we don't have any independent verification of this claim, but if north korea is now saying they can now weaponise these long—range missiles, it's going to be seen as a big threat by america because those intercontinental missiles which they tested in july, many experts believe that they put a large part of the us mainland within range. yogita, in terms of announcements from north korea, how sceptical and careful should we be until we get some verification?

well, we know the country has already conducted five nuclear tests. as far as the missile tests they have conducted, experts do believe they have the capability of hitting the us mainland. we're still waiting to hear what analysts, as well as the us military and south korean military, have to say about the north korea's latest claim. there have been instances in the past where they have said they've developed a very advanced hydrogen bomb, and while experts have said this is a nuclear weapon, it is something which has a little less power than what north korea has claimed. i think we're going to have to wait to see what experts, as well as militaries both here in south korea as well as the us, have to say. what we do know is that south korea's president moonjae—in said last month that if north korea were to weaponise their intercontinental ballistic missile, it would be crossing a red line.

so we're waiting to hear what south korea's government has to say today to north korea's leader's claim. donald trump has praised the recovery effort in texas during a visit to houston, where he's been meeting people who've been affected by storm harvey. the president and the first lady have now travelled to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit by the storm. james cook reports from houston. americans look to their president. he's expected — required — to show empathy, leadership and unity. today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes and over the past week, the commander—in—chief‘s response to this hurricane has been praised as rapid and effective. nice to see you. go ahead, take a picture. it's been really nice, it's been a wonderful thing. as tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing,

i think, even for the country to watch, and for the world to watch. it's been beautiful. so far, the storm has claimed more than 45 lives. it's damaged or destroyed 100,000 homes and left more than a million people displaced. and yet, president trump spent the eve of this visit talking about scrapping a policy that protects young, undocumented immigrants. the devastation wreaked by hurricane harvey is plain to see here. texas is barely beginning to count the cost and many people here are astonished that the president would choose this moment even to mention immigration. and we have a lot of distilled waterfor the babies... jessica's home was flooded and now she is helping others. brought here illegally at the age of four, she's among 200,000 texans who face being fired and deported if president trump now keeps his campaign promise. it's a complete slap in the face. i mean, you see people that are struggling, your initial reaction

is to help them, and his is the complete opposite. he knows what he's doing. he knows what the effects of this would be in the community. the white house says the president will announce his decision on tuesday. even as he lends a helping hand, unity may be out of reach. but amid the suffering here, there is beauty. this video has inspired millions. for the victims and the survivors of hurricane harvey, it is both lament and anthem. james cook, bbc news, houston. and you can head to our website for more on president trump's visit to flood—hit parts of texas and louisiana, as well as the latest rescue and relief efforts. just go to bbc.com/news. returning to the flooding in south asia now. the united nations says as many as 41 million people have been affected. across india, bangladesh and nepal,

at least 1,400 people have lost their lives. justin rowlatt reports from one of the worst affected regions, bihar state in north—east india, where hundreds have died. where we're going can only be reached by boat. the only dry place for miles around is on top of this great embankment. but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason the floods had such a catastrophic impact. the torrential rains transformed the normally placid river. the pressure grew and grew. so what happened is that embankment holding back the river breached, and the waterjust came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. translation: it felt like we were hit by an ocean of water.

ijust ran for my life, taking my children with me. i didn't have time to save anything. everything i own has gone. ramunia showed me what the floods had done to his home. oh, look at this. so he said the whole place was flooded with water. water was above his head, and came washing through here. and you can see... i mean, it'sjust left absolutely terrible mud behind. so he says for three days they had no food at all, and then helicopters came in, bringing food, bringing some relief for them. and he said there wasn't enough room to stay up on the embankment, so he's had to bring his family down here, including his 3—year—old child, to live amongst this filth. it is eid today, one of the great festivals of islam. like most of the village,

this family is muslim. for the first time since the catastrophe, they're having meat, but there is little appetite for celebration. tens of thousands of communities across south asia have similar stories of horror and destruction to tell. the only good news here is that everyone in this village survived. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the fbi and usjustice department have confirmed they've found no evidence to support donald trump's claim his predecessor, ba rack 0bama, wiretapped trump tower during last year's election campaign. the investigation followed a tweet by the president in march of this year. mexico's president, enrique pena nieto, has warned he won't accept any border deal with the united states that goes against mexico's dignity as a nation. his comments were made during his first state of the union

address since president trump came to power. 14 people, 12 of them british, have been arrested by spanish police over an alleged drug—dealing ring targeting the holiday resort of magaluf. the suspects were detained in a series of raids by heavily armed officers in barcelona and on the spanish island of majorca. thousands of members of myanmar‘s rohingya muslim minority are continuing to flee across the border into neighbouring bangladesh. they're escaping a military crackdown after rohingya militants attacked police positions a week ago. it's now thought nearly 60,000 have fled, and human rights groups are accusing the myanmar army of atrocities. they claim more than 700 homes have been burned down in a single rohingya village in rakhine state. ronan lee is a researcher at deakin university in melbourne where he specialises in rohingya history and identity.

he joined me a short time ago. this is a massive flare—up in terms of scale and brutality. there are now reports of around 60,000 people displaced from their homes. remember, this comes on top of the 90,000 who were displaced last october, and the 100,000 rohingya already living in camps. this is a massive population displacement. it should be deeply troubling to the international community. the problem with this is there have been claims and counter claims from both sides and it is difficult to getjournalists in there to independently verify what is happening. where do you see it responsibility for all? —— where do you see it responsibility falling? responsibility lies with the authorities of myanmar

and the military. they are in control of rakhine state and they are the people creating the displacement and causing big problems for rohingya civilians. some responsibility must obviously fall with the rohingya militants who were the instigators of this latest military crackdown. myanmar‘s military has treated the rohingya as stateless people, as illegal migrants for decades. they have been looking for an excuse to have this sort of crackdown. it was given to them and then rohingya militants decided within hours of the possibility of a political solution — kofi annan presented findings of a year—long commission just last week — within hours of announcing the recommendations they launched a series of co—ordinated attacks across rakhine state. i was going to ask, with the world looking at these pictures, what chance do you think of the government in myanmar taking a step back from military action?

it is difficult now for the government in myanmar. this military is an independent operation and they will do what they have done every other time they have engaged with ethnic minorities within the country, they will run this operation until they decide it is time to stop. they will not stop just because the civilian leaders of the country asks them to. this means this could continue for quite some time. ronan lee speaking there. several hundred volunteers have joined the search for a 9—year—old girl who vanished during a wedding in the alps a week ago. two magistrates have opened a case into the suspected kidnapping of a child in south—eastern france. prosecutors say the priority remains finding the girl, named as maelys de araujo. sarah corker reports. police divers search a pond in the french alps looking for any clues about what happened

to the missing 9—year—old maelys de araujo. she was last seen at 3am on sunday, august 27 at a family wedding in this hall in pont—de—beauvoisin, a village 50 kilometres north of grenoble. on saturday, hundreds of volunteers combed nearby woodland. this citizens search was organised via social media and co—ordinated by the police. translation: i'm a father of three children. my eldest daughter is nine years old, so it really resonates with me. i live 60 kilometres away but i had to do it. it was important for me. the authorities describe the community response as staggering. investigators suspect that the little girl, who was at the wedding with her parents, was kidnapped and taken away by car. two suspects, both 34—year—old men, were detained for questioning but have been released without charge.

translation: important work has already been carried out by the gendarmes. i remind you that more than 200 people were interviewed in a very short period in the few days following the disappearance, and around a0 searches have already been carried out. police are also examining photos and videos taken on the day of the wedding as the search for maelys, who's been missing for a week now, is stepped up. sarah corker, bbc news. 15 people have been injured after lightning struck at a music festival in north—eastern france. it happened at the vieux canal festival in the town of azerailles with authorities saying lightning struck in several areas during the event. officials say two victims are in a serious condition after being directly hit by the lightning and suffered burns. alden saturday's performances were cancelled. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: playing through the pain. one man's response to the trauma of hurricane harvey. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share

of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: north korea has claimed it has developed a powerful nuclear device small enough to be loaded onto an intercontinental missile, but has offered no proof. president trump has arrived in the flood—hit state of louisiana to see the damage caused by hurricane harvey. earlier he met survivors in houston, texas, and helped volunteers distribute aid. let's stay with that story. amid the destruction and despair caused by hurricane harvey, a touching moment. a man who returned to his flooded

home in houston stopped to play the piano. the clip has since been shared widely. let's have a listen. plays piano. well, a short time ago i spoke to aric harding, the man you see in that video, and i asked him how it came about. a friend of mine and i waded through the water to get back to the house. we had been out of the house for a few days already, and i was returning to get some favourite stuffed animals for my children, to make them feel

at home a little bit. and so while i was there my child, who is 13 — he plays the piano better than i do, he was upset about the piano, so ijust asked my friend to take a video. i stopped for a second and play piano for a moment so that he can see that the piano was ok. trying to make him feel better and, kind of in the midst of that, there was this quiet for a second. and i realised it was really the first time i had sat down since we had been rescued from our home. it is a lovely moment, and it does seem to have captured the imagination of people around the world. how surprised are you by that? uh...100% would be the number of surprise. it's just — it is the craziest thing. it was, literally, something that a father does. you take care of your

children, you comfort them. that's what i was doing. the reason i posted it was probably because, that very next day, the pastor at our church had done a facebook live thing because he was trapped in idaho. he was talking about how we will all go through suffering, but there will be good that comes from it. i posted a message along with, you know, the video itself and good has come from it. he's right. there's been a lot of people who have felt comforted, and felt a sense of hope in the middle of what has been quite challenging for many people. some of that good is that the musician vanessa carlton and yamaha have said they will help you replace the piano, if it needs replacing. tell us, how did that come about? i've done some interviews with cnn,

and many of the news networks here in the united states and the video was just being seen all over the place. vanessa saw the video and she felt connected to it. she began to reach out, asking how to get hold of me. and the producer from cnn saw it and gave her my phone number. she then gave me a call and said that she would love to get involved with yamaha to try and replace your piano. awesome to think that she would do that. she was connected to the fact that in the middle of a tragedy like this, a lot of musicians lose the thing that they are connected to the most. and so it's notjust me. there is a far—reaching thing here that is going on with musicians as well. aric, behind you i can see the furniture stacked up. tell us how have you been affected by these floods? well, we have taken, since wednesday, as soon as we could get back to our property, we have been doing this. this used to be my living room behind me, and now it is ripped down now to the studs. this‘s where the piano sat, right there,

and now it is an empty spot, because all of those things had to be moved out of the house. i don't know if you can see out the window behind me, but all of that is my furniture and the house... that's everything. you have to remove everything that the water touched. we spent the last few days with the help of a lot of our church friends... there's been probably no less than 60 people from our church helping to rip out all of the downstairs. there's eight homes on our street, and whether they they be church members or not, our church has been here making it happen. it has been cool. there has beenjoy in the midst of this trial. it has been incredible and we feel very lucky and very blessed to be where we are now. let's round up some other stories now: cambodia's opposition leader has been arrested and accused of treason. kem sokha was taken into custody following a raid on his house. his daughter said he and his bodyguards had been taken away by up to 200 police officers.

the international pressure group human rights watch described the arrest as a disastrous setback for the country. the authorities in frankfurt have been evacuating patients from two hospitals ahead of a larger evacuation across the city on sunday. tens of thousands of people will have to leave their homes while experts defuse the bomb which was found on a building site. the first pedestrians have walked across scotland's queensferry crossing, the new road bridge over the firth of forth. by the end of the weekend, 50,000 people are expected to have made the journey, taking in magnificent views. but crossing by foot is just for two days, with the road officially opening to traffic next week. catrina renton reports. this is something we won't see again. for two days only, 50,000 people are getting the chance to walk over the new queensferry crossing, chosen in a ballot from almost 250,0000 people who put

their names forward for this moment in history. this bridge could be operational for 120 years. this is something isaac can tell all his family about. i know, we've taken lots of photos, so he'll have the memories and the photos, if he doesn't remember it himself. it sits alongside the forth bridge, the railway crossing, built in the 19th century. and the forth road bridge, opened “119611, a new crossing for the 21st century. it is a chance to sample this feat of engineering, 1.7 miles long, and the tallest in the uk. well, you can see the people who have been lucky enough to be chosen to walk over the bridge are taking every opportunity to relish this. this road will soon become a motorway, so this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for these people to experience the bridge up close and personal. nine—year—old woody's family watched the bridge being built as they drove over the old one. i thought it's done. and i was so excited,

and my heart was pounding so much. the first ministerjoined walkers, taking pictures and soaking up the atmosphere. there was such a feeling of pride on the part of everyone i have spoken to. there's a real sense this is a scottish icon, and it will become one of the most recognisable bridges anywhere in the world. today's memories will be passed down the generations. catriona renton, bbc news, on the queensferry crossing. a pair of nasa astronauts and a russian cosmonaut have touched down in kazakhstan after completing their mission on the international space station. the crew first moved the vessel a safe distance away from the international space station, then slowed the craft down to a pace of about 286 mph, before orbiting deep into the atmosphere and landing in kazakhstan. hello.

most of us enjoyed some picture—perfect weather to start the weekend on saturday. well, these are the pictures to prove it. broken cloud, a lot of sunshine, pleasantly warm in the sunshine. there were just one or two sharp showers across parts of east anglia. the vast majority were dry. but if this was saturday's weather, this is sunday's weather, quite a change. cloudier for many, wetter for some. and, as we go on through into the first part of sunday, you can see where the rain has arrived, across northern ireland into western scotland, wales and much of south—west england. it is notjust wet, it is windy, too, with some gales through the irish sea. some of the rain during the first part of the day will be on the heavy side as well, so really will be a grey and wet start to the day, whereas further east in complete

contrast there will be some sunny spells around although turning increasingly hazy quite quickly as we go through the morning, and the breeze will start to pick up as well. so an east—west split to begin the day. could well be that some of the heaviest rain will have moved through northern ireland at this stage although still in eastern counties, a bit more patchy in the west, and that rain edging into south—west scotland where it will be dry with some early sunshine in the east. now, this will try to move east during the day, but it is a very slow process, eventually it will encroach more to north—west england, the midlands and south—east england during the afternoon. but the further east you are, although the cloud increases, the breeze picks up, you could well stay dry until the evening, and maybe a few hours beyond. could see 20 celsius, with anywhere seeing the sunshine lasting longest, quite cool with the cloud and rain, only around 15 in places. could be worse. could be better, but could be worse for the first stage of the tour of britain, in edinburgh, as that gets underway. now, as we look at things on sunday evening, again some

of the increasingly light and patchy rain feeds further east, some spots will stay dry during the day. there is a lot of low cloud, coastal and hill fog down to the south and west of the uk. and the weather system for monday has just ground to a halt. so it has left a lot of cloud across us on monday, really quite misty and murky to begin with, with extensive coastal and hillfog, damp and drizzly in places. we'll see another weather system bringing more rain to parts of scotland and northern ireland during the day, whereas for england and wales, starting to brighten up a little bit, quite muggy and given any sunny spells, it will feel quite warm. once we clear the rain away south—eastwards on tuesday, on tuesday and wednesday we're back into a brighter, showery weather picture where it's quite wet and windy for the end of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines: north korea says it has developed an advanced hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an

intercontinental ballistic missile. state media published a photograph of the country's leader, kim jong—un, apparently inspecting such a device. there's been no independent verification of the claim. donald trump is visiting areas worst hit by hurricane harvey. he's arrived in the flood—hit state of louisiana to see the damage first—hand. earlier he met survivors in houston, texas, and helped volunteers distribute aid. he's promised to seek nearly $8 billion in federal aid to help flood victims. flooding in south asia has left more than 45 million displaced. more than 1,400 people have died across india, bangladesh and nepal after torrential monsoon rains. the red cross says it's one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: robot nurses.