this is bbc news. i'm julian warricker. the headlines at midday — north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted to a missile. the test has been strongly criticised by the japanese prime minister. translation: if north korea forcibly conducted a nuclear test, it is absolutely unacceptable and we have two strongly protest it. and we have to strongly protest it. hospital bosses are warning the nhs could have its worst winter in history if it doesn't receive a bailout. the prime minister appeals for unity amongst her pro—eu mps ahead of a debate of the government's brexit repeal bill next week. the brexit secretary said the eu is making itself look "silly" by insisting negotiations with britain aren't making progress. we have said the era of big payments to the eu will be coming to an end. i suspect we will still be paying something. also in the next hour —

tens of thousands have to leave their homes as frankfurt undergoes its biggest evacuation since the second world war. a 1.4 tonne british bomb found on a building site will be made safe in a controlled explosion later today. and in the next hour — click looks at robot nurses, robot rabbits and dancing aliens. good morning and welcome to bbc news. north korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, a device which can be loaded onto a long—range ballistic missile. the international atomic energy agency has described the test as "an extremely regrettable act" and urged north korea "to fully implement all relevant resolutions of the un security council

and the iaea". south korea and japan say it was a nuclear test ten times more powerful than the previous attempt by pyongyang. here's how it was announced on north korean state television. translation: this was a perfect success. it was a very meaningful step in completing the national nuclear weapons programme. the news came just hours after state media published this photo of kim jong—un apparently inspecting such a device. the test comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region following multiple missile launches by north korea, the last one conducted less than a week ago. earlier seismologists detected a powerful tremor, measuring a 6.3—magnitude, near the north's main testing site at punggye—ri. japanese prime minister shinzo abe said it was "unacceptable"

if north korean claims of a successful nuclear test were proven to be correct. translation: just now, the weather agency detected a seismic wave centred near north korea. there is a possibility that this is not a natural quake and that north korea forced through a nuclear test. if north korea forcibly conducted a nuclear test, it is absolutely unacceptable and we have to strongly protest it. the international atomic energy agency condemned the latest test. today's test by north korea is an extremely regrettable act. this new test which follows the two tests last year and is a sixth since 2006,

is incomplete in this regard of the repeated demands of the international community. earlier i spoke to aidan foster carter — honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern korea at leeds university, and a freelance writer, consultant and broadcaster on both koreas. he gave me his reaction to today's developments. it's depressing but contrary to the glib statement that north korea is unpredictable, i can't imagine anything more predictable. you could say the other shoe has dropped. nuclear missiles, not quite as nice as love and marriage but they go together. we have seen a lot of testing in the last two years. kim jong—un‘s aim is to marry that with a bomb he can carry. we were due a nuclear test u nfortu nately, there hadn't been one for a year.

they have claimed a hydrogen bomb before but it seems this time, outside experts, from the scale of the blast, felt in china and russia i gather, that it was one. north korea is marching steadily down this extremely dangerous road. it's very difficult for anyone to know what to do. trump's former director of intelligence strategy steve bannon said, they've got us. there isn't a military response, i hope to goodness no one in washington is thinking of that. there is an urgent need for diplomacy. chart that diplomatic course, if you would, how could it work? it's very hard to see it working, i agree. as winston churchill said about war, it is better than the alternative. it would help, this is where kim jong—un is different from his father and grandfather. north korea and provocation have gone together for a

long time. his father and grandfather were a bit more subtle. kim jong—un is forging ahead on the one side with the military programme and one can make some reasons for that even though it is illegal and not in any way condoning that, he clearly wishes to avoid the fate of saddam hussein in iraq or gaddafi in libya. but what he's doing threatening to his neighbours and the united states. we need some sort of proposal. we have had diplomatic tracks before. it would involve somebody getting together. i think without preconditions at this stage. to size up the position. i'm not sure i have convinced myself even as i am saying this. it will be very difficult without it looking as if the west and the international community is eating humble pie. there is no feasible or responsible

alternative. i asked her how south korea has reacted to the news. we have just had word from the south korean government, which has said it will ask for stronger sanctions against north korea to further isolate the country. south korea has said it is considering that more us tactical weapons could be deployed in this country. we do not have further details on what us tactical weapons means. there is a big us presence here, and last week, joint military drills by us and south korean forces were held here. as far as the nuclear test is concerned, north korea has very significantly claimed it has tested a hydrogen bomb, a very powerful nuclear device. it's saying that this hydrogen bomb is designed to be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. many will find this worrying,

because we know that pyongyang has tested long—range missiles injuly. many experts believe that these rockets have the capability of hitting the us mainline. north korea is effectively saying it can arm these long—range missiles now. is there more concern on the streets of seoul then there has been up to now? people in seoul are quite used to threats from north korea. this is the sixth nuclear test that north korea has conducted. it has conducted more than a dozen missile tests this year. many people here believe that these tests, this ramping up of the nuclear programme by pyongyang, is more for political leverage than meaning to start a war. these are tests conducted by north korea. it is ramping up its missile programme. it says it is a defensive technique.

its justification is that this is a defence from invasion. it hasn't made claims that it is going to start a war. it says this a defensive move, particularly against the us and south korea. that's what many people in south korea seem to believe as well, that this is not going to result in an actual war. but certainly it worries them that there are strong words and strong action is coming from north korea. china will be watching developments on the korean peninsula carefully. stephen mcdonnell is in beijing. people near the north korean border would have felt this as well. yes, there is an area which is a korean speaking enclave on the border and this morning, there was stuff

shaking, buildings, chandeliers, windows shaking. people were putting this on social media. they were not to know that this earthquake was actually a man—made thing and in fa ct actually a man—made thing and in fact it was a nuclear weapons test coming from just across—the—board. what are the political reaction so far? the chinese government officially has condemned this. xi jinping would be absolutely furious. he was getting ready to welcome delegates from brazil, russia, india and south africa for a big summit. a big deal. and then a nuclear weapons tests. this is the third time this year this has happened to him. he was going to meet rex tillerson, the us secretary of state and the north koreans tested and engine for a missile. there was another summit, a big transport, economic infrastructure goal for the world and there were dozens of world

leaders in the chinese capital and they had a missile test and now to have done it the third time, it seems incredible, the coincidence of it so even if it wasn't deliberate, certainly, the north koreans didn't find the need to call this test off because it was going to embarrass him and it looks like a slap in the face from north korea and in fact, a way of paying china back for supporting the sanctions against north korea but also as north korea's main trading partner, to be the chief country implementing these sanctions. these were one—time cold war friends sanctions. these were one—time cold warfriends and sanctions. these were one—time cold war friends and a very close, they fought on the same side in the korean war. there is now enormous tension between north korea and china. thank you. the brexit secretary david davis has said the eu is making itself look "silly" by insisting that negotiations with britain aren't making progress. his comments came as theresa may seeks to prevent a tory rebellion

ahead of the first commons vote on the brexit legislation. both david davis and his labour counterpart sir keir starmer were speaking on this morning's andrew marr show. our political correspondent emma vardy was watching. this is interesting because david davis has come straight off the back ofa davis has come straight off the back of a week of eu talks with the chief negotiator michel barnier in which both sides have looked pretty far apart. disagreements over that divorce bill, michel barnier saying, no decisive progress has been made. david davis has said pretty defiantly, hitting back, saying, it is not true to say no progress has been made, actually, progress has been made, actually, progress has been made, actually, progress has been made in certain areas but really, the disagreements over the divorce bill seem to be overshadowing all of that. david davis said today this is a pressure exercise from the eu, money is the thing that frightens them the most. saying they are trying to use time

against us when it comes to the issue of agreeing how much we will have to pay to leave the eu. what we are saying, 0k, you are giving us this normal bill, like when you leave a hotel and you go through it line by line. they are saying, give us a counter. make an offer. we are not doing that. we are going through it line by line and they are finding it difficult because we have got good lawyers. they complained about our two—hour presentation. we're basically going through it systematically, pragmatically. he wants to put pressure on us. bluntly, i think he looked a bit silly because there were plainly things we have achieved. i like him, i have known him for 20 years but the commission puts itself in a silly position saying nothing

has been done when really important things, we put people before process and they are in danger of putting process before people. while david davis is thrashing out the divorce bill, we have another battle ahead because this week, the great repeal bill will be debated by mps in parliament on thursday. this isa mps in parliament on thursday. this is a mechanism which will take all of that eu legislation and it will convert it into uk law. the reason why this is causing some controversy is because critics of this, opponents of the government, say it is going to give mps a sweeping powers to recalibrate lots of our laws in lots of different ways without proper parliamentary scrutiny. labour is particularly opposing this, saying it will vote against the repeal bill unless changes are made. labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer spoke

about this today on the andrew marr show, explaining why he is concerned that parliament will be given too much power and not enough oversight. i flagged these points up at the beginning of the summer saying that if you don't address them we will vote against it. we haven't reached that stage yet. i've been very, very clear. whilst we accept the result of the referendum, we are not giving a blank cheque to the government to do it in whatever way it wants, because it is not in the public interest. the maths in that commons vote made more intriguing because of the results of the last election. yes, if the tory rebels on this, the government could be heading for a real defeat over this great repeal bill. it will be a test of the leadership of theresa may and various ministers have set out their positions in the sunday papers, urging conservative mps to get behind this repeal bill, saying, we do not need division. their argument

is that by putting through this bill, this is delivering the will of the people, a key step in the brexit process. whether mps will toe the line, we will wait and see, a crucial week for brexit. the headlines on bbc news — north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be loaded onto a long—range missile. the regime said its test of the bomb — which is many times more powerful than an atomic bomb — was a "perfect success". hospital chiefs warn that the nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. they want up to £350 million to pay for extra staff and more hospital beds to reduce waiting times. the prime minister appeals for unity amongst her pro—eu backbench mps ahead of a debate of the government's brexit repeal bill next week. the brexit secretary david davis said the era of big payments to the eu is coming to end but the uk will honour its

international obligations. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. wales manager chris coleman says ben woodburn has all the attributes to go on and be a great player. the 17—year—old made his international debut coming off the bench last night in the world cup qualifier. he scored the winner against austria with less than half an hour to go. it was goalless but after a few minutes of coming on, the teenager — who became liverpool's youngest goal—scorer last season — had scored the only goal of the game, keeping their world cup hopes alive. the wales coaching team knew he wouldn't be fazed by playing for his country. we've had him with us for years and he has been a pleasure. no doubt he will go from strength to strength. a fantastic night for him and his family and we are very proud. he has contributed

in a magnificent way. wales play moldova next tuesday night. chris froome is still wearing the leaders red jersey at the vuelta espana, he has a 55—second lead. the 14th stage was won by poland's rafal maj ka. froome finished in fourth a few seconds behind vincenzo nibali — who is second in the overall standings. there's another mountain stage today. remember, froome is going for a rare grand tour double, having already won the tour de france this year. manu tuilagi is due to pay his first professional match today. he was recently sent home early from an england training camp because of teen culture issues, they are

understood to be alcohol—related, breaking a curfew. george ford and jonny may, new signings, also in the tigers' 15. it was a much easier day for roger federer at the us open, after being pushed to five sets twice, he breezed past spain's feliciano lopez in straight sets to reach the 4th round — he is looking to extend his overall grand slam record to 20. he plays philipp kohlschreiber next. i had good energy. i thought i would feel a little slow after so many sets. that i would have to force myself so much i would get tired from that but it didn't happen and i think i really got off to a good start. federer is on a collision course with rafa nadal for a meeting in the semi—finals. the world number one lost

the first set on tie—break but is also through. i know i cannot play very well always. the most important thing is i give my best, and play it with the right intensity and all the time with motivation to win the match. in the women's draw, world numberi karolina pliskova saved a match point to beat china's shau zhang and reach the fourth round. the top seed will face jennifer brady in the last 16. the italian grand prix at monza sta rts the italian grand prix at monza starts in the next a0 minutes. lewis hamilton on pole position. radio five live and bbc sport website will have commentary and coverage. i will be back after pm. frankfurt is moving 65,000 people from their homes this morning

to allow authorities space to carry out a controlled explosion of a huge world war ii bomb. the evacuation is germany's largest since the war, and officials have warned the financial capital could grind to a halt tomorrow if people don't leave. damien mcguinness is in berlin and can tell us the latest. ditch—macro there seems to have been as slight delay. police are unsure so as slight delay. police are unsure so far if everyone has in fact evacuated the area so it seems most residents have left and that was carried out pretty smoothly over the past day. some people left at the beginning of the weekend. police have said now they have found a few more people within this evacuation area who were not aware what was going on and didn't understand, partly of language difficulties. some non—german speakers didn't understand what was happening so police had to escort some people out of the one radius around where the

bomb has been found. some people didn't want to leave the area so police had to escort those people out using force effectively. the next stage is that bomb disposal experts will start to defuse the bomb and that should take about four hours. if that goes smoothly, by the end of today, local residents should be able to return to this area. a very dangerous operation because the bomb itself is huge, 1.5 times of explosive material. if that was to go off accidentally, that could really have a massive impact across a very wide area of the city centre. the work itself in defusing the bomb is also dangerous. 11 bomb disposal technicians have been killed doing this work so the authorities are taking it very seriously and making sure everyone is taking it very seriously and making sure everyone is out of this radius. before they start work defusing a bomb. that timetable you mentioned

is important because of it overruns, it starts to impact on life in frankfurt tomorrow. that's right and of course, as you say this is the financial capital of germany, a big city, it is also an important airport hub so frankfurt airport as airport hub so frankfurt airport as a lot of people connecting flights to going elsewhere. there were fears that because the airspace is also being blocked off, if that would have an impact on the airport. that is not happened so far. so far things are going smoothly but it depends how defusing a bomb goes. this is the wide problem throughout germany because it is thought there are some 250,000 unexploded bombs across germany all dropped during the second world war, many by british bombers. 0ver the second world war, many by british bombers. over the years, these unexploded ordinance can become more dangerous because as the casing material erodes, it can mean

bombs can go off accidentally more easily and they are often discovered during building work accidentally so thatis during building work accidentally so that is a real danger, that germany really does face on an almost daily basis, because these bombs are generally discovered almost one a week on average. that is why germany has a specific bomb disposal full—time unit that works solely on these world war ii bombs. hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial bail—out, saying they are bracing themselves for the worst winter in recent years. nhs providers — which represents the vast majority of health trusts — says at least £200 million of extra funding is needed to pay for more staff and beds. but the department of health says the nhs is better prepared for winter this year than ever before, as angus crawford reports. winter can put hospitals under severe pressure. it's a time when there

is an increase in demand, more patients needing treatment in an already stretched service. there's been a lot of planning to prepare the health service this winter, but nhs providers, representing hospital bosses, says more money is needed, otherwise this winter could be worse than last. current performance in a&e departments at the moment is no better than it was last year. despite a huge amount of effort being put in to improve that performance, it's staying stubbornly stuck quite a long way below the official target. so we know that patient safety could be at even greater risk this winter than it was last winter. the organisation says the service needs an extra £200—£350 million to help it get through the winter months. the government has given councils an extra £1 billion in social care funding to free up hospital beds, and there is £100 million to relieve the pressure on a&e. nhs england says it will have thousands of extra beds available,

and insists that planning is more advanced than ever before. iran has been arrested when people we re iran has been arrested when people were injured after a car smashed into the side of a in york. it was about 1:20am into the side of a in york. it was about1:20am and into the side of a in york. it was about 1:20am and the driver and two passengers in the vehicle and a man ona passengers in the vehicle and a man on a sofa inside the house were hurt. a woman managed to escape has an injured. yorkshire police are appealing for information about the vehicle in the moments before the crash. a huge wildfire raging in los angeles has forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated in what the mayor has called the "largest fire" in the city's history. an area spanning 5,000 hectares has already burnt, and so far one home has been destroyed. around 500 homes have been evacuated in various parts of the city and neighbouring glendale.

hundreds of firefighters are battling the fire which broke out on friday during the us labor day long—weekend. authorities are concerned that winds will whip up the flames and cause it to spread quickly in unpredictable directions. one of the last survivors of world war two's most famous prison breaks — the great escape — is celebrating his 100th birthday. jack lyon from bexhill was a flight lieutenant in the raf and was involved in the bid for freedom from the camp in 19aa. had i got out, i probably wouldn't be talking to you, because my chances of getting home were virtually nil. i was under no illusions about that! but, had i been recaptured, i had nothing really to persuade the germans not to go ahead with their threats. time to bring you the weather

forecast with tomasz schafernaker. a fine start of the day across eastern parts but not everyone will have a fine day on the weather front today. rain and cloud in many western parts of the uk over the morning and the west will keep most of the cloud and the occasional outbreaks of rain through the course of the day. you can see east anglia and the eastern coast of the uk staying dry through the afternoon and it may not be until well after midnight before that rain reaches norwich and hull for example and when it does, it willjust be spits and spots. tonight, cloudy and murky and spots. tonight, cloudy and murky and muggy. temperatures falling no lower than 16 degrees in the south. grey and damp tomorrow with additional rain later on, moving into the north—west and then clouds probably will break up so temperatures will respond, possibly

getting up to 22 or 23 in the south. you should hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be loaded onto a long—range missile. the regime said its test of the bomb — which is many times more powerful than an atomic bomb — was a "perfect success". the international atomic energy agency called the test a ‘matter of grave concern'. the nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning. they want up to £350 million to pay for extra staff