this is bbc news. the headlines at four: north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being fitted to an inter—continental missile. there's been worldwide condemnation. experts warn that north korea's nuclear capability is advancing rapidly. president trump tweets that north korea's words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the united states while theresa may has called it a "reckless and unacceptable further threat". pro—eu conservative mps are urged by theresa may to unite, 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. the era of big payments to the european union is coming to an end. we will still be paying something, i suspect. hospital bosses are warning the nhs in england could suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. 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 later today. and in sport, britain's lewis hamilton celebrates after winning this afternoon's italian grand prix in monza. and later this hour... in from out of town, historian adam smith looks at trump era america and the divide between the small town and the big city by going back to its modern origins in classic film noir. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, theresa may, has issued a statement describing north

korea's latest nuclear test is reckless and says poses an unacceptable further threat to the international community. this follows condemnation from us president donald trump. he described the test is very hostile and dangerous to the united states. the device used by north korea was many times more powerful than those used in previous tests. from seoul in south korea, yogita limaye sent this report. state television proudly announcing that the country has conducted another nuclear test. it was a perfect success, the newsreader said. pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb at its testing site in the north—east of the country. and hundreds of miles away in china, people say they witnessed tremors caused by the explosion.

experts believe it could be the most powerful weapon north korea has tested so far. earlier in the day, these photos were released of north korean leader kim jong—un, inspecting what is claimed to be the bomb. the country says the nuclear device it's tested can be fitted onto an intercontinental missile. a serious threat because it means pyongyang can arm these long range rockets it tested injuly, missiles that would put the us mainland within firing range. in south korea, an emergency meeting was held. translation: i can't help but be disappointed and outraged. north korea has made an absurd tactical mistake by committing a series of provocations such as launching icbm missiles and conducting a nuclear test, which has heightened tensions on the peninsula and

is threatening world peace. it will isolate them further. injapan, the prime minister called the latest test unacceptable. it is unacceptable and we have to strongly protest it. it comes less than a week after north korea launched this rocket that flew over his country. but it's the us that north korea considers its biggest enemy. and the latest test is a step forward in its goal towards making weapons that could strike america. regarding the united states, i think it could be a game changer because a hydrogen bomb is sometimes 1000 more powerful than a nuclear bomb, that means kimjong—un will threaten the united states, that if you do not leave south korea, north korea would attack seattle, la or san francisco with a hydrogen bomb. kim jong—un has finally

started respecting us, president donald trump has said just in the last fortnight, when it seemed as though the rhetoric from pyongyang had died down. today the north korean leader has shown he has no intention to stop. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. well a short time ago i spoke to our political correspondent chris mason about the significance of theresa may's condemnation — particularly after her recent trip to east asia. in the statement mrs may reflects on her talks, and the conversations that have been going on roughly the same time the un security council. she adds, in the context of sanctions in the un looking at new measures, this is now even more pressing. the international community has universally condemned

this test and must come together to continue to increase the pressure on north korea's leaders to stop the destabilising actions. the tricky thing is that when she had strong words to say on the plane on the way to japan the other day, there were some pretty strong words that came out in reaction to that from beijing from the chinese government, where she suggested china could be doing much more regionally, the chinese we re much more regionally, the chinese were suggesting theresa may was offering commentary from the sidelines that wasn't necessarily useful. that was the context, the reaction from downing street and i suspect there's about to be more international reaction. we are expecting a meeting between vladimir putin and the president in china later today so that might give a sign over whether there is more agreement than disagreement on this between britain and members of the

security council. yes, and we are getting a cranking up of the rhetoric of condemnation around the world but at the same time the real scratching of heads. you can see that in the subtext about what they do next because clearly the sanctions until now have not worked. we have seen president trump tweeting to suggest that as he sees it the reaction of south korea has amounted to egging the north koreans on but of course south korea is incredibly vulnerable to any kind of military action was to take place involving hitting north korea. so very tricky and the international community at the moment seemingly struggling to find a solution. let's talk now to professor hazel smith. professor of korean studies at soas, university of london. it's clear

there are a lot of phone calls going on around the world, we have in fact had a readout of a phone call between donald trump and the japanese prime minister in which they agreed the international community must respond to north korea with greater pressure. in your opinion what extra pressure could be applied? the options are incredibly limited. the military options have been more or less ruled out because of the catastrophes that would occur and which all of the military planners believe would occur, in south korea as well as everywhere else. the economic sanctions will continue but they are not a substitute for having a policy. they are there to help you get towards the policy you want to have. north korea's economy is really low level. it is not iran or south africa,

where sanctions could really damage the country. the country is already on the list of very low income countries so any further, much further implementation of sanctions, you would be talking about the country going back to starvation which happened in the 1990s when nearly a million people died so we don't have a like—for—like situation when we are looking at sanctions. finally there is the issue which you pointed to in your introduction — what is the overall policy now? it looks like in the united states the diplomats are saying this, in russia and china there's not much difference between them internally that the only way forward out of this would be to offer the security deal which offers denuclearisation. north korea wants absolute security

so north korea wants absolute security so it doesn't feel it will have its regime challenged. that is a very big ask for the united states in particular but also japan, which finds the regime abhorrent and that's the difficulty that these major states are in at the moment. are these expressions of fear about its future if it doesn't have the nuclear capability to strike back or potentially to strike first, are those fears do you think legitimate oi’ those fears do you think legitimate ora those fears do you think legitimate or a reflection of the paranoia that can come from decades and decades of isolation? the two issues, if you want, north korea is explicit on this and you don't have to read the tea leaves. they say they are using the developers of nuclear weapons as a deterrent, and in fact that is what all state use them for. nuclear weapons have only ever been used twice, in nagasaki and hiroshima.

they have always been used as a deterrent since 1945 so north korea wouldn't be any different with this motivation. secondly what they argue whether we agree or not is that if they didn't have these weapons they would be vulnerable to military intervention in the same way libya and iraq was and you would have to bea and iraq was and you would have to be a politician to answer that question because we cannot speculate about the future, if they didn't have nuclear weapons would that happen, but we can beat analysts and look at what the north koreans are saying, this is what they think. so for them, the answer is for some cast—iron security dale which would —— deal which would guarantee thing signed into a treaty. that would require some brave diplomacy in the same way britain undertook some brave diplomacy with the ira and the

paramilitaries connected brave diplomacy with the ira and the pa ramilitaries connected which brave diplomacy with the ira and the paramilitaries connected which were basically at war with each other in the 1990s. basically at war with each other in the 19905. with basically at war with each other in the 1990s. with a successful outcome but it took some brave diplomacy to do it. thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. the brexit secretary david davis says the european commission is making itself look silly by saying that talks with britain aren't making progress. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says he doesn't want to punish or blackmail the uk, but the british people need to understand the extremely serious consequences of leaving. all this as theresa may later this week faces a parliamentary battle with the first commons vote on brexit legislation. emma vardy reports. after three rounds of talks, the two sides still appear some way apart. there's disagreement over the size of the so—called divorce bill and eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said this week that no decisive progress had been made on key issues. today, a defiant david davis

said the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically, very british way, very pragmatic way of doing it, and of course he's finding it difficult and he wants to put pressure on us which is why the stance this week in the press conference. bluntly, i think it looked a bit silly because there plainly were that things we had achieved... meanwhile michel barnier has said he does not want to punish or blackmail the uk, but that he will use the opportunity to teach british people and others what leaving the eu means. his remarks were made in an off—camera briefing in which he said there were extremely serious consequences to leaving the single market, and that it could never be better than being a member of the club. on thursday, mps will debate the withdrawal bill, which will convert thousands of eu regulations into british laws but labour has said it will vote against the bill unless substantial changes are made, warning it could erode rights and freedoms that

workers currently enjoy. i flagged these points up at the beginning of the summer and said if you don't address them we will vote against it. i haven't reached that stage yet but i've been 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's not in the public interest. theresa may has appealed for unity. any potential rebellion from just a handful of tory mps could derail it. there is a crucial week for brexit ahead, marked by division in westminster and in brussels. emma vardy, bbc news. 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 prime minister has called for

tougher action against the regime. she said the test was an unacceptable further threat. 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 eu is coming to an end, but the uk will honour its international obligations. 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. it has been another successful afternoon for lewis hamilton on the f1 circuit. with details on that and be other sport, let's go to the bbc sports centre. thank you. you are absolutely right,

lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix and overtaken sebastian vettel at the top of the standings. hamilton led from start to finsih in monza from what was a record 69th pole position. there are seven races left this season and the brirtish drver‘s main title rival, sebatian vettel is now three points behind him. nick parrott reports. for lewis hamilton, the italian grand prix would be a walk in the park. it was under little pressure for his record—breaking 69th start from pole position. he beat everyone to the first corner and never looked back. max verstappen wasn't so fortu nate. back. max verstappen wasn't so fortunate. the tangle saw him come off worst sending him to the pits for repairs, eventually finishing 14th. lewis hamilton was heading in the other direction, he started in sixth and was soon up to third. the

biggest challenge he faced was keeping his concentration. he only surrendered his lead for a couple of la ps surrendered his lead for a couple of laps during pit stops and went on to become the first driver to win back—to—back races this season. with his team—mate finishing ahead of sebastian vettel hamilton now leads the championship by three points. chris froome is attempting to increase his lead at the vuelta a espana which involves a tough mountainous stage 15 today. britain's adam yates, who started the day 32nd in the overall standings, made a brave bid for stage victory, breaking clear with 15 miles to go. team sky did a good job of protecting their leader, froome, and his 55—second lead. but yates was overtaken by colombia's miguel angel lopez with two and a half miles to go. so lopez is favourite for the stage win, and as the riders approach the finish it looks like froome will keep his 55—second lead over vincenzo nibali. caleb ewan sprinted to victory

on the opening stage of the tour of britain, a 120 mile pedalfrom edinburgh to kelso in the scottish borders. the 23—year—old australian just edged out edvald boasson hagen on the line, with elia viviani in third. britain's mark cavendish was competing for the first time since breaking his shoulder blade in july, but wasn't in contention at the finish. leicester are facing bath on the opening weekend of rugby union's premierhship. manu tuilagi is making his first appearance since january in a compeitive match. and the england centre has been in the thick of the action, scoring the first try of the match midway through the first half for leicester tigers but bath have responded with three quick tries of their own. the latest coming from semesa rokodunguni. the winger running nearly the full length of the pitch to score and help put bath towards a 21—8 lead at the break, a lead that they still hold with 20 minutes left to play. england play slovakia in a world cup

qualifier at wembley tomorrow. gareth southgate's side are currently top of group f, two points clear of slovakia in second. england needed three late goals to beat malta on friday, but southgate says his side are becoming savvy to international football now. we would love to score early and be 3-0 we would love to score early and be 3—0 before half—time. 0n we would love to score early and be 3—0 before half—time. on some occasions that happens but not very often so you have got to be prepared to be patient and work your openings. whichever road the game goes down, we have got to be able to adapt and adjust to that. we believe the players are becoming more and more savvy to the challenges of international football. also in action tomorrow are scotland who are in the same world cup qualifying group as england. scotland — on the back of their crucial win against lithuania on friday —

will play malta tomorrow, and slovenia will host lithuania. and northern ireland, who are second in group c face the czech republic. that's all the sport now. just to let you know lopez has won stage 15 at the vuelta espana. 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 £200m 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 puts hospitals under pressure. each year there is an increase in demand, more patients needing a wider range of treatments in an already stretched service. after serious problems last winter there's been intensive planning to deal with this one. but nhs providers representing 90% of nhs trusts says more money is needed for this year may be worse than last. current performance in a&e departments at the moment is no better than it was last year despite huge amounts of effort being put in to improve the performance, it's staying stubbornly stuck, quite a long way below the official target and we know therefore that there is a real risk that patient safety could be put at even greater risk this coming winter than it was last winter. the organisation says the service needs 200—£350 million extra now. nhs england rejects criticism and in a statement says: ‘planning is more advanced than it was last year.‘ it estimates that more than 3000 extra beds will be available. the government has put a billion more into social care funding to free up beds and 100 million to relieve the pressure on a&e. but will all this be enough?

over the coming months, patients will find out. angus crawford, bbc news. more than 60,000 people in the german city of frankfurt have been evacuated from their homes to enable a second world war bomb to be defused. the area affected includes two hospitals, ten nursing homes and germany's central bank, where tens of billions of pounds in gold reserves are stored. the evacuation is one of the biggest since the second world war. 0ur correspondent damian mcguinness is in berlin and has this update. police are unsure so far if everyone has, in fact, evacuated the area. so it seems that most residents have left, and that was carried out pretty smoothly over the past day. some people left at the beginning of the weekend. but police have said now they have found a few more people within this evacuation area who were not aware of what was going on,

didn't understand, partly because of language difficulties. it seems some non—german speakers didn't really understand what was happening. so police had to escort some people out of the one mile radius around where the bomb has been found, and some people apparently did not want to even leave the area so police had to escort those people out using force, effectively. the next stage, though, is the bomb disposal experts will start diffusing the bomb, and that should take about four hours. and if that goes smoothly, then by the end of today local residents should be able to return to this area. but, of course, it's a very dangerous operation because the bomb itself is huge, it's 1.5 tonnes of explosive material, so if that were to go off accidentally that could really have a massive impact across a very wide area of the city centre. a man has been arrested after four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a car smashed through the side of a house in york.

a white vw golf crashed into the living room of the property at about 1:20 this morning. the driver, two passengers in the vehicle and a man on a sofa inside the house were hurt. a woman and child managed to escape the house uninjured. 14 people, 12 of them british, have been arrested in spain by police investigating a drug dealing ring which was targeting the resort of magaluf on the island of majorca. officers say they seized three kilograms of cocaine and 100,000 euros in cash. simon clemison reports. dawn, and one of a number of armed armed raids, both in majorca and on mainland spain. during 0peration tatum, officers say they seized three kilograms of cocaine, wrapped in cling film and stashed in a shoebox. it was said to be of high purity. law enforcers claim to have come across other drugs as well and about £100,000 in cash. four vehicles have been taken away. a total of 14 people have been arrested, a dozen from the uk. the others, a spaniard

and dominican. some have begun appearing in court. the civil guard alleges the group was selling to tourists out partying in magaluf. british authorities were also involved in the work leading up to the arrest. the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested. the operation follows another drug raid lastjuly in which four people, british and spanish, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. several hundred volunteers have joined the search for a nine—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. sarah corker reports. police divers search a pond in the french alps, looking for any clues about what happened to missing nine—year—old maelys de araujo. she was last seen at 3am on sunday the 27th of august at a family wedding in this hall at pont—de—beauvoisin, a village some 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, 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. more than 200 people were interviewed in a very short period in the few days following the disappearance, and 40 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 has been missing for a week now, is stepped up. angela merkel is arguably the most powerful person in europe now and is hoping to secure a fourth term as german chancellor in the general election that takes place there next month. tonight she faces her main rival, martin schultz, in a live debate on german television. jenny hill has more. it is 12 years since she debated her way into the chancellery. and it looks as though angela merkel is about to do it again. her political longevity no surprise for this cartoonist, who has been drawing her since the start of her career.

what i concentrated on was her eyes, half—closed eyes. i'm still drawing her with half—closed eyes, but now i know it's a sign for rationality. you can't look into her mind. that's still my problem and my situation after 12 years of merkel, that i still don't know what the woman is thinking. but we do know she is unrivalled. martin schulz, her social democrat opponent, trails behind in the polls. he could win tonight's debate, but he almost certainly won't beat her at the ballot box. but on the campaign trail, the real story of this election. mrs merkel‘s refugee policy is still a source of discontent. these are afd supporters, the anti—migrant party that is likely to enter parliament.

it will be the first time the far right will be represented here since world war ii. afd is unlikely to yield real political power here. germany is traditionally governed by a coalition, and the established parties refuse to do business with its members. it may be months before we know what the new german government looks like, but you can be sure of one thing. this country's future direction, its relationship with donald trump, its approach to the brexit negotiations, will most likely lie in the hands of one woman. translation: there's an old advertising slogan here which everyone knows, and it applies to angela merkel. it's better to stick with what she's got. she is not extreme. people are impressed with her personal conduct. i remember when president hollande was pictured on a scooter going to see his mistress. you would never see angela merkel

going to meet her lover. stability and security. angela merkel, it could be argued, is the boring candidate, but what resonates with german voters is a safe bet. it entered the earth's atmosphere at a speed of more than 1700 miles per hour, with temperatures outside the spacecraft reaching a scorching 2,500 degrees celsius.