this is bbc news, the headlines at apm. president trump warns the united nations of the threat from an ‘evilfew‘ rogue nations — saying the us would "destroy" north korea if threatened. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. the united states is ready, willing and able but hopefully this will not be necessary. that's what the united nations is all about. hurricane maria is sweeping through the caribbean — causing widespread devastation as it strikes the island of dominica. the british virgin islands — still reeling after hurricane irma — are next in maria's path and could be hit again tonight. with winds predicted to once again top 100 mph, every piece of this wood and plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. foreign secretary borisjohnson

denies he is set to resign, amidst reports that he could quit before the weekend. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, is accused of being in denial after saying she doesn't know why 400,000 rohingya muslims have fled her country. also in the next hour: a fresh start for rio ferdinand: why the former england and man united defender is launching his boxing career. straight to the united nations

thurman. but the trump is known as the man with the slogan america first. today, he wrapped that slogan in the language of the united nations, calling on all countries here to put their own countries first. he also called on what he called the righteous many to confront the wicked view, if not, he said, either will prevail. top of his list was north korea. and the threats to that nation. but listen to what he said. —— let's listen. forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. and for his regime. the united states is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be

necessary. that is what the united nations is all about. that is what the united nations is for. let's see how they do. it is time for north korea to realise that the denuclearisation is it only a cce pta ble denuclearisation is it only acceptable future. necks and president trump's list, and is now the buyers, iran, and there's harsh words that too. the iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise ofa dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy. it has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economic league deviant rogue state whose chief export of files, bloodshed and chaos. the longest suffering victims

of iran's leaders are in fact its owfi of iran's leaders are in fact its own people. rather than use its resources to improve iranians live from its oil profits go to fund hezbollah and other terrorist that kill innocent muslims and attack their peaceful arab and israeli neighbours. president donald trump. this was a clarion call to all nations and the world to act together against what trump saw as truly global threats. there were others on his list as well, harsh words for cuba as well as venezuela. trump made it clear that america would be a friend to the world but not, he said, if at the disadvantage of the us and the us he said was tired of paying its own for other nations. the other nations had to put their server as well. what will other countries make up the speech?

and speaking out with prime ministers and delegates, diplomats, including the un ambassador who does will buy. they will be dyed testing the speech, they noted that when antonio guterres the un secretary charlie announced this at the start of the game, the single that north korea, and warned the threat of nuclear war. but we'll nations around the world walk in step with this american vision of the world for the stuart is a senior fellow and joins us now. when it comes to the language and threats against north korea iran? when it comes to the language and threats against north korea iran7m is similarto threats against north korea iran7m is similar to georgia beres using the phrase axis of evil than coming to the general assembly in and 2002 throwing down the gauntlet, saying

you must help us deal with the threat or we will operate on our owfi. threat or we will operate on our own. you saw that almost explicitly when we talk about north korea. north korea who will poorly get more international support because no one is north korea's side. —— will probably get support. they recognise how reckless the leader is. even europeans are wary of the united states pulling out of the joint comprehensive plan of action for iranians nuclear weapons and are not necessarily willing to link that to iranians calls for hezbollah, so i find it somewhat selective the way the president has presented this and he, of course, did not mention an issue and many leaders' mines, climate change and its accidental threat. you will remember he has made threats against north korea before that startled many even members of his own team, is pushing

the secretary of state rex tillerson to say the policy is on the table but that was weeks ago. do you think he is speaking to his whole administration when he made that very strong threat to totally destroy north korea if the un doesn't do something about it?m similarto doesn't do something about it?m similar to statements that nikki haley has said, if diplomacy doesn't work we will turn things to general matters, secretary general of defence and hr mcmaster national security adviser has had some thing. i actually am very sceptical. i think focusing on the pentagon when they look at milik options are that could potentially —— horrified at the amount of life that would be lost in seoul in south korea, and the loss than on south korean government is the notion that the united states would launch a attack north korea. there was a

small pinprick of life when he said the us plays more than any other country for the un but said there would be a worthwhile if it resulted in peace, is that an opening to the un? qc in peace, is that an opening to the un? oc nicky in peace, is that an opening to the un? qc nicky hayley for instance, being able to reduce peacekeeping dues and down from 28% to 25%, and antonio guterres says he can live with that. we have to get this all in perspective. this is a rounding error when it comes in the us budget, we are popular and regular budget, we are popular and regular budget for the united nations that is probablyjust budget for the united nations that is probably just over $5 budget for the united nations that is probablyjust over $5 million. that isjust larger is probablyjust over $5 million. that is just larger than is probablyjust over $5 million. that isjust larger than the new york city police department or the annual expenses york city police department or the annual expenses of the nra. we're not talking about huge amounts of money here. thanks forjoining us.

and also with us here is my colleague katty kay. you have watched so many speeches by us president at the un, as you assess the reactionjudging by the response inside that chamber? is the speech ran 45 minutes, i don't know the white house but scheduled an hour expecting applause, which is usually is one an american president speaks, particularly 0bama when he had severed global adoration, there was almost no applause doing this speech. he whizzed through his 45 minutes. there are echoes of george w bush and the axis of evil. the big difference between trump and bush, george bush was exporting democracy and ideology, i remember his second inaugural address when he said we will help people who are tyrannised and help them build the in the countryside there is none of that with trump. he is specifically saying we will let you get on with your business, he said when going

backin your business, he said when going back in saudi arabia and said it again to the un, we don't expect diverse countries to share our systems of belief in government. at the hands of speed in many ways but also a populist version of what he campaigned on common foreign policy. men were being forgotten and we will stand up forthem. men were being forgotten and we will stand up for them. you can't really say this is about a speed of american retreat, he once do work on different terms of the world? yes, i think there are plenty of people who say america pulling out of the paris accord and pulling out of tpp, signalled america in retreat and his vote rs signalled america in retreat and his voters at the end of the speech was interesting, he floated this idea that for many years, this people thought global organisations like the un, multinational treaties and big trade deals, were the best thing for people. that turned out not to be the case, he says, and for the american middle class and working class, that system did not work. if you think the global organisations, trade deals and multinational

treaties don't work, then you are talking about a foreign policy that is more isolationist and more nationalists. the glaring omission, particularly now with horrendous storms whipping across the caribbean, nothing about climate change. they are thinking of all those people hit by maria as we speak. just hit by irma and the devastation is terrible. there's a lot of confusion in the white house has over the weekend, we had various official saying things to eu officials and tweets out of the white sale are we in or out? are we prepared to renegotiate the paris climate accord? prepared to renegotiate the paris climate accord ? is prepared to renegotiate the paris climate accord? is when the president talks about america's sovereignty being —— under attack, he refers to multinational trade agreement grimace like nafta and dpp and the paris accord, we all know america can set its own terms and it's not under threat there. but the idea americans had a bad deal from things

like paris, and this year round negotiation, that is —— iran negotiations, that underpinned his ideals. that is where people will disagree. the europeans said americans who negotiated iran, said it with the best deal they could get. the big sticking point is not going to be north korea, people in that chamber will be pretty much on board with what donald trump said north korea probably don't agree that that country should be destroyed all kim jonny 0rr should be called rocket man, that is the way he talks. but when he comes to alarm, the idea of pulling out, he said this in the last couple of days, tantalisingly, wait and see what we were going to do on iran. thanks forjoining us. donald trump has made his maiden address to general secretary. he said make the

united nations great, and how he thinks that can be achieved. that see thinks that can be achieved. that see how the other nations of this body plan to do about it in the days and years to come. thank you. and thanks to katty kay as well. our latest headlines on bbc news. us president donald trump warns the united nations of the threat to the world from an ‘evil few‘ rogue nations — saying the us would "destroy" north korea if threatened by it. the caribbean is hit by another category five hurricane — causing widespread devastation as it strikes the island of dominica. foreign secretary borisjohnson says he is not going to resign, when asked about reports that he could quit before the weekend. and in sport, the final series of the england cricket season is underway at old trafford. chris gayle was dropped early on in the first 0di with england and the west

indies but he eventually went for 37. england just took the wicket of terry hope, and england are 133—3. rio ferdinand says he wants to fight for a title, the former defender is trying to get a professional boxing licence at the age of 38. and england lionesses start the world cup campaign with a qualifier against russia at night, overshadowing their preparation is the possibility of an investigation into manager mark sampson before the 0'connor, cleared of racism and bullying, but it now maybe reopened. i'm back with the stories in about 15 minutes time. another major hurricane is sweeping through the caribbean — just a fortnight after hurricane irma devastated some of the islands. the latest category five hurricane — maria — hit the island of dominica with winds of 160 miles per hour. it's now heading towards guadelope — where there's a communications

blackout — and also the british virgin islands. but first our correspondent jon donnison has the latest. a single hurricane is horrific enough. in the caribbean, the hurricanes just keep on coming. maria, the third in less than two weeks. the french island of guadalupe latest to ta ke french island of guadalupe latest to take a french island of guadalupe latest to takea pounding. in nearby martinique, people found themselves overwhelmed by floodwaters. by daybreak they were waking up to see the damage. the island of dominica also suffered. this unverified video was posted online as the hurricane hit and the lights went out. the church roof has blown in. my neighbour's roof, blown. maria also hit the island of dominica, where even the prime minister wasn't spared,

taken to social media to say that his roof had gone and his house was flooded. from space you can see the scale of the hurricane. it is now tracking north—east towards the british territories of antigua and barbuda, anguilla and the virgin islands. in the us virgin islands they haven't begun rebuilding after being flattened by hurricane irma. two weeks later they are bracing themselves again. there is not a leaf, every tree is bent. buildings, houses, businesses, everything devastated. we have paradise but this is what we have to go through. been here before, done it before and we'll do it again. it will stay fine, for one thing. 0n the island of saint thomas, tristan joseph already lost everything to irma. now he must face another battering from hurricane maria. yeah, that's what i'm preparing for now, again! the double—header.

these caribbean communities are going to need help. the british government's emergency cobra committee has already met. with maria, they will be keen to avoid a repeat of the accusations that they were too slow to respond to hurricane irma. hms 0cean, the navy's largest ship, will arrive in the caribbean carrying aid this weekend. it's been more than a decade since an atlantic hurricane season as devastating as this one. but it could still have some way to run. the season does not officially end until november. here's the latest satellite imagery. she is passing over montserrat continuing the journey over the caribbean. causing yet more

devastation maria have barely started cleaning—up after the devastation wreaked by hurricane irma. 0ur correspondentjeremy cooke is in the british virgin islands — which could be hit hard again tomorrow. these islands are now bracing themselves for a second powerful hurricane injust themselves for a second powerful hurricane in just two weeks. that was when hurricane murmur came through, causing all this devastation and it has been a race against time since then to making secui’e against time since then to making secure and safe before hurricane maria arrived. frankly, it is a race against time with simply could not be run thatis that is the extent of the damage. the fear is that any extent, the timber, the roof sheets, household items, could become potentially deadly ammunition for hurricane maria as it is picked up and swirled around at 100 miles an hour or more. people are hunted down the homes,

hoping for the best, but they know that the hours ahead going to extremely difficult. really not much to do now but wait for the storm to come. with me now is vincentjohn , he's the chairman of the dominica uk association and the dominica national development and disaster fund, which is based in east london. thanks forjoining us. we have heard that has already been some real devastation dominica, the prime minister had his roof ripped off as home. what do you know about the damage? there is apparently extensive damage to parts of the island. i was told that the national hospital was also lost its roof. we are concerned about the plight of the patients there. the greatest difficulty at the moment is lack of communication, the entire infrastructure has been damaged and we are very concerned infrastructure has been damaged and we are very concerned that it may well be a number of casualties. the

prime minister is doing the most to come to the outside world for assistance and i believe trinidad and tobago have announced they will send helicopters, if they are able to land in dominica. we are concerned about the extent of the hurricane passed by island having suffered from the tropical storm erika only two years ago, almost to the date. we are perturbed by the situation there. this is an island about 70,000 people? 72,000 or 73,000 people, is beautiful, called the nature island of the caribbean, and joe hart will —— hearts will lead to witness the effects of the hurricane as they experience the hurricane. i was told it was apparently stronger than previous hurricanes. such as hurricane david in 1979 and some

clip sent through what's up by people who have telephones at the time were simply shouting saying they have not seen such a thing in their lifetime. we are at the moment hoping that the casualties will be negligible, that the island will be able to provide very quickly, but they will need assistance and we meet this evening, the management board of the committee and the high commission, to consider a preparedness strategy and a response strategy, with the effect of assisting the island to the basic things, the prime minister has stated that everything that money can buy has been lost. you are asking for international help? we will meet international hub. for a small island to be so devastated by a massive hurricane, it will take a lot of investment, international capital investment, to get back. having suffered so massively in the last two years. you said what a

beautiful island it is, but we have heard people across the caribbean saying it is paradise but this is the price we pay for living in paradise, these hurricanes. do you feel that the hurricanes this year, this hurricane season, have perhaps been more ferocious than usual?|j think been more ferocious than usual?” think the only more ferocious, but also more regular. we have heard hurricanes in 1979, 1988, 2000 and 54 2000 and 2007, in 2015 and 2017, they are leaning towards mankind is having some effect on the conditions there. and volcanic situation in dominica, some of the problems we are experiencing seem comparison with the last century. ! it is a difficult

—— thank you, it is a difficult time fear, let's hope it is not as damaging as it seemed. we pray and hope. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said he's not considering resigning and is united behind the prime minister. that is despite the reports to the contrary. it comes as mrjohnson and theresa may are due to meet at theresa may is scheduled to make a speech on friday and some newspaper reports say that the foreign secretary will have no choice but to walk away if she proposes permanently paying for access to the eu's single market. it comes as mrjohnson and mrs may both attend the un general assembly meeting. the pm has accused him of "back—seat driving" over brexit. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith, who has more on this. could he go? boris johnson and his

aides have this afternoon and then desperately trying to douse down rumours and reports that up and swirling around westminster, suggesting that if mrs mayne gives too much ground in her crucial florence speech at the and at the weekend, dorisjohnson florence speech at the and at the weekend, doris johnson could florence speech at the and at the weekend, dorisjohnson could walk. not true, save those close to mr johnson, but the foreign secretary has already put down a marker and drawn a line in the sand it seems, by suggesting that he won't countenance any huge financial contribution during the transitional period. he is wary of a long time frame for transition. he is also thought to be uneasy at maybe the end deal could be similar to an arrangement that switzerland or norway have. and when he was tackled by reporters in new york through just come back from a jog, mr johnson was involved and i mowed,

—— denial mode, denying he privately thought there was no prospect of mrs may getting a deal. and also denying that there were tensions and disunity within the cabinet. this is what he told up. are you going to resign? no, no, of course not. we are working and the key thing is to make sure britain can take advantage of the opportunities that brexit provides. have you spoken to the prime minister? i've spoken often to the prime minister. what about today? have you seen how today? once you've had a shower? it's all going fine. it's all going very very well. his conduct has been criticised by the former chancellor kenneth clarke who condemned mrjohnson as an irreleva nt who condemned mrjohnson as an irrelevant nuisance. the attacked

his use of this £300 billion, £350 million figure that we might potentially be or to recoup from the eu as simplistic and if also. and you are just left wondering what is mrjohnson's next move? there was a view that just by simply drawing that line in the sand, as he may have curbed theresa may's freedom to offer something to other leaders in the speech, now the will it ever has shoulder, unable to make that offer which it was hoped to break the deadlock. then again, nagging in the back of her mind might be the fear that perhaps those reports are correct and boris johnson could possibly be considering resignation, even though he today has denied that. norman thank you. back to hurricane maria which is

sweeping through the caribbean just a fortnight after the last hurricane, irma, devastated some island. 0vernight, the latest category five storm hit the island of dominica with winds of up to 160 mph. the uk is helping with clearer and bracing itself for maria. john richards commander of task force and i’u ns richards commander of task force and runs from barbados. thanks for with us. runs from barbados. thanks for with us. how worried are you that hurricane maria is going to compound the damage we are of the leg have already seen in the british virgin islands? it is concerning. a particular problem in the british

virgin islands as the vegetation was also topped by irma, the drainage ditches were blocked by rubble and debris. that means the heavy rain which we expect to get this probably in the next 24 or 48 hours will create significant flooding problems and combined with what will be a storm surge as well, that is my greatest concern. a lot of people, we greatest concern. a lot of people, we have delivered as much shelter we can, buta we have delivered as much shelter we can, but a lot of people are still without really good quality shelter and in addition, those chloe a concern about sanitation and health. it —— there is clearly a concern about sanitation and health. give us a bit more detail about that, what sort of effo rts more detail about that, what sort of efforts have been been making to help those already hit by irma? straight after hurricane burner, we deployed off the ground quickly, we could stabilise what was a security

problem, looting, which were to stabilise quickly with joint patrolling. since then we have been very closely coordinating our effo rts very closely coordinating our efforts with international development, the foreign & commonwealth office, and most importantly with the local government agencies. we have been able to assist in providing support to distributing aid, distributing shelter kits, food and water. we have used special engineers to get generators up and running, water production plants. what are the continuing needs? what are the people need in the wake of the destruction? all those things that we destruction? all those things that we have started already, those needs will continue. most important thing we will continue. most important thing we will do after hurricane maria has been through is carry out a further needs assessment, making sure we

deliver the highest priorities, as we deliver the highest priorities, as we have got the forces repositioned and they will hunker down and we've got some aid which we are considering as well. the moment the hurricane passes through the needs assessment will be carried out, we will be able to respond immediately to resist anywhere we can, but we are very much driven by the requirements that are explained to us requirements that are explained to us by the local government processes there. briefly, where will you be offering help in the wake of this latest hurricane maria? 0ur our first 0urfirst priority will our first priority will be shelter. some of the shelters that will inevitably be damaged, we will have to replace. so we will deliver shelter as a priority. having spoken to people on the ground, my understanding is that they were able to stock up a lot of food beforehand. the supermarkets have been open, so i sense there will not been open, so i sense there will not be an immediate need for food and

water, but we will track that. we will also concentrate on hygiene and making sure we don't end up with disease spreading based on the problem with the flooding. as you can imagine, the flooding tends to flood the sewers, which can end up ina flood the sewers, which can end up in a dangerous situation. at the beginning of the destruction caused by hurricane, there was criticism of the british aid effort, people saying it was not quick enough and a lot of people saying it could have been a faster response. i know you are not a politician, but do you feel the response has speedy enough? i checked this very closely. we were tracking closely. with anguilla, we

came immediately after the hurricane had passed. symptoms and speed of response, my view is that we responded as quickly as possible. we will want to deploy on the thursday evening and we were on a plane friday morning. so in terms of the speed of response of the armed forces, i would refute the fact that we forces, i would refute the fact that we didn't do everything as quickly as we we didn't do everything as quickly as we could. good to talk to you and good luck. richard gerejohn rich, commander of the joint task force. —— brigadierjohn rich. let's look at the weather prospects here. yes, i will give you an update on hurricane maria in the next half—hour, but in the uk it has been a pleasant autumn day. we started off with a chill in the air, but a lot of sunshine in the afternoon.

there could be some rain in the evening in northern ireland. but most will stay dry. a strengthening breeze in scotland, but it is a south—westerly one, said temperatures are on the rise. not as chilly as it has it been two recent days. just a chill in the air for the early risers. western scotland, outbreaks of rain, on and off. much of eastern wales and a good part of england stays dry throughout. slightly milder air with us tomorrow. but the rain gradually spreading across other parts of england and wales. hello.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump warns the united nations of the threat from an "evil few" rogue nations, saying the us would "totally destroy" north korea if threatened. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. the united states is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. that is what the united nations is all about. the caribbean has been hit by another category 5 hurricane — maria. widespread damage has been reported on the island of dominica, before the storm moved toward the island of guadeloupe. the british virgin islands, still recovering from hurricane irma, are set to be hit tonight. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear "international scrutiny" of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis.

foreign minister borisjohnson says he is not going to resign when asked about reports that he could quit before the weekend. time for a check on the sport now. and the latest on whether rio ferdinand might become a boxer. yes, more on rio in a minute. summer has long since finished, but there's still one series to fit in on home soilfor england's cricketers before the season ends. old trafford is the venue for the first one day international against the west indies. the tourists won the toss and decided to bat first. chris gayle was eventually out for 37 after being dropped before he'd scored any of them. the west indies innings is a little precariously poised at the moment. they are 132—4 after 29 overs.

the england lionesses‘ world cup campaign starts this evening with a tough qualifier against russia at tranmere's prenton park. the preparations have been overshadowed by continuing scrutiny of mark sampson's conduct. chelsea's eni aluko lodged a complaint against him last year and an independent enquiry cleared him of racism and bullying earlier this year. fresh player statements may see the investigation re—opened, but sampson is trying to focus on the game tonight. it's going to be a tough group. russia are the second seeds, so on paper it will be the most difficult challenge for us. they will come here knowing that either a draw or victory puts them in a great place in the group, so we have to guard against that. we have looked at russia in depth. we will have to be at our best on tuesday to get the result we want. that match live on bbc two later, coverage starts at 6.30. kick off at seven. northern ireland's women take on the republic of ireland. that's on the red button and the bbc sport website. the former manchester united and england defender rio ferdinand

says he is targeting a title after making the decision to become a professional boxer. his move into the ring is being promoted by the bookmaker betfair, so there are some questions about his exact motivation, and he is yet to apply for a boxing licence. he'll be trained by the former world champion richie woodhall and is likely to fight at cruiserweight. he's 38 and retired from football in 2015. he also lost his wife to cancer in the same year. it's about how inspirational this can be for other people, that you can be for other people, that you can put your mind to something and achieve it. and it is hopefully something my children can feed off as well. you can'tjust live in your comfort zone. i want to be challenged, and this is a great way of doing that. i am not coming to this naively, thinking it will be a bed of roses. i know there will be dark places, physically and

mentally. that is the challenge. he isa mentally. that is the challenge. he is a proper athlete. he has been retired a number of years, but still looks in fantastic condition. at the end of the day, if it is something he is really serious about, because you can't play at boxing, it is a very different game to football, and if he is serious about it, good luck to him. it takes a lot of courage to get in the boxing ring, and if he is serious, he deserves it. britain's elinor barker has finished 19th in the women's individual time trial at the world championships in norway. barker wasjust under two minutes off the pace, having been hampered by a mechanical problem. britain's hannah barnes finished a little faster, just one minute 23 off the lead to take ninth. dutch rider annamiek van vleuten took the world title ahead of her compatriot. a little bit annoyed. i had a mechanical going up the hill, so it

messed with my head after that. i could go down the gears, but i couldn't go up, so it made bay hill oi' couldn't go up, so it made bay hill or difficult than it should have been. it could have been worse. i had to give us coming back down the hill. bbc sport understands that british bobsleigh is set to withdraw funding from its women's team — just five months before the winter olympics. britain's top driver, mica mcneill, says she's "gutted and shocked" to be told by bosses there was no money left to fund her team because of "an overspend". the british bobsleigh and skeleton association will continue to support three men's teams, but it is now uncertain whether team gb will be represented in the women's bobsleigh competition in pyeongchang. that's all the sport for now. the cricket is 139— for now for the we st the cricket is 139— for now for the west indies. police now say that the death toll in the grenfell tower fire injune may not be quite as high as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people had died in the fire.

detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and eight o'clock the following morning. it's now over three months since the g re nfell tower it's now over three months since the grenfell tower disaster, but still, the final death toll remains uncertain. today, police said they had reason to believe that the number of dead may be fewer than the officialfigure of 80. number of dead may be fewer than the official figure of 80. they are investigating eight cases of alleged fraud in which survivors may have falsely claimed they had lost relatives or property in the fire. progress in retrieving remains has also been better than expected, police said, and cctv footage showed 240 people had left the tower that night. the death toll has been a running sore in the grand for the great, as some survivors have accused the police of concealing the true figure. scotland yard also said today that they were considering a

wide range of charges against both individuals and corporations. everything from corporate manslaughter, manslaughter via gross negligence, all the way through to fraud, misconduct in a public office and obviously health and safety. there is nothing that is off the table. but i know for many people, it is going to feel like three months is a long time. for us, it is still so new and so until we have had an opportunity to look through that, i don't know if there are other offences that i have not spoken about. such individual convictions have long been part of victims‘ demands for justice. convictions have long been part of victims' demands for justice.” convictions have long been part of victims' demands forjustice. i want individuals charged, prosecuted and sent to prison. it's more than three months now, and you havejust had the latest update. do you think it is moving quickly enough? you feel like you have got enough from the services? as time goes on, you

understand the scale of everything and it would be wrong to want things done quickly. we want things done properly. just because there are lots of people with manpower and i’esou i’ces , lots of people with manpower and resources, that doesn‘t mean things will move quickly. i would prefer that they take their time so that it is done properly. officers also apologised as it emerged that four cases of theft were suspected of taking place while the tower was under 24 hour police guard. 0ne involving a considerable sum of money. the fire tookjust moments to reach its havoc on grenfell tower. at three months and counting, the pi’ocess at three months and counting, the process of justice will at three months and counting, the process ofjustice will be significantly slower. sir vince cable has urged liberal democrat members to take the party back to government. in his speech at their conference, he told activists that he wanted to cooperate with moderates in the conservative and labour parties in an attempt to keep britain in the european union. he

also repeated his calls for the public to have a say on the outcome of brexit negotiations in second referendum. at the end of these tortuous divorce negotiations, the british public must be given a vote on the outcome. let me be clear about this. this is not a call for a rerun. it is not a call for a second referendum on brexit. this is a call for a first referendum on the facts. when we know what brexit means, the people should get the choice. the government deal, or annex it from brexit. we know, of course, that our call will be presented by the brexit fundamentalists. we will be denounced as traitors and saboteurs. iam half denounced as traitors and saboteurs. i am half prepared for a spell in a cell with supreme court judges i am half prepared for a spell in a

cell with supreme courtjudges and gina millerand cell with supreme courtjudges and gina miller and cameron clark and the governors at the bbc. but if the definition of sabotage is fighting to protect british jobs and public services and the environment and civil liberties, then i am a proud saboteur. sir vince said he could lead the liberal democrats back to power by offering a mix of "hope and realism". he concluded his speech by saying he was optimistic for his party. 0nly only the liberal democrats have the ideas, the experience, the commitment to transform the fortunes of our country. an exit from brexit, a grown—up approach to the economy and bold ideas to strengthen our

society through the 21st century. i‘m ready to take our message out to the country, and i asked you to join me on thejourney the country, and i asked you to join me on the journey as we together ta ke me on the journey as we together take the liberal democrats back to government. a standing ovation for sir vince cable at the end of the liberal democrat conference. rochdale council has apologised to young people who were sexually and physically abused while they were in care. many of the assaults took place at two council schools over a period of almost 50 years. the council‘s chief executive said he couldn‘t turn the clock back, but he would make sure that it did its best to safeguard young people in the future. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first, the headlines: on bbc news: us president donald

trump warns the united nations of the threat to the world from an "evilfew" rogue nations — saying the us would "destroy" north korea if threatened by it. the caribbean is hit by another category 5 hurricane — causing widespread devastation as it strikes the island of dominica. foreign minister borisjohnson says he is not going to resign when asked about reports that he could quit before the weekend. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session... there‘s been a bit of a move up on the european markets. sterling started to rise again — it weakened yesterday after monday‘s comments from bank of england governor mark carney, who said any upcoming uk rate hikes would be gradual and limited. first, let‘s talk toys

because the american toy giant toys r us has filed for bankruptcy in the us and canada. once a dominant player in the us toy market, they have struggled against larger rivals like amazon. toys ‘r‘ us wants to use the bankruptcy process to restructure and make the company viable over the long term. the firm‘s european operations are not part of the bankruptcy proceedings and no immediate impact is expected on its uk stores. german dairy giant muller has announced a £100 million investment over three years in the uk — using milk from british cows to make a range of yogurts and desserts — it will mean doubling the size of the telford facility by 2020. and in the us, the federal reserve starts its meeting tonight — we aren‘t expecting them to raise

interest rates this time, but we will be listening out for any information on how they plan to reduce their balance sheet — the new phrase is quantitative tightening rather than quantitative easing — here to explain the difference is simon derrick, chief markets strategist at the bank of new york mellon. what is the difference? i mentioned quantitative tightening and quantitative tightening and quantitative easing. what is the difference and why should we care? you will remember those years both here in the us and the uk where we had what was known as quantitative easing. the central banks, the bank of england here and federal reserve in the us, where buying assets and pumping money into the system to help the economy going after the financial crisis. in the us, that lasted from 2009 until the end of 2014 and had a phenomenal effect, if

nothing else helping boost local markets. quantitative timing is the opposite. all those assets that the federal reserve has bought, and their balance sheet of $4.5 billion, they are going to start selling off a small portion of that. so the assets gets older back into the market and they remove money from the system. they have made it clear that they are going to be as careful and boring, to use their words, as possible. and of course, we have to see possible. and of course, we have to see carefully how markets react. if markets loved quantitative easing, will they react badly to quantitative tightening? we will have to watch to see how markets react. at the moment, the markets seem to be taking it well. let's talk about toys "r" us filing for ba n kru ptcy talk about toys "r" us filing for bankruptcy protection in the us and canada. just explain what protection that gives the company and explain

how they came to be in so much debt? they build a huge amount of debt, $5 billion. this protection gives them the opportunity to restructure that debt, to talk to the debtors and maybe make those payments over a longer period, maybe only pay a proportion of that money. it also allows them to keep the store is going. so they don‘t have to close. the problem is of course that the toy industry, like a lot of industries, has been changed massively over the last decade and online sales have proved a challenge. the argument is that now, with the rise of amazon and other retailers, the likes of toys "r" us are going to suffer. but they are not the only toy retailer to suffer. mattel has been struggling as well. the question is, is this simply about online or is it something deeper about the toy industry changing? 0r

deeper about the toy industry changing? or maybe it is an early warning system that the global economy warning system that the global economy may be slowing a bit and the demand is not there any more. use this week of a big investment from muller in the uk, £100 million. how significant is this? well, it is in pa rt significant is this? well, it is in part a reflection that the uk economy part a reflection that the uk economy has done better than many expected over the last 12 months, but there may be another factor here. it could be as simple as the fa ct here. it could be as simple as the fact that the pound is very cheap on a global scale, certainly against a range of currencies, especially the euro. maybe companies like muller are simply going, that looks like a cheap opportunity to make a good investment. simon, thank you for your time. before we go, let‘s check on how the

rest of the markets are getting on. the us interest rate decision is due out at 7:30pm tomorrow. also tomorrow, we have the results for inditex, the spanish owner of the high street fashion retailers are. inditex has consistently outperformed rivals in the past few years winning on online growth and fast—fashion — getting trends from the runway into stores within days — so it‘ll be interesting to see what their figures look like tomorrow. that‘s all from me, there is a roundup of all the other top business stories on our website — bbc.co.uk/business. we are hearing of the british government has suspended and the

burmese military. the decision has been taken in the light of the growing violence in rough kind state and the humanitarian crisis and the concern about human rights abuses taking place. that is the british military suspending a £300,000 a year assistance programme to the military in myanmar, formerly burma. as we‘ve been reporting, myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has insisted her government has made every effort to bring peace to rakhine state — where hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims have been driven from their homes. she‘s been under international pressure to stop the military crackdown which began in response to attacks by rohingya militant groups. in geneva, the head of the un fact finding mission on myanmar says his team has received widespread allegations of mass killings, which they intend to investigate. the exodus of the rohingya continues. a treacherous escape from burnt out villages and savage assaults. more than 400,000 have fled myanmar in under a month.

its leader, aung san suu kyi, pushed back at the swell of international condemnation of her government and military. action will be taken against all peoples, regardless of their religion, race or political position, who go against the laws of the land and who violate human rights. aung san suu kyi‘s star has fallen fast. the newly elected leader was once the darling of the west, feted after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country‘s military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. "it‘s not because of the soldiers", he says.

"the rohingya are lying on purpose." "in fact, our people," he said, "are the ones facing ethnic cleansing." "the rohingya were the ones who started attacking the security forces." aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages has stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight, well after she said it had finished. human rights campaigners are critical. at times, it was a mixture of untruths and victim blaming. i think for us, really, it seemed like an attempt to downplay the situation when we have people across the board

in bangladesh who are documenting the most horrific abuses as part of this campaign of ethnic cleansing. for the refugees, a question. are they safe to go back? are they welcome? on this, from aung san suu kyi, they heard nothing. jonny dymond, bbc news. now let‘s check out the latest weather prospects. a fine autumn day across the uk today. it started off with a chill in the air and mist and fog around. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. the nights have been told of late. but is becoming less chilly over the next few nights, thanks to this area of cloud which is pushing in. as well, we finish the day with clear skies. that will lead to temperatures initially dipping. but

through the night, temperatures in the west will lift. it does mean a bit more rain in northern ireland by the end of the night. also western scotland. still a bit chilly towards the east, but the mild areas on its way. much warmer than we have been used to of late. where you have the sunshine and the cloud, it will be a different feeling day. a few spots of rain in scotland can‘t be ruled out to begin with. by the end of the afternoon, west wales and cornwall could see some of that as well. but the bulk of the day will be dry. a bit cool where you have the wind and rain. the wind and rain stay in

scotla nd rain. the wind and rain stay in scotland as we go overnight and into thursday morning. another mild start to thursday, but this dividing line of rain from south—west england and wales into eastern scotland, is nudging eastwards. western scotland will have a much better day compared with tomorrow. that whole way and will gradually clear northwards and eastwards as we go into friday. friday should be a fine day for most. a quick maria update for you — still a category five storm. it has pushed its way to the east of dominica, but its way to the east of dominica, but it will maintain its strength. it is heading for the us virgin islands and puerto rico. torrential rain

could affect the virgin islands as we could affect the virgin islands as we head through wednesday into thursday, all of which is not needed at the moment. a full update coming up at the moment. a full update coming up in the next hour. a blunt warning from president trump at the un to ‘rogue nations‘. in his first address, the president said the us would "destroy" north korea if threatened. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself, and for his regime. the united states is ready, willing and able. we‘ll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... the second major storm to hit the caribbean this month, hurricane maria has caused massive destruction on the island of dominica. it can really happen again, we just

hope and pray that this maria, this