tv World News Today BBC News September 23, 2017 9:00pm-9:31pm BST
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this is bbc world news today. i'm alpa patel. our top stories... north korea's foreign minister launches a blistering attack on president trump at the united nations. he'd tried to insult the supreme divinity of my country by referring to it as a rocket. by doing so, he committed an irreversible mistake. it comes as iran test fires a medium—range missile days after a warning from the united states. rescuers in mexico are forced to suspend their search effort temporarily after the country is hit by another earthquake. and manchester city thrash crystal palace 5—0. hello and welcome
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to world news today. north korea's foreign minister has launched a fresh verbal attack on president trump. ri yong—ho called president trump "a mentally deranged person — full of megalomania". he made the speech at the united nations — saying that mr trump's threat to destroy his country had made a rocket assault on the united states "all the more inevitable". all this comes as us bombers flew off the coast of north korea. here's a little of what the foreign minister had to say. translation: due to his lacking of basic common knowledge, and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme divinity of my country by referring it to a rocket.
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by doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets‘ visit to the entire us mainland inevitable all the more. none other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. let's get reaction from our north america correspondent david willis is in washington. i suppose the main question is has there been reaction from washington? not so far, but it is a worrying speech from the north korean foreign minister. to a gathering of world leaders. anybody expecting a emollient speech
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disappointed. his third addressed to the assembly, putting forward the possibility north korea could be totally destroyed if it continues to threaten the united states or indeed its allies. the foreign minister in north korea in his speech basically saying those barbs had insulted his country's leader. it was the reference to rocket man on a suicide mission that appears to have particularly stunned the north korean leader and the foreign minister said as a result of those remarks, the chances of a rocket attack on the us mainland were now almost inevitable, as he put it. he went on to criticise the un for imposing sanctions on north korea and to attempt to portray north korea as the victim of international bullying. as far as president
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trump's remarks are concerned, there are reports that several of his aides had warned against personalising the attacks on north korea at kim jong—un and that is of course advise the president ultimately decided not to heed. all of this comes as we get reports that us bombers have flown close to the coast of north korea. do you think the speech and this event are connected? according to the pentagon that was an exercise carried out in order to press the point home that the united states and donald trump in particular has a range of military options at his disposal should it come to it as far as north korea is concerned and they flew as far north as they have flown off the north korean coastline today. us bombers from guam accompanied by
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jets from japan, the us base there. it is intended to send a message to the north korean leadership the united states will not tolerate what the pentagon called its reckless actions in the event, because of the firing and testing of these weapons. david willis, thank you. well let's turn to events in iran, which has successfully tested a new ballistic missile. the test suggests the weapon can carry several warheads — it comes days after president trump attacked the country's missile programme in his speech at the united nations. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has more. a show of power from tehran. a missile launched as a message to the americans. this was state—run television in iran broadcasting what it says was the successful test of the newly developed missile with a range of 2000 kilometres.
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the launch came just days after president trump attacked iran at the united nations for destabilising the middle east and condemned its missile programme. he again threatened to abandon an historic nuclear deal painstakingly negotiated over many years. we cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilising activities while building dangerous missiles and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear programme. iran insists its missile programme does not contravene the nuclear agreement. the iranian president says his people are now waiting for an apology from mr trump. in defiance of mr trump came this display on friday at which the new missile was proudly unveiled. translation: like it or not, we will increase our deterrents
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and defence power in any form we deem necessary. in addition to upgrading the missile systems, we will also strengthen our naval ground and air forces. iran's missile programme is in the hands of hard liners and they it seems are only being strengthened by the rhetoric from washington. there seems to be a much broader consensus on the need to develop the missile tests as a deterrent, because they feel there might be a threat coming, especially from the united states with regard to the possibility of regime change. there has been no response from the americans so far to the latest iranian missile launch, but there is little doubt that the belligerent tone coming from both countries will ratchet up tensions. just as in north korea, iran is trying to show that it will not be pushed around. caroline hawley, bbc news. i have been speaking to
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ben—arm ben—taleblu — an iran analyst at the conservative think—tank the foundation for defence of democracies. i asked him whether he thought president trump's un speech had motivated the missile launch. while it may be tempting to read too much in iran's medium—range likely nuclear capable test, it is more likely the test came as part of what is the sacred defence week that commemorates the 1980—1988 iran— iraq war that spurred them to produce a domestic ballistic missile capability. last year during this week, iranian officials tested a single stage solid fuelled ballistic missile so it is likely they are using the week to parade you systems. we are entering dangerous times with north korea and its
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test—firing of missiles as well. what can be done to bring iran in? how one treats pyongyang and tehran is important because both have had a long—standing relationship, particularly in the missile domain and taking a firm line against one will aid and taking a firm line against one willaid in and taking a firm line against one will aid in negotiations with the other. with respect to iran, the minimum the us should look to do is enforce the nuclear deal and that the maximum renegotiate some of the more problematic clauses. iran says it insists that these launches and its increase of military power is to deterrent only. do you think there is something in that? there is a deterrent logic behind iran's programme and iran is animated by deterrents. it allows iran to engage
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in new military tools such as coercion so deterrence through ballistic missiles may allow them to be more aggressive in the region so while it might deter an attack on its home land, it might be emboldened to spread its tentacles across the region. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. jean—luc melenchon are marching through the streets of paris. they are demonstrating against president macron‘s labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. parliamentary elections in new zealand have left the national party led by the prime minister bill english just short of a majority. both the national and labour parties are now making coalition overtures to the smaller nationalist new zealand first party. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has defended the decision
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not to renew the licence for the taxi—app uber. mr khan said he had sympathy with uber drivers and customers but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. more than half a million people have signed a petition to reverse the decision. there's been another strong earthquake in mexico. the latest had a magnitude of 6.1. its epicentre was close to the town of matios romero in the south—western state of oaxaca. the tremors were felt in mexico city where the rescue effort from massive quake that killed nearly 300 people was temporarily suspended. the bbc's juan paullier is in the mexican capital and has been telling me about the impact of the latest quake there here it swayed buildings and set off a seismic alarm. many people ran
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onto the streets and two people died of heart attacks as they tried to evacuate their homes. this is a country traumatised already and after today's tremor, it is more in panic and shock. rescue operations to free survivors from tuesday's quake were temporarily suspended to make sure it was safe to operate there. hope is fading that more survivors can be rescued from under the rubble. the mood in the capital and across mexico is one of anguish. there is a lot of tension because many relatives are closely following the rescue efforts. dozens of people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. we heard of heavy rainfall hampering the rescue effort. what has the weather condition been like their? rain is forecast this
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afternoon, which is a problem for rescuers that are already risking their lives working in a dangerous situation. if the rain is too heavy, as it is normally in mexico city, they may have to suspend temporarily again the rescue efforts. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. we report from the caribbean where uk troops are in the british virgin islands helping clean up after hurricane maria. concorde had broken the record by six minutes. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines.
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north korea's foreign minister defiantly tells the un that sanctions would not force his country to change its nuclear policy. and he launches an attack on president trump. iran defies america by test—firing a new medium—range missile, days after a warning from donald trump. hurricane maria — and the heavy rain that followed — are continuing to wreak havoc in puerto rico. thousands of people have been asked to leave the area near a dam showing signs of weekeness. showing signs of weekness. showing signs of weakness. the dam began flooding a nearby river on friday. 13 people have died so far in puerto rico since the storm hit the island. and nearby in the british virgin islands, britain's biggest warship has arrived to give support for those affected by the recent hurricanes. more than 2000 uk military personnel are working on the relief effort asjeremy cooke reports. into the disaster zone, hms 0cean off the british virgin islands, straight to work delivering aid
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where it is desperately needed. for the flight crews, a first look at this hurricane—shattered landscape — almost every building damaged, widespread devastation. already 0cean‘s landing craft are heading to the main island. tortola. the navy's working parties on the ground getting stuck in. hot, humid conditions, stinking, stagnant water. welcome to the caribbean. on board ship, there are 60 tonnes of essential cargo and with nine helicopters, the means of delivery. we've arrived with a stack of building material, we've got timber, plumbing materials, hacksaws, chainsaws, but very importantly we have a lot of professional personnel who are highly skilled in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. it is an urgent mission.
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the flight deck has been open for business since the moment hms 0cean arrived. she has been steaming at full speed for two weeks, everyone on board now ready to go to work. the priority is to improve shelter. everyone knows the hurricane season is not over yet. of course it is notjust about the british aid effort here. the scale of destruction across these islands is so immense, that to get things better will take a superhuman effort by the islanders themselves. they are getting on with the task, but they know it will take months or years to get this job done. most here are delighted that hms 0cean has arrived but they also know there must be self—help. we don't sit back and relax. when things happen, we act. we get straight to it. as you can see, after a hurricane, we go straight to work. we don't wait for help, we start things ourselves. those leading the uk mission say the arrival of hms ocean is a came changer. the relief effort will gain pace but for these islands to recover will be a greater task still and they will look to the uk
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for long—term strategic support. jeremy cooke, bbc news, on the british virgin islands. germans are going to the polls on sunday to elect a new parliament. it's widely expected that chancellor merkel‘s cdu will retain its majority. polls suggest that six parties will be represented in the new bundestag, one of which is the first right—wing nationalist party to enter parliament since the second world war. the bbc‘s ros atkins went to a working class district in berlin to gauge the mood. this is in the east of berlin. it
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has more lower income families than much of the city. last year in local elections the two most popular parties were one that has its roots in the communist party of east germany, and the right wing nationalist alternative for germany. the main message islam does not belong in germany which seeks to address the number one concern of voters, immigration and integration. second on the list is social inequality. one might think the germans are well off and it is true to an extent that the economy is doing well. the unemployment rate is decreasing. nevertheless social inequality is not decreasing, so there is a rise in poverty. many here did not want to talk but those who did repeatedly told us they feel the main parties are not looking out
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for them. translation: my political views are to the left, definitely not afd. they are awful. in my opinion the left have good principles. they are awful. in my opinion the left have good principleslj they are awful. in my opinion the left have good principles. i am not even going to vote. it is nonsense. nothing will be any different. definitely not the right wing, but also not the christian democrats nor the social democrats, nor the left. i think it will be a gut decision who i vote for. the left arm about social justice for all. the christian democrats and the rest are for big business and in the east we have smaller businesses. we must look after the little people, not just the rich. the main parties have ruled out any coalition with the afd. many germans agree with that. but in doing so it allows the afd to
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portray the christian democrats and social democrats as interchangeable and delete with no interest in listening to the concerns of some germans. time for a round—up of the sport. let's start with manchester city, who have scored another five goals today against crystal palace. that's 16 goals in their last three premier league games without reply, which puts city top of the premier league on goal difference. city didn't get their first goal untiljust before half time. leroy sane the one to break the deadlock. two for sterling, plus aguero and delph, made it an impressive 5—0 win against the bottom club, who still haven't scored in the league all season. the first five, ten minutes we created two or three chances and after that we were not good. the ball should be moved and we did not move it.
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it has to be moved. in the last ten minutes of the first half, we started again to play well and it helped us score the first. in the second half, we were in the level of our last weeks. manchester united are keeping pace with their city rivals at the top of the table. a tougher afternoon for them at southampton, but another three points. romelu lu ka ku's 12th goal for club and country this season proved decisive. here are all the day's premier league results. spurs won the london derby at west ham 3—2. wins also for everton, chelsea and watford. burnley against huddersfield ended goalless. in spain, there were wins for both madrid clubs — while malaga and athletic bilbao shared a three—all draw. barcelona are currently 3—0 up away at girona. dutch champion chantal blaak produced
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a remarkable performance to win the world cycling road race championships in norway. she wasn't expected to beat her more illustrious team mates, including olympic champion anna van de breggen, especially after she was caught up in this crash. but she fought back to win by 28 seconds. hannah barnes was britain's highest placed rider in 14th place, with dani king 20th. jason day has given himself a good chance of winning the fedex title. he is currently tied second at eight under, one shot ahead of one of his big rivals, the us pga champion justin thomas. the winner will receive a $10 million bonus. and any of the players in the event can theoretically win a massive pay cheque but only the top five in the standings are assured of doing so if they win in atlanta. britain could have another boxing world champion in the next few in the next few hours.
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hughie fury — the cousin of tyson — is aiming to claim the wbo heavyweight belt. furious 23 years old and has numerous injuries and setbacks and illnesses. it is the biggest day in my life. i have been preparing for this moment all my life. it is what i have always wanted. i always said i will be world champion. this moment has been a long time coming. iam more moment has been a long time coming. i am more than ready for it. i will grab it with both hands. us president donald trump says he is withdrawing a white house invitation to the golden state warriors, after star player steph curry voiced misgivings about attending a reception there. it's commonplace in american sport for championship winners to be invited to meet the president. on twitter, trump wrote, "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" it was not immediately clear if the white house had formally
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extended an invitation to the warriors to attend the reception. that is all the sport. jones, thank you. prince harry has met melania trump in toronto ahead of opening of the third invictus games. founded by prince harry, the games is an international multi—sport event open to all wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and veterans. 550 men and women will be taking part, representing 17 nations. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @alpapatel goodbye for now. it was a mild day with temperatures
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as high as 21 celsius. what varied was the amount of cloud. cloudy skies in cumbria earlier. notjust cumbria have that cloud. it was cloudy across the north of england and parts of scotland and northern ireland with the best of the sunshine further south. in the sunshine further south. in the sunshine at times pretty glorious. the early morning mist clearing. we have this weather front pushing eastwards. running into high—pressure across scandinavia and that makes the front slow—moving, making little progress. 0vernight, we will see rain in northern ireland and by the end of the night it will be damp in west scotland. rain and drizzle possible in wales in
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south—west england. the winds from a southerly direction. it will be mild, even in the countryside it does not get cold. a mild start on sunday with cloud making the sunshine hazy. we will have thicker cloud and the weather front threatening. 0utbreaks cloud and the weather front threatening. 0utbrea ks of cloud and the weather front threatening. outbreaks of rain across the western side from time to time. it might get into central parts of scotland but probably not in the east where there will be sunny spells. it should brighten up in northern ireland in the afternoon. it will leave wales and south—west england with cloud and patches of rain or drizzle. in the midlands and eastern counties of england, hazy sunshine. it could get warmer and temperatures may reach 23 in the warmest spots. through sunday night, the weather front pushes rain across parts of great britain. next week, a lot of dry weather. cloudy
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with sunny spells. staying on the warm side. starting off the day on monday fog in northern ireland to watch out for and the remnants of the weather front bringing cloud and rain two parts of scotland, the west of england and wales. brightening up through the afternoon. northern ireland also seeing sunshine. the headlines. north korea? foreign minister has addressed the united nations saying that president trump would pay dearly for his verbal attack on his country. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 1200 miles. the labour leader jeremy corbyn is telling delegates gathering for the party annual conference in brighton that they are ina conference in brighton that they are in a moment of great change. and siddique khan has defended transport for london's decision not to renew the licence of the at uber. it comes
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