aig this is bbc news. aig i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm: north korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile according to the south korean military, raising tensions again in the region. president trump is due to make remarks to white house reporters. we'll bring you the latest. the pope avoids any mention of the rohingya on a visit to myanmar, despite previously describing their treatment as religious persecution. more royal good wishes for prince harry and meghan markle, who will marry at st george's chapel in windsor in may next year. william and i are absolutely thrilled. it's such exciting news. it's a really happy time for any couple. we wish them all the best and hope they enjoy this happy moment. the vice—chancellor of bath university — widely criticised for a salary package of nearly £500,000 a year — is to retire from the post. also in the next hour — a pledge to cut the number of deaths and serious injuries during childbirth. the health secretary says the nhs in

england must do better at learning from its mistakes. and the extra terrestrial bin lorry catching old bits of satellite and rockets that are filling up outer space. good evening and welcome to bbc news. reports from south korea say pyongyang has fired a ballistic missile. reports from the japanese government estimate for 50 minutes before landed in their exclusive economic zone. north korea has test fired several missiles this year, as tensions increase over its nuclear programme. the last such test was about two months ago. the white house says that president trump was briefed about the missile whilst it was still in the air. the former us secretary of defence, william cohen, has been reacting to the missile launch.

it doesn't surprise me. it seems that kimjong it doesn't surprise me. it seems that kim jong un it doesn't surprise me. it seems that kimjong un is going to continue to do what he's been doing u nless continue to do what he's been doing unless he's stopped. the only way i think he can be stopped, without a military solution, is if the chinese government really shuts down his ability to survive economically. absent of a willingness to do that we will continue to see him test and test until he's satisfied he has a capability of reaching the united states with a nuclear warhead. so we are where we are now. it seems that nothing much has changed since the president went to visit the chinese president went to visit the chinese president and got the red carpet, so to speak, rolled out for him, but little in the way of substance seems to have come out of that in the terms of getting control and sending the signal to the north koreans saying that their testing is no

longer accepted by the chinese. i don't think they're willing to do that. as a result, we will see more and more testing by the north koreans. john everard was british ambassador to north korea between 2006 and 2008. hejoins me on webcam from south west london. thanks very much for being with us again here on bbc news. it is a regular thing that we have had these insta nces, regular thing that we have had these instances, these tests before. the interesting question is: why they've stopped for a couple of months as well as why they might have restarted now? yes, it's an interesting question. maybe they we re interesting question. maybe they were simply not technically ready for a further test. maybe it's the usual winter pause. historically north korea has tested fewer missiles in winter months than in the summer, possibly because they've got their troops on other duties, possibly because of climate. we simply don't know. i don't think we should read a great deal into this pause. it's clearly wasn't intended

to signal a freeze to the united states. and as your contributor was saying earlier, they said earlier that they are going to go on testing, so they have. and it is, we're told at least by the pentagon, a missile launch that travelled about a thousand kilometres before it hit the sea ofjapan. about a thousand kilometres before it hit the sea of japan. they're stressing that it still isn't a missile that was capable of reaching any part of the united states, whether it's main territories or any of the islands scattered around it, particularly to the west. in a sense, i suppose, we should be glad that the progress of north korea's programme hasn't advanced any further. the big question though is what can be done to intercede this? that is the question. almost everything has been tried, sanctions, thinly veiled threats of force and, of course, appeals to all of north korea's few remaining friends. but today's launch shows that for all that, they are intending to go ahead, to press

ahead with testing, to perfect their weapons as they promised and their aim, as they've said, is to be able to deliver reliably a nuclear weapon to deliver reliably a nuclear weapon to the united states. for all the rhetoric between president trump and kimjong un, the north korean leader, there were suggestions from rex tillerson that there were some kind of contacts at a lower level between the us and north korea. do you think there are prospects for the kinds of talks, if not negotiations we've seen in the past, recommencing? no. not in the near future at least. the north koreans have said repeatedly and at the highest level they are not prepared to negotiate on their nuclear programme. that doesn't, of course, exclude the possibility of talks about other issues, but that is clearly not what the americans want. now of all times, after the most

recent exchange of vitriol, i really down they are in any mood to talk. britain's ambassador from 2006 to 2008 in pyongyang, thank you very much forjoining us. let's cross to the us state department to our correspondent barbara plett usher. what reaction has there been there to this news? the reaction isjust coming in now. not very much at the moment. we are expecting a statement from president trump shortly. but what we've heard from the pentagon is that they have news or they detected what they think is a probable missile launch. they are analysing that together with their south korean allies. we know from the white house that mr trump was told about the suspected missile launch while it was still in the air. he's at congress today dealing with tax reform and the like today. the information is out there, but a definitive response we haven't

received yet. we were hearing on beyond 100 days, they pointed out that one of the place where's there is currently no us ambassador is seoul, which might surprise people given how important the issues on the korean peninsula are. what's the state department's view of this? the korean peninsula are. what's the state department's view of thi57m terms of the ambassador, that's a broader issue as far as staffing goes through the state department. it's been very slow filling in these political appointees for a number of reasons. across the administration, but in the state department particularly, partly because the ones that mr tillerson wants to pick, the white house doesn't want to accept. that isn't the only reason. i heard a name a while back, but i guess that didn't go through. they have to be approved by congress. that is going slowly. in terms of the state department's focus on north korea, mr tillerson has spent a lot of his time dealing with the issue. he is using career diplomats, not political appointees,

who are in their positions who know a lot about that. he's been putting them up front as well. he has been quite diligently pursuing his strategy, which he called maximum pressure, to try to get countries to stop any source of funding to the north koreans, which could be used for their weapons programme. that's beyond the un sanctions. so about a month ago, we were told by the state department that 20 countries had taken department that 20 countries had ta ke n ste ps department that 20 countries had taken steps in that regard, sending ambassadors home, north korean workers home, cutting off finances and so on. that is something that the state department and administration has achieved a certain amount of success. the overall objective is to have those talks with the north koreans about denuke larisation. your guest was saying that is unlikely to happen because pyongyang hasn't shown interest in talks based on the idea of giving up its weapons. thanks so much for that update. we are expecting remarks from

president trump coming from the white house in the next few minutes. as soon as we get them, we will bring them to you here on bbc news. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered the pope has used a speech in myanmar to appeal for all ethnic groups in the country to be respected, but he avoided any direct mention of the plight of the minority rohingya population. more than half a million rohingyas have fled rankine state to escape mass killings by the country's security forces. the pope met myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, who, in her own speech, insisted that her government wanted to make the country's ethnic diversity its strength. reeta chakrabarti is at the kutupalong refugee camp in bangladesh, home to hundreds of thousands of rohingyas, half of them children. people here do look to world leaders

to highlight their plight. there will have been expectations of pope francis on his first visit to myanmar. in particular whether he would refer directly to the rohingas by name. it's been a highly sensitive visit and we'll have more on that in a moment. first, here in the camps, i've been following one young family on theirjourney through different points of the refugee camp. waiting at the border in bangladesh, 600 refugees who've crossed from myanmar. they're 600 refugees who've crossed from myanmar. they‘ re held 600 refugees who've crossed from myanmar. they're held here for two days before being allowed in. they're exhausted days before being allowed in. they‘ re exhausted and days before being allowed in. they're exhausted and anxious. among them we found 18—year—old rabia and her two nieces, one is nine years

old and the other four years old. they said they escaped after the army and local buddhists attacked their village. her parents were killed. the little girls' mother was also killed. they don't know what's happened to their father. they've been walking for 25 days. translation: people gave us food. i just brought the two children. i didn't bring anything to cook with. she says she's determined to keep the children with her although it may be difficult. a week later, we find them in the un transit camp where vulnerable people are looked after. umi has left to get the food rations. hello. how are they getting on? this is where you live. you don't have much, do you? psychologists say little nuir is

severely traumatised by her experiences. she never speaks to any adult. almost everybody that you meet in this camp say they've seen some terrible things. this group has been set up to help people deal with their experiences. it's run by a psychologist. all the women here have lost their husbands in the violence in myanmar. they're grateful for her counselling. she says mahmouda asks about their lives, they talk to each other about the bad and the good that's happened to them. herfriend hamida echoes that saying the sessions make her feel happy and they're thankful. people come from all over the camp for help. she works with them to rebuild their lives. it really works imaginically. in my session,

normally i say a few words, that is like you are here, now you are safe and secure. are you not alone. we are with you. so acknowledge your life as you are alive, because you had to go through many stories and experience, but finally you are here and you are safe. we knew the three girls we met earlier were safe. but it had been four days and they'd moved on. we found them with a group of people from their village, waiting to be registered in a more permanent camp. translation: i hope for a good life. i will never let the children go. i will never go anywhere. i will never leave their side. aid workers told us leave their side. aid workers told us the girls will get child protection because they have no pa rents protection because they have no parents and they'll be placed with the others from their community. rabia, umi and nuir are

the others from their community. rabia, umi and nuirare being the others from their community. rabia, umi and nuir are being looked after. they will take a long time to recover from the trauma they've experienced. a flavour there of what some of the camps young inhabitants have had to endure. well back now to the pope's visit to myanmar. 0ur religious affairs correspondent has been travelling with the pope and he's just sent this report. 0n the lush grounds of myanmar‘s presidential palace, a military band announces the arrival of pope francis. the rich pageantry a world away from the terror felt by more than 600,000 rohingya muslims who have fled into bangladesh in what the united nations calls text book

ethnic cleansing. today the pope met with the de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, with human rights organisations urging him to name the rohingya has victims despite myanmar not recognising them as citizens. myanmar‘s civilian leader, who shares power with the army, spoke first, acknowledging the focus on rakhine, where rohingya have lived for generations. as we address long standing issues, the support of our people and of good friends who only wish to see us succeed in our endeavours has been invaluable. aung san suu kyi chose to say little about the crisis. expectations then shifted to pope francis. translation: the future of myanmar must be peace, based on respect for the dignity and right of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity. none excluded. pope francis praised the

united nations, but he did not refer to the un's accusation that myanmar has engaged in ethnic cleansing. and while he said the future of this nation must include all people, regardless of their race and religion, he did not use the word "rohingya". those working with rohingya refugees say the pope surrendered his moral authority by not offering an explicit criticism. but many in a country that's 75% buddhist were relieved he didn't mention the rohingya by name. translation: it was wise of him not to use the word. the world is hearing the wrong message. the pope may have been mindful of potential repercussions for another religious minority. christians make upjust repercussions for another religious minority. christians make up just 6% of the population here, and many have travelled to take part in a special mass where pope francis will

preside tomorrow. while world leaders attempt in their way to find some resolution to this crisis, here on the ground, conditions remain desperately sad. what's really needed is more food aid, clean water and proper shelter. we're going to be hearing the view from the rohingya, the uk's representative for that organisation, in the course of this next hour. prince harry will marry his fiancee meghan markle next may in st george's chapel, windsor castle. buckingham palace has released more details of the couple's wedding plans and says that ms markle will become a british citizen. as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports, the palace has also confirmed the royal family will cover the cost of the wedding and the reception. they have in the words of their spokesman been overwhelmed by the amount of the support they received from britain and other parts of the world of the news of their engagement,

now, harry and megan are starting to organise the wedding, leading the... process for all aspects of the ceremony themselves, according to their officials. as they do so, other members of the royal family have been expressing their happiness at the news of their engagement. william and i are absolutely thrilled at such exciting news, it is a happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best and they enjoyed this moment. america's loss is our gain. we're all absolutely delighted. as you can see, they're so happy. sometimes, you know, in a climate where we're surrounded by a lot of bad news, it's a realjoy to have a bit of good news for once. the first big decision in terms of the wedding planning is the venue. it will take place inside windsor castle in the historic saint george's chapel. the month on the invitations will be made, a precise —— may, a precise date has still to be decided. the 15th severnery

chapel, festooned by the banners of the knights of the garter, is where harry was christianed the disadvantage is its size. it can seat only 800 guests, half the capacity of westminster abbey. it is a more intimate setting, it is where —— the prince of wales and the duchess of call was blessed in 2005 after their wedding in a reg trioffice. the reaction in the town was predictably positive. absolutely amazing. we're so excited about it. that's fantastic. really nice. it will be good for windsor as well. really good. i live locally, it will be nice to have such a fabulous event in the local area. aside from wedding preparations, meghan will be applying for british citizenship, as she made clear in yesterday's interview. she wants to get to know britain better. i think in these beginning few months and now being boots on the ground in the uk, i'm excited to just really get to know more about the different communities

here, smaller organisations working on the same causes that i've always been passionate about. that process of getting to know her new country will start this friday in nottingham. the city will witness the first official engagement of the new royal team prince harry and meghan markle. with me in the studio is ingrid seward, editor of majesty magazine and royal biographer. lovely to have you with us again. this is a week that a lot of people had been waiting to begin. you, as a journalist who's covered this in detail over many years, what do you make of this match? i think that she isa make of this match? i think that she is a very forceful lady. i think that's probably what harry needs. i think they could be absolutely dynamite couple together. they obviously have great ambition to go out there and do their own thing. i

think what she's going to find a little bit harder is she can'tjust decide i'm going to go there, i'm going to do it. i want to make the world a better place. she has to remember she's part of the family firm. they all take place and there are different precedents and they all have their own charity things. you can't step on the toes of another member of the family. it's quite complicated. certain amount of negotiation i suppose will be involved. she's a lot of personal charisma that came across. how difficult will she find the adjustment, given the different background and experiences she has in life, not least her own career, from some of the other new arrivals in the royal family, from some of the other new arrivals in the royalfamily, one from some of the other new arrivals in the royal family, one thinks of kate. i think she will find it difficult. harry is going to help her every step of the way. for instance, she's a california girl. she's used to walking down the street, holding a cup of coffee, saying what she thinks, giving a political opinion, being out there. she's suddenly going to find that she can't say all these things any more. is there a risk that they're

going to overshadow the duke and duchess of cambridge in terms of public attention or media attention? i think that probably the duke and duchess of cambridge would be thrilled just tore a little bit to be able to take a back seat. especially as katherine's had so many difficulties during her pregnancy. she's going to have a very young family of three. i think that the fact that harry and meghan will take a bit of the limelight, they'd be pleased pl. you were amongst the journalists trying to whistle information out of the royal household earlier today. what was the kind of mood of that meeting? how are they reacting to this? the royal household, as always, they say as little as they can. there were pretty inan questions asked. give me an example. i can't think now. asking about meghan's dogs you know. any how, itjust produced some laster. it was a very —— laughter. it was a friendly affair. they didn't really have many answers.

everybody wanted to know the date. they're obviously not giving that away as yet. we know it's going to be at st george's chapel. what's the significance of that, if any? well, obviously the prince of wales and camilla had a bless thering in 2005. before that, peter philips married autumn kelly there. before that, prince edward married sophie. it's a wonderful place. also remember, we live in an age of terrorism. it's easier to police windsor than it is to police central london. i think that has a bit to do with it. they haven't said where the reception will be. of course, it could be at frogmore, which is nearby. that's where peter and autumn had theirs. hello! took a whole magazine full of photographs, which wasn't very popular. we got to see a lot of that wedding. in terms of the first public appearance we're told of the two of them together is going to be in nottingham. that will surprise

people. but it's a charity event there, so that's a bit of resonance back to diana princess of wales. the forces charities, there's one that is very associated with prince harry because of his work with trying to bring young people away from getting involved in violence. again, it's a sign perhaps of them stamping their own authority on their announcements and what is going to be their public relationship or relationship with the public. well, i mean, it's pretty brave of meg around i think. —— meghani pretty brave of meg around i think. —— meghan i think. three days after her engagement, you know, to be going off doing a royal duties. we're told there will be a walk about there as well. i think harry has to do that. he has to introduce her to the british people. i think she's very, very keen to do that. she's a fast thinker. she's a fast talker. she wants to get out there. i think that's terrific. it's going to be wonderfulfor the monarchy. let me ask you a final question —

might surprise people these days, we hear prince charles wants to be defender of all the faiths not just the church of england, they've made a decision that she's going to be confirmed and and baptised in the church of england. a lot of people think she is catholic because she went to a catholic girls school, but she is protestant. i think we're right in saying that kate middleton hadn't been confirmed. i think she was baptised but not confirmed. so they need to do this before the wedding and obviously meghan will ta ke lesso ns wedding and obviously meghan will take lessons from perhaps the dean of windsor, i don't know who it will be or the archbishop of canterbury. so she's very anxious to ingrain herself, ingratiate, i beg your pardon, in every part of harry's life. she's got to because she's there for good hopefully. that will go down well with the queen.

absolutely. thanks so much for being with us this evening. the vice—chancellor of bath university has announced she's resigning from the post , after her pay package was described as "outrageous". professor dame glynis breakwell is the highest—paid university vice chancellor in the uk, earning £468,000 a vice chancellor in the uk, earning £a68,000 a year. she'd faced demands for her resignation from students and staff. paul baltrop reports. all year she's been under pressure, she didn't want to answer questions when she left last month's meeting of the university's governing body, as criticism continued to mount, it was the chair of the counsel who faced the cameras. has she talked to you about resignation? she has no intention of resigning. she hasn't told me she intends to resign. i wouldn't ask her to resign. it wasn't just her wouldn't ask her to resign. it wasn'tjust her £a68,000 pay packet. this house in one of bath's most expensive streets was hers to use. plus tens of thousands of pounds in expenses. the government were concerned. today the university

minister on a visit to wiltshire was asked about it before the news broke. it's really important where there is exceptional levels of pay it's genuinelyjustified. the new regulator that we're creating with effect from january next year will ensure proper transparency and accountability over senior levels of pay, so that people can feel confident that remuneration committees are really acting correctly when they set these levels of pay. there was pressure too from collea g u es of pay. there was pressure too from colleagues past and present. george lundt used to be her deputy. his worry? the damage being done to the university. i don't think she can recover the trust and confidence and respect of the entire university staff. without that, i don't see how a vice chancellor can continue to manage, develop, lead the institution. professor brakewell

isn't going straight away. she will stand down next summer but remain an academic until 2019. in a statement this evening she said: her slow departure may not satisfy her critics. she'll face many of them when the university council meets on thursday. the man accused of killing eight people in a new york terror attack earlier this month has been in court. he pleaded not guilty. he is accused of driving a truck which ploughed into pedestrians and cyclists. the wholesale grocery firm, palmer and harvey, has gone into administration. around 2,500 workers have been made redundant with immediate effect. p&h is the uk's fifth largest privately—owned firm and supplies around 90,000 shops.

new measures are to be introduced to reduce deaths and serious injuries during child birth in england. for the first time parents of stillborn babies are to be offered an independent investigation into what went wrong. the uk has reduced the mortality rate for babies but still lags behind many other european countries. i'm nowjoined by dr. clea harmer, who is chief executive of sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. this is presumably a welcome announcement? yes we absolutely welcome both the reduction from 2030 to 2025 in the amount of time that we're going to reach that 50% reduction in stillbirth and knowo natal death. but also the fact that the deaths will be reviewed by an independent investigator. on the target question, to do with that

first. how far have we got with that? how many deaths fall into this category? for stillbirths and neo natal deaths it's 5,500 a year, which is 15 every day. i think that's a figure that not many people know. it's far too high. i think the idea of reducing the number of deaths by 20% by 2020 is manageable. and bringing in the focus to 2025 is really important because then we keep the momentum going. there was this investigation by the health quality improvement partnership which suggested that about 80% of cases, if there had been better care, the death of the baby could have been prevented, that's striking. that's right. that's the embrace report, launched today. that's particularly the deaths that

occurred during labour, so that's not all stillbirths. yes, it is very, very striking. i think that the health care professionals involved are taking this very seriously. they are identifying recommendations, things that they would like to do in order to bring the number of deaths down. at the moment coroners can only investigate ben davies show signs of life after being born, if i understand correctly —— can only investigate babies that show that show signs of life after being born. the concern this raises the prospect of more information for parents but equally could raise the prospect of delays, and the frustration of being told you will get this, but i do not getting it as quickly as they might hope? absolutely. as i understand it there idea is to explore whether it would be a benefit. yes, this is the

consultation. and one of the things we feel very strongly about, when a pa rent we feel very strongly about, when a parent would like a coroner to be involved in order to find the answer is that perhaps they haven't finished elsewhere, that is really important, but for some parents it is not what they want, because as you say it makes an lengthy and can be very painful, so i hope the consultation will allow everybody to be able to see what the parents think? absolutely. the period might voice needs to be at the heart of every single review, because the person they're from beginning to end is the parent —— the parents' voice needs to be at the heart. so, yes, absolutely, that is what we want. chair of the stillbirth charity sands, clear, thanks for being with us. sands, clear, thanks for being with

us. thank you. darren bett has the weather. a cold night and many places will be dry and clear. the showers in the west are getting pushed away from west are getting pushed away from west wales and the far south of england. across scotland, northern and eastern, and northern and eastern parts of england, we continue to have wintry showers on the stronger winds, so a cold night. patchy frost once again and some ice around particularly in scotland. wednesday, across north—east england, through the midlands and east anglia, largely dry in the south—east but workload. sunnier skies elsewhere, not as many showers as today and many places will be dry but it will be cloud —— south—east but it will be cloud —— south—east but more cloud. the change in the wind direction again will then bring showers back in on thursday. those showers back in on thursday. those showers near eastern coastal counties of england and eastern scotland, and in between a lot of dry and sunny weather, and it will be called. be cold.

hello, welcome back — this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines at 8.30pm: north korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile according to the south korean military, raising tensions again in the region. the us pentagon says it is assessing the probable launch. pope francis is appealing for tolerance in myanmar after meeting the country's leader aung san suu kyi, but he chooses not to mention the persecuted rohingya muslims by name. prince harry and meghan markle will marry at st george's chapel in windsor in may. the american actress, who is a protestant, will be baptised and confirmed before the ceremony and she will become a british citizen. the uk's highest paid vice—chancellor is retiring from the university of bath amid criticism over the institution's handling of senior staff pay. professor dame glynis breakwell, who earns £a68,000 a year, is stepping down

after 17 years in herjob. let's get more now on pope francis's trip to myanmar. in a speech earlier today the pope called for respect for all ethnic groups and for human rights — in what was seen as an oblique reference to the plight of country's rohingya muslims, but he did not mention them by name. translation: i would also like my visit to embrace the entire population of myanmar, to offer words of encouragement to those who are working to build a just, reconciled and inclusive social order. myanmar has been blessed with great natural beauty and resources, yet its greatest treasure is its people, who have suffered greatly and continue to suffer. from civil conflict and hostilities that have lasted all too long, and created deep divisions. tun khin is president of the burmese rohingya 0rganisation in the uk. hejoins me now via webcam from paris. tun khin, thank you very much for

being with us on bbc news. thank you so much. are you pleased that the pope use the opportunity at least to make clear that he thought that the treatment of minority communities in burma were being neglected, even if you didn't mention your community by name? well, you know, it is good he mentioned about intolerance and others. that would be very good if he used the term rohingya, you know. the military and the government doing a government they deny the existence of the community and they deny rohingya identity. when you talk about that and other issues it isa talk about that and other issues it is a very important to define the terms —— the military and the government deny the existence of the

community. if someone is not using the term rohingya, how can someone defend the rights of their people, the rights of those people? this is an important point. no matter about that, it is very good to see him raising about intolerance in burma. and we are told he has at least raised this in private on a number of occasions, and presumably did this as well. so in a sense does it matter if he doesn't see it in public, if he is privately saying it ina way public, if he is privately saying it in a way that it will not be provocative to the buddhist population of that country? to the people in charge, privately, face—to—face, eyeball to eyeball, you need to stop doing this and reintegrate these people into your country? yes, this is the point. where the rohingya is facing genocide in the 21st—century, where we have seen of the last few weeks almost 700,000 rohingya fled from

the country. this is a genuine situation. the bernie ‘s military and the government deny their existence and they describe the whole community —— the burmese military and the government. when we speak about isis, these are the things we need to discuss. i believe he used privately, that he raised theissue he used privately, that he raised the issue privately, but, you know, using the term rohingya, but no matter what, it has been going on 2-3 matter what, it has been going on 2—3 months,. seriously, we are watching the situation of rohingya refugees into bangladesh, so we need is an international action, to use targeted sanctions, to provide pay, to pressure collectively from an international level, to drop this genocide against the rohingya. these are the things we have to talk about. you mentioned the

international criminal court, the icc. that is one aspect. the pope is also going to bangladesh where we are told he will meet some of the rohingya people who have fled from myanmar. but what about what the bangladesh government is doing? they have reached an agreement that effectively will mean many of your compatriots are going to be sent home, ina compatriots are going to be sent home, in a situation where presumably you fear for their lives? yes. actually we appreciate the bangladesh government giving us shelter and providing humanitarian aid, from the bangladeshi community and also the international community. we really appreciate that, when we are facing genocide. we have to find out and see that here the bangladesh government decide it is not the right time, you know. it is important... these people, their lives are at risk and thatis people, their lives are at risk and that is why they are fleeing, so it is important that until the situation where their rights are

guaranteed in burma these people should not be sent back. i believe the international community will be monitoring, and the international community will do some more stronger action, from the security council. that is what we believe, that something would be done. it may ask -- let me have finally that the un role and all of this. leaders are meeting in geneva this week to discuss what is happening and the treatment of the rohingya. what do you hope will come out of that?|j think you hope will come out of that?” think what we can see here, you know, the burmese military and government is not allowing a fact—finding mission. they are denying everything, so we need to move forward with some stronger action from the council, to call, you know, a stronger collective action from the human rights council and, you know, an international investigation, an independent investigation, an independent investigation, to allow that, and

these kind of things should be focused on at that meeting. also we have to look at, you know, there are almost 700,000 rohingyas in bangladesh and they are still not getting enough aid. this is also an issue. we need to save their lives and these things should be discussed and these things should be discussed andi and these things should be discussed and i hope they will do that in that meeting, that is what i believe. no matter what, this is an important time for the international community, to stop the genocide of rohingya, to call the un security council another meeting, with a stronger resolution, bringing burma to the icc, and also we need security and safety in the state, provided with mechanisms from the un to protect the lives of rohingya. this is very important. tun khin, president of the burmese rohingya 0rganisation in the uk, thank you to

you as well for being with us us here on bbc news. thank you very much. let's bring some breaking news. this is reaction from the nato secretary general to the latest developments in the north korean missile launch, we have been told has taken place. and the statement has taken place. and the statement has been issued. i am just trying to get it up. yes, this is the statement he has issued on the launch of the missiles. he said he strongly condemns north korea's new missile test, further breach of un security council resolutions. he said he visited the regional partners, japan and the republic of korea, and together we urge north korea, and together we urge north korea, that is the democratic republic —— north korea, the democratic republic of korea, just to confuse things. it says north korea needs to engage in a credible and meaningful dialogue with the international committee. that is the

secretary—general of nato responding to that missile launch, and i should say we are still waiting for remarks from president donald trump which we we re from president donald trump which we were promised from the white house sometime after eight o'clock uk time, and we hopefully we'll be hearing from the white house, of course it being mid—afternoon in washington, and as soon as we get those responses we will bring them to you. right, let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this evening: ireland's deputy prime minister, frances fitzgerald, has resigned. it follows criticism of her handling of a whistle—blower scandal. she said she's stood down to to avoid a "potentially destabilising" snap election and insists she's acted with integrity throughout her political career. the brexit secretary, david davis, has been summoned to appear before a committee of mps to explain why they've not been given full details about the economic impact of the uk leaving the european union. mr davis gave them a dossier covering 58 different sectors of the economy but has witheld, what's being called 2sensitive information."

he's been accused by some mps of treating parliament "with contempt. " the former coronation street actor, bruno langley, has been sentenced to a 12—month community order after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two women at a manchester music venue in october. the 34—year—old who played todd grimshaw for 16 years left the itv soap after an internal inquiry last month. the bbc can reveal that senior police officers currently suspended from duty are being investigated for unauthorised use of the force firing range. it comes as the man heading police scotland has announced a new assistant chief constable to take charge of professional standards in the force. bbc scotland's home affairs correspondent reevel alderson reports. the bbc has learned to mag of the senior officer suspended last week are accused of using the force firing range for an unauthorised purposes. kirk kinnell, the head of armed policing, and one of the force's most high—profile officers, assistant chief constable bernie higgins, who was in charge of anti—terrorism

and public order. the range at jackton near east kilbride could only be used in controlled circumstances by trained officers. that means it should have been off—limits to the men who are and firearms qualified. the revelations came as a regular meeting of the scottish police authority, which oversees the national force, was underway in stirling. it's a time of rare turmoil, with the chief constable on special leave and other senior officers suspended pending separate investigations into their conduct. as colleagues know, acc bernard higgins was suspended on friday evening, along with the other officers... the man in charge of the force had signalled his intention to bolster the senior management team. today, he did just that. i think that the application of suspension is something we take very seriously. alan speirs is one of two new assistant chief constables. he'll be in charge of professional assurance of standards.

it's a move the deputy chief constable said is significant, at what he admits has been a challenging time for the force.