it's seven in the morning in singapore eight in the morning in seoul— where we start with some breaking news. north korea has launched a rocket shortly after announcing it planned to send up its first space satellite, according to south korea. japan issued a warning to residents, and later said there was no danger of the rocket hitting its territory. but in south korea, sirens were heard , and citizens in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate , only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. i'm joined now by our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. you must have gotten up very

early this morning.— you must have gotten up very early this morning. yes, so we were all walking _ early this morning. yes, so we were all walking this _ early this morning. yes, so we were all walking this morning. were all walking this morning at about 6:30am and so with the sound of the air raid siren which is not common. we had a message is to prepare for the regulation and we heard that the north according to the south korean military had launched a vehicle. we think it's a spy satellite that north korea said he would lodge in the coming days. within 30 minutes, residents in seoul had another announcement that the alerts had been made an error and they did not a to evacuate and they did not a to evacuate and could go about their day. what we have learned since it is the north korea has knowledge base vehicle but did not dance over itself. the event order. near seoul. they started to get reports that perhaps this rocket launch has failed and will rapid air but we cannot confirm that. that is simply a south korean military

is looking into at the moment. there have been many villages of all kinds of things from north korea over the past few months. is this space launch people consider to be an escalation? is people consider to be an escalation? , _, , ., people consider to be an escalation? , , ., , escalation? is considered to be significant _ escalation? is considered to be significant because _ escalation? is considered to be significant because north - escalation? is considered to be| significant because north korea does not have a spy satellite in space at the moment so it would be its first. he would allow north korea to essentially give it ie in the sky over its enemies. the the area and the united states. that would give it a strategic advantage to spot potential incoming attacks but part of the attacks of its own. it would be able to locate targets in south korea and united states so if the field today it will be a disappointment working from because you has been prepared for it for a long time and is a piece of technology has made clear he wants to be able to achieve. the other thing to bear in mind today with the force of time and false other existing is he

serious implications of that when it comes to peoples trust here in seoul. the stakes are high here in the korean peninsula. the theory opposes that. so if there is an art next time, people are asking, the people take it seriously or brush it off as another mistake? even so. i've lived with the north korean threat for 17 years. it is a real threat but the issue is many of them have become immune to it and his of them today has not helped with that. just and his of them today has not helped with that.— helped with that. just a few weeks ago _ helped with that. just a few weeks ago with _ helped with that. just a few weeks ago with some - helped with that. just a few - weeks ago with some members of the g7, and there was a lots of interaction betweenjapan, interaction between japan, south interaction betweenjapan, south korea and the us stop has this may be egged on north korea to want to act north korea to want to act north korea has actually said in the last few days as the morning about the accident spice but that it about the accident spice but thatitis about the accident spice but that it is doing it in response

to us aggression. it that it is doing it in response to us aggression.— to us aggression. it was like the fact that _ to us aggression. it was like the fact that he _ to us aggression. it was like the fact that he was, - to us aggression. it was like the fact that he was, south | the fact that he was, south korea and japan are the more aggressive in the way they deal with park area. that said, distant spy satellite has been on it came from the police for over two years and is something he wanted to develop and uses south korea and the united states as a cheap excuse to plow ahead with his ventricles. thank you personally prefer that update. i'm joined now by naoko aoki who is a specialist in east asian security issues at the rand corporation. thank you for turning some programme. thank you for having me. this is another developments. people in south korea and japan pick up two in the morning. this app far start walking. explain to us what is a space launch vehicle and set us more about why north korea

wants to put a satellite into space. wants to put a satellite into sace. , ., , , space. this developments if it is indeed a — space. this developments if it is indeed a spy— space. this developments if it is indeed a spy satellite, - space. this developments if it is indeed a spy satellite, is i is indeed a spy satellite, is very significant because the last time the had launched into space launch vehicle was in 2016 and at that point we were worried about, the outside world, was north korea improving its ballistic missile capabilities and using these vehicles as an excuse. now, today, but her career has made considerable improvement in ballistic missile technology and how we have to worry about north korea potentially having information gathering technologies. it's a significant development and one north korea has been pending for a rhino. north korea has been pending for a rhind-— north korea has been pending for a rhino. have you heard any reaction yet — for a rhino. have you heard any reaction yet from _ for a rhino. have you heard any reaction yet from the _ for a rhino. have you heard any reaction yet from the united i reaction yet from the united states? i reaction yet from the united states? ., reaction yet from the united states? . ., ., ., ., ., ,

states? i am not aware of any statements — states? i am not aware of any statements at _ states? i am not aware of any statements at this _ states? i am not aware of any statements at this point - states? i am not aware of any statements at this point but l statements at this point but i would not be surprised at all if the united states and its allies, south korea and japan, the to this in a very critical manner. the problem, though, is different from 2016. in 2016, the last time left. launch this type of vehicle, the un security council came together and issued new sanctions against north korea. today china and russia are cited with north korea because of larger gel. political issues included the us china position and warranty period. the un security council is dysfunctional so i am not hopeful they will be issuing new sanctions. he mentioned that russia — new sanctions. he mentioned that russia and _ new sanctions. he mentioned that russia and china - new sanctions. he mentioned that russia and china are - that russia and china are starting to work closer to north korea. and what point do you start to worry that is what point do you start to worry

that this will escalate to an even higher? and that the us visa and help bolsterjapan in its efforts to defend itself as well as south korea. we should be concerned _ well as south korea. we should be concerned about _ well as south korea. we should be concerned about north - be concerned about north korea's continued improvement in its nuclear missile capability both in quantity and quality. even if this attempt was not successful, i think north korea will continue in its effort to try to put the reconnaissance satellite in orbit because that is something they have been working on for a while. as i mentioned, it was in their menu plan in 2021 and he tested parts of it last year. he said the satellite itself wasn't complete in april this year. this is something they have been fighting for it well and i think they will continue, unfortunately. naoko aoki thank— continue, unfortunately. naoko aoki thank you _ continue, unfortunately. naoko aoki thank you for _ continue, unfortunately. naoko aoki thank you forjoining - continue, unfortunately. naoko aoki thank you forjoining us i aoki thank you forjoining us in programme.

moving now to the latest on the war in ukraine. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital and caused some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russia's president vladimir putin said the drones were aimed at "civilian targets" and that russia "reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures" against kyiv. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions, and sent this report. russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home my windows shook from the force of the blasts.

russia's defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia's military had downed all the drones. ukraine has denied having anything to do with this. president putin clearly doesn't believe that. translation: the kyiv regime has chosen the path of scaring l russia and russian citizens by launching strikes on residential buildings. this is a clear sign of its terrorist activity. as they flew towards moscow, the drones sparked disbelief. "look at that," a man says. "it's right above our house!" one of the drones crashed into a high—rise apartment block. another flew into this residential building. here is part of it on the ground. the explosives failed to detonate. the area was cordoned off and emergency services removed it. among local residents, the sense of shock is palpable.

"we are all on edge," marat says. "i don't know what we should do about it." "i fear for my life and the lives of my loved ones," says yelena. "things are not as calm and stable as we have been told." the moscow authorities say there was minor damage, no serious injuries, and the situation is under control. a sign that this war, that many here still perceive as being far away, is coming much closer to home. that feeling has been growing since these explosions over the kremlin earlier this month — an apparent drone attack. and just days ago, a large—scale cross—border incursion from ukraine into russian territory was another embarrassment for the russian authorities and a sign of growing insecurity. but no sign of any

political u—turn. after this morning's drone attack, the message from the kremlin is clear — what it calls the special military operation in ukraine will continue. there's been mixed reaction from ukraine's western allies. here's the uk's foreign secretary, james cleverley, speaking in estonia. ukraine does have the legitimate right to defend itself. it has a legitimate right to do so within its own borders, of course. but it does also have the right to project force beyond its borders to undermine russia's ability to project force into ukraine itself. but the us sees things a little differently. ealier i spoke with our north america correspondent david willis and asked him how the white house has reacted to the drone attacks. a little more cautious, i would say, monica, than perhaps we heard from james cleverly.

the white house spokeswoman, karinejean—pierre, took to the podium to say that they were still assessing information regarding these drone attacks. and she said that they would be making further comment once they done so, but she said that they didn't want to. she was keen to reiterate, i should say, the white house stance that it does not support attacks inside of russia or the use of us made equipment for such a purpose. and once again, she said that the us commitment in ukraine centered on assisting it, retaking its own sovereign territory. and she preferred to dwell on the fact that today saw russia's 17th round of air strikes on ukraine this month alone, monica. explain to us how popular it is to continue to support the efforts of ukraine.

i mean, we do have an election coming up and the us has spent billions and billions of dollars to support them in this effort. well, that's right. and the polls show that support is still there for ukraine, but it has been diminished somewhat. some people who were questioned by pollsters wanted to see perhaps a reduction in the amount of money, the colossal amount of money that has gone into the conflict from the united states. 0thers wanted to see some sort of game plan, as it were, some sort of road map to victory in this particular conflict. there are concerns as well that it is. all of this is increasing the risk of some sort of nuclear confrontation between the united states and russia and potentially depleting the united states ability to deal with other potential adversaries. china, of course,

key amongst them. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... a deadline for the government to hand overformer uk prime minister borisjohnson's unredacted whatsapp messages, diaries and notebooks to the covid inquiry has been extended. the cabinet office now has until thursday to pass the material on — or face criminal prosecution. the government is arguing that some of the information isn't relevant to the inquiry. uk tv presenter phillip schofield has been dropped as the prince's trust ambassador after he admitted he had an affair with a young male colleague while working on a morning show on itv — he then lied to cover it up. the charity, founded by the king, said it was "no longer appropriate" for it to work with the presenter. hundreds gathered outside the oxford union to protest against a talk by the gender—critical academic, kathleen stock.

she believes people can't change their biological sex. the university's lgbtq+ society wanted her appearance to be cancelled because they think her views are transphobic — but the event went ahead. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. this is nine—year—old alfie, who'd hit 54.1; miles an hour at ellington airfield on his specially adapted 80 cc bike. we started on his eighth birthday, this first one at elvington, to progress to what he has done now. yes, it's an achievement. and, you know, as parents we're just so proud of him. i first started...it wasn't on this. it was on a little mini—model that was just an electric one. and we levelled up and just carried on levelling up until we got to this.

alfie is part of a group ofjuniors setting new records. as they get older, they're allowed to use more powerful engines, and little alfie has big ambitions. get really fast and do stuff like that, and become an engineer and build crazy stuff — i am a bit scared because he looks up to a lot - of the bigger riders, but it's nice to know that he wants to build them and potentiallyl do other records. you're live with bbc news. while many countries have cut trade ties with russia in the last year, some have drastically increased their dealing with moscow. one of those countries is myanmar. russia has become the biggest arms supporter for myanmar�*s military government. the united nations says that russia has sent $400 million worth of military equipment to myanmar, since the junta seized power in the country two years ago.

the bbc�*s rebecca henschke has gained exclusive access to an air force captain involved in the transfer of advanced fighter jets from russia to myanmar. a myanmar militaryjet circles a primary school. when they think it's safe, they run. but the plane circles back. across myanmar, the military is carrying out increasingly deadly air strikes. 0n the ground they are struggling to suppress an armed uprising demanding democracy. so they've taken this

war against their own people to the sky. translation: they are under attack by revolutionary forces | and they don't have enough men to fight back. so now the air force is very important to the military. what would the myanmar military strength be like without the air force? translation: without the air force, it's very l likely that the military will fall. before defecting, captains say, to an upgraded the capital's airport for the arrival of advanced fighterjets so that we prepared for six su 30s. we built three open sheds. so far, two of the sukhoi 30s have arrived from russia. they're the most powerfuljets in the air force's arsenal.

altogether, more than 50 people were sent to russia to get training to operate these jets. captain ung didn't want to be one of those pilots. after 18 years in the air force, he fled with his family across the border to thailand. i saw that they killed people. i don't like that wicked behavior. i didn't like their cruelty against the people whom they are meant to protect. in the air, this is how the resistance is trying to fight back. 25—year—old khin saine leads a group of female drone bombers. they adapt civilian drones to carry homemade bombs and rely on public donations. compare with the plane 0ur drone is like a sesame seed. if we fly high like 300 meters above, they don't even know that we are coming. so we can attack them effectively. and they are scared of drones.

but the military is dominating the sky, carrying out devastating attacks on civilian targets, including schools and hospitals. rebecca henschke, bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... us secretary of state antony blinken has said that the time is now for sweden's accession to nato to be finalised. the top us diplomat voiced his hope that nato can welcome sweden in time for itsjuly summit. we and our allies are both committed to and well positioned to help sweden address its security needs. a respective of whether a session happens tomorrow or in two weeks or in a few weeks after that. we have been clear that

we will not tolerate any aggression against sweden. no matter its actual status. the disgraced founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes reported to the federal prison where she will serve an 11—year sentence. holmes was convicted early last year on four counts of fraud linked to her failed blood testing start—up. last month, a court rejected her request to remain free on bail while a challenge to the original conviction was considered. she will serve her term in a minimum—security prison in texas. a chinese rocket has launched into orbit, taking three astronauts to china's space station. it's named teeangong, which translates to heavenly palace. china has spent billions of dollars on its space programme, run by the military, as it tries to rival the united states and russia. beijing plans to put chinese astronauts on the moon by 2030 . earlier i spoke to cathleen lewis, who is a curator at the smithsonian national air and space museum in dc

and asked her about the significance of china's growing space programme this chinese programme is very ambitious, but it's also very isolated and self contained. we've discovered through the example of three countries that it takes about a decade from that first launch of a human to establishing a space station. and then through that time, it's not only developing hardware, but it's developing that infrastructure and maintaining that infrastructure that can sustain human life in space. so in the case of the ussr, it was a decade. in the case of the united states, it was about 12 years, and china was about 12 to 13 years just to go from first human nationally launched in space to establishing a space station. now china's progressing towards doing science in space, which the americans and the consortium members of the international space

station have been doing. they've launched their first civilian in space todayjust to maintain those experiments that are going on. the chinese government has been soliciting programmes and scientific research packages from all over the world to go on board the chinese space station. and now they have a dedicated individual who's going to be mining those experiments, much in the way the crew of the iss mines the experiments that are launched onboard the international space station. you know, i'm reminded of the cold war, the soviet union and the us and this war to get someone to the moon way back when. so have we heard any reaction from the russians and the americans? well, the americans have been fairly sanguine about the chinese progress. it's not a head to head competition. we're no longer in that binary

superpower competition, but it is competition for science and technology and for financial markets. the chinese see this as an opportunity to develop their economy and develop their image of reliability in advanced, high technology science. but you have to remember that human space flight is really only the very tiny tip of that iceberg that is space infrastructure. most of what goes on in space is driven by unmanned satellites, robotic satellites, navigation guidance and timing satellites and gps satellite system that we rely on here in the united states. communication satellites that allow me to be talking to you today, this evening.

on earth resources, satellites which are very important. and we have about a0 countries that are operating their own space programmes in one way or another. and that's really where the money is, the infrastructure and the development is. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. 25.1 celsius was the high porthmadog in north west wales on tuesday, making it the warmest day of the year so far across the country. and for the rest of the week it does stay mainly dry thanks to high pressure, with always the warmest in the sunny side of the weather towards western parts of the uk, always a bit cooler and cloudier further east. now this is the blocking area of high pressure which will continue to bring this mainly dry weather. but if you cast your eyes down towards southern europe, it's a different story. here we've got daytime showers and thunderstorms breaking out

for the rest of the week. so rainfall totals will continue to mount here. could even see some localised flooding in places but further north, thanks that area of high pressure, it's going to stay almost bone dry, but we could see some drizzle at times across eastern england under the thickest of the cloud as we start early wednesday and under that cloud blanket, which will spread across much of england and wales. temperatures won't fall much below seven to ten degrees, but chilly under the clear skies in the northwest and a little bit of mist and fog, but it's here where you'll see the sunshine from the word go for wednesday morning. the clouds tending to thin and break and burn back to the coast could linger across parts of the midlands, eastern england once again. and it'll be chilly along north sea coast and the northern isles down to the southeast, mid—teens there, but up to the mid 20s, central belt of scotland, low 20s for northern ireland and parts of wales. wednesday night the low cloud rolls back into eastern scotland, much of central, southern eastern england and also parts of wales. and again, those temperatures ranging from around six to nine degrees, but a few chillier

spots under the clear skies in the northwest. we do it all again for thursday. best of the sunshine again across northern and western areas, eastern scotland, eastern england will see that cloud burn back to the coast. but again, with the onshore breeze, which will be quite fresh across the east, in the south east, it'll feel cooler here as opposed to western areas which will see temperatures again into the low 20 celsius. similar picture on friday, most of the cloud across northern and eastern areas. again, more of a breeze in across the southeast. that'll temper the temperatures somewhat, sir. i think temperatures are a little bit lower across the board. we're in the low 20s out west and the sunshine as opposed to the mid 20s. but into the weekend it stays largely fine. dry, plenty of sunshine again. best of the sunshine out west, always a bit cloudier and cooler along

north sea coast.

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