so a message like this coming from james mattis. how might it be received if you are kim jong-un in north korea? >> reporter: oh, it's very, very important. what just happened. for all the reasons we've been talking about and barbara outlined. this is an unambiguous message to north korea. bottom line is the fact they now have apparently an extra capability and that they are there. they want to be considered and treated as a nuclear power, and they want to ensure the survival of their regime. their two main objective and have said that they will not give up their nuclear deterrents and not denuclearize. said it in the past, before this test. you did hear secretary mattis say that the ultimate objective was denuclearization of the peninsula. right now it's hard to see how exactly that might be accomplished, and the best option in a pretty bad situation right now. after, frankly, decades of u.s. policy towards north korea, have is viewed all over the map, the best option, try to figure out a proper containment regime, that harks back

james mattis says if the north threatens guam or the u.s., there could be a big military response from. but the north koreans have threatened guam and the u.s. does secretary mattis means if north korea attacks guam or the u.s.? those threats have already happened. >> well, i thought what secretary mattis said was appropriate, after this potentially hydrogen bomb that was detonated. an act of defiance not just against the u.s. but china, too, their main supporter in the region. i think the secretary had to say that, that there would be serious consequences, that there would be -- we have to protect our allies, that we have to stand behind our treaties and japan and south korea and guam. he had to say that because this is an act of extreme provocation. preemptive military strike is not our best option, is not realistic. some kind of diplomatic effort to deescalate the situation. the first step should be how can we deescalate this extreme tension that exists right now? >> governor, what's the answer to that? how can the u.s. deescalate anything at this point? >> well, a diplomatic dialog

led forces particularly under the tenure of james mattis the u.s. defense secretary they want the government in islamabad to do more because as we know there is the pakistani taliban and the afghan taliban as well critics of what they're doing so far are saying well actually we're now in a situation of stalemate bear in mind that the taliban have been somewhat reinforced over the past what three years or so but this conflict goes back sixteen years we do have a translation let's just listen in to what's being said at. the support of thirty nine countries in fighting against terrorism and the second phase that they have made in our country i want to thank them. especially the continuous the continuous second feis that americans are made in afghanistan and i want. also as a prison of afghanistan. and i want to thank the. the bravery of our. security forces. and i want to thank them from the bottom of my heart especially the. sons of children of this country who have. made sacrifices to defend the constitution of this country and it's a time. that. the

defense secretary james mattis speaking there.ur john roberts is going to be joining us shortly with more. meanwhile, it is quite ominous but here we are, on a holiday weekend of all things. that it is demanding such attention that this press conference albeit brief was just held. and now this emergency meeting happening tomorrow on labor day. >> that's right. let's go back to the statement from secretary james mattis in case folks are just joining us let's listen. >> good afternoon. ladies and gentlemen, we had a small group of national security meeting today with the president and vice president. about the latest provocation on the korean peninsula. i have many military options that the president wanted to be briefed on every one of them. we made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan. from any attack and our commitments among the allies are ironclad. any threat to the united states or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response. a re

us defence secretary, james mattis, said there would be a massive military response to any threat to the us or its allies. meanwhile south korea has carried out its own military exercise firing missiles from fighter jets and the ground. reports from myanmar suggest more rohingya muslim villages have been burned down. the un says more than 70,000 refugees have now crossed the border to bangladesh in the past week. and this video is trending on bbc.com. the most devastating floods to hit south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on the lack of preparedness for annual monsoon rains. in many areas the authorities are struggling to get aid to millions of destitute people. you're up—to—date. stay with us. more to come. and the top story here in the uk: hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial bail—out, saying they're preparing for the worst winter in years. nhs providers, which represents health trusts, says at least £200 million of extra funding is needed. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. as

the us defence secretary james mattis says any threat to the united states or its allies will be met with a massive military response. he was speaking after briefing president trump following north korea's latest nuclear test. south korea has responded by carrying out its own military exercise. the german chancellor angela merkel has clashed with her rival martin schulz over foreign policy in the only live televised debate of the election campaign. polls after the debate indicated that mrs merkel came out ahead. a bbc investigation has found that so—called islamic state was secretly directing would—be extremists to murder people at both london bridge and westminster nearly a year before each attack. german bomb disposal experts have defused a massive unexploded bomb from the second world war. around 60,000 residents of frankfurt were evacuated from their homes. now it's time for world business report. a flight to safety — donald trump warns he could sever ties with north korea's trading partners in response to the missile threat. counting the cost of hurricane harvey. the deadly stor

you were there, garrett, when james mattis came out and what more did he say? >> reporter: richard, we were really building to this moment all day. the defense secretary talking about the possibility of massive retaliation against the north koreans should they attack us or any of our allies, but if you go back to the start of the day, you saw with the very first tweet from president trump talking about how this action poses a threat of a hostile action by north korea against the united states. tweets later in the day, he said that the south korean strategy against north korea had been one of appeasement and throughout the day you saw things like steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary coming out and saying we should have additional economic sanction, but no. in the afternoon, the meeting with the president of the united states was with defense officials and he wanted to hear the military options at his disposal to address this threat and you heard the comments from james mattis talking about massive retaliation and our iron-clad commitment to defend our friends a

defense secretary james mattis says america wants a diplomatic solution. the first refugees to be resettled under a controversial agreement between australia and the us of flowed out of papua new guinea on their way to the united states the group of more than twenty men has been in a stray and run prison camp on madison island the resettlement deal was organized when barack obama was president but it's been criticized by current u.s. president donald trump more refugees will be moved from a camp on nauru to the u.s. in coming days while the detention center on man asylum this you to close in a week but the immigration spokesman for the australian greens party says there's still uncertainty around what will happen to the remaining refugees that. there are still hundred men on menace all and and over four hundred men women and children on the road who really have no idea what is going to happen to them in the future and often to menace all and toss all of spark into a lot of a struggle as political prisoners are there and that i do not hope for the future be

defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. and its allies won't abandon afghanistan to the taliban and other groups mr mattis is in kabul where he's meeting the afghan president ashraf ghani and the nato secretary general again stoltenberg. thailand's highest court has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption she was found guilty of negligence over a loss making rice scheme but was not in court having escaped last month. to south africa where tens of thousands of people are taking part in a nationwide strike against government corruption and unemployment it's being led by the country's biggest workers' union and a local branch of the governing african national congress which says the party is suffering from leadership failures the trade union has threatened to shut down. in the country as it marches on city holmes banks and the chamber of mines is demanding that the president jacob zuma step down and open an investigation into state corruption tanya pages our correspondent ther

laes and gentlemen the secretary of defense james mattis. mattis. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united ates and the first lady. please face the flag for our national anthem. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪hat so proudly we hled at the "twilight's" last gleaming ♪ ♪ who's broad stripes and brigh stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ owner the ramparts watched were so gallantly seaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare♪ ♪ bomb's bursting in air♪ ♪ gave proof rough the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does that star-spangled banneret wave ♪ ♪ o'er t land of t free and the home of the bve ♪ >> lads and gentlemen, the united states air force chief of chaplains major general gdondie c costan costan. >> let us prayg to. heavenly father, we bow our heads this morning with our fee fixed on sacred soil consecrated on sepmber 11th 2001 by 184 innocence who perished an instant but who's legacys will never die. where as moses was commanded from a burning bush on holy groundo rescue his country men from the

ice isis and the taliban says they were targeted james mattis but he was not at the airport at the time of the attack. >> overnight a brazen attack on the airport in afghanistan. >> an attack on an international airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists. >> isis and the taliban both claiming to be targeting james mattis's plan firing 40 rounds of ammunition mostly in the form of rocket propelled grenades. >> terrorism is a scourge for everyone in this world. the stunning assault -- >> this is about making sure that afghanistan doesn't once again become a safe haven for international terrorists. >> mattis accompanied by the secretary general of nato. >> through the partnership we will suffocate any hope that al qaeda or isis or the taliban have of winning by killing. >> and the secretary undeteared and doubling down on u.s. strategy. it is what it is and the reason why we band together and don't question what we are doing here. >> those 3,000 additional u.s. troops, are already on their way to the region. once they arrive there are 14,000 boots on the ground in afghan

defense secretary james mattis. >> we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country. namely north korea. but as i have said we have many options. >> reporter: james mattis said any athlete the united states will be met with a massive military spot. the u.n. security council called for an emergency meeting tomorrow. betty yu, kpix 5. >>> the dangerous heat gave one family quite a scare this afternoon. a three-year-old girl accidentally got locked inside a car. temperatures were in the upper 90s at the time. the girl's sister called 911. by the time firefighters arrived the girl was already sweating and crying. >> they were unable to use our lock out tools to get in. it was a newer bmw and the heat was in n creasing so -- increasing so they broke the window. >> the girl was taken to the hospital but we are told she doing fine. >> glad that is okay. >>> a live look at the bay bridge. well, here is the good news. tomorrow things look a little bit better. tired the of heat? things aren't getting better. right now highs today, 106 concord. 110 on saturday. santa rosa 98 deg

meanwhile, defense secretary james mattis has a stern warning for north korea. >> not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely, north korea. but as i said, we have >> mattis made that statement after meeting with the president. yesterday's move was the sixth time north korea has conducted a nuclear test. >>> also breaking this morning, the fears of 800,000 young undocumented immigrants may be closer to becoming true. >> president trump is expected to announce tomorrow he is scrapping the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca programs. it will take six months for congress to pass legislation to replace it. >> they're called dreamers. and it gives people who were brought into the u.s. illegally as children a reprieve from deportation. adam tuss is tracking the latest on the announcement. >> that's right, chris. this morning the associated press is reporting that president trump is expected to announce that he is scrapping the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, better known as program. the obama-era program gives people brought into the country illegal

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ladies and gentlenhe secretary of defense james mattis.plause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the unitedtates and the first lady. >> please face the flag for our national anthem. oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hled, at the twilight's last gleaming. whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramp arts we watche were so gallantly streaming and t rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh say does at star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states air force chief of chaplains, major general costin. >> let us pray together. heavenly father, we bow our head this morning withur feet fixed on sacred soil, consecrated on september 11, 2001 by 184 innocents who perished in an instanut who legacies will never die. whereas moses was commanded on ly ground to rescue his countrymen from their oppssors our generation was c

james mattis wasn't there at the time of attack. he was meeting with the afghanistan president.e was injured but the secretary general of nato says it is a sign of militant weakness. >> despite supporting his opponent, trump calls mike moore a great guy after he won the republican primary for alabama last night. the president tweeted he spoke to moore for the first time and moore will make america great again. moore is a devout christian and was ousted as his -- from his position on the alabama supreme court for reporting what he perceived as god's law ahead of the land. he refused and order -- an order to remove a massive 10 commandments statue from the courthouse, loudly opposes same- sex marriage and told clerks to ignore the federal ruling. >>> and some store power -- star power in a bid to leave the state. the associated press says hillary clinton is going to be the featured guest at a fundraiser in new york on october 4. northcom is facing republican ed gipillese and contests in october. >>> if you have driven along i- 95 you have probably seen this flag. people have wante

listen to what the defense secretary, james mattis, said yesterday. it was direct and to the point. >> our commitment among the allies are iron clad. any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. kim jong-un should take edoka of the united nations unified voice. >> we're not saying we're going to annihilate north korea but basically we can. what is he saying there? >> look, jim jong un, don't expect it to be a land war where you think you can gain success by attrition. this is going to be -- if it comes to a military action, it will be quick, swift and decisive. that's the message he wanted. >> a strong message. 30 seconds. let's cut through the diplomacy. we have a u.n. security council emergency meeting today. emergency meeting, there will be action. there is a lot of skepticism. the u.n. talks and talks and very often does little. what can the u.n. do this time that will matter? >> it can approve the serious sanctions with pr

defense secretary james mattis arrived for a visit to children were injured mattresses tour with nato chief u.n. still timberg follows u.s. president donald trump's pledge to send more american troops afghan security forces are struggling to defeat the taliban the group has been on the offensive since the u.s. led nato combat troops withdrew in two thousand and fourteen. we will suffocate any hope that al qaeda or isis dash a cannier the taliban have of winning by killing i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement we welcome those who commit to a peaceful future for afghanistan. we should support afghan led reconciliation is the solution to this conflict and the sooner the taliban recognizes they cannot win with the sooner the killing. recall were not taught the strategy of america and nato is now clear and general mattis has decided that they will send new troops to afghanistan i hope other members of nato as has been requested by secretary general start and will take part in training and support

you said defense secretary james mattis say among u.s. military options are options that he says do not put seoul at grave risk. he didn't say what those options are, but he did say options in that vein. it shows at least public postering that is a military response is something under consideration by president. >> how are the north korea reacting to u.s. threats to military options? >> reporter: well, in very colorful terms, wolf. and i want to read this because you have to listen to these words, even for north korea, they call the north korea, the sanctions against north korea imposed by the u.n. security council, vicious, in humane acts of hostility. they go on to say their program will not be koud or stopped. because economic sanctions under this point under trump and previous administrations build as very strong, very powerful, have not stopped the north korea nuclear program, either missiles or nuclear tests. it remains what will stop them. that's why you have the trump administration making clear they are considering the pobltd ssi

here is defense secretary james mattis and the entire statement. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we had a small group national security meeting today with the president and the vice president about the latest provocation on the korean peninsula. we have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. we made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan, from any attack, and our commitments among the allies are ironclad. any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response, response both effective and overwhelming. kim jong-un should take heed, the united nations security council's unified voice, all members unanimously agreed on the threat north korea poses and they remain unanimous in commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula because we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea, but as i said we have many options to do so. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. >> i want to b

james mattis talking about this over the weekend. and we'll talk on the other side. >> we have many moral options, and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. we made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan, from any attack, and our commitments among the allies are ironclad. >> what do many military options look like? >> well, they range in extreme from doing very little but a show of force-type exercise, all the way to a major attack. if you took last as the most extreme case, a major attack would involve going after the command and control nodes, going after the leadership. there are things we call hardened and deeply buried targets, go after those. so a lot of things could be done felt another possible option would be interdicting north korea, putting it under a blockade or quarantine. that is also a military option. it would involve a lot less use of force than a massive attack. it would also involve using our military to enforce, say, sanctions or some other intern

james mattis had departed the airport.erious questions about who tipped them off. the attack happened at 7:30 a.m. local time, 11:00 p.m. here on the east coast. mattis had been in india the day before and spoke at the press conference in kabul alongside the president of afghanistan about the attack. >> an attack on an international airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by a terrorist. it's designed to go after generally innocent people to make some sort of statement and this is a classic definition of what the taliban are up to right now. we will suffocate any hope that al qaeda or isis, dash, ha qana any or the taliban have of winning by killing. i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement. >> this is secretary mattis' first trip to afghanistan since president trump announced a new strategy for the 16-year-old war last month which includes sending more than 3,000 additional u.s. troops to join nearly 11,000 on the ground. an

defense secretary james mattis promises a massive military response if. the us. successfully tested the. russian foreign ministry. says of russian diplomatic sites. and washington was shut down on the state department. and you know review of the week islamic state. driven by the iraqi army we bring you an exclusive report. joining us this. new weekly here on art. tensions on the north korean peninsula ratcheting up and washington looks in no mood to calm the situation with the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis promising a massive military response for north korea should it threaten america. we have many military options and president wanted to be briefed on each one of them any threat to the united states or its territories including. or our allies will be met with a massive military response a response both active and overwhelming. well the u.s. defense secretary made that statement after president met with his military officials to discuss the situation over the korean peninsula ahead of the meeting donald trump and hinted that a u.s. strike on the north was po

ok we'll wrap up this al-jazeera world news pretty much where we started it james mattis the u.s. defense secretary making an honest unexpected visit to the afghan capital kabul today flanked by against altenburg and also ashraf ghani the afghan president and the chief of nato you can see there taking questions from assembled journalists mr mattis saying we stand united for peace in afghanistan he was basically saying that the new approach as rolled out by the from white house and the defense secretary in washington is a holistic approach based on a regional framework they want to suffocate those people who kill and the path to peace is from negotiations stoltenberg a saying nato doesn't quit we keep promises and he welcomed the idea of law u.s. troops thirty minutes about is your world news in about oh three and a half minutes. determined to live life to the full. i have very limited sight. but i can distinguish objects big and small and realize their ambitions. and i was hungry for but also. because i'm married. i still. follows for inspiring people in istanbul as they seek to p

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told president that american nato forces won't abandon afghans to the taliban and other groups james mattis is visiting kabul with nato chief. we will suffocate any hope that al qaeda or. a kanu or the taliban have of winning by killing i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement we welcome those who commit to a peaceful future for afghanistan. we should port afghan led reconciliation is the solution to this conflict and the sooner the taliban recognizes they cannot win with bombs the sooner the killing will end. recall were not taught the strategy of america and nato is now clear and general mattis has decided that they will send new troops to afghanistan other members of nato as has been requested by secretary-general start and will take part in training and supporting al forces that's how the ban and other terrorist groups have used up people as human shields i have instructed all our security forces that during the operations they have to protect the lives of civilians. highest court has sentenced fo

the us defence secretary, james mattis, has said there would be a massive military response to any threats allies after north korea tested its most powerful nuclear device yet. president trump has warned that america may stop trading with any country that does business with the north. china is pyongyang's main trading partner. now it was the bomb that forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes in germany. a 1.8 ton british world war two explosive was successfully defused by bomb disposal experts in frankfurt. the bomb was nicknamed ‘blockbuster‘ during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world, which are largely dominated by north korea's latest nuclear test. the asia edition of the financial times says president donald trump has now left open the possibility of a military attack against pyongyang. it highlights growing concerns that pyongyang is getting closer to being able to hit the us with an intercontinental ballistic missile. the south china morning post says china and the us

secretary of defense james mattis begins his tour of nuclear facilities here in the u.s. his first stop will be and north dakota he will visit the my not air base which is the only air base. whose two legs of the nuclear triad what your strategic bombers an intercontinental ballistic missiles and short the space is equipped to respond to any nuclear threat posed by north korea he plans to tour a missile alert facility at the base as well this facility is used to control intercontinental ballistic missiles and serves as a weapon storage area where airmen and maintain u.s. intercontinental ballistic missile warheads and on thursday madis will travel to omaha nebraska where he will meet with the u.s. strategic command leadership and discuss strategic deterrence options that will prepare the u.s. to handle any nuclear attack from north korea and on friday the secretary's trip will end in mexico that is hoping to reaffirm that u.s. is commitment to the bilateral defense relationship with mexico and the north america community because nick says experts warn we're living in the

secretary of defense james mattis arrived at the airport in the afghan capital he's there for talks along with the nato chief stoltenberg these rockets have landed but there are no reports of any casualties or indeed of damage at this stage it's also not known who was behind the attack as of course there are several groups operating in afghanistan the pentagon chief of course is the first member of the trumpet ministration to visit the country since mr trump announced that new strategy on the war in afghanistan with thousands more troops also pledged to fight against the taliban when we get more details of what's happened to kabul international airport we will let you know on the international. next an islamic preacher known as i still zc ambassador has gone on trial in germany he's accused of having inspired several terror attacks in the country including the christmas market attack last year peter. perhaps the details. iting his face in court he's also known for turning his back to the camera during his recordings called the faceless preacher he goes by several names more commonly known

the latest headlines: the us defence secretary, james mattis, has said there would be a massive militaryt powerful nuclear device yet. kimjong—un's regime has hailed the test a "perfect success." meanwhile, south korea's carried out its own military exercise. german bomb disposal experts have defused a massive unexploded bomb from the second world war. around sixty thousand residents of frankfurt left their homes on sunday to allow the work to be carried out. it was the country's biggest evacuation since the war. there are believed to be hundreds of thousands of unexploded second world war bombs across germany. sarah corker reports. this is ‘blockbuster‘, so—called for its ability to flatten an entire street. the british—made bomb weighs1.5tons and, buried for more than 70 years, the fear was it may have become unstable over time. and so on sunday, there was a mass evacuation of frankfurt's city centre, as technicians worked for hours to make the bomb safe. translation: with the british bomb, you have a particularly difficult task on top of it all. once that fusers have been removed, the

secretary of defense james mattis and nato secretary general stoltenberg had arrived in the afghan capital there are no reports of any casualties and according to the local media the taliban says it was targeting and james mattis he of course is the first member of the trumpet ministration to visit afghanistan since president announced a new strategy on the war that thousands more troops. pledged to fight the taliban has how the u.s. secretary of defense reacted to news of the attack at kabul airport. if in fact there was an attack i only heard some press reports so far not confirmed but a new tech on an international airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists it's designed to go after generally innocent people to make some sort of statement and it's this is a classic definition of what the taliban are up to right now it defines their approach to how they see their role here and if in fact this is what they have done they will find the afghan security forces continuing on the offensive against them in every district of the country right now so it is what it is but it's a

us defence secretary, james mattis, said there would be a massive military response to any threat to military exercise firing missiles from fighter jets and the ground. reports from myanmar suggest more rohingya muslim villages have been burned down. the un says more than 70,000 refugees have now crossed the border to bangladesh in the past week. and this video is trending on bbc.com. the most devastating floods to hit south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on the lack of preparedness for annual monsoon rains. in many areas the authorities are struggling to get aid to millions of destitute people. you're up—to—date. stay with us. more to come. and the top story here in the uk: hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial

the latest headlines: the us defence secretary, james mattis, has said there would be a massive military its allies after north korea tested its most powerful nuclear device yet. kimjong—un's regime has hailed the test a ‘perfect success‘ — meanwhile south korea's carried out its own military exercise. let's get more on our top story now: i'm joined now by mark fitzpatrick, executive director of the international institute for strategic studies. thank you for speaking to us. where do you think this latest test puts north korea in terms of its nuclear weapons programme? this test is, i think, just the beginning of probably a series of further tests ofa probably a series of further tests of a hydrogen bomb. it was far less powerful than it could be if it were a real hydrogen bomb. it was only maybe five times more powerful than the hiroshima bombing peter gee be 100,000 times more powerful as they keep testing. given a series of tests a nd keep testing. given a series of tests and announcements you have alluded to, what would you expect to happen in the coming coming weeks and months in te

general james mattis said it seems like kim jong-un is begging for war.et me go to you first. let me ask you about what happened over the weekend. those tests caught us by surprise but it also didn't surprise us that much. how dangerous, how big of a test was this, do you think? >> it was a lot bigger than anything they had tested before. this was their sixth nuclear test, jim, in 11 years. all the previous ones had been either fizzles or roughly the size the united states had dropped on hiroshima in 1985. this was at least six times bigger than that. what does that mean? do they have a hydrogen bomb yet? we don't know. there are many stages of a hydrogen bomb and they're probably somewhere along the road, but politically i don't know that it makes a difference. what it indicates is they've joined the big leagues of the nuclear club and they can now pull off nuclear explosions of the side that india and pakistan, israel have been able to -- weapons thai beey've been to develop. other non-members of the nuclear proliferation treaty. >> and we can't say wit

defense secretary james mattis has made an unannounced visit to qatar he's held talks with qatar's emir and defense minister at the airbase it's home to around ten thousand u.s. troops a visit by mattis comes after u.s. president donald trump said he's willing to act as a mediator to resolve the dispute between qatar and its gulf neighbors the british charity oxfam expects a million cases of cholera in yemen by november in the worst outbreak ever recorded oxfam says the conflict makes it hard to respond to the disaster cattle an authority say they want to make sure sunday's independence referendum is peaceful thousands of university students in the marching through barcelona to protest at spain's ban on the vote. and china says any north korean companies operating in the country will have to shut down by january the u.s. has been pressuring china to use its leverage to force people young to give up its nuclear ambitions well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after risking it all station that's watching. determined to live life to the full. i have very limited

defense secretary james mattis warned of massive military response.t are the realistic military options to contain the north korean nuclear threat? >> well, i think the military options are somewhat limited because of the risk factors involving south korea, involving japan. one thing is clear, the president's tough talk has not appeared to change the calculation of north korea. what the president needs to do is engage china and hopefully russia to put the type of pressure on north korea that changes their calculations. we haven't seen that, and that's our best option rather than a military option. >> you talk about the president's rhetoric on twitter. here is what jeff flake said about the north korean threat and about the president's leadership on this issue yesterday on "state of the union." >> i have a lot of confidence in our national security team, general mattis and others, but obviously that's something that they have to consider and everything dealing with this situation has to consider. it becomes cliche to say there are no good options here,

the us defence secretary, james mattis, has said there would be a massive military response to any threat to the us or its allies. and donald trump has warned that america may stop trading with any country that does business with pyongyang. reports from myanmar suggest more rohingya muslim villages have been burned down. the un says more than 70,000 refugees have now crossed the border to bangladesh in the past week. and this incredible story is trending on bbc.com: the rescue of a young boy who fell into a well in xi'an, in shaanxi province. once he was located, oxygen was pumped into the narrow well shaft. it took ten hours before he was finally pulled back to safety. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk, from lake como in italy. the venue for the annual ambrosetti forum on international affairs. and one topic dominates discussion here. the impact of the trump presidency on the united states and the world. my guest is the us republican senator lindsey graham, himself once a candidate for the

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president trump is on the fence in regards to a possible attack, of james mattis gave an idea what could be in store for the north. let's listen. >> any threat to the united states or its territories, allies,g guam or our will be met with a massive military response that is both effective and overwhelming. sam: russia and china have both the -- both suggested two-pronged approach is with the u.s. and south korea suspending joint military exercises. the meeting begins at 10:00 this morning. autria? autria: thousands are back in their homes after an entire town was in fact waited. the discovery of a giant world war ii era bomb forced them out of their homes. bomb. 60,000 people in frankfurt had to be evacuated just in case it exploded. while such precautions are common when unexploded bombs are found, this was germany's largest single back to asian since the war ended. biter's in college football this week, one of them was west virginia at virginia tech in the fourth quarter, west virginia was down by a touchdown. catch, breaking the tackle, then off to the races. later in the fourth, the

defense secretary has arrived in afghanistan's capital for an unannounced visit with james mattis his first trip to kabul since president announced a change in afghan policy trump wants the u.s. to focus on fighting armed groups rather than nation building following the war mattis is expected to hold talks with president ghani and other ministers. the un says the number of range of refugees escaping violence in maine miles rakhine state has risen to four hundred eighty thousand more than forty thousand and fled to bangladesh in the past two days alone and that's put a strain on resources that extra shelters are needed for about six thousand children who cross the border without their parents with a range of prices affecting areas across me and the military crackdown in rakhine state is making international companies reconsider their investments stop hiding reports from me in laws largest city and commercial center young gone. like this abandon fun park in central europe gone much of the country is still waiting for the development and foreign investment many hoped would come hopes wer

defense secretary james mattis has made an unannounced visit to qatar has held talks with qatar's emir and defense minister at outdated air base where around ten thousand u.s. troops are stationed qatar has been under diplomatic ok by saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain for most for months qatar rejects those countries accusation that it supports terrorists cool u.s. president donald trump has offered to mediate in the crisis the iranian foreign minister has told al-jazeera why tehran is backing qatar in its standoff with the blockading nations mommy blames saudi arabia any u.a.e. for undermining stability in the region while we open our borders. to our brothers and cutter what we would have done exactly the same united arab emirates being threatened we're not happy with that because we believe that if you need to resort to through peaceful means we don't know but to try to bully others really. need to really go around the negotiating table not. to cambodia now where farmers say sugar barons are forcing them from their land that government group is examining accusat

you heard that from james mattis and thought what? >> well, secretary mattis set out two very important stakes in the ground. i think we shouldn't ignore. stake number one is to remind the north core evens that there is a military action. don't forget who you're dealing with here. sure, none of the military options are g but the military options exist. and then i think the second important mistake that he laid out was that we are not interested in annihilating north korea. so he put a left and right limit on what sort of how he see this is beginning to develop. and this was very important. kind of a sober, thoughtful statesman like statement coming out of the secretary of defense that i think kind of frames up where the north koreans can now move around. i think it's a very important message. where does that land on the statesman like scale? you have one where he accuses south korea of appeasement with north korea and another one saying we're going to stop threatening to stop and considering to stop all trade with any country doing bu

that was general james mattis talking outside the white house, i think that following just one of theou there is a un security council meeting being held tomorrow morning, we understand at 10am local time. a day of heavy rain in the south—west has caused problems with vehicles getting stuck in water and some flooding in towns. water poured down the streets and properties were flooded in a number of places including looe and polperro in cornwall. 0ur correspondent andy birkett reports. these were the scenes which greeted the residents of polperro this morning. heavy rain leading to torrents of muddy water flowing through the village. the water may have dissipated but not before it breached the defences of many homes and businesses. the water is flowing down the street here and like many roads in the village had looked very different this morning. this was a river of brown muddy water coming through bringing with it stones and soil and even potatoes. the residents say the drains are not coping and they are worried what will happen if the rain continues to fall. in my opinion the drains

defense secretary james mattis has made an unannounced visit to qatar he's held talks with the mayor and defense minister. bass home to around ten thousand u.s. troops u.s. president donald trump says he's willing to act as a mediator to resolve the dispute between qatar and its gulf neighbors which has lasted for months saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain of all cut off diplomatic and trade ties with they say cattle gives money to terrorist groups qatar strongly denies the accusations now the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has raised alarm over the pace of north korea's nuclear weapons program early this month pyongyang said it had test that a hydrogen bomb and followed a series of ballistic missile launches. we do not have the capacity to determine if it is our hydro bomb on not but it is the. tomorrow that ild is much bigger than the previous one it means that. north korea made a very rapid progress. combined with other elements this is the new thread and this is the global threat china says any north korean companies operating in the country will have to sh

defense secretary james mattis warned of a massive military response to any threat against the u.s. and its territories, including guam. but north korea issued new threats today saying if provoked, it would eradicate the u.s. with no trace left on earth. we are covering all of that and more with guests including senator ben cardin, ranking member of the foreign relations committee, correspondents and specialists are also standing by. let's go straight to our breaking news with residents of southeast texas still reeling from harvey, another powerful storm may pose a serious threat to the united states. you may not have heard about it yet. it is hurricane irma. and it is now a dangerous category 4. florida's governor has already declared a state of emergency. let's turn to meteorologist tom seder at the cnn weather center. tom, this is not looking good. >> no, jim, we are looking at irma. the same strength that harvey was when it made land fall into rockport. we know what happened to rockport. those strong winds alone. this system is several days away. in fact, it will not reach north

there was also the dire warning from north korea to james mattis today. >> any threat to the united states and its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. >> mattis also told the north koreans in that statement, essentially, that they are not -- u.s. response here is not to pursue regime change. he left them an off-ramp, saying we're not trying to wipe out this country, we're trying to stop the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. so a lot of tough words from mattis. and of course, from the president today, saying only l "we'll see" when asked if he would attack north korea. indeed every option on the table and it appears the president is reviewing quite closely those military options tonight. >> a busy sunday afternoon and evening there at the white house on a sunday, as i was mentioning. nbc's garrett haake covering it all for us. thanks very much. >>> now over to the korean peninsula where ron allen is in seoul, south korea. ron who was covering this all overnight with us here on msnbc. ron,

so what is jokingly called in washington, the committee to save america which is rex tillerson, james mattis, hr mcmaster and kelly, they have constrained him. so in other words, at least in foreign policy his bark is a lot worse than his bite. one day he was up and says we're going to destroy north korea. the next day, just more sanctions. >> one day being thursday.>> i mean literally the next day. sanctions. he is going to pull out the most iran deal was the most embarrassing thing ever. the next day, we're going to try and negotiate some addendum's to it. so i think that has been, that has been reassuring certainly to a lot of republicans who are on the ledge around donald trump. but as long as he he's got the national security team, the committee to save america and intact.and as a matter fact secretary james mattis travels around the world as as a joke, i am here as the secretary of reassurance. >> i do not want it to make it like donald trump is just a lone ranger. he is not. he is representing america. he is taking the low hanging fruit. 19 percent of the -- it is always been a swing

defense secretary james mattis is in the afghan capital kabul along with the native chief u.n. stoltenberg the unannounced visit comes weeks after president trump pledged to send more u.s. forces to afghanistan and afghan security forces are struggling to defeat the taliban the armed group has been on the offensive since the u.s. led nato combat forces withdrew from the region in twenty fourteen. and we're getting reports that a rocket landed near kabul airport after mr mattis arrived in afghanistan a few hours ago we're following that developing story up date you soon as we get any more information. more than forty thousand have fled from me in ma to bangladesh in the past two days the u.n. says the number of refugees escaping violence in the northern states of recalling has now risen to four hundred eighty thousand it has put a strain on resources in bangladesh where extra shelter is a need for about six thousand children who cross the border without their parents the u.n. wants two hundred fifty million dollars to cope with the crisis. well that crisis is affecting the econo

blanchard brings us more. >> reporter: a close call in afghanistan hours after secretary of defense james mattis and the head of nato landed there for a surprise visit. the taliban taking credit for the attack saying that secretary mattis was the target. >> i want to reinforce to the taliban that only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated incident. following the incident, mattis and the nato commander pledged support for for the afghan government. there is more tension surrounding north korea, china warning the u.s. on wednesday that military means are, quote, not an option to resolve the north korean nuclear problem. after president trump warned tuesday the u.s. is prepared for military options. >> we are totally prepared for the second option, not a preferred option but if we take that option, it will be devastating, i can tell you that. devastating for north korea. that's called a military option. if we have to take it, we will. >> north korea said month it considered a recent twitter comment by president trump to be a declaration of war, giving the north the