we're looking at some of kimjong—un inspecting silver platter. what is thought to be, what is described by north korea newsagency is as a hydrogen bomb capable of fitting onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. these pictures are coming in to us in the last few hours. we can see him there taking a look at, inspecting it with scientists. he really isn't backing down, is he? he's going to push the united states, japan, china, south korea, to their limit. that's it looks like. sure, definitely. he is on a course, he is sprinting towards the finish line right now. should not expect him to any time soon. kim jong—un will achieve his goals which basically is nuclear tipped icbm, nuclear missiles, and so if we leave the situation unchecked, he will reach that. he is basically trying to achieve what the bill objectives, achieve technological advance —— adjectives, nuclear tipped missiles, political objectives by gaining lethbridge, if and when negotiations ever do begin with the united states, and also achieving a domestic, showing his people that th

and that would then mean relying on kimjong unto be rational...ar restraint that any use of nuclear weapons guarantees mutually assured destruction. no wonder north korea's immediate neighbour china is pushing hard for international talks with the regime to find some way forward. as most other options are fraught with very severe possible consequences, i think in the end, one does come down to the line that this has got to be solved, unless you want catastrophe, by negotiation. but to some leading republicans, an american military response to all this looks inevitable. this was senator lindsey graham, talking hours before north korea's latest test. i am 100% certain that if kim jong—un continues to develop missile technology that can hit america, if diplomacy fails to stop him, there will be an attack by the united states against his weapon systems. the stakes with north korea have never been higher. the ultimate decision rests with president trump as america's commander—in—chief. let's get more of a sense of the global reaction. in a moment we'll

un came to power. has really accelerated since kimjong—un came to power.eople here in south korea have dealt with the threat from the north for a long time now but perhaps never before has a nuclear test and multiple missile tests come in such quick succession — really ratcheting up the pressure of the government here in seoul and its allies. and that means defences have to be strengthened. this is america's latest anti—missile system, designed to shoot down enemy rockets. it's now being deployed in south korea, a country that continues to build up its arsenal, even as it hopes to not have to use it. the latest from the us on a new bari came “— the latest from the us on a new bari came —— hurricane matthew is the governor of florida has declared a state of emergency ahead of hurricane matthew of three which is 110w hurricane matthew of three which is now a category four storm and heading towards the leeward islands. winds of 100 and 30 miles an hour are being recorded and it is strengthening over the next 48—hour is. those wins are going to strengthen. the

kimjong—un and his regime are simply refusing to bow to the outside world. why?epends on having the ultimate weapon as insurance against outside attack. but already, the north koreans have such an array of conventional weapons that they could kill hundreds of thousands of people, and maybe that's why they have ignored donald trump's warning to them last month. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. but the fact is that north korea has not been stopped by that fiery rhetoric, and has now made a new threat which raises the question, can the west stop the north koreans? the us does have the means, the fire and fury. they could almost certainly destroy the regime eventually, but not before retaliation sparked appalling consequences for south korea, japan and the wider region. so could the world live with a nuclear—armed north korea? arguably, it may have to, and that would then mean relying on kimjong—un to be rational, and north korea to accept the old cold war restraint tha

kimjong—un is a were able to bring some rationality in their.young were able to bring some rationality in their. kimjong—un is a young man and a hothead so the rest of the people in the room have to be the grown—ups. people in the room have to be the grown-ups. were where does north korea get money from to fund their missile launchers? they exporter little bit. they have a bit of money. there is money overseas but the money overseas is not tycoons. it is state money that they have overseas. they export coal and so on. and most of it to china. most a lot of it to china. they also trade with russia. for a few decades, for many decades, they played china against russia and did extremely well. the grandfather of the current leader was a master at that game. but nowadays, nowadays, the money is getting less and the question is whether they get technology from. then we probably have to look at pakistan or places like that. the new york times has this picture of hurricane irma hitting the puerto rican capital. as we were discussing in world business re

whether it will change kimjong—un kimjong—un kim jong—un‘s behaviour is another matter.ur is another matter. he hasjust called donald trump deranged. these are the same sanctions that were used successfully against iran to help bring iran to the negotiating table. the us treasury department go after foreign banks that deal or facilitate trade with north korea, as they did with iran. because the world banking system runs through america, these sanctions that because the us can stop banks all penalise them here where they have headquarters. these are effective sanctions. these are the ones un security council would not pass because it the chinese and russia would not sign them. it is interesting that chinese went ahead telling their banks to stop trading with north korea so they were given the instructions. but will do anything to change kim jong—un‘s behaviour? donald trump threatening to destroy the country if it carried on with its nuclear programme, this isa on with its nuclear programme, this is a diplomatic step. we have more on our website. in other news: facebook‘s

he said that he was on a suicide mission, he called kimjong—un " rocket mission, he called kimjong—unmjong—un " rocket man", he mission, he called kimjong—un "rocket man", he said that he would totally destroy north korea if it did not stop on this part of nuclear tests. it was quite something to come to the united nations, the heart of diplomacy, trying to avoid conflict, and essentially, as one do dramatic source said jimmy, threatening conflict against another member state, although north korea has been incredibly provocative and donald trump said he hoped that it would not be necessary, he thanked russia and china for their role in placing tough sanctions on north korea. —— as one diplomatic source saidjimmy. the korea. —— as one diplomatic source said jimmy. the array nuclear deal, it has stopped work on its programme in return for having punishing sanctions lifted against it, donald trump said that deal was in paris meant and he hinted he will not recertify it when he gets the opportunity in the middle of 0ctober, which could lead to the unravelling. quite the day here at the un

inspecting appeared to bea with kimjong—un inspecting appeared to be a fairly large nuclear device soio i think we were all quarter was with offguard. —— caught a little bit offguard. how alarmed are you to see those pictures of kim jong—un looking at what they say is a hydrogen bomb and now tremors being detect that close to where they have carried out tests before? right, so we are starting to get information right now, still a little early but if the size of the earthquake is correct, it holds true as more information and announcements come through it will be the largest nuclear tests north korea has ever conducted. and if it is the largest what would you make of that? the north korean have been saying that they are developing these weapons, testing those missiles, which these weapons would be used so this was bound to happen sooner or later. should we be alarmed? how alarmed are you? yeah, we should definitely be alarmed any time north korea carries out a nuclear test and certainly isn't a good it reinforces the fact that north korea is committed to their strategic weapons programm

. -- kim —— kimjong—un.heir responsibilities, kim jong—un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats showed that he is begging for war. the people here in south korea have dealt with the threat from the north for a long time now, but perhaps never before has a nuclear test and multiple missile tests, in such quick succession, really ratcheting up the pressure on the government here in seoul and its allies. this is america's latest anti—missile system, designed to shoot down enemy rockets. it has now been deployed in south korea. the allies might be able to defend themselves against an attack, but no matter how north korea provokes them, striking the country's nuclear not easy option. this is mostly important, north korea will certainly retaliate south korea will be the main victim of being sandwiched between hardline united states and recalcitrant north korea. and so for now, south korea continues to build up its arsenal while hoping never to use it. let's speak to vince

to world donald trump and the war of words with kimjong—un.d leaders at exchanging verbal blows bash it is like the playground. it has become cartoon like if it wasn't so serious. the language on both sides, the rhetoric gets ramped up and up and up. if actions by the north koreans get up and up by donald trump's comments about destroying north korea and more sanctions to come over north korea, we are going to see, i think, is yet another response probably this weekend and they are now talking about and h—bomb tests in the pacific. it seems that markets are just starting to react to this, they goodness they are because this is getting ramped up are because this is getting ramped up to are because this is getting ramped uptoa are because this is getting ramped up to a point of tension in that we cannot come back from. where can we go from here? the sanctions do not seem to be having the desired effect. the real key to coming years is down remains whether or not donald trump can do something with china because, frankly, if china chokes off any s

jong—il and —— will this do anything to deter kimjong—il? it might bring it to to deter kimjong—il?hat the practice is. where does this leave us in terms of diplomacy? this is a diplomatic acts, the tightening of sanctions. it isn‘t an act of war. the south koreans have said they would like to talk directly with north korea if they stopped working on their nuclear programme. the south koreans and neighbours of the north would immediately be in the firing line if there was any escalation of the conflict. it shows that despite the words trump used to hear, taunting kimjong—un, words trump used to hear, taunting kim jong—un, calling words trump used to hear, taunting kimjong—un, calling him rocket man, the united states is still doing all it can to put as much economic pressure on north korea in the hope that will change its behaviour. thanks very much. the headlines on bbc news: ina in a major speech tomorrow it is thought theresa may will propose a two—year transitional deal after brexit which could cost the uk £80 billion. —— £18 billion. the race against time in mexico city to find

that will be the task for donald trump, if kimjong—un keeps upping the ante?he is crazy, maybe he is, but he has a clear focus, develop nuclear weapons to the point where he feels his regime cannot be touched. so far, people are shouting and screaming each time he does it, but nothing happens. really, what can people do to stop him? i would

if donald trump talks to kimjong—un, that strings.o kim jong—un, that would be strings. if donald trump talks to kimjong—un, that would be hugely... donald trump will tweet, and kim jong—un will keep on firing missiles. the north koreans want money, look at how many billions the americans have been channelling to bribe north korea not to set off their nuclear weapons... the chinese and the russians want america out of the region. what do we get in return in the west, if the americans to reduce a bit of their power over there? why should they bribe kim jong—un in any event. there? why should they bribe kim jong-un in any event. after that, we need a drink, but don't let it be prosecco. british dentists are upsetting the prosecco industry in italy because they have said that it can rot your teeth quite badly.|j can't believe how badly annoyed the italians got over this. you can't listen to dentists about dental hygiene, they will tell you to eat broccoli and drink water. it is called the prosecco smile, apparently dentists transported a

partularly after north korean missile tests and escalating tensions between donald trump and kimjongonal editor, celia hatton, says mr tillerson‘s comments are not out of keeping with some of the things the trump administration has been saying. donald trump himself famously said on the campaign trail that he would sit down with kim jong un over a hamburger. these really aren't out of the stated policy of us engagement with north korea which is maximum pressure, maximum engagement. we have already seen the us try to push china to carry out the maximum pressure signs. the maximum amount of sanctions on north korea to try and convince them to give up their nuclear weapons programme. but now we are going to see china really putting the screws into the added states to carry out the maximum engagement side of the process. it is not a surprise that rex tillerson shows his visit to china to really go back to that and to redirect the fact that ashington is willing to sit down and talk. china is carrying out sanctions but both china and pressure have said repeatedly they don't think sanctions

malaysia is the same even though north korean agents killed kimjong—nam in though north korean agents—nam in february, though north korean agents killed kimjong—nam in february, they operate with impunity. i hate to bring this up given your own origin but now that india has agreed to cut north korea and trade, the philippines stands a dubious third place in terms of trade with north korea. so i think it is high time we lea n korea. so i think it is high time we lean on our friends and allies and asked them to cut it out. that was my earlier conversation withjohn king. the prices of bitcoin and other crypto currencies have plummeted after china ruled that initial bitcoin offerings are illegal. so what are these restrictions? well, the best way to describe isos are a cross between crowd funding and initial public offerings for stocks. it is a way for investors to raise money. the thing about isos is they are considered the latest financial fad. there have been more than 100 so far this year. you even have socialites like paris hilton and floyd mayweather promoting them. it has become po

we do know that this is a man, kimjong—un, who assassinated his own uncle with an anti—aircraft gun,o talk about negotiation and i love that this man —— to talk about negotiation and dialogue with this man could be a nonstarter. i think it's best to regard him as a madman. therefore what does one do about the nuclear arsenal issue?” therefore what does one do about the nuclear arsenal issue? i think china has the best hope, that we can avoid conflict, because that would be devastating for everyone concerned, that we can it courage and internal dynamic, not with. —— notwithstanding how unlikely it is, for example with an oil flagship sanctions with china, which would mean that the military were limited, and there could be a conflict with the leader. to say the chinese appears to be a morally ambiguous position, there is not much to choose between the west and north korea. notjust donald trump, the we st korea. notjust donald trump, the west and north korea in this. i would say that defies all experience of the kind of state north korea is, and of the dreadful, dreadful misery and of t

this is kimjong—un inspecting what north korea claims is such a device.it would mean that pyongyang is now capable of launching a nuclear attack on cities in the united states. this unprecedented threat prompted president trump to say... 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. it is a strong message to south korea's president, who for months has said talking to north korea was a solution. today, he expressed outrage and disappointment. translation: north korea has made an absurd tactical mistake by committing a series of provocations, such as launching icbm missiles and conducting a nuclear test, which has heightened tentions on the peninsula and is threatening world peace. it will isolate them further. south korea is most worried, because it has the most to lose. and that is why, even though military measures like these bombing drills are held in the face of the threat from north korea, it is hard to see what further action

bat kimjong—un is taking full advantage of right now. —— is an opening that.ying to you find these last few announcements? very worrying. these types of exchanges are happening at a time when north korea is moving along with its programme. this is not a stand—alone event when north korea conducts a test to raise the stakes and geta conducts a test to raise the stakes and get a larger pay—out. north korea under kim jong—un, and get a larger pay—out. north korea under kimjong—un, a little over five years of his rule, we have seen over five years of his rule, we have seen for nuclear test. the most recent 6.3 on the richter scale. they are making this forward progress to full acquisition and demonstration of —— demonstration. it makes a dangerous situation even more so. hurricane maria — and the heavy rain that followed — are continuing to wreak havoc in puerto rico. thousands of people have been asked to leave the area near a dam showing signs of weakness. the dam began flooding a nearby river on friday. thirteen people have died so far in puerto rico since the

the term he used, for kimjong—un. he said he is leading a rogue regime.ind of stuff on the other. many people probably could not have heard that without thinking about elton john... that has beenjoked about by the metro in the caption. it is interesting, this silly name—calling, on the one hand, making serious points about the kidnapping, the oppression, the com pletely u na cce pta ble kidnapping, the oppression, the completely unacceptable practice is happening in the pariah state of north korea. on the other hand, this rhetoric is... it is quite over the top. seeks to undermine the very serious point, usually you have euphemistic language, talks of neutralising a threat, seeking to contain an aggressive nation. threatening to totally destroy another country is just insanely aggressive. is it the kind of language the russians and the chinese might understand? and in fa ct, chinese might understand? and in fact, playing to his home audience, in america, also playing to them, because he knows that they, or he believes that they have outsized influence whe

kimjong un kim jong un has said kimjong un has said his goal is match the military power of the unitedsile test, overjapan, as highly provocative. washington has again warned pyongyang of possible military action. but russia and china say diplomacy is the only solution. there are images of an elated kim jong un present at the launch site. the country's state media has quoted their leader as saying this was to achieve equilibrium of force, so that the united states would not even talk about a military move against his regime. across the pacific, washington is considering its next move. we've been kicking the can down the road and we're out of road. so for those who have said and commenting about the lack of a military option, there is a military option. now it's not what we would prefer option. now it's not what we would p refer to option. now it's not what we would prefer to do. what we have to do acall on all nations, call on eve ryo ne acall on all nations, call on everyone to do everything we can to address this global problem short of war. when the us addmph trinidad and tobago tal

and it is kimjong—un in situation of the peninsular.un in violation situation of the peninsular. and it is kimjong—un in violation of myriad resolutions and of the nuclear non—proliferation treaty who has just exploded a hydrogen nuclear non—proliferation treaty who hasjust exploded a hydrogen bomb. so where is the outrage? we focus all of our energy... we focus all oui’ all of our energy... we focus all our energy on some of the rhetorical blemishes of the president of the united states. crosstalk i don't think for a moment he will pull the trigger. your point is well taken. if i am invited to pyongyang to have a conversation with kim jong—un i guarantee i will put him on the spot. well i hope so! yes, but right now i am talking to you.|j but right now i am talking to you.” wish you would go there. so do i but right now with you need to talk about the way the us is candling this because this is what the insight you have into. let me talk to you about a couple of things on how trump is handling it. you have to let me ask you the questio

if you are kimjong—un, the logical thing to do would redevelop nuclear weapons is perhaps the only formanybody else associates like that.” am not saying it is a good thing for the world, don't get me wrong. but it doesn't do us any favours to claim that he is a madman, or that he is only a madman and there is no rationality behind it. because that leads you to the argument that he is about to attack the uk or ba threat to the uk. which is what michael fallon is sane, which is ludicrous. we do know that he is a big film fan, and can remind everybody, that die another day, one of the worst of the james bond films, has a north korean bad guy. he ends up with diamonds in his face. madonna is a fencing instructor. is it possible i made that up? i don't think so.” wish you had. the point of this, surely, is that even if we are not a threat, their weapons programme has developed faster than people expected? but that has been the story for several months now. i'm just trying to bring it back to the story in the paper, natalie. the what? the independent, deportations of eu citizens soar. what is

the us leader, who has threatened to "totally destroy" north korea, responded by calling kimjong un aes reports from the south korean capital, seoul. for the first time ever today, north korea's dictator, kimjong un, stared into a camera and addressed the us president directly. he called donald trump mentally deranged and said the president would pay dearly for his threat to destroy north korea. it didn't take long for mr trump to tweet his response. he said: hours earlier in new york, north korea's foreign minister made another extraordinary threat, to drop a hydrogen bomb into the pacific. 0ur chairman of the state affairs commission has the decision to conduct strongest ever hydrogen bomb test in the pacific ocean. here in seoul this afternoon, there were no signs anyone is particularly worried by all this. this city has lived under the threat from north korea for so long that even when there's really terrifying rhetoric coming from over the mountains up there, like there is today, people in seoul tend to shrug their shoulders and carry on, and today they are doing so again. but if

the us has accused kimjong un of ‘begging for war‘ but how much do we know about swiss—educated loverzza and basketball? the chief executive of pr firm bell pottinger resigns amid accusations the firm stirred up racial tensions in south africa. we speak to the company's founder lord bell. and they may have had 4 leaders in the last year but it's been a few months since the uk independence party last elected a new leader. we'll meet the candidates the bookies think are likeliest to land the gig this time. good evening. in a crisis where language is critical the us ambassador to the un told a security council meeting today that north korea's test yesterday of a suspected advanced hydrogen bomb showed kimjong un was begging for war. today america and south korea agreed to scrap a warhead limit on south korea's arsenal enabling it to strike north korea with greater force in the event of a military conflict. as if to emphasise the scaling up, south korea earlier carried out a simulated attack on north korea's nuclear test site. the us defence secretary james mattis warned pyongyang of a ma

issue and the tit—for—tat with kim jong—un and donald trump, korea issue and the tit—for—tat with kimjong—un you really believe that? yes, ido korea. do you really believe that? yes, i do believe that. because people in the leadership of north korea which i definitely dislike, the way they behave right now, they are well aware about what happened previously with some countries not being able to develop protection mechanisms like weapons of mass destruction is. they are well aware of what happened to iraq, they are well aware of what happened to libya, they are well aware of what almost happened to syria. the united states of america is a country which on one hand is the only country in the world which used the atomic weapons in the history of mankind and secondly, this is a country which has made the interference in others domestic affairs each official policy —— it's official policy. no other american presidents have heightened their ambition to change the government in north korea as well. it definitely provokes the leadership of north korea to develop this programme. i do notjustify it. t

interesting, you rarely see kimjong un givea interesting, you rarely see kimjong un give a statement is meeting trump head—on effectively. trump stands in front of the neighbourhoods and says he will destroy north korea if the country threatens america or allies. kimjong un country threatens america or allies. kim jong un responds country threatens america or allies. kimjong un responds now two or three days later saying that the language used by donald trump was unprecedented, rude nonsense. he says he is now thinking about a response and he accuses mrtrump of being a mentally deranged rogue gangster. it's the response the north koreans are hinting at which causing concern this morning. the foreign minister in new york was quoted by journalists as foreign minister in new york was quoted byjournalists as saying that north korea may consider detonating a nuclear bomb in the pacific ocean. that's of course beyond the borders of north korea and would be a real sort of ratcheting up of tension and actions in this crisis if they were to do that. it doesn't mean they're going to. when they

, calling the north korean leaderjim —— kim jong—un, rocket calling the north korean leaderjim —— kimjong—unore inevitable. the speech took aim at donald trump and that the united nations for imposing sanctions against north korea, sanctions against north korea, sanctions which the country they believe to be deeply unfair and portraying north korea as the victim in this, basically the victim of bullying by the united states. it is followed by a week in which we have seen a followed by a week in which we have seen a ratcheting up of the rhetoric. president trump vowing to totally destroy north korea if it was posing a serious threat to the us or its allies. the north korean leader responding by calling donald trumpa leader responding by calling donald trump a mentally deranged us dotard. against the advice it would appear of senior aides, against the advice it would appear of senioraides, president against the advice it would appear of senior aides, president trump has continued with these exchanges of insults with the north koreans. there was a feeling amongst several in the white house acco

earlier in the day, these photographs were released of north korean leader kimjong un inspecting whated to be a bomb. the country says the nuclear device it's tested can be fitted onto an intercontinental missile. a serious threat, because it means pyongyang can arm these long—range rockets it tested in july, missiles that put the us mainland infiring range. in south korea, an emergency meeting was held. translation: i can't help but be disappointed and outraged. north korea has made an absurd tactical mistake by creating a series of provocations such as launching icbm missiles and conducting a nuclear test, which has heightened tensions on the peninsula and is threatening world peace. it will isolate them further. injapan, the prime minister called the latest test unacceptable. translation: if north korea forcibly conducted a nuclear test, it's absolutely unacceptable and we have to strongly protest it. it comes less than a week after north korea launched this rocket. but it's the us that north korea considers its biggest enemy, and the latest test is a step forward in its goal towar

his father was very close to china and kimjong—un has taken this position that he is going to be hisld how powerful he can be, and he's not exactly willing to toe the line of china. so china is in a very difficult position. china has been calling for a twin track position, which is some sanctions but also going back to the negotiation table. is there any prospect of negotiations? i feel uncomfortable with any analogy between the mao tse—tung of the 1960s and kim jong—un. as someone who has visited north korea, one of the significant differences is, north korea is a genuinely seriously evil place. i've been to some very nasty places in my career but north korea was by a very long shot the nastiest of them. nastier possibly than we even know. we do know that this is a man, kim jong—un, who assassinated his own uncle with an anti—aircraft gun, had his own half brother murdered by poison in kuala lumpur airport. to talk about negotiation and dialogue with this man could be a nonstarter. i'm not sure you can negotiate with him. i think it's best to regard him as a madman. therefore what d

kimjong—un's regime has hailed the test a "perfect success."sal 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 detonators have to be pulled out and they are highly sensitive. the problem with it is that, over time, crystals could have formed and they are highly explosive. the bomb w

kimjong—un has now hit back in this war of words, calling donald trump mentally deranged.iday, president trump imposed new sanctions against individuals, companies and foreign banks that trade with pyongyang. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. in recent weeks, north korea has simply ignored new sanctions imposed by the united nations and pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile tests. so now the united states has responded by promising to increase its own restrictions. at a meeting in new york with the leaders of japan and south korea, donald trump said he had signed a new executive order extending us sanctions against companies and banks that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. today i'm announcing a new executive order... the us president said this would specifically target north korean‘s textiles, information technology and manufacturing industries. our new executive order will cut of sources of revenue that funded north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. what's unclear is what impact the sanctions would

the country has conducted six nuclear tests so far but the pace has really accelerated since kimjongn came to power. the people here in south korea have dealt with the threat from the north for a long time now but perhaps never before has a nuclear test and multiple missile tests come in such quick succession — really ratcheting up the pressure of the government here in seoul and its allies. and that means defences have to be strengthened. this is america's latest anti—missile system, designed to shoot down enemy rockets. it's now being deployed in south korea, a country that continues to build up its arsenal, even as it hopes to not have to use it. as we heard, china has again called for more diplomatic efforts to address the crisis involving north korea. china's ambassador to the un warned that beijing would not allow "chaos and war" on the korean peninsula. his proposal for a freeze on north korea's nuclear tests, in exchange for the suspension ofjoint military drills by america and south korea, was described as "insulting" by the us government. our correspondent, john sudworth, r

kimjong—un has now hit back in this war of words, calling donald trump "mentally deranged."ay, president trump imposed new sanctions against individuals, companies and foreign banks that trade with pyongyang. let's speak to our correspondent danny savage who's in seoul. danny, i want to talk about the sanctions and what that involves in a moment. let's talk about this war of words which seems to have intensified further with comments from the north korean foreign minister? yes, we were talking just stay few hours ago about the response from the north korean leader, kim jong—un, who response from the north korean leader, kimjong—un, who issued a response if you days after that speech by donald trump, saying that he was considering what to do next. he said he was basically deeply offended by what donald trump had said, called him deranged, and said he would consider the highest level of hardline he would consider the highest level of ha rdline countermeasure he would consider the highest level of hardline countermeasure in history to what more trump had said. remember that the

these are photos of selfies of kimjong—un and his team. they've been called selfies.drawings and various things. who are these people at the centre of the drama? the gentlemen we see in a lot of these photographs have largely been behind the scenes for a number of years, even in the case of kim jong—un this past weekend. two of the gentlemen from the weekend, whose names we know, under his father we never saw these people. so what we're seeing now, these are people who have not been public figures who have been given procedure and publicity by kim jong—un. kim jong—un conducts the nuclear programme with more transparency and more information given to the outside world than by his father. transparency, that's an odd term to use when it comes to north korea. what has kimjong—un brought to the table in terms of prioritising the weapons development? they have a policy which is the two line policy. nuclear weapons are basically north korea's number one national priority, the development and deployment of credible nuclear deterrents, the number one policy priority. that's w

it says kimjong—un has inspected a hydrogen bomb that is more powerful and can be loaded on an intercontinentalsile. but there has been no reaction so far to the claims from other countries or their military experts. donald trump has praised the recovery effort in texas during a visit to houston, where he has been meeting people who have been affected by storm system harvey. the president and the first lady have now travelled to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit by the storm. james cook has this report from houston. americans look to their president. he is expected, required, to show empathy, leadership and unity. today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes, and over the past week, the commander—in—chief‘s response to this hurricane has been praised as rapid and effective. nice to see you. go ahead, take a picture. it's been really nice, it's been a wonderful thing. as tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing, i think, even for the country to watch, and for the world to watch. it's been beautiful. so far, the storm has claimed more than 45 lives. it has damaged or d

what has kimjong—un brought north korea. —— odd term to use.tising the weapons development? they have a policy which is the two line policy. nuclear weapons are basically north korea's number one national priority, the development in deployment of credible nuclear deterrent is, the number one policy priority. that's what he came in with when he took power six years ago. it has been a priority for him because it's a major accomplishment. north korea this entire time has been reaching this final phase. president trump has moved to abolish another defining legacy of his predecessor announcing an end to a scheme that protected undocumented illegal immigrants in the us from being deported. the programme called daca was introduced by barack 0bama five years ago, allowing undocumented immigrants to work and study with a permit. it's thought that almost 800,000 people are currently on the programme. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool has more details. anger at what is seen as the white house once again being anti—immigrant. the decision affects those brou

if we look at kimjong—un, thanks forjoining us.nks forjoining us. if we look at kimjong—un, since he has been in power, he has fired some 80 missiles. he has shown no desire to enter into any dialogue with country 01’ enter into any dialogue with country or countries. is it inevitable that north korea will be a fully fledged nuclear state? we are seeing a rapid race to developing this capability of nuclear armed icbm. wejust race to developing this capability of nuclear armed icbm. we just saw an intermediate range ballistic missile isle. we are getting into the category of forward movement. that is the operative word, it is a programme rather than a single event. we focus on a single event. the data shows north korea under kim jong—unin the data shows north korea under kim jong—un ina the data shows north korea under kim jong—un in a little overfive the data shows north korea under kim jong—un in a little over five years of his rule is making tremendous progress. one would say he is on the cusp of this capability. yes, indeed. we

amidst all this tension, what is kimjong—un — north korea's dictator — actually trying to achieve?ely wants to join the elite club of nuclear nations, for his own protection. not having nuclear weapons makes dictators vulnerable to regime change and their own violent deaths. kim has looked at the fate of both saddam hussein in iraq and colonel gaddafi in libya. neither had nukes. so it's highly likely he will press on and try to complete an arsenal of nuclear—armed missiles. and maybe even bet the fate of his country and his people on not being stopped. the security firm gas was warned three years ago about problems with the behaviour of some of its staff towards detainees at an immigration detention centre near gatwick airport, according to a former senior manager. undercover filming for tonight's bbc panorama has already led to the suspension of ten staff, after allegations of abuse and violence. the company says there's no place for such behaviour in its workforce. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. detainee custody officer callum tulley — wearing a hidden c

nuclear power is understand their responsibilities, kimjong—un understand their responsibilities, kims show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. but our country's patience is not unlimited, and we will defend our allies and our territory and the idea that somehow suggested as a so—called freeze for freeze is insulting. when a rogue regime has nuclear weapons and an icbm pointed at you you do not take steps to lower your guard. no one would do that. we certainly won't. the time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis. and that means quickly and acting the strongest possible measures here in the un security council and only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy. we have kicked the can down the road long enough, there is no more roads left. this crisis goes well be and the un, the united states will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country —— well beyond the un. they will look at them as a country that is giving aid to their reckless nu

kimjong—un has san francisco with a hydrogen bomb.g—un has finally started respecting us, president donald trump has said just within the last fortnight. when it seemed as though the rhetoric from young yang had died down, today the north korean leader has shown he has no intention to stop. and yogita is live in seoulfor us now president trumper amongst those condemning the north korean actions. that's right. he called it a rogue nation but also importantly he said south korea is finding out the policy of appeasement will not work with north korea. in his words he says they understand only one thing, suggesting a stronger response is required. south korea for a long time has been saying they want a diplomatic solution to the situation, donald trump saying that is not possible, indicating perhaps a strong is not possible, indicating perhaps a strong response is not possible, indicating perhaps a strong response is required. we know top national security adviser is from the us and south korea have spoken to each other discussing militar

the sanctions will not achieve what the us says it wants, which is to convince kimjong—un to give upin the region are saying is diplomacy is what is going to bring down the pressure in the region, bring down the pressure on the korean peninsula. i don't think they are willing to sit down might now, i think it is accepted they want to get to the end goal which is to achieve a weapon that they believe will defend the north korean regime. once they achieve that nuclear weapons, weapon that can reach the mainland united states, they said all along that is what they are going to do. once they have that weapon and they carry out the test to convince themselves that weapon is usable, i think then they might sit down for negotiations because at that point, they will be a strong position and will be able to negotiate some kind of deal, some kind of achievement to get what they want. more than 100,000 people have fled their homes on the indonesian island of bali amid fears a nearby volcano could erupt imminently. it would be the first time mount agoong has erupted in half a century, as our cor

and so what we have, he continued, of course, to take on the kimjong—un, a:k.a.hours having become little rocket man. so kimjong—un, of course, responds, and this is not going towards a good place. this is not going well. and iran, he tried to... he took on iran, saw iran calmly fired off a missile, a ballistic missile not a nuclear missile or anything, but they fired off... this is not good. this is not productive. i guess the problem is that we live in the week in iraq, so you have now really to kind of —— we live in an error of twitter. —— an era. and what is the real diplomacy behind the scenes. going beyond the rocket man pop music rhetoric meant for a fox news and twitter's audience, there was quite a significant advancement on a more kind of solid diplomatic ground work, and the fact that he recognised that the united nations is needed... for protection. you mean in relation to north korea? in relation to north korea. there we re in relation to north korea. there were conciliatory noises towards russia and china for having agreed to offer sanctions on nort

kimjong—un has never made such a personal message to donald trump.d say that there is some restraint in the details of the threats, so, for example, donald trump has said that, although he is ready to totally destroy north korea, this is if he has to defend the usa or its allies. and for kim jong—un, he has said he is considering what to do next, not that this will definitely happen. we can still hope that there might be some talks between the us and north korea. furthermore, there have, even during the tensions earlier this year, been backroom talks between the us and north korea. we can only hope that such talks are continuing out of the public eye. but overall, they should be very concerned. the rhetoric has now become so personal, it is difficult to see how either side could really step back and save face. that is interesting because it is the rhetoric from the two leaders thatis is the rhetoric from the two leaders that is like that, but if you listen to what some of donald trump's key advisers say, particularly some of those generals who advise

but we saw these pictures of the north korean leader kimjong these pictures of the north korean leadernd these pictures of the north korean leader kimjong or and the pictures we see them now, of what they claim isa we see them now, of what they claim is a hydrogen bomb capable of being put on the intercontinental ballistic missile. —— kimjong—un. but the pictures are unconnected at this point. yes, the news of the tremors came houi’s this point. yes, the news of the tremors came hours after the north korean media put out these photographs which they say is kim jong—un inspecting a hydrogen bomb —— worryingly, they said this could be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. we know they tested these rocket injuly. many experts believe they are capable of hitting the united states mainland. if the claims are true and we don't have independent verification yet, but if they are true it would essentially mean north korea has made a warhead that can fit onto the long—range missiles so they can weaponised these missiles and could be seen as a very serious threat by america. we are a

sonia in sussex says, "why does kimjong—un not seem to be worried?"is a regime that thrives on that. it thrives on paranoia. that keeps the people distracted and it is not a paranoia that is entirely engineered. the korean war which might seem to many of our viewers is a distant memory, does not feel that way to the north korean regime. they know in the course of that conflict the united states toyed with the idea of taking over altogether and inflicted massive damage on all north korean cities. so, that wound and the paranoia which it has generated down the decades is very real. paul adams talking to me a little earlier. the president of the police superintendents‘ association says a policing model on fewer officers doing more is flawed. the home office says calls for extra funding are still under discussion. here is danny shaw. is the thin blue line becoming too thin? yes, says the police superintendents‘ association. it represents a thousand middle ranking officers — the men and women who make the key operational decisions. the superintendents are