mr. guterres: thank you very much mr. president. i'm extremely grateful, first of all, for the support you have given us inroads into our reform process and the general assembly. i am a true believer that we live in a messy world, but we need strong reform, a modernized u.n. we need a strong united states engagement based on its traditional values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and we need very strong cooperation between the u.s. and the u.s. -- the u.s. in the human -- and the u.n. pres. trump: i have to say, the united nations has tremendous potential. it has not been used over the be, years as it should but the united nations, more of anything i could think of -- and i will tell you i happen to think the united states, even as well as we are doing right now, has additionally tremendous potential. we have just started. but the unit conditions -- but the united nations has this great -- it is almost an hour to bring people together like nothing else. it hasn't been used. you are starting to really get your arms around it. i h

speaking to the bbc, mr guterres said the level of devastation was such that everybody had a moral obligation to help the victims. hurricane nate has made landfall in louisiana bringing torrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. five ports have closed to shipping as a precaution and evacuation orders have been issued for some low—lying areas. nate had been gathering strength as it crossed the gulf of mexico. the spanish prime minister, has insisted that any declaration of independence by the catalonia region will have no effect. he was speaking after a day of rallies around the country in favour of national unity. now on bbc news — it's time to click. this week, click is injapan where we will be rolling, ponging, stroking and screaming. lots of screaming. i have seen things you people wouldn't believe. crystals on fire, on the shoulders of unicorns. i have watched sunbeams glitter in the dark near the gates. all those moments have been lost in time, like tears in the rain. time to make some newjapan memories. in the land that inspired blade runner, we are spending two weeks

in the last few hours, mr guterres has been visiting antigua and barbuda. you very much for joining us. firstly, you have visited the areas devastated by these hurricane ‘s. what is your assessment? well it is horrible to see a paradise island like barbuda turned in to help. 95% of the houses have been destroyed. total devastation. the people had to be com pletely devastation. the people had to be completely evacuated. this is something we are seeing more and more, there is an increasing intensity of hurricanes and increased frequency and increased devastation. the origin is clear, we are facing the consequences of climate change. we hear the most appalling stories of people who are homeless, without clean water, the hospitals are without electricity. do you think the response to these hurricane is just was do you think the response to these hurricane isjust was not do you think the response to these hurricane is just was not good enough? well... there is an enormous effort first of all by the caribbean states themselves and the caribbean emergency mechanis

speaking to the bbc, mr guterres said the level of devastation was such that everybody had a moral obligationuisiana bringing torrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. five ports have closed to shipping as a precaution — and evacuation orders have been issued for some low—lying areas. nate had been gathering strength as it crossed the gulf of mexico. the spanish prime minister, has insisted that any declaration of independence by the catalonia region will have no effect. he was speaking after a day of rallies around the country in favour of national unity. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the capital, madrid, and the catalan city of barcelona. some councils say they're not getting the money they need to carry out urgent safety improvements on tower blocks following the grenfell disaster. a number of local authorities in england and wales say requests for government funds for refurbishment are being rejected because they're deemed non—essential. angus crawford explains. it was a fire no—one thought possible, flames engulfing the building, spreading through

speaking to the bbc, mr guterres said the level of devastation was such that everybody had a moral obligationrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. five ports have closed to shipping as a precaution and evacuation orders have been issued for some low—lying areas. nate had been gathering strength as it crossed the gulf of mexico. the spanish prime minister, has insisted that any declaration of independence by the catalonia region will have no effect. he was speaking after a day of rallies around the country in favour of national unity. now on bbc news — it's time to click. this week, click is injapan where we will be rolling,