richard lister, bbc news. says the united states would be prepared to act alone to counter the nuclear threat from north korea. speaking to the financial times newspaper, mr trump said: north korean missile tests are expected to be high on the agenda in talks later this week with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. i spoke with james person from washington's public policy think tank the wilson center and asked him what he made of president trump's comments. president trump's statement is in many ways trying to get china to step up its game a bit before president xi's upcoming visit to washington. we have long overstated china's ability to exercise political influence over north korea. there is no doubt that china today has greater leverage over north korea because of its economic assistance to the country. but china has different influence on the peninsula and it is not willing to use that leverage to bring north korea to its knees, for example. which is what we want, to force north korea to abandon its nuclea

richard lister, bbc news. to lina garcia, a co—ordinator from the colombian red cross, about the latest developments in the search and rescue operation. the colombian red cross has deployed 149 volunteers and employees in order to attend the emergency. up until now, the official information given by the colombian government is 210 corpses found. 112 corpses have already been identified. we have 266 wounded. 300 families have actually been affected by the emergency and approximately 220 missing persons. the colombian red cross has a service called restoring family links and up to now, we have had 326 persons requesting this service. up to now, we have been able to close nine of the 326 cases of restoring family links. while us, as the colombian red cross, the services we are providing to our communities are health services, psychosocial support, as i said already, restoring family links. we are supporting the government with water purification plants in order to provide water for the communities. stay with us o

richard lister, bbc news. top story — police in pakistan say at least 20 people have been killed by the custodian of a sufi shrine close to the pakistani city of sargodha in the province of punjab. the victims are said to have been his spiritual disciples. secunder kermani reports from islamabad. a place of worship turns to a scene of horror. followers of a local saint were reportedly drugged, then beaten to death at this shrine. 20 bodies were brought to hospital late last night, after four people managed to escape and raised the alarm. the killer is believed to be this man, abdul waheed, the custodian of the shrine, arrested by police along with two alleged compasses. translation: the three accused, who are under arrest, invited the disciples to the shrine. as they kept arriving, they were torturing and murdering them. in islamabad, mourners gathered to pay their respects at the home of one of the victims, asif bid ali. the shrine where this attack happened was dedicated to asif‘s father. the suspected kille

richard lister reports. the med, threaten britain's future relationship with the eu? gibraltar‘s been in british hands for more than 300 years, but it voted almost unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of taking the territory back. just this week, theresa may said that wouldn't happen. we are absolutely steadfast in our support of gibraltar and its people and its economy. our position has not changed. but the european council's position has changed and in its draft negotiating guidelines, it says after the uk leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and the uk may apply to the territory of gibraltar without the agreement between the kingdom of spain and the uk. and giving spain veto rights could mean choppy waters ahead. spain hasn't been shy of confronting britain in the past, here over fishing rights off the gibraltar coast. now its demands on the territory could be part of any future eu—uk trade deal. these are draft guidelines but already, we see spain making the moves that people expe

richard lister, bbc news.ing questioned by police after an attack on a 17—year—old asylum seeker at a bus stop in south london. the teenager, who's kurdish iranian, remains seriously ill in hospital after being subjected to what police called a ‘savage‘ attack. simonjones reports. he was waiting for a bus on friday night but the 17—year—old, a kurdish iranian, was approached by a group of eight people, according to the police. they asked where he was from. he said he was an asylum seeker. at that point, the police say, the group started chasing the 17—year—old, who was with a couple of friends, away from the bus stop, down this street and around the corner, where the attack took place. he suffered several blows to the head. kana varathan heard the screams. normally, the friday night, they are always making noise. then it sounded really funny. then looking out the window, the group of people beating one person. some people tried to intervene, others dialled 999. the police are treating the attack as a hate crim

richard lister, bbc news.ister has told the people of gibraltar that the uk would never allow it to slip from british control against their will. in a telephone call aimed at reassuring gibraltar about its future after brexit, theresa may said britain was steadfast in its commitment. here's our political correspondent iain watson. legend has it, when the barbary apes leave gibraltar, the british won't be far behind. well, they are still here, but the 30,000 human residents of the rock who want to remain british are worried that the spanish government could soon have more say over their lives. the eu has said that after brexit, london will have to talk directly to spain about the territory's future. a former conservative leader said the uk's commitment to gibraltar would be no different than its commitment to the falklands. another woman prime minister sent a task force halfway across the world to protect another small group of british people against another spanish—speaking country. but don't panic. four days

richard lister, bbc news.ian red cross and shejoins me now via webcam. thank you forjoining us. such a huge loss of life so far in mocoa. the hope is that we will find some survivors. what hope is there? on behalf of the colombian red cross, we wa nt behalf of the colombian red cross, we want to express our thanks for the concerned that the international community has had for this emergency. the colombian red cross has deployed 145 volunteers and employees in order to attend the emergency. up until now, the official information given by the colombian government is 210 corpses found. 112 have already been identified. we have 266 wounded, 300 families have been affected by the emergency and approximately 220 missing persons. the colombian red cross has a service called restoring family links and up till now, we have had 326 persons requesting this service. up till now, we have been able to close nine of the 326 cases of restoring family links. while ours as the colombian red cross, the services we are providing

richard lister, bbc news.'donnell is in bogota and we can talk to him now about the current situation. thank you forjoining us. tell us what you are hearing about the latest attempts to find survivors. well, the rescue operation is well underway at this stage in place—macro and the priority remains the search and rescue operation to pull people alive from the wreckage and that will remain the case for the next 48 hours. as you can imagine ona the next 48 hours. as you can imagine on a disaster of this scale, said to be the worst natural disaster in colombia since 1994, the machinery of the state has been fully deployed to place—macro by president santos. 1300 personnel are in the town, the city right now, which includes army, police personnel, civil defence, airforce personnel, civil defence, airforce personnel and they are all coordinating their efforts to try to get to those people who most need it. there are still 300 people at least still missing in mocoa. the effo rts least still missing in mocoa. the eff

richard lister, bbc news, at the old bailey.f the world's leading financial organisation, the international monetary fund, has given an upbeat assessment of the world economy. christine lagarde said that strong growth was returning to america and europe, britain's two largest export markets. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports from america. meet matt levatich — the man who runs, and rides, harley—davidsons. the all—american company that export5 around the world. if things are going well for businesses like this, then that is a signal that the global economy is set fair. i asked mr levatich if the economy is indeed looking up. a lot of this is just psychology. when people feel more confident, then they're willing to make, if you will, financial ri5ks of investing in something, improving your home, buying a motorcycle. when they feel really uncertain, they pull back and they wait. and so the election and so forth has helped people feel more optimism. running more smoothly at harley, and for the us. american growth is up. an

richard lister in westminster, thank you.eter power, a former counter terrorism officer with scotland yard who now consults on crisis management for situations like the one we've seen today. he's in our southampton studio. thank you forjoining us this evening, peter. first off, your reaction to the incident today. evening, peter. first off, your reaction to the incident todaylj think my reaction is rather like the government's. we were warned about this. right at the beginning of the year the government issued an app for our mobile telephones called citizen aid and you press the app and it tells you what to do in the case of a marauding gunman or marauding knifeman, perhaps like we have seen today, had he got through and committed the act. the government is aware of this, not many people were aware of that app which is surprising but it tells me one other thing as well. there is a continuing pattern where terrorists are demonstrating they have changed their weapon. they are using things you find in your kitchen, in the street

richard lister, bbc news.at is the latest the road has reopened and traffic is flowing again. things have got back to normal quickly. the police dealt with this incident very soon indeed. we understand it was an ongoing operation. rather than a random stop on this traffic island they had been following this man and decided to stop him as he got here to the centre of whitehall. you can see how close we are to parliament where the attack happened last month. we are the same distance from downing street. a sensitive area. i have spoke to one eyewitness who said as they stopped that man on that traffic island he thought he saw at least five knives on the ground. that is why that man is now being questioned on suspicion of preparing a cts questioned on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. we have a little bit more detail about who he is. we believe that he's 27 years old and lives in london. he is said to hold a british passport, but is not believed to have been born in the uk. we understand there are now poli

richard lister reports. could this rock threaten britain's future relationship with the eu?ar has been a british hands for more than 300 years but voted unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of getting the territory back. theresa may said that would not happen this week. we asked are passed in our support of gibraltar. our position has not changed. but the european council's decision has changed. it says, after the uk leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and uk may apply to the territory to abort without the agreement between the kingdom of spain and the uk. giving spain veto rights could mean choppy waters ahead. spain has not been shy of confronting britain in the past. now its demands on the territory could be part of any future eu uk trade deal. these are draft guidelines but already we are seeing spain making moves with an agreement ready. and frankly, it is singling out the and fairly. but madrid does have a list of grievances, like the ball to's low tax economy, enabling the smuggling of cheap cigarettes into spain. brexit may have given the spa

richard lister reports. this is a place of mud and misery.t away. whole families died here. the painstaking search for survivors is continuing. rescue workers moving quietly through flattens neighbourhoods hoping for a sense of life in the wreckage. nothing here. with every hour that passes, hopes of finding more people live diminish. within hours of the deluge, message boards went up listing the dead and the missing, many of those unaccounted for our children. —— our children. we are searching for a baby, she says, a little baby, we cannot find him anywhere. this man has lost his daughter. i hope somebody has her, he says. she is cold louisa. closest to the river, people are trying to retrieve what they can of their lives. the shock of this disaster is still sinking in. the rains that caused this flood were unusually heavy, but deforestation upstream played a part as well. this tone of 40,000 people is still without power 01’ 40,000 people is still without power or freshwater. the 40,000 people is still without power orfreshwater. the homele

richard lister reports.lks and the people of gibraltar also wondering what the future holds. they voted almost unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of taking the territory back. just this week, theresa may said that wouldn't happen. we are steadfast in our support of gibraltar and its people and its economy. 0ur position has not changed. but the european council position has changed. in its draft negotiating guidelines, it says after the uk leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and the uk may apply to the territory of gibraltar without the agreement between the kingdom of spain and the uk. translation: on gibraltar, no agreement between the european union and the uk will apply without the consent of spain. we won't accept any agreement that undermines spain's position on gibraltar‘s sovereignty or that harms spain's economic interests. and madrid has other grievances too, like gibraltar‘s low tax economy enabling the smuggling of cheap cigarettes into spain. brexit mayjust have given t

this report on the night's events from richard lister.reet, bystander film last night's attack. the grey car has drawn alongside a police van and 110w has drawn alongside a police van and now there is a gun battle on the street. when it is over, a policeman is dead and so is his attacker. defence and interior ministers were called to an emergency meeting this morning. the security forces have 110w morning. the security forces have now been fully mobilised as france prepares to vote. translation: i call on everyone to show the spirit of responsibility and dignity. it is our duty to not give in to fear, intimidation and manipulation. otherwise, this would only serve to gain the enemies of the republic. the attack happened as the 11 candidates standing in sunday's presidential election were making their final televised appeals for support. several decided to stop campaigning immediately as a mark of respect. francois fillon from the centre—right said today that this was a fight against islamist totalitarianism and should be fought with intel

let's speak to our correspondent, richard lister who is on the scene at westminster. that traffic island right in the middle of the road behind me. we understand from police that the individual was stopped and searched, not randomly but as a result of an ongoing investigation. they knew exactly who he was when they stopped him, they searched him, he was arrested and ta ken him, they searched him, he was arrested and taken away. all those events arrested and taken away. all those eve nts too k arrested and taken away. all those events took minutes as people watched, really quite staggered by what was unfolding in front of their eyes. there would have been memories also of what happened not so far away from parliament just around the corner in fact on the bridge next parliament, just over a month ago when khalid masood used mow down pedestrians, injuring 50, killing four people and a police officer in front of the houses houses of parliament. before he was shot. nothing so dramatic today but the sight of armed officers would certainly have given people pause as they vis

richard lister reports.olent death they tried to cover up. on september 20 last year, bigger was spotted on cctv in a shop near her home in east london carrying a money in a sling. imani‘s face is obscured by a piece of cloth. minutes later we see vulture pushing the other child onto a bus. baker pushing the other child onto a bus. ba ker follows pushing the other child onto a bus. baker follows with the money. the case and does it was a close, which gives her a thumbs up. both parents know imani is already dead. it is not until half an hour later that biggar calls out for help, save her babyis biggar calls out for help, save her baby is unwell. this woman immediately checks on imani and alert other passengers. what the film rushes to tell the driver what is going on. it is still on the phone, but she doesn‘t call 999. another passenger does that. what has happened 7 another passenger does that. what has happened? the baby is losing his life. the jury was told that when medical teams finally examined in mone

richard lister, bbc news.er, i spoke with dimitri o'donnell, a journalist in bogota who's following this story, and who gave me this update. president sandals has returned to mocoa in the last couple of hours and released the latest official figures from the grief stricken region, saying 207 people are now confirmed dead. they have identified 85 bodies, 43 of whom are children. there are still more than 300 people missing and 400 people are reported injured. there's a big team of estate agencies in mocoa right now —— state agencies. 1200 at the last count including the army, police, navy, civil defence and the red cross and they are doing all to