Is going to reinforce vital alliances in the Pacific Region in order to deter increasing hostility from north korea. That announcement followed north koreas launch of a Ballistic Missile thats drawn Harsh International condemnation. Its the first such launch since Donald Trump Took Office as us president. The missile was fired from an air base in north pyong an province and flew about 5000 kilometres east into International Waters in the sea ofjapan. 0ur tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is the launch of a musudan Ballistic Missile, the same type that was fired from north korea into the sea of japan earlier this morning. Todays launch was almost certainly timed so that north koreas dictator, kim jong un, could crash a Weekend Party taking place on the other side of the world. President donald trump and japans prime minister, shinzo abe, have been spending the weekend golfing in florida. Mr abe was not amused by the north korean intrusion. Translation north koreas recent Missile Launch is absolutely intolerable. North korea must fully comply with the Relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. In his response, President Trump seemed less certain. Even neglecting to condemn the north korean launch. Thank you very much, mr prime minister. I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100 . Thank you. Kim jong un recently promised to test a much more powerful intercontinental missile. President trump has vowed that will not happen, but its not clear how he intends to stop it. North korea already has short range missiles capable of hitting south korea, and Medium Range Missiles capable of hitting japan. The musudan is an intermediate range missile, which may be able to hit us bases in guam. The ultimate goal is a so called icbm, able to hit parts of the United States and australia. For more than 20 years, the outside world has been trying to stop north korea, with tighter and tighter sanctions. But it has been a complete failure. The border with China Remains open, and trade is flourishing. The us and its allies will now move to tighten sanctions further, and accelerate the deployment of new anti Missile Systems in south korea and japan, but no one seems to have any idea how to stop north korea from becoming a fully fledged Nuclear Missile armed state. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. David willis is in washington for us now. Thank you forjoining us. North korea has said some time that its been threatening to launch a missile, but do you get the sense that the Trump Administration was expecting this news . Were they prepared for this . Its interesting, the Trump Administration has been at pains to reassure its allies, particularly japan, that it has their back as far as north korea is concerned. But what precisely the Trump Administration plans to do about north korea isnt precisely clear. Weve had over the last several presidencies talks, sanctions, we had what was called under the 0bama administration, strategic patients. None of it has calmed north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. With every likelihood that north korea might actually develop a Nuclear Missile capable of reaching the United States within the lifetime of this current presidency, it becomes something of an urgency for donald trump to sort some sort of policy out on this front. He has said on the Campaign Trail that he would be willing to sit down and have a burger, as he put it, with kimjong un and negotiate directly. Thats not something the 0bama administration wa nted something the 0bama administration wanted to do. But certainly, that and all the other potential solutions to this, are being weighed up solutions to this, are being weighed up now in the light of whats happened over the last few hours. Up now in the light of whats happened over the last few hoursm was interesting to hear the statement from Stephen Miller today. It seems to throw out the idea that talks with kim jong un out of the window. It seemed like they were more talking about reinforcing alliances in the region. Do you think they are grasping at straws a little bit . There is the thought that china could be a buttress, if you like. That its influence over north korea could be helpful to the United States, could be leveraged in some way. North korea relies on china for most of its energy and food. Despite the fact china has condemned this and other Missile Tests by south korea, it doesnt seem to have affected anything. North Korea Remains committed to its Nuclear Programme, no question about that. It really is a difficult situation and one that has vexed president s before donald trump, going back several decades. In fact, to the time of george bush senior. difficult situation indeed. Thank you to david willis in washington. Voters in switzerland have approved a plan to relax the countrys citizenship laws. Final results from the National Referendum showjust over 60 of voters support measures to make it easierfor Third Generation immigrants to become swiss citizens. Imogen foulkes reports from berne. Vanja and vanja, two young women with the same name, both born in switzerland. One is swiss and can vote. The other isnt and cant. Supporters of simplified citizenship argued this was a logical and discriminatory. Was illogical and discriminatory. We asked people, whats the difference between people born here, went to school together, raised here, why should they have a different set of rights at birth . But the swiss have traditionally been very protective of their passport. Opponents of changing the current strict rules tried to exploit fears of increased immigrants from the middle east. The tactic did not work. Over 60 said yes to easier citizenship for Third Generation immigrants. Now, on paper, this looks like a pretty minor change in switzerlands citizenship law, but actually its very significant. For around 25,000 people who were born here, mainly young people, it will make a big difference. Vanja from the Campaign Poster is among them. The granddaughter of italian immigrants born in switzerland, she cannot vote and is barred from some professions, such as the police. Todays result will change that. This means a lot to me. Because it shows that im a part of switzerland. But the vote also reflects a change in country. A changing country. Three previous attempts to relax the rules on citizenship were defeated. Today, switzerland has signalled a growing acceptance of its immigrant population. Imogen foulkes, bbc news, berne. German politicians have chosen the countrys new president. The former Foreign Minister, frank walter steinmeier, was elected at a special assembly of both regional and national representatives. The german president has little executive power, but is considered to have an Important Role in setting moral leadership for the nation. Hamburg airport in germany was temporarily evacuated and flights stopped after an irritant gas caused passengers to suffer breathing and eye problems. Firefighters later said they had found an empty cartridge that had likely contained pepper spray or tear gas, which is sold in germany for self defence use. Nine people have been taken to hospital. In greece, Military Bomb Disposal Experts have removed a huge Second World War bomb after it was found during Construction Work in the city of thessaloniki. Around 75,000 people were moved to safety while the operation took place. The device is now being taken to a military base, for final disposal. Tens of thousands of romanians have taken to the streets for a 13th day, to demand the resignation of the government. This was the scene outside the governments offices less than one hour ago. The demonstrations have forced the government to revoke a controversial decree that would have weakened the powers of Anti Corru Ption prosecutors, and caused the Justice Minister to resign. The countrys Foreign Minister has admitted that the government had made mistakes in its handling of the corruption issue. But he told our correspondent nick thorpe that ministers are determined to stay firm. If we get the nonconfidence vote in the parliament, we will go home. But until that moment, we will do ourjob. And let the others express their opinions. And try to take into account, to the best of our abilities, the opinions of those who are demonstrating. Do you plan to introduce any similar legislation in future . We decided to abbrogate the ordinance and to come back to the previous situation, which does not mean that this issue is solved. It will be solved in the parliament in the period to come. And with a larger consultation, transparency and so on and so forth. Thats why, from my point of view, practically there are no reasons for the continuing of the protest. Maybe in this case we were wrong. And the second thing in which we were wrong, was the way in which we communicated with the population, with the citizens. How uncomfortable has it been for you and your government to face these massive protests over the last weeks. Of course its an uncomfortable position when people are demonstrating against you. You cant be happy. Its obvious. But at the same time, i have to tell you very bluntly, we have the feeling that we did our best, whatever was in our power, to defuse this tension. The biggest awards night for british film the baftas is under way in london. Guests have been gathering at the royal albert hall. The romantic musical, la la land, leads the nominations with 11 in all. The films Nocturnal Animals and arrival both follow closely with nine nominations each. We can go live to the bbcs jane hill. Jane, who has been picking up baftas so far . The ceremony is continuing at the royal albert hall. Until just the ceremony is continuing at the royal albert hall. Untiljust a few minutes ago, it really was looking like an evening of all must have prizes. Almost every film nominated tonight was picking up something along the way. A real scatter gun affair. In the last little while weve had a few more of the major categories through. Certainly la la land has done pretty well. Damien chazelles film has done well with emma stone picking up the award for best actress and Damien Chazelle for best director. Also on award for cinematography. Certainly not running away in terms of pure numbers. We wait still to find out whether it picks up the award for best film. The film lion, based on the True Story Of A Young Boy adopted from india and taken to live with a family in australia aspect up a couple of awards including one for its screenplay by luke davies and a Big Cheerfor The British actor dev patel, who picked up the acting award in that category. A couple of awards that perhaps were expected, Casey Affleck has taken the award in the last few minutes for his performance in manchester by the sea, quite a bleak new england s tale, but a very Strong Performance from him. He won the golden globe for that award and has picked up the bafta here tonight in london. And best supporting actress went to the very Popular American actress viola davis for her searing role in fences, directed by Denzel Washington and based on a play by august wilson, who adapted the screenplay for fences from his own play. That was quite some years ago because he died in 2005. We wait here at the albert hall to find out what has been selected as best film and the Bafta Fellowship is still to come as well. There is more to come tonight. Thank you, jane. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come. Catastrophic Fire Conditions in parts of australia. Bushfires take hold in dozens of places in New South Wales. Nelson mandela taking his first three steps in a new south africa. Death sentence has been passed on salman rushdie, the writer of a book many muslims say it is blasphemous. The people of haiti say thank you for the asking of their former president , doctor valley. Shergar was kept in a special box in the stud farm block. He was driven away ina stud farm block. He was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. Stepping down from the plane, a figure in mourning. Elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. The latest headlines. After the latest firing of a north korean Ballistic Missile out, the us says it will reinforce its alliances in the Pacific Region. Back to our top story and that north Korean Missile test that took place earlier on sunday. Its received strong condemnation from across the international community. Joining us is professor david kang at the university of southern california. Thank you so much forjoining us. My pleasure. Off in the north korean leadership and kim jong un in particular, is painted as this kind of insane figure who is building up a Missile Programme with no real goal. Is that true, is that the case, or does he have a real strategy and goal in mind . case, or does he have a real strategy and goal in mind . I think thats one of the biggest misconceptions, is that its random and unpredictable. But in fact, the north korean regime under numerous leaders including his father and grandfather, have tested new american president s. We all expected some type of response from north korea to trump, especially given how trump is outspoken. In many ways the missile test was carefully chosen, and the Nuclear Programme is very deliberate in its planning in north korea. What does north korea actually want . What does it help to achieve with its Nuclear Ambitions . I think the Nuclear Ambitions more generally are a way to survive as a country, as a regime, without the Nuclear Programme, i think the leadership of north korea would be very vulnerable. With the Nuclear Programme, it makes people anxious about attacking them. It makes sense for them to have one. It makes it harderfor for them to have one. It makes it harder for us for them to have one. It makes it harderfor us to imagine for them to have one. It makes it harder for us to imagine the denuclearisation of north korea. Our sanctions having any effect . Its ha rd to sanctions having any effect . Its hard to see the effect they have had. The latest un sanctions from last year when there were two Nuclear Tests were ostensibly the strongest ever. And in Response North korea has still tested intercontinental Ballistic Missile isles, and now the shorter missile it tested yesterday. Its not clear that more pressure makes north korea back down. Pretty clearly, and pretty consistently, north korea meets pressure with pressure of its own. We always run into the problem of, will we start a war . And then all sides decide, we dont want to do that. We are stuck in a cycle of provocation and backing down. Thank you, david, from the university of southern california. A bit of Breaking News coming into us at the bbc. La la land has won best film at the baftas. It was widely expected. The Emergency Services in the australian state of New South Wales say a record breaking heatwave has produced the worst conditions ever seen for local firefighters. The extent of damage inflicted remains unclear, but the Authorities Say homes and livestock have been lost to the flames. As David Campanale now reports, the biggest blaze has been near the town of dunedoo in the centre of the state, 350 kilometres northwest of sydney. Ideal conditions are in place for these bushfires. Temperatures in New South Wales have soared to record levels of more than 45 celsius. Fanned by strong winds, the fires raging across the state, and here in dunedoo are threatening homes and closing roads. More than 2000 firefighters, many of them volunteers, are battling over 80 fires. The authorities have had to order the evacuation of some sparsely populated rural areas. And they admit many of the fires are uncontained. Not good. Its dreadful. Yeah, just theres nothing you can do. The Rural Fire Service in the state has issued a warning of catastrophic Fire Conditions, declaring this to be the worst day seen in the history of New South Wales. Firefighters at the front line say conditions are as bad as they can get. We have got reports across a number of the fire grounds, particularly those that are subject of emergency warning, that we are seeing property impacted and we are expecting to see property lost. The areas hit by fires are a long way from sydney, the state capital, where thousands of people have flocked to the beaches to cool off. The heatwave and need for Air Conditioning in homes has put pressure on electricity supplies. Some businesses have reduced or halted operations to conserve energy. Wild bushfires are not uncommon in australias arid summer, Climate Change has pushed up average land and sea temperatures over the past century. Australians are seeing a rising number of extremely hot days and severe fire seasons. But for this week at least, they are hoping that new Cold Weather Fronts will give some urgent relief. David campanale, bbc news. John watson has all the sport now. Premier League ChampionsLeicester City are facing a battle to remain in the premier league, one season on from lifting the title, after being beaten 2 0 by swansea city. Claudio ranieris side are nowjust one point above the Relegation Zone after slipping to their fifth Straight League defeat. Defender alfie mawson produced a strikers finish to volley in the home sides first before Martin 0lsson doubled their lead. The result moves swansea up to 15th, four points clear of danger. Leicester in real trouble. Its unbelievable. We start well. We wa nted its unbelievable. We start well. We wanted to make a good result today against our, another team in the battle of relegation. We start well, we make something good. But at their first shot at goal, they scored. The second action, they scored again. From that, it was very difficult to go back. We had a chance at the beginning of the second half and lost the chance, and then we tried to do our best, but it was very, very difficult. League leaders chelsea missed the chance to extend their lead at the top to 12 points, as they were held to a 1 1 a 1 1 draw with burnley. They looked con course for their 20th League Win of the season after pedro put them in front. But the republic of Ireland International robbie brady produced a stunning equaliser, his free kick levellling the scores in the first half. Chelsea still have a sizable ten point advantage over second placed tottenham and remain on course to win their sixth league title. G raf graf we all know that against burnley at home is not easy. They have taken 20 points before this game, now 29 points. Now its important to continue to work. There are 13 games before the end of the league. We must be concentrated and start again on tuesday. In rugby unions six nations championship, scotland were beaten 22 16 by france in paris. It was a fiercely contested encounter at the Stade De France and despite the scots outscoring france by two tries to one, five penalties and a conversion from Camille Lopez gave france their first win of the tournament. That result though leaves england as the only unbeaten side in the competition after two rounds. It was a physical encounter and quite a few times we came off second best. But i thought the boys stuck in really well defensively, defended our line well and scored a couple of tries, but we just at critical times, perhaps we were not accurate enough. We will have a good look at that before moving to the next game. Jordan spieth took a six shot lead in the pro am at pebble beach in california. The two time major winner was 16 under going into the final round, which is now underway and hes currently on 18 under par four shots ahead of his nearest rival brandt schnedeker. Earlier on, an eagle on the last hole gave Fabrizio Zanotti a one shot win in the maybank championship in malaysia on sunday. Zanotti had been eighth going into the final round, but the paraguayan, who has missed three cuts in a row, produced an incredible final round of 63. Seven birdies put him contention before a eagle at the 18th put him out in front. 9 under for the day and 19 under overall one shot clear of american david lipsky for his second win on the european tour. The Us Tennis Association has apologised after a nazi era version of Germanys National anthem was sung ahead of a fed cup match in hawaii. Deutschland uber alles. The soloists version here included the words Deutschland Uber alles which translates as germany above all else. Its a version banned since the end of the Second World War. While the singer continued, fans and players began a loud rendition of the correct lyrics, to the same tune, when they realised what was happening. The latest news from the baftas, best film has gone to la la land. Thats all from the programme. From me and the rest of the team goodbye. After the weekend which many of us have endured, im sure you watch crying out for something more like spring. We could wave goodbye to seems like this and temperatures like this as well. Come the middle of the week it will feel much more like it with some sunshine and milder weather. Thats the message, slowly but surely over the next few days, it will turn milder. But we are not there yet. Another chilly night out there with a brisk easterly wind. Some dampness around, particularly later in the night across North East England and scotland. Clearer skies will emerge across southern counties through the night. Cold but not as cold as recently, with tempered as of four and 5 degrees. They bracing start of the day when you step out in the morning. A bit of sunshine makes all the difference, and there will be some at long last across the southern half of the uk. Sunny but windy with gail southwest. Further north it will be a struggle to brighten up especially in northern and Eastern England and scotland. Some dampness Holding Temperatures down to four or 5 degrees across Eastern Scotland and North East England. Brighter further west across scotland and Northern Ireland and north west england. Questions over how it will brighten up across parts of wales, the midlands and eastern counties. If it stays cloudy it will stay chilly. Further south, a transformation from the dull weekend conditions with something much brighter, 10 degrees in some spots, but it will be windy. Factor that in. Particularly windy across western coasts and headlands with 50 or 60 mph gusts coming from the east. Warnings in force from the met office, there could be some disruption. By Tuesday Morning this chap appears across the south west, a front bringing showery outbreaks of rain across South West England and maybe southwest wales. For the rest of us, a dry day on tuesday. Sunshine is open to doubt, but a chilly feeling across the north and east, but Milderfurther Chilly Feeling across the north and east, but milder further south and west. Adding to the middle of the week, the front that saunters across the country, bringing the odd shower, followed by another one bringing heavy and thundery showers as well. Showers around in the middle of the week but sunshine as well with most of us turning dry by thursday. For all of us it will be much, much milder than it is right now. Hello and welcome back to londons oil albert hall where the British Academy film awards are just concluding another ceremony for another year. In the presence of a host of celebrities and the duke and duchess of cambridge. La la land has done pretty well tonight. It was a love letter to los angeles, not perhaps the clean sweep we expected. Jason solomons has been watching with me. It garnered so many nominations, it has performed well but not swept the board. 11