And Christian Fraser is in london. The clock is ticking and President Trump has just one day to make an important decision on the iran deal. The trouble is that even at this late stage, no one knows whether hes going to bring back us sanctions against tehran tomorrow or not. In a deliberate display of unity, britain, france, germany and the European Union today all urged him not to blow up the deal. Its known as thejcpoa. British foreign secretary Boris Johnson went so far as to challenge mr trump to prove there was Something Better than the current iran deal. The eus Foreign Policy chief also stressed that the deal is working and iran is in compliance. The European Union remains committed to support the full and effective implementation of the agreement is, including to make sure that the lifting of Nuclear Related sanctions has a positive impact on trade and economic relations with iran, including benefits for the uranium people. For the iranians are people. For the iranians are peop
The next area expected to be affected by storm harvey. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Sirens sound as north korea fires a missile overjapan the Un Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later in response. Its 5 oclock our top story. A major dam outside the us city of houston has begun to overflow as authorities struggle to cope with the disastrous flooding brought by Tropical Storm harvey. We will head straight to texas tonight. Lets cross to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan in la grange in texas. Welcome to la grange which is a microcosm of the devastation across texas right now landed heading to the state of louisiana. It is a small town 100 miles west of houston and it is inland and yet the Colorado River broke its banks because of that extraordinary rainfall that happened in the aftermath of hurricane hardly and we have seen historic levels of flooding and peoples homes and businesses have been the ruin. The storm is not finished yet. Just think of what happene
The Trump Administration has warned north korea that it risks a massive military response if it threatens the us or its allies. The Un Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on monday. It follows pyongyangs most powerful nuclear test to date. In response, south korea has just carried out its own Ballistic Missile exercise. In a moment, we report from tokyo and beijing, but first our correspondent, yogita limaye, whos in seoul. It was a perfect success, the newsreader declared, as she announced north korea was close to achieving its nuclear goals. The country says its detonated a Hydrogen Bomb small enough to be fitted to an intercontinental missile. This is kimjong un inspecting what north korea claims is such a device. If true, 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
Queensferry crossing. The queen was accompanied by Prince Philip 53 years to the day after she opened the neighbouring forth road bridge. Should girls and boys close clothes be a thing of the past . John lewis decide to take boys and girl labelling off their childrens clothes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. South korea says it has seen indications that the north is preparing more missile launches, possibly an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The south has carried out live fire exercises, and says it is strengthening its Missile Defence system. The escalation follows north koreas testing of a Hydrogen Nuclear bomb at the weekend, which it says can fit onto a long range missile. The us has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a massive military response. Our correspondent robin brant reports from seoul. After the norths Nuclear Explosion underground, this from the south. A series of missile launchers above ground. From land and from the air, south k
And a new week but old worries over tensions between north korea and the us Keeping Markets on edge. And with Holiday Season in full swing well speak to the founder of one hotel Online Booking firm whos trying to cut out the middle man. And as Airline Passenger arrests soar by 50 , today we want to know what are your flying bugbears . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Know surprisingly my biggest bugbear when a flying is the lack of legroom no surprise, my biggest bugbear. We start with japan, which has just released its latest set of growth figures, and theres good news for the worlds Third Largest economy. It recorded its longest economic expansion in a decade. Japan Beat Expectations with growth of 1 between april and june thats the sixth straight quarter of growth. The numbers are an encouraging sign for the government but dont solve the countrys ongoing financial headaches. Japans productivity per person per hour stands at 23. 45. Th