To mark the symbolic handover of the project to the scottish government. Good morning. Its tuesday, 29th august. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Japan and the United States have requested an urgent meeting of the Un Security Council later today after north korea fired a missile that flew overjapan before crashing into the sea. The missile flew over northern japan before it crashed into the sea off the countrys east coast. The launch prompted an alert and people were told to take cover in basements or concrete buildings. The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, said the launch was an unprecedented, serious, and grave threat to his nation. North korea has fired rockets over japan twice in the past, once in 1998 and again in 2009, but on those occasions pyongyang claimed those they were satellite launches, not weapons. Just before midnight, foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted that he was outraged by what he called north koreas reckless provocation. The Chinese Governme
And the light fantastic a multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. North korea has ratcheted up tensions in the Pacific Region once again by firing a missile that blasted over northern japan before crashing into the sea. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described it as an unprecedented threat to his country. The communist state has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently but this is the first time its fired whats thought to be a ballistic weapon overjapan. The Un Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in response President Trump has said all options are on the table. 0ur correspondent, Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital and sent us this report. Siren a warning that a north Korean Missile has just flown over the country. This is what many injapan woke up to on tuesday morning. A rocket launch from near pyongyang flew over the Northern Island of hokkaido, before breakin
A multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A major dam outside houston, texas, has begun overspilling as storm harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have been periodically releasing water from the addicks dam to relieve pressure and try to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now water levels are over the height of the reservoir edge. Six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave their homes if they can. Since the storm hit 30 inches of rain has fallen and forecasters warn more is on the way. Its estimated 450,000 people will need help and 30,000 people are likely to require Emergency Shelter. President trump is now on his way to visit the state. He has promised swift action to help those affected. Well, our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in la grange, texas. This is a story thatjust keeps developing, the rain keeps coming. The storm might return to houston. What is going
South korea says pyongyang fired a missile in an easterly direction towards japan. In a statement, japan confirmed that the missile fell into the sea 2,000 kilometres east of cape erimo on hokkaido. South korea and the United States are analysing the details of the launch. So far, japans chief cabinet secretary says there is no evidence of missile fragments on japanese territory. 0n the line i am joined by Rupert Wingfield hayes in tokyo. This is being called by japan, Wingfield Hayes in tokyo. This is being called byjapan, the latest Missile Launch, as an intolerable provocative act. Yeah, that is the chief cabinet secretary who came out shortly after the missile flew over northern japan this morning, pretty much what you would expect, the same as what they said last month when north korea fired a similar missile ina similar north korea fired a similar missile in a similar trajectory. The difference between this and last months missile appears to be how high it flew and how far it fle