north korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test brings all parts of the united states within its range. the regime says the missile reached a height of 2,300 miles, before landing 47 minutes later more than 600 miles away in the sea off japan. that was farther and higher than its previous test earlier this month. experts have said that the missile may have a range of over 6,000 miles, which is far enough to target cities on the us mainland. from seoul in south korea, here s our correspondent karen allen. cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea s defiance in the face of international sanctions, its leader kim jong un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before, eventual
as andrew and mick have observed, can have great confidence in our security arrangements, and in particular our security screening procedures at airports. however, what we have done is increased them so that there will be more bags being checked, it is really intensifying what we are already doing. and some of that will be visible, some of it will not be visible. but it will take more time. earlier our correspondent phil mercer in sydney told me more about the police investigation. well, according to the head of the australian federal police, they believe that the arrests of four men in sydney yesterday afternoon, saturday afternoon local time, was part of an islamic inspired plot. one was arrested in central sydney and the others were detained in the suburbs in the west of the city. investigators are saying they believe the plot was linked in some way to an improvised device and the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, saying that investigators had foiled a conspiracy to bring
frequent wintry showers with some ice around. a fresh start to christmas eve wherever you are. bright and breezy on christmas eve across many southern parts of the uk. further north, shari, windy and cold with snow in the far north of scotland. showery. it s all happening through christmas storm, on its way. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. berlin officials say terror threat remains high despite the killing of the tunisian born failed asylum seeker, the main suspect in the christmas lorry attack. angela merkel spoke about tougher measures to protect germany. anis amri, who d pledged allegiance to an islamist extremist was shot dead in milan in the early hours of the morning. amri s fingerprints were found inside the truck that drove into the busy christmas market on monday. it s reported that most of the passengers are being released from a libyan passenger plane that was hijacked and forced to land in malta. now on bbc news, muhammed ali, sir terry wogan and
hello, this is breakfast on christmas morning with, me, naga munchetty. it s 7:31am. now, a summary of this morning s main news. a russian military plane has crashed into the black sea just minutes after taking off from sochi. russian news agencies say there were as many as 91 people onboard, 83 passengers and eight crew members. reports suggest that the plane was travelling to syria and that debris has been found in the black sea. ‘inspiration is to be the theme of the queen s christmas broadcast this year. she will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. the queen is at her home in sandringham in norfolk with other members of the royal family, though not with the duke and duchess of cambridge. they are spending the day with the middleton family. britain s senior anglican and catholic archbishops are addressing uncertainty in their christmas sermons. later this morning, archbishop of canterbury justin welby will talk about fear a
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