Its tuesday, 26th september. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The white house has condemned north koreas claim that it has the right to shoot down us bombers, even if they are outside its airspace. Relations between the two nations have deteriorated to the point that pyongyang claims President Trump has declared war on north korea a suggestion dismissed as absurd by the white house. Speaking this morning the us defense secretary james mattis says the United States want to resolve the escalating Nuclear Crisis with north korea diplomatically. Danny savage reports. American military aircraft, preparing for a show of force close to the north korean coast. These planes went on to fly in International Airspace near the east of the country, further north in the region than they ever have. The us said it was a demonstration of their resolve. Now north korea has reacted to Donald Trumps threats and actions by claiming the us has declared war on them. Translation since the us dec
A mix of clouds and sun overall. Temperatures not too bad to start out. Were at 66 in allentown. 66 in trenton. 68 in beach haven. 68 at the airport in a. C. 67 in philadelphia. 66 at this hour in wilmington. And 68 in cape may. Rolling into the afternoon it is going to be warm but not quite as hot as yesterday. By noon, well be up to 80. 85 by 3 oclock and i expect a high of 86 right in there around 4 oclock and then 84 by 5 oclock and by 7 oclock, 80 degrees. Kids on the bus stop not in too bad shape this morning. It will be a little bit on the humid side so you probably dont have to overdo it with jackets or anything even though well be at 66 in some suburbs and then 69 in philadelphia. Partly cloudy skies overall. Got to take a look at the visibilities. We were looking at the potential of some fog development and we are getting a little bit of that in Atlantic County and up the coast towards toms river. Any of these dark patches suggest that but most of us arent dealing with it. If
Because they cant claim on their insurance policies unless they have suffered damage to their buildings. I will be finding out more later. In sport lacazette strikes again. Arsenals summer signing scores twice against west brom. He has found the net in every premier league game he has played at the emirates. Also this morning should scrums and tackling be banned in schools rugby . We will speak to the doctor who says the government must put an end to what she calls harmful contact. And carol has the weather. Morning. Good morning from south london, formally at deer park, now owned by the National Trust. Weatherwise, it is a dull start for many of us. There are some fog around as well, giving way to sunny spells and just a few showers in the east. But it is going to feel quite warm for many of us again today. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story women from across europe whose children were harmed by exposure to an epilepsy drug in the womb will give eviden
Reporter good afternoon, what a day, so much anticipation all morning long, and the unveiling just took place because it took a 15 years, 15 years, to get to this point. And ill move out of the way so you can see what everyone was waiting for. This memorial has three categories, including five pillars, ballot box, free car, of course, 12foot sculpture of Octavia Valentine catto, all created by an artist who is haitian american, here today. Now, who was he . A lot a lot of people dont know him. He grew up in south philadelphia. He was educated, at the institute of color view, predecessor of cheyney university. He was a member of saint thomas episcopal church. He was a major in the national guard. He helped recruit black soldiers who fought in the civil war, and once came back from the war he began the fight for civil right. He helped to desegregate public transmission, across pennsylvania, also helped to galvanize the black male vote, when black men won the right to vote. In addition to
Little bit as we do have some stars out, a few clouds around but certainly bright to start out and overall were expecting a sun and clouds mix today. Temperatures to begin, not too bad. 67 in philadelphia, 67 in wilmington. 67 in reading and it looks like 65 in allentown currently. 66 in trenton. And down in cape may, 68 degrees on the promenade. And your dewpoints are still up in the mid 60s across most of the region, a couple of places in the upper 60s and thats moderate humidity so again, once you start working out today, particularly if youre under the sun, you are going to feel a little bit on the sticky side. Not as hot today but still pretty warm. By noon were up to 80 degrees and by 3 oclock, 85. Im expecting a high of 86 probably not until about 3 30 or 4 oclock this afternoon. Cooler air is coming but we may have to wait a couple of more days before it gets here, karen, and then a big change for the weekend. Thats all ahead in the exclusive accuweather 7day. Anything on the r