Johanna konta, one of the favourites for us open, is knocked out in the first round by the unseeded serb, aleksandra krunic. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. North korea has fired a missile over northern japan, in a move japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described as unprecedented threat to his country. The communist state has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently, but this is the first time it has fired what is thought to be a ballistic weapon overjapan the missile landed in the pacific. The Un Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting President Trump said in the last hour all options or on the table. The Un Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in response. 0ur correspondent, Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital, seoul. Thanks, over the past ten days, it seemed the rhetoric had abate the after that tense war of words we say between washington and pyongyang. What its done today in north korea shows it is clear there is no i t
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
Also in the next hour the light fantastic. A multicoloured show for the handover of the queens ferry 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 to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave their homes. Since the storm hit, 30 inches of rain has fallen were going live to our correspondent who is at la grange in texas. This is such a fast moving story. Were 100 miles west of this is such a fast moving story. Were100 miles west of houston here and were hearing that in houston, two of the reservoirs are overflowing, the reservoirs that they have been doing controlled releases of water from in order to manage the flooding. Now that situation is becoming impossible. Behind me, you can see people are beginning
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