Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has signed the letter that will activate article 50 of the treaty of lisbon, the formal start of the process of leaving the european union. The letter will be delivered tomorrow to the European Council by the uks ambassador to the eu. Theresa may said today that she was determined to use brexit as an opportunity to build a global britain. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. Nine months of careful assembly, plenty of preparation, and attention to detail. The decisions that have been taken will affect all our lives and livelihoods, and her political future. Banging the drum for trade with the gulf, the Prime Minister wants to reach out. Tomorrow we begin the negotiations to secure a new deep and special partnership with the european union. As we do so, i am determined that we should also sees this historic opportunity to get out into the world. But theres a job at home to do, too. Here in birmingham, voters favoured leaving the eu but
Eniola aluko is left out old. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump has said the United States will solve the threat posed by north Koreas Nuclear programme. In an interview with the financial times, the president said the us would act alone if china wouldnt intervene. He made his comments ahead of a visit to the us by the chinese president this week. Heres our correspondent wyre davies. How do you solve a problem like north korea and its growing military ambitions . Under the leadership of kimjong un ambitions . Under the leadership of kim jong Un North Korea ambitions . Under the leadership of kimjong Un North Korea is increasingly seen as a rogue nation, threatening enemies and conducting Nuclear Missile tests. China has also become frustrated and ties are strained. But donald trump wants the chinese to do even more. If china isnt going to solve north korea, we will, thats what im telling you. Mrtrump will, thats what im telling you. Mr trump told that the
by iran and iran has a warship in the red sea region. i think the dangerfor in the red sea region. i think the danger for escalation is there, and that will be something that the us and the uk will be very aware of. they will be looking to proceed with caution if possible. as we saw today, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, returning from a tour around the middle east, where he was discussing with a number of middle eastern leaders, including the saudi crown prince and the israeli prime minister, the danger of the war in israel between israel and hamas spilling out, escalating into a wider regional war. potentially pulling and other global players hezbollah in lebanon and perhaps even iran. this is exactly why the secretary of state went on this tour around
noto peninsula in centraljapan. tremors were felt hundreds of miles away in the capital tokyo. japan s prime minister says it is a race against time for the 3,000 first responders to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and over 57,000 people have been evacuated so far. aftershocks in the region continued on tuesday with officials warning people to be alert for more earthquakes of intensities up to a seven magnitude in the coming week. earlier i spoke to gavin hayes, the head of the united states geological survey s earthquake program. he told me about the threat of after shocks in the region. after shocks pose a significant danger for quite a period after shocks pose a significant dangerfor quite a period of time for that we can expect elevated earthquake rates in the region for months to even a year or more because of the initial main shock. we had an after shock above 19.6, 6.2 early in the after shocks
to the princess grace hospital centre in monaco, where he was treated for minor injuries. a spokesperson says he was immediately discharged this morning and his now back at home and in good health. you re live with bbc news. the regional presidents of spain s football federation have unanimously called for the immediate resignation of the federation boss, luis rubiales. they say his behaviour has seriously damaged football in the country. mr rubiales sparked outrage when he kissed the footballer jenni hermoso on the lips after the national team won the women s world cup last week. hermoso says she did not consent to the kiss. hundreds of people have also been demonstrating in the centre of madrid, calling for mr rubiales to go. here s guy hedgecoe. the last week has been one of angerfor many in spain. this protest was against the man at the centre of the country s football