must adopt a new approach to force north korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes or face what he called catastrophic consequences . mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the un security council. he told the council there was no reason to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. with each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. the threat of the north korean nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead.
and at 11:30 we ll bring you dateline london, where foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says the conservative party has no current plans to raise tax and has ruled out a specific rise in vat. she has also said that pensions would continue to rise but wouldn t commit to retaining the triple lock. and speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, mrs may also re stated her earlier assertion that no deal is better than a bad deal in brexit talks with the european union. meanwhile labour is campaigning on workplace conditions today. jeremy corbyn‘s party says they ll end zero hours contracts and raise the minimum wage. the liberal democrat leader tim farron told andrew marr that mrs may had called the election out of cold political calculation and said he wants voters to make him the real leader of the opposition. with me is our political correspondent jonathan blake. ther
18 frames. you can watch it live on bbc two from two o clock. with the premier league title battle seemingly a two horse race between chelsea and tottenham, attention now turns to the race for champions league qualification. liverpool can move three points clear in third place ahead of both of the manchester sides with a win at watford. both united and city dropped points yesterday. united held to a 1 1 draw by swansea. city relied on this late equaliser to rescue a point against struggling. we have to fight for what we can fight for. that is a champions league spot. the champions league place. it is interesting, to be honest. is there more pressure? no. the former ghanaian international said he was racially abused by a fan in the crowd. the former sunderland player could periphery of the attack and ask the match to be stopped. instead, he was booked for dissent, prompting him to leave the pitch with a minute of the match left the play. the england captain, joberg, was cut of
also: the final week of campaigning is underway in the french presidential election, between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. police and protesters against far right candidate marine le pen have clashed in paris. a new picture of princess charlotte taken by her mother has been released ahead of her second birthday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says it doesn t recognise an account published in a german newspaper of a supposedly fractious dinner between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean claude juncker, last week. the newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens and how much the uk owed the eu. number ten described it as a constructive meeting. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. no love lost between the prime minister and the european commission s presidentjean claude juncker last week. a chance to get togethe
documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says it doesn t recognise an account published in a german newspaper of a supposedly fractious dinner between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean claude juncker, last week. the newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens and how much the uk owed the eu. number ten described it as a constructive meeting. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. no love lost between the prime minister and the european commission s presidentjean claude juncker last week. a chance to get together in private before the 27 eu states agreed their brexit negotiating position. but behind the door, how did the meeting go? this influential german newspaper has published an account of the dinner from anonymous sources at