singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in new york, where the trump administration has warned north korea, following pyongyang s first ever launch of a missile that could, in theory, reached the united states mainland. the us ambassador to the united nations has said that america would use what she called the full range of their capabilities to defend themselves and their allies. russia and china have said they are opposed to any military action. james landale has the details. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. with this launch
it s newsday. it is eight a.m. here in singapore, one a.m. in london and in new york the trump administration has warned that north korea following pyongyang s first ever launch of missile that could in theory reach the united states mainland. the us ambassador to the united nations has said america would use what she called the ‘full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies‘. russia and china have said they re opposed to any military action. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be part of a peace
the united nations is looking seriously divided over how to respond to north korea s latest missile test the 11th this year, and the first with an intercontinental ballistic missile. all have been in breach of un sanctions. the american ambassador has said the us is prepared to use military force if we must . the us wants new un sanctions, but russia says attempts to strangle north korea economically are unacceptable . all this as president trump visits poland, ahead of the 620 summit. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to
more than 100 people have now been convicted of terrorist offences related to syria and iraq. for the first time in 20 years britain has four players through to the third round at wimbledon and kyle edmund is on court bidding to make it five. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described russia s behaviour as destabilising and said that the united states is working to combat it. speaking to crowds in warsaw, president trump also declared he was considering a very severe response to north korea s nuclear weapons programme. and he questioned whether the west has the will to survive what he called the dire threats of terrorism, extremism and government bureaucracy. president trump now travels to the 620 summit in germany. our correspondent wyre davies reports. it is only the briefest of visits but as the trump motorcade rolled into warsaw, the american president found the country where his populist views on energy, immigration and political correctness ar
work to reenforce allies. china has warned the united states to act cautiously in regard to the south china sea. the administration of president donald trump vowed to protect u.s. interests in the area s international waters. translator: the united states is not a party to the south china sea dispute and should respect the facts. we urge them to tread carefully to avoid harming the peace and stability of the sea. they were responding to comments by spokesperson sean spicer who referred to china s artificial islands in the waters at a press briefing. it s a question of if those islands are, in fact, in international waters and not part of china proper, then yeah, we re going to make sure that we defend international territories from being taken over by one country. hua said china is dedicated to protecting freedom of navigation based on international law but she insisted china will protect its sovereignty and maritime rights in the waters. israel has approved a pla