Spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Coming up, matt olson calls for the reauthorization of Foreign Surveillance policy which was set to expire at the end of this year. He talks about how the how the policy improved over the years. This event was hosted by the association of former Intelligence Officers. Ok. I was up here doing my tap dance. Ok. Its a pleasure to introduce stuart baker, the chairman and a former general counsel for the National Security agency. He will introduce our first speaker and topic. Lets do it. Thank you. Im really delighted to be able to introduce matt olson. As you know, hes advertised and we did until the event over the last weekend, he is tied up permanently for some weeks. We asked, who can talk about this topic . Her suggestion and the suggestion of the white house was that we asked adelson to do this. We are really grateful to you for doing this on short notice. Matt is perfect for this topic. He has deep experience in the Intelligence Commu
And tomasz has the weather. We have been forecasting some rain for today. It is on its way but some of us actually may end up with a pretty bright day. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea appears to have carried out another nuclear test. China and the United States say they have detected tremors consistent with an underground explosion. Hours earlier, north koreas state news agency said the country had built its own Hydrogen Bomb, capable of being mounted on an inter continental Ballistic Missile. There is no independent verification of the claim. Our correstpondent Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital, seoul. An Emergency National Security Council meeting is under way here in south korea. It is chaired by president moonjae in. Were detected seemed to have been caused by an explosion and that they are man made. That is also what the Chinese Earthquake Administration has said. The United States Geological Survey has also said these tremors have been triggered by an
Its sunday 3rd september. Theresa may calls for unity to prevent a tory rebellion over brexit, as the commons prepares to debate legislation to leave the european union. Nhs bosses in england ask for more money to avoid another winter crisis. Bradley lowerys brave battle against cancer touched the hearts of all football fans. Celebrities will unite today for a Charity Match to celebrate his life. In sport wales world cup hopes are alive thanks to ben woodburn, the teenager made his International Debut last night and won the match against austria. And tomasz has the weather. We have been forecasting some rain for today. It is on its way, but some of us may end up with a pretty bright day. We are going to bring you the very latest on the situation in north korea in a few moments time. We have had confirmation from a state news agency that a test has been carried out. More on that. Senior conservatives are warning backbenchers not to rebel against the governments plans for brexit when par
Coast staying driver most of the afternoon. The occasional outbreak. Occasionally cloudy and murky, temperatures falling no lower than 16 in the south. Grey and down tomorrow, additional rain later moving into the north west of the country. Cloud breaking up a little, temperatures responding, possibly getting up to 22 23, 19 in newcastle. Have a great day. Hello. This is bbc news with julian warricker. The headlines. It is just after 9 30am. North korea says it has successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb that could be loaded onto a long range missile. The regime said its test of the bomb which is many times more powerful than an atomic bomb was a perfect success. The nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning. Hospital chiefs warn that the nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. They want up to £350 million to pay for extra staff and
Successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb, a device which can be loaded onto a long range ballistic missile. There is no independent verification of that claim. South korea and japan say it was a nuclear test ten times more powerful than the previous attempt by pyongyang. A jubilant newsreader on state tv announced that the bomb test had been complete success. The device was of unprecedently large power, she said. The news came just hours after state media published this photo of kim jong un apparently inspecting such a device. The test comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region following multiple missile launches by north korea, the last one conducted less than a week ago. Earlier seismologists detected a powerful tremor, measuring a 6. 3 magnitude, near the norths main testing site site at punggye ri. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent yogita limaye, in seoul. I asked her how south korea has reacted to the news. We have just had a word from the south korean government,