The impact on. Hello. A a very warm welcome to bbc news. An emergency meeting of the Un Security Council has condemned as outrageous north koreas firing of a Ballistic Missile overjapan. A un statement insisted, yet again, that pyongyang launch no more rockets and abandon its Nuclear Weapons programmes. North koreas official News Agency Says the latest missile test is a prelude to containing guam, reiterating its threat to attack the us pacific territory. More from the un in a moment but first, from seoul, Yogita Limaye reports. This is the rocket that north korea says it fired on tuesday morning, which flew over japan and broke into parts, before landing in the city east of the Northern Island of hokkaido. Photos released by the regimes official news agency show kim jong Un Monitoring the launch of the medium range missile. North korea has said its latest test is a prelude to contain guam. A statement says the plan to attack the us pacific territory is still very much under considerat
Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier. Yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g
Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier. Yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 7am in bangkok, where, in a few hours time, Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. For more on this, lets go to the bbcs karishma vaswani, who is outside the court in bangkok. She is suspected to arrive in tell i what she is suspected to arrive in tell. What 3 4; to this hour. Tell us what has led to this and what we are expecting today. Yeah. Iam and what we are expecting today. Yeah. I am standing outside the supreme court. There is already media around. It is highly anticipated. The buildup has taken 18 months or so. That is how long this has gone on for. Protesters, supporters, i should say, of Yingluck Shinawatra
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going