hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian government has urged the united nations to do more to bring those trapped inside the city of mariupol to safety. it s urged the un secretary general, antonio guterres, to intervene immediately. he s meeting president putin in moscow next week and then travelling on to kyiv. on saturday, there ll be another attempt to establish humanitarian corridors out of the besieged southern port city of mariupol, which russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. simonjones has the latest. under attack, ukraine s second city, rq. russia was much assault is intensifying. the dangers are clear. despite the destruction, some residents are determined to stay. we destruction, some residents are determined to stay. determined to stay. we are auoin to determined to stay. we are going to fight- determined to stay. we are going to fight. to determined to stay. we are going to fight. to fight - determined to stay. we are going
to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. now on bbc news, carmen roberts heads to chile with the travel show to see the results of what some people are calling the world s biggest rewilding project. this week on the show. going wild in chile. we have actually found dear. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon on. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile infested waters.- leaky boat in crocodile infested waters. ~ ., ., , infested waters. we have lots of water in infested waters. we have lots of water in my infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i - infested waters. we have lots of water in my boat. i don t i of water in my boat. i don t know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition is me
Studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and seven pm in washington, dc where the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed that the weapon fired by north korea on tuesday was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That means pyongyang may now be able to target the us state of lax alaska. Washington has called for a Un Security Council meeting on the issue. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can reach across continents and deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. The presenter showing the handwritten order given by the countrys leader, kim jong un. He personally supervised the launch of a missile which he believes will secure him in power, protect his people and dismay his opponents to the south. Translation if north korea ignores our militarys warning and con
Studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and seven pm in washington, dc where the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed that the weapon fired by north korea on tuesday was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That means pyongyang may now be able to target the us state of lax alaska. Washington has called for a Un Security Council meeting on the issue. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can reach across continents and deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. The presenter showing the handwritten order given by the countrys leader, kim jong un. He personally supervised the launch of a missile which he believes will secure him in power, protect his people and dismay his opponents to the south. Translation if north korea ignores our militarys warning and con
something that ukrainian officials seem to attach importance to. you can certainly understand the emotional side of it because they re getting in their cities and population are getting pummeled every day and president putin it tells his population that war in ukraine is going fine, but doesn t it tell them a lot of anything else, so here s ukraine putting a price, a political price, potentially, for president putin in moscow by scaring russian citizens and potentially putting their lives in danger. look, i think what s significant here in moscow today is the kremlin seems to be playing this down. they re saying, look, we knew this was a possibility, you know, go talk to the military about it, nothing to see here so to speak. we moved our employees out of some of these buildings just over the weekend. but, you know, for ukraine, it s not a military victory here. there s no sort of big military targets in these buildings. it s a psychological impact that