In the alps has become a must see attraction for tens of thousands of tourists from asia. North korea has fired two short range Ballistic Missiles early on wednesday morning. This from reports on the yonhap news agency, citing thejoint chiefs of staff of the south Korean Military. Its reported the missiles were fired from the city of wonsan, the second Missile Launch in a week. Neighbouring south korea and japan, of course, monitoring all this very closely, in case there are more to come. Lets speak now to robert kelly. Professor, great pleasure to talk to you again. Thank you for having me. 24 you again. Thank you for having me. 2a of these launches, i think. Is there particular significance in these, do you think . there particular significance in these, do you think . I think this is likely to present the Trump Administration to come forward with some kind of deal, some kind of offer. I think there has been a lot offer. I think there has been a lot of talk between the north koreans
In a tweet the ruler of dubai Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum said jerusalem is the core of a just and peaceful solution to the palestinian issue and is fundamental to the regions stability. The business guardian focuses on bitcoin where the first trades in the volatile crypto currency have kicked off on the chicago futures exchange. The futures are an alternative to the largely unregulated crypto currency exchanges that have been plagued by Cyber Security and fraud issues. And finally, the white stuff Takes Centre Stage on the front of the independent, as heavy snowstorms sweep throughout the uk. The weather caused chaos at heathrow and other airports causing British Airways to cancel 50,000 flights. With me isjonathan charles whos managing director of communications at the European Bank for reconstruction. Iam firmly i am firmly grounded. Lets get onto an issue that concerns us all. The irish times picking up on the comments by david davis and the, lets not forget that they had
To the bbc news at one. Theresa may has confirmed that a retired high courtjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, has been chosen to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Sir martin this morning promised a vigorous inquiry that gets to the truth and said he understood the desire of local people for justice. The Prime Minister told mps that she expects he will produce an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy, in which 80 people are now presumed to have died. Sir Martin Moore Bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said to be highly respected, but his appointment has been questioned by some. Heres our correspondent richard lister. The family and friends of Tony Dissident gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from Grenfell Tower where he died. With an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. Looming over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can others be protected. And this is the man now appointed to find the a nswe is
Meet tonight for the First Time Since the grenfell fire, well get reaction to the appointment of sir Martin Moore Bick to lead an inquiry into the disaster. Well have more on the queens speech, which the House Of Commons voted for earlier this evening. And well hear how the residents of Godolphin Cross in cornwall contacted Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for help renovating their local church. That is all ahead on bbc news. Now it is time for sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up tonight. Murrays worries mount, as Injury Forces him out of an Exhibition Match, with the start of wimbledon just days away. Konta beats a grand slam champion to underline her own grand slam credentials. And Warren Gatland rings the changes, ahead of the must win second test with new zealand. Hello and welcome. Doubts remain over the form and fitness of the world number one, andy murray, with the start of wimbledonjust andy murray, with the start of wimbledon just days away
Alongside the daughter of the ruler of dubai Sheikh Mohammed al maktoum tells this programme she hopes details revealed in court about the abduction will help in her campaign to free her friend. Im very, very pleased that the reporting restrictions were finally lifted. And now the whole world knows the news about latifah and shamsa having been kidnapped by their father, the ruler shamsa having been kidnapped by theirfather, the ruler of dubai, are no longer allegations but this is official now. And the nspcc says the number of calls to their helpline about children whove witnessed serious Domestic Abuse has risen by almost a quarter in the past year. We speak to the centre helping children affected. I worked once with a little boy who used to sleep in his shoes every night and that was because he was so used to him and his mum having to run in the middle of the night. So when he first came to the centre, his coat and his shoes would stay on and when we got to about week six he felt com