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
Investigations and a lack of Legal Protection. An average debt of more than £50,000 for University Students in england. A new report says theyll be paying it off into their 50s. Its ten years to the day since the cost of borrowing last went up. Theyve been at record lows since then, but why and what does it mean for borrowers, savers and the economy . Hello from wimbledon. Iam inside i am inside and sally is in the q. It should stay dry here. Across the central swathe we have cloud and drizzle. For most of us it will be sunny and warm, drizzle. For most of us it will be sunny and warm, oi drizzle. For most of us it will be sunny and warm, or hot more later in the programme. Good morning. First, our main story. Survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster have expressed their frustration with a lack of information during a meeting last night with the police and the westminster coroner. A Senior Officer faced questions as to why no arrests had been made, while the coroner is said to have de
Were identifying cases in isolation, whereas by its very nature, both stalking and harassment occurs as a result of really pernicious and persistent offending. And officers and prosecutors were missing that, which meant that victims were left at risk. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, danny shaw, is in the studio. This is not good, is it . It is a terrible report, really, and it shows failings at every stage of the Criminal Justice shows failings at every stage of the criminaljustice process, from the moment that an allegation of harassment or stalking is made, those crimes are not being reported 01 those crimes are not being reported or recorded properly, sometimes not being recorded at all. Victims are not being dealt with properly, Risk Assessment are being done and investigations arent being carried out properly. One of the most disturbing findings from this report is that it says there is concrete evidence that police are Issuing Warnings the perpetrators, rather than conducting tho
Recruit another 20,000 new Health Workers in england. Jeremy hunt said it is time to end what he called an historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. The Royal College of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. As a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. She thought shed got through it after treatment but, last year, a Family Bereavement triggered a relapse. She was offered therapy, but was told there would be a 12 week wait news she said was devastating. The way i was treated last year wasnt right. There were points when i did want to kind of end everything, and when i never thought id ever be well again. And it was at those points that i was so angry and annoyed at the system, because when you cry out for help, you already feel guilty because youve got this voice in your head telling you that you shouldnt be eating, you shouldnt be asking for help, so when you do call out for help and you get turned away, you think that actua