will run in tonight s final of the world athletics 200m after running his heat alone, against the clock. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: one major away from a career grand slam, butjordan spieth insists he s not feeling the pressure ahead of the uspga championship in north carolina. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. north korea has accused donald trump of being bereft of reason saying only absolute force can work on him as it gave more details about its threat to an american military base in the western pacific. the regime, which is reported to have developed the ability to attach nuclear warheads to its missiles, says it s considering firing four rockets towards the american territory of guam. south korea has appealed for calm. our correspondent yogita limaye reports. one more fierce message on north korea s state tv. this time, it s details of how it plans to attack guam. this us island in the pacific ocean is in pyongyang s crosshairs. north korea
most important thing it s been and gone, because that s the cloud from yesterday. today, almost gone. we still have the remnants of yesterday s bad weather. we even had a thunderstorm earlier on in kent and still one or two showers around, but for most of us today it s looking absolutely fine. a lovely picture here from leicestershire, scattered fairweather cumulus clouds. here s a nice positive spin on the weather on thursday, sunshine for most of us. that s because these are little area of high pressure is nosing into the uk, it will not last long, but today, is giving some of that fine weather. the temperatures are probably a bit below. it s a cool air mass coming in from the north atlantic, so temperatures typically in the teens. these are the pesky showers in the south east. you might catch a downpour. but for most of the country there is not an awful lot to say. it s just a fine day. notice that the clouds are gathering and a bit of rain just of the north of our neighbo
and from despair to delight just two days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championship 200 metres, isaac makwala gets a chance to run for gold in tonight s final. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. north korea has called donald trump bereft of reason, saying only absolute force can work on him as it gave more details about its threat to an american military base in the western pacific. the regime which is reported to have developed the ability to attach nuclear warheads to its missiles says it s considering firing four rockets towards the american territory of guam. president trump says north korea s threats will be met with fire and fury. south korea has appealed for calm. our correspondent yogita limaye reports. one more fierce message on north korea s state tv. this time, its details of how it plans to attack guam. this us island in the pacific ocean is in pyongyang s crosshairs. north korea says it plans to fire four missiles in the wat
and surgery waiting lists hit a ten year high in england other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. and from despair to delight just two days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championship 200 metres, isaac makwala gets a chance to run for gold good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scale of slavery and human trafficking is far bigger than has previously been thought. that s the stark warning from the national crime agency, which says there are more than 300 police operations in this country currently investigating slavery and trafficking crimes. the agency says it was shocked by its findings and warns that previous estimates that the number of victims in the uk are between ten and 13,000 mayjust merely represent the tip of the iceberg . earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent who said it was not easy for the authorities to obtain an exact estimate of the number of victims affected by human t
trafficking is far bigger than has previously been thought. that s the stark warning from the national crime agency, which says there are more than 300 police operations in this country currently investigating slavery and trafficking crimes. the agency says it was shocked by its findings and warns that previous estimates that the number of victims in the uk are between 10,000 and 13,000 may just represent the tip of the iceberg . hwasong, will kerr has been outlining the problem. we have seen victims as young as 12 being moved gci’oss victims as young as 12 being moved across and into the country for the purpose of being exploited. in the case of a 12 year old girl for labour exploitation. we have seen children forced to engage in prostitution. this is a growing problem for which we think there is a shared responsibility across society to address. earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. he began by telling me that it s not easy for the authoriti