in a fourth term in office for chancellor angela merkel. her centre—right cdu party has been consistently leading in the polls over its social democratic rivals. meanwhile, a far—right party, alternative for germany, or afd, is likely to enter the bundestag — or parliament — for the first time. the afd's likely presence in the bundestag will mark an unprecedented shift in the tone and substance of post—war german politics. our correspondent damien mcguinness reports from berlin. this is the woman who is set to leave germany for another four yea rs. leave germany for another four years. angela merkel is seen as a sta ble force years. angela merkel is seen as a stable force in a very unstable world. economic growth here is up and unemployment is down. so, mainstream voters he look at the rest of the world with the uncertainties of brexit and donald trump and think that germany might just be better sticking with the leader they know they can rely on. but what we don't know is what sort of government angela merkel will end up of government angela merkel will end up leading. she will have to form a coalition and also potential partners have very different policies. that means coalition talks could get rocky. what is clear is that the new anti— migrant afd party looks set to enter the parliament for the first time. but it won't end up for the first time. but it won't end up in government. the afd is accused of being nationalistic and sometimes even racist. so no other party will work with them. germany is the most powerful country in europe and that's the continent facing huge challenges in solving the refugee crisis for in the eurozone. for the government that moves in here after the election will have a direct impact on the whole of europe, including britain. damian maginness, bbc news, berlin. you can keep up to date with our correspondents in germany and find more on our website — bbc.com/news. lots of detail and analysis there. north korea's foreign minister has launched a fresh verbal attack on president trump. speaking at the united nations, ri yong—ho called president trump "a mentally deranged person full of megalomania". he said trump's threat to destroy his country had made a rocket assault on the united states "all the more inevitable". andrew plant has the story. pyongyang, the capital of north korea, the place where tens of thousands of north koreans gathered to show support for their leader, kim jong—un, and their anger at america's leader, donald trump. translation: who the hell is trump to talk about the collapse of our government? we are resolved to settle our differences with the us by military force, if war breaks out. translation: afterl heard the announcement, my anger at the psycho trump was unbearable. his words at the un were quite ridiculous. america, in turn, has demonstrated its strength and its own offensive options — the us air force flying bombers and fighters over waters east of north korea. the closest they have flown to the country this century, says the pentagon, it shows how seriously america is taking what they've called north korea's reckless behaviour. its national motto translates as "powerful and prosperous" — 25 million people live in north korea. its increasingly antagonistic words and frequent missile tests have made many uneasy. but there has been no sign of north korea hoping to placate or appease any escalating tension. theirforeign minister pulling no punches in a speech to the un, saying donald trump was "mentally deranged" and on a suicide mission. translation: the absurd reality is that a person like trump, a mentally deranged person, full of megalomania, who is chastised by his own people as "commander in grief", as "president evil", a gambler who uses threats, fraud, and schemes — has his hand on the nuclear button. this is the greatest threat to international peace and security. donald trump has said north korea would pay dearly for its hostile behaviour. america, he said, would totally destroy the country, if it was ever forced to defend itself. andrew plant, bbc news. let's speak to our correspondent danny savage, who's in seoul. i'm slightly losing track of who is reacting to who but anyway, donald trump has had more to say, hasn't he, in the last hour? yeah, donald trump obviously heard the words of the north korean foreign minister at the north korean foreign minister at the un in previous hours and has tweeted his reaction in the last few minutes. he says that if the north korean foreign minister echoes the thoughts of little rocket man, they won't be around much longer. so a renewed threat to north korea and the american president but that of course comes off the back of this operation in darkness, we understand, when the american air force flying bi bombers out of guam, beating up with f—is fighters from canal injapan, and flying that sort of show of strength, show of force mission of the east coast of north korea. and interestingly, it wasn't done as a photo opportunity, if you like, it was a proper military mission, done with the consent of the south koreans after some consultations between the two countries, and it happened and they have gone the closest they have ever gone to north korea for some time. but in itself does have some risks, if north korea were to scramble theirjet to intercept or to come out and challenge the american jets, you know, that could see a potential misunderstanding in the air so potential fighting taking place. misunderstanding in the air so potentialfighting taking place. i think there are some military experts that are quite alarmed by what the americans have done over the last few hours, just taking it up the last few hours, just taking it upa the last few hours, just taking it up a little step further, doing that show of force off the coast. yeah, how is this ramping up of the rhetoric being viewed there in seoul? i think the consistent line from the south koreans is yes, they are cooperating with the americans and things are done with the south koreans in the loop, if you like, but they of course are always pushing for diplomatic solutions and encouraging their neighbours in the north to come back and start negotiating and start talking. so are among everyday people here in south korea, again, life goes on as normal. there used to this sort of thing going on. there's been lots of noise coming from north korea for yea rs noise coming from north korea for years now the life goes on as normal here. but the risk a little more concern in the air, if you like, the longer this goes on and the bigger and the tougher the rhetoric gets. does the government there feel like it is being listened to? because in the last few weeks it has appeared that china and south korea have been increasingly irrelevant as kim jong—un and donald trump exchange blows directly. i think you have to almost put the divide is down the middle, you have to look at what the two lea d e rs middle, you have to look at what the two leaders are saying publicly in their slanging match with each other on twitter and the united nations and through other statements, thought of the trading of insults, the threats to mutually destroy each other, accusing it of being on a suicide mission, and then the diplomatic efforts taking place as well because although the chinese, as you suggest, may feel as though they are out of the loop, the chinese have actually finally come on board with the latest sanctions that have come into force. just yesterday it was announced the chinese are going to bring into force those sanctions by limiting oil imports into north korea, and in textile exports out of north korea as well. so they are doing their bit and south korea are doing their bit as well. and they are talking, for the diplomatic channels are well and truly open between the americans, chinese and south koreans. donald trump has praised the chinese recently for the way that they have been handling the crisis. those channels are still open but of course publicly, one that is grabbing all the headlines, the insults between the two leaders. yes. danny, thank you. danny savage there in seoulfor us. president trump has accused iran of working with north korea hours after tehran said it has successfully tested a new medium—range ballistic missile. mr trump tweeted that the missile was capable of reaching israel and again condemned the 2015 nuclear deal signed by iran and world powers including the us. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. a show of power from tehran. a missile with a message for the americans. this was state—run television in iran broadcasting what it says was the successful test of the newly developed khorramshahr missile, with a range of 2,000 kilometres. the launch came just days after president trump attacked iran at the united nations for destabilising the middle east, and condemned its missile programme. he again threatened to abandon a historic nuclear deal painstakingly negotiated over many years. we cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilising activities while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear programme. iran insists its missile programme does not contravene the nuclear agreement. and the iranian president says his people are now waiting for an apology from mr trump. in defiance of mr trump, came this military display on friday at which the new missile was proudly unveiled. translation: like it or not, we will increase our deterrents and defence power in any form we deem to be necessary. in addition to upgrading the missile systems we will also strengthen our naval, ground and air forces. iran's missile programme is in the hands of hardliners and they, it seems, are only being strengthened by the rhetoric from washington. there seems to be a much broader consensus on the need to develop the missile tests as a deterrent because they feel there might be a threat coming especially from the united states with regard to the possibility of regime change. no response from the americans so far to the latest iranian missile launch, but there is little doubt that the belligerent tone coming from both countries will ratchet up tensions. just as in north korea, iran is trying to show that it will not be pushed around. caroline hawley, bbc news. there's been another strong earthquake in mexico. the latest had a magnitude of 6.1. its epicentre was close to the town of matios romero in the south—western state of oaxaca. the tremors were felt in mexico city. will grant has more on the search and rescue efforts in the capital. there are rescue workers still working on those buildings and if they are there, it is because they think there is a possibility of still finding people alive and they will continue to do that until that possibility is completely gone. behind me, you might be able to make out that this is a major centre, now, this is a plaza — in fact that a plaza i used to live in — which has got a lot of people turning up with bottles of water, with blankets, with clothes for children, with tinned food. it is sort of a volunteer centre and that outpouring of support has been very, very important to mexicans, to keep going as those hopes becomes slimmer and slimmer. they are kind of keeping people going by supporting each other in this way. will, what about the much bigger aid operation in terms of getting to the people that need it, so many homes destroyed, what is that looking like? that has got to involve structural changes as well, hasn't it, notjust here, in mexico city, but in some of these outer states. you mentioned 0axaca, of course, that has been hit with two earthquakes in quick succession. so we're going to have to see real institutional support, not just from the mexican government, who really need to concentrate on those worst—affected areas, the poorest housing here in mexico city, in mexico state, but also undoubtedly international help. we've heard that help is coming from other countries in the region, from colombia, even from venezuela — countries where mexico does not have the greatest of relationship with at the moment but, when it comes to this, there has been sort of a brotherhood, if you like, across latin america, as they try to support mexico in its time of need. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the king versus the president — why one of basketball‘s biggest names has picked a fight with donald trump. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own —— it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. welcome back. you are watching bbc news. our top story: the people of germany go to the polls in a general election that's expected to result in a fourth term in office for chancellor angela merkel. let's stay with that story. the bbc‘s ros atkins has been to a working class district in eastern berlin to gauge the mood there. this area is in east berlin, and has many more lower—income families than much of the city. last year, in local elections, the two most popular parties were die linke, which has its roots in the communist party of east germany, and the right—wing alternative for germany. this poster promotes one of afd‘s main messages — that islam doesn't have a place in germany. that seeks to address voters' number one concern: immigration and integration. second on that list is social inequality. one might think that the german — the germans are well off. it is true, to some extent, that the economy is doing well. unemployment rate is decreasing. but nevertheless, social inequality isn't decreasing. so there is a rise in poverty. many here didn't want to talk. but those who did repeatedly told us that the main parties are not looking out for them. translation: my political views are to the left — definitely not afd. i've think they're awful. in my opinion, the left have good principles. translation: to be honest, i'm not even going to vote. it's all nonsense, nothing's going to be any different. translation: definitely not the right—wing, but also definitely not that the christian democrats nor the social democrats, nor the left. i thhink it will be a gut decision who i vote for. translation: the left are simply for socialjustice for all, more or less. the christian democrats and the rest are all for big business, and in the east, we have smaller businesses. we must look after the little people, notjust the rich. the two main parties have ruled out any coalition with the afd. and many germans agree with that. the bind, though, in doing so, is that the afd can frame the christian democrats and social democrats can be looked as interchangeable — an elite with no interest in voter concerns. hurricane maria and the heavy rain that followed are continuing to wreak havoc in puerto rico. thousands of people have been asked to leave the area near a dam showing signs of weakness. the dam began flooding a nearby river on friday. thirteen people have died so far in puerto rico since the storm hit the island. and nearby in the british virgin islands, britain's biggest warship has arrived to give support for those affected by the recent hurricanes. jeremy cooke reports from tortola. into the disaster zone, hms 0cean off the british virgin islands, straight to work delivering aid where it is desperately needed. for the flight crews, the first look at this hurricane—shattered landscape, almost every building damaged, widespread devastation. already 0cean's landing craft are heading to the main island of tortola. the navy's working parties on the ground getting stuck in. hot, humid conditions, stinking, stagnant water. welcome to the caribbean. on board ship there are 60 tons of essential cargo and with nine helicopters, the means of delivery. we've arrived with a stack of building material, we've got timber, plumbing materials, hacksaws, chainsaws but importantly also a lot of professional personnel who are highly skilled in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. it is an urgent mission. the flight deck has been open for business since the moment 0cean arrived. she has been steaming at full speed for two weeks, everyone on board ready now to go to work. the priority is to improve shelter. everyone knows the hurricane season is not over yet. of course it is notjust about the british aid effort here. the scale of destruction across these islands is so immense, to get things better will take a superhuman effort by the islanders themselves. they are getting on with the task but they know it will take months or years to get this job done. most here are delighted that hms 0cean has arrived, but they also know there must be self—help. we don't sit back and relax. when things happen, we act. we get straight to it. as you can see, after a hurricane we are straight to work. we don't wait for nobody to come and help us, we start to do things ourselves. those leading the uk mission here say the arrival of hms ocean is a game changer. the relief effort will gain pace but for these islands to recover will be a greater task still and they will look to the uk for long—term strategic support. jeremy cooke, bbc news, on the british virgin islands. six people have been injured in a suspected noxious substance attack near a busy shopping centre in east london. scotland yard was called to the stratford centre following reports a group of men had used sprays in the area. three people have been hospitalised, but none are thought to have life—threatening or life changing injuries. the incident is not being treated as terror related. 0ur news correspondentjon donnison gave us more information. —— the third invictus games, a sporting tournament founded by britain's prince harry, for wounded and injured servicemen and women has got underway in toronto. more than 550 service personnel from 17 allied nations are taking part in 12 adaptive sports in the games. ahead of the games, prince harry and canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau held a bilateral meeting. and earlier prince harry met melania trump in toronto. the us first lady, who's on her first official solo international trip, also invited the prince to visit the white house. one of us basketball‘s biggest stars, lebron james, has described president trump as a "bum" in an escalating row between the president and leading sports figures. on friday, donald trump used an obscenity to describe american footballers who fail to stand for the national anthem, as colin kaepernick did, last year, in a protest at police brutality. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. california's golden state warriors. nba champions, considered by some one of the greatest teams of all time. by tradition, basketball‘s top side is usually invited to the white house to meet the president. but one of their star players, stephen curry, said he had other plans. i don't want to go. that's about it. the things that he said and the things that he has not said at the right time, we will not stand for it. by acting and not going, hopefully that will, um, inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country. as so often, the president chose to respond on social media. "going to the white house is considered a great honour for a championship team," he tweeted. "stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" which prompted a brutal comeback from one basketball‘s greatest ever players, lebronjames. "you bum", he replied. "stephen curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite. going to the white house was a great honour until you showed up!" # 0h, say can you see... the president had already condemned high—profile football players like colin kaepernick who refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking at a rally on friday, mr trump did not hold back. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners say, when somebody disrespects our flag, "get that son of a (bleep) off the field right now. out! he is fired!" as for the golden state warriors, the team says that if stephen curry is not invited, none of them will go. instead they will use their trip to washington, dc to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. the american soul singer, charles bradley, has died of cancer aged 68. charles bradley was known as "the screaming eagle of soul". he released his first album when he was 62, and spent much of his life working as a handyman. he found fame late in life, releasing three albums, no time for dreaming, victim of love and changes — music that ranged from emotional ballads to raucous tracks celebrating survival. charles bradley has died of cancer aged 68. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @duncangolestani. hi there. yesterday, we had two types of weather through the afternoon. for a number of places, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, it stayed rather cloudy. this was one scene in buttermere, in cumbria. other places had glorious sunshine. good parts of southern england, and the midlands, and into wales had the best of that. where the sunshine came out, it became warm, with temperatures up to 21 celsius. that is 70 in fahrenheit. notably, across scotland, around the moray firth, temperatures were about six degrees above average for this time of year. looking at the weather, as we start the day today, we have a band of rain pushing east. as it does so, it will bump into high—pressure across scandinavia and europe. so it will be a slow—moving front. quite often, it will be weak as well. starting with a band of rain to start the day for western scotland. damp in northern ireland, and spits and spots of rain across west wales, devon, and cornwall, too. 12 to 15 degrees in towns and cities. across central england it should stay dry with sunny spells all day. high cloud in the sky will make it hazy at times. you can see the rain does not move far from where it starts. it gradually trickles into central areas of scotland, with cloud breaks for eastern scotland, sunny spells will come through from time to time. northern ireland perhaps brightening up in the afternoon. across wales and south—west england, sunshine at a premium, quite often be cloudy with patches of rain. not rain all the time, but some on and off through the day. central and eastern england in the sunshine will be warmer. temperatures 22—23 celsius for a high. going through sunday evening, it looks like the rain will be pepping up. more persistent across scotland, western england and wales. we will see some fog patches form underneath underneath clearing skies in northern ireland, where things will turn out quite chilly. it could be a murky start there on monday. monday morning, that fog will clear away slowly in northern ireland. this band of rain will weaken across scotland, west england and wales. after a cloudy start across eastern england, the cloud break up with sunny spells throughout. temperatures for most of us between 16—19 degrees celsius with that sunshine coming through northern ireland. once the fog clears out of the way. looking at the next few days, often the weather will be dry in the week ahead. warm as well with sunny spells. but a band of rain is coming through on thursday. and that's your weather. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines. people in germany will vote in a general election which is expected to see chancellor merkel and her christian democrats win a fourth term in office. 0pinion polls suggest the nationalist party afd will be the first far—right populist movement to take seats since world war ii. north korea's foreign minister has told the un general assembly that president trump's threats made it inevitable north korean rockets would, as he put it, visit the entire us mainland. the comments come as the us flew bombers and fighterjets over international waters east of north korea. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres. the us has warned that tests could jeopardise the deal that ended sanctions in return for the halt of its nuclear programme. iran denies its missile development breaches the un resolution. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told delegates gathering for the party's annual conference, that they're "in a moment of great

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