Make an entrance. His visit to any clear Submarine Drawing comparisons to james bond. Clear Submarine Drawing comparisons tojames bond. A clear Submarine Drawing comparisons to james bond. A nuclear. Hello. Today we have a snapshot of the world in disarray. Donald trump is on his way to europe, where he is likely to find that the transatlantic unity of the past has gone. North korea hasjust tested its first intercontinental Ballistic Missile. But farfrom its first intercontinental Ballistic Missile. But far from Standing Shoulder to shoulder with america, the german chancellor has taken the occasion of this weeks 620 summit to sharply criticised the us. And as if the rift with europe was not enough, before President Trump boarded his plane today, he sent out eight weeks than in china for not doing enough on north korea. It reads, trade between china and north korea grew almost 40 in the first quarter. So much for china working with us. But we had to give it a try. In an hour, the Us Security Council will meet for an emergency session. So far, but russia and china have resisted american pressure. Meeting in moscow, the president is called for north korea to suspend its Ballistic Missile programme. In return, they want a moratorium on military exercises by the United States and south korea. The us responded by doing just the opposite and carried out their own tests on the korean peninsula. So how does britain fit into all of this . The British Defence secretary Michael FallonHeads To Washington tomorrow to meet with top defence officials and his us counterpart. A little earlier, he spoke about that trip and the message you will be taken when it comes to north korea. The only thing the americans are talking about at the moment when it comes to security is north korea. The us could never accept a Nuclear Armed north korea. Do we have to contemplate that at some point the military response might be the only way to stop them . This will obviously be high up on the agenda when i meet the secretary. Clearly, the Missile Launch is illegal. It is provocative. It is dangerous. And it is unacceptable and we need to do something about it. And that means first of all i think looking at further diplomatic pressure which could be brought. There have been Security Council resolutions before. They probably need to be toughened up. They certainly need to be enforced properly. There may be wea knesses enforced properly. There may be weaknesses in them. So we need to look at all of that. But also i am sure the United States will be looking at the threat to its own basesin looking at the threat to its own bases in japan and looking at the threat to its own bases injapan and indeed to its own seaboard. These missiles can now reach alaska. But where do we stand . Are we urging the americans to stick with the diplomacy and find a diplomatic solution or are we also talking about a military option . Well, strategic patience as it was called clearly has not worked. The Missile Programme continues. So it is clearly something we have got to be considered. We do think there is more diplomacy to be done. First in the United Nations work has begun. And looking at the resolutions and whether they are being enforced. But there is also work to be done to continue to bring china even more closely into the game. They have the most influence on north korea. There is more that china can do and needs to do to get the regime to start responding. When it comes to nato, President Trump will be in poland tonight and tomorrow. There are europeans, particularly in the east, who are concerned about the american commitment to nato and commit to the article five, an attack on what is an attack on all. It would help that there was a full commitment to article five. Well, he has committed to it. I was at the leaders, 20 did commit to it. He has made clear that he wants some nato companies to get up he wants some nato companies to get up to the 2 . What is encouraging is the movement. They are now spending more. 0verall spending has increased markedly. 202i think of the 29 countries are increasing their defence spending. A number of them have now meant a date by which they will reach 2 . Other countries making 2 this year. That is romania. And so nato has responded to his call. And secondly, we are continuing to work with the United States on modernisation. The secretary and i have tabled a paper with nato on how we will pursue the modernisation and reduce bureaucracy. Some of the Decision Making needs to be speeded up Decision Making needs to be speeded up and we want to see that addressed when it comes to the next summit next year. We are committed to this 296 next year. We are committed to this 2 target. You have spoken about it a lot. But there are senior figures within the military who are concerned about Troop Numbers. The Chief Of The General Staff says there is almost an unprecedented lack of mass in the army. That is challenging for all three services, to recruit when the economy is growing. Increasingly, they are looking for the same specialisms as the rest of the economy. People who are expert in engineering or it. These are highly prized people now and we have to compete for them. We had to find a way to recruit them. The best of every generation. And then to retain them. And we continue to look at the offer and making employment in the army more flexible. We have a bill going through parliament at the moment. And we will continue to do that. Has the us expressed any concern about british Troop Numbers . No, they have not done that with me. We have stepped forward in nato. We are one of the four framework battlegroups, and enhance forward presence. We have deployed troops with the americans in poland. We have increased our Troop Numbers in afghanistan. What is the right level for the army . We said in our ma nifesto for the army . We said in our manifesto that we want to maintain the size of the armed forces including andi the size of the armed forces including and i think this is the crucial thing the ability of the army to fight at divisional level, to field a war fighting division, which relatively few countries in the world can do. That is our ambition, to be able to do that. And we can do that. A week ago, you were interviewed on this idea that the syrians were ready to use chemical weapons again. There was a statement from the white house. Have you since then seen evidence that indeed there was an attack in the planning . The americans had some evidence that chemical weapons might be used again but i am not going to go into details of that. We work extremely closely with the americans. And i made it very clear that if the americans resorted to pre emptive strikes to prevent the use of chemical weapons we would support those. What is the endgame in syria . Is there anything that President Trump might be able to do at this meeting with President Putin this week to bring it about . No, the americans have been committed to the process. We have all been encouraging the moderate parties in syria to come to a new settlement. We wa nt syria to come to a new settlement. We want to see a settlement in syria. We have a settlement in ir. We have a democratic 6overnment syria. We have a settlement in ir. We have a democratic government in iran and we want to see a similar settle m e nt iran and we want to see a similar settlement in syria. We will continue working with the americans and with everybody else to bring the 6eneva Process together with the Alternative Process that we can chart a path to a new political future in syria. Michael fallon. So interesting, with so much going on in the world, you spoke about nato, the size of the british army, north korea, syria. It is a really useful time to be able to talk to him and i was interested to hear him say that he agrees with the white house that the era for strategic patience on north korea is over. I am to still not fully clear what that means and whether the white house has any Better Options up its sleeve than we re Better Options up its sleeve than were available under president 0bama. I think two things came out of this for me. 0bviously, 0bama. I think two things came out of this for me. Obviously, the focus will shift to hamburger to the meeting between President Putin and President Trump on friday. But then you have the serious players. The National Security adviser in washington and the really experienced men in terms of defence with Michael Fallon over there who isa with Michael Fallon over there who is a key figure in the nato framework as well, and they will be looking at all the options around the table. They have already said there has been a military review. But this is a much more dangerous world. It got more dangerous yesterday and so it does focus debate internally as well within the uk about Troop Numbers. We got some of the best kit and were spending money on state of the art Defence Systems after the Spending Review in 2015. But there has been a lot of criticism here about the Troop Numbers which slipped just under 80,000. It is the lowest numbers in the army since the 1850s. And you can have as good a kit as you want but you need trained men and well trained meant that you can retain within the system to operate those systems and that is one of the problems that britain is facing at the moment and other countries and it is obviously that is the thought ofa it is obviously that is the thought of a debate that is going on within European Countries at the moment, where they target the money and how much they spend. As we mentioned, the un Security Council is about to go into that emergency session. It sta rts go into that emergency session. It starts in about an hour. It has been called by the United States. Our correspondent is at the United Nations for us. We can cross to her now. Is there any indication after this latest missile test that there is going to be more unity on the Security Council about what to do about north korea . Well, in terms of unity, i think we will see across the Board Condemnation for north koreas latest test but i think that is where it ends. We are actually going to see a bit of diverging s on what to do next between the us on one side and china on the other. President of china got President Putin to sign onto a plan where they are calling for a suspension to suspension. They think basically that world powers should Start Talking to north korea, that they would freeze their Nuclear Programme if the us and south korea would agree to suspend theirjoint military exercises. I spoke to a us diplomat and asked if that was something that the us would consider. Previously, they have said that it was only if north korea would dismantle their programme, that they would consider speaking again. And he told me that is not really where they are going at this point. The us is still concerned about is really pushing for more sanctions and making sure that the sanctions and making sure that the sanctions that have already been passed are actually really being implemented. So we will likely hear the Us Ambassador pointed the finger at those who are allowing workers from north korea, which means money being filtered back there. Also going after those who are helping economically and militarily and also ignoring some of the sanctions. I was just ignoring some of the sanctions. I wasjust going to ignoring some of the sanctions. I was just going to say very quickly, that issue of strategic patience that issue of strategic patience that Michael Fallon was talking about, it has worked in the past with china because they wanted this buffer between south korea and their border. But they must be concerned that this is going to quickly, that it is too much even for them. Yes, absolutely. Weve seen china in the past. Last month, they were willing to work with the United States to negotiate, but 1a north korean individuals and two that sanction blacklist of Asset Freezes and travel bans. 0ver blacklist of Asset Freezes and travel bans. Over the last year, we had to resolutions with the sanctions, for china has been concerned about this. The problem for them as they have to have a delicate balance. They do not want to destabilise the region too much and have chaos and refugees on their doorstep so they are trying to find that balance. 0k, doorstep so they are trying to find that balance. Ok, for the moment, then he very much. The most intriguing part of the 620 summit will be the first meeting between donald trump Vladimir Putin which is scheduled for friday. The presents broader relationship with europe is also under scrutiny. It appear last month did not go to smoothly. Funny that you remember that. One place that you remember that. One place that donald trump is guaranteed a friendly reception is in poland. The Conservative Party their shares his populist agenda but just to Conservative Party their shares his populist Agenda Butjust to make sure that the president get a rousing reception, the government is reportedly planning to bus and thousands of people to warsaw to cheer him on. Senior Vice President for europe at the centre for strategic and International Studies this year. You also used to work at the Us State Department on european affairs. So Angela Merkel has a welcome president to donald trump to europe. She gives an interview and says we have very different world views, the president thinks that there are winners and losers, we need to start thinking there are winners and winners. Absolutely. Not terribly diplomatic. No, but i think now leaders are speaking out very clearly. When President Trump arrives in warsaw, you will meet with the government that sees very eye to eye with him, but for its anti 6erman and Anti European Union sentiment, its more nationalistic stance, its views on energy, both from use of call to Energy Independence from russia. So President Trump, like his first trip abroad, when he went to saudi arabia first and then to europe, ye had a great reception at that first stop. I think his advisers think he will ta ke i think his advisers think he will take some comfort from that. He had a major address on the future of the transatlantic relationship. We are all very keen to hear his words because really for the last year both his candid bit and now as president , he has questioned the alliance. He is questioned free trade and everything about the transatlantic relationship. It is interesting listening to Angela Merkel and watching what is happening between 6ermany Merkel and watching what is happening between germany and china, particularly on issues like climate change. It seems as if the europeans have said to themselves we give you a chance that we listen to you when you came to talk to us last time at the Nato Alliance but now we have figured out that we have two form our own alliances and you have a host of 620 diplomats and officials being quoted in the press, saying, we believe america is in the retreat and there is not the leadership that we need and we will step out. Yes, i think they have spent a lot of time trying to see where they could work with President Trump and his administration and the others come to the conclusion that they dont cia to eye. Europe cannot walk away from the United States. America is yours Security Guarantor in this world and it is in disarray, as you mentioned earlier. We cant walk away. The United States is the bedrock of the international system. But europe doe