and from despair to delight — three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. it's five 0clock — our top story: north korea says its working on plans to fire four ballistic missiles towards the american territory of guam. in an escalating war of words, the north koreans say donald trump is ‘bereft of reason‘ — while mr trump has already warned the regime in pyongyang that it risks the ‘fire and fury‘ of an american military response. meanwhile south korea has appealed for calm. 0ur correspondent yogita limeye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. 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 says it plans to fire four missiles in the waters around it. it's home to tens of thousands of people. 0bviously for me, because i'm a father, it's really concerning. i wish it didn't have to come to that. i'm pretty confident that the us will protect us. but in the war of words with north korea, america's president is not backing down either. he boasted of his country's nuclear arsenal, matching the aggression that over the years, people have come to expect from pyongyang. what's different this time is that we're hearing very similar rhetoric from the us president, so that's certainly ratcheted up tension and perhaps gives pyongyang a bit morejustification to keep building their nuclear programme. so it will actually feed their anti—american propaganda. but while donald trump's remarks might be provocative, there are hopes that others in his government could help tone down the message coming from america. it's a very difficult situation. i would say this, that his secretary of defense and national security adviser are universally respected. there are some cool hands around him during this crisis and i hope he listens to them. 0ne country that's hoping to defuse this crisis soon is south korea. it's seen this kind of situation many times before, and while it's working closely with the us to ramp up its defence programme, it also wants a diplomatic solution. its national security council held a meeting to discuss the issue, and it said it was keeping a channel for dialogue with north korea open. but the mood on the streets of pyongyang was not conciliatory. on wednesday, a mass of people marched in support of the leadership. no evidence here to suggest that things are going to cool down. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is on the pacific island of guam. he sent us this update. this behind me here is the gates to andersen air force base here in guam. and this is a place that north korea really doesn't like because andersen is home to a fleet of bis, those big sleek swing wing bombers. every time north korea does something that the american president doesn't like, he sends some of his 81s from here to fly up to the korean peninsula and along the demilitarised zone. he's really saying to the north korean regime, "if you don't do what america wants, give up your ballistics programme "and nuclear weapons programme, then this is what you'll get. "and this is where it will come from". if north korea's aim is to scare people, well, have a look, it doesn't seem to be working. certainly people are not fleeing the beaches for the airport, and that's because most people here, both locals and tourists, think this is more of north korea's normal bluster. but the threat against guam is very specific and that has a few people worried, that maybe, just maybe, kim jong—un is planning some sort of action, to fire one or more missiles over japan in this direction. not to strike guam, but to hit close by. and if he did do that, it's possible the mood here would change very dramatically. coming up at half past five i'll be joined by a former un weapons inspector to talk more about the tensions in the region. the scale of slavery and human trafficking in the uk is far bigger than has previously been thought. that's the warning from the national crime agency, which says there are currently more than three—hundred police operations investigating slavery and trafficking crimes. the agency says previous estimates that the number of victims in the uk are between ten and thirteen thousand may just represent the "tip of the iceberg". the director of the national crime agency's child exploitation and 0nline protection command, will kerr, has been outlining the scale of the problem. we have seen victims as young as 12 being moved into the country for the purposes of being exploited and in case of the 12—year—old girl for labour exploitation. but we have seen people as young as 13 being sexually exploited. this is a growing problem, for which we think there is a shared responsibility across society in the united kingdom to address. later we are going to be speaking to cherie blair. the former director of public prosecutions, lord macdonald, has said that the grooming of vulnerable white girls by south asian gangs needs to be recognised as "a profoundly racist crime". yesterday, eighteen people — mainly of pakistani or bangladeshi origin — were convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. the force involved in the case, northumbria police, has been defending its decision to pay a convicted child rapist £10,000 for information during the course of that investigation. our home affairs correspondent nick beake reports. the raids across newcastle smashed a grooming gang that was drugging and abusing young girls, one just 1a years old. the victims were mostly white, the attackers mainly british men from pakistani, indian and bangladeshi heritage. it's a story we've heard time and again, 0xford, rochdale, cardiff to name a few. today, one former leading prosecutor condemned what he said had been a reluctance to investigate asian gangs who target vulnerable white girls, and that a big change was needed. i think some recognition that this is a problem in all communities and across communities, and recognising it for what it is, not pretending it's something else, recognising it for what it is, which is profoundly racist crime. it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantly asian men. the town's mp says a fear within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historically have been more concerned about not being seen to be racist than they have been concerned about protecting children. that has to change right now. in the light of these latest newcastle cases, there are now calls for an inquiry into why groups of men are carrying out this abuse. some warn against stigmatising whole asian communities. 0thers insist that the problem needs to be tackled head—on. amongst these criminals, there is a mindset that white girls are worthless, that white girls can be used and abused and discarded unlike their own daughters and sisters. and i think that's a form of racism. we in the british pakistani community have to confront that. police forces say they have learned from their own failures in tackling grooming gangs, but the northumbria force has been criticised for paying a child rapist for information to help secure these latest convictions. yes, you might have got that evidence through other means, but it could have taken a whole lot longer and that in itself would have exposed vulnerable women and girls to an unacceptable level of risk. personally, that doesn't sit comfortably with me morally either. controversy over the race of sexual abuse gangs has delayed justice for some victims. but these offenders in newcastle, at least, are now facing many years in jail. aneeta prem is a human rights campaigner and founder of the freedom charity, which aims to raise awareness and prevent child abuse. she is in our norwich studio for us now. thank you for being us with. we were hearing in that report, the question raised — why are gangs of men carrying out this kind of abuse. what is your answer to that? because they can. the fact there has been a wholesale failing, failing to identify predominantly asian men that are targeting vulnerable white girls, people are scared to even talk about that issue, let alone deal with it. the fact this is several times now gangs have been caught doing this and it has taken too long. we heard also in that report from the mp there, sarah champion talking of the perceptions of political correctness. do you think that is a problem in these investigations? i think that has beenin investigations? i think that has been in the past, people are scared to deal with the gang because they predominantly come from pakistan and bangladesh and people are afraid of being deemed racist. but they're abusing children and they're paedophiles. it is more than race. we need to know why they're targeting white girls. we heard from lord macdonald saying this is a profoundly racist crime. would you agree with that? i would completely accept that. we also know that these gangs not only target white girls, they target girls from other communities, but many of those girls are scared to come forward. so girls from the asian community won't come forward , from the asian community won't come forward, because the whole idea of them having shame brought on their families that they have been assaulted and raped is greater than reporting the crime. there has been criticism of various police forces in the investigations of these cases, do you think the police are dining enough to tackle this —— doing enough to tackle this? they're doing enough to tackle this? they're doing the best with the resources they have and if that means they have to pay informants, however abhorrent that sounds f that means we can get convictions and less girls are suffering, then so be it. the safety of young girls is of paramount importance. you would not be opposed to the idea of paying informants? well, you knowf if you look informants are used to get information. it is not unusual. in this is case paying a paedophile is unusual. but i think the ends justify the means, however awful it is, the fact we have now got convictions and it has brought an end to this abuse, that can only be a positive. however it has come to the end. we have talked about the police, what about the communities where these men live, what more can they do. i can't believe no one else in the community knew this was going on. the wall of silence must be broken. people must report this to the police. not reporting it to community leader, the police are where people need to go and say if they are being abused. within the communities, families, religious leaders, somebody has known this is going on and has been shielding this. thank you very much for be with us. just to let you know we are hearing from cheshire police that three people have been arrested in their investigations into modern slavery. they're saying that yesterday police officers from north witch and chester arrested three people as part of an inquiry into slavery and trafficking offences. police officers attended a business premises in north witch and chester. we are going to be talking as i said to cherie blair about that later. a man arrested in connection with an incident that nearly caused a woman to be run over by a bus in south london, has been released pending further inquiries. police have been looking for the jogger who appears to knock the woman towards the road on putney bridge. officers say they have received a ‘good' response from the public after releasing cctv footage of the incident. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: the war of words escalates — north korea says a plan that could see it fire four missiles near the us territory of guam will be ready in a matter of days. the national crime agency says the scale of slavery in the uk is far bigger than previously thought — with victims in every large town and city in the country. after 18 people are convicted of abusing girls in newcastle — the former director of public prosecutions says the crime should be treated as "profoundly racist". and in sport: jordan spieth begins his attempt to become the youngest winner of a golfing grand slam. he is one over on the back 9 at the us pga that is led byjim herman. keattonjennings is us pga that is led byjim herman. keatton jennings is dropped us pga that is led byjim herman. keattonjennings is dropped by england for the test with the west indies. botswana will celebrate isaac makwala day if the athlete who was banned, then reprieved takes an remarkable gold in the 200 metres final at the world athletics champoinships. and we will be live later from the london stadium. the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england has reached its highest level for nearly a decade. figures from nhs england show that injune there were 3.83 million patients on waiting lists for operations — that's the highest total since december 2007. other key targets were also missed — including urgent referrals for cancer care. earlier our health editor, hugh pym explained how the figures have been on the slide for some time. key targets have been missed all year, and targets missed in a&e as well. it shows the stresses and strains on the nhs, dealing with more patients every year. the the nhs say they're seeing more patients and demand continues to rise and they're trying to meet that higher demand. but the resources are not keeping up. funning is not rising —— funding is not rising as fast as patient numbers. things are stretched and this is borne out by these figures. sunbathers on a beach on the coast of andalusia, southern spain were surprised when a rubber dingy carrying around twenty four undocumented migrants came ashore. according to eyewitnesses the group quickly managed to escape before the police had time to respond. a south african who was kidnapped by al-qaeda in mali six years ago, has spoken about his time in capitivity two weeks after his release. stephen mcgowan, who has dual south african and british citizenship, was one of four foreigners seized in the city of timbuktu in 2011. the south african government denied paying a ransom to secure his release. speaking at a news conference in johannesburg, mr mcgowan explained what he believed his captor‘s motivation to be. i don't believe they knew my nationality when they caught me. they would have preferred me to have been british. this would have been first prize. it took a long time for british status to fall away. my family was pushing for this and i was pushing for this. because it is dangerous. to be british. i think american, french and british, these are the top ones. so you know, they kidnapped me, because ijust wasn't a muslim. that was it. i suppose they... want prisoner exchanges and they... want prisoner exchanges and they want money. but i'm not certain, i don't know the details, i'm not sure how i got released. this is what they would like. yeah. so they would kidnap anybody i understand, because if they're non—muslim. the situation is commercial. i didn't understand the language. 0ne commercial. i didn't understand the language. one of our first experiences when we were put in a camp, they brought a goat and slaughtered it, ithought camp, they brought a goat and slaughtered it, i thought that could be me next and i'm probably the first to go, because of my british ties. it isjust... it'sjust information over load, confusion. two women had to be rescued from the top deck of a double decker bus after it crashed into a shop on a busy london high street. the accident happened just before 7 this morning in the south of the city, close to clapham junction station. the bus driver was taken to hospital and nine others treated at the scene for minor injuries. transport for london say they are investigating. as we heard, the national crime agency said the scale of slavery and human trafficking is bigger than previously thought. joining me is the anti—slavery campaigner and barrister, cherie blair, who advises companies on complying with the modern slavery act. explain to people what this means, what is a slave in modern britain? the slavery can take many forms. we would think about women and children in prostitution for example, who could be described as slaves and then there are domestic servants. 0ne be described as slaves and then there are domestic servants. one of there are domestic servants. one of the first prosecutions under anti—slavery legislation was for nigerian couple who had a domestic worker who they mistreated and didn't pay. 0r worker who they mistreated and didn't pay. or it could be people in nail bars, there is a few young woman attracted here thinking they're coming to work. they're told their expenses are paid and they turn up and find they're owing huge debts with which they are never able to pay. many of us may come into contact with people who have been trafficked. maybe who are being trafficked. maybe who are being trafficked in the sense that they're working not for themselves, but for someone working not for themselves, but for someone else who is exploiting them. yes, we could. it could be people washing your car. it could be as i say in nail bars. it could be sex workers. who is doing the trafficking? 0bviously gangs, what do we know about them? let me say this is an international crime. it isa this is an international crime. it is a problem in the uk. but it is an international problem. 46 million people they estimate are living in slavery in some form or other around the world. it really, if you like, here in england, where they estimate, england and wales, 13,000 people in slavery. the five main countries that people come under slavery relationship are from places like albanian, nigeria, vietnam, poland — that kind of transfer of people from those countries into our countries. 0n the other hand there is the other form of slavery you come into contact that is in the goods and services that we consume. the modern day sup my chains can be all over the world and in places there may be child and exploited worker, that work on the clothes we wear, the phone we use, the chocolate we eat. 0ne wear, the phone we use, the chocolate we eat. one of the purposes of modern slavery act was to ensure that large companies would inform the public, their investors, what they're doing to ensure that people are being treated with dignity and respect. it has been suggested the problem is like child abuse and it has been around for a long time, but we are only now starting to understand it and realise the scale of it. is that how you see it? it has been around for a long time and there have been many people who have campaigned about this for centuries, you only have to think about william wilberforce, going back 200 years. today, we are only a mobile phone shot of child labourer away from implications for the companies and the consumers who are using these goods to become serious hitting at the bottom line. this has made many companies be more aware of that and the government of course in passing the modern slavery act was very aware of this and that is why they require large companies with over 36 million pounds a year turn over to publish what they are doing to ensure their supply chain is slavery—free. this is the first year since the act came into force that all companies in the uk will have reported that. that is notjust british companies, that is any company that sells in our country with that turn over. we have heard today the national crime agency saying they think the problem is worse than we thought. do you think the authorities are doing enough to crackdown on this and to try and crackdown on this and to try and crack these international gangs?|j think crack these international gangs?” think we can obviously do more. and pa rt think we can obviously do more. and part of the reason we have the modern slavery act and we have the reports like the once we have had today are because we are now much more conscious of the extent of this problem. it is interesting if you look at the figures for prosecutions since the act came in, 12 prosecutions in 2015, 51 in 2016 and now this report which shows that the figures are actually in their thousands. all of this of course requires resources and training for the police, so they know the signs and can take action. thank you very much for coming in. police have appealed for three men to come forward in relation to the death of peter wrighton. it comes as an inquest heard the 83—year—old dog walker died from what have been described as "incised wounds to the neck". peter wrighton‘s body was found in woodland in east harling in norfolk on saturday. the inquest was opened and adjourned for review in december. 0ur correspondent alex dunlop was at that police news conference in wymondham in norfolk and joins us now. the police said this was a brutal attack and for the victim's family beyond comprehension and in the community there is a sense of shock, bewilderment than an 83—year—old man, described as gentle, and quiet, a father, a grandfather, whojust went out to these woods in a very safe pa rt of went out to these woods in a very safe part of the county to walk his two dogs, could be so brutally murdered. as you say, there was an inquest into his death. it outlined that his body was found by a member of the public, at 10. 46 on saturday morning. at the press conference, there were two lines that came out, they have had more than a hundred calls from the public and still want more people to come forward. the first point is the time frame. we we re first point is the time frame. we were working on a two—hour window between 9 and 11 on saturday morning when this could have happened. but i have been told there is cctv footage of mr wright have been told there is cctv footage of mrwright in have been told there is cctv footage of mr wright in a post office six miles away. that was at around 10 past 10. bear miles away. that was at around 10 past10. bear in miles away. that was at around 10 past 10. bear in mind miles away. that was at around 10 past10. bear in mind his miles away. that was at around 10 past 10. bear in mind his pod body was found at 10.110. that means there isa20 was found at 10.110. that means there is a 20 minute window when peter wrighton would have been murdered. that second piece of information, police are looking for three men who we re police are looking for three men who were seen police are looking for three men who were seen in the area at the time on saturday morning, here is the leading police officer. a what it male aged over 50 of slim build with pale skin, with grey or white hair, which balding on top. the it is thought he was wearing heavy rimmed glasses and light trousers. he was seen glasses and light trousers. he was seenin glasses and light trousers. he was seen in the street changing into a white t—shirt. a white male with a tanned complexion, aged 25 to 30. between five foot nine inches and five foot eleven. thirdly a white male aged 30 to 50, of medium build wearing dark coloured clothing. he was seen wearing dark coloured clothing. he was seen walking without a dog in the northern area of the heath. these are descriptions of people that we believe were in the area, not necessarily together, but we are keen to trace them as part of our appeal the trace witnesses in the area at the time. these three men area at the time. these three men are not necessarily suspects, they could be witnessed, but they need to be ruled out of inquiry. police have stepped up uniformed patrols to reassure people. where we are now, we are into day six of the investigation, 50 officers on the case and we have no weapon that has been found, no arrests have been made and so far no apparent motive for this killing. thank you very much. it's now known that 700,000 eggs implicated in a dutch contamination scare, have been distributed in britain — far more than the original estimate of only around 20,000. but the food standards agency say it‘s ‘very unlikley‘ that the eggs pose a risk to public health. dutch investigators have arrested two suspects following raids today as part of their investigation into the use of fipronil insecticide in european egg production. so far millions of eggs have been withdrawn from shops in europe. joining me now is our correspondent andy moore. what are the figures involved here? they seem to be large. that's right, we had an update from the food standards agency today, the figures have changed but the advice is still that this shouldn‘t be a risk to human health in the uk. first of all, the figure of 21,000, that is the previous estimate on the number of potentially contaminated eggs. that has concocted a substantially to 700,000. you‘ve got to put this in context, millions of eggs are eaten every day in the uk, billions every year so, eaten every day in the uk, billions every year so, as a eaten every day in the uk, billions every year so, as a proportion of the total, it‘s a tiny fraction of 0.007% of the ex—consumed in england and across the uk every year. so you‘ve got to put that in context. and then the fact is that these are eggsin and then the fact is that these are eggs in processed products, so they will have been mixed and by looted with eggs from other sources, and probably a lot of these eggs have already been consumed and we haven‘t seen queues already been consumed and we haven‘t seen queues of people outside accident and emergency units having eaten dodgy eggs, so the advice is, you are probably going to be ok. what sort of products are these eggs being used in? the sort of things we are looking at is fillers for sandwiches or egg salads. we have got a list of products that have been removed. again, out of precaution from some supermarkets. there are about a dozen or so products. if you are interested in the details, they are on the bbc website or the food statements and national food standards agency website. they are from morrisons, waitrose, sainsbury‘s and asda, things like salad and fillers. in the case of morrisons, fillers that are used only in sandwiches in their cafe. we talked about this insecticide. what is at the root of the scare? it seems that this insecticide, fipronil, has got into the poultry houses somehow. maybe mixed with detergent. the world health organisation says it is a moderate hazard if it eaten in very large quantities. as far as we can see, nobody has eaten it in large enough quantities to have any illness, not just in enough quantities to have any illness, notjust in the uk but anywhere in europe, where this has been a much bigger scandal, where millions of eggs have been withdrawn from supermarket shelves. so you have to consume large quantities for there to be any risk to human health. you are watching bbc news. coming up, we will be hearing from two of the remaining survivors of the manchester arena bomb who are still in hospital. before that, the latest weather prospects. the weather is unfortunately going downhill for tomorrow. it‘s been a great day today across most of the uk but overnight tonight it‘s going to turn cloudy and later tomorrow it‘s going to start raining across many western areas. here is the window of fine weather we‘ve got across the country right now, a lot of cloud streaming off the atlantic and the winds are picking up. by the end of the night, gale force winds around the western coast and that rain just around the western coast and that rainjust about around the western coast and that rain just about creeping into belfast on the early hours of friday, yours goes well, but the majority of the country overnight will have dry weather. tomorrow sta rts will have dry weather. tomorrow starts down and cloudy in western scotla nd starts down and cloudy in western scotland and northern ireland. later in the morning, dribs and drabs around north—west england, wales and the south—west. if you‘re in east anglia, london, kentand the south—west. if you‘re in east anglia, london, kent and sussex, the south—west. if you‘re in east anglia, london, kentand sussex, it looks as though it will be a dry day for at least the afternoon and maybe the evening it will cloud over. a little light rain, but that‘s pretty much it. that is pretty much pick six —— pretty much it! you are watching bbc news. coming up, we will be hearing from two of this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: north korea denounces donald trump‘s warnings of "fire and fury" and says the us leader was "bereft of reason", while claiming plans for a missile strike off the coast of guam could be ready in days. slavery and human trafficking in the uk is "far more prevalent than previously thought", the national crime agency says. it warns that estimates of about 10,000 victims in the uk represent just the "tip of the iceberg". a former director of public prosecutions has said cases the food standards agency has said that 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have been sent to the uk, up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. now all the sport. the us pga championship is under way at quail hollow, withjordan spieth attempting to become the youngest winner of golf‘s career grand slam. but it‘s three other americans who lead the way. jim herman has just jim herman hasjust taken jim herman has just taken a jim herman hasjust taken a 1—shot lead, head of grayson and gary woodland. a shot behind jim lead, head of grayson and gary woodland. a shot behindjim herman, who is on four under. the best placed paul casey and lee westwood, and tommy fleetwood and chris wood are all there within four shots of the lead. team captain eilidh doyle will be hoping to win just a second medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. she‘s in the final of the 400 metres hurdles later, with nathaneel mitchell—bla ke also a contender in the 200 metres. he‘ll be up against isaac makwala, banned and then reprieved, with the eyes of the world watching. two of those eyes belong to 0lly foster. botswana say they‘ll name a day after him if he wins tonight. it's it‘s been quite a week. he deserves a week, i think, the few days he‘s been through. the norovirus that has spread through one team hotel, ten more cases identified by public health england, but isaac makwala was one of those, kicked out of the 200 and 400 metres, reinstated and he ran an amazing solo time trial to get back into the 200 semifinals, he came through last night and it‘s the final tonight. we are looking forward to that, and such a fantastic reception he got from the crowd when they saw him get through to that final. he‘s up against a run—off on for the double, he ran the 400 but he the slowest qualifier. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke is the sole british sprinter in that final. we‘ve got eilidh doyle coming up final. we‘ve got eilidh doyle coming up as well, katarina johnson—thompson looking to qualify in the highjump, and the first event on the track inside the next hour, laura muir, afterjust missing out on the 1500 metres, it‘s the first heat of the 5000 metres. we willjoin you later. mark stoneman has been called up to the england squad for their test series against the west indies. he‘s replaced keaton jennings, who‘s been dropped after a poor run of scores against south africa. stoneman becomes alistair cook‘s 12th opening partner since andrew strauss retired. meanwhile, chris woakes returns after recovering from a side strain, and hampshire leg—spinner mason crane is called up for the first time. the series against the west indies starts with england‘s first day night test a week today. defending champions southern vipers have picked up where they left off in the opening match of the women‘s super league cricket, thrashing the team they beat in last year‘s final, western storm. ben croucher was watching. there has been much fanfare for women‘s cricket this summer after the world‘s best came for the world cup, and the best of them have stuck around for the domestic season. include captain heather knight couldn‘t do the same, out for one south—western storm side wilted against the champions, southern vipers. this was one ofjust three boundaries in the innings. if wickets are your thing, there was no shortage, west indies skipper taylor another default. three runouts, two june direct hits, underlining the defending champions‘ strength. a fa ncy defending champions‘ strength. a fancy ball around to sheer attack the edges of the ageas bowl. in one over, the vipers knocked off nearly half of the target, 34 runs and the game as good as going. just nine overs for a nine wicket win. the vipers more two title defence starting ins trial —— in style. let‘s return now to the intensifying war of words between the us and north korea, with pyongyang saying it‘s working on a plan to fire missiles overjapan, landing in the sea near the us territory of guam. guam is a tiny island in the western pacific ocean, home to more than 6,000 american troops, two military bases and about 160,000 civilians. it‘s about 2,000 miles from pyongyang. according to state media, north korea plans to fire its hwasong ballistic missiles into the sea, some 17 miles from guam‘s coast. that‘s if the plan is approved by kim jong—un. the hwasong missiles are north korea‘s medium and long—range rockets, with an estimated range of 2,800 miles, putting guam well within reach. north korea says it is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. for its part, the united states has warned north korea‘s actions could mean the "end of its regime", but the americans say that, should the north launch an attack, they would rely on their terminal high—altitude area defence system, more commonly known as thaad. the thaad mobile launcher has a range ofjust over 120 miles, meaning it‘s designed to intercept enemy rockets in their final stages of flight. the us military has previously deployed thaad in guam and hawaii as protection against potential attacks from north korea. victoria guerrero lives in guam and told us that people living on the island are concerned about the situation. i particularly have two young children, a five—year—old and a two—year—old boy, and explaining to them what this means is always something that is very real for me. this isn‘t the first time that we‘ve been threatened with an attack, and our experience living in a place that is so heavily militarised is that we regularly see and hear bombers. to explain to them that, one day, that could really drop a bomb, and i asked my son simply, what would it mean if a bomb hit guam? and hejust bowed his head. he didn‘t even want to express the words. for them at such a young age to know that to live here in this beautiful paradise that is their homeland, they run the risk of something like that, it‘s very terrifying. there are people here who live with ptsd from world war ii — our elders, who have experienced an attack and survived a war. and this brings back those memories for them. i‘m joined now by professor wyn bowen, head of the school of security studies at king‘s college london, and a former un weapons inspector in iraq between 1997 and 1998. thank you for being with us. clearly, people like that lady, who lives in guam, are pretty worried and concerned, but we were talking about this thaad anti—missile defence system that the americans have. does that mean that anything the koreans fire towards guam could be intercepted and destroyed by the americans? potentially, absolutely, and it depends whether or not the north koreans, if they decided to do so, which is an important question, because i‘m not convinced they will do this. they are talking about a plan, which could just be rhetoric. if they were to do that, it would depend on how many missiles they would test fire in that direction of guam. if it was two, three, four missiles, a system like thaad could be tested in that respect. so the more that are fired, the more difficult it might be for the us to intercept? absolutely, and would plan b to drop one missile, or would it be to do more than one? i don‘t think that‘s clear. missile defences have developed in capabilities but they are certainly not 100% reliable. what game do you think the north koreans are playing? what are their motivations? i think, with the current regime, is as it has been with previous regimes in north korea, really about deterrence in the long run. it‘s about regime survival and it‘s about sending messages, escalating every now and again, convincing the outside world that north korea is prepared to do some pretty significant things, whether it‘s launching missiles at the united states or threatening south korean naval ships or the south, threatening japan etc, which creates a feeling that it‘s too dangerous an option for the outside world, notably the us, to take any forceful action against the north, particularly in terms of threatening or undermining the regime or going against the nuclear programme and trying to take that out. it isn‘t just about the nuclear issue or ballistic missiles. people talk about the artillery pieces, thousands of them just north of the dmz, which could be a target against seoul. north korea has quite a broad spectrum of capability that it is flexing, and it‘s doing this all the time ina flexing, and it‘s doing this all the time in a deterrent fashion. we have heard some pretty bellicose rhetoric from donald trump, talking about fire and fury and so on, so what are the american options in dealing with north korea? i think the options are limited. i don‘t think any of them are particularly palatable and they range from one end of the spectrum, where the consideration is clearly being given to taking preventative military action against the missile and nuclear programme in north korea... which would mean bombing their production facilities. a significant campaign, which would clearly result in retaliation against south korea in particular, clearly not palatable, so ranging towards a more limited instruction set of strikes against north korea, to demonstrate resolve. that goes all the way through to muddling through, doing more of the same, trying to increase the sanctions, increase the pressure, and there are a lot of negative incentives on north korea at the moment. how do you mix that with positive incentives? that is more likely. i think one of the key issues is the role that china could hopefully play in trying to ratchet down the rhetoric and tension. thank you for being with us. two and a half months on from the bomb attack on manchester arena, nine victims are still being treated in hospital. 22 people were killed and 116 were hospitalised in the suicide bombing by salman abedi on the 22nd of may. they included robbie potter and his partner leonora 0gerio, who were waiting to collect their daughters from the concert. the couple were in the lobby when the bomb detonated and have undergone extensive surgery to repair severe injuries from the shrapnel. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz‘s report contains images some viewers may find distressing. i remember everything about that night. we went through everything. it's night. we went through everything. it‘s probably only, but it feels like an hour. from a concert to a coma, this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. they stood next to the attacker and lived to tell the tale. i looked at the idiot, the bomber. he was about ten metres away and i remember his face. i‘ve never asked his name. i don‘t wa nt to i‘ve never asked his name. i don‘t want to know it. there is no point hating a man if he is dead. but you know it was him? yeah. they'd been to collect their kids from the concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i‘ve ever seen. ubc dillied you see bits of silver going everywhere, the bolts he had into his bank. —— his back. there was a group of four his bank. —— his back. there was a group offouror his bank. —— his back. there was a group of four or five kids and his bank. —— his back. there was a group of four orfive kids and i jumped in front of them and told them to follow me. as i started running down, i felt them to follow me. as i started running down, ifelt a lot more shrapnel hitting me. i collapsed and fell on the floor, but apparently it punctured my long. you came very close to not surviving. it‘s a miracle you are here. the doctor said it was a miracle, even after the operation. it is still touch and go. this bold fired from the bomb threat into robbie‘s heart. he cheated death by a hair ‘s breadth. the bold was removed with incredible precision by this surgeon at wythenshawe hospital. it was wedged between the back and front wall of the blood vessels, so a millimetre either way at any velocity, tha n kfu lly either way at any velocity, thankfully it didn't, but we wouldn't be having this conversation in this setting. one millimetre. literally. robbie's daughter was separating from her dad when the blast happened. next time she saw him, he was in a coma. she called him, he was in a coma. she called him names to try and wake him up. him, he was in a coma. she called him names to try and wake him upm was hard to see him just lying there, not talking. having machines all over there, not talking. having machines allover him. there, not talking. having machines all over him. so you spoke to him? yeah. she said, come on, fathead. as soon as yeah. she said, come on, fathead. as soon as that happens, my eyes lifted a grade. from that day, ifought every day is robbie's girlfriend, leonora, was also badly hurt and sedated in hospital. she didn‘t know what had happened to him when she woke up. my first question, where is he? then they said, you are in the same hospital and i started crying. she has multiple fractures to both legs and she and robbie each face many months of rehabilitation. we wa nt many months of rehabilitation. we want to look after each other, but we can't do that but we can't do that. we are both... before the blast, robbie played rugby but now every step is an effort, but he says he is determined that one day he will play again. this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: the war of words escalates. north korea says a plan which could see it firing four missiles near the us territory of guam will be ready in a matter of days. the national crime agency says the scale of slavery in the uk is far bigger than previously thought, with victims in every large town and city in the country. after 18 people are convicted of abusing girls in newcastle, the former director of public prosecutions says the crime should be treated as profoundly racist. more than 9,000 people currently sleep on the streets — and it‘s a problem that seems to be getting worse. it‘s forecast the numbers sleeping rough across england, scotland and wales will rise by three—quarters in the next decade. not having a place to call home — a reality for thousands, a problem expected to get a lot worse. meet alan, a former courier, now homeless. that‘s why people drink a lot and are on drugs. i don‘t blame them, because they can‘t live. they‘ve got nowhere to live. it‘s a disgrace. it‘s not difficult to find people like this here in leicester city centre, who tell us they have no choice but to sleep on the streets. this man says he‘s been homeless for more than ten weeks and believes that the main driver for homelessness is drugs and mental health problems. according to today‘s report, almost 160,000 households were experiencing the worst form of homelessness in 2016. that‘s almost 250,000 people. that number includes more than 9000 people sleeping on the streets. it‘s estimated that number will increase by 76%, to 16,000, in the next decade, if there are no policy changes. the report includes more than 68,000 households who are staying with others on a short—term basis — so—called sofa surfing. charities are calling for urgent action. we know that if we stopped the welfare changes, the welfare cuts, that are going through the system at the moment, if we stopped them now, that projected figure of growing homelessness would be reduced by up to 7%. if we substantially increased the number of new houses we could decrease that figure by 9%. ministers say they are investing more than £500 million into solving the problem, and that building more affordable housing is a priority. today‘s report is largely based on estimates. there are questions around how the figures were calculated, but few are disputing that homelessness is a real issue which does need resolving. sima kotecha, bbc news, leicester. a large number of plastic pipes have washed out on the shores of north norfolk after coming free from a tow boat. some extraordinary pictures, some of the pipes are around 100 metres in length and two metres in diameter, and they have come to shore at the beach at eccles on c. maritime and coastguard agency says all of the pipes have been brought under control and they pose no danger to the public or the environment. as the world athletics championships carries on in london, there‘s another huge sporting event happening in sheffield this week, the uk special olympics. around 2,600 competitors are taking part in the games, featuring athletes with a variety of learning disabilities. hayley hassall has been to watch some of the action. yeah! this year‘s special olympics has had more interest than ever before. and more athletes have taken to the tracks. kiera byland is the current women‘s world champion in cycling for women with intellectual abilities, and she‘s been training for three years for today‘s special olympics. 0k, not long until the race, how are you feeling? i am nervous, i‘m not going to lie. there are quite a lot of great riders here, so obviously the competition is going to be high. do you find that your learning difficulty does have an affect on your training, does it make it difficult? yes, because i struggle with direction and time as well. special olympics gave me a place where i could be myself with everybody else, it‘s just amazing. kiera‘s dad has taken her around the world to compete, but lack of financial support from the games does makes things difficult. in terms of funding, that's an ongoing battle all the time, that's doing whatever fund—raising you can do to help with the cost of getting to the events and things. so unlike the olympics, you have to fund yourself? completely. that‘s a lot of pressure. yes. is it worth it? at the end of the day, you wouldn't change a thing with the success and the experiences that she's had, you know. and, as i say, it does, it develops them as people. there‘s no age limit in the special olympics, and ian has been training with the special olympics for the past 17 years. he has autism, which he used to find stopped him joining in things like sports, but now it‘s the complete opposite. i used to be a nervewracker back in the beginning, you know, that would shy away and all of that. and then suddenly i got hooked on it for life. so we‘re not only competing, but we‘re also doing other things behind the scenes as well to try to make it more accessible to our... to the other athletes with intellectual disabilities. but for athletes like kiera, has all of that hard work paid off? now, i‘vejust found out the results, and i can tell you that you came...second. yes! well done, how do you feel? really good. more to go, but you just got a silver medal, well done! thank you. time for a look at the weather. here‘s tomasz schafernaker. hello to you. the weather is going downhill unfortunately for tomorrow, quite a nice day today, but tomorrow the cloud is on the increase and there is some rain in the forecast. not a lot of rain, but damp enough. a lot of cloud out there across the atlantic. look at this huge swathe of cloud stretching all the way to scandinavia already, so that‘s piling in our direction. at the moment, you can see a gap in the clouds, so it‘s been a lovely day with scattered fair weather clouds here and there. the loudest spots in the south—east with one or two showers left over from yesterday. here‘s the weather for tonight, a dry night in england and wales and just about into south—eastern scotla nd just about into south—eastern scotland but, for western scotland and northern ireland, it will be damp, and strong winds on the west coast weather fronts moving of the atlantic, so quite an extensive area of cloud erling in our direction. this is the morning, it‘s looking pretty good, so central and southern england, the south—east, fine weather around the rush hour. this isa weather around the rush hour. this is a cayenne, but starting to cloud overin is a cayenne, but starting to cloud over in the west, with 14 degrees in belfast, quite murky and frittelli, and the heaviest falling in western parts of scotland. —— murky and frittelli. through the morning, all of this cloud and damp weather, it‘s very patchy, the rain pattern stretching out there into the atlantic. all of that is going to move through. it will be quite slow, which means that, if you lived in norwich and most of east anglia down into the south—east, i suspect that all afternoon it will be dry and, eventually, that damp and wet weather will move through. this is friday night, the weather fronts moving through. the weather improves behind the weather fronts, which means that the weekend over role is not looking back at. we are pretty lucky, fine weather. it may not be sunny straightaway, and saturday morning, just as this weather front exits, it could be quite cloudy for a time. in the cloud breaks up and the sun comes out and by lunchtime the sun comes out and by lunchtime the sun comes out and by lunchtime the sun should be shining. a couple showers possible on sunday, but most of us looking fine, and the weather is going downhill once again for next week, so enjoy the weekend, because the at this stage is looking like the best bit. tonight at six... modern slavery in britain. every large town and city is affected. there are hundreds of police operations to break up the trafficking gangs. the national crime agency says it‘s only the tip of the iceberg. what we have found over the last in terms of the scale and scope of this problem has shocked us and worried us. from high street nail bars to social care and building sites, there are tens of thousands of victims. just horrible, i tell you. it‘s just horrible. even now i feel like my heart is start beating a little bit. we‘ll be looking at what‘s driving this cruel and illicit trade in humans. also tonight... hundreds of thousands of contaminated eggs enter the food chain. sandwiches and salads are among the products pulled from the shelves.