Are expecting their third child. England, scotland and Northern Ireland have all taken a step closer to qualifying for the world cup. And britains tallest bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, has been formally opened by the queen. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well have details of all three home nations matches, including Northern Irelands attempt to secure second place in their group. Good evening. The United Nations Security Council has been meeting in emergency session to discuss the threat posed by north korea, following its latest nuclear test. But the meeting failed to produce a response, which could unite the americans and the chinese. The us accused north korea of begging for war, and called for the strongest possible diplomatic action. Our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from the capital of south korea, seoul. A day after north koreas most powerful nuclear test, the south displayed its might. Missiles were launched from the ground and the air. It was
Scottish feast. Racially driven campaign in south africa. Here on bbc good evening, youre watching bbc news. Im olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. Its another nervy night for england, but rashford gets the wembley winner to take them ever closer to the world cup. Thats the result scotland needed as they target second in the group. They beat malta at hampden park. And high fives for Northern Ireland, five wins in a row Secures Second and almost certainly a play off spot. Hello there, weve had a home nations hatrick tonight, details coming up of the wins at hampden park and windsor park in a moment. It was no walk in the park for england at wembley but another victory means that they now need just two points from their last two world cup qualifying matches next month to be sure that they are in russia next summer. Lets speak to our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks who is at wembley. Evening, natalie. It was another one of those matches, wasnt it . Gar
Negotiations are going. Good morning. Iwill negotiations are going. Good morning. I will be falling are we falling out of love with the humble cup of tea . Studies show that we are buying fewer teabags and more speciality and organic teas. I am in yorkshire to find out why. And in sport, world cup qualifying wins last night for england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Michael oneills side beat the Czech Republic 2 0 in belfast, which should guarantee them a play off spot. And sarah has the weather. It isa it is a very mild start to the day, with temperatures as the sunrises in the high teens. Lots of cloud and drizzle about, but we should see some sunshine later. I will have the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In the last few hours, south koreas navy has held major live fire drills, in the latest show of force to north korea. A south korean commander said pyonyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of a further provocation. Meanwhile, Internati
A full exclusive report in about 15 minutes. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later well pay tribute to 21 year old journalist dean eastmond, who died of cancer at the weekend. His poignant writing about living with cancer at such a young age moved many. His boyfriend and brother willjoin us after ten. Also his best friend. Tweet us, use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. South koreas navy has staged a major exercise off the countrys east coast as a show of strength to north korea following its latest nuclear test. It said pyongyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of further provocation. The United States has warned the Un Security Council that kim jong un is begging for war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We
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