we return to somalia for a second report on the people displaced by war, and the worst drought in four decades. a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon. the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank to take out her own money. i apologise to all the people i frightened, but compared to the despair, anger and grief i feel every day. compare that to. and we meet the british woman who, after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. lets start with a developing story, and within the past few hours, japanese and south korean officials have said that north korea has fired two short range missiles that have landed in the sea outside japan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travell
and we meet the british woman who, after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. within the past few hours japan s coastguard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, which appear to have landed in the sea outside japan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,600 kilometres before falling into the pacific ocean. it was north korea s first missile launch over japan since 2017. the us ambassador to the united nations has accused china and russia of enabling north korea. the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of this council. these two members have gone out of their way to justify the dp
the globe. within the past few hours, japan s coast guard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, which appear to have landed in the sea outside japan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,600 kilometres before falling into the pacific ocean. it was north korea s first missile launch overjapan since 2017. the us ambassador to the united nations has accused china and russia of enabling north korea. the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of this council. these two members have gone out of their way to justify the dprk s repeated provocations and block every attempt to update the sanctions regime. in short, two permanent members of the security council have enabled kim jong un. japan s ambassado
liz truss is preparing to take over as britain s fourth prime minister in six years. it comes the day after the conservative party chose her to succeed borisjohnson. she ll travel to balmoral castle in scotland, where queen elizabeth will invite her to form a government. meanwhile borisjohnson has been spending his last night in 10 downing street before his turbulent premiership comes to an end. iain watson reports in one day we will hear from two prime ministers, on the streets the transfer of power will take place before the general election. in this morning borisjohnson will give his final speech as prime minister this afternoon liz truss chosen by conservative members will set out her store. but what will happen in between? the queen is still at balmoral so borisjohnson will fly to scotland to resign and liz truss will make the same journey to be asked by the queen to form a government, then she will get the keys to downing street and get to work. i campaigned as a conser
Anthony scaramucci is an excommunications director. This interview from the white house was recorded earlier today. So the Chief Of Staff was literally sworn in about 52 minutes ago, so he is setting in place the procedures by which he will run the white house internally. Where anthony fits into that you would have to ask General Kelly. Well talk to anthony. But lets give him more than 52 minutes and find out later in the week. We didnt need that long. Here is a quick recap of how we got here. I love the president. And im very, very loyal to the president. When mr scaramucci got the job ten days ago, the White House Press secretary, sean spicer resigned over that appointment. Then last week, mr scaramucci publicly the then white house chief of Chief Of Staff, reince priebus. He was replaced last week. That was seen as a win for mr scaramucci. But mr priebus replacement, generaljohn kelly, demanded mr scaramuccis removal in turn. Mr scaramuccis attack last week may have made that an eas