myanmar as violence continues in rakhine state and refugees continue to flee. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. thank you forjoining us. it is 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where people in the north of the country are waking up to the news that a north korean missile has flown over them in the last two hours. it flew from pyongyang to hokkaido and landed in the sea beasts of the cape. east. shinzo abe called it a great threat to his country. we cross to tokyo to repeat with the pace. is this the first time a missile has passed overjapan? pace. is this the first time a missile has passed overjapan7m this is a ballistic missile at a military missile, then, yes, this would the an unprecedented step for the north koreans to do this. be. they fired rockets overjapan twice in the past. one saint 1988 and once in 2009. in the past. one saint 1988 and once in 2009. once in. but in those occasions pyongyang said they wer
it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where people in the north of the country are waking up to the news that a north korean missile has flown over them in the last two hours. fired from sunan near pyongyang in north korea, it made its way towards the island of hokkaido and landed in the sea 12,000 kilometres east of cape erimo. shinzo abe the prime minister ofjapan has called it an unprecedented, serious and grave threat to his country. rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. japanese cabinet officials have said that they would be taking appropriate steps in response. what could the response be? there is not a great deal that japan could the response be? there is not a great deal thatjapan can do. they have already imposed very tough sanctions on north korea. there is basically no trading or relationship between japan and in basically no trading or relationship betweenjapan and in to north korea. japan has reinstalled ballistic missile systems, they are now practising with civi
the nurse who could be germany s most prolific serial killer since the second world war. sizzling sun and sensational sounds hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on notting hill for the final day of carnival. hello. north korea has fired a missile which crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have increased tension with the united states. it was fired from sunan, near pyongyang in north korea, and made its way towards the island of hokkaido. it landed in the sea 1200 kilometres east of cape erimo. yogita limaye is in seoul and suzanne kianpour is in washington. how is this looking in the south korean capital? the president has just confirmed that the government condemns what north korea has done. she will be talking to the us secretary of state soon, and to her japanese counterpart about what steps japanese counterpart about what ste ps ca n japanese counterpart about what steps can be taken. we are hearing that the prime minister has had a con
hello. north korea has fired a missile which has crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have vastly increased tension with the united states. it was fired from sunan, near pyongyang, in north korea, and made its way towards japan s northern island of hokkaido. it landed in the sea east of cape erimo. the united nations security council will meet to discuss the launch on tuesday night in new york. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, described it as a grave threat. translation: the north korean missile has launched, passed over oui’ missile has launched, passed over our nation, and landed in the pacific ocean. the government had been monitoring the launch from the moment it was fired, and we have done our utmost to ensure the safety of the people. the missile, which passed over our nation, represents the greatest and gravest threat to oui’ the greatest and gravest threat to our nation ever. it is also a threat to the peace and stability in the as
descend on notting hill for the final day of carnival. hello. north korea has fired a missile which has crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have vastly increased tension with the united states. it was fired from sunan, near pyongyang, in north korea, and made its way towards japan s northern island of hokkaido. it landed in the sea east of cape erimo. the united nations security council will meet to discuss the launch later. let s get the very latest from seoul, in south korea, and our correspondent yogita limaye. there are so many people there, right to the lion. how is all this looking from there? well, right in the front line. well, we have seen a in the front line. well, we have seen a very in the front line. well, we have seen a very different response to this latest provocation from north korea. president moon has ordered his military to display overwhelming force against north korea, and what we have seen this four south korean fighterjets s