1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where donald trump appears to have launched a wide reaching diplomatic initiative to tackle what he says is the ‘urgent security challenge‘ posed by north korea. the president has spoken to the japanese and german leaders by phone and is holding a classified briefing on the subject with all 100 us senators. and mr trump also sent this message to the united nations security council: the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. north korea is a big world problem and it s a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now it s time to solve the problem. i spoke with our correspondent in new york, nada tawfik since the beginning of his presidency, remember his early tweet when he said it
to come but first 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has accused ilie nastase of racism and sexism following the comments he made about her unborn child, as well as a number of female tennis players. the romanian fed cup captain has been provisionally suspended by the itf. here s what serena had to say in a statement released on monday. now to the news that maria sharapova s return from a 15 month doping ban on wednesday has been questioned by her first opponent in germany this week, roberta vinci. the italian who was a beaten finalist at the 2015 us open says she doesn t agree that the russian deserves a wildcard to the porsche grand prix in stuttgart and other events in madrid and rome. sharapova was given a two year ban last year, backdated to the 26th of january 2016, after testing positive for heart disease drug meldonium at the australian open. her suspension was reduced to 15 months in october, following her appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. she ca
we are taking a look at the big business of choppers. hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has said the united nations security council must be prepared to impose new sanctions on north korea over its nuclear and missile tests. mr trump said north korea was a real threat to the world, and that the status quo was unacceptable. he was speaking as north korea prepared to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces. the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable, and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not, north korea is a big world problem, and it s a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades, and now it s time to solve the problem. in an unusual move, the entire us senate has been called to discuss the problem. we will have more from steve eva
surprised if a 2a week baby died. hope for the most premature babies, as survival rates increase for those born before 27 weeks. more than half of small businesses with eu workers are worried about finding the skilled staff they need after britain leaves the european union. i ll have more on how that could work. in sport, they re going up. newcastle secure promotion back to the premier league with victory over preston. the comedy superheroes are back. we ve been to meet the guardians of the galaxy, kurt russell and chris pratt, so what do they like about being in britain? probably jellied yield. no! probablyjellied yield. no! no! jellied eel. and carol has the weather. it isa it is a very cold start to the day and a cold day generally. that deal is accented by northerly winds. it will be a little bit like yesterday, wintry and i will have more details in15 wintry and i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour will set out its policy
from a bacterial infection he picked up on tour. he spent two nights in intensive care. we ll bring you the details. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the morning we ll bring you the latest breaking news and at 10 o clock we ll hear from labour who re setting out their brexit policy.and a little later we ll talk about the rise in food banks. as always really keen to hearfrom you do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. labour is to set out its policy on brexit, saying that the party would guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk on day one of taking power. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, will also say retaining the benefits of the single market would become top priority in brexit talks. he ll stress that labour wouldn t accept negotiations ending without a deal, an