from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. i am glad you could join us. newsday. i am glad you could join us. it is in singapore, 7am in washington and 7:30am in pyongyang. the state media is reporting north korea is developing a plan to launch four missiles at the us island of guam. this comes after the us defence secretary issued a warning to north korea than he should stop any actions that would lead to the end of his regime and the destruction of his people. us correspondent nick bryant has more. a far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the western pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. this is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, american territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. from north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. and it came just hours after president trump threatened pyongyang
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. what is going on in poland? injuly, the european union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. it s threatening to withdraw funding and suspend poland s voting rights in eu. my guest today is the polish foreign minister witold waszczykowski. it is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post soviet transition, turning away from liberal democracy? and what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world? foreign minister witold waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and justice party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. what has gone wrong? i don t think anything is wrong in poland. we are running the country for the last 21 months. we ve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. and we are trying still to modernise the country, develop
in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, iam in london and 8:30am in the morning in pyongyang, where north korean state media says the military is developing a plan to fire four missiles at the us island of guam. the details will be presented to the north korean leader, kim jong un, for a decision. it comes after the us defence secretary issued a warning to north korea saying they should stop any actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. a far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the western pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. this is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, american territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. from north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. and it came just hours a
vulnerable girls and young women for sex in newcastle. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. a deadline looms for toshiba to report its annual results. it has until today to get an to sign it off. silicon valley setting an example when it comes to paid maternity leave in america but will the rest of the country good morning, asia, hello, world. it s thursday and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report, i m rico hizon and we begin with japan s troubled electronics giant toshiba and today is the deadline for the company to report its audited results for the past fiscal year. toshiba has missed the deadline several times and some investors are now questioning its very survival. for the latest let s go over to mariko oi, our business editor, a lot of confusion about these toshiba results, they can t seem to reconcile where they are at. indeed. the delay has been caused because of the disagreement between the auditor and toshiba,
of the drip drip drip of each one of these prescriptions over this very long period. it s heartbreaking enough to lose your partner of 45 years, but the complete shock and horror when we found out that it had been totally avoidable. that last period of his life was horrifying, so we d like to prevent it from happening to other people. dr peter wheeler continues to practise at this private surgery, which was declared safe when inspectors visited four years ago, but he s since admitted in legal papers for this case that there were no systems at the time for flagging up the need for regular blood tests in cases like this, and that he failed to properly monitor mr vavalidis and that had he done so, his patient could have lived up to two years longer. the lawyer working on the family s legal claim says it s one of the worst cases he s known. private health care does have certain advantages over the nhs. it s more convenient, generally, and it s more comfortable, but it certainly i