welcome to bbc news. president trump has condemned the white supremacists and neo nazis who took part in the weekend s violent demonstrations in virginia. one woman died when a car was driven into a group of people who were protesting against the far right march in charlottesville. donald trump has faced criticism for failing to speak out in the immediate aftermath of the attack. but this afternoon he said racism was evil and those who caused violence in its name were criminals and thugs. our north american editor jon sopel reports. vacation suspended, the president returned to washington this morning from his holiday to meet the director of the fbi and the attorney general following the weekend violence in charlottesville. meanwhile in the university of virginia town, there were scuffles outside the court where james alex fields appeared this morning on murder charges after a car ploughed into antiracism protesters. oh, my god, people are badly hurt. oh, my god. the presiden
are not the way nehru wanted or gandhi wanted. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:30am in pyongyang, where state media is reporting that kim jong un has discussed with senior officers a plan to fire missiles at an area near the us pacific territory of guam. north korea s kcna news agency warned the us to stop what it called arrogant provocations. mr kim is also reported to be watching what america is doing and hasn t made any decisions yet. with me is huangjiangyu from national university of singapore s faculty of law, who specialises in chinese and international law. he joins us live in the studio. professor, glad you could join us for this unfolding development taking place right now. more rhetoric from kim jong un, what kind of message is he now trying to send to trump and the us?” of message is he now trying to send to trump and the us? i think the message from korea serves
or gandhi wanted. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 8:30am in pyongyang, where state media is reporting that kim jong un has discussed with senior officers a plan to fire missiles at an area near the us pacific territory of guam. north korea s kcna news agency warned the us to stop what it called arrogant provocations. but mr kim is also reported to be watching what america is doing, and hasn t made any decisions yet. earlier i spoke to wang jiangyu from national university of singapore s faculty of law. he told me what he believes kim jong un is trying to achieve with his latest statement. number one, it s face saving. it shows that north korea wouldn t give in to any pressure, especially because the neighbouring countries like china and russia seem to be more sincere than before in implementing un sanctions. number two, they are words of deterrence. kim jong un said he would be watching what the us do, and he would be serious about it. if you d
burying houses in mud. the number of casualties is expected to rise, with hundreds of bodies thought to be still trapped under the debris. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. snatched video on a mobile phone shows a torrent of mud and water carrying away everything in its path. this driver risked his life, on a bridge all but overwhelmed by the flash floods. freetown is an overcrowded coastal city, with few defences against heavy rains. they come every year, but not usually with quite such ferocity. about 250 bodies have been recovered so far. the authorities fear there could be many more trapped in the ruins of houses. the bbc‘s umaru fofana is there. i went down to the spot myself, and you could see people using their bare hands, pulling up corpses from beneath the mud. the road itself to the disaster area is almost impassable, massive rocks. and this area, called mount sugarloaf, caved in in the early hours of this morning, and it s covered literally doze
of freetown, capital of sierra leone, burying houses in mud. that casualty figure is expected to rise, with hundreds of bodies are still thought to be trapped under the debris. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. snatched video on a mobile phone shows a torrent of mud and water carrying away everything in its path. this driver risked his life, on a bridge all but overwhelmed by the flash floods. freetown is an overcrowded coastal city, with few defences against heavy rains. they come every year, but not usually with quite such ferocity. about 250 bodies have been recovered so far. the authorities fear there could be many more trapped in the ruins of houses. the bbc‘s umaru fofana is there. i went down to the spot myself, and you could see people using their bare hands, pulling up corpses from beneath the mud. the road itself to the disaster area is almost impassable, massive rocks. and this area, called mount sugarloaf, caved in in the early hours of this mo