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shed explodes after petrol vapours ignited inside. the cctv has been released by fire chiefs as a safety warning. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. north korea says it has successfully tested a long range intercontinental ballistic missile, which if true, could potentially have the range to reach the us mainland. an announcement on north korean state television said the missile had flown nearly 600 miles, before hitting a target in the sea. the claims have not been verified but come just before the 620 heads of state are due to discuss north korea s weapons programme. 0ur correspondent stephen evans reports from the south korean capital, seoul. could this missile hit the united states? north korean state television showed its launch today, under the gaze of the country s leader, kim jong un. normal programmes were interrupted for the special announcement. she says: our great leader, kim jong un, gives us the order of the test of the intercontinental ballistic m ....
years under proposals outlined by england s chief medical officer. sally davies says genome testing would help to create more effective, bespoke treatments for them. world champion peter sagan has been disqualified from the tour de france after appearing to elbow britain s mark cavendish. good evening and welcome to bbc news. north korea has tested what it says is a missile capable of striking anywhere on the planet. the claim, if confirmed, raises the prospect that a country ruled by a dictator may be a step closer to its goal of having a long range nuclear strike capacity. president trump has urged north korea s main ally, china, to intervene. the white house said it only had an intermediate range and could not pose a risk to north america. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. this is the moment that north korea says it became a major power. the launch of a missile that it claims can reach across continents and deliver nuclear weapons as far away as the ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of hamburg tonight, ahead of the 620 summit which begins tomorrow. there s heavy security in the city tonight. these are the live pictures. you can see a lot of riot police deployed. some 20,000 security officers, we were told, had been deployed. about 100,000 demonstrators, in various different protests around the city this evening, ahead of bgt 20 summit, protesting against globalisation. protesting in particular against donald trump, many of them, and america s withdrawal from the paris climate change accord. earlier on there were some quite a violent scenes, water cannon has been fired. quite a few scuffles, as well. police say a planned a protest march has been called off by organisers after the clashes. a short time ago our berlin correspondent was on the ground among the protesters in hamburg. correspondent was on the ground among the protesters in hamburgm is not over y ....
president trump and president putin will hold their first face to face talks today on the sidelines of the 620 summit in hamburg. the summit itself is expected to be divisive as world leaders discuss a wide range of issues, including trade, climate change, and north korea s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. here s james robbins. 6lobal summit automatically triggers protest from those who accuse the world s most powerful leaders of serving our interest. welcome to hell is one slogan to greet the presidents and prime ministers who are themselves divided over a huge range of issues. but most eyes are focused on the controversial figure of president donald trump. he and angela merkel facing elections showed her and go in the past over the president s denunciation of the paris climate change agreement. she is now hoping the combined toughness with a search for some common ground. the real prize fight here will be mr trump s first presidential bout with ru ....
changed for those who serve in the armed forces. there are concerns that thousands of people could be let down when they buy a pre paid funeral plan, with many not get what they think they re paying for. i ll have more later. in sport: johanna konta is now favourite for the wimbledon women s title. she plays on court one later. she is one of four britons for the first time in 20 years heading into the final week. good first time in 20 years heading into the finalweek. good morning. yesterday we hit 32.2 celsius. today won t be as hot with highs of about 28, it should be dry in wimbledon. there is some rain and showers in the forecast and i will tell you where when we are back later in the programme. mike, carol, thanks very much. good morning. first, our main story. there were violent clashes last night in hamburg ahead of the g20 summit. police used water cannon and pepper spray on masked protestors who hurled bottles and stones. the demonstrations came ahead of the hi ....