and from despair to delight three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. it s five 0clock our top story: north korea says its working on plans to fire four ballistic missiles towards the american territory of guam. in an escalating war of words, the north koreans say donald trump is ‘bereft of reason‘ while mr trump has already warned the regime in pyongyang that it risks the ‘fire and fury‘ of an american military response. meanwhile south korea has appealed for calm. 0ur correspondent yogita limeye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. one more fierce message on north korea s state tv. this time, it s details of how it plans to attack guam. this us island in the pacific ocean is in pyongyang s crosshairs. north korea says it plans to fire four missiles in the waters around it. it s home to tens of thousands of people. 0bviously for me, because i m a father, it s really concernin
where america has a massive military presence. robby and leonora, the couple still recovering from the manchester arena bombing. he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me the miracle lad. even after the operation i don t think he thought. it was still touch and go. bridging the generations. the veteran playwright alan ayckbourn turns to science fiction to reach a new audience. coming up in world athletics sportsday. .. later in the hour on bbc news, we ll look ahead to the seventh day of competition with two british finalists, including eilidh doyle in the 400 metres hurdles. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working in every large town and city . more than 300 police operations are currently targeting th
and a spy in stilettos charlize theron stars as the atomic blonde in this week s blockbuster. we ll have james king s verdict on that and the rest of the new releases in the film review. it s 5:00. our main story 11 members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery, thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their staff were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless, or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. the court heard how they were
that resulted in a woman being killed by a car was for to abandon a media briefing following protests. meanwhile the white house defended president trump after it was claimed he didn t go far enough in condemning violence by white supremacists. laura bicker reports. after a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by neo nazis and white supremacists. the virginia governor went from row to row, hugging worshippers in this baptist church. he promised to keep politics out of the pulpit, but there is a message he felt he had to give. it is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this country today is breeding bigotry. the streets here simmered with tension yesterday before finally erupting into violence, as white supremacists gathered for a rally. the group, which included members of the klu klux klan, said they wanted to take america back. counter protesters and anti racism activists challe
it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in seoul, where the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, is getting ready for talks on north korea s nuclear and missile threats. he s to meet president moonjae in and south korea s defence minister. afterwards he ll go on to china and japan. the bbc‘s richard galpin reports. on the pacific island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. they are now potentially in the firing line as the stand off between the us and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island which is home to major us military bases. we re here to pray for the leaders of those countries to remain calm and think about the people and the lives of the people we have here. in japan, anti aircraft systems were deployed at the weekend to shoot down any north korean missiles aimed at guam. this area of southern japan would lie on the flight path. this is the most serious crisis in th