for the nation. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:30am in the north korean capital, pyongyang, where the regime has reiterated its right to hold nuclear weapons as a legitimate self defence measure against the united states. it is the latest statement in the increasingly hostile war of words between the two countries, and it comes as the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, is due to meet president moonjae in and south korea s defence minister. afterwards, he will 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 united states and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island, which is home to major us military bases. we are here to pray for the leaders of those countries to be able to remain calm, and think about the p
defence measure for its survival from the vigor of the united states. the statement comes as the head of the us military is getting ready for talks on north korea s nuclear and missile threats. generaljoseph dunford is in seoul 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 united states and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island, which is home to major us military bases. we are here to pray for the leaders of those countries to be able 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
north korea has said it has the right to have nuclear weapons for what it calls a legitimate self defence measure for its survival from the vigor of the united states. the statement comes as the head of the us military is getting ready for talks on north korea s nuclear and missile threats. generaljoseph dunford is in seoul 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 united states and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island, which is home to major us military bases. we are here to pray for the leaders of those countries to be able 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 th
in burkina faso have sealed off the centre of the capital, ouagadougou, after suspected jihadists opened fire in a busy street. the government are calling it a terrorist attack. these are the latest pictures. the country s communications minister says that, provisionally, 17 people have been killed and eight others injured. reports say a hotel and popular turkish restaurant appear to have been targeted. witnesses were quoted as saying that three gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside the hotel and the restaurant. the city centre has been sealed off by the army, and the us embassy in ouagadougou has warned its citizens to avoid the area. a bbc correspondent in the region said there are fears the attack is the work of one of the affiliates of al-qaeda that are active in the sahel region. a jihadist attack on a cafe nearby left 30 people dead in january last year. we are keeping across that story and we will bring you any developments as we get them. north korea has said
anniversary of the death of elvis presley, we head to manila where the king s music lives on. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in new york, where donald trump has made a fiery and at times angry defence of his reaction to the clashes in charlottesville over the weekend. he had been hoping to talk about his plans for america s infrastructure, but instead was drawn into a series of exchanges with journalists on why he had not issued an immediate condemnation of racist and neo nazi groups. in response, he seemed to hold civil rights groups equally to blame for the violence. what i m saying is this. you had a grip on one side and you had a grip on the other and they came out each other with clubs, and it was dishes and it was horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch. but there another side. there was a grip on their side, you can call them the left, you ve just called them the left, you ve just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other gr