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in the last few hours, the us military and south korean officials have confirmed that north korea fired a ballistic missile which exploded shortly after launch. the failed test, reportedly from near an airfield in pukcchang, camejust hours after a special session at the un security council in which the us pushed for tougher sanctions on the pyongyang regime. barbara plett usher has this report from the un headquarters in new york. after weeks of mounting concern in washington about north korea, the secretary of state arrived at the united nations to make his case. un sanctions aren t working, was the message. there needs to be a new campaign of pressure. and he clarified the stakes. ultimately this is being driven by america s own national security considerations, he said, so it is serious. with each successive detonation and missile test, north korea pushes north east asia and the world closer to instability and broader conflict. the threat of a north korean nuclear at ....
nasar ahmed died as a result of an allergic reaction to his school lunch his mother says he could have been saved. thousands ofjellyfish have washed up on beaches in wales in what conservationists have described as a mega swarm . it s 7:00pm. our top story: the national health service says it is responding to a major cyber attack which has affected hospitals and doctors surgeries across england. similar ransomware attacks have been reported at organisations across the world. security analysts believe the incident are all linked. it has problems with phone networks and has led to a number of organisations having to divert emergency patients. at least 25 have been hit, with a number in scotland also targeted. experts say they have been hit by a ra nsomwa re malwa re experts say they have been hit by a ransomware malware which means that nhs data is being held hostage by hackers demanding money. it is not but that patient files have been affected. a major incident has b ....
news form manchester throughout the afternoon. in st ann s square, people continue to come to pay tribute to the people who have died. the other stories this hour. at the g7 summit in sicily, theresa may urges world leaders to discuss fighting online extremism. ben ainslie‘s bid for sailing history gets under way tomorrow, after a delay caused by high winds. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has given a speech this morning, linking british military action abroad to terrorist attacks here at home. mr corbyn said the war on terror is not working and that a different approach is needed. he was speaking as election campaigning resumed after monday s attack in manchester. the conservatives have condemned his remarks as crass and appallingly timed. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the political truce after manchester, ended this morning. but, first, there was a further moment of remembrance. can i ask that we all stand for a moment s silence. and thenjer ....
mobile phones. more than 200 drivers a day have been caught breaking the law in the month since the rules were tightened. an australian pensioner describes how a great white shark leaped into his boat, knocking him over and wounding his arm. this thing was beside me. i ve looked over and they said, oh, a shark, he was doing a dance around. he was thrashing everywhere. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the intelligence service mi5 is to review the way it deals with information from the public, in the light of the manchester suicide bombing. it will look in particular at its response to warnings that the man who carried out the attack, salman abedi, was a threat. this morning, police are searching properties in chester and greater manchester and have arrested a man in west sussex. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it s been nearly a week, and the pace of this massive counterterrorism operation is not letting up. last night, it was rusholme and gorton ....
tunisian police? it could ve been better. it is easy in hindsight to better. it is easy in hindsight to be highly critical. as to how they responded. but on the face of it it seemed like a slow response. and a faster response may have helped to save lives. what should be in place at resorts like that, if not to stop an attack happening, to make sure the gunman or gun men are not free to ru na round for that the gunman or gun men are not free to runaround for that period of time. the best measures the hotels can put in place to mitigate the risks when attacks happen are things like cctv, better training for staff, so the response is much faster and more professional. you can table top terrorist incidents, you can train and equip staff to be prepared for it. and that can help when an attack actually occurs. but obviously as i stress, those measures would not necessarily in this instance have reduced the number of lives lost. but if you had more armed guards, more armed of ....