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welcome to bbc news. labour has accused theresa may and her ministers of a cover up after she once again refused to confirm or deny reports that during the last test of britain s nuclear deterrent a missile had veered off course. the defence secretary sir michael fallon who faced urgent questions in the commons said he would not comment on operational details. as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports the test occurred lastjune just before mps voted to renew britain s independent nuclear defence capability. set condition one 50 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is practised and practised. the hope, it never happens for real. butjust before the prime minister took charge, a test like this, it seems, did not go according to plan. but theresa may yesterday refused to say if she had known. prime minister, did you know? there are tests that take place all the time, regularly, for our n ....
give us some of your blood. that s just a smear. and alan simpson, one half of the writing duo behind classic sitcoms such as hancock and steptoe and son, has died at the age of 87. ta ra tara palmer tomkinson, former london socialite, goddaughter of the prince of wales has died at the age of a5. she was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year. a spokesman for the metropolitan police said police we re the metropolitan police said police were called by the london ambulance service yesterday to an address in south west london. a woman in her 40s was pronounced dead at the scene. she appeared on series such as i m i m a celebrity, get me out of here! . in 2002 she got a place in the sun, but she used to accompany the prince of wales on his skiing holidays and was very close to the royal family. so that announcement coming in, tara palmer tomkinson, former london socialite, goddaughter of the prince of wales has died at the age of a5. we will be talking to our correspondent ....
east towards the sea of japan. the yonhap news agency said the south korean military suspected the north might have been testing an intermediate range musudan missile. the reports come as president trump hosts japan s prime minister, shinzo abe, in florida. on friday, following talks in washington, the two leaders agreed that the nuclear threat from north korea was a high priority. the north conducted two nuclear tests and a slew of rocket launches last year in continued efforts to expand its nuclear weapons and missile programmes. the north korean leader kimjong un said in his annual new year s address that the north s preparations for launching an intercontinental ballistic missile had reached the final stage. president trump says he is considering new measures to restrict immigration. the original order banned citizens from seven mainly muslim countries from the united states. that, for now, has been overturned in the courts. but mr trump says a new order could be is ....
north korea has test fired another ballistic missile, its first since donald trump became us president. it was launched just before 8am local time, from an air base in panghyon province, and flew about 500 km east into the sea of japan. it is not clear what kind of missile was used, but the us government says it was probably not an intercontinental ballistic missile. a white house official says that president trump has been briefed. he is currently hosting japan s prime minister, shinzo abe. earlier i spoke to bruce bennett, a senior defence analyst at rand corporation, and i asked him what we know so far. we know that the missile was launched from the panghyon air base in north korea, that s fairly far north of pyongyang. we know it travelled about 500 kilometres, and that it wound up on what the koreans referred to as the east sea, what we usually refer to as the sea of japan. that kind of range could be a scud missile, a musudan missile, or a nodong missile, but more ....
was a media more intermediate range missile. a short time ago, president kaymack and the japanese from minister held a joint news conference. north korea s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the relevant us 0 un north korea must fully comply with the relevant us 0 - un security council resolutions. during the summit meeting that i had with president trump, he assured me that the united states will always be with japan 100% had to demonstrate his determination as well as commitment, is now here with me at thisjoint press commitment, is now here with me at this joint press conference. president trump and i myself com pletely president trump and i myself completely assure you that we are going to promote further collaboration into the two nations and also we are going to further reinforce our alliance. thank you very much, mr prime minister. ijust wa nt very much, mr prime minister. ijust want everybody to understand ....