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
across the british isles with some heavy rain mixed in as it pushes across the midlands and into eastern england. a mild night than we have seen for the last couple of nights, 13,16 degrees. some of seen for the last couple of nights, 13, 16 degrees. some of the seen for the last couple of nights, 13,16 degrees. some of the rain could be slow to clear on thursday. but otherwise sunshine develops along with the showers. most widespread across the west. some of those heavy but with some brighter spells and a little bit warmer for both glasgow and belfast. heavier breasts of rain across northern ireland and scotland on thursday night, sunshine and showers followed for friday and feeling a bit cooler across the north west with some blustery wind. looking ahead to the weekend weather, we have to leave the british isles for a moment and head across the atlantic towards the united states. this area is a hurricane. just in the north of that we have another area of low pressure across
also, the royal navy s new flagship arrives home. the 65,000 tonne hms queen elizabeth the navy‘s biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. and theresa may says, it can t be right for big ben to be silent forfour years . good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says there must be an unprecedented solution for the border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit, as it published its proposals on the future relationship with ireland. they ve called for a seamless border, so that people and goods can continue to move across it freely, and which protects the good friday agreement. the irish government says the paper is timely and helpful , but critics say the plans lack credible detail. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. for more than 300 miles, crossing fields and bridges, roads and rivers, there is a political dividing line on the island of ireland. but it is a border that cannot be seen, and many wanted to
new flagship arrives home. 280 metre long hms queen elizabeth the navy‘s biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. and to bong or not to bong? mps will look again at plans to silence big ben after the prime minister intervenes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says there must be an unprecedented solution for the border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit, as it published its proposals on the future relationship with ireland. they ve called for a seamless border so that people and goods can continue to move across it freely and which protects the good friday agreement. the irish government says the paper is timely and helpful , but critics say the plans lack credible detail. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. bridges, roads and rivers. there is a political dividing line on the island of ireland. but it is a border that cannot be seen and many want it to stay that way. soft toys and cus
the 280 metre long hms queen elizabeth the navy‘s biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. and, to bong or not to bong? mps will look again at plans to silence big ben for four years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says there must be an unprecedented solution for the border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit, as it published its proposals on the future relationship with ireland. they ve called for a seamless border, so that people and goods can continue to move across it freely and which protects the good friday agreement. the irish government says the paper is timely and helpful , but critics say the plans lack credible detail. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. more than 300 miles, crossing fields, bridges, roads and rivers. there is a political dividing line on the island of ireland. but it is a border that cannot be seen and many want it to stay that way. soft toys and cushions are