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in half an hour witness brings you five more extraordinary moments of the recent past, including the man who brought soviet ballet star rudolf nureyev to the west. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the main pension scheme for british universities has a deficit of more than £17 billion, the largest on record for any retirement fund in the uk. the financial hole in the scheme widened in the past year as investments failed to pay off. there are warnings that contributions to the scheme, or student tuition fees, may have to rise to close the gap. here s our business correspondent, joe lynam. they are the future captains of industry, but the cost of studying has mushroomed in recent years. now there s concern that tuition fees might have to rise again. that s because the main pensions scheme for lecturers, known as uss, has posted a record black hole and ways have to be found to reduce it. universities only have a limited number of sources of income. the main source o ....
north korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test brings all parts of the united states within its range. the regime says the missile reached a height of 2,300 miles, before landing 47 minutes later more than 600 miles away in the sea offjapan. that was farther and higher than its previous test earlier this month. experts have said that the missile may have a range of over 6,000 miles, which is far enough to target some cities on the us mainland. from seoul in south korea, here s our correspondent karen allen. cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea s defiance in the face of international sanctions, its leader kim jong un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before ....
north korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test brings all parts of the united states within its range. the regime says the missile reached a height of 2,300 miles, before landing 47 minutes later more than 600 miles away in the sea off japan. that was farther and higher than its previous test earlier this month. experts have said that the missile may have a range of over 6,000 miles, which is far enough to target cities on the us mainland. from seoul in south korea, here s our correspondent karen allen. cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea s defiance in the face of international sanctions, its leader kim jong un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before, ev ....
there are warnings that pension contributions or student tuition fees may have to rise to close the gap. joe lynam reports. they are the future captains of industry, but the cost of studying has mushroomed in recent years. now there s concern that tuition fees might have to rise again. that s because the main pensions scheme for lecturers, known as uss, has posted a record black hole and ways have to be found to reduce it. universities only have a limited number of sources of income. the main source of income is obviously from student fees and it seems inconceivable to me that student fees will not have to be diverted into plugging the pension deficit. under international accounting rules, the uss pension scheme deficit almost doubled from £8.5 billion last year to £17.5 billion this year. now that gives the scheme, which has almost 400,000 members, lecturers and academics, the dubious distinction of being a record pension deficit for this country. but the chief execu ....
of four men in sydney yesterday afternoon, saturday afternoon local time, was part of an islamic inspired plot. one was arrested in central sydney and the others were detained in the suburbs in the west of the city. investigators are saying they believe the plot was linked in some way to an improvised device and the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, saying that investigators had foiled a conspiracy to bring down an aircraft and as mr turnbull was saying, security has been beefed up, not only at sydney s domestic and international terminals but at domestic and international airports right around the country. does that mean security will be on a par in australia with other major countries or will it be slightly higher now? it s a sign of the times that transport hubs, public buildings as well as airports and other key facilities have had security increased in recent times and if you look at the statistics provided by the authorities, since 2014, 70 people have been charge ....