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
from the manchester arena bombing. he tells us he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me the miracle of lard. lad. afterthe the doctor called me the miracle of lard. lad. after the operation, he said it was still touch and go. and from despair to delight three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working in every large town and city . more than 300 police operations are currently targeting the criminals involved. in just two months this year, the national crime agency says there have been 111 arrests. here s our social affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. another day, another anti slavery operat
700,000 may have reached the uk but stresses that any risk to public health is very unlikely . robby and leonora the couple still recovering from the manchester arena bombing he tells the bbc he s lucky to be alive. the doctor called me a miracle lad. even after the operation, i think he thought it s still touch and go. and from despair to delight three days after being barred from the heats of the world athletics championships, isaac makwala runs for gold tonight. we will bring you the dark history ofa we will bring you the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the national crime agency says modern slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it says victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of them working in every large town and city . more than 300 police operations are curr
slavery and people trafficking in the uk is a far larger problem than previously thought. it is victims are likely to be found anywhere from the high street to a farm. there are likely to be tens of thousands of people affected. more than 300 police operations are currently targeting the criminals involved and in the months of may and june, 111 arrests were made across the uk. jeremy cooke has been given exclusive access to teams working to combat modern slavery. i should warn you his report contains flashing images. 0n the move in bradford. sounds like they need our help. martin is an investigator with the charity hope forjustice, a team dedicated to fighting modern slavery. today, it s urgent work. it looks like they ve been exploited for a period of time. within minutes he s on location. you re looking at the first moments of freedom for a polish couple desperate enough and brave enough to run from those who trafficked and exploited them. tonight we report on how modern sl
or gandhi wanted. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 8:30am in pyongyang, where state media is reporting that kim jong un has discussed with senior officers a plan to fire missiles at an area near the us pacific territory of guam. north korea s kcna news agency warned the us to stop what it called arrogant provocations. but mr kim is also reported to be watching what america is doing, and hasn t made any decisions yet. earlier i spoke to wang jiangyu from national university of singapore s faculty of law. he told me what he believes kim jong un is trying to achieve with his latest statement. number one, it s face saving. it shows that north korea wouldn t give in to any pressure, especially because the neighbouring countries like china and russia seem to be more sincere than before in implementing un sanctions. number two, they are words of deterrence. kim jong un said he would be watching what the us do, and he would be serious about it. if you d