evening to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele in belgium one of the bloodiest of world war one. i will be reporting live from ypres, a focal point for the commemorative events and talking to one of those who have come from britain this weekend to remember ancestors who fought and died in the battle. and at 16:30, george alagiah meets renowned writer and political commentator ahdaf soueif at the hay festival in talking books. president trump says china isn t doing enough to halt the weapons programme of its ally, north korea. he made the comments on twitter after pyongyang test fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. from seoul, our correspondent karen allen sent this report. us bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over the korean peninsula, escorted by fighter jets, as part of a drill, it was seen as a direct response to north korean aggression. and the us president is blaming china for letting it get there far. taking to twitte
hello, i m leah boleto with today s sunday s sportsday. stick around for some of this on the way we ve got reaction from the third test at the oval. england take four wickets. south africa are struggling. elsewhere riding high sebastian vettel‘s 1a points clear after winning the hungarian grand prix. and wigan will face hull fc in the challenge cup final keep watching to find out how they did it. and team gb take silver in the four by 100 we have a complete round up of the world swimming championships. all that to come plus we ll be the build up to england s women taking on france in the quarter finals of euro 2017, but we ll start with cricket. england are closing in on a test series win against south africa. they set the tourists a formidable victory target of a92 in the third test at the oval. patrick gearey has been watching the action. sunday, lovely day to grow a lead. skyscraper size if possible. tom westley was the perfect man for the job, 50 on debut. joe roo
disappointed with china, for not doing more to stop north korea s weapons programme. his comments, in a tweet, came after pyongyang launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile, in a month. the north koreans say it s a stern warning to washington, that the entire us mainland is now within striking distance. in response two us b 1 bombers, have conducted exercises over the korean peninsula. from seoul in south korea, karen allen reports. us b 1 bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over the korean peninsula. escorted by fighterjets as part of a drill it was a direct response to what is being seen as an increasingly belligerent north korea. the us president is blaming china, pyongyang s biggest trading partner, for letting it get this far. taking to twitter president trump said: but china s influence could be overstated. historic ties have become looser and chinese imports of north korean coal have been cut after un sanctions last year. china also condemmed
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