03/09/2017 BBC Weekend News

North Korea sparks a wave of condemnation after carrying

out its most powerful nuclear test yet.

It's said to be an advanced hydrogen bomb, hailed as a "perfect success"

Mr President, will you attack North Korea?

"We'll see," says President Trump as he's asked if the United States

We'll be exploring the possible consequences of this dramatic

Differences in the Brexit talks are laid bare as David Davis

says its silly for the European Commission to say

Hospital managers in England call for an emergency bail-out to pay

And Lewis Hamilton wins at Monza to lead the F1 Championship,

spoiling the Ferrari party at their home race.

North Korea's provoked strong international reaction after testing

a hydrogen bomb that it says is capable of being loaded

It's the most powerful test of its nuclear weapons

programme to date, condemned by the United States,

South Korea, Britain - and China, North Korea's

President Trump is meeting his national security team today

The test took place at a site in the north east of the country.

From Seoul, in South Korea, Yogita Limaye sent this report.

North Korea announcing another nuclear test. "A Perfect success,"

the newsreader said. Pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen

bomb. The world was alerted when tremors were detected at the

non-testing site in the north-east of the country. Earlier, photos were

released of the North Korean leader Kim John Lennon inspecting what was

said to be a nuclear device. The state claims it could be fitted to

an intercontinental ballistic missile. If confirmed, it means

Pyongyang can are these long-range missiles. Weapons that put the US

mainland within range. To this latest incident, President Trump

responded on Twitter, writing... He went on. Later, leaving church, the

president was asked about military action. Mr President, will you

attack North Korea? He said," we will see." Four months he has said

talking to North Korea was our solution, and today he expressed

outrage and disappointment, the president of South Korea.

TRANSLATION: They have made a series of mistakes conducting a nuclear

test, which has heightened tensions on the peninsula and is threatening

world peace. It will isolate them further. The latest act from North

Korea comes just days after the resume fired this missile over

Japan. In response, America and South Korea conducted bombing drills

with more military measures planned. But it is hard to see what action

can be taken. It is certainly our view that none of the military

options are good. The distance between North Korea and Seoul is

very very small. They can basically vaporise large part of the South

Korean population, even with conventional weapons. Here in Seoul,

a city that is home to tens of millions of people, we are only

about 50 kilometres from the border with North Korea, and at any given

time a massive wedding to be pointed in this direction. That is why the

international community has been trying to put economic pressure on

Pyongyang rather than taking the military route. But that is not

working either. It has been less than a month since strict sanctions

were imposed on North Korea. Nothing appears to deter Kim Jong-un. Yogita

Limaye, BBC News, Seoul. After the latest, and most powerful,

evidence of the extent of North Korea's nuclear programme,

what are the options Our diplomatic correspondent

James Robbins has been assessing Kim Jong-un and his regime are

simply refusing to bow to the outside world. Why? Well, partly

because the regime is convinced its survival depends on having the

ultimate weapon as insurance against outside attack.

But already the North Koreans have such an array of conventional

weapons, they could kill hundreds of thousands of people, and maybe that

is why they have ignored Donald Trump's warning to them last month.

North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They

will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen.

But the fact is North Korea has not been stopped by that fiery rhetoric

and has now made a new threat which raises the question, can the West

stop the North Koreans? The US does have the means,

the fire and fury. They could almost certainly destroy

the regime eventually, but not before retaliation sparked

appalling consequences for South Korea, Japan

and the wider region. So could the world live

with a nuclear armed North Korea? Arguably, it may have to -

and that would then mean relying on Kim Jong-un to be rational,

and North Korea to accept the old Cold War restraint that any

use of nuclear weapons guarantees North Korea's immediate neighbour

China is pushing hard for international talks with

the regime to find some way forward. As much of the other options are

fraught with very severe possible consequences, I think in the end one

does come down to the line that this has got to be solved unless you want

catastrophe by negotiation. But to some reading Republicans and

American military response to all this looks inevitable. This was

Senator Lindsey Graham speaking hours before North Korea's latest

test. I am 100% certain that if Kim Jong-un continues to develop missal

technology that can hit America, if diplomacy fails to stop him, there

will be an attack by the United States against his weapons systems.

The stakes with North Korea have never been higher. The ultimate

decision rests with President Trump, as America's commander-in-chief.

James Robbins, BBC News. Lets get more of a sense of the

global reaction. In a moment we'll speak

to our correspondent John Sudworth in Beijing,

but first to Washington where we can Richard, to what extent is there a

sense that this latest test takes us into a new phase, as far as North

Korea is concerned? Well, Michelle, this is becoming the most urgent

challenge faced by President Trump. He is meeting his national security

team today but they really have no good options of the table in front

of them. The North Koreans seem to have dismissed President Trump's

fighting talk of recent weeks as simply bluster, so I think the

administration is much more focused on sanctions, and the president has

said in a tweet they are considering a total trade embargo against any

nation doing business with North Korea, and of course that means

China. The Chinese have avoided any sanctions that would risk

destabilising North Korea but it looks like Washington will force

Beijing to make a choice. President Trump has said he will not accept a

fully nuclear armed North Korea, but he also knows that the time

available for preventing that outcome is shrinking fast. So a

choice then for Beijing. From your perspective, how does Tennessee this

latest test, John? In a sign of the possible fraying relationship

between China and its old ally, and this came a few hours before

President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech at the summit he is hosting

here, and the government has been quick to react, saying he condemns

the test in the strongest terms. But despite all of Donald Trump's urging

that Richard was speaking about they are, what will China do? It has

toughened up sanctions on some goods, but the reality for Beijing

all along has been this, it may not like the idea of a nuclear armed

North Korea, but it there is much more the possibility of economic

collapse, and the chaos and instability that that would bring

right up against its border, and today I think that calculation has

not really changed much at all. John Sandweg in Beijing and Richard

Lister in Washington, thank you both. -- John Sudworth.

Here, the Brexit Secretary David Davis has said

that the European Commission is making itself look "silly"

by saying that talks with Britain aren't making progress.

The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, says he doesn't

want to punish or blackmail the UK, but the British people need

to understand the "extremely serious consequences" of leaving.

This week, Theresa May faces a parliamentary battle

with the first Commons vote on Brexit legislation.

Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

The UK and EU, David Davis and Michel Barnier -

still some way apart after three rounds of talks.

Today Mr Davis insisted the UK would not be pressured into paying

We are basically going through this very systematically,

a very British way, a very pragmatic way of doing it.

And of course he's finding it difficult, which is why

he is putting pressure on us, which is why the stance this week

Bluntly, I think it looked a bit silly, because the plainly

And, yes, there were spiky exchanges between the two men at last

Mr Barnier has since spent the weekend here, at a conference

He said he does not want to blackmail the UK, but added:

Meanwhile the rows about leaving the EU return here this week.

The planned new law that's needed to make it happen will be

discussed in the Commons - and remember, the Prime

Minister's Parliamentary predicament is precarious.

And that's why debates on repealing this, the act that

took us into the EU, matter so much.

Labour says it will vote against the law as planned,

which will eventually be stored here, unless substantial

changes are made, including protecting workers' rights.

I flagged these points up at the beginning of the summer,

and said, if you don't address them we will be voting against it.

Now, we haven't reached that stage yet, but I've been very very clear.

Whilst we accept the result of the referendum, we are not giving

a blank cheque to the Government to do it whichever way it

wants, because it's not the public interest.

This means any rebellion from just a handful of Conservative MPs

would leave the Prime Minister in real trouble.

Discussions on delivering Brexit are getting rather blustery.

Chris Mason, BBC News, at Westminster.

Hospital managers in England have called for an emergency financial

bail-out, saying they are bracing themselves for the worst

NHS Providers - which represents the vast majority of health trusts -

says at least ?200 million of extra funding is needed to pay for

But the Department of Health says the NHS is better prepared

for winter this year than ever before.

Winter puts hospitals under pressure.

Each year there is an increase in demand, more patients needing

a wider range of treatments in an already stretched service.

After serious problems last winter there's been intensive planning

But NHS providers representing 90% of NHS trusts says more money

is needed, for this year may be worse than last.

Current performance in A departments at the moment is no

better than it was last year - despite huge amounts of effort being

put in to improve the performance it's staying stubbornly stuck,

quite a long way below the official target,

and we know therefore that there is a real risk that

patient safety could be put at even greater risk this coming winter

The organisation says the service needs ?200 million

NHS England rejects criticism and in a statement says planning

is more advanced than it was last year.

It estimates that more than 3000 extra beds will be available.

The Government has put a billion more into social care funding

to free up beds and ?100 million to relieve the pressure on A

Over the coming months, patients will find out.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix

in dominant style today - and with it took the lead

in the Drivers' Championship for the first time this season.

His title rival, Sebastian Vettel, finished third for Ferrari,

Lewis Hamilton didn't need the drum roll.

Starting at front for a record 69th time, his job was to stay there.

Just stay clear, and the rest would sort itself out.

Anything could happen in the scramble behind -

Watch out for the championship leader Sebastian Vettel

in his Ferrari, up from sixth on the grid to third in the race.

The more places Hamilton could put between himself and Vettel,

the more points he would lead the standings by.

Just when you think it looks easy, the circuit reminds you it isn't.

For the most part you'd have to look up to see dramatic manoeuvring,

but on the runway Daniel Ricciardo was taxiing, then he took off.

Into fourth, into a chase with Vettel.

He never caught him, and no one was catching Hamilton,

who crashed the party in Ferrari country.

Today the car was fantastic, and really a dream to drive,

but a big thank you to all the fans that came out today.

And, you know, I look forward to coming back here next year.

Via amore wasn't neutral from Ferrari fans, but Hamilton can

He now leads the drivers' standings by three points.