30/08/2017

:00:10. > :00:16.Hello, it's Wednesday at 9am. In Joanna Gosling. Welcome to the

:00:17. > :00:19.programme. The United Nations Security Council condemns North

:00:20. > :00:23.Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan during emergency

:00:24. > :00:25.talks in New York last night. Delegates said the weapons test was

:00:26. > :00:26.outrageous. It's time for the North Korean

:00:27. > :00:29.regime to recognise the danger they The United States

:00:30. > :00:32.will not allow their lawlessness to continue, and

:00:33. > :00:38.the rest of the world is with us. Theresa May has arrived in Japan

:00:39. > :00:41.for a planned three day visit - telling reporters that China must

:00:42. > :00:51.put more pressure on Pyongyang. Also this morning, we will have the

:00:52. > :00:55.latest from Houston where a night-time curfew has been imposed

:00:56. > :00:57.to stop polluting. And more stories of extraordinary rescues.

:00:58. > :01:08.We'll be speaking to some people caught up in those rescue efforts.

:01:09. > :01:18.Will Channel 4's new Bake Off be the show stopper they were hoping for.

:01:19. > :01:19.Did the new presenters carry it off and how money people watched the

:01:20. > :01:20.first show? Sorry, Sue, you did say

:01:21. > :01:28.white tent, didn't you? Welcome to the programme,

:01:29. > :01:51.we're live until 11 this morning. We want to hear your verdict

:01:52. > :01:53.on the Great British Bake Off of course -

:01:54. > :01:56.especially if you were a big fan of the programme

:01:57. > :01:58.when it was on the BBC. We'll also find out why fear

:01:59. > :02:01.of crime is a big concern for many teenagers and young people and ask

:02:02. > :02:04.what more can be done Do get in touch on all the stories

:02:05. > :02:09.we're talking about this morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

:02:10. > :02:15.and if you text, you will be charged Our main news today, there has been

:02:16. > :02:19.unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing of a ballistic

:02:20. > :02:23.missile over Japan at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

:02:24. > :02:27.The regime has described the launch is the first step of operations in

:02:28. > :02:30.the Pacific. The UN Security Council has described the launch is

:02:31. > :02:31.outrageous, but it stopped short of threatening further action against

:02:32. > :02:34.North Korea. Here we have North Korea's

:02:35. > :02:36.not-so-diplomatic response to the slap on the wrist

:02:37. > :02:40.for its latest provocation, proudly releasing stills

:02:41. > :02:43.of its missile launch over Japan. Just as diplomats were meeting

:02:44. > :02:48.in New York in an emergency gathering of the UN

:02:49. > :02:51.Security Council, working on the first

:02:52. > :02:52.step in a response to North Korea's destabilising

:02:53. > :02:54.activity. The world is united

:02:55. > :02:56.against North Korea, It is time for the North Korean

:02:57. > :03:00.regime to recognise the danger The United States will not

:03:01. > :03:04.allow their lawlessness to continue, and the rest of the world

:03:05. > :03:11.is with us. The meeting result was unanimous,

:03:12. > :03:14.but inconsequential. All members, including

:03:15. > :03:20.Russia and China, signed on to a statement of condemnation,

:03:21. > :03:24.but no sign of new sanctions. The ink on the last

:03:25. > :03:29.round of North Korea And China, for one, has said

:03:30. > :03:34.all sides are to blame for the escalation in the region,

:03:35. > :03:37.after President Trump repeated all options were on the table,

:03:38. > :03:40.and South Korea responded with its own show of force,

:03:41. > :03:43.in a test-bombing near its Beijing has called on Washington

:03:44. > :03:51.and Seoul to freeze their joint military exercises, as a means

:03:52. > :03:53.of getting Pyongyang But the US has made clear

:03:54. > :03:57.its commitment to its allies ..Showing no sign the Trump

:03:58. > :04:03.administration will be Our Correspondent Yogita Limaye

:04:04. > :04:26.is in Seoul for us this morning. Watmore has North Korea said? The

:04:27. > :04:34.most important bit of that statement we read from the country's official

:04:35. > :04:40.news agency is that it said this missile test, which it conducted

:04:41. > :04:49.yesterday, is a Pirelli used to contain Guam, so that plan to attack

:04:50. > :04:58.Guam is a consideration. -- is a Pirelli prelude. The clear message

:04:59. > :05:03.from Pyongyang today is that it has no intention to stop. The statement

:05:04. > :05:08.from North Korea coming hours before the UN Security Council unanimously

:05:09. > :05:15.condemned its act yesterday. I think it shows the kind of limitation and

:05:16. > :05:18.how limited control the international community has over

:05:19. > :05:22.North Korea's actions. It's only been three and a half weeks since

:05:23. > :05:25.very stringent sanctions were passed by the United Nations, banning

:05:26. > :05:29.exports from the country, including coal, its biggest export. But that

:05:30. > :05:33.hasn't stopped North Korea from conducting more missile tests. A

:05:34. > :05:39.statement today, an indicator that there will be to come. Thank you.

:05:40. > :05:45.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:05:46. > :05:49.a visit to Japan today, her first as Prime Minister. She will be hoping

:05:50. > :05:55.to discuss a post Brexit trade deal. She has described Japan as a

:05:56. > :05:56.like-minded nation and a natural trading partner. Ben Wright is

:05:57. > :05:58.travelling with the Prime Minister. Theresa May has just arrived

:05:59. > :06:01.here for the start of this three-day trip to Japan,

:06:02. > :06:03.her first as Prime Minister. A hugely important trip for her,

:06:04. > :06:05.clearly in the context of the North Korean action,

:06:06. > :06:08.the missile that flew over Japan She will be talking to the Japanese

:06:09. > :06:13.Prime Minister about that. She described the action

:06:14. > :06:15.is outrageous on the plane. Clearly expects China to be doing

:06:16. > :06:18.more, and that'll be The other big topic

:06:19. > :06:21.is trade, obviously. Japan has been quite clear

:06:22. > :06:25.and candid, publicly It has so many businesses working

:06:26. > :06:35.in the UK it wants to know how Brexit talks are going,

:06:36. > :06:37.what sort of transitional arrangements the UK is looking for,

:06:38. > :06:40.and I think Theresa May is going to have to produce some

:06:41. > :06:42.answers during her discussions here with Japanese politicians

:06:43. > :06:50.and business leaders. We will keep you updated with those

:06:51. > :06:53.talks and much more on North Korea. Let's go to Annita McVeigh in the

:06:54. > :06:55.newsroom with a summary of the rest of the news.

:06:56. > :07:02.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston in Texas in a bid to

:07:03. > :07:05.deter looting in the wake of tropical storm Harvey, which is now

:07:06. > :07:09.heading for Louisiana. At least 20 people have died and 30,000 have

:07:10. > :07:15.been forced from their homes with more than 3000 having been rescued

:07:16. > :07:18.from the floodwaters. Large swathes of Texas remain underwater with

:07:19. > :07:21.almost 52 inches of rain fall since the hurricane made landfall on

:07:22. > :07:23.Friday. Keith Doyle has more. But, five days after it first hit

:07:24. > :07:28.the coast of Texas, Harvey continues These are some of the residents

:07:29. > :07:33.of 20 nursing homes. Another 20 hospitals have also been

:07:34. > :07:38.evacuated across the region. 3,400 people have been rescued,

:07:39. > :07:40.with the authorities reporting that It was the scariest

:07:41. > :07:47.thing we've ever seen. 51 inches of rain has fallen so far,

:07:48. > :08:00.a record for the USA, and has swamped parts of Houston

:08:01. > :08:03.and southern Texas. 30,000 people have been forced out

:08:04. > :08:08.of their homes by the floodwater. The Red Cross has warned people

:08:09. > :08:13.could be in shelters for months. President Trump visited

:08:14. > :08:20.Corpus Christi, 220 miles He was briefed by state

:08:21. > :08:29.and federal teams co-ordinating We won't say congratulations,

:08:30. > :08:32.we don't want to do that. We'll congratulate each other

:08:33. > :08:36.when it's all finished. He is determined not to repeat

:08:37. > :08:38.the mistakes of George Bush, In Houston, the mayor has introduced

:08:39. > :08:41.a night-time curfew, To the west of this vast city,

:08:42. > :08:48.two huge reservoirs are overflowing. Harvey's path is

:08:49. > :08:49.slow-moving and erratic. This force of nature

:08:50. > :08:52.may not be spent yet. Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:08:53. > :09:00.as leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two years

:09:01. > :09:02.in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:09:03. > :09:05.she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:09:06. > :09:09.departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:09:10. > :09:21.of Jeremy Corbyn. Most political leaders quit

:09:22. > :09:23.at a moment of crisis, I've decided that I think

:09:24. > :09:26.the Labour Party is very It's made tremendous

:09:27. > :09:29.progress from the state that I found it in two,

:09:30. > :09:32.2.5 years ago, when it was It's in a much better

:09:33. > :09:37.state than I found it. Now it's time to pass that baton

:09:38. > :09:39.onto the next person. We've had five national

:09:40. > :09:41.elections in 2.5 years. Now it's time to move on and let

:09:42. > :09:45.the next person have four years A Christian girl, who is reported

:09:46. > :09:50.to have been fostered by a Muslim family who didn't speak English,

:09:51. > :09:53.should instead live with a family The London borough of Tower Hamlets

:09:54. > :10:00.council, insists the 5 year old was placed with an English

:10:01. > :10:02.speaking family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies

:10:03. > :10:05.in the way the case was reported. The authority says cultural

:10:06. > :10:07.background and proximity to a child's family are always

:10:08. > :10:09.considered when choosing The number of people waiting more

:10:10. > :10:14.than a year for an operation in Wales has risen by more than 400%

:10:15. > :10:19.in the past four years. A freedom of information request

:10:20. > :10:26.from the Royal College of Surgeons showed more than 3,500

:10:27. > :10:28.people waited more than 12 months for surgery

:10:29. > :10:34.in the year ending March 2017. Last month, the Labour government

:10:35. > :10:37.in Wales pledged ?50 million to help tackle the problem -

:10:38. > :10:39.but the Welsh Conservatives said the country's NHS

:10:40. > :10:42.was "staring into an abyss". in five people struggling with debt

:10:43. > :10:49.have had their credit card limit raised without requesting it.

:10:50. > :10:53.That's according to research from the charity citizens advice, which

:10:54. > :10:57.has called for the practice of giving credit without consent to be

:10:58. > :11:00.stopped. UK Finance, the body which represents some of the UK's biggest

:11:01. > :11:02.lenders says it's working with people to help people manage their

:11:03. > :11:08.debt. Andy Verity reports. Borrowing on credit cards

:11:09. > :11:11.has been growing by 9%, far faster than wages,

:11:12. > :11:13.and Citizens' Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping

:11:14. > :11:15.people in debts that they cannot Tracy Banham ran into trouble

:11:16. > :11:18.when her small business She and her partner used credit

:11:19. > :11:26.cards to plug the financial holes. Well, it got to point

:11:27. > :11:29.where I was just paying off I were actually not -

:11:30. > :11:32.at one point, on one credit card, I were paying ?700 a month,

:11:33. > :11:35.and probably ?60 of that That was just one

:11:36. > :11:39.of the credit cards. Consumers have borrowed about ?200

:11:40. > :11:41.billion on unsecured loans, with about a third of that

:11:42. > :11:43.on credit cards. Yet one in five borrowers have been

:11:44. > :11:45.given higher credit limits, On 2.2 million credit card accounts,

:11:46. > :11:49.borrowers spent more on charges and fees than on repayments,

:11:50. > :11:53.pushing them further into debt. Citizens' Advice says,

:11:54. > :11:58.if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact

:11:59. > :12:01.borrowers and offer help, such We think the most important thing

:12:02. > :12:05.is that credit card companies should stop raising credit limits

:12:06. > :12:07.without consulting the customer. We think this is a second thing

:12:08. > :12:10.the regulator can do to give better guidance for affordability checks

:12:11. > :12:12.for people who are extending The body that represents most credit

:12:13. > :12:18.card lenders says it is taking steps to prevent struggling borrowers

:12:19. > :12:20.being offered more credit, and that it is working

:12:21. > :12:33.with regulators to help people The Great British Bake Off was back

:12:34. > :12:37.on television last night for the first time since its move to Channel

:12:38. > :12:41.4. Viewers tuned in to see if the proof was in the pudding, hoping the

:12:42. > :12:46.recipe for the hit show hadn't changed too much was that this

:12:47. > :12:48.series see some alterations for the line-up as presenting duo Noel

:12:49. > :12:51.Fielding and sandy talks against new judge Pru Leith join Paul Hollywood

:12:52. > :13:04.on the team. My boys are chanting about the

:13:05. > :13:07.roles. We were bowled over by the new show. One reviewer said she

:13:08. > :13:09.didn't want to enjoy it because there wasn't any Mary Berry, but she

:13:10. > :13:19.thoroughly did. Let's get some sport

:13:20. > :13:21.with Katherine Downes, a nd a historic win

:13:22. > :13:23.for the West Indies yesterday? And with the transfer window closing

:13:24. > :13:30.tomorrow it will be interesting Michael Atherton has said it's one

:13:31. > :13:32.of the biggest upsets ever in Test cricket. After the first test, Sir

:13:33. > :13:34.Curtly Ambrose, the West Indies legend said his nation had serious

:13:35. > :13:37.problems when it came to Test cricket. Geoffrey Boycott said the

:13:38. > :13:41.West Indies side was one of the worst he had seen in more than half

:13:42. > :13:46.a century. That's because in the first test England beat the West

:13:47. > :13:49.Indies by an innings and 209 runs, an absolutely massive victory for

:13:50. > :13:57.England. People were saying, what a shame, what happened to a once great

:13:58. > :13:59.cricketing nation. But what a turnaround now. A win that has

:14:00. > :14:02.breathed life back into the series which Michael Vaughan has said could

:14:03. > :14:06.have been one of the saddest for Test cricket. The West Indies win,

:14:07. > :14:10.what went wrong for England? Some say it was a rather bold declaration

:14:11. > :14:15.by the captain Joe Root, declaring late on the fourth day to give the

:14:16. > :14:21.West Indies a target of 322. Some people say it was a series of missed

:14:22. > :14:25.catches which cost England the test. Former captain Alastair Cook let a

:14:26. > :14:29.couple slip through his fingers. Joe Root says he thinks it was their

:14:30. > :14:35.second a performance that hurt them when they were bowled out for just

:14:36. > :14:38.258. Take nothing away from the West Indies, batting brilliantly and Shai

:14:39. > :14:42.Hope made history by becoming the first man ever to score centuries in

:14:43. > :14:46.both innings in a first-class match at Headingley. And it's the first

:14:47. > :14:52.time the West Indies have won eight test in England in 17 years and they

:14:53. > :14:55.have answered some of their critics in the process. It gives England

:14:56. > :15:00.plenty of food for thought with the series tied at 1-1 with one left to

:15:01. > :15:05.go. And the Ashes is looming at the end of the year.

:15:06. > :15:12.It'll be interesting to see what happens at Arsenal with the transfer

:15:13. > :15:16.window closing. Arsene Wenger, often criticised for being quiet during

:15:17. > :15:21.the transfer window, but it's been fairly busy at Arsenal over the last

:15:22. > :15:25.24 hours. No deals done yet, no players bought over the last 24

:15:26. > :15:30.hours for Arsene Wenger. But plenty of dealing and discussion going on.

:15:31. > :15:34.Let's start by talking about Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. He's turned down

:15:35. > :15:42.a move to Chelsea despite the fact Arsenal and Chelsea had agreed a

:15:43. > :15:45.deal of ?40 million. We understand he thinks that Chelsea would play

:15:46. > :15:48.him in a position he's not happy in and he would rather go to Liverpool.

:15:49. > :15:51.We understand that over the next 24 hours before the window closes,

:15:52. > :15:55.tomorrow evening, Liverpool are expected to make an offer for Alex

:15:56. > :15:59.Oxlade-Chamberlain. The other bit of business at Arsenal is all about

:16:00. > :16:05.Alexis Sanchez. Arsenal have rejected a bid of ?50 million by

:16:06. > :16:10.Manchester City. Sanchez scored 24 goals last season. You can see why

:16:11. > :16:14.City are interested, also why Arsenal aren't interested in selling

:16:15. > :16:19.him. In fact they will only really consider a deal with City if they

:16:20. > :16:23.get to get Raheem Sterling down to Arsenal as part of that deal. Pep

:16:24. > :16:30.Guardiola the City manager has said he just wants to buy Alexis Sanchez

:16:31. > :16:35.out right. We understand such -- Sanchez isn't happy at Arsenal. It

:16:36. > :16:36.is a bit of a mess at Arsenal at the moment and they've only got two days

:16:37. > :16:45.to sort it out. Thank you. It has already had a catastrophic

:16:46. > :16:51.impact but Storm Harvey still has more havoc to wreak on the people of

:16:52. > :16:54.Texas. The scale of the rainfall is astonishing. The total amount of

:16:55. > :17:00.rainfall during the devastating hurricane Katrina in 2005 was 6.5

:17:01. > :17:06.trillion gallons. Harvey has already poured out something in the region

:17:07. > :17:11.of 14-15,000,000,000,000 gallons and experts are predicting as much as 25

:17:12. > :17:15.trillion gallons might fall by the time the storm passes.

:17:16. > :17:18.President Trump has been to the area to see the devastation for himself

:17:19. > :17:20.and praised the work of the emergency services.

:17:21. > :17:24.These are words used to describe this monster known as Harvey.

:17:25. > :17:27.But the job you've done is very special, and I said let's fly over

:17:28. > :17:29.and see these great people, the nerve centre, really.

:17:30. > :17:33.And we appreciate it very much, and millions of people appreciate

:17:34. > :17:37.But the world is watching, and the world is very impressed

:17:38. > :17:44.Over 20 people are reported to have died and coastguard air crews

:17:45. > :18:06.from around the US are helping with the rescue effort.

:18:07. > :18:18.That's just one of the many dramatic rescues being carried out while

:18:19. > :18:20.people cope with the aftermath of that terrible flooding. It is

:18:21. > :18:23.suggested it is going to get worse. Nigel Arnell is a climate

:18:24. > :18:25.scientist who can tell us about the scale of the storm,

:18:26. > :18:28.and address the thorny issue of whether this can be meaningfully

:18:29. > :18:31.attributed to climate change. Also Hailey-Ann Booth,

:18:32. > :18:36.a Brit living in Texas She is with two friends she rescued

:18:37. > :18:46.Joshua and Julia Jackson. And Pastor Gregg Matte, who's

:18:47. > :18:59.helping with the relief effort. What happened? What situation where

:19:00. > :19:03.you been? We had a few inches of water in the first-floor apartment

:19:04. > :19:10.but we were living on the second story. We were intending to stay

:19:11. > :19:16.throughout the storm. Bates started swarming in our parking lot, telling

:19:17. > :19:24.us that the levy was going to be the lock -- we were going to get a whole

:19:25. > :19:28.other story worth of water and we needed to get out. Since that

:19:29. > :19:37.morning we've been able to watch the water rise. It climbed several

:19:38. > :19:45.inches in under an hour. It was rising fast and we were hoping to be

:19:46. > :19:48.able to wait it out with some of our neighbours, when the local police

:19:49. > :19:56.came through and said it's time to go. We went with them. Were you

:19:57. > :20:06.involved in helping to get them out? I wish I was. We have a truck but

:20:07. > :20:10.it's not high enough to drive through water. We thankfully met

:20:11. > :20:16.them at a local shelter. We had to drive 30 minutes, to go and collect

:20:17. > :20:24.them from the shelter and bring them to our house. Where you are you OK?

:20:25. > :20:28.Thankfully my neighbourhood is like a little island. We are 130 feet

:20:29. > :20:33.above sea level in my neighbourhood. But we are surrounded by lots of

:20:34. > :20:41.neighbourhoods that are flooded. Just four miles away there are

:20:42. > :20:47.houses underwater and we have a river to the south and the West. To

:20:48. > :20:53.the east we have a dam which is apparently about to break its levy.

:20:54. > :21:02.My whole neighbourhood is fine but it's just we are surrounded by lots

:21:03. > :21:08.of water. How are you all feeling right now? There are concerns the

:21:09. > :21:12.dam might break its levy. Water is being released to try to mitigate

:21:13. > :21:18.the impact of the flooding and more water is expected to fall, how

:21:19. > :21:24.worried are you? It's going to get worse before it gets better. They've

:21:25. > :21:30.already evacuated thousands of homes just in my school district. That's

:21:31. > :21:35.students and friends of mine. They are already evacuated and the

:21:36. > :21:42.schools are open and shelters are inundated with people. Schools are

:21:43. > :21:45.flooded and we only went back to school two weeks ago. My own

:21:46. > :21:49.children haven't gone back to school, they were supposed to go on

:21:50. > :21:54.Monday. Their school is closed as it's being used as a shelter right

:21:55. > :22:00.now. We don't know what's going to happen. Most of us are worrying

:22:01. > :22:08.about keeping our friends and neighbours alive and well. Property

:22:09. > :22:18.can be replaced but lives can't. The death toll is far less than any

:22:19. > :22:22.storm of Acomb parable size. Greg, you with the church helping to

:22:23. > :22:28.rescue people, what sort of rescue missions have you been involved in?

:22:29. > :22:35.My son yesterday went out brute rescues with our neighbours. -- boat

:22:36. > :22:39.rescues. He went out on a rescue and actually rescued a family that went

:22:40. > :22:44.to school with him previously and then also one of our staff members

:22:45. > :22:48.was stranded. He's been involved in boat rescues, we've been sending

:22:49. > :22:53.cards to people, trucks to people, Bates to people, to try to get them

:22:54. > :22:57.out. And literally there are so many members of our church is devastated

:22:58. > :23:01.and flooded that we can't even keep up with the numbers any more of

:23:02. > :23:06.what's happened. It's become overwhelming. They are all being

:23:07. > :23:12.rescued and brought back to safety and it's been pretty amazing to see

:23:13. > :23:18.all of those things happening. What comfort can you give those people?

:23:19. > :23:25.The comfort I can give them is that the waters recede, the level rise.

:23:26. > :23:29.God has a plan for them. Even though this is such a difficult thing, we

:23:30. > :23:33.can trust there is a higher plan and God is involved in this and taking

:23:34. > :23:37.care of us and we are going to make it. We are going to go another day.

:23:38. > :23:42.There's a verse in the Bible that says the joy of the Lord will be our

:23:43. > :23:47.strength. Finding a deeper happiness and peace. It's not about the stuff,

:23:48. > :23:52.it's about comfort, it's about our homes, the place where we live.

:23:53. > :23:59.They've been, in a sense, attacked with the reins. Finding a comfort

:24:00. > :24:05.that is deeper than that and higher than that, and that being found in

:24:06. > :24:07.God our Creator and the Lord Jesus. Nigel, it's extraordinary to look at

:24:08. > :24:11.the statistics on how many trillions of gallons of water have been dumped

:24:12. > :24:16.and ultimately it is thought it might end up being around 25

:24:17. > :24:21.trillion gallons of water. How is it that such a huge quantity of water

:24:22. > :24:24.is being dumped like this? It is an astonishing amount of water. We

:24:25. > :24:29.heard on the report about 50 inches of rain has fallen over the last few

:24:30. > :24:34.days. London gets about 25 inches of rain in a year. Leeds gets about 40

:24:35. > :24:39.inches in a year. If a massive amount of water. Houston is a wet

:24:40. > :24:42.place but this is a truly unprecedented amount of rain. The

:24:43. > :24:46.reason there has been such a lot of rain with this particular hurricane,

:24:47. > :24:50.far more than with hurricane Katrina, is that it's been very wet.

:24:51. > :24:55.A loss of water in the atmosphere and it's been slow moving. It's

:24:56. > :24:59.stayed over south-east Texas for several days and has continued to be

:25:00. > :25:03.enforced by evaporation from the oceans. It's dumping the rain as it

:25:04. > :25:09.moves slowly across the southern parts of the US. Climate change is a

:25:10. > :25:14.controversial subject in America, particularly with Donald Trump in

:25:15. > :25:20.charge. Is there a scientific link between what is happening here and

:25:21. > :25:23.climate change? There is a link but it is rather complicated. We are

:25:24. > :25:27.confident global temperatures are rising and the sea level and sea

:25:28. > :25:32.temperatures are rising. Together that makes hurricanes more intense,

:25:33. > :25:35.contain more rainfall and the storm surges you get with hurricanes tend

:25:36. > :25:40.to be worse because the sea level is higher. So the waves are bigger. But

:25:41. > :25:45.hurricanes are also influenced by the way the atmosphere works and the

:25:46. > :25:49.atmospheric circulation. One of the things that has been particularly

:25:50. > :25:53.characteristic about Harvey has been that it's been particularly slow

:25:54. > :25:56.moving. As a feature of the atmospheric circulation. We don't

:25:57. > :25:59.know whether the reason why the hurricane has been very slow moving

:26:00. > :26:02.is because the circulation has changed because of climate change.

:26:03. > :26:08.It's too early to tell. But we do think that the higher sea

:26:09. > :26:11.temperatures have made the intensity of the hurricane stronger, the

:26:12. > :26:17.higher temperatures that have made the amount of water in the

:26:18. > :26:24.atmosphere longer, but we can't say it's duration in this case. Josh,

:26:25. > :26:27.you were telling us about the information you were given on

:26:28. > :26:30.leaving your apartment when the waters were rising and the levy was

:26:31. > :26:36.going to be released. What are your thoughts on the way this has been

:26:37. > :26:47.handled by the authorities? Honestly, I think that they've been

:26:48. > :26:53.handling it surprisingly well. They are releasing the water from the

:26:54. > :26:58.levies in a controlled way, trying to prevent them from breaking. The

:26:59. > :27:03.authorities, as they come in, they went door-to-door and were very

:27:04. > :27:12.thorough in making sure our building was cleared. And they made sure they

:27:13. > :27:17.got us and our pets out, and that we had plenty of time to get what we

:27:18. > :27:25.needed pact. And to make sure that we found shelter of one form or

:27:26. > :27:31.another. The guy that pulled us of the boat was from Ohio. They are

:27:32. > :27:37.coming in from all over the United States, and they are working well

:27:38. > :27:40.together. We are incredibly grateful. Thank you very much.

:27:41. > :27:47.Still to come, more than one third of teenagers are living in fear of

:27:48. > :27:48.crime with one in four boys worried about being assaulted. We'll hear

:27:49. > :27:58.more in a moment. And it is back, but will the Great

:27:59. > :28:01.British Bake Off's new format win over audiences? We are joined by

:28:02. > :28:06.previous winner and some fans of the programme.

:28:07. > :28:17.Good morning. There's been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:28:18. > :28:21.of a missile over Japan at a United Nations Security Council meeting.

:28:22. > :28:25.Pyongyang has described the launch as the first step of military

:28:26. > :28:27.operations in the Pacific. The Security Council has demanded the

:28:28. > :28:31.country abandons its nuclear weapons programme but has stopped short of

:28:32. > :28:34.threatening new sanctions. The world is united

:28:35. > :28:35.against North Korea. It's time for the North Korean

:28:36. > :28:40.regime to recognise the danger they The United States

:28:41. > :28:43.will not allow their lawlessness to continue, and

:28:44. > :28:47.the rest of the world is with us. And the rest of

:28:48. > :29:05.the world is with us. Theresa May will be hoping to

:29:06. > :29:10.discuss a post-Brexit trade deal in Japan. She has described Japan as a

:29:11. > :29:14.natural trading partner. A night-time curfew has been imposed

:29:15. > :29:17.in Houston in Texas in a bid to deter looting in the wake

:29:18. > :29:20.of tropical storm Harvey, At least 20 people have died

:29:21. > :29:24.and 30,000 have been forced from their homes with more than 3000

:29:25. > :29:26.having been rescued Large swathes of Texas remain

:29:27. > :29:30.underwater with almost 52 inches of rain fall since the hurricane

:29:31. > :29:32.made landfall on Friday. President Trump has been to the area

:29:33. > :29:36.to see the devastation for himself and praised the work

:29:37. > :29:38.of the emergency services. These are words used to describe

:29:39. > :29:42.this monster known as Harvey. But the job you've done is very

:29:43. > :29:45.special, and I said let's fly over and see these great people,

:29:46. > :29:47.the nerve centre, really. And we appreciate it very much,

:29:48. > :29:50.and millions of people appreciate But the world is watching,

:29:51. > :29:55.and the world is very impressed Kezia Dugdale has resigned

:29:56. > :30:00.as leader of Scottish Labour, after less than two years

:30:01. > :30:02.in the post. The Lothians MSP insists

:30:03. > :30:05.she is leaving the party in a much She's also rejected the idea her

:30:06. > :30:09.departure has anything to do with her previous criticism

:30:10. > :30:28.of Jeremy Corbyn. The Great British Bake Off was

:30:29. > :30:34.returning last night. Viewers hoped it wouldn't change too much. There

:30:35. > :30:39.were changes to the presenting line-up with Sandi Toksvig and Noel

:30:40. > :30:40.Fielding and Pru Leith join in Paul Hollywood on the team.

:30:41. > :30:44.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10:00.

:30:45. > :30:51.Let's catch up with the sport now. Is it the greatest upset in Test

:30:52. > :30:55.cricket? Michael Atherton certainly thinks so with the West Indies

:30:56. > :30:58.beating England by five wickets at Headingley, after losing the first

:30:59. > :31:04.test by an innings and 209 runs. The result means the series is now tied

:31:05. > :31:07.at 1-1 going into the final test. It looks increasingly likely that Alex

:31:08. > :31:11.Oxlade-Chamberlain will be playing for Liverpool next season. He turned

:31:12. > :31:15.down a move to Chelsea despite Arsenal agreeing to sell him for ?14

:31:16. > :31:19.million. Liverpool are expected to make an offer before the transfer

:31:20. > :31:25.window closes on Thursday. And a shock at the US Open with defending

:31:26. > :31:28.champion Angelique Kerber knocked out by American teenager Naomi

:31:29. > :31:32.Osaka. It's only the second time in history of the tournament the

:31:33. > :31:33.defending champion has gone out in the first round. Angelique Kerber's

:31:34. > :31:36.bad form continuing. The Scottish Labour leader

:31:37. > :31:38.Kezia Dugdale has quit In a surprise move, Ms Dugdale said

:31:39. > :31:43.it was time to "pass She's previously criticised

:31:44. > :31:46.Jeremy Corbyn and has faced criticism from left-wing members

:31:47. > :31:49.of her own party. But she's denied she was

:31:50. > :31:52.under pressure to leave. Kezia Dugdale is one of three female

:31:53. > :31:56.Scottish party leaders in Holyrood, along with First Minister and SNP

:31:57. > :31:59.leader Nicola Sturgeon, and Scottish Conservative

:32:00. > :32:02.leader Ruth Davidson. "Kezia Dugdale led her party

:32:03. > :32:08.with guts and determination Ruth Davidson also wished

:32:09. > :32:14.Ms Dugdale well, saying... "Leadership can be tough

:32:15. > :32:16.and Kezia Dugdale deserves the thanks of her party for putting

:32:17. > :32:19.in the hard yards." In an exclusive interview with BBC

:32:20. > :32:23.Scotland's political editor, Brian Taylor, Kezia Dugdale said

:32:24. > :32:26.she had taken over the leadership when the party

:32:27. > :32:30.was "on its knees" in Scotland. Most political leaders quit

:32:31. > :32:33.at a moment of crisis, I've decided that I think

:32:34. > :32:37.the Labour Party's very It's made a tremendous amount

:32:38. > :32:42.of progress from the state that I found it in, two,

:32:43. > :32:45.two and a half years ago I've taken the party forward,

:32:46. > :32:49.it's in a much better Now it's time to pass that baton

:32:50. > :32:53.on to the next person. We've had five national elections

:32:54. > :32:57.in two and a half years so it's time to move on and let the next person

:32:58. > :33:00.have four years to You contemplated this

:33:01. > :33:02.after the UK general election when the party

:33:03. > :33:07.did relatively well in Scotland,

:33:08. > :33:11.gaining seats and gaining votes. Then you thought about it,

:33:12. > :33:19.I gather, over the summer. Were you not tempted

:33:20. > :33:21.to change your mind and continue I care deeply about

:33:22. > :33:27.the Labour Party. I love it and have

:33:28. > :33:33.devoted my adult life to In a number of different capacities.

:33:34. > :33:36.I've come to the conclusion that the best thing for it, the Labour Party,

:33:37. > :33:39.this precious thing that has done so much good in this country and for

:33:40. > :33:42.me, is to pass the baton on. You have been here for two years,

:33:43. > :33:47.another four until the Holyrood elections. Is that another factor in

:33:48. > :33:50.you looking ahead? Two years seems like a very short period of time,

:33:51. > :33:58.but when you look at the immensity of what has happened in Scottish

:33:59. > :34:02.politics, the Scottish referendum, the general election, the referendum

:34:03. > :34:07.on Europe, the immensity of that is huge. It has had its toll on many

:34:08. > :34:11.people, not least myself. I have weathered those battles. The Labour

:34:12. > :34:14.Party is undoubtedly in better shape than the one I inherited. It's time

:34:15. > :34:16.to pass the baton on to the next person.

:34:17. > :34:18.One element you mention in your resignation letter

:34:19. > :34:21.is the death of Gordon Aikman, died after a fight with motor

:34:22. > :34:25.neurone disease, a fight in which he literally campaigned

:34:26. > :34:28.on the topic and you say the lesson from him was how

:34:29. > :34:30.precious and short life was, he taught you, and never

:34:31. > :34:38.It's probably the hardest thing I've had to deal

:34:39. > :34:40.with in the time I've been leader, losing my best friend.

:34:41. > :34:43.I've spent a lot of time talking to him about politics.

:34:44. > :34:50.And I realised that, you know, the decisions that you make in life

:34:51. > :34:54.are very important and time is precious and I want to make sure

:34:55. > :34:57.that I was always giving this job everything I've got.

:34:58. > :35:00.I've given it everything I have and it's time for me to go and serve

:35:01. > :35:06.Did his death make you think what am I doing, there are other things

:35:07. > :35:12.Not that I in any way regret what I've done in this job,

:35:13. > :35:15.I've loved it, but I know I have a lot to offer

:35:16. > :35:18.I won't always do that from within the Scottish parliament.

:35:19. > :35:22.There are other things for me yet, but he taught me how precious life

:35:23. > :35:25.is and to live every moment as well as you possibly can.

:35:26. > :35:27.But this isn't just about me, this is about the Labour Party

:35:28. > :35:34.I believe I've served it well over the last two and a half years,

:35:35. > :35:36.I've taken it forward tremendously so in that time but it's

:35:37. > :35:43.Because you contemplated the future head come you contemplated the

:35:44. > :35:46.period ahead and you just wondered whether you could face the

:35:47. > :35:49.challenge. Tell me about the frustrations of being in leadership,

:35:50. > :35:53.it must be tough. Of course it's tough and it should be tough. You

:35:54. > :35:57.are taking important decisions all the time. But I thoroughly enjoyed

:35:58. > :36:01.it, found it fulfilling and challenging, of course. I have taken

:36:02. > :36:04.on some of the big battles of our time, whether that be around the

:36:05. > :36:10.Constitution, making the case for progressive taxes. I have delivered

:36:11. > :36:13.two sets of new diverse and it is, 50% of men and 50% women,

:36:14. > :36:18.guaranteeing the autonomy of the Scottish Labour Party. Nobody has

:36:19. > :36:21.ever told me what to do in this job. It's not something dictated by

:36:22. > :36:24.London any more. That's beyond doubt. We select our own candidates

:36:25. > :36:28.and write our own manifesto. Looking back over what I have achieved over

:36:29. > :36:34.the last two and a half years, I'm immensely proud, but I also know I'm

:36:35. > :36:37.done. With the leadership? With the leadership, yes, I will absolutely

:36:38. > :36:39.continue to serve the Lothians as an MSP.

:36:40. > :36:41.Some will say you are going before you're pushed.

:36:42. > :36:43.You're going before the Corbynites come for you.

:36:44. > :36:47.What I'm trying to do is something that politicians rarely do,

:36:48. > :36:50.which is to leave with my head held high, without any sort of crisis.

:36:51. > :36:54.I have made it clear to you that I have been in this leadership role

:36:55. > :36:56.at a very difficult time in my party's history.

:36:57. > :36:58.A very challenging time in Scottish politics.

:36:59. > :37:00.A lot has happened in two and a half years.

:37:01. > :37:03.But there are four years ahead before the next election

:37:04. > :37:06.and I want to give the next person the space and time to do

:37:07. > :37:09.But you did speak out against Jeremy Corbyn,

:37:10. > :37:12.admittedly in the earlier period, you later preached unity,

:37:13. > :37:14.but you spoke out against him and were critical of him

:37:15. > :37:18.Perhaps some on the left have never forgiven you for that?

:37:19. > :37:21.I did that 14 months ago, I've not said a critical

:37:22. > :37:25.On a personal level we continue to get on extremely well

:37:26. > :37:28.and I wish him every success for the future and I'll be

:37:29. > :37:31.there right by his side to campaign for him to be next Prime Minister.

:37:32. > :37:37.I've assessed the situation the Scottish Labour Party faces.

:37:38. > :37:40.I've looked at my own life and the decisions I want to make

:37:41. > :37:42.around it and I've decided this is time.

:37:43. > :37:50.You faced some criticism from the left. One group in suggesting you

:37:51. > :37:54.should be replaced. You see it from the left... Segments of the left,

:37:55. > :37:59.it's not the uniform picture, I agree. One thing that's frustrated

:38:00. > :38:03.me is how I am perceived by people on the left and right spectrum. I

:38:04. > :38:06.have argued for 18 months if not longer about progressive taxes,

:38:07. > :38:11.asking the richest in society to pay their fair share and stop austerity.

:38:12. > :38:15.On that he and Jeremy Corbyn have never been anything but 100% United.

:38:16. > :38:18.We have demonstrated time and again how we can use the powers of the

:38:19. > :38:22.Scottish parliament to affect that change, whether it be through taxes

:38:23. > :38:25.or new benefits. We can make these decisions in Scotland and not

:38:26. > :38:30.beholden to the Tories in Westminster. That's an Argentine

:38:31. > :38:32.know the next leader will pursue. -- that's an argument I know.

:38:33. > :38:35.Do you think Jeremy Corbyn can go on to become Prime Minister,

:38:36. > :38:38.do you think he is the right leader for the Labour Party?

:38:39. > :38:40.I absolutely do believe that he can and will go

:38:41. > :38:44.He will have my full support in doing that.

:38:45. > :38:47.And you'll back him in that? Of course.

:38:48. > :38:50.New research suggests a fear of crime is the most common issue

:38:51. > :38:53.The Children's Society's Good Childhood Report,

:38:54. > :38:55.which questioned 10-17 year olds, looked at things that impact

:38:56. > :39:00.More than a third of those surveyed said they were worried

:39:01. > :39:04.A third of girls said they feared being followed by strangers,

:39:05. > :39:06.whereas a quarter of boys were concerned about being

:39:07. > :39:10.It's estimated that around one in ten 10 to 15 years olds

:39:11. > :39:18.were victims of crime in the last year.

:39:19. > :39:21.Lucy Capron, from The Children's Society who produced the report,

:39:22. > :39:24.Sean Sinanan who is 16 years old and has been mugged twice,

:39:25. > :39:27.and 17 year old Magiesha Maheswaran whose friend was assaulted

:39:28. > :39:32.when she was walking home earlier this year.

:39:33. > :39:40.Thank you for coming in. Shaun Cummings have been mugged twice.

:39:41. > :39:46.What happened? -- Sean, you have been mugged twice. For me personally

:39:47. > :39:50.it wasn't as traumatising, it was quite petty. But literally both

:39:51. > :39:53.times playing football in the park, guys approach you, says they have

:39:54. > :39:59.weapons and ask you for what you have. In those situations the

:40:00. > :40:02.reasons why I wasn't too scared was because I didn't have anything on me

:40:03. > :40:06.at the time. However my friends have been in worse situations where they

:40:07. > :40:10.have also been mugged, but these guys had more serious weapons on

:40:11. > :40:15.them. They have lost things like a lot of money, their iPhone and other

:40:16. > :40:18.phones. Intimidating, you were playing football, were you with a

:40:19. > :40:22.crowd of people? Not the sisterly with a crowd of people. The first

:40:23. > :40:27.time it was myself and my friend. -- not necessarily. The second time it

:40:28. > :40:31.was a group of us. When you see these boys come up to you all of a

:40:32. > :40:34.sudden with masks on in the middle of the day, you have a fight or

:40:35. > :40:40.flight situation. In reality you just have to stay there and show

:40:41. > :40:43.confidence in that situation. It is scary in a moment, but I guess you

:40:44. > :40:48.have to look on the bright side of the situation, it gives you more

:40:49. > :40:51.awareness around the area. Has it had an impact on you in terms of

:40:52. > :40:56.fear and changing your habits? In the moment it had an impact on me,

:40:57. > :41:01.but I think as I got older I got mature about it and it didn't really

:41:02. > :41:05.affect me as much. However, there are certain areas where you just

:41:06. > :41:09.wouldn't go any more. For example, the park around the corner, I would

:41:10. > :41:15.rather take the main streets instead of taking a short cut through it to

:41:16. > :41:21.get to my local cinema, example. You had a friend who was assaulted. What

:41:22. > :41:24.impact has that had new? This was very different to something such as

:41:25. > :41:28.catcalling, which happens to a lot of girls at this age. It's the idea

:41:29. > :41:35.that somebody actively following you and trying to hurt you in some way.

:41:36. > :41:38.It instils so much fear in you. What happened to your friend? She was

:41:39. > :41:43.returning from a production and walking home in the dark. There was

:41:44. > :41:46.a person a few paces behind her. She picked up her pace to get home

:41:47. > :41:52.quicker. She realised this person was doing the same thing, following

:41:53. > :41:55.her. She decided she would stop and drop her possessions in case he

:41:56. > :42:00.wanted those. It wasn't the possessions he wanted, it was her.

:42:01. > :42:07.All she did was scream and the person ran away. But she fell and

:42:08. > :42:11.hurt herself. She had to call her relatives to come and help her. For

:42:12. > :42:16.weeks afterwards she was really afraid to go out alone. She always

:42:17. > :42:20.had somebody with her. I was afraid as well because just the fact it

:42:21. > :42:27.happens to somebody so close to me. It could easily happen to anyone in

:42:28. > :42:33.oak and myself even, it instils so much fear in you. -- anyone I know.

:42:34. > :42:37.You are also concerned about acid attacks. We see it in current

:42:38. > :42:41.affairs. Acid attacks are to maim or disfigure a person and it distorts a

:42:42. > :42:45.person completely. Even people you live with or no, they will not see

:42:46. > :42:49.you the same way and he will not have the same opportunities. It

:42:50. > :42:54.harms your life for ever. It's not something you can take away, it will

:42:55. > :42:59.be with you for ever. There has been an increasing rise in acid attacks,

:43:00. > :43:03.especially in London recently. The idea that it could happen to anyone

:43:04. > :43:08.at any time, that really scares a lot of people. Tell us more about

:43:09. > :43:13.the research, you have found that it is a fear of crime that is the most

:43:14. > :43:18.common unifying concern for kids between ten and 17, with 37% of them

:43:19. > :43:22.having that fear. Is it because of having experience something

:43:23. > :43:26.directly, or is it seemed it or having a sense of danger through the

:43:27. > :43:32.media? That's right, it's a combination of both. There is a

:43:33. > :43:37.correlation between people being gay victim of crime and being afraid of

:43:38. > :43:40.crime in the future. Changing your behaviour, so children feeling

:43:41. > :43:44.isolated, not going out or not being able to enjoy their local community,

:43:45. > :43:47.as other children in the area would do, like avoiding your local park,

:43:48. > :43:52.which you would want all children to do. If you are a victim of crime,

:43:53. > :43:56.you are more likely to be afraid of it. You also might have a friend or

:43:57. > :44:00.family member, and you take on that fear and you hold onto it. It makes

:44:01. > :44:04.children unhappy. Is it a different picture to previous surveys you

:44:05. > :44:08.might have looked at before? This is the first time we have asked about

:44:09. > :44:11.fear of crime, but this is part of a decade-long piece of research the

:44:12. > :44:19.Children's Society has done, where we ask children directly about their

:44:20. > :44:22.lives. We ask how they feel about their future and aspirations. Over

:44:23. > :44:25.time we have seen children getting more and more unhappy overall which

:44:26. > :44:27.is why we want people to take children's voices seriously and

:44:28. > :44:32.listen to them about how they feel about their lives. The fact crime is

:44:33. > :44:38.the fear most children have doesn't mean it's necessarily the biggest

:44:39. > :44:43.fear is uppermost in individual children's minds. What was that? For

:44:44. > :44:48.children experiencing what we call emotional neglect, and that means

:44:49. > :44:51.not really looked after all that they have the emotional support from

:44:52. > :44:54.their parents or from friends and family. That was the issue that had

:44:55. > :44:59.the biggest impact for the children that experienced it. But for many of

:45:00. > :45:01.these children, they don't experience one of these things in

:45:02. > :45:06.isolation. They have lots of different problems that come

:45:07. > :45:10.together for children to feel unhappy. So over a million children

:45:11. > :45:14.had more than seven problems in their lives. That fear of crime was

:45:15. > :45:17.the most common, but it also included things like living in

:45:18. > :45:21.poverty, not having your own bedroom and having to share with a sibling,

:45:22. > :45:26.and all these things add together so children are more unhappy.

:45:27. > :45:33.What do you think about whether kids have more to be anxious about these

:45:34. > :45:36.days? I feel like in the streets of London especially, it might be like

:45:37. > :45:41.a different ball game completely to the rest of the UK. Gang-related

:45:42. > :45:47.youth violence is on the rise. I feel like, at the end of the day,

:45:48. > :45:52.children shouldn't be scared. They shouldn't be so normalised that

:45:53. > :45:56.people know of it happening so often. I feel like we need to

:45:57. > :45:59.realise that, at the end of the day you could see it has criminals doing

:46:00. > :46:03.this but actually it's other young people that need more guidance than

:46:04. > :46:08.help. You are both members of the youth Parliament, what do you do? As

:46:09. > :46:14.members of the youth Parliament we represent the young people in our

:46:15. > :46:21.areas. We put together events and arrange opportunities for our young

:46:22. > :46:28.people. We also act as a voice to express the issues they are feeling.

:46:29. > :46:32.We've had a tweet. It says I love the way the guy on Victoria live

:46:33. > :46:38.dealt with those guys trying to rob him. Hasn't let it get to him.

:46:39. > :46:45.What's the best advice he would give to kids who were worried, whether

:46:46. > :46:49.it's crime or other issues? You can't ignore it. Stay visually

:46:50. > :46:54.aware. What at the end of the day, get on with your life. I was at

:46:55. > :46:59.Notting Hill Carnival the other day and there was a lot of talk about

:47:00. > :47:02.acid attacks. While you're having fun there's still that certain

:47:03. > :47:07.paranoia. I would say stay aware but get on with your life, have fun.

:47:08. > :47:11.Just remember, it's always good to talk to someone. Don't bottle it up,

:47:12. > :47:15.trust your friends and family and they'll have your back and it'll be

:47:16. > :47:21.fine. I agree. It's really important to be cautious but at the let it get

:47:22. > :47:24.you down so much. Always be cautious, be aware of what's going

:47:25. > :47:30.on and that's the most important advice anyone could have. Thank you.

:47:31. > :47:35.Let us know your thoughts. Coming up, Britain needs to make clear what

:47:36. > :47:37.it wants from Brexit, that's the view of Denmark's ambassador to the

:47:38. > :47:42.UK. We'll speak to him at 10:15am. Bake Off without Mary Berry,

:47:43. > :47:45.or Mel and Sue, seemed unthinkable to many fans,

:47:46. > :47:47.with many fearing the show would flop without them after it's

:47:48. > :47:50.controversial move to Channel 4. The first episode of the new series

:47:51. > :47:53.aired last night with a largely new presenter line-up,

:47:54. > :47:54.after the broadcaster outbid More than 6.5 million people tuned

:47:55. > :48:01.in. Paul Hollywood was joined

:48:02. > :48:04.by fellow judge Prue Leith, presenters Sandi Toksvig

:48:05. > :48:06.and Noel Fielding, and 12 So has the re-jigged format

:48:07. > :48:09.risen to the occasion? Sorry Sue, you did say

:48:10. > :48:17.white tent didn't you? Yeah, but joking can

:48:18. > :48:36.only get you so far. It just says cover the rolls,

:48:37. > :48:44.leaving the bases uncovered. How are you going to

:48:45. > :48:46.pour your chocolate, are you going to pour it on,

:48:47. > :48:49.are you going to dip it? Because we're allowed an exposed

:48:50. > :48:52.bottom I will just pour it all on. If there's an opportunity

:48:53. > :48:54.to the bottom exposed I'm planning on taking my

:48:55. > :48:57.trousers off when Paul You tell them five minutes,

:48:58. > :49:05.because I don't want to make them OK bakers, you've got

:49:06. > :49:07.five minutes left. Use the white chocolate to decorate

:49:08. > :49:11.it in some unspecified way. I'm thinking quite simple,

:49:12. > :49:15.just some sort of lines. Please bring your mini

:49:16. > :49:42.chocolate rolls up and put It's been great, I've loved

:49:43. > :50:13.working with you guys. I'm delighted to say with us in the

:50:14. > :50:15.studio is lots and lots of cake! As well as other people who have strong

:50:16. > :50:18.views on Bake Off. Joining us now is the first ever

:50:19. > :50:21.Great British Bake Off We also have Jackie Heaton,

:50:22. > :50:24.who created the Bake Off Twitter Bake Along,

:50:25. > :50:26.and is also known And Philippa Skett, who threw

:50:27. > :50:30.a Bake Off watching party last night with her friend and fellow Bake Off

:50:31. > :50:32.superfan Toby Shannon. And in true Bake Off Style,

:50:33. > :50:35.they have even brought in some homemade cake to celebrate the start

:50:36. > :50:45.of the new series. We'll look forward to eating beef

:50:46. > :50:50.later, if we allowed! LAUGHTER Wattage will think? I thought it

:50:51. > :50:55.would be good, but I did think it wouldn't be as good as the BBC

:50:56. > :50:58.version. But it was exactly the same. The same things that make the

:50:59. > :51:02.show great were all exactly the same. It's the same people making

:51:03. > :51:06.the show. But not the same people in front of the camera. It was sad to

:51:07. > :51:10.see Sue and Mel and Mary not there. But I think the magic is still

:51:11. > :51:19.completely there, it still felt very much the same show on the BBC. I

:51:20. > :51:22.think it has a really good chance of success. I think it was a wonderful

:51:23. > :51:26.first episode. Did anyone not like it? I was quite impressed to be

:51:27. > :51:31.honest. I had two big worries and that was null and the adverts. But I

:51:32. > :51:39.was quite happy. Why were you worried about Noel? I didn't think

:51:40. > :51:43.he would fit in. You could tell he was slightly nervous but he was

:51:44. > :51:49.coming along. Is there anything you miss? To me it's all about baking

:51:50. > :51:54.anyway, it always has been. One of the interesting things is the fact

:51:55. > :51:58.that they extended the show because of the adverts but they've also

:51:59. > :52:02.removed the historical segments. So actually you get to see more of the

:52:03. > :52:07.contestants and baking. I think really that's what makes the show.

:52:08. > :52:10.The what the macro magic of watching people who bake at home do that in

:52:11. > :52:15.front of millions of people. For me that's where the magic is. What did

:52:16. > :52:19.you think? I thought it was really good. I had quite high expectations.

:52:20. > :52:24.I was a bit reserved when they announced the new presenters and the

:52:25. > :52:31.new judge but I think they worked really well. I think Noel and

:52:32. > :52:34.Sandi's chemistry will develop. They were a bit shy and reserved in the

:52:35. > :52:39.first episode but one of the nice things is we'll get to watch their

:52:40. > :52:42.characters develop. They'll carve out their own niche. I think people

:52:43. > :52:46.are still comparing them to learn and see which is understandable but

:52:47. > :52:52.I think they'll be really good. If you look back to season one, when we

:52:53. > :52:55.did the first audition and someone told us Mel and Sue would present

:52:56. > :53:02.it, nobody thought it would work. The idea of comedians on a cooking

:53:03. > :53:05.show seemed alien. Even Mel and Sue together in the early episodes, the

:53:06. > :53:09.relationship was very different early on. They benefited from it

:53:10. > :53:15.being something that was new, so it was able to build slowly. Much less

:53:16. > :53:19.pressure! I think also the viewing figures are amazing for Channel 4.

:53:20. > :53:24.Their top line is normally 5 million. 6.5 for a show everyone was

:53:25. > :53:30.expecting to bomb is brilliant. Toby, what do you think? I was

:53:31. > :53:35.trying to remain neutral when I heard the news, I thought it would

:53:36. > :53:40.be a disaster. I thought I'll try and watch it with an open mind. When

:53:41. > :53:45.it started, this is all very familiar, and then it was kind of

:53:46. > :53:54.like going into a parallel universe. It's now on Channel 4 and it's got

:53:55. > :53:59.Prue Leith in it, after ten minutes you say OK. Did you miss Mary Berry?

:54:00. > :54:05.I did. I think it's a bit like Doctor Who. Everyone says the old

:54:06. > :54:10.doctor is leaving, no one can replace the doctor. But then you

:54:11. > :54:20.think it works. The king is dead, long live the King! LAUGHTER We

:54:21. > :54:23.still love Mary. I thought Prue Leith was brilliant. I thought she

:54:24. > :54:27.was the best choice for the situation. She's very experienced,

:54:28. > :54:32.very knowledgeable and she came with complete confidence. I think it

:54:33. > :54:36.would have been harder if they put in somebody that nobody knew. A lot

:54:37. > :54:40.of people have heard of Prue Leith and seen her on other things. I

:54:41. > :54:46.think it helps a lot that way. Some comments from people watching. Bake

:54:47. > :54:50.Off will never be the same without Mary Berry. Watched Great British

:54:51. > :54:53.Bake Off, thought I would miss the others but didn't think of them

:54:54. > :54:57.after it started. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Loving the same old format and

:54:58. > :55:02.even the new presenters but hate the adverts cutting short the content

:55:03. > :55:08.and missing much of the judge's feedback. I absolutely loved the

:55:09. > :55:13.first episode, Sandi and Noel were very good as the hosts. I'll so

:55:14. > :55:18.didn't mind the adverts. Love Productions can be very proud of

:55:19. > :55:23.themselves. What about the contestants? It's too early. It's 12

:55:24. > :55:27.people in an hour. Once a couple of them leave, that's when you start to

:55:28. > :55:34.see them blossom. I think there's a really good line-up, some really

:55:35. > :55:43.good decorating talent. I had an automatic thing for Flo. She held

:55:44. > :55:57.her own, didn't she? What was the standout? I loved the melon. I liked

:55:58. > :56:04.the show stopper that was like a platter of sushi. She used a

:56:05. > :56:08.technique to make agar balls. She has a background in biomedical

:56:09. > :56:16.science and brought that into her baking. As a biologist I thought

:56:17. > :56:22.that was really cool. They are using airbrushes. Lots of airbrushes in

:56:23. > :56:27.this episode! I'm a home baker so it's not something that I have in

:56:28. > :56:34.the house. How important is that? We do a break along for the Twitter

:56:35. > :56:41.people. Anyone who wants to join in use the hashtag. But we can't do the

:56:42. > :56:46.show stopper this week basically. We could, we could do the multi-user

:56:47. > :56:52.type thing... For me the one thing about the show that has changed over

:56:53. > :56:55.the years, because the contestants are given a lot longer to prepare,

:56:56. > :57:01.they have to do more decoration because there's no other way to

:57:02. > :57:04.stand out. For me I wish it would retain the home basics. That's what

:57:05. > :57:08.the show did initially, it really got people baking in the kitchen.

:57:09. > :57:11.People aren't going to home and make these extravagant cakes. I thought

:57:12. > :57:16.there was a nice balance with the challenges and the show stopper.

:57:17. > :57:19.This is it with our bakers. You can do the many roles and you know you

:57:20. > :57:24.can give them out to your friends and family. Whereas if you've got a

:57:25. > :57:29.massive cake, it's nobody's birthday. Not that practical. But it

:57:30. > :57:34.the Great British Bake Off that got you into baking? Yes, I used to bake

:57:35. > :57:39.at school and it was quite stressful having a teacher lord over you and

:57:40. > :57:43.making sure it's all within the time of the lesson. When I started at my

:57:44. > :57:48.old job I really got back into baking because there was more fun to

:57:49. > :57:52.it, it was less stressful and more inspiration out there. I think the

:57:53. > :57:57.show is very office friendly. A lot of people are talking about it,

:57:58. > :58:01.everyone can get into it. I think that stimulates people bringing in

:58:02. > :58:05.bakes and bringing people together more. My husband wouldn't dream of

:58:06. > :58:11.baking but he sits and watches it with me and he enjoys it. He would

:58:12. > :58:15.kill me for saying that! This video is, this has come down from

:58:16. > :58:23.Manchester with you this morning. Philippa and Toby, and Edd. Thank

:58:24. > :58:27.you very much! Please keep your comments coming in. Let's catch up

:58:28. > :58:37.with the weather with Carol. The weather today is mixed fortunes.

:58:38. > :58:41.We've got a bit of a north-west and south-east split. If we take a look

:58:42. > :58:45.at that you'll see what I mean. The north and west with sunshine and

:58:46. > :58:50.showers, breezy and a bit warmer than yesterday. Whereas for the

:58:51. > :58:57.South and the East, some of the rain persistent and it's going to feel

:58:58. > :59:02.much cooler than yesterday. Yesterday in Kent we had a high of

:59:03. > :59:09.29, today in the rain will be lucky to hit 15. The reason for the rain

:59:10. > :59:13.is we've got a couple of weather fronts moving towards the south-east

:59:14. > :59:17.corner. Behind it the isobars are quite wide so it's breezy. We have

:59:18. > :59:20.seen Chow was coming in across Northern Ireland and Scotland.

:59:21. > :59:26.Through the data showers developing throughout the day. They will be

:59:27. > :59:35.fewer and further between. Meanwhile our bound -- band of rain will move

:59:36. > :59:41.in. It will brighten up behind it. If you showers across the south-west

:59:42. > :59:45.of England. Many of us will miss those showers. For Wales just if you

:59:46. > :59:49.showers, a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. Highs in

:59:50. > :59:53.Aberystwyth getting up to 16. In Northern Ireland more showers but in

:59:54. > :59:57.between there will still be brighter, sunny skies. There will

:59:58. > :00:04.also be between the prolific show was in Scotland. We are still

:00:05. > :00:07.looking at highs of 16. The northern England, fewer showers but some

:00:08. > :00:12.around interspersed with sunshine. Then we run into the rain crossed

:00:13. > :00:17.East Anglia, Essex and Kent with highs between 12-13. Through the

:00:18. > :00:19.evening and overnight the rain clears off into the near continent.

:00:20. > :00:25.There will still be some showers in the West and the South. Inland it

:00:26. > :00:29.will be largely dry, some mist and fog patches forming. Temperatures

:00:30. > :00:33.9-11. In the countryside temperatures lower than that. It is

:00:34. > :00:37.going to be a chilly start of the day tomorrow. It's also going to be

:00:38. > :00:41.dry for many of us, in the West we will still have overnight showers.

:00:42. > :00:45.Through the date further showers developing. Almost anywhere could

:00:46. > :00:54.catch a shower tomorrow and it could be heavy or thundery. Temperatures

:00:55. > :00:58.in the south-east are recovering. 14-18 is the general temperature

:00:59. > :01:02.level across the UK. On Friday a nippy start to the day but a largely

:01:03. > :01:06.dry one. If you showers around but they will be fewer and further

:01:07. > :01:13.between compared to what we're looking at on Thursday. The

:01:14. > :01:17.Saturday, a chilly start to the day, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of

:01:18. > :01:22.sunshine. Temperatures similar to Friday, 14-21.

:01:23. > :01:24.Hello it's Wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, I'm Joanna Gosling.

:01:25. > :01:31.The United Nations strongly condemns North Korea,

:01:32. > :01:32.after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile over Japan.

:01:33. > :01:35.But China says the US is also partly to blame

:01:36. > :01:38.The world is united against North Korea.

:01:39. > :01:42.It's time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:01:43. > :01:51.The deployment of the THAAD system in Northeast Asia severely

:01:52. > :01:53.jeopardises regional strategic balance, undermining

:01:54. > :01:59.the strategic security interests of all the regional countries.

:02:00. > :02:01.We'll bring more analysis of this story live from Japan,

:02:02. > :02:03.where Theresa May is visiting the PM, and we'll talk

:02:04. > :02:12.President Trump arrives in Texas to survey the damage from the floods.

:02:13. > :02:14.We'll bring you analysis from across the US and Mexico

:02:15. > :02:22.As Britain and the EU engage in the latest round of Brexit talks,

:02:23. > :02:25.the outgoing Danish ambassador to the UK urges Britain to make

:02:26. > :02:35.We'll speak to him live in 15 minutes.

:02:36. > :02:43.Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:02:44. > :02:48.There has been unanimous condemnation of North Korea's firing

:02:49. > :02:53.of a missile over Japan at a United Nations Security Council meeting.

:02:54. > :02:56.Pyongyang has described the lodge is the first step of military

:02:57. > :03:00.operations in the Pacific. The Security Council has demanded the

:03:01. > :03:03.country abandons its nuclear weapons programme and has stopped short of

:03:04. > :03:06.The world is united against North Korea.

:03:07. > :03:10.It is time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger

:03:11. > :03:15.The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue,

:03:16. > :03:20.and the rest of the world is with us.

:03:21. > :03:25.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda as Theresa May begins

:03:26. > :03:28.a visit to Japan today - her first as Prime Minister.

:03:29. > :03:30.She'll be hoping to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.

:03:31. > :03:33.Mrs May has described Japan as a "like minded nation"

:03:34. > :03:50.What we want to do is make sure we deliver on the vote

:03:51. > :03:52.of the British people to leave the European Union,

:03:53. > :03:55.but while we do that we are also looking to the future.

:03:56. > :03:58.This isn't just about Brexit, it's about ensuring we get the deal

:03:59. > :04:02.right, and it's about an optimistic future for the United Kingdom.

:04:03. > :04:06.That's about not just a trade deal with the European Union,

:04:07. > :04:09.but trade deals around the rest of the world, and that's one

:04:10. > :04:11.of the things I will be discussing here in Japan.

:04:12. > :04:15.A night-time curfew has been imposed in Houston in Texas in a bid

:04:16. > :04:17.to deter looting in the wake of tropical storm Harvey,

:04:18. > :04:24.Around 20 people are reported to have died

:04:25. > :04:27.and 30,000 have been forced from their homes with more than 3000

:04:28. > :04:28.having been rescued from the floodwaters.

:04:29. > :04:30.Large swathes of Texas remain underwater with almost 52 inches

:04:31. > :04:33.of rain fall since the hurricane made landfall on Friday.

:04:34. > :04:35.Kezia Dugdale has resigned as leader of Scottish Labour,

:04:36. > :04:37.after less than two years in the post.

:04:38. > :04:40.The Lothians MSP insists she is leaving the party in a much

:04:41. > :04:44.She's also rejected the idea her departure has anything to do

:04:45. > :04:46.with her previous criticism of Jeremy Corbyn.

:04:47. > :04:49.More than 6.5 million viewers tuned in to The Great British

:04:50. > :04:51.Bake Off last night - the show's first episode

:04:52. > :04:54.This series sees some alterations to the line-up,

:04:55. > :04:57.as presenting duo Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig -

:04:58. > :05:00.and new judge Prue Leith - joined Paul Hollywood on the team.

:05:01. > :05:12.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10:30.

:05:13. > :05:17.Let us know your thoughts on Great British Bake Off and everything else

:05:18. > :05:19.you're talking about this morning. Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

:05:20. > :05:23.and If you text, you will be charged Just two days left in the current

:05:24. > :05:32.transfer window and it looks like Arsenal are in for a busy 24

:05:33. > :05:35.hours or so. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has turned

:05:36. > :05:37.down a move to Chelsea from Arsenal despite the two clubs

:05:38. > :05:39.agreeing a ?40 million fee. We understand the England

:05:40. > :05:41.international wants a move to Liverpool, with a bid expected

:05:42. > :05:44.to come before tomorrow's Meanwhile Arsenal have

:05:45. > :05:47.rejected a ?50 million bid from Manchester City for Alexis

:05:48. > :05:48.Sanchez. The Chile international will also be

:05:49. > :05:51.available to leave on a free Arsene Wenger would like

:05:52. > :05:54.City's Raheem Sterling Leicester midfielder

:05:55. > :05:59.Danny Drinkwater has asked to leave the club

:06:00. > :06:03.following interest from Chelsea. The Premier League champions have

:06:04. > :06:06.already had two bids turned down Leicester have previously

:06:07. > :06:09.stated they do not wish And that's not the only business

:06:10. > :06:14.Chelsea are interested in. They've also had a ?25

:06:15. > :06:16.million bid rejected Chelsea's offer is below Everton's

:06:17. > :06:23.original ?50 million price tag. Barkley's another player who has

:06:24. > :06:26.just one year left on his contract The England head coach

:06:27. > :06:34.Trevor Bayliss says he hopes Joe Root won't change his approach

:06:35. > :06:36.to aggressive declarations despite The tourists clinched victory

:06:37. > :06:41.on the final day of the 2nd Test at Headingley yesterday to level

:06:42. > :06:42.the 3-match series. Former England captain

:06:43. > :06:44.Michael Atherton called it The West Indies were chasing over

:06:45. > :06:51.300 runs to win on the final day but two crucial dropped catches

:06:52. > :06:54.from Alastair Cook and a century for Shai Hope set the platform

:06:55. > :06:57.for the surprise victory following their heavy defeat

:06:58. > :06:59.at the Oval last week. Hope became the first man to score

:07:00. > :07:02.centuries in both innings of a first-class

:07:03. > :07:10.match at Headingley. At no point whirly complacent. We

:07:11. > :07:14.looked at the conditions, it was spinning, the fifth day, and we took

:07:15. > :07:18.the positive option. We wanted to try to win a game. We are a positive

:07:19. > :07:22.side wants to try to win Test matches. Unfortunately we were not

:07:23. > :07:26.able to do that today. If we were right on it and taken all of our

:07:27. > :07:29.chances then it might have been slightly different. But credit to

:07:30. > :07:31.the West Indies, they played fantastically well today.

:07:32. > :07:33.Roger Federer has survived a scare to reach the second

:07:34. > :07:41.Federer - looking to win a record 20th grand slam title -

:07:42. > :07:46.beat American teenager Francis Tiafoe in five sets.

:07:47. > :07:51.He had been worried prior about a niggling back injury that caused him

:07:52. > :07:56.to miss the Cincinnati Masters. In the end it was the drama, the back

:07:57. > :08:00.and forth. It was very exciting. I really enjoyed myself even though

:08:01. > :08:02.maybe I was tired and nervous at the end. But it was very cool to be part

:08:03. > :08:05.of that match. There's been another major shock

:08:06. > :08:08.in the women's draw. World number 45 Naomi Osaka

:08:09. > :08:12.from Japan beat defending champion Angelique Kerber in straight sets -

:08:13. > :08:15.the first time in 13 years the champion has gone out

:08:16. > :08:22.in the opening round. And it's only the second time in US

:08:23. > :08:26.Open history. Angelique Kerber's bad form continues.

:08:27. > :08:29.Tropical storm Harvey appears to be moving northwards after battering

:08:30. > :08:30.the American city of Houston with record-breaking

:08:31. > :08:38.A night time curfew is in place to deter looters as rescue

:08:39. > :08:43.Yesterday President Trump arrived at the town of Corpus Christi

:08:44. > :08:44.to visit those affected by the flooding.

:08:45. > :08:47.Let's listen to what he had to say, first to some rescue workers,

:08:48. > :08:56.These are words used to describe this monster known as Harvey.

:08:57. > :09:00.But the job you've done is very special, and I said let's fly over

:09:01. > :09:04.and see these great people, the nerve centre, really.

:09:05. > :09:07.And we appreciate it very much, and millions of people appreciate

:09:08. > :09:11.But the world is watching, and the world is very impressed

:09:12. > :09:16.I just want to say, we love you, you are special.

:09:17. > :09:21.It's going well, and I want to thank you for coming out.

:09:22. > :09:24.We're going to get you back and operating immediately.

:09:25. > :09:34.I will tell you, this is historic, it's epic, what happened.

:09:35. > :09:36.But, you know what, it happened in Texas and Texas

:09:37. > :09:49.Famously, George W Bush was criticised for his handling

:09:50. > :09:51.of the 2005 hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, when

:09:52. > :09:55.So how has Donald Trump's response played with the American people?

:09:56. > :10:01.Let's speak now to Peter Goodman from the New York Times.

:10:02. > :10:02.Blanquita Cullum, who is a Republican

:10:03. > :10:05.broadcaster based in Texas - she also used to work for the

:10:06. > :10:07.Federal Emergency Management Agency, which co-ordinates the response

:10:08. > :10:13.Andalusia Knoll Soloff is a journalist based in Mexico-

:10:14. > :10:16.the country is pledging its support to the US, in response

:10:17. > :10:19.to President Trump re-iterating his demand for them to pay for a wall

:10:20. > :10:26.And Paul Simpson, the County Chair of the Harris County

:10:27. > :10:35.Thank you all very much for joining us. Paul Simpson first of all, how

:10:36. > :10:41.would you describe the handling of what has happened? I think it has

:10:42. > :10:45.been very effective. The one thing you have to keep in mind is that

:10:46. > :10:49.government is divided in many ways and at many levels in the United

:10:50. > :10:52.States. This type of disaster is best handled at the local level. I

:10:53. > :10:59.think local officials here have done a very superb job in organising and

:11:00. > :11:03.dealing with the disaster. We look later to outside help from the State

:11:04. > :11:06.governments and then the federal governments to supplement those

:11:07. > :11:13.efforts, particularly in recovery. But Harris County, where Houston is,

:11:14. > :11:19.the greater Houston area population is more than 6 million people. They

:11:20. > :11:22.have 22 different watersheds, so it's a very complexes situation and

:11:23. > :11:26.it's important we have people on the ground who know how to deal with it

:11:27. > :11:29.and I think local and county officials have done a great job of

:11:30. > :11:35.that. Peter Goodman, what about the role of the president? Any time the

:11:36. > :11:39.president of the United States or any political leader shows up at a

:11:40. > :11:42.disaster zone, there is an element of showmanship. They are not there

:11:43. > :11:46.to lift sandbags and physically rescue people. They are therefore

:11:47. > :11:50.symbolic support. With this president in particular its always a

:11:51. > :11:54.show and it's always about him. Notice that he didn't mix with any

:11:55. > :11:59.actual people, he didn't visit rescue centres or shelters. He sat

:12:00. > :12:04.in a room full of people in uniforms with maps and projected a sense of

:12:05. > :12:09.help being on the way. He can never really contain this ability to make

:12:10. > :12:12.it all about himself. He emerged from the fire house in Corpus

:12:13. > :12:16.Christi saying, what an enormous crowd, as if it was a political

:12:17. > :12:22.rally will stop he put the focus on his own role in this. We hope to

:12:23. > :12:26.look back ten years from now and see that we have led the way, and this

:12:27. > :12:29.is how you handle such a disaster. There has been a reaction on social

:12:30. > :12:33.media and also on the ground that yet again we have this reality

:12:34. > :12:38.television star president who has made it all about himself as opposed

:12:39. > :12:41.to project genuine empathy. Paul Connolly you were shaking your head

:12:42. > :12:48.while Peter was talking. Why was that? He clearly has an agenda and

:12:49. > :12:53.an axe to grind. What the president is doing is appropriate. He's at the

:12:54. > :12:58.managerial level. President Obama did not even show up for the people

:12:59. > :13:03.of Louisiana during major flooding of previous years. President Trump

:13:04. > :13:07.is doing the right thing and the right role to oversee the folks on

:13:08. > :13:10.the ground and not try to micromanage. It's his job to make

:13:11. > :13:14.sure resources are available. That's the President's job. I think what is

:13:15. > :13:19.bothersome to the millions of people who are dealing with the storm, and

:13:20. > :13:23.people who have been in serious harm's way, is the politicising of

:13:24. > :13:26.the whole event, which is not politicised here on the ground for

:13:27. > :13:29.the people that matter. The outside world and people in New York might

:13:30. > :13:33.want to somehow blame this on Donald Trump. The federal government is

:13:34. > :13:39.doing the appropriate thing and working hand in hand with the local

:13:40. > :13:43.and state officials. How do you see the way the president is handling

:13:44. > :13:48.it? He will be mindful of the fact George W Bush came in for so much

:13:49. > :13:49.criticism and many people say he never recovered from that after

:13:50. > :14:04.hurricane Katrina. Yellow this totally different ball game. I have

:14:05. > :14:08.a lot of family in Houston. Thousands of people have been

:14:09. > :14:12.rescued. People are coming from all over. You have the Cajun navy coming

:14:13. > :14:17.from Louisiana, truckers coming from all over. People bringing private

:14:18. > :14:22.boats. Nobody is asking what party they are from, what colour they are,

:14:23. > :14:26.what religion they are, in Texas its neighbours and friends helping

:14:27. > :14:32.neighbours. The president coming over here was a very positive thing.

:14:33. > :14:37.I have to agree with the gentleman from Harris County. The other thing

:14:38. > :14:44.is, Corpus Christi was hit with the blunt force of a hurricane. If you

:14:45. > :14:48.turn around and you go under the direction to Rockport, people forget

:14:49. > :14:56.that Rockport looked like a bomb hit it. That community is completely

:14:57. > :15:01.destroyed. And in Houston, it will take years for it to recover. It's

:15:02. > :15:05.going to affect an awful lot of people, and remember, after Katrina

:15:06. > :15:11.many people came to Houston to be able to escape the ravages and

:15:12. > :15:16.destruction that happened. So we are very sensitive to this. And when you

:15:17. > :15:22.hear all this baloney from people who want to try to politicise it,

:15:23. > :15:26.shame on them. It's more shallow than I can even express. Frankly, I

:15:27. > :15:35.hope the waters will be as shallow as some of the critics pretty soon.

:15:36. > :15:42.44% of the population of Houston is Latino. Another 25% is

:15:43. > :15:47.African-American. President Trump accused Mexicans of being rapists,

:15:48. > :15:53.criticised a federal judge, said he couldn't be impartial because he is

:15:54. > :15:58.of Mexican heritage. This is someone who is a few days removed from

:15:59. > :16:03.showing support for neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Is that relevant

:16:04. > :16:07.when it comes to his response? It's relevant enough that the mayor of

:16:08. > :16:11.Houston felt compelled to save undocumented immigrants in the

:16:12. > :16:16.Houston area, please don't be afraid that you will be prosecuted and

:16:17. > :16:21.deported if you seek help. He had to say publicly please seek help and I

:16:22. > :16:25.will personally defend you if you're prosecuted as a result of outing

:16:26. > :16:29.yourself as an undocumented immigrant. Tens billions of dollars

:16:30. > :16:36.will be needed to reconstruct this area. After Katrina and the damage

:16:37. > :16:40.that was $150 billion, we had a lot of Republicans who demanded any

:16:41. > :16:45.spending for the relief efforts be offset by cuts to the other

:16:46. > :16:49.programmes. Eventually when the rebuilding starts will be in a

:16:50. > :16:55.situation where the interests of poor people who need health care,

:16:56. > :16:58.elderly people, will be played off against the people in need of rescue

:16:59. > :17:04.and will see an unequal disbursement. I will go back to you

:17:05. > :17:10.but I just want to bring in Andalusia. You're in Mexico, how is

:17:11. > :17:15.this being seen? I will say that in the general public's view, people

:17:16. > :17:19.are talking about it a lot. In the government they are talking about it

:17:20. > :17:25.as Donald Trump resorted to Twitter to first talk about Harvey, then

:17:26. > :17:28.take a few blows that Mexico. Saying Mexico has too much crime and they

:17:29. > :17:32.need to build a wall and Nafta is the worst trade deal ever, and they

:17:33. > :17:42.must renegotiate. Then going back to tweeting about Harvey. The secretary

:17:43. > :17:46.of foreign affairs responded saying Mexico maintains their stance that

:17:47. > :17:49.they will not build the wall and also they will not engage in these

:17:50. > :17:54.kinds of conversations over social media. And the Mexican government

:17:55. > :17:57.has taken this opportunity to express its solidarity with the

:17:58. > :18:02.people and government of the United States as a result of the damage

:18:03. > :18:06.caused by Hurricane Harvey, and said they would censor board. Mexico sent

:18:07. > :18:14.support during Katrina hand has offered to send support now. They

:18:15. > :18:18.have said they are sending 35 people from the Red Cross who are experts

:18:19. > :18:23.in disaster control, and will continue to speak with the governor

:18:24. > :18:33.of Texas instead of negotiating with Donald Trump. We are almost out of

:18:34. > :18:37.time. The other baloney is Mexico right now can't even protect its own

:18:38. > :18:42.journalists. We have ten Mexican journalists that have been killed,

:18:43. > :18:47.Mexico needs to clean up its own act and I say that as a Mexican

:18:48. > :18:54.Americans. This is obviously not related to the hurricane itself.

:18:55. > :18:59.This racial and ethnic baloney that we are going through with this

:19:00. > :19:06.hurricane, it's crazy. Thank you for joining us.

:19:07. > :19:11.Still to come, as the UN condemns North Korea for launching a missile

:19:12. > :19:13.over Japan, we speak to a North Korean to find out what people there

:19:14. > :19:15.think. Theresa May says no deal on Brexit

:19:16. > :19:18.is still better than a bad deal. The Prime mInister is currently

:19:19. > :19:21.on a trip to Japan with a 15 member business delegation,

:19:22. > :19:23.for talks aimed at easing Discussions will focus on developing

:19:24. > :19:27.a free trade agreement after Britain She's been speaking to our political

:19:28. > :19:42.correspondent Ben Wright in Kyoto. The Japanese government, the EU and

:19:43. > :19:46.businesses are asking for more clarity about your Brexit aims. They

:19:47. > :19:54.want details. What more you going to be able to say this week? I'm going

:19:55. > :19:57.to be talking to my Japanese counterpart Prime Minister Abe this

:19:58. > :20:02.week about the future relationship between the UK and Japan, how we can

:20:03. > :20:05.build on what is already a good, strong relationship, but build on

:20:06. > :20:09.that in the areas of security, defence and trade. And look to the

:20:10. > :20:13.arrangements we can put in place when we've left the EU. As regards

:20:14. > :20:16.the details of our aims for the EU and our relationship with them in

:20:17. > :20:20.the future, we've been publishing a series of papers over the summer,

:20:21. > :20:23.there will be more papers to come, where we are setting out the key

:20:24. > :20:30.issues that both sides need to address. The ideas we have of how to

:20:31. > :20:33.deal with those. It's the United Kingdom that's been coming forward

:20:34. > :20:38.with the ideas and with the clarity about the future. It's clear Japan

:20:39. > :20:42.doesn't want Britain to crash out of the EU in March 20 19. Over the

:20:43. > :20:46.summer your Chancellor and trade Secretary both said Britain needs a

:20:47. > :20:51.transitional arrangement. Do you still think no deal is better than a

:20:52. > :20:55.bad deal, we could still walk away? Yes, I think that is right. But if

:20:56. > :21:00.you talk about the point at which we leave the EU, we want to ensure that

:21:01. > :21:06.at that point we do have a deal that is the right deal for the UK. I said

:21:07. > :21:11.back in January in my speech in Lancaster house, that one of the

:21:12. > :21:14.things we wanted to ensure what a smooth changeover from the

:21:15. > :21:18.membership of the European Union to the future arrangements, and that we

:21:19. > :21:22.would need to have a period of time to implement any practical changes

:21:23. > :21:26.that needed to take place. How long might that arrangement last, and

:21:27. > :21:30.could it mean staying inside the single market, the EEA and the

:21:31. > :21:34.customs union as Labour nothing Britain should do? What we see from

:21:35. > :21:38.the Labour Party is yet another position from them in relation to

:21:39. > :21:41.the European Union. As we've also seen, not a position that is

:21:42. > :21:46.welcomed by all members of the Labour Party. If we look at what we

:21:47. > :21:49.are talking about, we are talking about negotiating a deal with the

:21:50. > :21:54.European Union, within their two-year timescale, a deal that is

:21:55. > :21:57.right for the UK but also ride for the European Union, that develops a

:21:58. > :22:04.deep and special partnership between the UK and the remaining 27 members

:22:05. > :22:07.of the European Union. And that in order to ensure that businesses and

:22:08. > :22:12.individuals don't face that cliff edge, that we see a smooth path from

:22:13. > :22:19.the existing relationship to the future relationship, we will be as

:22:20. > :22:23.part of the negotiations looking at how we practically implement any

:22:24. > :22:28.changes. Do you roll out remaining in the single market and the customs

:22:29. > :22:32.union for that transitional period? What I set out in my Lancaster house

:22:33. > :22:36.speech is that you can't be a member of the single market without being a

:22:37. > :22:41.member of the European Union, and we're leaving the European Union.

:22:42. > :22:44.You could join the EEA, that's Labour's suggestions. We want to

:22:45. > :22:48.make sure we deliver on the fate of the British people to leave the EU,

:22:49. > :22:52.and that while we do that we are also looking to the future. This

:22:53. > :22:56.isn't just about Brexit, it's about ensuring we get that deal right.

:22:57. > :23:00.It's about how not to Mystic future for the UK. That's about not just

:23:01. > :23:03.the trade deal with the European Union, but trade deals around the

:23:04. > :23:10.rest of the world. That's one of the things I'm going to be discussing

:23:11. > :23:13.here in Japan. Japan is a long-standing partner of the UK,

:23:14. > :23:18.significant investments from the UK into Japan and Japan into the UK. We

:23:19. > :23:26.seen Nissan, Toyota, investing in the UK since the vote took place. As

:23:27. > :23:29.part of the visit here today, ?500 billion Aston Martin deal. These are

:23:30. > :23:33.important developments for our economy and for the relationship

:23:34. > :23:37.with Japan. North Korea is clearly a pressing crisis in Japan. During

:23:38. > :23:41.your discussions this week, what more will you be able to say about

:23:42. > :23:46.Britain's possible role in resolving this crisis? I want to work with

:23:47. > :23:49.Prime Minister Abe and other international partners to do what we

:23:50. > :23:53.all want to do, which is to stop North Korea from conducting these

:23:54. > :23:58.illegal activities. These are illegal tests and it is outrageous,

:23:59. > :24:02.it is provocation, and they should be stopping them. There's been a

:24:03. > :24:07.discussion in the United Nations Security Council and I'm pleased

:24:08. > :24:10.there was a united condemnation of North Korea from the United Nations

:24:11. > :24:13.Security Council. We want to work with international partners to see

:24:14. > :24:17.what further pressure can be brought on North Korea, and particularly

:24:18. > :24:21.look at what China can do to bring pressure on North Korea.

:24:22. > :24:27.Staying with Brexit - and as the latest round of

:24:28. > :24:30.negotiations continues in Brussels - today there's a stark warning

:24:31. > :24:33.from one of Europe's top diplomats that Britain needs to make clear

:24:34. > :24:35.what the UK will look like after Brexit urgently or it

:24:36. > :24:38.will "fall off a cliff-edge" and run out of time to negotiate

:24:39. > :24:42.The Danish Ambassador to Britain is about to return home after four

:24:43. > :24:45.years in the role and he's joining us exclusively this morning.

:24:46. > :24:50.His Excellency Claus Grube is here to talk with us now.

:24:51. > :25:02.Welcome, thank you for joining us. An amazing four years, lots

:25:03. > :25:06.happening politically, how have you felt? You have entertained me

:25:07. > :25:14.tremendously. I came in the summer of 2013 where the debate was getting

:25:15. > :25:17.lively on the Scottish referendum on independence. Then we had the

:25:18. > :25:24.elections in 2015, then the referendum on Brexit, and now we

:25:25. > :25:28.have the elections in June. The debate on Brexit is continuing, so

:25:29. > :25:32.there has been very interesting and quite challenging also from time to

:25:33. > :25:37.time. What was your personal reaction to Brexit? Like many other

:25:38. > :25:50.Danish people, we have been partners with the UK. We will also together

:25:51. > :25:54.before 1973. We respected the outcome. We have a great tradition

:25:55. > :25:57.of referenda in Denmark. We know this is a legitimate process which

:25:58. > :26:03.we have to respect the outcome of. Is it in Britain's best interests? I

:26:04. > :26:12.mean, it remains to be seen. Now we have to negotiate an orderly exit

:26:13. > :26:15.and then we'll see what happens. We've just heard from Theresa May

:26:16. > :26:19.saying she still believes no deal is better than a bad deal. I think it's

:26:20. > :26:27.better that we go to the negotiation table and we talk about things. I

:26:28. > :26:37.don't think it contributes to making a better atmosphere. I think we have

:26:38. > :26:40.to go down to the details. It's very positive that the British government

:26:41. > :26:44.have presented a number of papers that will give us the opportunity to

:26:45. > :26:48.go into the details of the realities of the negotiations. Is it

:26:49. > :26:51.embarrassing when the president of the EU Commission says he's taken

:26:52. > :26:57.the time to look at those positioning papers and he's said

:26:58. > :27:01.that none of them is satisfactory? He has to reply to that question.

:27:02. > :27:14.It's not for me to comment on his views on that. We will study the

:27:15. > :27:19.papers in detail... It's the perception of Britain not being

:27:20. > :27:23.properly prepared, is that a sense you have? I think you've had a long

:27:24. > :27:32.debate. It's now more than a year ago that the referendum took place.

:27:33. > :27:35.It's been a long and British debate. Without a lot of wishful thinking

:27:36. > :27:43.about the future and how to get out of the EU. But you also have to bear

:27:44. > :27:47.in mind that this is a process which is taking place within an

:27:48. > :27:51.international treaty framework. We have clear rules in Article 50, and

:27:52. > :27:55.we have adopted a mandate of the European Council to guide these

:27:56. > :27:59.negotiations and ask the commission to do it on our behalf. You also

:28:00. > :28:04.have to bear in mind that in other countries like my own country, there

:28:05. > :28:09.is also political constituencies and economic interests to take care of.

:28:10. > :28:18.Every country has their own issues to take care of. Which also has to

:28:19. > :28:21.be approved by our Parliament. When you say there has been a lot of

:28:22. > :28:25.wishful thinking through the debate, do you think the British people have

:28:26. > :28:30.been misled on what Brexit actually means? I do think so. I think it's

:28:31. > :28:36.part of this clarification process on what actually Brexit means. What

:28:37. > :28:42.does it mean for you? What do you think would be in Britain's best

:28:43. > :28:46.interest? If we could choose we would like to see the UK as close as

:28:47. > :28:52.possible to the internal market, the customs union, maybe a country like

:28:53. > :28:58.Norway or Switzerland. But I understand from the political debate

:28:59. > :29:00.and the choices made by the British government, that that is not in the

:29:01. > :29:06.objectives that they are aiming at. I think it has been made clear by

:29:07. > :29:10.Prime Minister Theresa May that you want to leave the internal market

:29:11. > :29:14.and the customs union. Of course that will also have some

:29:15. > :29:18.consequences. Should there be a second referendum? That's not for me

:29:19. > :29:21.to decide. But will be for the British government and the British

:29:22. > :29:26.Parliament to decide if they want to consult the people again. As you

:29:27. > :29:30.know, from the Scottish referendum and the Brexit referendum, these are

:29:31. > :29:34.very complicated political processes. I think before you

:29:35. > :29:41.contemplate ideas like that, you have to consider very carefully what

:29:42. > :29:44.kind of questions you want to ask. The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

:29:45. > :29:52.has been described, it seems, by some diplomats as a joke. One

:29:53. > :29:55.newspaper has quoted an unnamed minister in Europe that "There's not

:29:56. > :30:01.a single Foreign Minister who taken seriously, they think he's a clown

:30:02. > :30:06.who can never resist a gag". It's not for me, I mean for us as

:30:07. > :30:11.professional diplomats, any Foreign Minister democratically elected and

:30:12. > :30:15.appointed, is a serious Foreign Minister for any country and we will

:30:16. > :30:20.always deal seriously with them. Obviously you've been here because

:30:21. > :30:30.of the relationship between Denmark and Britain. Going forward, how do

:30:31. > :30:34.you see economic relations? France has made clear it wants to attract

:30:35. > :30:38.as much business from Britain as possible to effectively capitalise

:30:39. > :30:43.on Brexit. Would Denmark look to attract British business?

:30:44. > :30:50.We do our day to day business at the embassy. Even before I came here,

:30:51. > :30:52.one part of the Ambassador's job was to attract British investment into

:30:53. > :30:58.Denmark. That's part of normal business. How do we approach it? I

:30:59. > :31:03.can put it in simple terms are saying that we are hoping for as

:31:04. > :31:07.frictionless trade as possible. There will be consequences for our

:31:08. > :31:13.economic relations. We will make sure that we protect Danish

:31:14. > :31:19.interests in these negotiations. Any kind of position that will entail

:31:20. > :31:23.that jobs, investments or companies will be moved from Denmark to the

:31:24. > :31:27.United Kingdom, I think it would be difficult for the danish government

:31:28. > :31:33.to approve that, but that's only natural. That said, after we have

:31:34. > :31:36.taken care of our interest and the interest of the 27 member states,

:31:37. > :31:46.for us our main trading partner is the European Union. The integrity of

:31:47. > :31:52.the single market is of the utmost importance to us, and we will bear

:31:53. > :31:55.that in mind, that all the benefits and advantages we have gained over

:31:56. > :32:01.the last 40 years in creating the internal market, which was also a

:32:02. > :32:04.British idea, and promoted very strongly by Margaret Thatcher, that

:32:05. > :32:08.this will be safeguarded for the future. We would like to see the UK

:32:09. > :32:14.as close as possible. Does there need to be clarity by the end of the

:32:15. > :32:19.year? The clock is ticking. That's the real challenge, I think. One

:32:20. > :32:23.thing is the divorce, which is actually what we are negotiating

:32:24. > :32:31.now, according to Article 50 and the treaty. That's where we have the

:32:32. > :32:36.two-year deadline. But if you want to avoid the so-called cliff edge,

:32:37. > :32:41.we will have to come by the end of the two-year deadline, have to look

:32:42. > :32:44.again to the future. Is there a danger companies will start to

:32:45. > :32:47.actually decide their contingency planning has to go ahead by the end

:32:48. > :32:54.of this year potentially if they don't know what the shape of Brexit

:32:55. > :32:58.will be? It could be. What really affects Danish companies in the

:32:59. > :33:05.United Kingdom is all the uncertainty which came after the

:33:06. > :33:11.Brexit referendum. As long as this uncertainty is continuing, the more

:33:12. > :33:14.difficult it is for them to make long-term investments and plans.

:33:15. > :33:21.That's the uncertainty that is primarily hampering. But we have

:33:22. > :33:31.been here for 1000 years in different kinds of ways. We will

:33:32. > :33:35.always trade in the future. Betis. No under which conditions. How

:33:36. > :33:39.helpful are you that the shape of it will lead to a better outcome in the

:33:40. > :33:46.end for Britain out the EU? It's for the British to come up with the

:33:47. > :33:50.negotiations of what you would call a better outcome. We all hope we

:33:51. > :33:58.will find a way forward that will have to be a compromise. You need to

:33:59. > :34:05.the tango desperately need two to tango.

:34:06. > :34:08.When we negotiate between partners in the European Union and

:34:09. > :34:12.internationally, we have to compromise and we have to make sure

:34:13. > :34:17.we can find a way forward that will, if I may say so, have 28 winners.

:34:18. > :34:24.Not a situation where there is only one winner and 27 losers, that will

:34:25. > :34:28.not fly. You have spoken a few times about a typically British attitudes,

:34:29. > :34:31.effectively leaving after four years in the country, what do you take

:34:32. > :34:37.away and how do you see the country? I think you have a fantastic

:34:38. > :34:41.country, a great country. We have enjoyed it tremendously and I thank

:34:42. > :34:43.you very much for giving me this opportunity to give a decent

:34:44. > :34:49.farewell to all the friends that we have here in the UK. I see a country

:34:50. > :34:55.with a lot of resources and a lot of strength. And now a very politically

:34:56. > :35:00.engaged population, especially among young people. I think that bodes

:35:01. > :35:03.well for the future. If you could give some advice to Theresa May

:35:04. > :35:13.right now, for what she should do, what would it be? I think we are

:35:14. > :35:18.very happy for clarification of the British position. I would also hope

:35:19. > :35:23.that the British Prime Minister will be made a little bit clearer on what

:35:24. > :35:30.we call the financial settlement, which we have to deal with, apart

:35:31. > :35:33.from the issues of citizens and the border issues and customs issues and

:35:34. > :35:39.Northern Ireland, we also have to have some clarity as to the

:35:40. > :35:42.financial settlement. But I am sure we'll get there one day. Thank you

:35:43. > :35:49.very much indeed for coming in and speaking us.

:35:50. > :35:59.Still to come, condemnation over North Korean action. But how are the

:36:00. > :36:01.actions being seen in Asia? We will speak to Japan and a North Korean

:36:02. > :36:07.defector. After Kezia Dugdale steps down as

:36:08. > :36:09.the Labour leader in Scotland, we will speak to somebody who sits on

:36:10. > :36:11.the Labour lobby. There has been unanimous

:36:12. > :36:13.condemnation of North Korea's firing of a missile over Japan

:36:14. > :36:16.at a United Nations Pyongyang has described the launch

:36:17. > :36:25.as the first step of military The Security Council has demanded

:36:26. > :36:30.the country abandons its nuclear weapons programme but has stopped

:36:31. > :36:32.short of threatening North Korea is expected to be high

:36:33. > :36:37.on the agenda as Theresa May begins a visit to Japan today -

:36:38. > :36:40.her first as Prime Minister. She'll be hoping to discuss

:36:41. > :36:42.a post-Brexit trade deal. Mrs May has described Japan

:36:43. > :36:45.as a "like minded nation" A night-time curfew has been imposed

:36:46. > :36:49.in Houston in Texas in a bid to deter looting in the wake

:36:50. > :36:51.of tropical storm Harvey, Around 20 people are reported

:36:52. > :36:59.to have died and 30,000 have been Large swathes of Texas remain

:37:00. > :37:03.underwater with almost 52 inches of rain fall since the hurricane

:37:04. > :37:10.made landfall on Friday. Let's catch up with the support

:37:11. > :37:19.right now. The smack with the It looks increasingly likely that

:37:20. > :37:21.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be playing for Liverpool next season -

:37:22. > :37:24.he turned down a move to Chelsea, despite Arsenal agreeing to sell him

:37:25. > :37:26.for 40 million pounds. Liverpool are expected to make

:37:27. > :37:29.an offer before the transfer And a shock at the US Open -

:37:30. > :37:33.defending champion Angelique Kerber has been knocked out by American

:37:34. > :37:35.teenager Naomi Osaka. It's only the second time

:37:36. > :37:38.in the history of the tournament that the defending champion has gone

:37:39. > :37:42.out in the first round. Is it the greatest

:37:43. > :37:44.upset in test cricket? Michael Atherton thinks so -

:37:45. > :37:47.West Indies beat England by 5 That's after they lost the first

:37:48. > :37:54.test by an innings and 209 runs - the result means the series is tied

:37:55. > :38:04.at 1-1 going into the last test. A judge has ruled that a Christian

:38:05. > :38:09.girl at the centre of a fostering row should live with a family member

:38:10. > :38:13.in a case in which it was claimed she was placed

:38:14. > :38:16.with a Muslim foster family. Adina Campbell is at

:38:17. > :38:23.the East London family court now. this has obviously become a very

:38:24. > :38:31.high profile case. What's the latest? As you say, a judge here in

:38:32. > :38:37.East London has now decided that the girl will be looked after by a

:38:38. > :38:42.family member. This comes after recent newspaper reports that the

:38:43. > :38:48.girl was being cared for by Ruslan foster carers and it is claimed that

:38:49. > :38:50.went against her Christian heritage. -- by Muslim Foster carers. It's

:38:51. > :38:57.also claimed the girl was encouraged to speak Arabic. Tower Hamlets

:38:58. > :39:01.council has rejected the claims, saying that the girls looked after

:39:02. > :39:05.by an English speaking family of a mixed-race origin. The reports in

:39:06. > :39:10.the papers has led to widespread controversy. We've had reaction from

:39:11. > :39:14.the children's Commissioner England and Longford who said after reading

:39:15. > :39:18.reports in the newspaper that she had ongoing concerns and she would

:39:19. > :39:23.be contacting the director of children's services at Tower Hamlets

:39:24. > :39:26.council. Further in the Tower Hamlets statement it says that there

:39:27. > :39:30.had been inaccuracies in a newspaper reporting of the case and the

:39:31. > :39:33.decision to choose Foster carers for a child is based on a number of

:39:34. > :39:38.factors, including cultural background. The judge here has

:39:39. > :39:42.decided the girl will be looked after by a family member. When it

:39:43. > :39:45.comes to fostering in England, the advice is that foster carers don't

:39:46. > :39:49.necessarily need to be the same ethnic background as the child, but

:39:50. > :39:51.they point out carers must be equipped to deal with a child's

:39:52. > :40:01.background and religious needs. An emergency meeting of the UN

:40:02. > :40:06.Security Council has condemned as outrageous North Korea's firing of a

:40:07. > :40:13.ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday but has not threatens new

:40:14. > :40:16.sanctions. It has urged Pyongyang to exercise restraint and abandon its

:40:17. > :40:21.nuclear programme together. North Korea's official news agency has

:40:22. > :40:24.launched pictures of the Lodge say it's a direct response to American

:40:25. > :40:29.and South Korean military drills. Whilst condemning Pyongyang's

:40:30. > :40:32.actions, both Russia and China agreed US military action in the

:40:33. > :40:34.region is partly to blame for an increase in tensions.

:40:35. > :40:36.TRANSLATION: China is always committed to the goal

:40:37. > :40:38.of denuclearisation of the peninsular,

:40:39. > :40:42.the maintenance of peace and stability on the peninsular,

:40:43. > :40:46.and the settlement of issue through dialogue and consultations.

:40:47. > :40:50.China stands opposed to any chaos or war on the peninsular.

:40:51. > :40:52.Enhancing military deployment on the peninsular will not help

:40:53. > :40:54.towards achieving the goal of denuclearisation

:40:55. > :41:01.The deployment of the THAAD system in Northeast Asia severely

:41:02. > :41:05.jeopardises regional strategic balance, undermining

:41:06. > :41:07.the strategic security interests of all regional

:41:08. > :41:14.It will further escalate tension on the peninsular making the issue

:41:15. > :41:22.TRANSLATION: As for North Korea and the tests that are being carried

:41:23. > :41:27.out, we are committed to all UN Security Council resolutions,

:41:28. > :41:30.and insist that our North Korean neighbours observe them in full.

:41:31. > :41:33.We have stuck to this principle during discussion

:41:34. > :41:48.We are united against North Korea. There is no doubt about that. It's

:41:49. > :41:51.time for the North Korean regime to recognise the danger they are

:41:52. > :41:54.putting themselves in. The United States will not allow their

:41:55. > :41:55.lawlessness to continue. And the rest of the world is with us. Thank

:41:56. > :42:02.you. Our correspondent Rupert

:42:03. > :42:07.Wingfield-Hayes is in Tokyo for us now. The Prime Minister Theresa May

:42:08. > :42:12.has arrived in Japan. What has she said about this? That's right, she

:42:13. > :42:17.just arrived here for a visit that was supposed to focus on trade but

:42:18. > :42:20.she has flown into the middle of this North Korea latest missile

:42:21. > :42:27.issue. The Prime Minister speaking a short time ago firstly condemned

:42:28. > :42:32.again the missile firing by North Korea as an illegal action. She said

:42:33. > :42:36.she was glad to see the UN Security Council was unanimous in voting to

:42:37. > :42:40.condemn North Korea's launch. She said she would talk to the Japanese

:42:41. > :42:46.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about action between the UK and Japan. She

:42:47. > :42:49.said the world is once again looking to China to use its leveraged over

:42:50. > :42:56.North Korea to stop it carrying out further tests. The problem is, the

:42:57. > :42:58.statements you heard from the Chinese and Russian Foreign

:42:59. > :43:02.ministers, on the surface it looks like the UN Security Council is

:43:03. > :43:06.united, but beneath the surface it is clear that the Chinese attitude

:43:07. > :43:09.is very different to the American attitude. China's Foreign Minister

:43:10. > :43:15.was essentially blaming the Americans and South Koreans for

:43:16. > :43:17.holding these military exercises and basing new anti-missile systems in

:43:18. > :43:22.South Korea for provoking North Korea. That isn't the view here, or

:43:23. > :43:27.in Seoul or in Washington. It's very much seen as North Korea being

:43:28. > :43:29.provocative and America and its allies defending themselves. Rupert,

:43:30. > :43:32.thank you. Ji-hyun Park is a North

:43:33. > :43:34.Korean defector. She left the country in 2004

:43:35. > :43:38.and joins us from Salford. Margaret Macmillan is a professor

:43:39. > :43:55.of Modern History at Margaret, how volatile is the

:43:56. > :43:58.situation? Is very volatile, a lot happening in a very small part of

:43:59. > :44:03.the world with lots of troops, ships and aircraft. I'm very worried about

:44:04. > :44:07.the rhetoric. This isn't a situation where people can say and do silly

:44:08. > :44:12.things. So I am worried. What do you think would be the best thing right

:44:13. > :44:19.now? China is saying that what's coming out of the US and South Korea

:44:20. > :44:23.is provoking the situation. From their perspective they are

:44:24. > :44:29.defending. The only thing I think can possibly do a deal with North

:44:30. > :44:33.Korea is a concerted effort by the powers, and I'm encouraged by the UN

:44:34. > :44:38.Security Council resolution. But I think China is the key player. The

:44:39. > :44:42.Chinese have a real worry. If the North Korean economy collapses, and

:44:43. > :44:49.it's pretty shaky at the Best Of Times, they fear the prospect of

:44:50. > :44:53.millions of North Korean population moving into China. They have every

:44:54. > :44:58.right to feel concerned about that situation. There are very few levers

:44:59. > :45:01.to use North Korea because it's very self-sufficient as an economy, so

:45:02. > :45:04.it's not really possible to ratchet up the targeted sanctions that have

:45:05. > :45:11.worked in the case of Iran very effectively. I'm hoping that if the

:45:12. > :45:15.United States and China manage, with Russia, to work together, that they

:45:16. > :45:22.can put some pressure on North Korea and de-escalates what is now a very

:45:23. > :45:26.worrying situation. What do you think would make North Korea think

:45:27. > :45:27.again? There have been international sanctions and they haven't stopped

:45:28. > :45:39.the tests. I know that the North Korean

:45:40. > :45:50.government are scared about sanctions. It is more than 20 years

:45:51. > :46:20.now. This is maybe more powerful than

:46:21. > :46:25.sanctions, the North Korean people. Since the 1990s it's always the

:46:26. > :46:34.people that stand up. But inside North Korea, the North Korean people

:46:35. > :46:36.haven't changed their minds because the North Korean government have

:46:37. > :46:48.always controlled the North Korean people. Many people don't know what

:46:49. > :46:53.happens outside the country and inside the country. But nowadays

:46:54. > :47:00.many North Korean people listen to the radio and watch South Korean

:47:01. > :47:07.drama. It is still a dangerous thing but they've heard about things

:47:08. > :47:17.outside the country. People have changed their minds a little bit.

:47:18. > :47:47.Nowadays news is power. Margaret, when North Korea talks

:47:48. > :47:51.about a meaningful prelude to containing Guam, and we hear the

:47:52. > :47:56.rhetoric from Donald Trump on that, how do you anticipate where we are

:47:57. > :48:04.heading right now? I think Kim Jong-Un is doing what he's done

:48:05. > :48:08.effectively. He's having to make an impression on the outside world and

:48:09. > :48:13.that is nuclear missiles. He's using it to perhaps get a better deal for

:48:14. > :48:16.North Korea. The danger is he's dealing with someone in Donald Trump

:48:17. > :48:20.who is unpredictable and is given to the grand gesture. It's not clear

:48:21. > :48:25.that in those circumstances you're going to get what you hope which is

:48:26. > :48:28.cooler heads prevailing. I think the possibility of the regime collapsing

:48:29. > :48:32.from within is a real one. We don't know enough about what's going on.

:48:33. > :48:38.It is more open than it was, people do have more sources of information,

:48:39. > :48:43.that's true. It may be that there are those within the North Korean

:48:44. > :48:47.regime and military who see this path is very dangerous. We just

:48:48. > :48:51.don't know. What we have to hope is that cooler heads in the States and

:48:52. > :48:55.North Korea and China and Russia managed to pull back the level of

:48:56. > :49:01.rhetoric and managed to try and get some sort of agreement. There was a

:49:02. > :49:06.very promising policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s when South

:49:07. > :49:11.Korea tried to open up relations with North Korea. My feeling is the

:49:12. > :49:14.more contacts we can have with North Korea the better, and the more we

:49:15. > :49:20.can try to use diplomacy and other means to bring it into contact with

:49:21. > :49:24.the outside world the better. There is a real danger because North Korea

:49:25. > :49:28.has been moving very quickly to acquire the sort of technology where

:49:29. > :49:32.it can threaten its neighbours, and eventually threaten the eastern

:49:33. > :49:36.seaboard of the United States. What does North Korea actually want? If

:49:37. > :49:42.they are intent on conflict, which is what it looks like, assumedly

:49:43. > :49:48.there's nothing to stop North Korea? It's difficult to gauge. There are

:49:49. > :49:52.others who has studied North Korea for longer than I have. I think what

:49:53. > :49:57.North Korea wants is respect, I think what it would like his more

:49:58. > :50:01.trade, the lifting of sanctions. Sanctions have hit what is already a

:50:02. > :50:07.very poor economy. So it is possible that North Korea isn't behaving

:50:08. > :50:10.irrationally. It's using what it has which is the threat of nuclear

:50:11. > :50:14.weapons, and that is basically all it has because it doesn't have any

:50:15. > :50:19.other sort of power. I think what it is hoping for is perhaps more

:50:20. > :50:23.acceptance by the rest of the world and the lifting of the existing

:50:24. > :50:26.sanctions, and the possibility for its leadership to travel abroad.

:50:27. > :50:29.Unless we try and engage with them, we won't know what they want. Thank

:50:30. > :50:33.you both very much indeed. The Scottish Labour leader

:50:34. > :50:35.Keiza Dugdale has quit Taking over the role

:50:36. > :50:38.after Labour's disastrous General Election result in 2015,

:50:39. > :50:41.when it was left with just one Westminster MP, Ms Dugdale said

:50:42. > :50:44.it was time to "pass on the baton" She's previously criticised

:50:45. > :50:47.Jeremy Corbyn and has faced criticism from left-wing members

:50:48. > :50:50.of her own party. But she's denied she was

:50:51. > :50:53.under pressure to leave. Keiza Dugdale is one of three female

:50:54. > :50:56.Scottish party leaders in Hollyrood, along with First Minister and SNP

:50:57. > :50:59.leader Nicola Sturgeon, and Scottish Conservative

:51:00. > :51:03.leader Ruth Davidson. What does this mean

:51:04. > :51:25.for the Labour Party in Scotland, and who might replace

:51:26. > :51:27.Keiza Dugdale as leader? Let's get the view

:51:28. > :51:29.political commentator Catherine MacLeod is a political

:51:30. > :51:35.commentator and former special advisor to the last

:51:36. > :51:40.Labour Chancellor and Scottish MP Alistair Darling, and Rhea Wolfson,

:51:41. > :51:43.who is on the Labour Party's ruling National Executive Committee,

:51:44. > :51:58.she was backed by momentum Thank you very much for joining us.

:51:59. > :52:04.Was she forced out, did she have to go? No, she wasn't forced out. I

:52:05. > :52:09.think... You can hear it from Kezia Dugdale that she wasn't forced out.

:52:10. > :52:14.I think anyone trying to write that story does a disservice to have. I

:52:15. > :52:17.think she has made a brave choice and quite a unique one for a

:52:18. > :52:22.political leader. She's stepped down on the back of a successful campaign

:52:23. > :52:26.in order to allow her party to move forward and build, and have a huge

:52:27. > :52:30.amount of respect for her. I really want to stress that I think for

:52:31. > :52:33.people to be saying that she's not making the choice that she is making

:52:34. > :52:39.is a disservice and quite patronising to her. What's your take

:52:40. > :52:47.on what's happening? Most people I've spoken to are taking's own

:52:48. > :52:54.explanation at face value. I think this was predominantly a personal

:52:55. > :52:58.decision. I don't think you can completely dismiss internal tensions

:52:59. > :53:01.and other factors. As Kezia Dugdale said herself, the death of a close

:53:02. > :53:08.friend earlier this year forced her to re-evaluate where she's going.

:53:09. > :53:11.She's recently turned 36. As a lot of people will know, her previous

:53:12. > :53:16.relationship failed and she's recently entered another one. I

:53:17. > :53:20.think frankly she's chosen life over politics, which is quite refreshing.

:53:21. > :53:27.What does it mean now for Labour in Scotland? It means inevitably that

:53:28. > :53:39.there's going to be a leadership challenge, Alex Bradley and Neal

:53:40. > :53:43.Finley might stand. I don't know if any of them have thrown their hat

:53:44. > :53:50.into the ring yet. In the short term I think there will be implications

:53:51. > :53:53.for the Labour Party National conference, because Kezia had fought

:53:54. > :53:58.hard to get a place on the NEC. She will now not be filling that place

:53:59. > :54:05.and it will probably be Alex Riley filling the place because he is the

:54:06. > :54:09.Deputy leader. Rhea, in terms of where labour is in Scotland, it's

:54:10. > :54:17.obviously fallen far behind, pushed into third place by the Scottish

:54:18. > :54:24.Conservatives who are behind the SNP. How does Labour distinguish

:54:25. > :54:27.itself in Scotland now? I think Labour is on the right fitting to be

:54:28. > :54:33.distinguishing itself. I think that's one of the great successes as

:54:34. > :54:37.Kezia moves on which it is that we have a clear manifesto which isn't

:54:38. > :54:42.about union is more independence. It is about radical change in society

:54:43. > :54:52.and that socialist message which was very successful during the general

:54:53. > :54:56.election. For me moving forward, the emphasis on picking a new leader

:54:57. > :54:59.isn't necessarily their character and background but will be about who

:55:00. > :55:02.is the best person to take forward that message. And the national

:55:03. > :55:08.message about hope and optimism, demanding more from our society and

:55:09. > :55:12.moving away from Tory austerity. That is what Scottish Labour has to

:55:13. > :55:25.offer and it's about who's going to take that forward. David, why is it

:55:26. > :55:29.that Labour's fortunes have changed so dramatically in Scotland? They

:55:30. > :55:33.haven't changed that dramatically. They did well in the recent election

:55:34. > :55:39.but their share of the vote only went up by 2.5%. It's all relative,

:55:40. > :55:46.the result two years ago was pretty devastating. There is a sense that

:55:47. > :55:49.they are making more progress. I think partly because the Unionist

:55:50. > :55:55.nationalist dynamic, the constitutional debate in Scotland,

:55:56. > :56:00.the tide has receded a bit and that's opened up space for more

:56:01. > :56:06.traditional politics. Jeremy Corbyn was a new face, a freshfaced and was

:56:07. > :56:12.saying something new, even now Nicola Sturgeon is an old face and

:56:13. > :56:16.the SNP are subject to the inevitable cycle of politics. Who

:56:17. > :56:26.would you anticipate taking over? I think that Anas Sarwar will stand. I

:56:27. > :56:30.think Alex Riley will. I'm not sure about Neil Findlay, he has said he

:56:31. > :56:35.went, that's not necessarily reliable. I think he has been quite

:56:36. > :56:39.strong on that point. I think Alex Riley must be well placed. The

:56:40. > :56:44.trouble Anas Sarwar will have is that he seen in the Blairite mould.

:56:45. > :56:48.As we know from recent events, it candidates from that wing of the

:56:49. > :56:55.party, I think the time has come and gone. Does it need to be a Corbyn

:56:56. > :56:58.Easter? I think it needs to be someone who is willing to closely

:56:59. > :57:04.associate themselves with the party nationally. In the past couple of

:57:05. > :57:09.months I think that is important because that's where the momentum is

:57:10. > :57:13.and where the appetite for changes. You're talking about independence

:57:14. > :57:19.and that ebbing away, I think it's been replaced by a change. I think

:57:20. > :57:22.Anas Sarwar will be hindered by the fact he signed a letter calling for

:57:23. > :57:27.Corbyn to step down. But ultimately for me it's more about looking

:57:28. > :57:31.forward as opposed to looking back and scrutinising their people stood

:57:32. > :57:36.on certain issues 18 months ago. Thank you very much indeed. We will

:57:37. > :57:43.obviously have to watch and see how things unfold. David, Rhea,

:57:44. > :57:46.Catherine, thank you. I want to finish by bringing more comments on

:57:47. > :57:52.the Great British Bake Off. 6.5 million viewers last night on

:57:53. > :57:58.Channel 4 which is a big number for Channel 4. One reviewer says, am I

:57:59. > :58:02.the only one who boycotted it, I have no intention of watching it

:58:03. > :58:05.without my fave women presenting. I loved Great British Bake Off, I was

:58:06. > :58:11.sceptical but I thought they did a very good job and Prue Leith and

:58:12. > :58:15.Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig were excellent, it must have been

:58:16. > :58:18.difficult to step into their shoes. I'd love to see Nan and Rob on Great

:58:19. > :58:21.British Bake Off next year. They were with us in the studio earlier

:58:22. > :58:35.and brought some cake. Frank Lloyd Wright is the

:58:36. > :58:39.greatest ever American architect.