29/08/2017 BBC News at Six

President Trump says all options are on the table after North Korea

Millions of residents in northern Japan woke up

They have violated every single UN Security Council

resolution that we've had, so I think something

North Korea has carried out a series of missile tests recently,

This was North Korea's most provocative missile launch yet.

A new flood warning to tens of thousands of people in Houston -

Thankful for these people, I really am. I've never been through anything

like this. Officials confirm Storm Harvey has

dumped record rainfall on Texas. Plans for the UK's biggest

companies to show the gap The EU Commission boss slaps

down the Government's Running rings around Saturn -

why the last days of the Cassini mission could yield a wealth

of scientific information. And coming up in

Sportsday on BBC News: The West Indies are chasing a famous

win on the final day Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six. Japan's Prime Minister

says his country is facing an unprecedented threat,

after North Korea fired The missile was fired eastward

from Pyongyang at six It potentially has the power

to carry a nuclear warhead, and it fell into the North Pacific Ocean,

700 miles off the Japanese coast. In a moment we'll look

at the international community's options,

but first Rupert Wingfield-Hayes This is how people in northern

Japan were awoken at just "A missile is passing",

the announcer says. "A missile is passing,

please find shelter immediately." At City Hall, there are

frantic phone calls. This is not a practice,

this is real. A North Korean missile has

just flown overhead. Suddenly it started

ringing with alerts. TRANSLATION: We have

nowhere to escape to. The missile that flew over Japan

is thought to be one It was first seen at this huge

parade in Pyongyang in April. A month later, North Korea shocked

the world by successfully firing Today it has gone much further,

forcing a grim faced Japanese Prime Minister,

Shinzo Abe, to address the nation. TRANSLATION: This missile flown over

Japan is an outrageous act, and a critical threat that we have

not seen before. There will be many who say this

North Korean missile launch is all about politics,

that it's North Korean brinkmanship, But it's not much consolation

if you live here, underneath it. This was an extremely

aggressive act by Pyongyang, and it sends a very disturbing

message to people here in Japan. It can now hit Tokyo with nuclear

weapons, it can hit Okinawa You know, if you don't want to keep

this game of escalation, we might want to sit down and start

talking to each other. But right now, talking is the last

thing on anyone's mind here. Today, South Korea sent F-15 fighter

jets to bomb targets just south American heavy bombers

could follow next. Each side now feels compelled

to flex its military might, and so the spiral of tension

is wound up yet again. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes,

BBC News, in Tokyo. In a few hours' time,

the United Nations Security Council is expected to hold an emergency

meeting about the North The country has carried out a series

of missile tests recently, but this is the first time it has

fired what is thought to be Our diplomatic correspondent

James Landale looks at the options being considered

by the international community. This is a crisis showing little sign

of resolution. North Korea has now tested more than 20 missiles this

year alone. The aim of the country's leader is simple, to be able to fire

on nuclear weapons were ever he wants. The main escalation came in

July, when it tested two long range intercontinental ballistic missiles,

potentially able to reach the US mainland, prompting this. They will

be met with fire and theory, like the world has never seen. In

response, North Korea threatened to strike Guam, the US island territory

in the Pacific. After today's test, the now familiar words of

condemnation. These are a legal tests, we strongly condemn them and

will be working with Japan and other international partners to ensure

pressure is put on North Korea to stop this illegal action.

This afternoon diplomats gathered at the United Nations, once again

asking what could be done to change North Korea's behaviour. President

Trump said all options were on the table. This was his ambassador.

No country should have missiles flying over them, like those 130

million people in Japan. It is unacceptable. They have violated

every single UN Security Council resolution we've had and so I think

something serious has to happen. So what are the options question

what they could be moored diplomacy, tough talk in public and cry to

discussions in private. But North Korea shows no sign it is ready to

listen. The international community could impose stricter sanctions, but

experts say this will work only if they stop the flow of money and oil

for China. And the least likely option is military action, as any

attempt to destroy North Korea's nuclear capability could lead to

massive retaliation against South Korea.

I think the bottom line is there is no magic bullet. No one of these

options is going to deliver the outcome of the Americans want. We

will need some sort of co-ordinated combined response.

The problem is the international community is divided. The US and

South Korea are carrying out joint military exercises that presume an

invasion from not. Russia and China say it is this that has provoked

John Yang's later stats. So for now the missiles deployed, North Korea's

nuclear capability grows on the international community struggles

for a response. James Landale, BBC News.

Floodwaters in Houston, Texas are expected to rise

still further, after officials warned that two dams near the city

More than 30,000 people have been forced

from their homes in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey,

which has set a new record for rainfall in the state.

The rain has been falling since last Friday.

Some places have seen more than 40 inches of rain -

The greatest danger may be yet to come, with floodwaters rising

in several rivers which are expected to flood at some stage.

Here's our Our North America Correspondent, James Cook.

In the chaos, some order, at last. The boats have come from all over

the United States and not a moment too soon. It's OK!

The operation was fast and smooth. Police, soldiers and civilians all

working together. We're trying to get to a safe and dry place. Has the

baby? He's fine, just scared. Are you scared? Just a little bit. From

above they can see the problem and it's a big one. A reservoir a few

blocks away is overflowing. It was built 80 years ago to protect the

young city of Houston but no one then imagined this. The level of the

reservoir is still rising so flooding is going to continue along

the structures and the homes that are against the western edge of the

pool. Streets will be flooding and will continue to flood. New homes

will continue to flood. For the people being rescued here this is

clearly a nightmare but it could yet get worse. These floodwaters will

eventually make their way downstream to Houston, which is already

struggling to cope. This shelter ran out of beds last night. More than

7000 people are here, tens of thousands more are looking for a

haven. Little by little, the human cost is becoming clear. We now know

that four children and their great-grandparents are among the

dead, drowning in their car. For Houston and for the US, this is a

wake-up yell. The millions of people live around the rivers and swamps

that surround the city. Is it wise? At Harvey makes landfall again, it's

a question for another day. The storm no longer packs the power of a

hurricane but remains dangerous and is heading East. Lying in wages

Louisiana, crippled by hurricane Katrina 12 years ago. Back in Texas

those rescues roll on and on as well. There are a lot of people who

need help and I'm thankful for these people, really I am. I've never been

through anything like this. And no wonder, 49 inches of rain has

fallen. This is now officially a record-breaking disaster. James

Cook, BBC News, Houston. The latest forecasts suggest

the region could get another Tropical Storm Harvey reached

land near the Texas town President Trump has just landed

in Corpus Christi, to see the relief

effort for himself. Our North America Editor,

Jon Sopel is in Texas. Apart from the symbolism, what could

President Trump hope to achieve? I think their president is determined

first and foremost to show he is the commander in chief, who is in

command of the situation. I think that he has, with some energy and a

good deal of drive, sought to marshal all the resources of the

federal government to work with the state, so that you can start

alleviating the problems. Take where I am standing now, this is la Grange

in Texas. If we swing the camera around you can see the destruction

in this community. Estimated that 500 homes have been destroyed, so

maybe 2000 people are now homeless. And of course, here in la Grange and

as a microcosm of the rest of the state, we are in the foothills of

this. This is the start of the recovery operation. This could take

months or years for people to come back to their homes for the economy

to recover. It is quite a few years ago now, but all this has echoes of

hurricane Katrina. 12 years ago exactly is when Hurricane Katrina

struck. I remember George you and I being in the audience for it. The

rescue effort was chaotic, shambolic and was woeful. It also exposed the

sort of deep racial divide within America, where it seems the only

people who were left behind were black. I think Donald Trump has

looked at the damage that was done to George W Bush's reputation in the

way that he handled that and the mistakes that were made by the

Federal emergency management agency and has bought, you know what,

doubtless George W Bush's playbook, mine is going to totally different.

So far, you would have to say, he is doing pretty well, but we are at the

beginning of this. Thank you. A four-year-old boy has been found

dead in a swimming pool at an activity centre in Bideford

in North Devon. He had been at the centre as part

of a camping trip organised by the charity Narcotics Anonymous

for its members and their families. Our correspondent Jon

Kay is in Bideford. A sad story. What more can you tell

us? It was yesterday afternoon that this

little boy was found in the swimming pool on this site after what we are

told with an extensive search. I understand he had come here from

Weymouth in Dorset with his family for a retreat over the Bank Holiday

weekend, organised by the charity narcotics anonymous. They said in a

statement today that what happened, something had gone horrifically

wrong. They said they had been coming here with their members for

six years and that is part of that camp they would have access and

supervised use, they say, of the swimming pool, with trained

lifeguards. However, we have had a statement this afternoon from the

owners of this place, nap house Limited, they said the group had use

of the pool on supervised basis, for recreational use, and this was not

part of a planned activity programme. The owners have sent

their condolences to their friends and family of the little boy.

Apparently everyone on the site last night gathered in a big circle, held

hands and prayed for him and his family. Now the police and the

Health and Safety Executive are investigating. Thank you very much.

Most of us expect our bosses to earn more than we do,

That's the question at the heart of new government proposals

to tackle what many are calling corporate excess.

Under the plan, the biggest companies in the UK will be forced

to reveal the pay gap between chief executives and their employees.

But as our business editor Simon Jack reports, critics

are already saying the Government has not gone far enough.

A leadership and an election pitch to a party and a public that had

We all know that in recent years the reputation of business

That when a minority of businesses and business

figures appear to game the system and work

I'm putting you on warning, this can't go on any more, a change

has got to come and this party is going to make it.

Since then, promises have been gradually shelved.

A pledge to put workers on company boards was dropped, as was a plan to

give shareholders a binding annual vote on executive pay.

However, by forcing companies to publish the

difference between its top earner and its average earner, this

Government has gone further than previous ones.

When boards are setting pay, and when they're

disclosing pay, they shouldn't do it just for...

With an eye on pay in the board, but they should look at

pay across the company and be prepared to set out publicly how

they can justify boardroom pay, in the context of the pay

Those numbers could prove embarrassing.

Last year the average boss of a top 100 company

That hes a 129 times as much as his or her average employee

and that's compared to 20 years ago when the boss earned only 47 times

We haven't been able to track the gap between top pay and the rest

without these pay ratios based on good data.

No Government has put this through before.

The truth is, if you want to know how much a fat Cat weighs,

you do have to put them on the scales every now and again.

There's already some evidence that the pay gap between the top

floor and the shop floor is beginning to narrow and this

extra transparency can only help that, but for many today's package

of reforms falls a long way short of the big business shake-up

that was promised by a leader trying to portray the Conservatives

as the party of the worker, not just of the boss.

The Prime Minister has broken repeated promises

To put workers on the board and shake-up corporate culture

and instead she's delivered a feeble package of proposals.

Business groups were generally supportive of today's proposals,

perhaps glad that promises made in the bubble of campaigning

can often be hard to deliver in the real world.

Sirens sound as North Korea fires a missile over Japan,

President Trump says all options are on the table.

Behind the scenes on Dame Judy Dench's new film,

she returns to the role of Queen Victoria.

It's understood Manchester City are due to make a formal approach

The Chile international is out of contract next summer.

The countdown has started for the end of the Cassini

The spacecraft, which has spent two decades in space,

has performed its lowest orbit before it's destroyed

Scientists say they're hoping this final phase of close-up

exploration will solve some long-standing mysteries.

Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, has more.

Instantly recognisable, Saturn and its spectacular rings.

The Cassini spacecraft's revealed this planet in incredible detail

and these are some of its latest close-up images, from its hexagonal

North Pole, to its ring system and even an aurora.

But this mission's very nearly at its end.

Cassini's been in space for 20 years.

It's set down a probe, spotted plumes on one of Saturn's

moons and discovered colossal storms, but now it's

It's final days, though, will be crucial.

We've learnt so much, but in that process we've also

One of the things that we still don't understand about Saturn

Over the last few months, Cassini's been exploring a region

where no spacecraft has been before, swooping between Saturn

and its rings and, in its final days, it will get closer still,

giving us our best ever view of the planet,

revealing its atmosphere and what lies beneath its thick

clouds, but these last dives could also show us what's hidden

within its rings, including a mysterious

We noticed this smudge right at the edge...

The blurry speck was spotted by Carl Murray in 2013

on his mother-in-law Peggy's birthday, and the name stuck.

The ball of dust, more than a mile wide, is either a moon being born

or one in its death throws, and this is his last

We need to understand what object Peggy really is.

We've only got, literally, now a matter of days.

Our last look at Peggy will be on September 14th, and I can't wait

Time's running out, but this spacecraft will go out with a bang.

Its last manoeuvre will be a death dive into Saturn's atmosphere,

bringing this blockbuster mission to a close.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker,

has delivered a new rebuke to the Government over its handling

He said the latest official papers setting out Britain's position

Our correspondent, Damian Gramamticas, is in Brussels.

I can almost hear some people here on this side of the Channel

thinking, he's acting as if he's judge and jury in all of this? Yes,

his comments very critical of the UK approach so far, they have

certainlishinged the UK Government who said they put out a lot of

papers over the last few weeks. A lot of positions, more than the

European Commission in some cases. It feels you need to move on to

discussing the future relationship pretty quickly because many of the

issues can't be addressed without that. This is quite a high stakes

approach, I think, engaging in a sort of confrontation with the

Commissioner, Mr Juncker. Remember, they are overseeing the negotiations

and it is Mr Juncker and the Commission, particularly the

negotiator, who will recommend to EU leaders whether it's time to move

on. The crucial issue there, they are being looking for movement from

the UK is on money. Today the UK didn't deliver what they want, which

is a calculation of what the UK might be prepared to pay. Damian,

thank you very much. Cricket, and the second Test

is poised on a knife edge with both England and the West Indies hoping

to snatch victory on a dramatic West Indies began the day

requiring 322 runs to win, while England's bowlers needed 10

wickets to take the Test, Cricket, and the second Test

is poised on a knife edge with both England and the West Indies hoping

to snatch victory on a dramatic West Indies began the day

requiring 322 runs to win, while England's bowlers needed 10

wickets to take the Test, At Headingley, they take

history seriously. It stares back at you from

every head and headline. Who would be next

to make their mark? England began the day as big

favourites, but this Test And he was again here,

but Stuart Broad inadvertently condemned the other batsmen,

Kyle Hope. Two down, the moment

Hope ran out, or not. West Indies were mocked before this

Test, written off even last night, but were making a point

with every run. You could feel the target starting

to near, England beginning to fear. Moeen Ali outfoxed Brathwaite,

95 finally out, but England Attack too much and they'd allow

Shai Hope the space to manoeuvre England needed one of those

magic Headingley moments. Who knew it would come

from a 20-year-old substitute This wonderful Test is getting

a fittingly thrilling finish. England's chances of taking the

sixth wickets they need for victory look to be disappearing fast. West

Indies they need 30 runs from 10 overs, can they get them or will

they run out of time after five engrossing days of Test cricket

here, we still don't have a result. George. Patrick, thank you.

20 years after Dame Judi Dench first played Queen Victoria,

the actress returns to the role in the new film, Victoria and Abdul.

It's based on the true story of an unlikely friendship

between the Monarch and a young Muslim servant from India.

Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, was given exclusive access to the set.

The Oscar winner talked love, looks and bossing Bond

On set for the filming of Victoria and Abdul...

..director Stephen Frears latest movie, starring Judi Dench

as the oxygenarian Queen and Ali Fazal as a young Indian

clerk with whom she develops a surprisingly special relationship.

You're playing Victoria at the age she was.

Yes, so the age you are now - That she was, that I am.

So you're the age she was, that's what I'm trying to say.

Can you relate to that relationship she's having with Abdul,

I've always been a rather susceptible person, so I understand

I think she was looking for somebody that she didn't

But whatever you do, you must not look at Her Majesty.

Do you think she fell in love with him?

Well, I suppose, why not, he's so beautiful.

Could you fall in love with, I mean, what is he -

Of all the things you've done, of all the parts you've played,

I loved playing Cleopatra because when I said

I was going to do it, people were openingly quite rude.

You know, they said - "Cleopatra, is that your part?"

I never thought that I'd be in a Bond film and I had the most

glorious time bossing him about and sitting behind that desk.

Victoria and Abdul is based on a true, if little-known story.

A slice of Victorian history about class,

race and religious intolerance that speaks to today's

And I'm the Queen of England, I will have all the help I require.

Time for a look at the weather, here's Tomasz Schafernaker.

Hello. Hello. Let us start with sunny skies. It's been a beautiful

day for some of us today. Very warm in Kent. Temperatures got up to 29

degrees. It's not been so warm or sunny everywhere. Most parts of the

UK had hazy skies with scattered clouds. There is rain around here

and there, but not an awful lot. Later in the night, more rain could

develop to south eastern parts of the country. Wouldn't be surprised

if there is a rumble of thunder and rain into south-western England,

possibly Wales. The vast majority of the UK should have a dry night

tonight. Tomorrow, the southern half of the UK will be engulfed by more

cloud, so it will be a very different day. You will notice a

huge difference, for example, if you live in Kent from nearly 30 degrees

today to something a lot, lot cooler tomorrow. You can see just how much

cloud there is and rain across east hang Anglia and the East Midlands,

down to the south-east and Portsmouth. Many western and

northern areas will have a good day. In Manchester, throughout the Lake

District, into Newcastle nice sunshine on the way, but a fresh

day. The rain in the south-east will hang around for a time during the

evening and it will push away further east and Wednesday night

into Thursday will be quite chilly. Thursday will bring showers,

possibly quite heavy showers. I think fewer showers on Friday and

the weekend is looking good. Before I go, here is an update on Harvey.

Here is the storm. The problem with this storm is that it's moving at

five or six miles an hour. This heavy rain across Houston and

Louisiana keeps falling in the same place. We've had over a meter of

rain now in Houston. There's more to come. So it's not over for a few

more days. Oh, dear. Thank you very much. Our main story. Japan's Prime

Minister says his country is facing an unprecedented threat after North

Korea fired a missile over its territory.

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me

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