30/08/2017 BBC News at Six

Tonight at six - Donald Trump's warning to North Korea -

The missile launch that's outraged the world -

it was shot over Japan sending people into shelters.

And there's more to come - that's the message from

These are illegal tests, and it is outrageous,

it is provocation and they should be stopping them.

Theresa May was speaking in Japan where she's hoping to discuss

Five days and there are still people in Texas to rescue -

next in storm Harvey's path is neighbouring Louisiana.

Credit card companies under fire - if you're struggling with debt

the last thing you need is the chance to borrow even more.

Princes William and Harry on the eve of the 20th anniversary

They will mark the day in private tomorrow.

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

After turning down Chelsea, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could be

The Merseyside club is in talks with Arsenal over a potential transfer.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

It took just hours for North Korea to hit back after the

UN Security Council condemned it for firing a missile across Japan.

In a statement the country's leader issued a new warning -

describing yesterday's launch as only a first step

in a wider military operation aimed at the Pacific Island of Guam

In an escalating war of words President Trump said this morning

Here's Rupert Wingfield Hayes from Tokyo.

The report contains some flash photography.

These are the first pictures of North Korea's latest and most

As expected, Kim Jong Un was on hand to give his personal guidance.

The North Korean dictator gazes skywards as the missile

And along with the pictures came this statement

"The current ballistic rocket drill is the first step of the military

operation in the Pacific, and a meaningful preview

North Korea's statement shows the ultimate target of yesterday's

test was not here in Japan, but the US Pacific island of Guam,

And that North Korea intends more such tests.

Last night in New York the UN Security Council members including

China were unanimous in condemning North Korea.

Today the cracks have already begun to appear.

From President Trump came this tweet.

The US has been talking to North Korea and paying them

extortion money for 25 years, he exclaimed.

Here in Japan Prime Minister Theresa May said China

We want to work with international partners to see what further

pressure can be brought on North Korea.

And of course particularly look at what China can do.

In Beijing China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman had this

TRANSLATION: Some countries dash forward when it comes

But hide away when it comes to asking for peace talks.

This is not the attitude of a responsible nation.

There is growing suspicion that North Korea could not have developed

There is also agreement that it must be stopped.

China wants talks, the US, Britain and Japan, more sanctions.

Meanwhile North Korea is almost certainly

Rupert Wingfield Hayes, BBC News, in Tokyo.

Our North America editor Jon Sopel is in Washington.

We have had all sorts of warnings from Mr Trump. We saw another one

there in Rupert's report. People will want to know what he is

actually going to do. George, it is interesting to look at the

trajectory of this. We had Donald Trump talking about the fire and

fury that would be unleashed on North Korea, that the US military

were locked and loaded. Then there seemed to be a suggestion that there

would be a pause in activities and last week in Arizona, Donald Trump

at a rally kind of welcomed that saying

it was good that he was being listened to and that was a positive

sign. That was a bit premature or because then came that test in

Japanese airspace of a ballistic missile and the consequences that

flowed from that. Then we got a tweet from Donald Trump saying

talking was not the answer. Within an hour of saying that, James Mattis

was asked are we out of diplomatic solutions? And he flatly said no, we

are never out of diplomatic solutions. In normal times, US

Defence Secretary contradicting his commander-in-chief would cause able

to grasp. Now it is more of a scientist shrug of the shoulders.

Donald Trump is going to address a rally in Missouri. It will be

interesting to see if he returns to the subject and what he has to say.

But you are right, the war of words is escalating. Thank you.

As we saw, Theresa May is in Japan as the North Korean

crisis unfolds and - not surprisingly -

it's high on the agenda in her talks with the Japanese prime minister

But the main purpose of Mrs May's three-day visit is to pave the way

for a trade deal with Japan after Britain leaves the EU.

Japanese firms based in the UK employ about 140,000 people.

Our political correspondent Ben Wright has travelled

A soft landing is what Theresa May is promising on this,

her first trip to Japan as Prime Minister.

Wearing the colours of the country's flag, this visit is a reminder that

Brexit is not just about fractious talks in Brussels, it's

about reassuring long-standing allies and investors to Britain

Well, I'm going to be talking to my Japanese counterpart

Prime Minister Abe this week about the future relationship

between the United Kingdom and Japan, about how we can build

on what is already a good, strong relationship.

But build on that in the areas of security, defence and yes, trade.

And look to the arrangements that we can put in place when we've

Japan wants the unpolished truth from Theresa May about how she sees

Britain's new relationship with the EU working out.

But there is much, beyond tea, Japan and Britain have in common.

And the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has also

indicated his readiness to do a new trade deal with the UK

Theresa May is keen to convey the UK's respect for Japan

to a country that's the world's third largest economy and has been

for three decades a huge investor in Britain.

From car plants through manufacturing and banking.

Japan has also really valued the UK's position as a gateway

into EU markets and now there is real concern

here about the disruption that Brexit could bring.

Some of Japan's banks for instance are worried their access to EU

markets could suffer if Brexit backfires.

Some financial institutions have announced that they are prepared

to move a certain number of operations and jobs from London

to the European continent to retain the single passport

What is in the Japanese minds at the moment is the relationship

They are watching the progress of Brexit negotiations nervously.

Now Number Ten point out that Japan owned Softbank has committed

to the UK after Brexit, Nissan and Toyota have

But Japanese companies fear of Brexit that breaks

Do you still think that no deal is better than a bad deal?

But if you talk about the point at which we leave the European Union,

we want to ensure that at that point we do have a deal and that we have

a deal that is the right deal for the United Kingdom.

After a day in Japan's former imperial capital Kyoto,

Theresa May boarded a bullet train to its new one, Tokyo.

Questions from her host about how the government plans to turn Brexit

rhetoric into reality will follow the Prime Minister there.

Tropical Storm Harvey, which has caused such devastation in Texas,

is now heading towards neighbouring Louisiana.

Record amounts of rainfall have fallen across the region.

Large parts of Houston - the country's fourth largest city -

More than 20 people have died and nearly 200,000 people have

From Houston, our correspondent James Cook reports.

Still dazed, but at least they're dry.

The people of Houston awoke after a night under

Rodman Young is now homeless in his own city after his house

was flooded when two reservoirs spilled over.

It is sad and you feel a little bit hopeless.

Because you're losing all your stuff.

And they only gave us from the point we woke up,

a couple of hours sleep, and we were fighting

The federal government says nearly 200,000 people here have

For days now these helicopter crews have been putting their lives

on the line, performing daring and dangerous rescues.

These grainy images capture the narrowest of escapes.

Last night a woman was swept away holding her young daughter.

The mother died, her child, still clinging on, survived.

Heartbreak for Houston which faces other troubles as well.

The fourth largest city in the United States

was under curfew last night amid reports of looting.

There are too many people from across our city,

too many residents that are out of their homes.

And I do not want them to have to worry about someone breaking

into their home or looting or doing anything of that nature

All of this has paralysed this American energy hub with oil

production in many places coming to hope.

production in many places coming to a halt.

It will take weeks if not months to fully recover.

Refineries including this one has been shut down because staff cannot

That is not just bad news for the big oil firms but also

for the many thousands of businesses here in Texas which

And also for the American economy as a whole.

Of course nothing matters more than saving lives and that has now

This baby is just one of 30,000 people forced from their homes.

With the storm heading east, Louisiana is next.

Our correspondent Nada Tawfik is at an emergency shelter in Houston.

I suppose the people in these shelters cannot have any idea how

long they will be homeless? Absolutely not, George. Evacuees

continue to stream into this Convention centre here, each with

their own tragic story of how they ultimately surrendered their home to

the floods. Nobody I spoke to had a sense of when they will be in a

position to leave here. Each person I spoke to was in a different stage

of grief. Some too numb to think beyond their next meal, others

certain they have lost their home to the floodwaters. Inside there is a

line of people seeking federal assistance. This is just one shelter

and the rescue operation is still ongoing. The

water is receding will give no relief to emergency responders who

have been brought to their knees by this epic national Leave natural

disaster. For them, there is an overwhelming sense of fear ahead.

The County sheriffs said he was afraid to see how many bodies will

be released from the floodwaters. Thank you.

America's Gulf coast is no stranger to hurricanes and tropical storms.

But why has Harvey had such a devastating impact compared

to other storms that have hit the region?

Our weather presenter Nick Miller is making

George, the most significant factor is how little Harvey has moved

That means it's dumped most of its rain on the same part of Texas.

Often hurricanes pick up speed as they head inland

Let me take you back to 2005, the year of course of Katrina

and Hurricane Rita - the last major hurricane

Just two days after hitting the coastline, look how

Yes, it produced flooding rain but not in any one place for any

Now compare that with Harvey - from landfall last Friday night

to now - it's merely meandered along the coastline towards Louisiana.

Because the wider weather pattern across North America has served

to keep it there rather than move it inland.

Some people will say it is climate change in action?

You can't point at one storm and say that's down to climate change,

but climate scientists do say that a warming world increases

the likelihood of extreme rainfall events and warmer ocean waters also

favour stronger hurricanes, but there are other factors too

Donald Trump warns that the time for talking is over

after North Korea says there are more missile launches to come.

We visit the lough between Northern Ireland and the Republic, as talks

to resolve questions about the border after Brexit resume.

Chris Froome has a very good day at the Vuelta a Espana.

He's increased his lead to 1 minute and 19 seconds by coming second

If you're struggling with debt, surely the last thing you need

is for credit card companies to give you the opportunity

It sounds logical but the Citizens Advice charity has found that

nearly one in five customers who are struggling financially have

had their credit limit raised without asking for it.

The finding comes on a day when official figures on long term

Here's our economics correspondent Andy Verity.

Borrowing on credit cards has been growing by 9%,

Citizens Advice says irresponsible practices are keeping people

Tracy Bannon ran into trouble when her small-business hit

She and her partner used credit cards to plug

Then sickness struck, then separation, and it was all too

easy to find a temporary solution by borrowing more.

It got to the point where I was just paying off interest, basically.

At one point on one credit card I was paying ?700 a month.

Probably ?60 of that was just coming off the debt.

That was just one of the credit cards.

Figures published today by the Bank of England confirmed consumers have

borrowed ?201 billion of unsecured loans, with a third

Yet, one in five borrowers had been given higher credit limit

On 2.2 million credit card accounts, borrowers spent more on charges

and fees than repayments, pushing them further into debt.

What is perhaps surprising is that ten years after the crisis

caused by loose lending, all you need is a credit card

and you can borrow money you haven't asked for without anyone checking

Lenders are not required to carry out affordability checks before

Citizens Advice says if borrowers have not

reduced their debts for two years, lenders should be expected to get

in touch and offer help, like suspending interest payments.

We would like credit card companies to stop, if you like,

unilaterally raising these credit limits.

We also think the regulator can play a bit more of a role.

When credit limits are extended, and this is done in agreement

with the customer and the company, there should be more

of an affordability check to make sure people can afford to pay back

The body that represents the most credit card lenders, UK finance,

says it is taking steps to prevent struggling borrowers being offered

more credit and that it's working with regulators to help people

The chair of the independent inquiry into building regulations

following the disaster at Grenfell Tower says

she believes it is inevitable there are failings in the system.

Dame Judith Hackitt has promised to produce an interim

report by Christmas, and her final conclusions

She'll investigate how the regulations operate -

A judge has ordered that an English-speaking child placed

in foster care with a mixed-race family should be moved to live

Tower Hamlets has raised concerns about the handling of the affair.

Brexit talks are under way again - and one of the key issues

negotiators are grappling with is what to do about the border

between Northern Ireland and the Republic, which will remain

When it comes to the loughs that separate the two countries

the argument about where the border falls has been running

Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports

now from the border at Carlingford Lough.

These waters are becoming even more of a dividing line.

The shore on the southern side of this lough will

remain part of the European Union, the other is on its way out.

And, for fishermen leaving ports in both Northern Ireland

and the Republic, that will have an impact.

The UK has already announced that it is ending one arrangement

that allows other countries to fish in its waters.

And many fishermen believe that Brexit could offer new

opportunities because they could be freed from EU fishing quotas.

But trading deals and other agreements

When Brexit comes, there may be a situation

if you are a northern-registered boat might you'll not be able to

If you are a southern-registered boat, you may not be able to fish in

The border on land might be agreed but that's not

The British government has insisted it owns all

of Lough Foyle on the north coast but that's fiercely disputed by

Here on Carlingford Lough, there are some

competing jurisdictional claims, too.

It's almost a century since the Republic of Ireland

was formed but it's still a matter of dispute who got

Perhaps it mattered a little less when the UK and

Ireland were inside the European Union.

But with a Brexit break-up coming, these issues

In places like Warrenpoint, people have become very

used to living without any sign of borders.

In their recently published proposals, the British government

made clear that it does not want that to change.

EU leaders share that desire but they have concerns

about how practically that is possible if the UK

From this point, negotiations are expected to heat up.

But until there is some agreement on issues like the border,

there will continue to be a certain uncertainty here.

Just being so close to the border, a lot of people

travel to the south every day for work.

So if they're putting the border back-up, it

It does worry me because my son is in farming and

I think, with the Brexit, there will be a big, big change

But the UK believes it has started to plot a course for Brexit

While that will mean change, here at the

Irish, and what will be the EU border, they are encouraging

Chris Buckler, BBC News, Warrenpoint.

The Scottish Labour Party is looking for its fourth leader

in less than three years, after Kezia Dugdale

The Lothians MSP says the party is in a much better state

than when she came to office - and insists she wasn't pushed out

of the job because of past comments about Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

What I'm trying to do is something politicians rarely do, to leave my

head held high, without any sort of crisis.

I've made it clear to you that I've been in this leadership role

at a very difficult time in my party's history, a very challenging

A lot has happened in two and a half years but

there's four years ahead until the next election.

I want to give the next person space and time to do the

BBC Scotland's political editor, Brian Taylor, is in Edinburgh.

Brian, how quickly will they be able to find a new leader?

Well, they will hold a leadership contest. They have got rather good

at them. They have had plenty of practice in recent years, as you

mentioned. It will be expedited as speedily as possible. The Scottish

executive of the party will meet to set up the timetable. As two

contenders, the existing deputy has said he will happily act as interim

leader but does not want the top job. Jeremy Corbyn's number one fan

is ruling himself out. The Corbyn night left are now looking to a

relatively new MSP with a strong grounding in the trade unions. Those

of other names being mentioned. One name perhaps floating above some of

the others, a former MP now MSP, reckoned to have done reasonably

well in the hell three met. On the question of timetabling, Unite, one

of the largest unions, is saying, slow down. No need to rush. They set

is more important to have a debate about what Scottish Labour is for

rather than to identify in hurry to the next leader will be. Wipe macro

Brian, thank you very much. --, Brian, thank you Ray much.

Princes William and Prince have visited a memorial garden

for their mother at her old home at Kensington Palace.

Tomorrow will mark the 20th anniversary of her death

They met representatives from charities supported

by the late Princess of Wales, as our royal correspondent

The flowers and the tributes are back at the gates

A very small echo of how it was 20 years ago but a reminder of feelings

And this afternoon William and Harry came to view the tributes.

They took their time, they looked, and they read.

And they laughed at some of the photographs showing them as

It was impossible not to be reminded of

how it was 20 years ago when, aged 15 and 12, on their return to

London, they'd come out still numb and bewildered to meet the people

who'd gathered there and to see for themselves the many thousands of

Diana's boys are both in their 30s now.

William's settled and about to begin full-time royal duty.

He was accompanied by Catherine this afternoon to view a memorial garden

And Harry, not quite so settled yet, but not far

And both at this anniversary, one must assume,

reassured by the enduring regard people feel for their mother.

She meant same much to so many people.

That shows by how many people are here today.

William and Harry took some of the flowers

people had brought and placed them at the Palace gates, replaying some

of the moments from two decades ago and acknowledging the desire that

many still have to hold onto Diana's memory.

Today, briefly, they put on their public, princely faces, to

Tomorrow though, William and Harry will

remain in private, remembering the mother they lost in such tragic

Nicolas Witchell, BBC News, at Kensington Palace.

Nick was here a few moments ago talking about storm Harvey. He is

here again to talk about our weather. Nothing quite so dramatic.

It has been a wetter than average summer. Look how green the grass is!

30 Celsius in some places in the south of England and 13 today. We

have had heavy showers, especially Northern Ireland for the still some

out there. Eventually into tonight the rainbows and showers fade. We

keep a feed coming into western coastal areas tonight. Later tonight

heavy ones develop in North Wales and north-west England. Elsewhere

you'll become dry, clear with maybe the odd mist and fog patch. Chile

are away from this. The countryside, widely single figures. Some of us,

North Wales and the north-west of England there are intense downpours

from the word go. They're that in mind as you head out. An afternoon

of sunshine and showers. -- bear that in mind. It could be

slow-moving, heavy and Bantry with hail. Warm sunny spells in between

and a warmer day for East Anglia and South East England compared with

today forced heading out tomorrow evening still some of the showers

out there which will fade. Another chilly night on Thursday night.

Still the risk of a heavy shower. Natural and eastern parts of

England. Then Saturday not clear blue skies, not hugely warm but most

places will have a dry stop to the weekend. Look to the Atlantic. We

have an area of low pressure getting closer. The weather goes downhill

Saturday night and into Sunday with rain spreading east. Still some

uncertainty about the timing. We will keep you updated with forecasts

online and on the app. Donald Trump's warns that the time

for talking is over - after North Korea says

there are more missile So, it's goodbye from me

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