09/09/2016 World News Today

This is BBC world News today. Rare unity in condemning North Korea's

fifth and most powerful nuclear test to date. The country's leader is

described The US Congress backs legislation

allowing families of 9-11 victims to sue the Saudi government

for damages, despite the threat Success for hosts Brazil

on the track on day two The ground-breaking surgery

restoring sight where it The United Nations security council

has begun an emergency meeting following North Korea's latest

and largest nuclear test. World leaders have reacted

with anger to the test, which created a blast so large

it was initially thought Even China, a long-time ally

of the isolated communist nation, The North Korean newsreader says

the nuclear test will protect On the main square, the thought was

echoed, as if through a script. In South Korea, they

monitor the tremors. Each test has been bigger

than the one before. The device detonated this time

is just short of the power From Japan today, planes took off

to gather air samples to try to determine what kind

of device was exploded. We try to still to monitor to find

out to find out what has taken place.

We are very much concerned and the resolutions

of the Security Council must be implemented and they will send this

The underground blast happened at this site in North Korea,

only nine months after the last nuclear test.

Kim Jong Un is in a rush to fulfil his nuclear ambition.

Yesterday in Pyongyang, the regime's leaders clapped

in unison as the country celebrated the anniversary

For them, the bomb is the icing on the cake.

Here tonight in Seoul in South Korea, life goes on.

People assume Kim Jong Un's bloodthirsty threats to turn

the place into a heap of ashes will not happen.

Even though he's appeared alongside what he claimed was a nuclear

warhead small enough to go on a rocket.

North Korea is just 50 kilometres from here, 30 miles,

The regime there is celebrating a great triumph tonight.

But there is no sign of that regime being close to collapse.

In recent months, North Korea has been launching missiles every ten

days, in defiance of the United Nations.

North Korea does not have nuclear-tipped missiles yet.

But it's working steadily towards getting them.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has condemned North Korea's

nuclear test and described it as a brazen breach of

Speaking ahead of the emergency meeting of the Security Council

I would strongly appreciate the Security Council to unite and take

urgent action. The Security Council has met eight times this year only

on DPRK issues. We are deeply concerned by continuing acts of

provocation by the regime, this time, the fifth, the biggest nuclear

test. And I sincerely hope that the United Nations Security Council will

act in solidarity and unity for the international peace and security and

give a strong warning to the DPRK authorities.

Long time Korea watcher Aidan Foster Carter says

South Korea's description of Kim Jong-Un as uncontrollable

and a reckless maniac may not be a fair analysis.

Uncontrollable may well be true, the bit about being a maniac, I would

dispute. The North Koreans know exactly what they are doing and Kim

Jong-un, as under his father and his grandfather, they have played what

we might think of objectively as a weak hand very well. What are they

doing now? Kim Jong-un is both boosting himself at home, as a young

and untried leader, showing that he can do the stuff that his father

did. He is also taking advantage of the electoral window, there is a

social paralysis in the United States, nothing much will be done

now until the next president and Donald Trump said he would talk to

Kim Jong-un! And South Korea has an election coming up. I do see this as

merely defensive although the rhetoric is offensive. They saw the

fate of Iraq, they will put on an axis of evil by George W bush and

they want to make sure that will never happen and they have

succeeded. What about the role of China? Again, I think it is naive

that sometimes people in Washington and the West expect China to do our

bidding and see things our way. There is overlap between how they

see it and Western powers, but not identical. China, this is how I see

the -- China see that there is something worse than North Korea

setting off bombs on their doorstep and that is then collapsing. They

would hate the consequences of a unified Korea with US bases. That is

worse, as seen from China. I do know why simply -- some people in the

West don't grasp that. I want to take you over to Geneva.

We have been expecting a news conference. It is between John Kerry

and Sergei Lavrov. They have been in long talks on Syria. And in the last

few minutes, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, appeared

in the room journalists have been waiting and urged them to be

patient. He said that the process had been dragged out because of

Washington, saying that the Russians had been waiting for five hours for

a response from Washington, DC to the latest text. He said that things

moved slowly in the vertical power of democracy and added that he was

thinking about calling it a day and continuing with the talks next week.

So the Russian Foreign Minister suggesting that there has been

progress but they are waiting, he said. He said, I don't know where

our friends are, but it is important for them to check with Washington.

The US administration have been asked about those comments and they

say that John Kerry is continuing to discuss the proposals with

colleagues in Washington. Those discussions are ongoing and when

they have more, they will tell us. I wanted to let you know that was

happening. We saw a flurry of activity in Geneva, and we will go

back there when we know not what -- when we know more.

Almost 15 years after the 9/11 attacks in New York,

families of the victims have won the right to sue the Saudi Arabian

The House of Representatives has passed the bill -

the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act -

despite a threat by President Obama to veto the measure.

15 of the 19 hijackers were 9/11 nationals.

With me now from Washington is our reporter Laura Bicker.

What does this mean? As you heard, 15 of the attackers were Saudi

citizens and the Saudi government has always denied any involvement.

No links have been found. But this bill would allow the victim's --

victims' families to do is to sue any member of the Saudi government

for any element of the attack, even if they believe it was funded by the

Saudi Arabian government. President Obama has in the past as concerns.

He believes that this would overturn a long-standing international law

which grants nations immunity from prosecution 's, criminal

prosecutions and several cases. The White House has also voiced concern

it would put further strain on US - Saudi Arabia relations and they say

it could prompt a backlash, Saudi Arabia might decide to take out

suits against US National 's or US companies. So that is where the

concern of the White House lies. And when it comes to President Obama,

that Bill is not his desk and he has a different -- that Bill is on his

desk and he has a typical decision to make. There has been growing

pressure and concern about the funding. He well have this difficult

decision to make. He doesn't have to make a decision before he leaves

office, but the pressure is on him to make some kind of response, some

kind of decision because it's not just coming from the victims

families, it is coming from within own party. Presidential candidate

Hillary Clinton is for this bill. Leading Democrats for this bill. It

has broad support across Congress and that is very rare. If he decides

to veto it, he could find on some quite isolated in politics in this

country and Congress could override it. A two thirds vote in Congress is

required to overturn a presidential veto and that is quite likely to

happen. So he have to weigh up the consequences of politics in his

country against the geopolitics with Saudi Arabia.

Now a look at some of the days other news.

At least four people have been killed in a train crash

49 others were injured when the passenger service

Spain's Acting Prime Minister expressed his condolences and

thanked the emergency services on a visit to the scene.

Facebook has reversed its decision to censor one of the most famous

images of the Vietnam War - a naked girl escaping

a napalm attack - after the move caused outrage.

The 1972 image was removed after a Norwegian newspaper,

Aftenposten, published the photograph as part

Facebook originally said the photo violated its nudity rules.

But it's now decided to allow users to share it.

US prosecutors have charged a Volkswagen engineer

over his role in developing illegal emissions-cheating software.

A year ago, VW admitted installing pollution-control software in some

diesel cars and vans to falsify emissions test results.

The engineer, James Liang, pleaded guilty to conspiring to

The second day of the Paralympic Games in Rio is underway in Rio

and there are fifty gold medals up for grabs.

And hosts Brazil got off to winning start -

How is it going today, Julia? In a lot of action. Not good weather but

the shine is coming from inside the athletic Stadium. Lots of medals

were given out this morning. Goldman to Ireland, Tunisia and Argentina

and also Brazil. The third goal for Brazil in the 400 metres T20 race.

That is the race for athletes with intellectual impairment. He not only

won the race, but beaches own world record, coming in at 47.23 seconds.

And right now, the fans are streaming in for the night's round

of finals that are just starting. I can hear the sound from inside the

stadium. Lots of excitement. We had strong emotions earlier in the

morning with some unexpected terms. I would like to mention what

happened in the women's T11 100 metre race where Jeannie's Libby

Clegg got disqualified. She had had her best result ever in her life,

racing at 91 seconds. But the judges disqualified her on the

understanding that the guide accompanying her had pulled her. She

appealed that decision and was successful in that. So she will take

part in the finals of the T11100 metres race that will happen here

later tonight. And we will have lots of action here tonight including the

participation of one of the Paralympic stars from the US team,

Tatyana McFadden. She got three goals in London back in 2012 and she

is now trying to get a total of seven golds here in Rio. She will

try to snatch the first one in the 254 100 metres final. -- T54. Lots

of action in the field of. While sprinting on blades, the T51 final.

Jonnie Peacock will defend his gold that he won in London. Lots of

action in Rio with the athletic stadium filling up quickly. Thanks

very much. I know you will keep us across it all.

Let's take a look at the medal table as it stands on day two.

China has top spot with eight golds, ten silvers and four bronzes -

Great Britain is in second place - and hosts Brazil have also had

a successful start - currently in fourth.

And you can get the latest from the Paralympics

For detailed analysis and a sport by sport guide just go

Stay with us, surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye in

what is a real world first. A British-Iranian woman who has been

detained in Iran for more than 150 days has now been jailed for five

years, according to I think she's a political football

in internal battles and battles with Britain as well. We have had

messages saying if the British government agrees, we will release

her but different messages contradict that and now she has been

sentenced to five years. They have not released any charges. If there

was a crime there, they have not said what it was. When we have X --

explored all the possibilities bring them together, then we are looking

at do I find a way to get Gabriella back. It is difficult and dangerous,

but this can't go on for ever. Global condemnation as North Korea

carries out a fifth nuclear test - The US Congress backs legislation

allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government

for damages, despite the threat Techie's E, Mick Vista is said that

Turkey is willing -- Turkey's economic minister said that Turkey

is willing to negotiate a quick trade deal with Britain it is

Britain's biggest export partner and said that Britain must be ready. He

said that working on the deal it would set -- would work on the same

time as Turkey seeks to improve its current deal with the EU. In the

same time, while we are discussing this with the European Union. It's a

case, it's in SSSC now. We need to start the bigger stations with the

UK -- it's a necessity now. In two years because time, Brexit will be

completed. Everything must be ready in the same time, simultaneously. We

cannot lose time, we cannot lose the opportunities. We cannot miss this

season. When the season of the European Union finishes, then a new

rule between Turkey and the UK must be ready there.

Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes has all the sport.

Novak Djokovic has taken the first set of his US open semifinal against

Gayle Monfils. He started but still won 6-3. He is up in the second set

and he is fresh after having only played two matches after his

opponents retired. The serving as going for a 13th grand slam title.

-- the Serbian player. Froome is trying to become the first

man for 38 years to win the Tour de France and the Vuelta

in the same season. The countdown is on to tomorrow's

much awaited Manchester derby. It's being billed as the highest

profile game in British league history where Jose Mourinho

and Pep Guardiola go head-to-head. David Ornstein looks ahead to the

match. Manchester, home to some of

football, is fiercest rivals. Red versus blue, United versus city, now

Jose Mourinho against pep Guardiola. Now the battles will be as tents in

the dugout as on the pitch. Before the match comes the media. This is

where many of their fights have been fought. But on the eve of the first

derby, it was best behaviour. To me, it is just a game against a very

good opponent. If you want to be successful, if you want to win the

game, we have to be at the top of our qualities. The last game Real

Madrid, Barcelona, was not easy for either or both. But we met each

other a few weeks ago at the managers Premier League meeting and

we spoke fluently. Their relationship dates back to 1996 when

Guardiola was playing for Barcelona and Mourinho joined the closing step

-- coaching staff. But years later, Mourinho lost out to Guardiola for

the coaching job and friends became foes. And then Mourinho was

appointed to Real Madrid manager and his mission was to not Guardiola of

its perch. That poisoned season. The relationship was very poisonous --

aggressive at the end because they were the two best teams managed by

the two best coaches. United and city have been led by many great

managers and tomorrow, two more will take centre stage. But what makes it

significant is that it could be the most expensive match in football

history. The previous record was set in last season's El Classico with

Real Madrid against first -- Barcelona. It is estimated that the

players starting at Old Trafford was cost ?600 million. Among them is

Paul Pogba, at a world ?89 million. The last derby was settled by eight

moment of brilliance from Marcus Rashford. But that was a sideshow as

Leicester City stole the limelight. But the limelight is firmly back on

Manchester City thanks to Guardiola. That all the sport for now.

Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye in a world

first. The robot means that surgeons can do more delicate procedures and

could otherwise have been done. Fergus Walsh reports.

Deterioration of sight in my right eye is progressive.

Bill Beaver is going blind in one eye.

If, for example, I take a book, and I cover my left eye,

which is still good, all I see is mush.

His central vision is completely gone.

In theatre, the surgeon uses a joystick to move to the robot arm,

Robot assisted surgery is now commonplace, especially

Never before has a robot been used to operate inside the eye.

This is delicate surgery, involving tiny, precise movements

to remove a membrane which is causing sight loss.

Crucially, the robot can filter out the surgeon's hand tremors.

The robot has to pivot around a tiny hole in the wall of the eye.

Inside, it removes a membrane just 100th of a millimetre thick,

shown in blue, which is covering the retina.

That allows the hole in the retina to close.

A few days later, the results are clear.

Before long, his distance vision will return to normal.

It is almost the world of fairy tales but it is true.

It is the difference between being active and doing

the things I need to do and enjoying art and enjoying life.

The surgeon says that the robot was more accurate than the human hand.

We are going into a new era of eye surgery where we will be placing

things at the back of the eye, under the retina, very much more

accurately and with greater precision than at the moment.

We can certainly improve on current operations but I hope we can do

new operations that currently we cannot do with a human hand,

Retinal disease is the main cause of blindness in the developed world.

Robots should allow many more patients to have their site saved.

President Obama has been honoured by scientists, they have named a

parasite after him! The professor responsible say it reminds them of

President Obama because it is long, thin, and cool as hell!