:00:00. > :00:15.North Korea hails a successful test of a hydrogen bomb,
:00:16. > :00:18.which it claims can be loaded on an intercontinental
:00:19. > :00:23.It's provoked international condemnation.
:00:24. > :00:26.Mr President will you attack North Korea?
:00:27. > :00:31.President Trump considers his response and threatens to cut trade
:00:32. > :00:35.to any country doing business with Pyongyang.
:00:36. > :00:49.We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely
:00:50. > :00:51.North Korea. But as I said, we have many options to do so.
:00:52. > :00:53.A rapturous welcome for Angela Merkel as the German Chancellor
:00:54. > :00:56.arrives for a TV showdown with her main electoral rival.
:00:57. > :01:08.Also ahead, all the sports including a perfect weekend for Lewis Hamilton
:01:09. > :01:21.at the Italian Grand Prix. The UN Security Council is holding
:01:22. > :01:26.an emergency meeting on Monday, after North Korea claimed it had
:01:27. > :01:30.successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. International monitors say
:01:31. > :01:33.it was Pyongyang's most North Korea announced
:01:34. > :01:37.on state TV that the test detected a powerful tremor,
:01:38. > :01:44.with a magnitude of 6.3, It's the sixth underground
:01:45. > :01:49.nuclear test by North Korea There's been widespread
:01:50. > :01:57.international condemnation. President Trump tweeted the US
:01:58. > :01:59.is "considering stopping trade with any country doing business
:02:00. > :02:01.with North Korea". He called his military chiefs
:02:02. > :02:04.to the White House - in the last hour, the US
:02:05. > :02:06.Defence Secretary James Mattis gave this update
:02:07. > :02:17.on what they had discussed: We have many military options and
:02:18. > :02:23.the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. We made clear
:02:24. > :02:29.that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, South
:02:30. > :02:33.Korea and Japan. From any attack. And our commitments among the allies
:02:34. > :02:40.are iron clad. Any threat to the United States or its Teletubbies,
:02:41. > :02:45.including Guam, or its allies, will be met with the massive military
:02:46. > :02:49.response, a response both effective and overwhelming. We are not looking
:02:50. > :02:54.to the total annihilation of a country, namely North Korea, but as
:02:55. > :02:58.I said, we have many options to do so.
:02:59. > :03:00.China has urged North Korea to halt its nuclear programme.
:03:01. > :03:02.Russia said that the North risked "serious consequences",
:03:03. > :03:05.while Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said the UN
:03:06. > :03:07.Security Council should look urgently at imposing new sanctions.
:03:08. > :03:21.Our correspondent in Seoul, Yogita Limaye reports.
:03:22. > :03:27.North Korea announcing another nuclear test.
:03:28. > :03:29."A perfect success" The newsreader said.
:03:30. > :03:32.Pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb.
:03:33. > :03:38.The world was alerted when tremors were detected at a known testing
:03:39. > :03:39.site in the north-east of the country.
:03:40. > :03:42.Earlier, photos were released of the North Korean leader
:03:43. > :03:44.Kim Jong-un inspecting what was said to be
:03:45. > :03:47.The state claims it could be fitted to an intercontinental
:03:48. > :04:00.If confirmed, it means Pyongyang can arm these long-range missiles -
:04:01. > :04:02.weapons that put the US mainland within range.
:04:03. > :04:03.To this latest incident, President Trump responded
:04:04. > :04:12."North Korea's words and actions continue to be very dangerous
:04:13. > :04:17."South Korea's talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work.
:04:18. > :04:26.Later, leaving church, the president was asked
:04:27. > :04:28.Mr President, will you attack North Korea?
:04:29. > :04:32.For months now, South Korea's president said talking
:04:33. > :04:41.Today he expressed outrage and disappointment.
:04:42. > :04:45.TRANSLATION: North Korea has made an absurd tactical mistake,
:04:46. > :04:46.by committing a series of provocations, such
:04:47. > :04:49.as launching ICBM missiles, and conducting a nuclear test,
:04:50. > :04:51.which has heightened tensions on the peninsula
:04:52. > :05:01.The latest act from North Korea comes just days after the regime
:05:02. > :05:03.fired this missile which flew over Japan.
:05:04. > :05:06.In response, America and South Korean jets
:05:07. > :05:08.conducted bombing drills, with more military measures planned.
:05:09. > :05:17.But it is hard to see what action can be taken.
:05:18. > :05:20.Here in Seoul, a city that is home to tens of millions of people,
:05:21. > :05:23.we are only about 50 kilometres from the border with North Korea,
:05:24. > :05:26.and at any given time a mass of weapons is pointed
:05:27. > :05:32.That is why the international community has been trying to put
:05:33. > :05:34.economic pressure on Pyongyang rather than taking
:05:35. > :05:46.It has been less than a month since strict sanctions
:05:47. > :05:48.Nothing appears to deter Kim Jong-un.
:05:49. > :05:51.After the latest - and most powerful -
:05:52. > :05:54.evidence of the extent of North Korea's nuclear programme,
:05:55. > :05:58.what are the options for the international community?
:05:59. > :06:00.Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins has been assessing
:06:01. > :06:04.Kim Jong-un and his regime are simply refusing to bow
:06:05. > :06:11.Well, partly because the regime is convinced its survival depends
:06:12. > :06:18.on having the ultimate weapon, as insurance against outside attack.
:06:19. > :06:21.But already the North Koreans have such an array of conventional
:06:22. > :06:24.weapons they could kill hundreds of thousands of people,
:06:25. > :06:27.and maybe that is why they have ignored Donald Trump's warning
:06:28. > :06:32.North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States.
:06:33. > :06:46.They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen.
:06:47. > :06:49.But the fact is North Korea has not been stopped by that fiery rhetoric
:06:50. > :06:52.and has now made a new threat which raises the question,
:06:53. > :06:56.The US does have the means, the fire and fury.
:06:57. > :07:01.They could almost certainly destroy the regime eventually,
:07:02. > :07:02.but not before retaliation sparked appalling consequences
:07:03. > :07:07.for South Korea, Japan and the wider region.
:07:08. > :07:11.So could the world live with a nuclear armed North Korea?
:07:12. > :07:13.Arguably, it may have to - and that would then mean relying
:07:14. > :07:16.on Kim Jong-un to be rational, and North Korea to accept
:07:17. > :07:20.the old Cold War restraint that any use of nuclear weapons guarantees
:07:21. > :07:27.No wonder North Korea's immediate neighbour China is pushing hard
:07:28. > :07:29.for international talks with the regime to find
:07:30. > :07:36.As most options, other option's are fraught with very severe
:07:37. > :07:43.possible consequences, I think in the end one does come
:07:44. > :07:46.down to the line that this has got to be solved,
:07:47. > :07:53.unless you want catastrophe, by negotiation.
:07:54. > :07:55.But to some leading Republicans an American military response
:07:56. > :08:00.This was Senator Lindsey Graham speaking hours before
:08:01. > :08:08.I am 100% certain that if Kim Jong-un continues to develop
:08:09. > :08:12.missile technology that can hit America, if diplomacy fails
:08:13. > :08:15.to stop him, there will be an attack by the United States
:08:16. > :08:22.The stakes with North Korea have never been higher.
:08:23. > :08:24.The ultimate decision rests with President Trump,
:08:25. > :08:53.In a sign of the possible foreign relations between China
:08:54. > :08:56.and its old ally, this test came just a few hours before
:08:57. > :08:59.President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech at a summit he is hosting
:09:00. > :09:03.here, and the government has been quick to react,
:09:04. > :09:09.saying it condemns the test in the strongest terms.
:09:10. > :09:14.But despite all of Donald Trump's urging, the question is,
:09:15. > :09:22.It has toughened up sanctions on some goods, but the reality
:09:23. > :09:45.Normal trade continues, textile and tourism. The calculation for China
:09:46. > :09:51.all along has been this, that whilst it doesn't like the idea of a
:09:52. > :09:57.nuclear armed North Korea it appears much, much more at the prospect of
:09:58. > :10:04.economic collapse. Because that would bring chaos and instability
:10:05. > :10:08.right up against its border. Each stage North Korea gets closer and
:10:09. > :10:12.closer to having a deliverable nuclear weapon but it doesn't for
:10:13. > :10:13.most analysts look as if that calculation will have changed all
:10:14. > :10:17.that much for China. Joining me now from Notre Dame
:10:18. > :10:19.University in Indiana He is the Director of Policy Studies
:10:20. > :10:32.at the Kroc Institute Thank you for your time. Should the
:10:33. > :10:38.US withdraw militarily from the region to get China to help? Not
:10:39. > :10:42.necessarily, we need to engage diplomatically, everyone is talking
:10:43. > :10:46.about a range of actions but the most important and perhaps only
:10:47. > :10:51.option is to engage diplomatically. For that the United States needs to
:10:52. > :10:57.partner with China, China has much more leverage on North Korea than we
:10:58. > :11:02.do. It has the potential to offer significant incentives in terms of
:11:03. > :11:05.greater trade investment and security assurances so the option is
:11:06. > :11:09.for the United States to stay involved, be more committed that use
:11:10. > :11:17.the tools of diplomacy, political dialogue, not military threats. Do
:11:18. > :11:23.not think Beijing must have already tried that level of diplomatic
:11:24. > :11:27.pressure on the north? Certainly Beijing has engaged diplomatically
:11:28. > :11:30.but the US also needs to be involved because the United States is
:11:31. > :11:34.technically still at war with North Korea, we are the ones with massive
:11:35. > :11:38.military power in the neighbourhood. We are seen as the greatest threat
:11:39. > :11:41.to North Korea and its because of that threat and their insecurity
:11:42. > :11:45.that they seem to feel the need for all this weaponry so we have to be
:11:46. > :11:50.engaged. But we also need to have a partnership with China that enables
:11:51. > :11:56.us to offer a diplomatic package. China and the US share the concern
:11:57. > :12:08.to avoid further nuclear realisation of the Korean Peninsula. I think
:12:09. > :12:15.it's a possibility we could work together. The goal of a diplomatic
:12:16. > :12:20.engagement is likely to be not complete demutualisation but a
:12:21. > :12:25.freeze, can we get them to halt testing and to then begin to work on
:12:26. > :12:31.a package of incentives and sanctions which can be part of the
:12:32. > :12:34.package, to move North Korea towards a firm agreement. Do you think there
:12:35. > :12:38.will be any kind of agreement on the Security Council meeting on Monday?
:12:39. > :12:44.China has not gone the way other members wanted and there are many in
:12:45. > :12:51.the US who fear a action is the only way forward. I think the council can
:12:52. > :12:56.agree, if you think about the Iran nuclear deal, it was the Security
:12:57. > :13:00.Council, the European states and the United States working together with
:13:01. > :13:06.their consent and support of Russia and China that offered to Iran a
:13:07. > :13:11.package of incentives as well sanctions and especially the offer
:13:12. > :13:14.to lift sanctions if Iran agreed to nuclear freeze. I think a similar
:13:15. > :13:19.formula could be offered to North Korea. Let's go with a further
:13:20. > :13:22.sanctions package, I think the council is ready for that and the
:13:23. > :13:27.European states have been supporting it but it should be tied to an offer
:13:28. > :13:32.to lift sanctions if North Korea will agree to a significant package,
:13:33. > :13:36.a freeze on its nuclear programme, nuclear inspections like we have in
:13:37. > :13:40.Iran. We would probably not get the kind of intrusive monitoring we have
:13:41. > :13:45.in the and North Korea butlers get back to some kind of more rigorous
:13:46. > :13:49.monitoring in North Korea. Diplomacy worked before and it can work again.
:13:50. > :13:51.Sorry to cut you off, we are out of time, thank you.
:13:52. > :13:53.We will, of course, keep you updated on this developing story
:13:54. > :13:56.but don't forget you can also visit our website.
:13:57. > :13:58.We'll have updates, analysis, and the latest from our
:13:59. > :14:02.Remember you can also download the BBC News app
:14:03. > :14:13.onto your smartphone or tablet device.
:14:14. > :14:15.With just three weeks to go until Germany votes
:14:16. > :14:18.in the country's general election - Chancellor Angela Merkel -
:14:19. > :14:22.who is seeking a fourth term - has been facing her main rival
:14:23. > :14:33.Much of the sparring focussed on immigration with Mrs Merkel
:14:34. > :14:40.Jenny Hill has been watching the debate interesting line and emerging
:14:41. > :14:44.on Turkey and the EU from her opponent? Yes, Martin Schulz was
:14:45. > :14:51.keen to talk turkey because relations between Germany and Turkey
:14:52. > :14:55.have deteriorated over the last months, if not longer. Martin Schulz
:14:56. > :15:02.said if he was the Chancellor he would halt any kind of EU accession
:15:03. > :15:05.talks with Turkey. What is ironic about that is that Angela Merkel
:15:06. > :15:12.herself has never wanted Turkey to join the EU but in that debate she
:15:13. > :15:15.fell short of calling for that particular demand herself saying
:15:16. > :15:19.instead she would be prepared to speak to other EU members to see if
:15:20. > :15:26.they could try to stop prepayments to Turkey before any kind of EU
:15:27. > :15:30.accession. Angela Merkel has been the key architect of the migrant
:15:31. > :15:36.deal between Turkey and the EU and takes the view it's better to keep
:15:37. > :15:39.your enemies closer. This was an interesting debate, primarily
:15:40. > :15:43.because I think many in advance thought that Angela Merkel who was
:15:44. > :15:47.not known for her particularly powerful rhetoric, is not known for
:15:48. > :15:52.enjoying this kind of debate, actually I think came out on top.
:15:53. > :15:56.She's been in the job 12 years and to make it showed. Her experience
:15:57. > :16:00.came through, she was able to score points against her main rival Martin
:16:01. > :16:07.Schulz. Pointing out for example very detailed arguments about for
:16:08. > :16:11.example the refugee crisis, Martin Schulz try to attack on the way
:16:12. > :16:16.refugees who have arrived in Germany are being integrated in his view not
:16:17. > :16:20.fast enough. She countered with some detailed statistics about how many
:16:21. > :16:25.applications are being processed and how many people are still going
:16:26. > :16:29.through the system for example. This was a very wide-ranging debate as
:16:30. > :16:35.you would expect, we heard about policing and pensions but also a lot
:16:36. > :16:38.of talk about foreign policy. In particular North Korea. Martin
:16:39. > :16:42.Schulz taking a fairly bullish view on Donald Trump pointing out that in
:16:43. > :16:48.his view Donald Trump was bringing the world to the verge of
:16:49. > :16:51.destruction with just a few tweets and saying that Europe and the rest
:16:52. > :16:56.of the world should try to push on and organiser solution over North
:16:57. > :17:01.Korea without the US president. Angela Merkel taking a softer view
:17:02. > :17:06.saying she could not see a way forward for diplomatic solutions to
:17:07. > :17:10.that crisis which did not involve the US president. So I wide-ranging
:17:11. > :17:15.debate, looking as though Angela Merkel is coming out on top. The
:17:16. > :17:19.German newspapers saying that as far as they are concerned she did a
:17:20. > :17:24.better job, polling already suggesting she has come out on top.
:17:25. > :17:28.Angela Merkel and her Conservative Party are set to win the election if
:17:29. > :17:32.the polling is to be leaved and I think tonight she was victorious as
:17:33. > :17:38.well. Thank you Jenny Hill. Much more coming up, all this board
:17:39. > :17:41.including celebrations for Lewis Hamilton as he takes the race and
:17:42. > :17:53.the Formula 1 championship lead at the Italian Grand Prix.
:17:54. > :17:59.She received the Nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the
:18:00. > :18:02.dying in India's slums. The head of the Catholic Church said mother
:18:03. > :18:07.Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have
:18:08. > :18:10.to identify the bodies and then arrange the options and take them
:18:11. > :18:15.back home. Parents are waiting and whites are waiting. Hostages
:18:16. > :18:17.appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the
:18:18. > :18:39.nightmare behind them. Britain lost the Princess today.
:18:40. > :18:42.Described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. An
:18:43. > :18:45.early-morning car crash ending a life with more than its share of
:18:46. > :19:04.pain and courage, warmth and compassion.
:19:05. > :19:10.North Korea hails a successful test of a hydrogen bomb,
:19:11. > :19:12.which it claims can be loaded on an intercontinental
:19:13. > :19:20.Donald Trump has been briefed by his military chiefs, his Defence
:19:21. > :19:23.Secretary said America did not want to annihilate North Korea but also
:19:24. > :19:29.had the option to do so if threatened.
:19:30. > :19:31.The United Nations refugee agency says 73,000 Rohingya Muslims
:19:32. > :19:33.have now fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since the army
:19:34. > :19:35.there began a campaign against militants less
:19:36. > :19:40.Fresh plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the area as the armies
:19:41. > :19:45.lodged a complaint against militants. It comes after attacks
:19:46. > :19:48.and killings carried out by the militants amid warnings about
:19:49. > :19:50.radicalisation. The UN refugee agency says more than 70,000 people
:19:51. > :19:52.have fled the Bangladesh. It is now a massive influx,
:19:53. > :19:56.the sheer number of Rohingya refugees coming into Bangladesh from
:19:57. > :19:58.Myanmar. The border is just a short
:19:59. > :20:00.distance that way. They are coming from every
:20:01. > :20:04.direction, men, women, children. Some very young and some
:20:05. > :20:06.incredibly old and finding Earlier today we saw plumes of smoke
:20:07. > :20:15.from inside Rakhine state, presumably villages that
:20:16. > :20:19.were burning there. Refugees we have spoken to have come
:20:20. > :20:22.with dramatic testimony of how they were allegedly driven out
:20:23. > :20:27.of their homes. Some have seen people
:20:28. > :20:30.killed at close range. They are all heading now towards one
:20:31. > :20:34.of several temporary refugee camps which are set up on this side
:20:35. > :20:37.but already these camps are teeming with people and agencies are really
:20:38. > :20:40.concerned about the sheer numbers of people they have to take care
:20:41. > :20:42.of with supplies Let's look at some of the other
:20:43. > :20:55.stories making the news. South Africa's deputy president,
:20:56. > :20:58.Cyril Ramaphosa, has admitted having But he claims reports
:20:59. > :21:04.of multiple affairs, which he denies, are part
:21:05. > :21:06.of a political smear campaign. Mr Ramaphosa said he believed people
:21:07. > :21:09.were trying to stop him from contesting the leadership
:21:10. > :21:11.of the governing ANC German explosives experts have
:21:12. > :21:15.successfully defused a massive World War two bomb in the financial
:21:16. > :21:19.capital of Frankfurt. More than 60,000 people had to be
:21:20. > :21:22.evacuated from their homes The bomb was capable
:21:23. > :21:43.of flattening a city block. Let's get the sport.
:21:44. > :21:48.The US Open is underway, the fourth round, 18-year-old Danish pop love,
:21:49. > :21:52.the youngest man to get to this stage since 1989, but unfortunately
:21:53. > :21:56.it as far as he is going, the Canadian teenager was first up
:21:57. > :22:00.against Pablo Carreno and he did well to match the Spaniard but lost
:22:01. > :22:07.all three sets on tie-breaks. Maria Sharapova is playing right now, she
:22:08. > :22:14.is one set up, it's been tough going in the second set. Lewis Hamilton
:22:15. > :22:20.took the outright championship lead for the first time this Formula 1
:22:21. > :22:24.season with a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix. A day after
:22:25. > :22:30.breaking the all-time record for pole position he was in total
:22:31. > :22:34.control leading Valtteri Bottas D1 - to finish. Sebastian Vettel was
:22:35. > :22:39.third and is now three points behind, the victory was his sixth of
:22:40. > :22:44.the season. Sebastian Vettel only has four. The next Grand Prix is in
:22:45. > :22:49.Singapore in two weeks. A century from Virat Kohli helped his side to
:22:50. > :22:54.another win in Sri Lanka and it completes a 5-0 whitewash in the
:22:55. > :22:59.one-day series, his unbeaten 110 guided his side to the target of 239
:23:00. > :23:08.with six wickets and 21 balls to spare. Earlier the hosts were bowled
:23:09. > :23:15.out for 238. Kumar took five wickets for 42, MS Dhoni became the first
:23:16. > :23:18.wicketkeeper to reach 100 stumpings in one-day internationals surpassing
:23:19. > :23:23.Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka lost all three tests against
:23:24. > :23:29.India as well and now have just one T20 match on Wednesday to try to
:23:30. > :23:33.salvage some pride. Australia are desperate to draw level in their
:23:34. > :23:37.Test series with Bangladesh after they received intense criticism from
:23:38. > :23:42.media down under. Defeat in the opening match was their first ever
:23:43. > :23:46.to Bangladesh. Here is Steve Smith. Bangladesh will be full of
:23:47. > :23:51.confidence with how they played last week, we are going to have to play a
:23:52. > :23:55.lot better. We are down 1-0 in the series and we need to win the
:23:56. > :23:59.series. I think the inclusion of Steven O'Keefe in the squad is a
:24:00. > :24:08.good one, it gives us the option to play three spinners. There is a
:24:09. > :24:11.possibility we go with that. Are more confident smile from Chris
:24:12. > :24:15.Froome as he has extended his lead in the welter is banned, he now
:24:16. > :24:26.leads Vincenzo Nibali by one minute and one seconds. Andy Lopez won the
:24:27. > :24:31.129 kilometre 15 stage, his second stage win of the race, Chris Froome
:24:32. > :24:37.finished fifth and gained six seconds over his nearest rival.
:24:38. > :24:43.There are six stages to go. Ewan sprinted to victory on the opening
:24:44. > :24:47.stage of the Tour of Britain, 193 pedal from Edinburgh to Kelso in the
:24:48. > :25:01.Scottish Borders. He just edged out Edvald Boasson Hagen. Joachim Loew
:25:02. > :25:05.has condemned fans who sang Nazi era chants during the win over the Czech
:25:06. > :25:07.Republic, it came on the anniversary of the German invasion of Poland in
:25:08. > :25:20.1939 which triggered World War II. TRANSLATION: I'm not upset or sad,
:25:21. > :25:25.but I am angry, this is maybe the best description of my feelings. I
:25:26. > :25:29.am really, really upset about what happened. The fact that some
:25:30. > :25:32.so-called fans used football and the stage of an international game to
:25:33. > :25:36.bring great shame and disgrace to our country with their behaviour, I
:25:37. > :25:39.think every single one of those people should not be allowed to
:25:40. > :25:46.enter the stadium. That would be an absolute win. That's all the sport,
:25:47. > :25:55.see you soon. Slightly happy journey story
:25:56. > :25:58.It's probably fair to say that when it comes to handling your beer,
:25:59. > :26:02.This is Oliver Struempfel from Abersberg in Bavaria -
:26:03. > :26:04.and he's carrying 31 steins full of German beer.
:26:05. > :26:06.Oliver spent the afternoon breaking his own world record
:26:07. > :26:10.He dropped one and spilt another - setting a new record at 29.
:26:11. > :26:16.just a lucky few across eastern parts of the UK which have seen
:26:17. > :26:21.sunshine, much easier compared to yesterday, for many of us are cloudy
:26:22. > :26:22.story and wet for some of us, very wet for a time across