:00:00. > :00:14.America warns that North Korea is begging for war
:00:15. > :00:19.America urges the UN to take the strongest possible measures against
:00:20. > :00:24.North Korea. It comes after North Korea performed their sick than most
:00:25. > :00:28.powerful nuclear test. The US ambassador to the UN said America
:00:29. > :00:35.does not want conflict, but its patient is not unlimited.
:00:36. > :00:38.His abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats sure that he is
:00:39. > :00:40.begging for war. As thousands more people
:00:41. > :00:42.flee to Bangladesh, pressure grows on Myanmar's
:00:43. > :00:44.government to end the military campaign
:00:45. > :00:51.against the Rohingya Muslims. Angela Merkel has faced down her
:00:52. > :00:57.opponent in Germany's televised election debate. And sacked from
:00:58. > :01:01.L'Oreal but still defiant, we will hear from the transgender model who
:01:02. > :01:12.says that all white people benefit from racism.
:01:13. > :01:19.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:20. > :01:25.The American ambassador to the United Nations has urged the other
:01:26. > :01:29.nations to take the strong as possible measures against North
:01:30. > :01:35.Korea. Speaking in an emergency session, Mickey Hayley's language
:01:36. > :01:36.was blunt. She said, to the members of the Security Council I must
:01:37. > :01:45.say... But a Chinese counterpart urged
:01:46. > :01:56.restraint. He said... The BBC's correspondent is in Seoul,
:01:57. > :02:18.here is the latest report. One day after North Korea's most
:02:19. > :02:22.powerful nuclear test, the south displayed its might. Missiles were
:02:23. > :02:29.launched from the ground and the air. It was a test, South Korea
:02:30. > :02:36.showing off how it could attack Pyongyang's nuclear site. This is a
:02:37. > :02:38.strong reaction from a country that for months has been desperately
:02:39. > :02:44.trying to avoid conflict in the Korean peninsula. Across the sea in
:02:45. > :02:50.Japan, the government gave worrying details about North Korea's latest
:02:51. > :02:55.test. TRANSLATION: The evidence suggest
:02:56. > :02:59.that the North conducted a hydrogen bomb test. The government had to
:03:00. > :03:03.conclude that the test was a success, considering the huge poor
:03:04. > :03:08.it generated. Pyongyang has successfully test the weapon that
:03:09. > :03:12.poses a great threat to Japan's security.
:03:13. > :03:17.A hydrogen bomb is vastly more powerful than the bomb that
:03:18. > :03:22.destroyed Hiroshima, and North Korea says that is what his leader is
:03:23. > :03:27.looking at. The country has conducted six nuclear tests so far,
:03:28. > :03:32.but it has really accelerated since Kim Jong Un him to power. At an
:03:33. > :03:37.emergency UN Security Council meeting, the US lashed out at the
:03:38. > :03:42.North Korean leader. Nuclear power is understand the
:03:43. > :03:47.responsibility. Kim Jong Un shows no such understanding. His abusive use
:03:48. > :03:51.of missiles, and his nuclear threats, show that he is begging for
:03:52. > :03:55.war. The people in South Korea have dealt
:03:56. > :04:00.with the threat from the North for a long time now. But perhaps never
:04:01. > :04:04.before has a nuclear test and multiple missile tests come in such
:04:05. > :04:10.quick succession, really ratcheting up the pressure on the government
:04:11. > :04:14.here in Seoul and its allies. This is America's latest anti-missile
:04:15. > :04:21.system, designed to shoot down a Rockets. It has now been deployed in
:04:22. > :04:26.South Korea. The allies might be able to defend themselves against an
:04:27. > :04:30.attack, but no matter how much North Korea provokes them, striking the
:04:31. > :04:34.country's nuclear base is not the easy option.
:04:35. > :04:40.This is most important. North Korea will certainly retaliate, and South
:04:41. > :04:46.Korea will be the main victim of being sandwiched between the
:04:47. > :04:53.hardline United States and recalcitrant North Korea.
:04:54. > :04:55.And so for now, South Korea continues to build an arsenal hoping
:04:56. > :04:57.never to use it. So what are the options left
:04:58. > :04:59.for the international community as it tries to curb
:05:00. > :05:02.North Korea's nuclear ambitions? Here's our Diplomatic
:05:03. > :05:12.Correspondent, James Robbins. President Trump insists the time for
:05:13. > :05:16.talking to North Korea has passed, but most countries still hope
:05:17. > :05:23.diplomacy might work, dissuading the regime not to become a full nuclear
:05:24. > :05:25.weapons state. As part of that diplomacy, the UN Security Council
:05:26. > :05:29.has been meeting to discuss additional sanctions designed to
:05:30. > :05:38.turn tied to the economic screw on North Korea. The UN has been passing
:05:39. > :05:42.resolutions condemning North Korea, but its weapons programme seems to
:05:43. > :05:48.be accelerating. Present sanctions include bans on export sales by
:05:49. > :05:53.North Korea of coal, led, Ireland seafood, almost all of it to China.
:05:54. > :05:56.There is talk now of a ban of North Korean textiles. The most
:05:57. > :06:02.devastating sanctions would be a china cut oil supplies, paralysing
:06:03. > :06:07.an already feeble economy. Only the strongest sanctions will
:06:08. > :06:10.enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy. We have kicked
:06:11. > :06:15.the can down the road long enough. There is no more road left. The
:06:16. > :06:19.United States will look at every country that does business with
:06:20. > :06:24.North Koreas a country that is giving aid to their reckless and
:06:25. > :06:27.dangerous nuclear intentions. The United States will present a new
:06:28. > :06:31.sanctions resolution and push for a vote at the UN next week. It may
:06:32. > :06:35.well pass. But the Americans reject China's overall approach, it is that
:06:36. > :06:40.both the United States and North Korea should wind down their forces
:06:41. > :06:43.in the region. TRANSLATION: This joint initiative
:06:44. > :06:48.by China and Russia is practical and feasible, aimed at addressing the
:06:49. > :06:54.most urgent security concerns of the parties concerned, easing the
:06:55. > :06:59.tension as soon as possible. But what of talks of diplomacy fail?
:07:00. > :07:02.That leaves the grim possibility of American military action. The United
:07:03. > :07:05.States has made clear it could overwhelm North Korea will stop the
:07:06. > :07:09.trouble with that is the North Korean regime already has its own
:07:10. > :07:15.massive conventional missiles just back from the border, and Seoul is
:07:16. > :07:20.within easy range. So the South Korean capital, as well as large
:07:21. > :07:22.parts of Japan, could be devastated, and military action could rapidly
:07:23. > :07:27.escalate into all-out war. Amidst all this attention, what is Kim Jong
:07:28. > :07:33.Un, North Korea's dictator, actually trying to achieve? He desperately
:07:34. > :07:36.wants to join the elite club of nuclear nations for his own
:07:37. > :07:43.protection. Not having nuclear weapons makes dictator 's honourable
:07:44. > :07:48.to regime change -- vulnerable. He has looked at Colonel Gaddafi and
:07:49. > :07:52.Saddam Hussein, neither had nukes. It is likely he will press on and
:07:53. > :08:01.try to complete an arsenal of nuclear missiles, the fate of his
:08:02. > :08:02.country and people are not being stopped.
:08:03. > :08:04.Joining me now from Washington is Scott Snyder,
:08:05. > :08:07.senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
:08:08. > :08:15.He joins us live here. Thank you very much for your time. What was
:08:16. > :08:21.your reading of what we heard in the Security Council?
:08:22. > :08:27.Well, clearly the US is back for another round, or stern round of
:08:28. > :08:35.sanctions. There was a gap between the Chinese and the Americans, after
:08:36. > :08:40.only two months and a year after the last North Korean nuclear test, last
:08:41. > :08:44.year took almost three months to arrive at a Security Council
:08:45. > :08:49.resolution. One would hope that given the nature of this particular
:08:50. > :08:55.amount, it would be possible for the US China and Russia to come to
:08:56. > :08:59.closure much more expeditiously. Some people listening to China
:09:00. > :09:04.saying there will never be war on the peninsula. Donald Trump saying
:09:05. > :09:09.all options are available, that is more than a gap, that is a chasm.
:09:10. > :09:15.Well, the situation is growing more serious precisely because North
:09:16. > :09:23.Korea, Kim Jong Un is trying to export his own vulnerability to the
:09:24. > :09:28.United States. The United States finds that export of vulnerability
:09:29. > :09:35.to the US unacceptable and that the US would retaliate massively if
:09:36. > :09:40.indeed that is what happens. But the core of that statement in my view
:09:41. > :09:46.was a defensive statement. It mirrors some of the North Korean
:09:47. > :09:50.defensive statements with regards to responsible use of the nuclear
:09:51. > :09:56.capability. But then, I think on the US side, there is not a level of
:09:57. > :09:59.trust with the North Korean leader, that he can be responsible, and
:10:00. > :10:02.there is a discomfort with vulnerability to North Korean
:10:03. > :10:06.threats. We have heard condemnation from
:10:07. > :10:11.people within the Trump administration. This demand further
:10:12. > :10:14.sanctions. Some people watching might be thinking, we have had of
:10:15. > :10:23.sanctions and condemnation, and here we are.
:10:24. > :10:26.Well, there is still more road in terms of the level of pressure that
:10:27. > :10:30.can be applied to North Korea. It is absolutely true that pressure is
:10:31. > :10:34.only one element of what is needed in order to turn the situation
:10:35. > :10:41.around. There is also a need for diplomatic indication on a variety
:10:42. > :10:43.of fronts, between the United States and North Korea, if for no other
:10:44. > :10:51.reason under both sides to understand the rules of the road and
:10:52. > :10:54.arguably a new situation based on North Korea's expanding
:10:55. > :11:00.capabilities. Then later on perhaps we can get back to denuclearisation
:11:01. > :11:07.discussions. But I think the immediate need is for a diplomatic
:11:08. > :11:11.track, and that is a girl that I think all members of the
:11:12. > :11:15.International committee should support and facilitate.
:11:16. > :11:19.Thank you very much for your time. Visit our website for much
:11:20. > :11:21.more context and analysis There's lots of text and video
:11:22. > :11:25.including this question and answer Just go to bbc.com/news
:11:26. > :11:32.for all that. Let's take a look
:11:33. > :11:35.at some of the other Kenya's presidential
:11:36. > :11:38.election will be re-run Last week, the Supreme Court
:11:39. > :11:42.cancelled the results of August's poll, which was
:11:43. > :11:46.won by Uhuru Kenyatta. It said the electoral commission had
:11:47. > :11:48.not conducted the vote in line with the constitution and ordered
:11:49. > :11:54.a re-run within 60 days. A man's been charged
:11:55. > :11:55.with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance
:11:56. > :11:57.of a nine-year-old girl The girl was last seen over a week
:11:58. > :12:04.ago, where the ceremony was held, Police say, the 34-year-old suspect
:12:05. > :12:25.was one of the guests. United Nations has criticised the
:12:26. > :12:34.country of Myanmar's leader for failing to protect the Rohingyas.
:12:35. > :12:38.The situation is really great and it is time for somebody to step in.
:12:39. > :12:43.These comments come as the number of Mac fleeing to Bangladesh reached
:12:44. > :12:48.87,000, according to the UN. The refugee agency says the camps were
:12:49. > :12:53.close to the border and are saturation point.
:12:54. > :12:55.She is two days old, born inside a refugee camp.
:12:56. > :12:59.Her parents are Rohingyas, ethnic Muslims from Myanmar denied
:13:00. > :13:03.citizenship and now fleeing persecution.
:13:04. > :13:06.The baby's mother says they left after their village was attacked,
:13:07. > :13:12.TRANSLATION: We fled across the river by boat
:13:13. > :13:18.We were very scared about what the military would to do to us.
:13:19. > :13:23.After coming here, we heard that our house has been burnt down.
:13:24. > :13:26.Do you think you will ever be able to take your baby back home,
:13:27. > :13:33.There is no one there, we cannot go back.
:13:34. > :13:36.Their home is now a vast refugee camp.
:13:37. > :13:38.Along with tens of thousands of Rohingyas now living
:13:39. > :13:44.Many of them eating their first proper meal in days.
:13:45. > :13:46.Just four days ago, was nothing here.
:13:47. > :13:50.It was just a side of a hill with a clump of trees on it.
:13:51. > :13:56.It is a vast settlement, a temporary home for all the Rohingya refugees
:13:57. > :14:00.who have come over from Myanmar and have nowhere to go.
:14:01. > :14:04.And even this place is going to reach its limit in a few days.
:14:05. > :14:07.Bangladesh is now struggling to cope with the growing numbers
:14:08. > :14:10.of Rohingyas streaming in every day, especially as many more
:14:11. > :14:15.To accommodate them we do not have enough land,
:14:16. > :14:18.that is one important thing, and the problem is we don't have
:14:19. > :14:21.enough shelters so that we can accommodate them here.
:14:22. > :14:25.And there is actually the food problem and water,
:14:26. > :14:28.and the health problem, and actually they are occupying our
:14:29. > :14:33.That is actually causing huge tensions for the host
:14:34. > :14:41.Satellite images obtained obtained by Human Rights Watch show entire
:14:42. > :14:48.More than 400 Rohingyas have been killed in ten days,
:14:49. > :14:54.It is hard to independently verify the situation.
:14:55. > :15:00.But in the refugee camps it is apparent that the Rohingyas
:15:01. > :15:04.are here to stay, and the next generation may never get
:15:05. > :15:17.The TV debate between Angela Merkel and her rival Martin Schulz
:15:18. > :15:20.was billed as the last chance to topple the Chancellor before
:15:21. > :15:22.the country's election in three weeks' time.
:15:23. > :15:26.But those hoping for an impassioned, or even a furious confrontation
:15:27. > :15:30.must have been left feeling rather disappointed.
:15:31. > :15:33.Mrs Merkel's experience showed and she effortlessly fended
:15:34. > :15:39.Here's our Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill.
:15:40. > :15:46.You are looking in all probability at Germany's next Chancellor.
:15:47. > :15:54.Angela Merkel does not like live TV debates.
:15:55. > :15:57.Nevertheless, most agree she scored a clear victory
:15:58. > :16:00.against her main rival, Martin Schulz.
:16:01. > :16:13.It was a lacklustre debate, but it has provoked anger in Turkey.
:16:14. > :16:15."If I was Chancellor," said Martin Schulz, "I would end EU
:16:16. > :16:18.Mrs Merkel, no fan herself of Turkish membership,
:16:19. > :16:25.TRANSLATION: We agreed that there shouldn't be any
:16:26. > :16:27.pre-accession payments, and it is clear that Turkey should
:16:28. > :16:30.not be a member of the EU, so I will talk to my colleagues
:16:31. > :16:34.to see whether we could come to a common position and end
:16:35. > :16:44.On the campaign trail, the real story of the selection.
:16:45. > :16:49.Mrs Merkel's refugee policy is still a source of discontent.
:16:50. > :16:52.The anti-migrant party is likely to enter parliament
:16:53. > :16:59.Even so, Mrs Merkel defended her position to open Germany's doors.
:17:00. > :17:03.TRANSLATION: On September 4th, we had a situation where
:17:04. > :17:06.the Austrian Chancellor called to tell me that people
:17:07. > :17:11.And in the life of a Chancellor, there are times when you have
:17:12. > :17:17.Whoever takes the top job here faces many challenges,
:17:18. > :17:19.and we heard a lot of them discussed last night.
:17:20. > :17:22.Domestic issues like pensions and policing,
:17:23. > :17:25.foreign policy issues, Donald Trump, North Korea, the
:17:26. > :17:34.So it was perhaps telling that in an hour and a half debate,
:17:35. > :17:42.not a single word was spoken about Brexit.
:17:43. > :17:45.Most Americans may be enjoying the Labor Day holiday,
:17:46. > :17:48.but in the states of Texas and Louisiana, the battle
:17:49. > :17:52.against the devastation caused by tropical storm Harvey goes on.
:17:53. > :17:55.In the city of Houston, as people begin to return to their homes,
:17:56. > :17:58.recovery efforts are starting to focus on rebuilding,
:17:59. > :18:02.and getting key transportation routes up and running.
:18:03. > :18:10.The upper part of the Houston ship channel.
:18:11. > :18:12.What happens on this tiny stretch of water affects
:18:13. > :18:18.Tankers still cannot get in, choking off supplies of oil.
:18:19. > :18:21.We went out with an ensign from the US Coast Guard on one
:18:22. > :18:27.This is one of the major facilities, and one of the missions
:18:28. > :18:30.for the coastguard was actually to get this restored as soon
:18:31. > :18:32.as possible for navigational purposes, so that the vessels can
:18:33. > :18:35.come in and start off-loading or on-loading the product to get it
:18:36. > :18:37.to where it needs to go across the destinations.
:18:38. > :18:41.And I guess a sign of just how far we've come in the few days
:18:42. > :18:44.since Harvey made landfall, we've got a boat here going past.
:18:45. > :18:46.Right, so, just a few days ago the port was closed,
:18:47. > :18:49.right, with the hurricane, so now we look at what we
:18:50. > :18:51.Commodities are starting to move again.
:18:52. > :18:53.For now, shipping traffic is limited.
:18:54. > :18:57.The coastguard is assessing the degree and repairing
:18:58. > :19:02.Normally this waterway would be full of vessels carrying everything
:19:03. > :19:07.from consumer goods to crude oil, and that is why American authorities
:19:08. > :19:10.have made this a priority, to get it reopened as soon
:19:11. > :19:14.as possible given its economic importance.
:19:15. > :19:19.Exxon Mobil is restarting refining operations at its Baytown facility.
:19:20. > :19:21.A quarter of all American refining capacity was taken out
:19:22. > :19:28.And it is not just big business trying to rebuild.
:19:29. > :19:31.Construction materials were in heavy demand that the local
:19:32. > :19:36.Spending money on material, money that we don't have.
:19:37. > :19:41.Mario came for supplies, to fix his grandmother's flooded house.
:19:42. > :19:46.I work in the refinery industry, so that is one of the industries
:19:47. > :19:52.At a time when he needs the money most, he is looking
:19:53. > :19:57.They keep on calling us and sending the message, day by day.
:19:58. > :19:59.We're not working today, we're working maybe tomorrow,
:20:00. > :20:03.not today, and then eventually they told us we are not going to be
:20:04. > :20:08.able to show up until maybe the 5th of September.
:20:09. > :20:12.And that lack of activity in the wake of Hurricane Harvey
:20:13. > :20:16.is not just affecting workers but the economy, which is why
:20:17. > :20:25.there is such a push to get things moving again.
:20:26. > :20:27.She broke barriers by becoming the first transgender model
:20:28. > :20:30.to appear in a cosmetics campaign for L'Oreal.
:20:31. > :20:34.But then Munroe Bergdorf was fired because of a Facebook post
:20:35. > :20:39.where she reportedly called "all white people" racist.
:20:40. > :20:44.Bergdorf says she wrote the post in response
:20:45. > :20:46.to events in Charlottesville, where protestors carrying
:20:47. > :20:48.Nazi flags clashed with anti-racism demonstrators.
:20:49. > :20:52.The model told the BBC says she stands by her comments -
:20:53. > :20:58.Facebook deleted it because once I posted it it was drenched
:20:59. > :21:04.with alt-right supporters, and just people kind
:21:05. > :21:10.In the post, I was extremely angry and frustrated,
:21:11. > :21:13.I think we all were, about the Charlottesville attacks,
:21:14. > :21:18.about Heather dying, and just the fact that racism exists
:21:19. > :21:22.and we are not really doing anything to counter it.
:21:23. > :21:24.I don't think people really understand what
:21:25. > :21:29.I'm talking about all white people benefit from white privilege.
:21:30. > :21:34.White privilege filters, well, it stems from white supremacy,
:21:35. > :21:38.it stems from a society that was put in place and built to benefit white
:21:39. > :21:41.people above any other race, because race doesn't actually exist,
:21:42. > :21:46.But the lighter your skin tone the more privilege
:21:47. > :21:51.For instance, I'm a lighter skinned woman, I will have a lot more
:21:52. > :21:54.social privilege than, say, a dark skinned black woman.
:21:55. > :22:06.I did write bookends to that original quote which actually talked
:22:07. > :22:08.about what people can do if they want to help,
:22:09. > :22:12.or if they want to help end racism, and obviously it was taken out
:22:13. > :22:14.of context and all people saw was the angry middle bit.
:22:15. > :22:18.I don't think I've thrown it away, I think L'Oreal threw it away.
:22:19. > :22:20.I think that they have the opportunity to actually talk
:22:21. > :22:23.about why we need diversity and talk about why racism actually
:22:24. > :22:25.exists in the first place, as that is all I did.
:22:26. > :22:29.They cannot hire somebody and expect them to keep
:22:30. > :22:37.their mouths shut when it comes to inconvenient truths.
:22:38. > :22:38.L'Oreal says it supports diversity and tolerance
:22:39. > :22:41.towards all people irrespective of their race, background,
:22:42. > :23:04.There's going to be a new addition
:23:05. > :23:07.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced they're
:23:08. > :23:17.Our Royal Correpsondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
:23:18. > :23:25.The Duchess of Cambridge last week with her husband and Prince Harry.
:23:26. > :23:32.No news then the announcement of the third baby. Kensington Palace was
:23:33. > :23:35.forced to disclose the information because the Duchess had to pull out
:23:36. > :23:41.of an engagement because of morning sickness. She is now resting at
:23:42. > :23:45.Kensington Palace. According to the statement, the Queen, opening the
:23:46. > :23:48.Queensbury Crossing near Edinburgh this morning, and other members of
:23:49. > :23:54.the Royal Family, are delighted by the news. It will be the Queen's six
:23:55. > :24:00.great grandchild, fifth in line for succession to the throne. It is more
:24:01. > :24:05.than four years since the birth of Prince George in July 20 13. This is
:24:06. > :24:08.an important week for him, he is due to start at his new school in
:24:09. > :24:13.London, something his mother said he will not want to miss. The couple's
:24:14. > :24:17.second child, Princess Charlotte, was born in May 2015, fourth in the
:24:18. > :24:22.line for succession, and will retain that position even if the new baby
:24:23. > :24:29.is a boy. On a visit by the Cambridge is to Poland, Catherine
:24:30. > :24:33.joked about having another baby when she was given a gift intended for a
:24:34. > :24:37.baby. It did not seem significant at the time. Today, Prince Harry said
:24:38. > :24:42.he was delighted at the prospect of being an uncle again.
:24:43. > :24:48.Fantastic, very happy for them. How is your sister doing?
:24:49. > :24:51.I haven't seen her for a while but I think she's doing OK.
:24:52. > :24:55.The news comes just as Williams beginning full-time royal duties.
:24:56. > :25:01.Soon the team of four will become five. Kensington Palace has not said
:25:02. > :25:08.when the new baby is due. It must be assumed that it will be around March
:25:09. > :25:11.of next year. Just time to show you some
:25:12. > :25:16.astonishing pictures from Australia, frightening as well, 12 people were
:25:17. > :25:21.injured in a drag racing event at Alice Springs, you will see why in a
:25:22. > :25:27.moment. That car is spinning around and then suddenly that happens. It's
:25:28. > :25:31.praise burning fuel over a number of spectators, and one man has critical
:25:32. > :25:33.injuries, which you might expect. Organisers shut down the event,
:25:34. > :25:40.which is now being investigated by the police. That's it for this half
:25:41. > :25:46.an hour, a reminder of the lead story, the US ambassador to the UN
:25:47. > :25:50.has urged the UN Security Council to take the strongest possible measures
:25:51. > :25:55.against North Korea in response to its most powerful nuclear test. We
:25:56. > :26:02.will pick up on those issues on Outside Source.