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in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate, only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. earlier, i spoke to our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie, who gave us the picture from the ground. yes, so we were awoken this morning at about 6:30am or so, with the sound of the air raid siren, which is not common. we had messages to prepare for evacuation and we heard that the north, according to the south korean military, had launched a space launch vehicle. ...

according to the south korean military, the projectile had disappeared from radar and might have crashed or exploded. the united states hasjoined south korea and japan in condemning the launch, saying it involved ballistic missile technology in breach of un sanctions. theres lots to unpick — so lets go live to seoul — and jean mackenzie, our correspondent in south korea. jean — how did you first hear of this rocket launch? i first heard about it when, like millions of other peopl...

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital, causing some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russias president, vladimir putin, said the drones were aimed at "civilian targets" and that russia "reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures" against kyiv. our russia editor,...

russia- _ white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, weve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence s...

spending under control and get our economy back on track. and you have to do both. joining me now is ed price, principal analyst at ergo intelligence. both parties in full campaign mode on this legislation. do you foresee it being passed? ido i do foresee it being passed, i think that is also the conventional wisdom and i have no reason to doubt it. it would be spectacular if the us decided to default on its debt. but there was something about this merry—go—round this time that see...

general keane, im not sure if you can see this, but we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balloon has been taken dow- >> oh, thats great. arthel: it is now i falling from the sky there over surfside beach, south carolina. so your reaction to this, sir. >> im watching it. well, first of all, well done. congrats to the military for being able to do that. arthel: very dramatic, indeed. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. >> reporter: ...

the shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel — merseyside police say the suspected gunman has not handed himself in despite repeated appeals. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked after failing to send officers in to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teachers. how bad is flying for the planet? google is accused of airbrushing the answer. england make a great start to the second test against south afri...

and we will find you. a think—tank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. the pms former chief adviser dominic cummings has described mr sunak�*s criticism of the governments handling of the pandemic, as "dangerous rubbish. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked — afterfailing to send officers in, to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teacher...

counties across 26 states. the bone dry conditions are destroying farm crops and one analyst estimates that 75% of the corn crop in the drought region is now wiped out. that could drive up food and fuel prices across the entire country and brings us to rob marciano live in bu. >> we have corn that should be taller than it is right now because of the drought and because of the heat. this stalk should be well up and over my head. theres a couple of examples of ears of corn. this was toug...

settlement that some folks have missed is when was the last time you got 49 state attorneys general, 49 republicans and democrats having to do anything together? i think one of the important things here is this is a step towards doing big things across party lines. >> well leave it at that because "end point" ended a minute ago. fredricka whitfield i apologize for the 43 seconds ive stolen from you. >> thats okay. >> thats okay. im willing to share. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.co...