Click hits the road as the team heads to india to see how the country keeps connected. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Ten of thousands of People Living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as flooding caused by Tropical Storm harvey continues to cause devastation. Meteorologists say conditions are unprecedented, describing the storm as the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. So far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, with the city warned to expect to be deluged by up to a years worth within the week. Five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. Emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, some plucked from rooftops by helicopters. President trump is due to visit the city tomorrow, to survey the damage. Richard lister reports. Taking only what they can hold, the people of huston are trying to escape the
That horrific blaze at Grenfell Tower being embraced by so many people and were only literally, those pictures, half a mile away from the Grenfell Tower site. Well return to notting hill at various points in the afternoon. Now for the rest of our main news. Ten of thousands of People Living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes, as flooding, caused by Tropical Storm harvey, continues to cause devastation. Its expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters, with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. Unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned, but Officials Say they cant confirm figures until the flood waters recede. Thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. Richard lister has the latest. Taking only what they can hold, the people of houston are trying to escape the deluge. Three days of torrential rain and the most powerful hurricane in 50 ye
Myanmar as violence continues in Rakhine State and refugees continue to flee. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Thank you forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where people in the north of the country are waking up to the news that a north Korean Missile has flown over them in the last two hours. It flew from pyongyang to hokkaido and landed in the sea beasts of the cape. East. Shinzo abe called it a great threat to his country. We cross to tokyo to repeat with the pace. Is this the first time a missile has passed overjapan . Pace. Is this the first time a missile has passed overjapan7m this is a Ballistic Missile at a military missile, then, yes, this would the an unprecedented step for the North Koreans to do this. Be. They fired rockets overjapan twice in the past. One saint 1988 and once in 2009. In the past. One saint 1988 and once in 2009. Once in. But in those occasions pyongyang said they were satellites, civilia
The nurse who could be germanys most prolific serial killer since the second world war. Sizzling sun and sensational sounds hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on notting hill for the final day of carnival. Hello. North korea has fired a missile which crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have increased tension with the United States. It was fired from sunan, near pyongyang in north korea, and made its way towards the island of hokkaido. It landed in the sea 1200 kilometres east of cape erimo. Yogita limaye is in seoul and Suzanne Kianpour is in washington. How is this looking in the south korean capital . The president has just confirmed that the government condemns what north korea has done. She will be talking to the us secretary of state soon, and to her japanese counterpart about what steps japanese counterpart about what ste ps ca n japanese counterpart about what steps can be taken. We are hearing that the Prime Minister has had a conversation wi
Hello. North korea has fired a missile which has crossed northern japan, the latest in a series of tests which have vastly increased tension with the united states. It was fired from sunan, near pyongyang, in north korea, and made its way towards japans Northern Island of hokkaido. It landed in the sea east of cape erimo. The United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss the launch on tuesday night in new york. The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described it as a grave threat. Translation the north Korean Missile has launched, passed over oui missile has launched, passed over our nation, and landed in the pacific ocean. The government had been monitoring the launch from the moment it was fired, and we have done our utmost to ensure the safety of the people. The missile, which passed over our nation, represents the greatest and gravest threat to oui the greatest and gravest threat to our nation ever. It is also a threat to the peace and stability in the asia pacific region.