I want to begin with the american statement at an emergency session of the Un Security Council earlier. To the Un Security Council earlier. To the members of the Security Council, i must say, enough is enough. We have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. Members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks. But as i havejust negotiations and a return to talks. But as i have just outlined, negotiations and a return to talks. But as i havejust outlined, we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime, and time after time, they have not worked. The time for half measures in the Security Council is over. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. We must now adopt the strongest possible measures. Kim jong uns action cannot be seen as defensive. He wa nts to cannot be seen as defensive. He wants to be acknowledged as a Nuclear Power. But being a Nuclear Power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. Nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. Kim jong un shows no such understanding. His abusive use of missiles and his Nuclear Threats show that he is begging for war. All of those on the Security Council know that agreeing to condemn is easy but agreeing on what to do next is not. America and others want more sanctions. China and russia dont. They are suggesting an exchange. North korea stops the nuclear programme, the us and south korea stopped their military drills. But nikki haley was not going to that today. She said when a rogue regime with a Nuclear Weapons which as Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles is pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. This is the american position. This is what the chinese said in the same meeting. The situation on the peninsular is deteriorating constantly, as we speak, falling into a vicious circle. The peninsular issue must be resolved peacefully. China will never allow chaos and war on the peninsula. The parties concerned must strengthen their sense of c , must strengthen their sense of urgency, take due responsibilities, play theirjewel urgency, take due responsibilities, play their jewel rolls, urgency, take due responsibilities, play theirjewel rolls, take practical measures, make joint efforts together to ease the situation, restart the dialogue and talks, and prevent further deterioration of the situation on the peninsula. So china is being explicit, saying it will not allow war on the peninsula, do we go back 24 war on the peninsula, do we go back 2a hours President Trump was saying he will be meeting his generals and other leaders to discuss north korea. Thank you, says the president. That is the chinese on the americans. This is part of the south korean response. They have been carrying out missile tests and live fire drills as well as reinforcing the new Missile Defence system. South korea says it also believes that the north is preparing for more missile tests and that that matches what the north is saying. One other update to show you, some copy coming into the newsroom in the last few minutes with donald trump providing conceptual approval for south korea to purchase many billions of dollars worth from the us. More copy here, they both agreed, the two president s, to maximise pressure on north korea using all means at their disposal. Earlier i spoke to Richard Lister in washington to get more on americas position and their options as it faces this crisis. I think the United States except now that there are no good military options that it has at its disposal when it comes to north korea. After all, successive american governments have been looking at the issue. President clinton came quite close in 1994 to assessing whether or not to launch a military attack against north korea and decided ultimately it was not worth the cost and that has been the assessment made by every president who has come along since, that if you do strike north korea, it will inevitably strike the capital of south korea, which is close to the border of north korea and tens of thousands of people will almost certainly be killed and many more injured. The assessment is, for the moment, at least, there are no good military options facing the United States, but the calculation is also this. There is increasing concern about this and that the moment, if the us struck north korea, yes, you would still have that level of casualties in south korea but if you waited a couple of years and gave north korea time to perfect and refine. Then it could be that the counter attack involves city in the us. So then what do you do . Lets also took about sanctions. The americans pushing for more. Can you explain to viewers who might be confused that we have already had yea rs of confused that we have already had years of condemnation and sanctions. Why are the americans convinced that more than this can make a difference . Its certainly true that north korea relies on getting hard foreign currency to fund the missile and Nuclear Development programmes we have seen so much of over recent months. And it is clear that it needs a level of foreign funding to do that by selling products abroad. The seventh and the most recent round of sanctions were aimed at stopping the exports of coal and iron, for example, but not all of the north korean exports were affected and targeted. It also exports a lot of textiles, mostly to china but also other countries and gets a lot of money from that. And it has foreign workers, north korean workers in russia and china and they are also able to earn a lot of foreign current currency. Are also able to earn a lot of foreign current currency. Here is vincent from bbc chinese. First of all, the chinese approach has always been very consistent. It wants a diplomatic solution rather than a military one. In this case china might call for the resumption of the long collapsed six party talks. China wants to bring everybody to the table to talk about solving the north korean issues, but the americans are not keen. Nicky hayley has objected to this approach with the Un Security Council meeting today. But i suppose china would insist on this because eventually china does not want to see a war on the Korean Peninsula and on its doorstep. The chinese could do more economically. They could stop oil being imported from china into north korea. They could not buy products from north korea. Why are they not doing it . China can do more. 80 or 90 of trade from north korea is with the chinese but if you talk to chinese diplomats as well as the a nalysts, chinese diplomats as well as the analysts, they feel that north korea is such a regime that it can do what ever it takes to pursue the ideological goal, so even though china might be able to suspend the trade with north korea, it is still going to pursue its nuclear facility. It is no touristy difficult to gauge Public Opinion in china on any issue, but as far as we can go, do we know what the people of china would like the government to do . No torea sleep difficult. If you look at the response over the weekend to the test, the chinese public are very worried about the approach. We have seen that people are questioning whether the traditional approach and whether that approach has been successful, and the russian commentators will tell you that there are traumas following the nuclear test. , and some residents fear that any problem in north korea must spill to china. For more cry on the north korea crisis you can get it on the bbc news website for more background. Lets talk about the increase of myanmar the criticism of and its treatment of the rohingya minorities. They are calling for an end to the Government Military campaign. On top of that, indonesia, which has the largest population of muslims in the world in the region, is calling for action. Here is the president speaking earlier. Myself and the people of indonesia, will we regret and condemn the violence that took place in myanmar. There needs to be real action and not just criticism. The there needs to be real action and notjust criticism. The story is made all more, located by fact that the de facto leader of myanmar is the de facto leader of myanmar is the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner, someone fated around the world but not so much now. She has made no Public Comment since this began. This is what the un thinks of this. On top of that we have had this statement. All of this is happening while people are fleeing myanmar at an extraordinary rate. It is estimated that 87,000 people have left their homes in the last ten days, most of them having gone to neighbouring bangladesh. This is where were at the meeting some of them. She is two days old, born inside a refugee camp. Her parents are rohingyas ethnic muslims from myanmar, denied citizenship and now fleeing persecution. The babys mother says they left after their village was attacked, alleged by the myanmar army. Translation we fled and crossed the river by boat and then came here. We were very scared about what the military would do to us. After coming here, we heard that our house has been burnt down. Do you think youll ever be able to take your baby back home, back to myanmar . Translation everyone has left. Theres no one there. We cannot go back. Their home is now a vast refugee camp, along with tens of rohingyas now living in these squalid conditions. Many of them eating their first proper meal in days. Just four days ago, there was nothing here. It was just a side a hill with a clump of trees on it. But now look at it. Its a vast settlement, a temporary home for all the Rohingya Refugees whove come over from myanmar and have nowhere to go. Even this place is going to reach its limit in a few days. Bangladesh is now struggling to cope with the growing numbers of rohingyas streaming in every day. Especially as many more are waiting at the border. The mask the vast majority of Rohingya Muslims live here, and these are the latest pictures we have from there, and the army and the confidence are blaming each other. Both are saying they are acting to pretend protect civilians, which leaves us with the challenge of trying to decide who to believe. I have turned for help to the south asia editor of the bbc newsroom. Its really hard to verify, not least because International Journalists are basically not able to get into that state at the moment and even some of the aid Agency Workers who have been based in the area are being blocked from entering, so its very difficult. We know from some satellite imagery that the burn outs are taking place and they seem to be targeting villages and houses. It is monsoon season so its not a time you would expect natural fires to occur. And we are getting the testimony from people who are fleeing into bangladeshi were talking about attacks on their home and villages, mostly by the bernie s military but also by what they call buddhist militant gangs, local people who seem to be attacking them. We turn to germany, just three weeks away from the election. Angela merkel and Martin Schultz went live on tv to thrash out the main issues and we will hear how it went. In Northern Ireland, the secretary of state has said the government will be forced to legislate for a budget if a storm on executive cannot be re established. James brokenshire was talking after meetings with the five main parties to try and resolve an eight month impasse. I cannot ignore the impact that the current impasse is having on the local economy and the delivery of key Public Services. The window of opportunity to restore devolution and to form an executive is closing rapidly as we move further into the autumn. And with pressures in Public Services already evident, most particularly in the health service, the need for intervention is becoming increasingly clear. This is outside source and the world is trying to decide how to react to the latest north Korean Nuclear test, but china and the us have very different ideas on how to handle the situation. So, in underthree different ideas on how to handle the situation. So, in under three weeks, it will be the german election. Last night voters in their millions sat down to watch this, Angela Merkel taking on her main rival, Martin Schultz in a live tv with debate. Immigration was the central issue and there was also agreement that turkey should notjoin the European Union. Here is the thought is on how it went. In general, the economy keeps growing, so its in a positive situation, and she is happy with her own Economic Situation that makes it difficult that anyone to really challenge Angela Merkel, especially when coming from a rather similar political direction. So the general consensus was political direction. So the general consensus was that Angela Merkel won the debate. You did not expect Martin Schultz to agree with that. |j think Martin Schultz to agree with that. think the tv debate has shown that there are two candidates running in this election who are capable of leading the country. Angela merkel has done this for 12 years already andl has done this for 12 years already and i think i have shown to the general public and germany that i have a better plan for the future of the country, for a europeanjourney thatis the country, for a europeanjourney that is strong within europe. Lets talk to our chief european correspondent for politico. Thank you for your time, matthew. Added to see the debate last night . How did you see . It was a bit boring and disappointing for many of us who we re disappointing for many of us who were hoping to see a Real Exchange between the candidates. It is the only debate that they will be having in the Campaign Season and really the only opportunity that Martin Schultz had to make up a lot of the ground he had lost to Angela Merkel over the last few months. He is about 15 points behind now so this really was his 1 shot to convince german voters that he is the man who should be running the country and, by all accounts, he failed in that task. I mention in my introduction that immigration came up again and again during the debate. Had you explain to viewers around the world that immigration has not become more ofa that immigration has not become more of a problem for Angela Merkel after the decision she took in 2015 . The reason that is simple. Over the past year and reason that is simple. Over the past yearand a reason that is simple. Over the past year and a half, reason that is simple. Over the past yearand a half, her reason that is simple. Over the past year and a half, her government has really brought that problem under control together with some of other european countries. They really stemmed the flow of new migrants into germany and they managed to deal with many of those who are here, so you have about1 Million People who came in in 2015 and by most estimation, they are doing ok. You dont have People Living in gymnasiums and the kind of things that were very unnerving to a lot of germans at the time. Yes, you have problems with terrorist attacks, but the refugees dont tend to get blamed. Most germans are now looking at other issues, more future orientated issues in terms of income, housing, internalsecurity isa income, housing, internalsecurity is a big topic, but also things like taxation, digitalisation and these things. All of which got short shrift in the debate last night. From what you are saying, it is less about whether Angela Merkel wins, but more about the size of the victory and the coalition she has to perform . I think at this stage it is about third place. There was another debate tonight between the smaller parties, several of them on German Public Television and it was a much livelier debate with actual differences and candidates clashing with one another and it sort of revived a lot of peoples hopes about germanys political culture because you had actual debate taking place which we did not see last night. So this third place question will be absolutely central when it comes will be absolutely central when it comes to the Coalition Building that will happen after september the 24th. Matthew, thank you very much. On wednesday i will travel to germany and we will be live on thursday to covering the Election Campaign in germany. This is not a planned double plug for politico, but thank you to matthew, and this is in an article they are running about the brexit talks. Uk seeks continuous talks to propel brexit resolution. It quotes a senior uk government officials saying they wa nt government officials saying they want a change to the current one week a month format that the warm is taking and they want more talks to resolve the major issues. Another thing to talk about is that on tuesday the British Parliament begins debating the eu withdrawal bill which, if it is passed, will tra nsfer releva nt bill which, if it is passed, will transfer relevant