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Now playing Next North Korea North Korea UN envoy warns of possibility of nuclear war North Korea has accused the US of ‘creating a situation where nuclear war could break out at any time’. 17/04/2017
Now playing Next South Korea North Korea: "era of strategic patience is over" says US VP Pence Mike Pence has visited the demilitarised border between North and South Korea on the first stop of a four-nation Asia tour. 17/04/2017
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Now playing Next North Korea North Korea tries and fails to launch a missile North Korea tried and failed to launch a test missile on Sunday, hours after showing off its latest military hardware at a Pyongyang parade. 16/04/2017
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Now playing Next North Korea New missiles on show as North Korea vows to respond to US 'provocation' North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a military show of strength in Pyongyang on Saturday. 15/04/2017
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Now playing Next Iran Rouhani to run in Iran's election Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has registered to run in the country's upcoming presidential poll in May. 14/04/2017
Now playing Next North Korea Global tensions continue to climb over North Korea China says tension over Pyongyang has to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage". 14/04/2017
Now playing Next Afghanistan Dozens of militants killed by US mega bomb - Afghan defence officials At least 36 suspected ISIL militants are thought to have been killed when the US dropped "the mother of all bombs" in Afghanstan. 14/04/2017
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea accuses US as China warns of conflict 'at any moment' As a group of US navy ships led by an aircraft carrier head to the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang has accused Washington of pushing the region to the brink of war. 14/04/2017
Now playing Next Afghanistan US drops 'mother of all bombs' on Afghanistan The US drops the so-called mother of all bombs onto a cave complex in Afghanistan. 13/04/2017
Now playing Next Afghanistan GBU-43: What is 'the Mother Of All Bombs'? The United States has used its largest non-nuclear bomb on a series of ISIL caves and bunkers in eastern Afghanistan. 13/04/2017