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Business Matters: US: N Korea Tested Long-Range Missile

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The United States has confirmed North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time

05/07/2017 GMT

US: N Korea Tested Long-Range Missile

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The US confimrs N Korea test-launched an intercontinental missile for the first time.

The United States has confirmed North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.

The United States has confirmed that North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, representing an escalation of the security threat. The United Nations Security Council are to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the issue. China and Russia issued a joint response urging North Korea to "freeze" its missile and nuclear programmes. We get the latest from the BBC's Stephen McDonnell in Beijing. More than a thousand cinemas across the state of Tamil Nadu are closed in protest at India's new goods and services tax. We speak to Jyoti Malhotra from the Indian Express. Plus, the BBC's Theo Leggett's report on the high-tech baby carrier built using Formula 1 materials and know-how. Rob Young is also joined for comment throughout the programme by Mitchell Hartman from the US public radio programme Marketplace.
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