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06/08/2017 GMT

UN Backs New North Korea Sanctions

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The UN Security Council agrees fresh sanctions against North Korea over missile programme

The United Nations Security Council has agreed on fresh sanctions against North Korea over its missile programme; Venezuela's new constituent assembly sacks the country's chief prosecutor; skepticism over healthy food fads.

(Image: a test-fire of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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