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01/01/2019 GMT

Kim Jong-un gives warning to US

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North Korean leader said if US sanctions continue, denuclearisation might stop

North Korean leader said if US sanctions continue, denuclearisation might stop.

In his annual New Year's address, Kim Jong-un said if the US sanctions continue then North Korea may have "no choice but to consider a new way to safeguard our sovereignty and interests". Also in the programme: indigenous communities in Brazil have concerns as new president Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in, and Syrian artists explain what is home to them.
	
(Photo: Kim Jong-un January 1, 2019 Credit: KCNA/via Reuters)

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