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North Korea: missiles fired over US and South Korea military drills

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Pyongyang has long regarded the drills as preparation for an invasion

Pyongyang has long regarded the drills as preparation for an invasion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired on Thursday were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a "solemn warning" to South Korea over plans to hold military drills with the United States. 
 
The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16 year hiatus, the justice department has announced. 

President Donald Trump has demanded that Sweden "give ASAP Rocky his freedom" in a series of tweets. The musician has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in Stockholm.

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