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North Korea calls new missiles a warning to the south

Leader Kim Jong-un said the test involved a new tactical guided weapons system.

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.

More than 100 people are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya. The tragedy occurred when a wooden boat carrying migrants sank near the town of al Khoms.

The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16 year hiatus, the justice department has announced.

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