Trump condemns 'hostile and dangerous' North Korea
September 03, 2017  17:57
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Donald Trump has condemned an apparent nuclear test by North Korea as 'hostile and dangerous' after the secretive state said it had performed a 'perfect' explosion of its most powerful weapon yet.

"Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States," the US president said in a tweet hours after the blast caused condemnation around the world.

Japan said the explosion was ten times the strength of Pyongyangs test last September, while reports in South Korea said it was up to five times more powerful than the Nagasaki bomb in 1945.

Fears that Kim Jong-un's regime had carried out the country's sixth nuclear test came after an earthquake was detected in the reclusive states north-east.

US President Donald Trump tweeted: "North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.

"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success."
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