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North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear talks, accusing him of “talking nonsense” and being “reckless”.
A senior foreign ministry official said that further talks would be “lousy” if Mr Pompeo was involved, asking that he be replaced by someone “more careful”.
It comes after North Korea said it had tested a new “tactical guided weapon”.
The test is the first since a February summit in Hanoi between the countries’ leaders ended without an agreement. Read more