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North Korea Begins Rebuilding Missile Test Site

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03/06/2019

03/06/2019

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North Korea Begins Rebuilding Missile Test Site

Top News: A week after nuclear talks broke down between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has begun restoring part of a missile test facility it previously agreed to dismantle.

North Korea began scrapping its Sohae Satellite Launching Station, also known as Tongchang-ri, last summer following the first summit between the two leaders.

Kim offered to fully destroy the site with U.S. experts observing during a meeting in September 2018 with South Korean President Moon Jae-In.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday the Trump administration was watching to see whether Pyongyang was serious about dismantling its nuclear weapons program. “If they’re not willing to do it … they’re not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed on them and we’ll look at ramping those sanctions up in fact,” he said in an interview.

Saudi Arabia: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is reportedly at odds with his heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, over Saudi Arabia’s role in the war in Yemen and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The rift sparked the king’s entourage to replace his protective detail, in fear of threats to his authority.

AFRICA

•  Following a peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a group of U.S. Congress members visited Eritrea for the first time in 14 years.

•  Rwanda accused Uganda of backing rebel groups opposed to the Rwandan government—a charge Uganda denies.

•  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will mediate talks between Somalia and Kenya to repair diplomatic ties.

AMERICAS

•  Venezuela’s contested president, Nicolás Maduro, pledged he would defeat a “crazed minority” aiming to overthrow him, led by Juan Guaidó, who the United States and some 50 other countries recognize as the legitimate Venezuelan president.

•  Thousands of survivors of rape in Argentina have been denied access to abortions by doctors.

•  Major radio stations in Canada and New Zealand have removed Michael Jackson songs from their playlists following a new documentary on the late singer, which elaborates on allegations that he abused children.

ASIA

•  The government of Sri Lanka stalled a joint effort by environmental groups and shipping companies to help save blue whales from colliding with ships.

•  A recent dogfight between Indian and Pakistani fighter jets has highlighted the dilapidated state of India’s air force.

•  Satellite images studied by Reuters show an Islamist group’s training camp remains intact after India claims it hit the site in an airstrike.

EUROPE

•  Some experts say the hype surrounding Russia’s new so-called hypersonic missiles aimed at the United States is overblown.

•  A no-deal Brexit could leave Britain with toilet paper shortages.

•  Italy suffered a 57 percent drop in its harvest of olives due to extreme weather events caused by climate change, scientists say.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Trump said he “100%” agrees with keeping a small number of U.S. troops in Syria, reversing a decision he made late last year to withdraw all U.S. forces from the country.

•  Israeli forces killed two Palestinians who Israel said used a car to ram a group of soldiers.

•  Google reportedly told U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier that a controversial app used in Saudi Arabia to track women did not violate Google rules.

- By Jefcoate O'Donnell

(PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)

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