Successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb, a device which can be loaded onto a long range ballistic missile. There is no independent verification of that claim. South korea and japan say it was a nuclear test ten times more powerful than the previous attempt by pyongyang. A jubilant newsreader on state tv announced that the bomb test had been complete success. The device was of unprecedently large power, she said. The news came just hours after state media published this photo of kim jong un apparently inspecting such a device. The test comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region following multiple missile launches by north korea, the last one conducted less than a week ago. Earlier seismologists detected a powerful tremor, measuring a 6. 3 magnitude, near the norths main testing site site at punggye ri. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent yogita limaye, in seoul. I asked her how south korea has reacted to the news. We have just had a word from the south korean government,
Ex luton. Experts believe it could be the most powerful weapon north korea has tested so far. Earlier in the day these photos were released of north Korean Leader kim jong and inspecting what is claimed to be the bomb. The country says the Nuclear Devices tested can be fitted onto an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test eight serious threat because it means pyongyang can arm these long range rockets are tested injuly, that would put the us mainland within firing range. That would put the us mainland withinfiring range. In that would put the us mainland within firing range. In south korea and emergency meeting was held. Translation i cant help but be disappointed and outraged. North korea has made an absurd tactical muck stake by committing a series of by conducting nuclear tests. It is threatening world peace. It will isolate them further. Injapan the Prime Minister called the latest test a n Prime Minister called the latest test an acceptable. It comes less than a week after north
Making itself look silly the eu is making itself look silly. We have said that the era of big payments to the eu was coming to an end, i suspect we will still be paying something. Hospital bosses are warning the nhs in england could suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. Also in the next hour, tens of thousands have to leave their homes as frankfurt undergoes its biggest evacuation since the second world war. A 1. 4 tonne british bomb found on a building site will be made safe in a controlled explosion later today. Lights out and away we go, hamilton gets under way well. Britains Lewis Hamilton is in pole position as the italian grand prix got off to a start up monza. Later this hour, witness features tales of the incident indian partition, an engineering marvel in the alps and a japanese royal wedding. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. North korea says it has successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb many times more successful than devic
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