1am in london and 8:30 in the morning in pyongyang where north korea s official news agency said it was considering missile strikes near guam, where us strategic bombers are based. it follows news from us intelligence officials who say north korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit onto its ballistic missiles. earlier donald trump warned north korea that any further threats would be met, as he put it, with fire, fury and power. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. our correspondent nick bryant has the analysis from washington. american presidents have often sent the strongest rhetoric at north korea. you will remember george w bush described the country as being part of the axis of evil .
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Today. melissa bell for us in kyiv and nic robertson in moscow. thank you so much. we ll tell you why the u.s. slams them, calling them propaganda for the u.s. government. you will want to see that report from nic robertson. north korea is confirming what analysts suspected. the state-run agency reports pyongyang test fired a missile as a hwasong 12 on sunday. this was the most powerful ballistic missile north korea has tested since 2017 and the seventh missile test this month alone. the biden administration says it would like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang. let s get more on this. ivan watson is monitoring all for us in hong kong. ivan, let me pick up with that. the u.s. inviting north korea to talks without any preconditions. any reaction so far from pyongyang to this? reporter: according to senior administration official who spoke to cnn about this, the
Confirming what analysts suspected. the country s state-run news agency reports pyongyang test fired an intermediate range missile known as the hwasong 12 on sunday. this is the most powerful ballistic missile north korea has tested since 2017, and the seventh missile test this month alone. the biden administration says it would like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang, but they are still waiting for an official response. for more on all of this, we want to bring in ivan watson. he joins us live from hong kong. great to see you, ivan. what more are you learning about the missile test and what kim jong-un actually wants? reporter: well, it s been part of this missile launching binge that north korea has been on throughout the month of january, the seventh test launch in just one month. and in this case, identified as an intermediate range ballistic missile, one that could reach a maximum amount of 2 to
Particularly if he s just going to take some territory in the east and doesn t want to get stuck in the mud. so those two things would come together in the second or third week of february. all right. david sanger, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your analysis with us. we appreciate it. great to be with you. well, north korea is confirming what analysts suspected. the country s state-run news agency reports pyongyang test-fired an intermediate-range missile, known as the hua-song 12, on sunday. this is the most powerful ballistic missile north korea has tested since 2017 and the seventh missile test this month alone. the biden administration says it would like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang but they re still waiting for an official response. one senior biden official says north korea could be using the tests to force the u.s. into a