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UN Security Council opens emergency meeting on North Korea

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The UN Security Council today opened an emergency meeting to agree a response to North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test as calls mounted for a new raft of tough sanctions to be imposed on Pyongyang.

The United States, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea requested the urgent meeting after North Korea on Sunday detonated what it described as a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile.

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First Published: Sep 04 2017 | 9:22 PM IST

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