With largest test yet, N Korea's ICBM programme hits new heights

North Korea's resumption of long-range missile tests - including a flight of its largest-ever weapon - puts it closer than ever to have a reliable way of delivering multiple nuclear warheads anywhere in the US, analysts say.

North Korea's latest launch was the Hwasong-17, a huge new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired on Thursday in a test that leader Kim Jong Un said was designed to...