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North Korea says it has test-fired an upgraded, long-range missile, claiming it is the "world's most powerful strategic deterrent".The US, South Korea and Japan detected the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) - believed to be a new, more agile rocket - which comes just days before the US election. In a statement released by state media, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said: "I affirm that the DPRK [North Korea] will never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces."He added the missile launch was "an appropriate military action" after North Korea's "rivals... intentionally escalated the regional situation".The statement said North Korea had "demonstrated the modernity and creditability of its world's most powerful strategic deterrent". The launch early on Thur...

A teenager who broke into the home of a British mother in Australia - where another teen stabbed her to death - has been cleared of murder.Emma Lovell, 41, was killed in North Lakes, Queensland, on Boxing Day in 2022 while fending off two intruders. In May this year, the teenage attacker who pleaded guilty to her murder, was jailed for 14 years.The second teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, did not stab anyone but was also charged. Following a three-day judge-only trial at Brisbane's Supreme Court, Justice Copley found the second teen not guilty of murder and the lesser offence of manslaughter of Ms Lovell and not guilty of malicious acts with intent in relation to her husband Lee, who survived the attack.He was found guilty of burglary and assault.Ms Lovell, a mother-of-two w...

In the town of Algemesi, they say the floods hit without warning.Water barrels down the street, bringing with it thick, stinking mud that coats every surface in sight. As we slosh through the slippery mud-slick, we meet Bernardo who is trying to sweep it out of his home. Image: Bernardo who was trying to clean grime from his home However much he scrubs and cleans, the floors remain coated in grime."The disaster is enormous, I've never seen anything like it in my whole life," he says. He estimates some of the houses were filled with almost two metres of water.Read latest: At least 95 people killed in Spain's floods including British man Please use Chrome browser for a mor...