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"For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat to the use of nuclear weapons," the US president said.
The Washington-Seoul joint military drills begin against a backdrop of increased tension in the peninsula after Pyongyang carries out latest weapons test.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a drill simulating an attack on South, a day after Seoul detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test. The Sarmat -- dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts -- is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is among Russia's next-generation missiles that Putin has described as "invincible". FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth tells us more.
South Korean and Japanese authorities have reported that North Korea has fired its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile of the year, which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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