Kim Jong-un calls for better bombs and other top stories.

• Kim Jong-un calls for better bombs

  

  North Korean military personnel clap hands in a rally, after North Korea said Wednesday it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test last week.Photo: APSeoul:North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called on his scientists to do more to boost the country's arsenal after the regime conducted its fourth nuclear test last week in defiance of neighbours including China and South Korea.Speaking to the scientists responsible for building what North Korea said was a hydrogen bomb, Kim said it was his "expectation and..

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• Fears of terrorist merger from 'poison' in south-east Asia

  

  A video reportedly showing an Islamic State training camp in the Philippines.Photo: YouTubeA merger of terrorist groups pledging allegiance to Islamic State in the Philippines could signal a new threat to the region should radicals from Indonesia also join forces, according to an expert on violent extremism.A new video from the strife-torn southern Philippines island of Mindanao suggests four Islamic terrorist groups in the long-running insurgency have joined to declare allegiance to IS.The vide..

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• Vladimir Putin prepares for a wave of Russian unrest

  

  Polls show three-quarters of Russians still blame the West for their economic woes.APbyOwen MatthewsPredicting a coming Russian revolution has been a favourite hobby of Russia watchers for years now. But since President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea in March 2014, the doomsaying has intensified, as plunging oil prices and Western economic sanctions wreak havoc on the Russian economy. Yet even though the rouble has lost more than half of its value, inflation has risen from 5 per cent to 1..

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• Mexico's celebrations over 'El Chapo' capture conceal a near escape

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.First look at El ChapoDrug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is presented to media as he will likely be extradited to the US, according to an anonymous Mexican government official.PT0M47S620349Los Mochis, Mexico:For a few frantic hours after a bloody shootout in north-west Mexico on Friday, Mexican security forces lost track of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as they chased him through a sewer. He had slipped the net yet again.As his security team fought ba..

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• TPP benefits only modest for Australia

  

  5 things you need to know about the Trans-Pacific PartnershipAustralia will reap fewer benefits from the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal than most of the members, according to the first comprehensive research on the economic impact of the deal since it was agreed last October.The findings on the main beneficiaries come as the prospects of the deal being implemented appear to have been improved significantly in the new year, with key US business groups endorsing it after earlie..

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• Spain's Princess Cristina to stand trial in landmark corruption case

  

  PALMA (Spain): Spain's Princess Cristina and her husband go on trial Monday under intense global media scrutiny in a landmark corruption case that has outraged the country and sullied the monarchy's reputation.Cristina, a 50-year-old mother-of-four with a master's degree from New York University, will be the first Spanish royal to face criminal charges in court since the monarchy was reinstated following the 1975 death of dictator General Francisco Franco.The trial of the princess and the 17 oth..

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• Profanities on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter account raise hacking fears

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.David Cameron cops protest song on-airBritish rock band 'Squeeze' sings pointed lyrics at Prime Minister David Cameron live on BBC television.PT1M6S620349Followers ofBritish Labour leader Jeremy Corbynwould have been forgiven for thinking the avowed socialist had gone entirely off the reservation, as his official Twitter feed turned into a perverse and often baffling tirade.In rapid-fire succession, Mr Corbyn appeared to tweet: "Here we... here we... here we f---ing g..

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• Will and Kate make a surprise appearance

  

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• 'We will make a Brexit work': David Cameron on leaving the EU

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.David Cameron cops protest song on-airBritish rock band 'Squeeze' sings pointed lyrics at Prime Minister David Cameron live on BBC television.PT1M6S620349London:It would not be the "right answer" for Britons to vote to leave the European Union, but the government would have to make it work if they do, British Prime Minister David Cameron said.An opinion poll published on Thursday showed that a majority of Britons who have made up their mind would back leaving the EU i..

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• Catalonia forms separatist government, raising pressure on Spain

  

  Catalonia formed a government dedicated to splitting from Spain, increasing the pressure on Spanish political leaders to find a way out of their post-election deadlock.The regional assembly in Catalonia, Spain's biggest economic region, endorsed Carles Puigdemont, a 53-year-old former journalist, as president in an emergency session late Sunday, following the decision of former incumbent Artur Mas to stand aside and not seek re-election.The new government will move ahead with plans to write a ne..

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