Daily Mail: Kim Jong-un riles Trump on the Fourth: US President calls emergency meeting to formulate 'measured response' to North Korea's record-breaking missile test amid fears one could hit Alaska
* U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed North Korea’s latest missile test was with an intercontinental ballistic missile
* The North revealed it had successfully built the intercontinental ballistic missile
* The 'landmark' test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un
* It was fired from a site in the North Phyongan province into the Sea of Japan
* It is believed to have reached an altitude of 1741 miles and flew 580 miles
* The North has long sought to build nuclear missiles capable of reaching the US
* Weapons analysts say the missile has the capability to reach as far as Alaska
* The U.S. has requested a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the launch - it will likely take place Wednesday
President Donald Trump called an emergency meeting on the Fourth of July to formulate a 'measured response' to North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile test, amid fears it could reach as far as Alaska.
North Korea declared Tuesday that it had finally achieved its dream of building an intercontinental ballistic missile, saying it would 'fundamentally put an end to the US nuclear war threat and blackmail'.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson later confirmed the latest missile test was with an intercontinental ballistic missile.
And Tillerson says that’s a new escalation of the threat posed to the United States and the world by North Korea.
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US requests urgent UN Security Council talks on N. Korea -- France 24
Washington demands urgent UN Security Council meeting -- Euronews
North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. calls for global action -- Reuters
U.S. Says North Korea Rocket Was ICBM, Warns of UN Action -- Bloomberg
US says N Korea long-range missile test 'new escalation of threat' -- BBC
US confirms North Korea tested ICBM -- DW
US confirms NKorean ICBM launch while Kim taunts Washington -- AFP
Tillerson calls for 'global action' to stop North Korea nuclear program -- The Hill
North Korea missile test a 'new threat to world', says US amid show of military force -- The Guardian
Tillerson: North Korea intercontinental ballistic missile test 'represents a new escalation' of threat to US -- ABC News
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