Donald Trump invites entire Senate to White House for North Korea briefing
(The Guardian North Korea)

Extraordinary step taken as administration pressures UN security council for full force of existing sanctions and further measures in event of nuclear testThe entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea.The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the threat posed by Pyongyang´s continuing development of nuclear weapons and missile technology. It follows a lunch meeting Trump held with ambassadors from UN member states on the security council on Monday where he emphasised US resolve to stop North Korea´s progress. The American guided-missile submarine USS Michigan just arrived in the South Korean port of Busan on `routine patrols,` the Navy says pic.twitter.com/S3nkjEMvh3 Continue reading...