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US may have to 'totally destroy' North Korea, warns Trump

In a blistering speech at the UN, US president also denounces governments in Syria, Iran, Venezuela

    Published Tue, Sep 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    United Nations

    UNITED States President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the US will be forced to "totally destroy" North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a "rocket man" on a suicide mission.

    Loud murmurs filled the green-marbled United Nations General Assembly hall when Mr Trump issued his sternest warning yet to North Korea, whose ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests have rattled the globe.

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