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The North, criticising the US-South Korean drills, has fired a series of missiles and rockets since its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump agreed to revive stalled denuclearisation talks on June 30.

While the UK government is yet to formally react to the development, it had already updated its travel advisory for British nationals to reiterate avoiding travel to the region and called on those already in the region to remain vigilant.

Afridi’s reaction comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution which provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Dozens were also wounded Saturday and early Sunday in shootings within just 13 hours of each other in carnage that shocked a country that has become grimly accustomed to mass shootings and heightened concerns about domestic terrorism.

The epicentre of the 7.23 pm (1023 GMT) earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture and measured at a depth of 50 km (30 miles), the agency said.

Officials in Iran heaped scorn on the Trump administration for claiming to want dialogue with Iran while slapping sanctions on its top diplomat.

House Democrats had been privately calling for the ouster of Saikat Chakrabarti after he sparked a storm by challenging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and comparing moderate House Democrats to segregationists.

The shooter, identified as Patrick Crusius, is white and linked him to a 'manifesto' posted online that includes passages railing against the 'Hispanic invasion' of Texas.

The 25-year-old officer, who was released from supervised duty on July 1, had graduated from the police academy in February and hadn't fired his service weapon in the line of duty before.

Robert Vidler denied the charges, explaining to the police that he sometimes lent his phone to friends when he was drunk, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

The 23-year-old beauty from Derby in East Midlands region of England starts her new medical job at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, just hours after winning the contest in Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England on Thursday night.

On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump had said he would impose an additional 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports starting September 1.

Four mass shootings happened in public places so far this year, compared with 10 in 2018 and seven in 2017. But 2019 saw a big increase in the number of mass killings in domestic disputes, helping to keep this year's overall numbers similar to past years.

The decision, following years of campaigning by activists, comes after high-profile attempts by women to escape their guardians despite a string of reforms including a historic decree last year that overturned the world's only ban on female motorists.

The tape of the October 1971 phone call was unearthed by Tim Naftali, former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, and his findings were published online on Wednesday in The Atlantic magazine.

The Pakistani media was also not invited to the venue to cover the arrival of the Sikh pilgrims from India for Guru Nanak's Birth Anniversary Celebrations.