Kim Jong-un’s bellicose stance could signal conflict, or his preference for a President Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the test-fire of a submarine-launched strategic cruise missile in North Korea in an image released by state media on Monday. Photograph: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea’s leader has increased his displays of military aggression but analysts are split on whether it’s a sign of electoral interference or a war footing

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

When a highly militarised dictatorship fires artillery shells in the direction of its neighbour, which it has just denounced as its “greatest enemy”, then tests cruise missiles and underwater nuclear attack drones, it is reasonable to believe that armed conflict could follow.… Read the rest

Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince

Residents of the Solino neighbourhood displaced from their homes due to clashes between armed gangs. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for help

Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

Gang members have targeted a strategic neighbourhood in Haiti’s capital, in a four-day attack which has left residents trapped in their homes by flaming barricades and automatic gunfire.… Read the rest

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