N Korea warns of WAR

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">North Korea has once again threatened to launch "full-out war" with nuclear weapons, amid reports of the imminent arrival of an American naval strike group off the Korean Peninsula.</span><br></p><p>Tensions between the US and the North have risen sharply in recent weeks as a series of North Korean missile tests have prompted dire warnings from President &nbsp;Donald Trump's administration about curtailing its nuclear weapons programme.</p><p>The USS Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, American Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday, after mixed messages from the US over the warship's whereabouts.</p><p>The strike group was supposedly heading towards North Korea last week amid concerns the North is preparing for a sixth nuclear test, with North Korea threatening to hit back at any provocation. &nbsp;</p><div><br></div>