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VLADAMIR Putin has warned Donald Trump that a military strike against North Korea might fail because Pyongyang could have hidden military facilities that nobody knows about. Daily Express :: News Feed

North Korean diplomats were set to sit right in front of Donald Trump when the U.S. president took the UN stage and threatened North Korea — but left without hearing the speech. The exchanges are hitting a nerve around the world, including in Seoul, and not so much because of Kim’s nuclear threat. CBC | World News

France’s Winter Olympics team will not travel to the 2018 Games in South Korea if its security cannot be guaranteed, French Sports Minister Laura Flessel said on Thursday, raising the first major doubts by a participating country over the event. CBC | Sports News

The president of the International Olympic Committee said Friday he remains confident the Winter Games will go on as scheduled in South Korea despite growing tensions on the peninsula, including North Korea’s ballistic missile test this week. CBC | Sports News

GEOPOLITICAL tensions and a weak outlook for US monetary policy are allowing the pound to hold its ground versus the US dollar today. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

GEOPOLITICAL tensions and a weak outlook for US monetary policy are allowing the pound to hold its ground versus the US dollar today. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE pound slipped from its best levels against the US dollar yesterday afternoon as markets began to recover from the shock of yesterday’s North Korean missile test over Japan. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

DAVID Davis’ calls for the European Union to be more flexible during Brexit talks appear to have fallen on deaf ears after one EU bigwig said the bloc will not alter its position by “one millimetre”. Daily Express :: News Feed

THE European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator yesterday stoked up tensions ahead of crucial talks by suggesting Britain was not taking the process seriously. Daily Express :: News Feed

Protesters got into minor scuffles and shouting matches with U.S. President Donald Trump supporters on Tuesday as hundreds of people lined up to get inside a Phoenix, Ariz., rally that marks his first political event since the violence in Charlottesville, Va. CBC | World News