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In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works
By Jack Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts said on Thursday. If developed, such a missile could possibly reach any place on the U.S. mainland, including Washington and New York, they said. North Korea's state media published photographs late on Wednesday of leader Kim Jong Un standing next to a diagram of a three-stage rocket it called the Hwasong-13.
Second arrest after Rotterdam concert by group Allah-Las cancelled amid Spanish terror threat tip-off
Dutch police said Thursday they had arrested another man after cancelling a Rotterdam concert by a US rock band following a tip-off about a possible terror threat. The man was detained before dawn in the Brabant region, police said in a statement, adding that the driver of a van with Spanish plates carrying gas canisters who was detained late Wednesday in Rotterdam also remained in custody. The arrests came after last week's twin vehicle attacks in Spain that killed 15 people, which were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) group. "A 22-year-old man from Brabant was arrested Thursday morning in the investigation into a terrorist threat Wednesday evening in Rotterdam," police said in a statement. Police stand during the evacuation the Maassilo concert venue after a concert by Californian ban Allah-Las was canceled in relation to a terror attack threat, according to police and the venue, on August 23, 2017, in Rotterdam Credit: AFP It was the second arrest after that of the Spanish van driver who was detained only hours after officials cancelled a concert by Californian rock group Allah-Las. The driver, who was "possibly driving under the influence", was "arrested because of his driving", police said, adding that officers had found a "number of gas canisters" in his van. The man, whom police said was a mechanic, will be interviewed again Thursday. But Dutch authorities have cautioned there may be no link between the van driver and the tip-off about a terror threat which came from Spanish police. Spanish and French police launched a Europe-wide manhunt last week for members of a terror cell that carried out the deadly van attack on Barcelona's Las Ramblas last Wednesday. Spanish police later found bomb-making equipment that included more than 100 tanks of butane gas, nails, and 500 litres of acetone peroxide, which can be used as a crude and unstable homemade explosive. There were no suggestions on Wednesday night that the apparent foiled terror plot in Rotterdam was linked to the Barcelona cell. Rock band Allah-Las were due to play in Rotterdam Credit: MARTON MONUS/MTI Sources said there was no connection between Barcelona and that the tip off about the Rotterdam plot was the result of an investigation by the Spanish Civil Guard that had been under way for some time Ahmed Aboutaleb, the mayor of Rotterdam, warned against "swift conclusions". "It would be wrong at this moment to pile up these facts and conclude: thus there was a plan to attack with gas bottles, et cetera, because that was the picture last week in Barcelona. I would be careful with that," he said. Police sealed off the area around the venue and a bomb squad was examining the bus. Allah-Las is a four-piece band from Los Angeles. In an interview with The Guardian last year, band members said they chose their name because they were seeking a "holy sounding" name and did not realise it might cause offence. "We get emails from Muslims, here in the US and around the world, saying they’re offended, but that absolutely wasn’t our intention," said Miles Michaud, the lead singer. "We email back and explain why we chose the name, and mainly they understand."
Japan's Tepco gets slapped with new U.S. lawsuit over Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings said on Thursday it has been hit with another lawsuit filed in a U.S. court seeking $5 billion for compensation over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the second filed against the utility in a U.S. court. The suit filed by 157 individuals is seeking that amount to set up a compensation fund for the costs of medical tests and treatment they say they need after efforts to support the recovery from the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The utility, known as Tepco, is being sued regarding improper design, construction and maintenance, claiming compensation for physical, mental and economic damages, the company said in a statement.
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