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UN Security Council Unanimously Votes To Impose Sanctions On North Korea
The British UN ambassador on why North Korea's recent missile tests went too far.
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea, following the regime's recent missile tests. Why did both Russia and China vote alongside the rest of the security council? We speak to the current British ambassador to the UN.
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(Picture: UN Security Council Credit: EPA)
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