China says it will counter US missiles in Asia

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China has warned of "unspecified countermeasures" if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles anywhere in the Asia-Pacific region. The UK joins forces with the US in the Gulf to protect commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz amid growing tensions with Iran. Relatives of people murdered under the regime of The Gambia's former ruler, Yahya Jammeh, have expressed outrage over the release of three self-confessed assassins.