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North Korea’s provocative test over Japan, the explosion on London’s underground, Cassini’s farewell plunge, and more
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Attack in London: A rush-hour explosion from what officials described as an “improvised explosive device” injured at least 19 people on one of London’s underground rail lines. President Trump quickly condemned the attack as the work of “a loser terrorist” and reiterated his call for a “travel ban into the United States” from several Muslim-majority countries—a response that not only drew unfavorable recollections of his delayed condemnation of white supremacists in Charlotteville last month, but also risked straining the U.S. alliance with Britain.

North Korea on Thursday night, escalating its provocations after the UN passed increased sanctions on North Korea in response to its nuclear test.

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