Tuesday, September 28, 2021

*) North Korea 'fires suspected ballistic missile' into the sea North Korea has fired at least one projectile into the Sea of Japan. That's according to officials in South Korea and Tokyo, who suspect the unidentified projectile may have been a ballistic missile. The launch comes less than two weeks after North Korea tested a new railway-borne missile system. North Korea has defended the move saying no one can deny it the right to self defence and weapons testing. Pyongyang is also calling on the US to give up what it calls a "hostile policy" towards North Korea. Washington has condemned the test. *) SPD seeks alliance with Greens, Liberals for three-way coalition Germany's Social Democratic Party fought hard to win Sunday's elections, but it will be just as tough forging a coalition. The party's leader, Olaf Scholz, has the best shot of becoming the new chancellor, and he's got big shoes to fill. Angela Merkel was one of the world's highest-profile political leaders during her 16 years in office. And she'll stay in the top job until a deal is done. The negotiations will be a complicated process. *) Botched Nigeria air strike kills many fishermen – report At least 20 fishermen have been killed accidently after Nigeria's military targeted a militant camp in the country's northeast, according to two security sources and locals. A Nigerian fighter jet early on Sunday bombarded Kwatar Daban Masara in Lake Chad, which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, the sources said on Monday. The area is a bastion for the Daesh-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The reports of casualties came less than two weeks after officials said another airstrike on a village killed nine civilians in Nigeria's northeast. *) Israel 'won't allow' nukes to Iran; Tehran says Israel has hundreds of them Israel's Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, has addressed the UN General Assembly Monday, saying Iran has progressed too far in its nuclear program. Bennett accused Tehran of seeking