World snapshot North Korea’s test site active
SATELLITE images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea’s nuclear test site, USbased analysts said as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state. Images appear to show workers pumping out water at a tunnel believed to have been prepared for an upcoming nuclear test, monitoring group 38 North said. It also noted that a large number of personnel were seen throughout the facility, with some groups possibly playing volleyball, in what is very likely a propaganda scene. “It is unclear if this activity indicates that a nuclear test has been cancelled, the facility is in standby mode or that a test is imminent,” said the researchers from the USKorea Institute at Johns Hopkins University. North Korea is on a mission to develop a long- range missile capable of hitting the US mainland. TWELVE workers died following an explosion in a high- speed rail tunnel in southwestern China, after rescuers spent over 14 hours searching the rubble for survivors. The blast occurred after gas filled the tunnel, which h was being bored in the province e of Guizhou, leaving 12 injured and 12 trapped, according to the official Xinhua news agency. . Over 2000 rescue workers searched the tunnel for survivors before ending the operation yesterday. The cause of the accident was under investigation, the report said, adding that the tunnel was designed to pass through a coal seam. The country has been on a high- speed rail building spree for over a decade, putting up over 17,000km of track at a rapid clip, raising concerns about corner- cutting. Industrial accidents are common in China, where safety regulations are often poorly enforced. TOPLESS photosh of f the Duchess of Cambridge published in France caused her and her husband Prince William huge distress, a court has heard.
Lawyers acting for Kate and William have demanded $ 2.1 million in compensation after the long- lens paparazzi shots were published in gossip magazine Closer and regional newspaper La Provence in September 2012.
Six defendants are standing trial in Paris over the photos, the publication of which triggered outrage in Britain. All are charged with invasion of privacy and complicity, but deny causing any damage.
The royal pair were snapped while on a summer break at a chateau in the south of France.
One of the most intimate shots shows the Duchess of Cambridge topless and having suncream rubbed into her buttocks by William. The couple’s French barrister, Jean Veil, told the first day of a criminal trial in the suburb of Nanterre that both William and Kate suffered “massively” because of the pictures.
Prince William was particularly angry at the humiliation heaped on his wife and has pushed for prosecutions.
“The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken was particularly shocking to us as it breached our privacy,” he said.
But the six defendants claim the pictures were taken from a public place and were “not in the least bit shocking”.
Both photographers charged deny taking the photos, but Closer magazine has refused to identify who was responsible.