17/04/17 THEY SAID WHAT?

“We’ve got a powerful nuclear deterrent already in our hands, and we certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a US pre-emptive strike” A warning from North Korea’s vice

foreign minister Han Song Ryol “We will respond to an all-out war with an all-out war and a nuclear war with our style of a nuclear attack” Top North Korean official Choe

Ryong Hae “We call upon all the parties, no matter verbally or in action, to stop provoking and threatening each other and not to allow the situation to become irretrievable and out of control” China’s foreign minister Wang Yi,

calling for a cooling of tensions between the US and North Korea “There is going to be a lot of naked men this time round, which we didn’t have in season one – season two pushes the boundaries of that” Welsh actor Alexander Vlahos, below, on the second series of the TV drama Versailles “There’s a sort of general disregard for comedy in the arts world. It’s thought to be inferior. But I think comedy is actually, generally speaking, more difficult than the serious stuff. And yet, because it’s comedy it’s dismissed as froth, which is a shame” Actor and Mr Bean creator Rowan

Atkinson “It would be lovely to show us performing to a whole new generation. But we can’t wait too much longer, as we’re all getting on a bit!” Ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton on the possibility of a reunion of the girl band