North Korea says it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants

A screen capture from a video of North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifting off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea in December 2012. (photo credit: AP/KRT via AP Video)

Announcement comes day after Pyongyang said it is ready to launch ‘satellites’ on long-range rockets

Italy ferry fire: Evacuation hampered by winds

Passengers have made desperate calls for a speedy rescue.

Ships and helicopters are taking part in a major rescue operation after an Italian ferry carrying 478 people caught fire around 40 nautical miles north-west of Corfu

US embassy in Uganda warns citizens to shelter during terror operation

Traffic on a road in Kampala. Photograph: Des Willie/Alamy