The US president will warn member states that they risk being “bystanders in history” if they do not mobilise to confront such threats, according to a senior White House official. Trump and Netanyahu ready united assault against Iran nuclear deal Read moreTrump’s decision to single out North Korea and Iran is likely to draw comparisons with George W Bush’s state of the union speech in 2002, in which he described North Korea, Iran and Iraq as the “axis of evil”. Like France, Germany, Russia and China, it will resist any move to bracket Iran together with North Korea. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWhile there is security council consensus that North Korea has a major threat to international security and stability, there are differences on how tightly the country can be squeezed economically. On the even of his maiden UN speech, Trump made a brief appearance at a meeting about reform of the organisation.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2017 00:56 UTC