North Korea accuses United States of declaring war

North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong-ho has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country.

Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North Korea reserved the right to shoot down US bombers, adding that this applied even when they were not in North Korean airspace.

The two sides have been engaged in an increasingly angry war of words. Despite weeks of tension, experts have played down the risk of direct conflict between the two.