Japan today pushed ahead with its proposal for UN sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests, and China dispatched diplomats to Pyongyang amid a campaign to lure the reclusive regime back to nuclear disarmament talks.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the millionaire movie star and governor of California, made a big splash at his first event in China today – perhaps too big a splash for his security detail after dozens of photographers and fans mobbed him in the Chinese capital.