US, UK urged to prevent N-Korean nuclear build-up

The United States, Britain and the wider international community has been urged to prevent North Korea from building up its nuclear weapons capability after the communist nation began actively restarting its nuclear programme.

North Korea began moving fresh fuel rods into a mothballed nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, 50 miles north of its capital Pyongyang, on Wednesday, deepening fears that the country could produce nuclear weapons within months.