U.S. warns N Korea on nuclear test

Christopher Hill talks to journalists in Shanghai A senior US diplomat has warned North Korea against a nuclear test, saying that it would be a provocative act. Nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill made the comments in Shanghai at the end of a six-day visit to China. He also said North Korea would receive no further incentives to return to multilateral talks on its nuclear ambitions. Mr Hill now flies to South Korea amid talks of a split between Washington and Seoul on how to handle Pyongyang. Last week, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun appeared to soften his stance, calling Pyongyang's recent missile tests "too meagre" to reach the US and "too big" to target North Korea.