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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country's intends to have the world's most powerful nuclear force as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of a new ballistic missile, state media reported on Sunday.

The announcement comes after Kim inspected a Nov. 18 test of the Hwasong-17, North Korea's largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and pledged to counter what he called U.S. nuclear threats.

North Korea's "ultimate goal is to possess the world's most powerful strategic force, the absolute force unprecedented in the century," Kim said in the order promoting the officers, adding that building up the country's nuclear capabilities would reliably protect the dignity and sovereignty of the state and the people.

The Sarmat is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 kilometers. 

The Sarmat can carry a 10-ton payload and can load a wide variety of warhead options. 

With the giant missile, Vladimir Putin can strike targets in North America & Europe. 

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have launched a challenge to Rishi Sunak’s authority by joining a Tory rebellion backing wind farms to tackle the energy crisis.

In their first major interventions since leaving Downing Street, the two former prime ministers have demanded an end to the ban on new onshore wind farms.

They both signed an amendment to the Government's Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, just days after Sunak’s government was derailed by a separate Tory revolt on the same legislation.

Pakistan's outgoing Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa confessed that the military establishment was involved in politics and said that the Army has decided to stop "interfering in politics," Dawn reported.

While addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony, the Army Chief said that armies around the world are seldom criticized "but our army is often subjected to criticism." "I think the reason for that is the army's involvement in politics. That is why in February, the army decided to not interfere in politics."

"Many sectors subjected the army to criticism and used inappropriate language," he said. "To criticise the army is the right of [political] parties and the people, but the language used [should be careful]."

Elon Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees in the last few weeks. In fact, it is said that Musk has cut down headcount from 7000 to nearly 2700 since he took over as the only board member at Twitter. After multiple rounds of layoffs, the billionaire now says there will be no more layoffs at the company. In fact, Twitter's human resource team is hiring for engineering and sales roles.

In a recent meeting with employees, Musk said that "significant portions of the technology stack need to be rebuilt from scratch" and at one point he said it would be a good idea to "somewhat decentralize[] things" by setting up engineering teams in Japan, India, Indonesia, and Brazil.