Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered more than 600,000 residents to evacuate Pyongyang as tensions with the US escalate.Around 25 per cent of the capital's population have been told to leave, Russian newspaper Pravda Report has said.Satellite images appear the show that Kim Jong -un is preparing to launch a nuclear test at North Korea's Punggye-ri test site.North 38 reports that the images show "continued activity" at the site, which appears to be "primed and ready" for what would be the hermit state's sixth nuclear test. Tensions have escalated after America sent an aircraft carrier to waters off the Korean peninsula in response to several provocative missile launches by Kim Jong-un's regime. State-owned news agency KCNA quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying Trump's deployment showed "reckless moves for invading" that had now "reached a serious phase". The statement added: "We will hold the US wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions." Although the US Navy strike group has been sent towards the Korean peninsula, Washington has previously leaned towards sanctions and pressure to deter North Korea.
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