UN condemns North Korea’s latest missile test

The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launch

The US, UK and France confirmed that North Korea has made progress on its weapons program.

It follows a closed-door Security Council Meeting that had been urgently called by Washington and London.

The nations’ say they will call for existing international sanctions to be more effectively implemented.

At the end of the meeting, neither China nor Russia spoke out.

Diplomats reportedly say no member of the Security Council proposed a joint statement from the body.

During the last emergency closed-door meeting France proposed a joint text, but Beijing and Moscow reportedly refused.