North Korea said today that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test was a warning targeting the US for its efforts to slap new sanctions on Pyongyang and threatened a counter-strike if provoked militarily by Washington. <br/><br/>The North conducted its second ICBM on Friday, with leader Kim Jong-Un boasting of his country's ability to strike all the US mainland.<br/><br/>According to experts, Friday's launch suggested it was significantly more powerful than the first ICBM test on the 4th of this month, with a theoretical range long enough to reach the US east coast. US President, Donald Trump, who is at loggerheads with Beijing over how to handle Kim's regime, has repeatedly urged China to rein in its neighbour, but China insists dialogue is the only practical way forward.