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SEOUL, South Korea — The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program has long been shaped by the view that the United States has no viable military option to destroy it.

Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit. It couldn't come at a more politically or diplomatically sensitive moment for both leaders.

Rep. Tim Ryan believes meditating not only helps him navigate through tumultuous political waters but that it can be useful for the country in these uncertain times. “There's no better place to ... practice embracing uncertainty than in the United States Congress,” Ryan told ABC’s Dan Harris during an interview for his “10% Happier” podcast.

This week's long-range missile test by North Korea marks a distinct, if unsteady, advance in its quest to develop the capability to hit the U.S. mainland, according to two experts. The distance this missile traveled confirms that North Korea is "no longer just a regional problem. This is a U.S. problem," ABC News aviation consultant Steve Ganyard, a retired Marine Corps colonel, said. "This is the first time, if the analysis is correct, that we're seeing a North Korean weapon that can hit the United States.

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., apologized Wednesday for recording a five-minute video on the grounds of the former Nazi death camp in Auschwitz, Poland, and posting it to social media, which sparked criticism from the museum at the site and on social media. "I filmed the Auschwitz message with great humility. My intent was to offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz and to remind the world that evil exists, that free nations must remember, and stand strong," he wrote. "However, my message has caused pain to some whom I love and respect. For that, my own heart feels sorrow.

President Poland, on Thursday amid a series of meetings. “He will praise Polish courage throughout history’s darkest hour, and celebrate Poland’s emergence as a European power,” national security adviser H.R.

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