News Headlines - 05 April 2017

▽North Korean missile fired ahead of US-China summit - BBC News

North Korea has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan.

▽Japan PM Abe says he, Trump agree North Korea missile launch a 'serious threat' | Reuters

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call that North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch was "a dangerous provocation and a serious threat."

▽Emperor, empress welcome Spain's royal couple at Imperial Palace - The Mainichi

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday welcomed Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who are visiting Japan as state guests, at the Imperial Palace, with Crown Prince Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also attending a related event there.

▽France's Macron clashes with Le Pen, poll sees him as having best program | Reuters

Centrist Emmanuel Macron kept his position as favorite to win France's presidential election after a televised debate on Tuesday night in which he clashed sharply with his main rival, Marine Le Pen, over Europe, just 19 days before the election.
Macron was seen as having the best political program, according to a snap survey that also placed him as the second most convincing performer in a four-hour marathon that involved all 11 candidates.

▽Assad chemical attack in Syria's Idlib kills at least 100 | Daily Mail Online

President Bashar al-Assad has been accused of a sarin gas attack in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib that killed up to 100 civilians, including at least 11 children, on Tuesday.