A week of US and North Korean tensions

Scroll through your Twitter feed this week and you'd be forgiven for thinking we were on the cusp of World War Three.

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Supreme leader Kim Jong-un have spent most of it baiting one in what seems like a game of military chicken.

Relations between the two countries have been frosty since the end of World War Two.

But this week the animosity has been ramped up to a whole new level.

Monday - US Warships

Under orders from President Trump a couple of US Navy warships and an aircraft carrier head in the direction of North Korea.

The country has carried out several nuclear tests and the Americans aren't happy about it.

President Trump says the US is prepared to act alone to deal with the nuclear threat from North Korea.

Tuesday - Kim hits back

Unsurprisingly Kim Jong-Un doesn't take kindly to this move and bites back at President Trump.

The North Korean foreign ministry are quoted as saying it's "reckless" and promises to defend itself "by powerful force of arms".

China- who is North Korea's closest ally - warns it'll get involved and apply stricter financial penalties if North Korea carries out anymore missile tests.

Donald Trump says any help would be welcomed. But states he doesn't need it.

Wednesday - China speaks up

Chinese media report its president calls President Trump in a bid to calm the whole situation down.

President Trump tweets that he and Mr Xi have spoken.

Mr Xi reportedly tells Mr Trump that he wants peace and stability in the area and supports denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula.

Thursday - Soldiers march

North Korea unveils a new housing and business development in the capital Pyongyang.

On the face of it, hardly a massive deal, but it's used as an opportunity to show the country's strength and resilience.

Foreign journalists are invited as thousands of soldiers march through the streets.

Donald Trump isn't impressed.

He again tweeted that Us was ready to "deal with" North Korea.

Friday- China warning

China ups the ante by warning a conflict between the US and North Korea "could break out at any moment".

It calls on both countries to quit threatening one another and back down, claiming there'd be no winner in any kind of war.

Meanwhile North Korea puts together the final preparations for a huge military parade on Saturday.

Saturday - Tanks in the street

North Korea celebrates the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-sung.

Tanks rolls through the streets of Pyongyang and it appears there are new intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles on show too.

Government officials warn the US off making any moves, saying it's ready for war and will "hit back with nuclear attacks".

Meanwhile US Vice-President Mike Pence heads to South Korea to discuss ways of dealing with the country's neighbour.

Sunday - Missile test

The US claims North Korea has launched another missile, only for it to explode seconds after take-off.

It's thought it was a ballistic missile, which follow high trajectories and are initially guided, but fall to their target under gravity.

The test breaks UN resolutions.

So what action might President Trump take? Only he knows the answer to that - or perhaps he does not.

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