Russia and China urges North Korea to freeze missile test

  Russia and China have urged North Korea to "freeze" its missile and nuclear programmes after it claimed to have successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.
    Both countries also called for a simultaneous suspension of US-South Korea large-scale military exercises.
    According to reports, Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Moscow, where he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
   But Pyongyang appears to have made progress, experts believe the device cannot accurately hit a target.
   Despite the North Korean claim, both the US and Russia said the missile presented no threat to either country.
   Calling the launch "unacceptable", Russia and China also urged the US not to deploy the Thaad missile system, aimed at intercepting attacks from North Korea.