North Korea and US 'in direct contact', says Tillerson

The USA is in "direct contact" with North Korea, Secretary of nation Rex Tillerson has said.
Mr Tillerson said Washington became "probing" the possibility of talks with Pyongyang, "so stay tuned".
"we have strains of communications to Pyongyang," he stated throughout a journey to China. "we are now not in a darkish state of affairs."
North Korea and the usa have engaged in heated rhetoric in latest months however it was not previously recognized they had a traces of communique.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to annihilate North Korea, saying the usa's chief, Kim Jong-un, "is on a suicide task", which led Mr Kim to release a assertion vowing to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with hearth".
The warfare of phrases comes in opposition to a backdrop of repeated missile assessments and Pyongyang's claim that, on 3 September, it successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen bomb which could be loaded on to a long-variety missile.
The checks have been across the world condemned, with the UN bringing in sanctions against North Korea in an try to pressure the secretive state to prevent its guns programme.
Mr Tillerson is in China assembly with President Xi Jinping and other officers, hoping to inspire them to enforce the sanctions.
China this week advised North Korean groups operating in its territory to shut down. but, China remains keen to look negotiations with North Korea.