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is Learning English from the news, our podcast about the news headlines.

In this program, north Korea claims to have launched a

hyposonic missile. Hello, I'm Phil,

and I'm Pepper. In this program, we look at one big new story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet, on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

So let's hear more about this story.

North Korea has launched a missile, which they claimed flew at over twelve times the speed of sound and travelled 1500 km.

Hyposonic missiles, which travel more than five times faster than sound and can change direction much harder to intercept than other types of missiles.

Only China, russia and the US are currently thought to have this technology.

Some people suspect that Russia is helping North Korea to develop advance missile technology in return for troops to fight in Ukraine.

But the South Korean military says they believe the claims from North Korea are exaggerated.

Our 1st headline is talking about the statement from the North Korean government about the missile.

North Korea says New hyposonic missile will contain rivals.

And that's from the BBC. And that headline again.

North Korea says New hyposonic missile will contain rivals.

And that's from the BBC. So Kim Jong Un, north korea's leader, has said that the purpose of the new missile is for self defense.

And we're looking at the verb contain in the headline.

Now, the most common use of contain is to say that something is inside something else.

A suitcase contains clothes, or a bottle contains water.

And here King Jong Un is talking about containing rivals.

And so this is a metaphorical use.

A key part of contain is that something is held inside a container, like you said, phil Yes.

And if you contain your rivals, then you impose limits on them, and they're held inside those limits.

Yep. So Kim Jong Un is saying that this missile is capable of limiting what the countrys rivals can do, of containing them.

We can use contain like this in different ways.

So in sports, if you contain your opponent, it means that you're effective enough at playing to stop them from playing.

Well, yeah. And we use it in a similar way to talk about containing your feelings or emotions.

So if you contain your emotions, you control your sadness, anger or excitement, and you stop that emotion from being expressed.

At another example, vaccines and lockdowns are both ways used to contain a virus to limited spread and control it.

Weve had contain limits, e.g. the attacking army were able to surround and contain the enemy quickly.

This is learning English from the news applecast about the news headlines today.

We're talking about North Korea claiming to have launched a hyposonic missile.

Our next headline describes the response from South Korea.

Acting president condemns North korea's latest missile provocation.

And that's from The Korea Times.

That headline again, from the Career Times.

Acting president condemns North korea's latest missile provocation.

So Tray Sang Mark, who is currently acting as President of South Korea, has criticized the missile lodge, highlighting that it's a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a threat to regional security.

He described North korea's missile launch as a provocation, which is the word we are looking at.

Yet provocation is a noun. It comes from the verb provoke.

If you provoke someone, you do something to make them react angrily.

So a provocation is the thing that you do, the thing that causes that angry or upset reaction.

The acting South Korean president is saying that this missile launch is intended to cause an angry reaction.

Yes, we often use provocation in a military context, so military actions from one country can often be seen as a provocation by rival countries.

We also use this now provocation in legal language to talk about the reason why someone committed a crime, but in everyday language, we usually use the adjective provocative to talk about something that will anger or upset people.

We don't usually use the NUN provocation.

So we ve had provocation, an action that could lead to an angry reaction, e.g.

the military exercises near the border were the provocation that led to war.

This is learning English from the news.

Our podcast about the news headlines to day, we're talking about North Korea claiming to have launched a hyposonic missile.

We've seen that the South Korean authorities believe the missile was a

provocation, but they've also said that North korea's claims might not be completely true.

And that's what our next headline is about North korea's claim of hyposonic missile launch, likely deception South Korean Military And that's from beyond ham news from South Korea.

That headline again, from Yonhap. North korea's claim of hyposonic missile launch likely deception South Korean Military.

This story reports the South Korean military saying that the missile did not fly as far as North Korean authorities claimed, and that it didn't change direction either.

We're going to look at the word deception.

Deception is tricking someone into believing something isn't true.

Here, the South Korean military believes that the statement from North Korea is intended to trick people into thinking that their weapons are more sophisticated than they actually are.

Some more examples Criminals might use deception to trick people into giving away personal information, and politicians are sometimes accused of using deception to win people's votes.

Deception is an uncountable man is about the concept, but it can be accountable now to talk about a single, dishonest action.

And we also use deceptive as an adjective and the verb to deceive.

We've been looking at deception that's tricking someone into believing something that isn't true, e.g.

Deception is easier when people trust you.

That's it for this episode of Learning English from the News.

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