Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says if North Korea launches an attack on the United States, Australia will join the conflict.

Turnbull says the ANZUS treaty would be invoked if the US and North Korea go to war.

He spoke to the US Vice‑President overnight, discussing "the most dangerous flashpoint in the world today"

The Trump administration has escalated its rhetoric against North Korea, after the rogue regime threatened to attack the US territory of Guam in the Pacific.

Trump has warned he would not allow Pyongyang to develop nuclear weapons capable of hitting the US.

Source: BBC