Comment: More on the tragic story:

Police tell us someone called 911 around 9:00 Friday morning for a welfare check of an individual at the Riverside Cemetery on Lake Avenue.

They say when they arrived, they witnessed an individual shoot themselves.

Police are not confirming the identity of the person at this time, pending notification of family.

Comment: Highlights from the show:

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells RT's Larry King that he doesn't dislike Hillary Clinton, but that she's not the person to make America great again - and that their televised duel Wednesday was more fun than baseball.

This is Trump's first appearance on Politicking since October 2013, when he first hinted at running for president. This time, the billionaire businessman discusses the current election, the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, his comments about the Iraq War, and Wednesday's showdown with Clinton at a veterans' forum.

Mainstream media

Opening up the interview, King asked Trump: "What surprised you the most about running for office?"

Trump pointed to the media's "tremendous dishonesty."

"I mean, they'll take a statement that you make, which is perfect," Trump said, "and they'll cut it up and chop it up and shorten it or lengthen it, or do something with it, then all of a sudden, it doesn't look like as good as it did when you actually said it."

Iraq

On the issue of defeating the Islamic State in Iraq, Trump slammed Clinton and President Barack Obama for their role in pulling US troops out of Iraq in 2013.

King then interjected: "The timetable was arranged by Bush for the leaving."

"Well, you know what, Larry," Trump countered, "I'll tell you what, let's look to the future."

King kept on the point, however, offering Trump the opportunity to criticize the Bush administration as well as Obama and Clinton.

"It's a war we shouldn't have been in, number one," Trump reiterated, "and it's a war that when we got out, we got out the wrong way. That's Obama."

Hillary Clinton

Asked about Clinton, Trump told King, "The bottom line is, Larry, she doesn't have what it takes."

That, Trump clarified, did not necessarily mean he did not like her as a person.

"No, it's not about liking or disliking," the Republican nominee said. "I mean, I wish she did a phenomenal job, and we wouldn't have all these problems."

"I wouldn't be running," Trump continued. "I'd be having dinner with you some place maybe."

Campaigning

King then asked Trump whether or not he was looking forward to the upcoming debates against Clinton.

"Nothing in life is easy," Trump answered. "It's not going to be easy, but it is something I look forward to, absolutely."

The Republican candidate shrugged off speculation that Russia may be trying to influence the 2016 US election.

"It's probably unlikely," he told King. "Maybe the Democrats are putting that out, who knows?"

"I just want to make sure that the election is 100 percent fair," Trump said.

Mexican immigration

King's final question was on immigration, specifically on Mexican immigration.

"Let's get something clear, because I've known you a long time. What are your feelings about Mexican immigrants? What in your gut do you feel about this?" King asked.

But Trump never answered, seemingly dropping off the line, despite King reassuring his audience that the phone connection was not lost.

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RT:

North Korea has confirmed it has conducted its fifth nuclear test, announcing it is now capable of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic rockets. The statement came just hours after a powerful explosion was reported near the country's secretive nuclear test site.

"The standardization of the nuclear warhead will enable the DPRK [North Korea] to produce at will and as many as it wants a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power," a statement from Pyongyang, posted on the website of the Korean Central News Agency, reads.

Pyongyang also claimed that no leakage of nuclear material had occurred in the test, and that there was no negative environmental impact.

A video released by North Korea appeared to show a tremor taking place near the test site.

Earlier, a powerful explosion measured 5.3 in magnitude was reported at the site of North Korea's bomb tests by the US Geological Survey (USGS), triggering reports of an apparent nuclear test.

In January this year, North Korea carried out its fourth nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which was registered as a 5.1-magnitude tremor by seismological organizations.

The latest test appears to be the most powerful one in the history of North Korea's nuclear program, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, adding that the yield of the previous January test was about 6 kilotons. Earlier tests were conducted in 2013 (6-9 kilotons), 2009 (2-4 kilotons) and 2006 (1 kiloton).

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