• Aid agencies are critical of a proposed code of conduct for search-and-rescue operations for migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they are not to blame for the glut of arrivals in Italy. [Politico]

• President Trump’s assertion that North Korea would not produce a missile that can reach the U.S. has been upended by the North’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. His options now are few and risky. [The New York Times]

• Édouard Philippe, France’s prime minister, called for reduced public spending in his inaugural policy speech. He also wants to make some vaccinations compulsory. [The Guardian/Le Monde]

• In Catalonia, a draft bill for a planned referendum on secession from Spain in October includes a clause that would lead to a declaration of independence within 48 hours of the vote. [Reuters]