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Inside Trump’s Summit Tour in Beijing: From Temple of Heaven to the Great Hall

The Temple of Heaven and Great Hall of the People embody distinct parts of China’s history, which Xi Jinping has sought to underscore while hosting state visits.

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Trump China visit live: Xi Jinping warns US and China could ‘come into conflict’ if Taiwan issue mishandled, state media reports

Security was heightened in Beijing ahead of the two leaders’ crucial talks, which were set to be dominated by trade, AI and the war in IranTrump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as Iran war looms over talksExplainer: five key issues on the table at summitDonald Trump will drive ...

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, to Make First Official Trip Abroad Since Cancer Diagnosis

Catherine is visiting Reggio Emilia, a city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education, a deep interest of hers. It is her first official visit abroad since her cancer diagnosis.

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Australia politics live: Coalition has gone ‘beyond dogwhistling’ to ‘demonising’, Labor MP says ahead of Taylor’s budget reply speech

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHolding Jewish people responsible for Israel a ‘building block’ of racism, inquiry hearsThere will always be “edge cases”, Dr Dave Rich has told the antisemitism royal commission, where there are good faith disagreeme...

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Victorian Labor signals tougher stance on young offenders after 109 charges against 14-year-old dropped

The state’s opposition said case was proof ‘the justice system is broken’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Labor government says it will “do everything” it can to “toughen consequences” for young offenders a...

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Xi referenced ‘great changes unseen in a century.’ Here’s what that means.

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Xi Says U.S.-China Relations Could Turn ‘Dangerous’ Over Taiwan

China’s leader, Xi Jinping said relations between the two countries could enter an “extremely dangerous place” if Mr. Trump ignored China’s demands over Taiwan.

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Xi Says U.S.-China Relations Could Turn ‘Dangerous’ Over Taiwan

China’s leader, Xi Jinping said relations between the two countries could enter an “extremely dangerous place” if Mr. Trump ignored China’s demands over Taiwan.

BBC

Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine leave one dead, officials say

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential building hit overnight in Kyiv.

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Trump and Xi meet in Beijing for key summit, with trade, Iran and AI on table

US president says he and his Chinese counterpart have ‘known each other for a long time’ and Xi is ‘great leader’Trump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summitThe US president, Donald Trump, has met China’s leader, Xi Jinping, for a momentous summit that will pack negotiations ...

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President Trump Goes to China

His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.

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Modern antisemitism built on old Jewish stereotypes and tropes, royal commission told

UK expert tells Australian inquiry how antisemitism developed and that governments must define it in order to develop policies against itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOld tropes about Jewish people – such as those fou...

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Nigerian film star Alexx Ekubo dies from cancer aged 40

The actor was recognised for his contributions to entertainment as well as his humanitarian efforts.

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Coles put commercial interests above its customers – and was caught red-handed

Reputation of Australia’s big supermarkets takes another hit as federal court finds Coles misled shoppers by promoting fake discountsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes’s “Down Down” promotion is one of Australia’s best known campaigns. But the supermarket has been caugh...

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Australia politics live: Coalition targets Labor on taxes and migration in question time as two Liberal MPs booted from chamber

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHolding Jewish people responsible for Israel a ‘building block’ of racism, inquiry hearsThere will always be “edge cases”, Dr Dave Rich has told the antisemitism royal commission, where there are good faith disagreeme...

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Falling backwards and plunging through clouds: British paratroopers’ landing on Tristan da Cunha

Member of army squad sent with medics to assist suspected hantavirus patient recounts descent to remote islandThe hardest part of the parachute jump, according to Capt George Lacey, is falling backwards through the air. It is Saturday and Lacey, and his squad of six plus two medics, have just leapt ...

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Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.

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Scepticism and tight security as Trump is welcomed by Xi to Beijing

US’s apparent decline has fuelled growing Chinese nationalism while US president has lost his novelty valueTrump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summit. Yaoji Chaogan, a no-frills canteen next to Beijing’s historic Drum and Bell towers, once proudly displayed photographs of J...

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Philippines authorities investigating reports lawmaker wanted by ICC has fled after taking refuge in senate

Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted by the ICC for his alleged role in country’s deadly anti-drug crackdown that saw thousands killed Philippine authorities are seeking to confirm reports that a lawmaker wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) secretly left the Senate premises where he had ...

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Trump in Beijing

The president is getting the red carpet treatment, but the deep rift between the U.S. and China will be very hard to repair.

BBC

'They shot my neighbour in the head' - the lakeside city traumatised by war

Rebel fighters and Rwandan troops are accused of committing atrocities after capturing the DR Congo city of Uvira in December.

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Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

Painting that inspired depiction on £20 note more likely the work of John Opie, says Romantic artist’s biographerIn 2020, Tate Britain hosted the launch of a new £20 banknote bearing representations of The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner and the artist’s most famous self-portrait. Now a leading exp...

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Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows

Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more exposed to air pollution, poorer health, lower life expectancy and the impact of rising temperature...