US secretary of state Antony Blinken meets with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, TikTok’s parent company insists that it has no plans to sell the social-media company and Boeing burns through $4bn (€3.7bn). Plus: what to watch this weekend in our TV and film Friday wrap.
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The internal battle to be the next Nato secretary-general
Evan Gershkovich trial date set in Russia
South Africa inches closer to a coalition government
Milei’s reforms spark clashes in Argentina
Where does Hunter Biden’s conviction leave his father’s re-election campaign?
Ukraine Recovery Conference starts as nervous eastern Nato members meet
Macron calls a snap election
Zelensky receives a hero’s welcome in France
Voters go to the polls across the EU’s 27 member states
The world’s biggest election delivers shock result in India
India’s surprising election results
Will Israel accept the United States ceasefire plan for Gaza?
Trump is convicted on all counts and a US policy shift in Ukraine
Early election results from South Africa and the ‘Hong Kong 47’ trial
Rafah on the brink and closing arguments in the Trump trial
UN Security Council meets as Israeli tanks enter Rafah
Monday 27 May
Russia strikes the key Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
China’s ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan
Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state
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