We discuss the state of relations between the world’s two most powerful countries as US secretary of state Antony Blinken visits China. Plus: the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, the UN warns that the crisis in Haiti is “catastrophic” and Spanish-language music sweeps global charts.
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Palestinians told to evacuate eastern Rafah and Xi Jinping begins his European tour
Baltic ministers warn Nato and a secretive UN summit in Chile
Netanyahu’s Rafah raid and the GOP pressures Biden over campus protests
The fate of Darfur, defence talks in Hawaii and EU expansion
Hamas delegation touches down in Cairo for talks
IDA for Africa Heads of State Summit and Habitat’s 60th anniversary
Mark Rutte meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul
Poland flexes its diplomatic muscles
Global military spending reaches an all-time high
Middle East tensions and the future of the US-Ukraine relationship
Israel’s airstrikes on Iran: what happens next?
The future of the EU according to the Enrico Letta report
G7 foreign ministers meet in Capri
Trump’s historic day in criminal court and Salone del Mobile starts
Iran launches missile strikes in Israel and the Thailand-Myanmar border crisis
The sentencing of Vietnamese billionaire and fraudster, Truong My Lan
Will Iran retaliate against Israel?
Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the US and the International Booker Prize 2024
Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador and Zimbabwe’s new currency
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