The world’s newest petrostate heads to the polls

The leaders of China and India met on Sunday amid trade tensions with the US, and Guyanese voters head to the polls today to chart a future for the world’s newest petrostate. Plus, the UK secures its largest ever warship deal with Norway, and AstraZeneca’s China division has recovered from a major scandal by pledging billions in new investment.

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Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair ties

World’s newest petrostate heads for ‘mother of all elections’

UK secures largest ever warship deal from Norway

AstraZeneca bounces back from scandal in China

Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Ethan Plotkin, Persis Love, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Jean-Marc Eck and Peter Barber. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.

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