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US top diplomat Antony Blinken meets China's President Xi Jinping

Our China correspondent explains the significance and wider implications of the meeting

We sit down with our China correspondent to discuss America's top diplomat, Anthony Blinken's visit to China, and his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping. Mr Xi - who met Mr Blinken on Friday afternoon in Beijing's Great Hall of the People - agreed the two sides had "made some positive progress" since he met his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in November. We look at the significance and wider implications of the ongoing diplomacy.

Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday. Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs. However she died on Thursday and has been buried next to her mother after whom she was named. Our Gaza correspondent gives us the background and the reaction to this story.

This week US President Joe Biden has signed a $95bn foreign aid package, which included $61bn in military aid for Ukraine. But many in Ukraine fear it might not be enough to combat Russia's advance. We hear a conversation with Ukrainians living in the US.

We get reaction from football fans to the news that Brazil legend Marta says she will retire from international football this year. The 38-year-old striker is Brazil's all-time record goal scorer in international football, with 123 goals in 196 appearances.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy

(Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, April 26, 2024. Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS)

50 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Apr 2024 16:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Apr 2024 16:06GMT

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