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World Service,13 May 2026,49 mins

Trump heads to China for Xi summit

Newsday

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President Trump is heading to Beijing on the first visit by a US leader in nine years; talks with Chinese leaders are likely to focus on Iran, Taiwan, and trade tensions between the two superpowers. We speak to a former Assistant US Trade Representative for China. We speak to a Red Cross representative in Tehran about the impact of recent hostilities on the city and about a moderate earthquake that has shaken the city overnight. And we speak to two teenage sisters in Gaza who have been awarded an environmental prize for their novel construction idea. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy (Photo: US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for China, in Washington, DC. Credit: Bonnie Cash/EPA).

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