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World Service,14 May 2026,49 mins

Trump meets Xi in Beijing

Newsday

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President Xi of China has called for China and US to be 'partners not rivals' ahead of high stakes talks with his US counterpart in Beijing. We look at the diplomatic as well as trade aspirations of this meeting. The President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, has said officials will 'get to the bottom' of what happened in the Senate building, where gunshots were fired amid a continuing stand-off over a fugitive legislator. We speak to a Sudanese doctor who has recently returned to his country. He gives us his observations about the state of his country's health care system. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo:The scene as US President Donald Trump participates in events at the Great Hall of the People and does a greeting with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. Credit: Kenny Holston/Reuters)

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