Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang after seven years
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, in a visit described in the supplied material as Xi's first to North Korea in seven years. The talks took place on Tuesday and were accompanied by symbolic events including a tree planting, a performance of Chinese and North Korean songs and a banquet hosted by Kim. Both sides said they wanted to deepen cooperation, but the material provided says there was no mention of North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.According to the supplied rows, the two leaders agreed to expand cooperation across politics, economy and culture,... [Continue Reading]
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US congressman calls for new probe into 1967 USS Liberty attack
A Republican member of the US House of Representatives has called for a new investigation into Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy ship that was struck during the Six-Day War. Thomas Massie used a speech on the House floor to urge the government to reopen the case and to recognise the ship's survivors. The remarks came on the 59th anniversary of the attack and were delivered in the presence of survivors.According to the supporting material, the attack killed 34 service members and injured 171 others. Massie said the survivors should receive closure and called for a... [Continue Reading]
Hegseth criticises European migration policy in Normandy D-Day speech
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has used a D-Day anniversary speech in Normandy to criticise European migration policy, describing migrant arrivals on European beaches as an "invasion". He made the remarks in France on the 82nd anniversary of the Allied landings that helped liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe in 1944. The comments were delivered during commemorations in a setting closely associated with wartime sacrifice and transatlantic military cooperation.Hegseth said that "different dangerous ideologies" were now storming "different European beaches", naming Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria. He asked when European capitals would do something about what he called an "invasion", referring to... [Continue Reading]

