Chinese president hails two countries’ friendship before his arrival, after visiting Pyrenees with MacronChinese flags adorned highways as Serbia got ready to give a home-from-home welcome to Xi Jinping, contrasting tensions on the first leg of the Chinese president’s six-day European tour over a potential trade war with the EU.Xi prepared for his arrival...

Beijing joins France in urging Israel against Rafah offensive in latest effort to make diplomatic mark Middle East crisis – live updatesXi Jinping, sensing a diplomatic opening, is stepping up China’s intervention in the Middle East crisis, issuing a joint statement with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to urge Israel not to go ahead with an offensive...

Foreign ministry says Chinese jet pilot took ‘necessary measures at the scene’ after Australia claimed flares were released in front of helicopterGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina’s foreign ministry has accused an Australian navy helicopter of deliberately flying “within close range” of Chinese airspace...

Shadow chancellor to say Hunt’s and Sunak’s message of ‘the plan is working’, does not reflect economic realityReeves turns to the Tory long-term proposal to abolish employees’ national insurance.If Labour came out with a plan like this, the media would be constantly challenging the party to explain how it would be funded, she says. Continue reading...

Chinese premier to have lunch with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia on his closely watched trip to EuropeThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has hit out against Nato over the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Serbia, when three people died in 1999 after a US strike accidentally hit the compound during Nato’s air campaign against Serb forces occupying...

A world premiere presented by Factory International, The Accountants combines one tale of two auditing firms with another of friends who have connected British Indian and British Chinese heritages Continue reading...