The US press corps stood up to Donald Trump this week after he banned three organisations he doesn’t like from the White House. But when it came to the leader of one of the US’s oldest adversaries – China – well, Trump literally rolled out a very long red carpet. Jonathan Freedland speaks to

Xi Jinping’s visit heavy on symbolism but no sign closed-door meeting yielded breakthroughs on thorny issues such as AI, trade, Taiwan and Iran Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on AI, trade and a growing US-China strategic rivalry expected to feature on a

GOP stymies House-passed war powers resolution as conflict passes 200-day mark with 19 US service members killed Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting down a House-passed war powers resolution as the conflict that has killed 19 American servic

Senior Iranian officials say Washington has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has met his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, for the first time in New York amid warnings from senior Iranian security officials that the US

Chinese president’s proposals for lessening tensions come amid period of intense competition between the two countries over AI and trade Trump-Xi summit – latest updates Xi Jingping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and

Xi arrived at the White House on Thursday morning ahead of major talks, which are expected to cover trade, AI, Taiwan and more In the first row in front of the leaders sit US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her daughter Arabella, US secretary of s

As the secretary general, António Guterres, prepares to step down, the general assembly is highlighting the scale of the organisation’s challenges The United Nations was created, its charter states , to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. Donald Trump used his address to th

It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday to the United Nations general assembly was an object lesson in his lawless rule and remarkable capacity for self-delusion. Disregarding the UN charter

Two leaders could discuss tech safety issues and US-China trade ties but may skip over climate emergency Analysis: AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting The leaders of the world’s two superpowers are meeting in the US this week . It is Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the US in more than a decad

Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeks United Nations general assembly – latest updates Iran has pushed back on claims that it dropped former preconditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz in surprise talks held in New York unde

Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, touches down in Maryland on Wednesday, he will step out into the arms – perhaps a hug , if Donald Trump’s wishes come true – of a US president wh

Lawyers for James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, wanted over alleged support for Hamas, say client is being persecuted The Spanish government has decided to allow the Trump administration’s controversial extradition request to extradite wealthy activist James “Fergie” Chambers to continue in the count