Xi Jinping is hosting Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing for the first time, alongside other international leaders, as the West watches on. Meanwhile, Moscow has launched a rare daytime attack on Kyiv. Follow the latest on the Ukraine war.
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Kim Jong Un appears to have brought his daughter to Beijing, according to reports, fuelling speculation she could be in line for a leadership position.
Yonhap news agency, citing South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, said Kim Ju Ae appeared to have travelled to Beijing as well.
It comes as the Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim was greeted by Chinese officials, including the foreign minister Wang Yi, when he arrived in Beijing.
The North Korean leader reportedly thanked Xi Jinping for his hospitality.
Tap the link below to read more on Kim’s daughter…
Here are some of the latest pictures from Beijing, where Vladimir Putin and 25 other heads of state are in town for a military parade tomorrow.
Ahead of that, Xi Jinping, Putin and many of the leaders have been holding meetings today.
While we may get handouts from some of the more major meetings, pictures and grandstanding are likely a lot of what we’ll see from today.
The UK’s foreign secretary has just told MPs to expect an announcement “very shortly” on further sanctions targeting Russia.
David Lammy was responding to a question from his Conservative opposite number, Priti Patel, who asked him about targeting specific individuals who were “making money” from Russian oil.
The UK government has already done a lot, Lammy said, including to lower the oil price cap, which he thinks has been “essential”.
Lammy also said Britain had been part of the “largest package of sanctions anywhere in the world against Putin’s war machine”.
The foreign secretary closed his answer by suggesting the UK could be about to reveal more sanctions, though.
He told Patel: “I can’t comment on further sanctions from the despatch box but she will see an announcement very shortly.”
Vladimir Putin has said he never opposed Ukraine joining the EU (see our 10.38 post for more).
Military analyst Michael Clarke explains these comments, made in Beijing, may actually be aimed at the White House…
Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has spoken to both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy and both men are “not yet ready” for a meeting.
Erdogan said he discussed ways to end the war with Putin in Beijing yesterday and had spoken to Zelenskyy on the phone.
Turkey, he said, favours “raising the level of negotiations gradually” to turn hopes for peace into concrete results.
His comments pour cold water on the chance of a meeting between the leaders, which had been proposed after Putin’s meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.
Turkey has been touted as one of the possible locations for bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un will reportedly sit together at Beijing’s major military parade tomorrow, according to Russian state media.
Citing Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, TASS reported the two will hold conversations that will “continue after the events”.
Why Kim’s presence matters to Ukraine…
Ukraine and its Western allies say Pyongyang has sent 11,000 troops to join Russia’s war.
They’ve bolstered infantry lines in the Kursk region – where Ukraine launched a surprise incursion in August last year but has since been pushed out.
It wasn’t until this year that either Russia or North Korea acknowledged the deployment, with Kim meeting with families of some of the soldiers who died on Saturday.
These are the latest maps of the frontlines in Ukraine.
Scroll through the maps to view different parts of the battlefield, including the situation in key regions such as Luhansk, Donetsk and Kherson.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is going to meet Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders in Paris for “intensive discussions on security guarantees” for Ukraine, according to his adviser.
Mykhailo Podolyak says the meeting is for a “synchronisation of watches”, though didn’t say when it would take place. The Financial Times has reported it’s scheduled for Thursday.”
What could security guarantees for Ukraine look like? Military analyst Sean Bell explains…
NATO’s chief Mark Rutte says the organisation takes GPS jamming “very seriously” after a jet carrying the EU Commission president was targeted in suspected Russian interference yesterday.
Speaking in Luxembourg, Rutte says NATO is working “day and night” to make sure “they will not do it again.”
He also warns: “We’re all on the eastern flank now, whether you live in London or anywhere.”
Read more on GPS signal jamming from foreign news reporter Michael Drummond…
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