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China agrees visa-free travel for British citizens as countries sign agreements on closer economic cooperationUK politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said the UK’s relationship with his country had gone through “twists and turns” over the years but that a more “consistent” approach was in both their interests.Ahead of talks with Keir Starmer during the first visit to China by a British prime minister in eight […]

Burnham said that he accepted the party’s decision but the incident had exposed a ‘lying’ cultureFor more context on today’s Starmer-Xi meeting, China is the world’s second-biggest economy and Britain’s third-largest trading partner – to which it exports £45bn of goods and services a year – so it is no surprise the UK has turned to Beijing in its search for economic reliability.As the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar reported […]

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka is through to her fourth straight Australian Open final with victory against Elina Svitolina.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

As the United States tightens the screws, Cuba’s supposed allies respond with empty gestures and selective solidarity.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Italy to control Olympic security operations with 6,000 officers, drones and cyberunit, but ICE will be present.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planetThe US is leading a huge global surge in new gas-fired power generation that will cause a major leap in planet-heating emissions, with this record boom driven by the expansion of energy-hungry datacenters to service artificial intelligence, according to a new forecast.This year is set to shatter the annual record for new gas […]

Despite no criminal charges being brought against them, four officers have been detained since the MV Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six workersSeveral crew members of a ship that collided with a bridge in Baltimore almost two years ago are still being held in the US by federal authorities despite the fact that no criminal charges have been brought against them.In the early hours of 26 March […]

The departure of Greg Bovino has not quelled ICE’s raids – and hope that tensions are easing feels distantIn the days after the killing of 37‑year‑old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, signs emerged that the Trump administration understood how quickly anger at federal immigration agents could ignite across Minnesota and the nation.Early in the week, the president touted “very good” phone calls with Minnesota governor Tim Walz – whom Trump routinely […]