Sir Keir Starmer was accused of "kowtowing" to Beijing as he prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today. He will be the first British prime minister to meet the authoritairian leader in more than half a decade when they hold talks at the G20 summit in Brazil.

"China is ready to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences," Xi said. Biden said strategic competition between the

Ukraine’s allies will look to pressure China over North Korea’s growing support for Russia’s war during a Group of 20 Summit in Brazil, according to people familiar with the matter.

NATO and the European Union are ramping up pressure on China. They want Beijing to persuade North Korea to stop sending troops to Russia in support of its war on Ukraine.

US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.) says that he thinks President Joe Biden reversed course and authorized Ukraine to use US-made long-range attack missiles in response to North Korea military personnel entering the conflict.

Oil prices edged up on Monday after fighting between Russia and Ukraine intensified over the weekend, although concerns about fuel demand in China, the world's second-largest consumer, and forecasts of a global oil surplus weighed on markets.

The Russian attacks forced people into air raid shelters across Ukraine A “massive” Russian missile and drone attack has targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

NATO has denounced Russia's massive attack on Ukraine, as a result of which civilians were killed and subjected to terror. Source: NATO spokesperson, cited by Tagesschau, as reported by European Pravda Details: NATO spokesperson highlighted that these attacks targeted critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine.