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Original title: Moment Xi, Putin and Kim pose with world leaders at China’s military parade President Xi Jinping has been joined by 26 world leaders, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to watch China’s military parade. It’s the first time the three leaders have all been seen together in public. The parade marks 80 years of Japan’s surrender in World War Two, and is a chance for Xi to showcase China’s military strength and his diplomatic ties. ...

Original title: Asylum protests putting police under chronic pressure, chief says Asylum protests putting police under chronic pressure, chief says Police say there have been 3,081 protests between the start of June and 25 August, compared with 2,942 last summer and 928 in 2023. Senior officers are concerned about political and business leaders commenting on social media, sometimes spreading misinformation, though Mr Stephens didn’t give names. Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, told the BBC people in leadership positions in the UK needed to think about how to “reduce and diffuse tension and not sow division”. Protests over the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers have put police forces under “chronic pressure” when combined with other duties this summer, a senior police chief has said. The number has been pushed up by campaigns against asylum hotels, sometimes attended by hundreds of protestors on both sides of the debate. Mr Stephens said it was everybody’s responsibility, including the police, to “set the tone”, but ...

Original title: Putin, Kim and Xi are meeting in China: BBC correspondents explain why Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing at a military parade marking 80 years since the end of World War II on 3 September. It will be the first time these three leaders are meeting in public together. The BBC’s Laura Bicker in China, Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, and Jean Mackenzie in Seoul explain everything you need to know about the meeting, and why it matters. ...

Original title: Watch: Trump addresses online health rumours in Oval Office US President Donald Trump has said he was ‘very active’ over the Labor Day holiday weekend and dismissed reports on social media about his health as “fake news”. The president was responding to a reporter’s question about online rumours that he had died, following several days since he had been seen in public. Trump also addressed the speculation about his health in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”, read the post. ...

Original title: Watch: Trump addresses online health rumours in Oval Office US President Donald Trump has said he was ‘very active’ over the Labor Day holiday weekend and dismissed reports on social media about his health as “fake news”. The president was responding to a reporter’s question about online rumours that he had died, following several days since he had been seen in public. Trump also addressed the speculation about his health in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”, read the post. ...

Original title: Killer jailed for 45 years for prison officer ’execution’ over seized phone Killer gets 45 years for prison officer ’execution’ 6 hours ago Share Save Jonny Humphries BBC News, Preston Crown Court Share Save Lancashire Police Elias Morgan killed father-of-three Lenny Scott in an “act of retaliation” A gangland “executioner” who waited four years to take revenge on a prison officer for seizing a phone from his cell has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for his murder. Armed robber Elias Morgan shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024. He planned the killing after investigators at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool discovered evidence Morgan was having a sexual relationship with a female officer called Sarah Williams after the phone was found in March 2020. Police said Mr Scott had been “assassinated” by Morgan, who was described as a “cold-blooded executioner who took a man’s life doing his job”. Det Ch Insp Lee Wilson said Mr Scott was a “man of huge integrity and bravery who did the right thing and w ...

Original title: UK borrowing costs hit 27-year high adding to pressure on Reeves UK borrowing costs hit 27-year high adding to pressure on Reeves 6 hours ago Share Save Tom Espiner & Nick Edser Business reporters, BBC News Share Save Reuters UK government long-term borrowing costs have reached their highest level since 1998, adding to the pressure on the chancellor ahead of the Budget. The interest rate on 30-year government bonds, known as the yield, jumped to 5.72%, making it more expensive for the government to borrow money. There are rising expectations that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will increase taxes in the Budget later this year in order to meet her borrowing and spending rules, as worries grow about the state of the government’s finances. On the currency markets, the pound also fell more than 1% against the dollar on Tuesday. Sterling fell against the dollar to $1.3388, which is the lowest level against the US currency since 7 August. The UK was not alone in seeing borrowing costs rise, with yields on 30-year German, French and Dutch bonds climbing to their ...

Original title: What do we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter - and potential successor? What do we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter - and potential successor? 5 hours ago Share Save Flora Drury BBC News Share Save Watch: Moment Kim Jong Un’s daughter arrives in Beijing Kim Jong Un’s arrival in China for his first ever multilateral meeting was always going to make headlines. But it was the smartly-dressed girl standing just behind him as he exited his armoured train which caught Korea watchers’ attention: Kim Ju Ae, the North Korean leader’s daughter. According to South Korea’s spy agency, Miss Kim is her father’s most likely successor. But details - including her exact age - are thin on the ground. So what exactly do we know? KCNA Kim Ju Ae (far right) is making her first foreign trip with her father Miss Kim has, for a number of years, been believed to be the second of Kim Jong Un’s and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju’s, three children. The exact number, and their order, is by no means certain, however Kim is very secretive about his family, only introducing his wife to the public ...

Original title: North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter to attend massive military parade North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter to attend massive military parade 5 hours ago Share Save Emily Atkinson BBC News Share Save Watch: Moment Kim Jong Un’s daughter arrives in Beijing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing along with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to attend China’s largest-ever military parade. The “Victory Day” parade on Wednesday will see him rub shoulders with China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other world leaders. Photos showed Kim stepping off his armoured train at Beijing Railway Station accompanied by his daughter. South Korea’s spy agency has previously said she was Kim’s “most likely” successor. Xi is hosting the parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the formal surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War Two. Xinhua Kim crossed into China on Tuesday onboard his train, which is said to include a restaurant serving fine French wines and dishes like fresh lobster. He left Pyongyang on Monday, but th ...

Original title: Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast A Ukrainian tank is seen near the frontline area amid the Russia-Ukraine war, in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 02. (Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The Ukrainian military has reported little change to the front lines but heavy fire from Russian forces at various parts of the front line in the Donetsk region. The General Staff said that more than 45 enemy attacks had been repelled over the past day, with the focus on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariinka. It said there were 17 air strikes and more than 20 strikes by multiple launch rocket systems. “In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is trying to take full control over the city of Bakhmut and continues to storm it,” the General Staff said. West of the city, Ukrainian defense forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks, according to the General Staff. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukrainian Land Forces, posted on Telegram that in Bakhmut he had met with “soldiers and commanders who destroyed the myth of invincibility of the ...