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Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal announcement takes US officials by surprise

Tweet calling for troops’ return by Christmas puts peace negotiations in jeopardy and was greeted enthusiastically by the TalibanDonald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that…

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UK to become WHO’s largest state donor with 30% funding increase

Boris Johnson to call for more powers for health body in coronavirus fight as Trump pulls outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson will announce a 30% increase in the UK’s funding of the World Health Organization, ma…

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Trump attacks China over Covid ‘plague’ as Xi urges collaboration in virus fight

US president uses speech to denounce China, UN and WHOBeijing has ‘no intention to fight a cold war’ – Chinese leaderDonald Trump and Xi Jinping offered starkly contrasting responses to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, with the US president blaming…

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United Nations general assembly: China rejects Trump’s ‘baseless’ Covid accusations – as it happened

Follow live as Jair Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin – among others – deliver video messages 7.36pm BST As Macron epic delivery ends, it also wraps up the opening session of the first virtual UN general assem…

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European tour tests Chinese foreign minister’s pulling power

The reassessment of China highlighted by Wang Yi’s trip has political, economic and security implicationsThe Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi did not exactly end his week-long European tour with his tail between his legs but he may have been chastened …

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Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine firm denies Trump talks

AstraZeneca says it has not discussed ‘emergency use authorisation’ with the US Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe company manufacturing the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has denied it is in talks with the Trump adm…

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Pompeo pressed on claims China is helping build Saudi uranium facility

Democrats write to secretary of state over claims Beijing is helping to develop yellowcake factory Congressional Democrats have asked the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to provide information about China’s alleged role in building a uranium proces…

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UK marks 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day

VJ Day was declared when emperor Hirohito ordered his people to stop fighting in second world warThe 75th anniversary of VJ Day – the victory over Japan which signalled the very end of the second world war – has been commemorated with a series of event…

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Coronavirus live news: UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ over school closures; France says second wave likely

UN says getting students safely back to classroom must be ‘top priority’; France says ‘situation is precarious’; record fines for isolation breaches in AustraliaTrump on the ropes in interview over US death tollSix months on, victories remain fragileUK…

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