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US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have begun bilateral talks on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia Monday evening local time.

Both leaders gave brief opening remarks and exchanged pleasantries in front of media, before the press were swiftly ushered from the room for the start of the high-stakes talks.

On the US side, Biden was accompanied by a team including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Ambassador of the United States to the People’s Republic of China Nicholas Burns.

Xi was flanked by officials including Director of the Chinese Communist Party General Office Ding Xuexiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.



Biden's goal: Prevent China and the US from going to war
Launching his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Joe Biden laid out neatly what he hopes to gain from the talks.

Boiled down, his goal is this: prevent the two countries from going to war.

“We share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation,” he said.

Preventing conflict may seem, on its surface, a rudimentary ambition for the world’s two largest economies and militaries. But at a moment when US-China relations are at their lowest level in decades, it is telling Biden and his team have stated so explicitly what they are trying to prevent.

Ahead of the talks, American officials repeatedly said their objective in meeting Xi was to “build a floor” for ties with Beijing, implying the relationship cannot spiral any further.

They did not expect any of the major differences with China to be resolved by the time the meeting breaks up Monday night. But they do hope by talking directly, the risk of a misunderstanding spiraling out of control is avoided.

US officials have watched with caution as China escalates its provocations around the self-governing island of Taiwan, and have looked for signals of Xi’s intentions.

So far, they have not seen indications Xi has decided to make a move on Taiwan, which Beijing claims as it own. But there is a growing consensus in Washington that it is not a matter of whether but when, and many analysts believe the timeline is shrinking.

It is in that context Biden was delivering his message to Xi, who himself has watched with anger as the US sends massive shipments of defensive weapons to Taiwan.

Explaining each others’ “red line” — what might trigger a military response — could be the most important information to emerge from Monday’s talks.



What’s at stake for the world’s top two economies as Biden and Xi meet
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, there were expectations on both sides of the Pacific that he would back away from the trade war his predecessor started with China nearly three years earlier.

Frustrated by China’s huge trade surplus and accusing it of stealing US intellectual property, former President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods in June 2018. Beijing countered with its own tariffs, and the spiral continued until a so-called truce was agreed in 2020.

Instead of rolling back those measures, Biden has quietly intensified the trade conflict. In October, his administration imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China’s access to technology critical to its growing military power.

Against this backdrop of rising competition, and amid fears of a global recession, the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies are meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia on Monday.

Speaking with reporters in Bali, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the meeting was intended to stabilize the relationship and expressed hopes that it would lay the groundwork for bilateral economic engagement.

The stakes are high for both sides, as well as the rest of the world. China, with its nearly $18 trillion economy, has in recent years been the main driver of global growth. But Covid lockdowns and a real estate crisis have slammed the brakes on its expansion this year.

While expectations for the meeting are low, it’s crucial for the two sides to re-engage, Mattie Bekink, the Shanghai-based China director of the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network, told CNN Business.

For decades, regular lines of communications existed between US officials and their Chinese counterparts, but most of those avenues were cut off after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in Jul[/b]y.

“It’s important for heads of state to speak directly,” she said. “There is a lack of trust in this relationship. If Xi and Biden send the signal that it’s time to resume communications, hopefully this will trickle down to the lower levels.”


Source: https://edition cnn com/asia/live-news/biden-xi-meeting-g20-summit-bali-indonesia/index.html

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In pictures: Ukrainian flag is raised over Kherson once again

An official flag-raising ceremony has taken place in the city of Kherson after it was retaken by Ukraine.
The city had been under Russian occupation since March, but in a dramatic turn of events last week Moscow's troops withdrew from the area.
Russia still claims that Kherson is its territory, but crowds were jubilant as Ukrainian soldiers arrived

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner told Piers Morgan in a TalkTV interview he doesn't respect United's head coach and that the club had "a lack of empathy" for him when his baby daughter fell ill.

Manchester United are understood to be "extremely disappointed" with the manner and timing of an interview with Cristiano Ronaldo in which he claimed he is being forced out of the club.

Sky Sports News understands the team only found out about the interview with Piers Morgan as they were preparing to fly back from London on Sunday evening after their 1-2 win against Fulham

Head coach Erik ten Hag and Ronaldo's fellow players are said to not understand why he made the remarks and are hugely disappointed that he would disrespect the club.

In a 90-minute interview, which will be broadcast later this week on TalkTV, the Portugal star claimed ten Hag and others want him out of Old Trafford.

When asked if United's hierarchy were trying to force him out of the club, Ronaldo said: "Yes, not only the coach, but another two or three guys around the club. I felt betrayed."

The 37-year-old revealed he did not respect boss ten Hag, saying: "I don't have respect for him because he doesn't show respect for me. If you don't have respect for me, I'm never gonna have respect for you."

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner also claimed there has been "zero progress" at the club since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and criticised their "lack of sympathy" for him when his baby daughter fell ill and was hospitalised.

Ronaldo was told on Thursday that he would not be in the starting XI against Fulham, but he would have been in the squad.

He told the club he was ill and did not attend the match.

Since he rejoined the club last summer, the forward has had a turbulent time, struggling to get playing time.

He was left on the substitute's bench despite being 4-0 down against Manchester City, and, in a match against Tottenham he refused to come onto the pitch as a substitute and stormed down the tunnel before full-time.

When the news broke on Sunday night, Match Of The Day 2 pundit Jermaine Jenas said he was "totally baffled" as to why Ronaldo had done it, and he believed it had made it now impossible for ten Hag to play him any more.

Former Liverpool and England player Jamie Carragher said in a tweet he thought "99% of United fans will be on the side of ETH (Erik ten Hag)".

Source: https://news sky com/story/manchester-united-extremely-disappointed-with-cristiano-ronaldo-interview-with-piers-morgan-12747288


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rottennaija:
70% of kherson is controlled by Russia

no doubt about that bro

telim:
What is total package in $$$$ to visit Qatar for world cup

bro you might have to talk to your travel agent. I don’t know where are you coming from, If to say na my location, I fit drop tips. Stay safe

Eagle don land, if anyone here enter just comment make we link up. Time to rest and flex. I won’t be here often like before…

Adios

Urheadmaster:
Walking in a mist of bodyguards.



He should walk around alone make we check something

IMO He was reckless with this visit, he suppose wait make things calm wella, imagine dem shell before and after, that’s a message say if dem wan kill am dem fit kill am…..

HarlequinLekex:
This war should come to an end. Imagine nuclear missiles today tommorow everyday.

it’s just getting started, winter will be fun.

Shelling was heard just before and after Zelenskyy's visit to Kherson

More details are emerging about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appearance in Kherson.
Minutes before he arrived to greet civilians in the newly liberated city, shelling could be heard by those in the centre of Kherson. After he finished speaking, several more blasts of artillery gunfire were heard.

Witnesses said he spent about 30 minutes in Kherson before leaving. Ukrainians gathered in the main square to see the president, some waving the national flag and others wearing it draped over their shoulders.
"I'm really happy, you can tell by the reaction of the people, their reaction is not staged," Mr Zelenskyy said, flanked by heavily armed security guards.
"The people were waiting for the Ukrainian army, for our soldiers, for all of us."
He said it had been important to him to visit the city and demonstrate that "we are really returning, we really raise our flag".

Skynews

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, has been greeted by cheering and tearful residents in Kherson - which is back under Ukraine's control after last week's withdrawal by Russian troops.

The city was captured early in the war but a Ukrainian counteroffensive left Vladimir Putin's troops exposed.
They have now withdrawn - ending Moscow's hope of creating a land bridge to Odesa along the Black Sea coast.

It's worth noting that Ukrainian officials believe Russian soldiers could still be hiding within the city, and that Russian lines are only on the other side of the nearby Dnipro River.

These pictures show how Mr Zelenskyy was greeted this morning...


Source: https://news sky com/story/ukraine-war-latest



“There was no crowd here cos Russian forces don already evacuate the larger part of the population, who are pro- Russians, the ppl wey remain here na diehard Ukrainians.” -OP



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Amuluonyenaego:
Putin should allow this old man to rest naa

nah him Dey represent Putin at the summit, I believe he’s fit na why dem send am…. Lol
The report about his health na fake news, like another “ghost of kyiv” myth, if you remember how dem Dey write say putin get cancer that he’s dying, that’s western news for you, they thrive on lies

Mr Lavrov is the highest-ranking Russian official attending the G20 summit, which begins on Tuesday.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to hospital after his arrival in Bali for the G20 summit yesterday, the Indonesian authorities have said.

Wayan Koster, the governor of Bali, said he had been taken in for a "check-up" at the Sanglah Hospital in the provincial capital, Denpasar, and was "immediately returned".

Three other Indonesian government and medical officials said he was being treated on the resort island, with two reporting Mr Lavrov was receiving treatment for a heart condition

The Russian foreign ministry dismissed claims that he had been in hospital as "fake news".

In a Telegram post Maria Zakharova, director of the ministry's press department, said: "We can't believe our eyes: it turns out that he is hospitalised. "This is, of course, the aerobatics of fakes. Well, wait, world exclusive."


Ms Zakharova shared a video showing Mr Lavrov, who has been Vladimir Putin's foreign minister since 2004, sitting in his shorts, working on a balcony, according to Sky News Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay.

In the clip, she asks the 72-year-old what he makes of the reports, to which he replies that Western journalists have been falsely writing that Mr Putin was ill for a decade. This is a kind of game that is not new in politics," Mr Lavrov said with an ironic smile.

"Western journalists need to be more truthful - they need to write the truth."


https://news sky com/story/sergei-lavrov-taken-to-hospital-on-arrival-at-g20-12747295

Fira09:
No I saw your comment.

I just hate Man City for hating sake

lol, ok bro

Fira09:
Man United abi Man City.

I saw your comments on City’s thread, did you miss my mention?

Fira09:
Under ETH right?

so you be Barcelona fan, why you con hate Man city

fortunez1:
oga close mouth abi na u bring them this far , the war will end before the end of world cup .

which war ooo? Abi na Biafra war cos I no Dey understand lmao….

FM19addict:
in a team with some of the best play makers in the world, you still expect haaland to do more in build up? Didn't they lose games against average teams when Aguero and a hard working Jesus was in the team?

you get time to Dey analyze bro, make dem Dey rant… like say na him go play all the positions on the pitch. No be today city dey lose to small teams, there was a season wey Wolves beat em H/A

Drdreyy:
Too early for this bro. Just one bad game, even great premeir league strikers like Alan Shearer, Henry, Aguero etc were completely shut out in some games.

don’t mind the doomer, he expect him to score in every games, like say e be robots, losing is nothing new….It’s part of the game

budaatum:
It will slide if you stop sliding.

I promise …

saxywale2:
Done.

thanks bro. I’ll not jump again

budaatum:
And hide your faux pax? How else would we ensure you think first before asserting what you know not of?

Teaser4 quoted, lol.

lol boss, I’m one of your followers here on Nairaland, I admit say I jump… let it slide bro….

I don jump lemaaaaaaooo

saxywale2:
I guess you are new to this thread. It's the other way around. Obrigado actually is American living in America while Foxx is Nigerian living in Nigeria..

no I’m not new here, but if that’s the case make I go edit my comment asap. Abeg do the same

Unquote me… I don edit my comments….

SlyFoxx4Life:
Bahahaha. You see your Trump derangement syndrome will not even allow your brain function properly. Look through my post history. I am the one openly advocating for Ron DeSantis as the future of the GOP but you are so stuck on this man’s d!ck you think he is the center of everybody's world like he is the center of your world. LMAO

Wetin consign me if he ever becomes president again? Is he my father? Is he the be all end all of conservatism and the Republican Party? LMAO o ma se ooo. The pesin wey use this man swear for you no do well at all! Keep obsessing and focusing on him. Desantis is coming to make you liberal lunatics cry hot tears very soon.

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ShoeWorld2:
I dey around but hardly comments on this issue cos both sides have a lot of cope and propaganda going on.
I know say you be Putin fan but your master made a grave mistake invading Ukraine when USA dey withdraw from Afghanistan in preparation for unnamed great war ahead or even with Biden the warmonger as their president. Their mistake also comes from their FSB that's why their superiors are the first people to lose their job within the first two months of the war. Putin Bleep up by creating chaos in Europe that's why Western leaders dey vex. He should have just negotiate when his military mounts fear in Ukraine borders because everyone was begging and pleading for him to renegotiate.

Just mention/tag me when things sup

no lele bro, I don follow you asap, if anything sup, I go tag you first.

ShoeWorld2:
I don't know why I found this funny . I thought you guys don't like Westerners? Abeg forget war knack me easiest route for Japa make I join una dey wait for nuclear attack

Not propaganda because if the supply is unlimited Ukraine will never smell light and water in their household throughout the course of this war.

lmao you fit check my previous comments here, I’ve never mention here say I hate west, before I moved here permanently I don visit several western countries, (Europe- America) but on this Russia-ukraine matter I disagree with the west…that will never change, no be only share that sentiments no be all western citizens sef support the war. Even my oga seunny4lif lives in Germany with his family


As I type before, if I see anything wey change my mind. I go surely mention you. Im fvcking pragmatic

Oshiomole Dey contest for senate… wonderful

ShoeWorld2:
Whatever wonderful weapon Russia is going to use are limited and cannot decide the fate of this war.
Russians cruise and ballastic missiles are limited if not, they would have rain every inch of Ukraine occupied Kherson, Bahkmut and Kharkiv because Ukraine don't have much AD systems protecting these places.
This was how I told one guy that Russia will withdraw from snake island because they don't have answers to the shellings from Ukraine made Bohdana SPG, the guy no believe because Intel Slave G says otherwise. I'm deeply rooted in this war and I will tell you fact from fiction.

TBh, I respect your insights no cap, where have you been cos nah those wey Dey throw insults we’ve been dealing with here for a very long time, user wey Dey act like say dem be Ukrainians. However, I won’t change my opinion about the running of missiles.. I Dey feel you bro. Nah like this we suppose Dey rob minds, cos the last time I check my parents are sef back home cos no be naija Dey fight war. If I see something wey change my mind, about the subject I go mention you. This is educational for me, nothing personal no sentiment but I’m pro pootin

I’ve been active on this section lately, so I believe here na where my nairaland friends and foes dey lol, just kidding. However, if you’re gonna be in Qatar for the World Cup tournament, make we meet and enjoy the experience together. Me I just wan flex. No time

ShoeWorld2:
What I told you is not western propaganda but a verifiable fact that you can verify.
No defense industry is independent and you must buy one component or the other from other defense industries within or outside your country.
when last did you see Orlan-10 drone even in your trusted Intel Slava G or War Gonzo telegram page?
Unlike the time when Russia annexed Crimea and was sanctioned by EU but some defense industries in France and Germany even USA are secretly doing business with them. This time all eyes are open on various defense industries to make sure that there won't be lapses. Russia know wetin dem dey see wey push dem to be buying drones from Iran. Some of the captured equipment are those meant for victory day parade but I do not need to tell you why they end up in war front. They're even using T-62m now on many front lines

I will still say that without Nuke Russia won't win this or fulfill their initial objectives.

i no like Zelenski but I don’t wish Ukraine get a nuke, that will be a disaster, I recently moved permanently to a western country I don’t wanna live in fear, say one day nuke fit end my life.

Back to Russia running out missiles I still stand my ground say na propaganda sey… make we dead the matter… Russia won’t nuke Kiev dem fit use this wan, shey you don check the link I sent to you, if you can read the whole news, atleast read the headlines or google search another reliable source, nuclear deterrent na for nato

Nah the Kherson city be that on the western map from CNN

Dem suppose kill that guy wey missed the 3rd goal…