Footage showing the moment when shots rang out in the Philippine Senate, as authorities attempted to execute an International Criminal Court warrant for Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ally Ronald dela Rosa for his role in Duterte’s anti-drug campaign that killed thousands.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in South Korea ahead of today’s summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. The talks, which were centered on trade and economic cooperation between the two nations preceded today’s talks between their respective countries’ principal decision-makers, that will be dominated by trade, economic cooperation, and Taiwan.

During the summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, topics of discussion will include, Iran, Taiwan, AI competition, trade/tariffs, agriculture, and rather importantly, nuclear capabilities and proliferation.

Iran has again characterized the engagement between IRGC and Kuwaiti forces on Bubiyan Island yesterday in a different light, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claiming that the engagement was instead the Kuwaiti targeting of Iranian civilians and demanded their release. He also claimed that the incident was an effort to “sow discord.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Delhi, India today for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa+) foreign ministers meeting, amidst ongoing but stalled U.S. Iran negotiations. Per reports and assessments from a number of subject matter experts, Iran is expected to push for a joint statement from the Chinese-led economic bloc in support of Iranian interests.

According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, during the conflict with Iran, Saudi Arabia also conducted strikes on Iranian-backed militia groups in southern Iraq near the Iraq-Saudi Arabia border. Per the report, some of these strikes took place in close proximity to commencement of the nominal U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

In a vote 54-45, Kevin Warsh has been approved by the U.S. Senate as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve.

Moments ago, U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s motorcade arrived at the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at China’s Great Hall of the People

The U.S. National Anthem is played as the presidents of China and the U.S. meet at China’s Great Hall of the People.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping review a joint PLA, PLAN, and PLAAF honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping watch as the joint Chinese armed forces guard conducts a pass in review, following the beginning of their state visit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

Per Jennifer Jacobs with CBS News, according to U.S. Vice President JD Vance, he recently spoke with White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Envoy Jared Kushner on talks with Iran and said that talks are still progressing, but added that U.S. President Donald J. Trump “needs to feel confident that we've put a number of protections in place such that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.”

The bilateral one-on-one+delegation talks between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and their respective delegations are now happening inside China’s Great Hall of the People, following the formal welcome ceremony.

According to a release from U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 406th Air Expeditionary Wing, Moroccan military mountaineers, and Moroccan Civil Protection recovered the body of Spc.
Mariyah Symone Collington of Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. Spc. Collington was involved in an accident during exercise African Lion 26, after both she and another soldier fell into the water and immediate the rescue efforts of her fellow soldiers failed.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives an address now, saying that the U.S. and China have more commonalities than differences and urged more convergence on key areas of contention.

A large Russian ballistic missile, cruise missile, and drone attack was launched earlier against Kyiv proper and other oblasts throughout the nation.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump arrives at China’s Great Hall of the People with Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner just earlier. President Trump subsequently formally invited President Xi to the United States.

Following reports of smoke rising from the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Area, the Fujairah Media Office has said that the smoke is due to ongoing maintenance of a pipeline.

According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre, an incident occurred 38nm northeast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates where a vessel was boarded and taken to Iranian waters. This is likely another seizure of a vessel by the IRGC-N.
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Following the bilateral U.S.-China talks in Beijing, China earlier today, the White House has released a statement saying that the two delegations discussed issues such as market access into China, Chinese investment in U.S. industries, drugs, specifically fentanyl, the “free flow” of trade through the Strait of Hormuz, and other key issues.