Donald Trump's China summit with Xi Jinping

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Kate Adie introduces stories on President Trump's visit to China and various global events including the Palestine Marathon and the Venice Biennale.

Kate Adie introduces stories on President Trump's visit to China, the Palestine marathon, the Venice Biennale boycott, a young woman's search for her mother in India, and living in the fast lane with Sierra Leone's First Lady. Laura Bicker has been in Beijing where military parades, red carpets and singing choirs of children greeted Donald Trump as he arrived for talks with President Xi. So what progress was made in China-US relations after a frosty period? Wyre Davies has been in Bethlehem watching on as runners from around the world took part in the 10th Palestine Marathon - a burst of positivity after the race was postponed amid the war between Hamas and Israel, following the October 2023 attacks. The Venice Biennale and the Eurovision song contest were both founded with the intention of bringing nations together through art - but Kirsty Lang finds, upon visiting Venice, an art festival swept up in a clash with global politics. In the Indian state of Maharashtra, Tanya Datta travels with a young woman in search of her birth-mother after she was adopted by a French family and grew up in France. As she goes to the place of her birth, she finds an unexpected connection. And Megha…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Adie

Guests: Laura Bicker, Wyre Davies, Kirsty Lang, Tanya Datta, Megha Mohan

Topics covered

• China-US relations
• Palestine Marathon
• Venice Biennale
• art and politics
• search for identity
• Sierra Leone

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• Xi Jinping
• China
• Palestine Marathon
• Venice Biennale
• Sierra Leone
• art
• identity
• Hamas
• Israel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hamas, Israel, Eurovision, BBC Radio 4

Places: China, Palestine, India, Sierra Leone, Bethlehem, Venice, Maharashtra

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