Xi Jinping visits North Korea
China's President Xi Jinping is in North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un.
China's President Xi Jinping is in North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are expected to be on the agenda.
Also in the programme: the United States confirms that one of its drones was shot down by an Iranian missile; Vladimir Putin takes questions from the Russian public; and images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in the Himalayan glaciers.
Photo: Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping during a previous meeting. Credit: AFP.
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