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Weekend: China's Xi Jinping secures third term in power

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China's Xi Jinping secures third term in power

23/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, China's Xi Jinping secures third term in power

Xi Jinping gets historic third term as China's leader.

Xi Jinping has secured a historic third term as China's leader, a move which reinforces his control over the ruling Communist Party.
The two main contenders to become Britain's new prime minister, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak,  have held face-to-face talks amid jostling to replace Liz Truss.
Plus, a look at the fascist legacy in Italy, hundred years on.
Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues making the news headlines are Márta Pardavi a Hungarian lawyer and co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights advocacy group and Steve Erlanger the chief diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times in Europe. 

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