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World Business Report: First broadcast 18/10/2023 14:32 GMT : President Xi reaffirms commitment to Russian relationship

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First broadcast 18/10/2023 14:32 GMT 

First broadcast 18/10/2023 14:32 GMT : President Xi reaffirms commitment to Russian relationship

President Xi reaffirms commitment to Russian relationship

BBC World Service - World Business Report, President Xi reaffirms commitment to Russian relationship

President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed China's ties with Russia at the Belt and Road forum

China's President Xi Jinping has used the final day of the Belt and Road forum in Beijing to reaffirm his country's ties with Russia.

The Chinese president Xi Jinping has reaffirmed his country's close economic ties with Russia and hit out at international sanctions.  He was speaking as the two-day Belt and Road forum in Beijing came to a close.  Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Xi on the sidelines of the event.  Our China Correspondent Stephen McDonnell gives us the latest from Beijing.

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has announced plans to start charging new users in the Philippines and New Zealand $1 a year to sign up.  Social media analyst Matt Navarra assesses whether the move will help rid the site of bots.

Nigerian authorities have burned $1.4m worth of illegal pangolin scales.  Maria Diekmann of conservation group Pangolins International, which has a project in Nigeria, explains what's being done to crack down on the illicit trade and protect the endangered mammals.

(Picture: Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare for a group photo with other leaders at the Third Belt and Road Forum on October 18, 2023 in Beijing, China.  Credit: Suo Takekuma/Getty Images)

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