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Xi Jinping Outlines China's Ambitions

China's president hints country wants extended global role at Communist Party Congress.

President Xi Jinping has signalled that China plans to play a greater role in global affairs at this year's Communist Party Congress.

Also in the programme: More on the death of a journalist in Malta and what next for Kurds in Iraq in Syria?

(Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Wed 18 Oct 201713:06GMT

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