China’s leader Xi Jinping has made an unusually direct rebuke of the US

President Xi Jinping has told delegates at Beijing's annual Communist Party congress that the United States and its Western allies have brought in "all-round encirclement, containment and suppression" of China.

Ukraine has vowed to keep defending the eastern city of Bakhmut, as Russian forces battle to secure their first major gain in months - we hear from a military analyst on whether this makes sense.

The United Nations Secretary General has urged the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo to respect a ceasefire agreement in the east of the country.