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President Xi accuses the West of trying to contain China

President Xi Jinping has lashed out at the United States, rebuking it for trying to “encircle” and “contain” his country.

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.

In Mexico, more than 300 people have been found in an abandoned lorry, on their way to the US - we talk to our correspondent there.

The UK government is attempting to toughen its migration laws, placing a new controversial duty on the home secretary to remove anyone who enters the country by what it calls "illegal routes" - we head to Calais in France, where small boats loaded with migrants begin their journeys.

50 minutes

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  • Tue 7 Mar 202307:06GMT