Anthony Blinken arrives for talks in China

The American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Beijing amid tension between China and the United States. The Americans cancelled an earlier trip after a Chinese surveillance balloon flew over US airspace.

Also in the programme: as Mali votes on new a constitution we'll hear from a voter in the capital, Bamako. There are hopes it's a step toward democracy after years of a violent insurgency and military rule; and as Elon Musk visits Paris, we'll hear how countries are vying for him to build a Tesla factory in Europe.

Our panellists are German political analyst Jana Puglierin and British author and journalist Ben Judah.

Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing. Credit: Leah Mills/Reuters)