China pulls out of nuclear non-proliferation talks with US

China says it is suspending nuclear non-proliferation and arms control talks with the United States in response to recent US military sales to Taiwan.

Also on the programme: We speak to a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, who says she was fired because she was determined to chair a press union there; and the mayor of Paris has taken a plunge into the river Seine to prove it is clean enough for competitive swimming ahead of the Olympic Games.

(Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds at the closing session of the National People's Congress. Credit: Reuters)