Putin visits China

President Vladamir Putin has arrived in Beijing for a two-day state visit to strengthen relations between China and Russia, and has begun a meeting with President Xi Jinping.

There's been widespread international condemnation of the attack on the Slovak prime minister, after he was shot and wounded on Wednesday.

We'll get the latest on Ukraine's attempts to fight off a new Russian offensive

And we visit the aftermath of flood areas in Afghanistan this week.