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British Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping have announced a deal that will see China fund one-third of a new nuclear power station to be built in the UK.
Chinese state-owned nuclear firm CGN will pay around $10 billion to the french company EDF which is building a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The plant is set to become operational in 2025 and the British government says this will create 25 thousand jobs.
The deal with the centre point of a meeting between the two leaders in Downing Street. Mr Cameron said they also discussed the issue of human rights, cyber security and the problem of the oversupply of steel on world markets. Britain's steel industry has suffered a series of closures and job losses, which have been partly blamed on cheap Chinese steel exports.
Mr Cameron denied a suggestion from journalists that the UK has shied away from raising the issue of China's human rights record in favour of doing business.
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Mr Cameron said he had raised the issue of the oversupply of steel and was given assurances China would respond to the problem.
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Speaking through an interpreter, President Xi told reporters that the UK was not the only country facing problems in its steel industry.
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Speaking through an interpreter, the Chinese leader dismissed a question about his country's human rights record, insisting Chinese citizens did enjoy appropriate freedoms.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has visited Jerusalem for talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a time of increased violence in the country.
Eight Israelis and more than 40 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks following an upsurge in random attacks on Israelis. Tensions have risen amid rumours that Israel plans to relax long standing rulues to strengthen Jewish rights on Jerusalem's al Aqsa Mosque, which is also revered by Jews.
Israeli Prime Minister used the visit of Ban Ki-moon to say there had been no rules changes regarding the revered mosque.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon appealed for calm to avoid further violence and welcomed Prime Minister Netanyahu's comments.
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Chinese president Xi Jinxing continues his state visit to the UK as major announcement on the funding of a new nuclear power plant is expected.
Two Chinese state enterprises are expected to invest around $33 billion in the first nuclear power plant to be built in a generation. From London, Catherine Drew reports.
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Russian and Syrian leaders met in Moscow during a surprise blitz visit of Bashar al-Assad to the Russian capital to discuss joint fight against the Islamic State militants. The Kremlin is backing the regime in Damascus that it sees a vital part of the Syrian conflict resolution. The US, the EU and their partners in the Middle East want Assad to step down and claim Moscow's airstrikes in Syria are hitting his opponents. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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The United Nations is threatening further sanctions against people and groups behind renewed violence in the Central African Republic.
The Security Council said some of the recent attacks may amount to war crimes.
UN Correspondent Liling Tan has the story from New York.
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