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It's Monday, the 11th of August. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, Beijing detains

one of its top diplomats, a man seen as a future foreign minister. Now, is this just another so-called anti-corruption

campaign or a sign of growing paranoia from Xi Jinping? Later in the show, Lebanon signs on to a

U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah, but just days later, six Lebanese soldiers are killed in a blast while seizing a stockpile of the group's weapons.

Plus, Ukraine says Russia is helping North Korea upgrade its nuclear weapons delivery systems.

Now is Moscow trading technology for troops in its war against Ukraine?

Or you could ask, does a bear crap in the woods? We'll discuss the

obvious. And in today's back of the brief, an update from Haiti, where the government has declared

a three-month state of emergency in the central region as gangs tighten their grip and violence

surges. Now, if you look up tragic, hot mess in the dictionary, you'll find,

unfortunately, a picture of Haiti. But first, today's PDB spotlight. We'll start things off

with a mystery in Beijing, one that could hint at cracks in the top ranks of the Chinese Communist

Party, the CCP, and a Xi Jinping, who seems to be growing ever more paranoid

about those around him. The mystery revolves around veteran Chinese diplomat, Liu Qianchiao,

Liu Qianchiao, remember that name, widely seen as a contender previously to become China's next

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