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Our top stories. Donald Trump said that an 80% tariff on China, quote, seems right, ahead of trade talks with China in Switzerland.

America's president has raised tariffs on most Chinese goods to 145%. China has retaliated with its own levies of 125%. Earlier China reported

that the value of its exports rose by 8% year-on-year in April,

despite shipments to America falling by 21%.

India said it had foiled Pakistan's attempts to hit three military bases.

Blasts were reported in Indian-administered Kashmir amid a blackout across the region.

Pakistan denied it was behind the attack. Meanwhile, India's cricket board suspended the Indian

Premier League, the world's biggest cricket contest. A match was cancelled in Daramashala,

a north-western Indian city, after fighting broke out along the

nearby border. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, presided over Victory Day in Moscow.

Xi Jinping, China's president, sat beside Mr. Putin for the military parade.

Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, was the only European

Union leader in attendance. Mr. Putin marked the occasion with a unilateral three-day ceasefire,

though Ukraine has accused Russia of breaching it more than 700 times in the first 12 hours.

Ukraine arrested two alleged Hungarian spies and accused its neighbor of conducting espionage,

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