'It's an honour to be your friend' - Trump tells Xi
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The US and Chinese presidents meet face to face in Beijing for a much anticipated summit. Ahead of the talks, Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that the two countries should be "partners, not rivals". In response, President Trump described Mr Xi as a "great leader" and said the relationship between the superpowers will be "better than ever before". However, thorny subjects will be addressed during the talks, including tariffs, competition over tech, the Iran war and Taiwan. Also: The United Arab Emirates has denied a claim by Israel's prime minister that he secretly visited the country during the war with Iran. The man tasked with implementing President Trump's peace plan for Gaza says Hamas can survive as a political movement - but only if it gives up its weapons. And the disgraced lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of killing his wife and son in a high profile US murder trial that was the subject of a TV series, has his verdict overturned.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 14th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:16.5 | Donald Trump receives a red carpet welcome from China's President Xi Jinping as they exchange warm words |
| 0:22.8 | and hold a high-stakes summit in Beijing. The Israeli Prime Minister says he's made a secret |
| 0:28.9 | trip to the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war, but the UAE denies this. The man tasked |
| 0:36.5 | with implementing President Trump's peace plan for Gaza |
| 0:39.4 | says Hamas can survive as a political movement, |
| 0:43.1 | but only if it gives up its weapons. |
| 0:47.4 | Also in this podcast, three years after a murder trial |
| 0:51.2 | that inspired this miniseries... |
| 0:53.9 | This is Alec Murdoch. |
| 0:56.5 | I need police in an ambulance immediately. |
| 0:59.3 | A US lawyer convicted of killing his wife and son |
| 1:02.6 | has had the verdict overturned |
| 1:04.6 | because of concerns that the jury was improperly influenced. |
| 1:12.2 | We begin in China where President Trump was greeted with pomp and pageantry |
| 1:17.3 | ahead of his highly anticipated meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. |
| 1:32.3 | The two leaders took part in an arrival ceremony at the Great Hall of the People before holding bilateral talks. |
| 1:35.2 | In his opening remarks, President Xi said the two countries should be partners, not rivals. |
| 1:41.5 | His warm words were echoed by Mr. Trump. |
| 1:45.0 | So I really look very much forward to our discussion. It's a big discussion. There are those |
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