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Taiwan pushed for continued access to American military supplies in the aftermath of Donald

Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping.

Sales of American arms serve as a mutual deterrence against regional threats, said a Taiwanese

government spokeswoman.

Mr. Trump had earlier said he would soon make a determination

regarding such sales, but made no commitment either way. Few deals emerged from the two-day

Sino-American Summit. Tens of thousands of people gathered in London for two rival marches.

One led by Tommy Robinson, a far-right activist, the other marking the anniversary of the

displacement of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948.

Police were expecting a very busy day, especially with the F.A. Cup final also

taking place, but reported that the marches had passed largely without significant incident.

Abu Bilal al-Manuki, a senior leader of Islamic State, was killed in a joint Nigerian-American

operation in northeast Nigeria.

Mr. Manuki, whom Mr. Trump described as the most active terrorist in the world, directed

IS operations across the Sahel and West Africa.

He was previously a prominent figure in another jihadist group, Boca Haram, and was linked to the mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls in

2018. The USS Gerald Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the world, returned to Port in Virginia

after nearly a year at sea. The $13 billion ship was heavily involved in both the mission

to capture Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and the sorties against targets in Iran.

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