Trump hails 'fantastic' new trade deals with China
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has left China after talks with Xi Jinping that the US president says have settled "a lot of different problems". President Xi called it a "landmark" visit, but gave no details of any new agreements. On Iran, President Trump said the Chinese president would pressure Tehran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. Mr Trump also said he didn't think there was a risk of conflict between China and the US over Taiwan. Also: American media reports say the US is preparing to indict the former Cuban president, 94-year-old Raul Castro. There's been a large prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia as the two sides ramp up their aerial attacks. The BBC has traced dozens of social media accounts - which post AI-generated anti-immigration content about the UK - to countries such as Sri Lanka and Vietnam. And the singer-songwriter with Parkinson's disease using AI to help him make music again.
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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. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Celia Hatton and at 1400 GMT on Friday, the 15th of May. |
| 0:15.4 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:17.1 | The China-U.S. summit ends without the announcement of any major deals. |
| 0:21.5 | American media reports say the U.S. is preparing to indict the former Cuban president, |
| 0:26.5 | 94-year-old Raul Castro. There's been a large prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia, |
| 0:32.4 | just as the two sides are also ramping up their aerial attacks. |
| 0:38.7 | Also in this podcast, health officials have confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 0:45.8 | And there'll be pianists with arthritis. |
| 0:48.2 | There'll be young people with mental health challenges. |
| 0:50.3 | There'll be trumpet players with motor neurone. |
| 0:52.4 | Who are we to say you can't have an easier way to |
| 0:54.8 | try and access creativity? I think the potential of this technology is profound. The ways that AI |
| 1:00.0 | can boost creative projects. The superpower summit has come to an end. Donald Trump has said |
| 1:10.7 | goodbye to his host, |
| 1:12.0 | Xi Jinping, in China. Both leaders described the state visit as historic, but few details have |
| 1:18.5 | emerged on what the two nations agreed. Just one example, President Trump said China will |
| 1:23.6 | buy 200 Boeing jets, but the Chinese have not confirmed this. On the flight back to |
| 1:28.9 | Washington on Air Force One, Donald Trump told reporters that President Xi had pushed him to stop |
| 1:34.7 | selling arms to Taiwan. Our correspondent in Beijing, Laura Bicker, gave her assessment of the |
| 1:40.0 | visit to Steve Lai. Let's break this down into three main topics. Let's talk about Iran and talk |
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