24 outlets · filed 21 September 2026

Trump touts ‘great meeting’ with China’s Xi Jinping at White House – live

Xi Jinping says China and US must ensure AI ‘is always under human control’ and backs US-Iran deal to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz At Trump meeting, Xi lays out terms to avoid US-China military conflict In the first row in front of the leaders sit US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha

What the coverage shows

Most of the coverage centers on Trump’s invitation to Putin for the G20 summit in Miami, with the Guardian, Washington Post and New York Times all foregrounding the diplomatic move and the expectation that it will draw unease because of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Guardian alone explicitly says the Kremlin has not yet responded and that Ukraine and EU countries are likely to object. The Independent folds the invitation into a broader Ukraine war roundup and is the only outlet here to lead with a report about six workers killed in a drone attack on a Kharkiv farm.

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