The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how relations between the UK and China became so strained.
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Volkswagen agrees deal to avoid German plant closures
VW and a union have, however, agreed to cut more than 35,000 jobs across the country by 2030.
Eight sentenced in France for actions that led to teacher beheading
The sentences range from three to sixteen years, in a case which started with an online hate campaign.
Watch: Relatives of inmates attempt to break into Mexican prison
The BBC’s Will Grant looks at unrest in which seven people died, leading to family members attempting to break inside to check on their relatives.
Two dead, dozens injured in car attack on German Christmas market
The Saxony-Anhalt premier tells reporters that he cannot rule out more deaths due to the number of seriously injured.
Who is affected by a US government shutdown?
Here’s how the US got to the brink of yet another funding lapse and what it means for Americans – and Trump.
‘I’d rather die than leave my mum’: Survivors describe Mayotte cyclone horror
The BBC hears how roofs flew off homes as people sheltered inside in the cyclone-hit French territory.
Watch: BBC goes inside Syrian prison holding IS detainees
Orla Guerin visits Al-Sina prison in north-eastern Syria, where many suspected fighters have been held for years.
US scraps $10m bounty for arrest of Syria’s new leader Sharaa
It follows meetings between top US diplomats and representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus.
Suspected ‘witchdoctors’ arrested over attempt to ‘bewitch’ Zambia’s president
The pair were found with magic charms, including a live chameleon, the police say.