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Investigators search the Brussels office of German MEP Maximilian Krah as part of a probe into his aide, who is suspected of spying for China, German prosecutors said. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China can play a role in reducing tensions in the Middle East, including through its influence with Iran. "I think the relationships that China has can be positive in trying to calm tensions, to prevent escalation, avoid the spread of the conflict," Blinken told reporters, saying Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to stay in contact on the Middle East. SOUNDBITE
Two British men accused of spying for China, arrive at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Christopher Cash, 29, of east London, and Christopher Berry, 32, are accused of breaking the Official Secrets Act 1911 - providing articles, notes, documents or information to a foreign state. They were released on conditional bail and will next appear at the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey in London on May 10 for a preliminary hearing. IMAGES
The head of the International Energy Agency urges the United States and China to put aside their 'tensions' and align on climate change, warning in an interview that geopolitical fractures risked holding back the clean energy transition. Speaking at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Fatih Birol told AFP that these international rifts, partly stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are “becoming more and more pronounced”. SOUNDBITE
"Even though we had no indications that any of these three objects were surveilling, we couldn't rule that out," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a briefing, as questions about the three unidentified flying objects downed by US Air Force jets over North America in three days intensify. SOUNDBITE
The United States voices horror at new files on incarceration of China's Uyghur minority. "We are appalled by the reports and the jarring images," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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