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Hamas signs an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah, which it describes as an agreement to work together for "national unity". IMAGES
As temperatures soar across northern China, residents in Beijing cool themselves off in the city's Liangma River while others shield themselves from the sun with umbrellas. China is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that scientists say are driving climate change and longer, hotter heatwaves. IMAGES
China says it "poses no threat" to any country, after Australia's first National Defence Strategy signalled a new focus on deterring Beijing's "coercive tactics". "China poses no threat to any country," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian says in a briefing, urging Canberra to "refrain from making accusations against China at every turn". SOUNDBITE
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner urges the European Union to "avoid a subsidy race we cannot avoid," warning that the bloc cannot simply follow United States economic policy moves. Speaking in Davos on the last day of the World Economic Forum, Lindner says the EU's "competitive disadvantage" to the US isn't subsidies, but its "private capitals market." SOUNDBITE
Dan Morgan, mari dévoué, père de trois enfants et vendeur de voitures accompli, aime sa petite vie tranquille de banlieue. Mais ce n'est qu'une partie de son histoire. Des années plus tôt, il travaillait pour le gouvernement, chargé d'éliminer les personnes les plus dangereuses au monde. Lorsque des ennemis de son passé le retrouvent, Dan embarque sa femme qui ne se doute de rien, sa fille, une adolescente qui se sent incomprise, son fils, un adolescent addict aux jeux vidéos et son adorable bébé de 10 mois dans leur minivan pour un road trip improvisé à travers le pays, direction Las Vegas. Déterminé à protéger sa famille – tout en leur offrant les vacances de leur vie – Dan doit reprendre du service, sans révéler sa véritable identité.
"Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars" says European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, "and their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies". The comments -- made to the European Parliament in Strasbourg -- come as Brussels announces it will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles in order to protect the European market from "distortion." SOUNDBITE