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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Chief Advisor to the Brazilian President, Celso Amorim, for a bilateral meeting at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. IMAGES
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says "we do not believe that it makes sense for Israel, or is right for Israel, to occupy Gaza, reoccupy Gaza over the long term" during a press conference in Tel Aviv. SOUNDBITE
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country, says the head of the Afghan peace process, Abdullah Abdullah, in a facebook post hours after the Taliban ordered its fighters to wait on the outskirts of the capital following an astonishing rout of government forces. SOUNDBITE
A top US health official warns that measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 have to stay in place if the pandemic is to be beaten, after the state of Texas dropped its mask-wearing mandate. "We at the CDC, have been very clear that now is not the time to release all restrictions" says Dr. Rochelle Walensky. SOUNDBITE
In an unusually harsh punishment, China has condemned one of the country's top bankers to death over bribery and bigamy charges. Business Insider reports the condemned man is Lai Xiaomin, ex-chairman of the banking giant China Huarong Asset Management. He was found guilty of accepting $277 million in bribes between 2008 and 2018, and has been called China's most corrupt financial official. Execution by lethal injection is not a typical punishment for corruption, which usually results in a lifetime prison sentence. The death sentence comes as part of an anti-corruption crusade led by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Since its start, the commission has punished about 1.5 million officials.
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