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BRICS leaders are set to discuss key global political issues, but questions over the bloc’s unity have arisen as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have opted to skip the summit.

Iran's sale of drones and ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine, and the selling of oil at significantly reduced prices to China did little to benefit Tehran during the critical days of Israeli and US attacks.

COMMENT: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday shines a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised religion – and how succession plans might renew Xi’s plans for a reckoning with Tibet and beyond, writes Michael Day

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.

Rapid expansion of Brics has diluted its coherence as a body offering an ideological alternative to western capitalism

Comments from Simon Case come as UK defence review highlights Chinese military exercises around Taiwan as driver of global instability

As he turns 90 this week, the Dalai Lama has announced that he will be reincarnated, setting his followers on a collision course with China. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar speaks to activists and the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile about what this means for the future of Tibetan Buddhism

China's new national internet ID system, 'surveillance on steroids,' will track every click, post, and login, centralising digital control.

President Trump claims a buyer for TikTok has been found – 'very wealthy people' whose identities he'll reveal in two weeks.