Europe Today: Trump's state dinner for Xi Jinping, Pope Leo's first visit to France
Trump and Xi Jinping's high-stakes Washington summit was closely watched in Europe, as Pope Leo XIV arrives in France for the first time. Also on the show: an interview with Danish minister Martin Lidegaard on the US-Denmark deal on Greenland and an update on the Ceuta migration crisis.
President Xi Jinping's security chief, Zhou Hongxu, attended the White House state banquet on Thursday, alongside a group of emerging Chinese officials. Zhou, a 55-year-old major general in the People's Liberation Army, holds dual roles as director of the Central Guard Bureau and deputy director of the Communist Party's General Office.
The banquet featured a notable gathering of high-ranking Chinese officials, including 63-year-old Tang Fangyu, director of the Communist Party's Central Policy Research Office. Tang, a veteran theorist, has frequently accompanied Xi on diplomatic trips. Other prominent attendees included Lu Luhua, the top political secretary of the Chinese president's office, and assistant foreign minister Hong Lei.
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