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Sir Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil today. He will become the first British premier to meet the authoritarian leader since 2018 when the pair hold talks in Rio de Janeiro amid a backlash from the Tories.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro and told him that a “strong UK-China relationship is important for both of our countries”.