11 h. ago Dictators' kids who joined ‘family business’ from rapists to 'killed by electric fence'

What’s it like growing up with a despot as a dad? As bonkers North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un parades his daughter around China, we look at how life turned out for some other tyrants’ kids

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12 h. ago Ominous warning to the West: New 'Axis of Evil' between Presidents Xi, Putin and Kim Jong Un poses an even greater threat than the NAZIS, says MARK ALMOND

The master of ceremonies, China's Xi Jinping, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong un, presented his vast country as the beating heart of an even more extensive alliance.

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14 h. ago The Guardian view on Xi, Putin and Kim: heed China’s statement of intent, but don’t take it as fact | Editorial

Images of the autocrats at Wednesday’s military parade reflected the shifting global order. But Donald Trump is hastening Beijing’s riseOn Wednesday morning, Beijingers living near Tiananmen Square were issued with cold breakfast packs and ordered to refrain from cooking, lest smoke from stoves cloud the skies above the mammoth military parade. China’s Communist party goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that nothing obscures the message of such performances – in this case, that Xi Jinping is reshaping the global order and that China is, in his words, “unstoppable”.The parade marked 80 years since the end of the second world war, positioning China as the critical force in victory in the east then, and a force to be similarly reckoned with today as “humanity is again faced with the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum”, in Mr Xi’s words. China is “not afraid of bullies”. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Voices: Putin and Xi’s hot mic moment wasn’t even the oddest thing to emerge from China

When the dictators were accidentally recorded at their China summit debating organ transplants and other outlandish scientific means to help them achieve immortality, was anyone really surprised, asks Mary Dejevsky

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18 h. ago Laser wars: How China's newly revealed weapon that can blind pilots and destroy electronics compares to US and UK's Star Wars technology

Xi Jinping, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, took the opportunity to show off the LY-1 shipborne laser weapon.

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22 h. ago The girl Kim Jong Un wants to rule North Korea after his death: All the signs that tyrant's daughter Ju Ae looks certain to be his chosen successor after stepping out with him during China visit

Kim Ju Ae, thought to be around 13, has been by her tyrant father's side at a growing number of official events.

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23 h. ago NATO chief demands European answer TODAY on how to protect Ukraine as divided leaders meet in France after Putin, Xi and Kim Jong

It comes as leaders from Europe, Turkey, Australia and Canada head to Paris to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on what concrete measures they are prepared to offer Kyiv.

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23 h. ago Kim Jong Un’s staff seen scrubbing every surface he touched after meeting with Putin

Analysts say extreme security measure meant to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from gathering samples that may reveal North Korean leader’s health condition

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23 h. ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

China’s Foreign Ministry says that visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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40 h. ago From outcast to ally: Kim Jong Un takes his place beside Xi and Putin

North Korean leader thwarts ‘perpetual underestimation’ by turning adversaries into partners

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41 h. ago Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart | Simon Tisdall

The three-way partnership on show in Beijing is united in opposition to US hegemony and a western-dominated financial systemSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreDonald Trump’s first reaction to the disconcerting spectacle of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un marching side-by-side at a huge military parade in Beijing was, predictably, all about him. This show of solidarity and strength, he complained, was nothing less than an attempt to “conspire” against the United States. Trump likes military parades – his own, that is. Even more, he likes to be on the podium, at the centre of attention. He casts himself as world number one. The images coming out of the Chinese capital this week challenged him on all three counts.This puncturing of Trump’s insecure ego, and the striking feebleness of his response, will greatly grat...

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41 h. ago Hot mic catches Putin discussing how to achieve immortality with President Xi and Kim Jong Un

Russian despot Vladimir Putin has been caught rambling about immortality during a summit with Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un.

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45 h. ago Kim Jong Un has brought his daughter to Beijing. What to know about the possible North Korean heir

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on a significant trip to China, marking her first known overseas appearance

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45 h. ago Moment North Koreans 'remove all traces of Kim Jong Un's DNA' from meeting room where he met Putin by wiping down furniture and removing items

The North Korean and Russian leaders met on Wednesday following a massive military parade in Beijing.

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47 h. ago China's terrifying military's perfect formation parading for Putin & Kim Jong

China's XI Jinping sent chilling messages to the West and his enemies as thousands of military members marched in unison down Tiananmen Square in front of 50,000 people and dozens of world leaders

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48 h. ago Putin grins with Kim and Xi Jinping as 'axis of evil' meet up at military parade

Evil pals Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un were pictured as guests of honour at Xi Jinping's major military parade in China - which Donald Trump blasted as "conspiring against the US"

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49 h. ago Trump accuses Xi, Putin and Kim of ‘conspiring’ against US after China unveils new long range missiles: Latest

Xi Jinping warns world must ‘choose between peace and war’ as he presides over huge show of force flanked by two-dozen world leaders in Tiananmen Square

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49 h. ago Who is Kim Ju Ae – Kim Jong Un’s ‘heir apparent’ making foreign debut at China military parade

Since her 2022 debut, Kim Ju Ae has increasingly been seen at military events. Her appearance at her father’s most important foreign engagement ever gives credence to speculation she is Kim’s heir apparent. Maroosha Muzaffar reports

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49 h. ago China parades new weapons in front of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong

‘Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America,’ Trump posted on Truth Social

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49 h. ago Trump condemns Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un for 'conspiring against America' as despots unveil China's new laser weapon at military parade

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the military parade to mark 80 years since the war, warning humanity must choose between peace and war. His guests included Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

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