Kim Vennell
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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That was Chinese President Xi Jinping's message to Cheng Liyun, the leader of Taiwan's opposition party.
Cheng has made a rare visit to China this week on what she calls a bid to calm rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
China, of course, claims Taiwan as its own and has threatened military force to reclaim it.
And the US is Taiwan's most important international backer.
It's important to remember that Cheng leads the opposition Kuomintang Party, or KMT.
And as for Taiwan's government, well, China has refused to deal with them.
Reuters' Ben Blanchard explains.
Ben says back in Taiwan, there's been a lot of pushback over Chairwoman Cheng's visit.
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Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Whanganui, New Zealand.
It's Thursday, April 9th.
Today, Israeli strikes kill hundreds in Lebanon, the heaviest assault of the war so far.
Those attacks raise doubts about the viability of the US-Iran ceasefire, with arguments over whether Lebanon was meant to be included.
And Artemis II's record-breaking moon mission puts China on the clock.
This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
In Beirut, rescuers pull survivors from the remnants of a multi-storey building turned to rubble in an Israeli attack.
Hundreds of people were killed on Wednesday in the most intense Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the current conflict broke out.
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