Victoria Craig

Iran's revolutionary guard earlier warned that if Israel retaliated, the country and its supporters will face more forceful and devastating attacks.

U.S.

President Donald Trump told the FT negotiations are still on track between the U.S.

and Iran to extend a ceasefire between those two countries and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He also said Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept whatever deal is hammered out.

China's President Xi Jinping is landing in North Korea today.

It's his first visit to the country in almost seven years and comes just days after North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un reiterated a commitment to a, quote, exponential expansion of his nation's nuclear arsenal.

China says the purpose of the trip is to advance ties and strengthen regional peace and stability.

I'm joined now by our Beijing bureau chief, Joe Lay, to find out what we can expect from this visit.

Hi, Joe.

So how are North Korea's nuclear ambitions likely to feature in discussions between these two leaders?

The UN has sanctioned North Korea for its nuclear program.

I'm wondering, could China be in sort of a position to offer some kind of economic relief if it gets some assurances during this visit on that nuclear program?

Now, this meeting comes just weeks after President Xi hosted both U.S.

President Donald Trump and Russia's leader Vladimir Putin for individual talks in China.

You write that Kim Jong-un is skilled at playing its neighbors off of each other.

What exactly does that mean?

And what is it that North Korea is really angling for with this visit?

There's also this idea that this meeting isn't just about North Korea's relationship with Russia or China, but that Kim could be using it as a way to send a message to the U.S.

too.