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Hungary blocks EU aid for Ukraine at European Council meeting

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that he's prepared to stop any further attempts to send European Union money to Ukraine.

Hungary's Prime Minister says he's prepared to stop any further attempts to send EU money to Ukraine. He vetoed a package of aid worth $55 billion at the European Council summit in Brussels. But the European Council President Charles Michel remains hopeful a deal can be agreed when the council next meets in January 2024. China's latest economic figures point to growth in retail sales and industrial output. But growth is slowing and the World Bank is warning that post-Covid recovery in the world's second-largest economy is 'fragile'. New York University Shanghai economics professor Han Lin gives us the full picture. Our reporter Julia Paul finds out how people renting homes in the Armenian capital Yerevan are dealing with soaring prices.

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