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President Xi Jinping has said his country is 'unstoppable' and will 'never be intimidated' by bullies as he unveiled China's arsenal of weapons, including nuclear missiles with global reach. Thousands of troops and their weapons are parading through Beijing. The show of force marks 80 years since the formal surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War Two. We look at the meaning of President Xi's words and the foreign dignitaries present.

In Afghanistan rescuers are using helicopters to search for survivors in the ruins of remote villages in the east of the country after a powerful earthquake killed 1,400 people, according to the Taliban. The UN says the quake could have afffected hundreds of thousands.

The African Union is calling for a truce between Sudan鈥檚 warring parties to allow aid to reach the victims of a devastating landslide in the Darfur region. It's thought between three-hundred and a thousand people may have died on Sunday night in the village of Tarsin, in the remote, mountainous Jebel Marra area after days of heavy rain. We hear from the Sudan Liberation Army Movement that controls the area.

Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai

(Photo: Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) march during the rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing. Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)