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China meets with foreign leaders

This follows yesterday's massive military parade in the Chinese capital.

Today leaders from several countries meet with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. This follows yesterday's massive military parade in the Chinese capital, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Among those meeting President Xi is the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the only EU leader to attend the parade.

In the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, people are in shock after a funicular crash killed fifteen people. The 140-year-old Gloria funicular, is a major tourist attraction in the capital and foreign nationals are among those killed in the crash.

And our special correspondent looks back on the arrival of more than one million people to Europe ten years ago. This mass migration to Europe was prompted by the civil war in Syria. He looks at how attitudes have changed in Europe to these new arrivals.

Presenters: James Copnall and Victoria Uwonkunda

(Photo: Chinese President Xi meets with Tajikistani President Rahmon in Beijing. Credit: Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS)

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