Xi, Kim and Putin: A new world alliance?

Global News Podcast

2025-09-04

34 分钟
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After China's President Xi welcomed North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin to Beijing: we ask what do Western nations make of this show of strength? In this special edition, Celia Hatton is joined by our correspondents across the globe to discuss the reaction to the military parade. China marked the anniversary of the end of World War Two by showing off its next generation of cutting edge weaponry. We ask if the alliance between the three nuclear armed leaders poses a real threat to the West?
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  • China's President Xi Jinping held a massive military parade to mark 80 years

  • since the end of World War II and the country's victory in it.

  • But it was much more than a parade.

  • Vladimir Putin was there, the leader of Russia and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

  • It was the first time all three men have met together, and that's a big deal.

  • But what sort of alliance is this, and how should Western leaders respond?

  • I'm Celia Hatton.

  • This is the Global News Podcast on the BBC World Service.