Trump’s “great” meeting with Xi; Netanyahu’s combative UN speech, and more

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  Donald Trump described his meeting with Xi Jinping at the White House as great.

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  It is Mr Xi's first state visit to Washington since 2015, before Mr Trump's first presidential term.

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  Earlier, Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary,

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  said both countries had agreed to extend their one-year trade truce for another two months.

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