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States are on course to spend $100bn a year, driven by a sharp increase in US defence budgets
Global spending on nuclear weapons is estimated to have increased by 13% to a record $91.4bn during 2023, according to calculations from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) pressure group.
The , which is up $10.7bn from the previous year, is driven largely by sharply increased defence budgets in the US, at a time of wider geopolitical uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Speaking to the media after attending a signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra with Chinese premier Li Qiang, the first Chinese premier to visit Australia since 2017, prime minister Anthony Albanese said Australia and China had 'renewed' and 'revitalised' their engagement, reaching agreement across a series of arrangements that will 'shape and drive our practical cooperation'. 'We also exchanged views today on our region and the world, building our understanding of our respective positions and perspectives,' Albanese said. 'I've made it clear as nations with different histories, political systems and values, we will cooperate with China where we can, disagree where we must, and engage in the national interest'
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China’s premier, Li Qiang, was greeted by the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and a ceremonial 19-gun salute upon arriving at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday morning. Li, China's second-most powerful leader, will take part in an annual leaders meeting and a state lunch. His visit is the first by a Chinese premier since 2017 and marks the latest step in 'stabilising' a relationship that hit rock bottom in 2020

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China’s premier is visiting Australia and Li Qiang’s first stop was the Adelaide zoo,.
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Britain may be chilly, but from Greece to India, people are dying due to record temperatures. The death toll will grow without urgent action
While Britons don jumpers and complain about the unseasonable cold, much of the world has been reeling due to excessive temperatures. India has been in the grip of its in recorded history, with thermometers in some places. Greece in the afternoon last week as temperatures hit 43C; never has it seen a heatwave so early in the year. Soaring temperatures in the Sahel and western Africa saw mortuaries in Mali reportedly running short of space , while swathes of Asia .
Mexico and the south-west of the US have also endured conditions; it was particularly shocking to hear Donald Trump to “drill, baby, drill” at a rally that saw supporters taken to hospital with heat exhaustion. These bouts of extreme weather are . Although the El Niño weather pattern contributed to heatwaves over the last 12 months, they are becoming thanks to global heating. By 2040, almost half the world’s inhabitants are , 12 times more than the historic average.

Anthony Albanese should seek commitments for concrete action in his talks with Li Qiang, campaigners say
Human rights advocates have called on Anthony Albanese to place record ahead of economic and trade discussions in his meeting with China’s second most powerful leader on Monday.
They said it was time for Australia’s Labor government to demand concrete action from China in addressing human rights complaints against it as were not achieving results.