The Beijing Hour

Beijing has held a meeting to award China's highest sci-tech honors, with President Xi Jinping presenting the top awards (00:59). Large areas of southern China are reeling from flooding triggered by torrential rains from the 10th typhoon to hit the country this year (10:10). US President Donald Trump says he believes the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran is over, following the worst escalation of violence since the deal was implemented (21:04).

China marks the 89th anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the start of Japan's full-scale invasion and China's whole-nation resistance against Japanese aggression (01:02). Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls on China and Norway to work toward an early conclusion of a free trade agreement during talks with his Norwegian counterpart (07:57). The UN welcomes Hamas' announcement that it will transfer the administration of Gaza to a Palestinian technocratic committee (33:21).

Leaders of China and Montenegro have exchanged congratulations to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties (01:03). Public mourning continues in Iran as millions walked in a funeral procession for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (10:02). China has sent 80 tons of humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Venezuela, where the twin quakes last month killed thousands of people (15:29).

In a meeting with his Danish counterpart, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China is ready to maintain high-level exchanges with Denmark and strengthen cooperation in various sectors (01:03). A Chinese envoy has urged all parties to avoid threatening rhetoric and military adventurism, and to return to dialogue, amid unrelenting tensions between the US and Iran (09:35). A trial aiming to treat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is underway (20:15).

As the Communist Party of China has marked its 105th founding anniversary, the international community is paying attention to its long-standing vitality (01:02). Iran and the US have wrapped up another round of indirect talks in Doha, with no sign of progress toward a lasting peace (16:05). Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez has declared seven days of national mourning for the victims of last week's twin earthquakes that had killed nearly 2300 people as of late Wednesday (21:43).