The Beijing Hour

The Chinese foreign minister has met with his British counterpart in Manila, urging the UK to provide a fair and non-discriminatory business environment (01:04). Iran's IRGC has stopped three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as US forces completed a 12th night of strikes against Iranian military targets (08:56). China is bracing for another typhoon in the south as wet weather and hazards persists across the region (21:58).

In his speech at the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Manila，Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and ASEAN to jointly uphold peace and development in the region and beyond (01:05). Iran's main military command has warned that any US attack on its nuclear or sensitive sites will be met with expanded strikes targeting US and allied interests across the region (11:52). Beijing has slammed the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan for echoing the Philippines' provocations over a Chinese reef in the South China Sea (33:00).

The annual ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings have kicked off in Manila, with energy security and regional stability taking center stage (01:02). Andy Burnham has formed his new cabinet after taking office as the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade (09:35). Officials say China has built the largest transport system in the world, with the network exceeding six million kilometers over the past five years (20:02).

The World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance has concluded in Shanghai, with major governance initiatives and innovative outcomes released (01:06). Iran says it has received proposals from the mediators for the resumption of negotiations with the United States and de-escalation of tensions in the region (11:17). Andy Burnham becomes the seventh UK prime minister in a decade after Keir Starmer formally steps down (19:50).

Addressing the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the country's major measures to support global development of artificial intelligence (01:15). Hostilities between the United States and Iran have continued, despite the memorandum of understanding they signed in mid-June (17:19). China's foreign exchange market held steady in the first half of the year, weathering increased turbulence in global financial markets (36:08).