Japan threatening us militarily, China tells German foreign minister

Japan is threatening China militarily which is “completely unacceptable”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart, after Japan said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft, Reuters reported. 

Japan has denounced the encounter as a dangerous act, though China has blamed Japan for sending aircraft to repeatedly approach and disrupt the Chinese navy as it was conducting previously announced carrier-based flight training east of the Miyako Strait.

Relations have soured in the past month since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned that Japan could respond to any Chinese military action against Taiwan if it also threatened Japan’s security, according to Reuters. 

 

 

French PM gambles on crucial social security vote

France's social security budget faces a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could trigger a fresh political crisis and leave ​a 30-billion-euro ($35 billion) hole in funding for healthcare, pensions and welfare, Reuters reported. 

Prime Minister ‌Sebastien Lecornu has no majority in parliament and his scramble to win Socialist support - including suspending President ‌Emmanuel Macron's pension reform - has alienated centrist and conservative allies, leaving the bill's fate uncertain.

Lawmakers in the lower house begin reviewing the bill after 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday, days after narrowly approving the taxation side of the legislation, according to Reuters. 

Ukraine prepares new peace plan as Zelensky rules out giving up land

Ukraine is preparing to present a revised peace plan to the White House, as it seeks to avoid making territorial concessions to Russia, BBC reported. 

Kyiv is set to propose alternatives to the US after President Volodymyr Zelensky again ruled out surrendering land, saying he had "no right" to do so under Ukrainian or international law.

He made the comments as he met European and Nato leaders on Monday, part of a collective push to deter the US from backing a peace deal which includes major concessions for Ukraine, and which allies fear would leave it vulnerable to a future invasion, according to BBC.

Trump gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will allow AI chip giant Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chips to "approved customers" in China, BBC reported.

"We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America's lead in AI," Trump said on social media on Monday.

The decision will apply to other US chip companies like AMD and comes after extensive lobbying by Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, who visited Washington last week to drum up support, according to BBC.