Apec summit ends with unity on WTO reform but not Gaza or Ukraine

US gathering of Pacific Rim leaders most notable for meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, seen as a sign of easing China-US relations

Pacific Rim leaders have shown divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Apec forum, while pledging support for reform of the World Trade Organization.

The 21 economies that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum - among them Russia, China, the US and Australia - did not mention either conflict in their final joint communique. Instead an accompanying chair's statement noted the bloc had exchanged views on the ongoing crisis in Gaza".