Sunak’s meeting with Xi Jinping cancelled as G20 leaders discuss Poland missile strike

PM's talks with Chinese president postponed in wake of missile strike near Poland's border with Ukraine

A bilateral meeting between the UK and China at the G20 summit - billed as the first such talks between the countries in five years - has been cancelled because of emergency meetings among world leaders in the aftermath of a missile strike in Nato-member Poland near the border with Ukraine.

Downing Street said there were movements with timings on both sides" that led to the cancellation of the meeting, but said Sunak had wanted it to go ahead. The prime minister obviously thinks it is still important to have that conversation with President Xi," his spokesperson said.