China to host first-ever trilateral meeting between Trump, Xi and Putin next week

In brief

The three leaders are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen on Thursday, the White House confirmed. Likely discussions will include nuclear weapons and the war in Iran, but US officials have said Ukraine is not unlikely to be on the agenda. Ukraine's President Zelensky warned the talks could prove a Yalta-like "redistribution of spheres of influence" for the…