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Blinken arrives at the airport in Beijing. Leah Millis/AP 

 

The US-China relationship  

The big question ahead of the meeting: Will Xi show up? 

 

 One question hangs over the long-awaited visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China: Will President Xi Jinping show up?  

 

The atmosphere between the countries is the worst in a long time, which speaks against a meeting between Xi and Blinken, writes CNN. Normally, a visit from a US Secretary of State warrants a meeting with the President.  

 

According to the New York Times, the Chinese and American staffs have been working on the schedule throughout the week. The newspaper writes that Xi's presence is dependent on the discussions during Sunday and early Monday progressing. 

 

Crates of materials on a stage at Trump's Florida residence Mar-a-Lago. AP  

 

Trump's legal affairs  

Expert: The dossier indictment is absolutely devastating for Trump 

 

What has emerged so far in the documentary indictment against Donald Trump is "completely devastating" for the former president. That's what Catherine Ross, law professor at George Washington University, says in an interview with TT. She was amazed to see that Trump kept classified material, in some cases top secret documents, in a mess in the bathroom and mixed with personal belongings such as shirts and shoes. 

 

 - There are pictures that one of his employees took where a box had fallen to the floor, the documents had been scattered everywhere. Some were marked "only available to our five closest allies", which fell to the floor. Ross dismisses Trump's claim that the Presidential Records Act gives him the right to have the documents.  

 

- He just makes things up. The Presidential Records Act says the exact opposite. 

  

Some of the seized weapons. 

 

The police in Vienna 

The police: We stopped the crime against the pride parade in Vienna  

 

Austrian police have arrested three men who are suspected of planning an attack on the pride parade in Vienna, Kronen Zeitung reports.  

 

The police made the arrest just before Saturday's parade and seized, among other things, air weapons, swords, axes and knives.  

 

Those arrested are 14, 17 and 20 years old. According to the police, they sympathize with the terrorist group IS.