G20 summit: Macron and Saudi crown prince in extraordinary exchange over Khashoggi murder and Yemen
Two-day summit intended to focus on development, infrastructure and food security
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Your support makes all the difference.The G20 Summit in Argentina kicked off with world leaders huddling on the sidelines to discuss their response to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was seen discussing the death with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who appeared to be ignored during the group’s official “family photo” portrait session.
Meanwhile, confusion remains over whether Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet during the summit.
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The president kicked off Friday morning with a series of angry tweets after the White House reaffirmed he had cancelled an expected discussion with Mr Putin, despite the Kremlin claiming otherwise.
“Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly). Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business-very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign trail...,” he tweeted.
“....Lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn’t do the project. Witch Hunt!”
Reports suggest Mr Trump is in a “terrible mood” and “completely distracted” as he headed to the event.
The president responded to news of Mr Cohen’s plea deal by saying he was a “weak person and not a very smart person.”
Mr Trump will be having a number of meetings at the summit in Buenos Aires starting the day at 6.50am local time and finishing 10.10pm. He said on Thursday he had cancelled a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, due to the country’s conflict with Ukraine.
The president has downgraded a number of his bilateral meetings as he feels “there’s nothing in them for him”, according to CNN.
Issues such as the trade war between the US and China and the conflict over Ukraine are likely to dominate the agenda.
Ahead of the summit Mr Trump said current tariff levels on Chinese imports would rise as planned.
The summit is being held in South America for the first time and Michael Shifter, head of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, said G20 summits wer once considered an opportunity for Latin American members Argentina, Brazil and Mexico to shape the global agenda.
“That turned out to be a fleeting aspiration,” Mr Shifter said.
“...Argentine president Mauricio Macri, the summit’s host, has lowered expectations. ... Now a success would be a summit meeting that goes smoothly, without any major disruption.”
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, has told the G20 summit in Argentina there will be no deal or no Brexit at all if the UK parliament rejects Theresa May's Brexit agreement, according to Reuters.
He adds that the EU is prepared for every scenario.
Mr Tusk told reporters at G20: "The European Union has just agreed an orderly divorce with the United Kingdom.
"A few days before the vote in the House of Commons it is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible - in fact the only possible one.
"If this deal is rejected in the Commons we are left with, as was already stressed a few weeks ago by Prime Minister May, an alternative: no deal or no Brexit at all.
"I want to reassure you that the EU is prepared for every scenario."
Mr Tusk also said that he was sure that EU leaders will continue sanctions on Russia following the capture of Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov. The issue is due to be discussed when he chairs a summit in two weeks.
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been presented with the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the Mexican government.
It is the highest honour given to foreigners and was awarded for his work on renegotiating a trade agreement being signed by Mexico, the United States and Canada at the G20 summit.
Donald Trump has boasted that the pact being signed by the United States, Mexico and Canada at the G20 summit is a "model agreement that changes the trade landscape forever."
He turned to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau as he said: "It's been a battle," before adding that battles sometimes make "good friends."
The renegotiated agreement, which replaces NAFTA, still has to be ratified by the US Congress.
Here's our political editor Joe Watts on Donald Tusk's comments at the G20 summit.
Donald Tusk said Mrs May's Brexit deal was "the only possible one".
Theresa May said she will be "robust" when she talks to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 summit about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the situation in Yemen.
"I am going to speak to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia but it is the relationship we have with Saudi Arabia that enables me to sit down with him and be robust on our views on two issues," the prime minister told Sky News in an interview.
She said she would tell him that the investigation into Khashoggi's killing must be full and credible and that those responsible must be held to account.
Mrs May said she would encourage the prince to find a solution to the conflict in Yemen "because that is the way to ensure the future and a safe and secure future for the people of the Yemen."
Donald Trump has joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called "groundbreaking" and a benefit for "working people"
(Reuters/Andres Stapff)
The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement is meant to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Mr Trump has long denigrated as a "disaster".
He appeared with Justin Trudeau and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G20 summit for the formal signing ceremony.
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