U.S. President Donald Trump sits for an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Daily Mail: Donald Trump denies John Bolton's claim he backed China's mass detention of Uighur Muslims but admits he held off talks in case it disrupted trade discussions with President Xi Jinping
* Trump denied the claim made in Bolton's new tell-all White House memoir
* President said he held off on sanctions to protect $250 billion trade deal
* Bolton claims Trump pleaded with Xi for help with his 2020 re-election bid
* Trump said: 'The room is loaded up with people... I wouldn't say a thing like that'
Donald Trump has denied John Bolton's claim that he backed China's Uighur Muslim detention camps in trade talks with President Xi Jinping.
Asked in an interview with Axios on Sunday whether the account was true, the president said: 'No, not at all.'
'We were in the middle of a major trade deal,' Trump said. 'And I made a great deal, $250 billion potentially worth of purchases.'
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MIDDLE EAST
Iran to send recorders from downed Ukrainian plane to France.
Without urgent reform, Iraq economy will face irreparable shocks: minister to AFP.
Yemen crisis: Separatists take over 'Galapagos of Indian Ocean'. Yemen gov't, southern separatists agree on ceasefire: S Arabia .
Iran rial plunges to virus-induced lows.
Europe tells U.S.: we won't back unilateral Iran sanctions snapback.
Saudi Arabia lifts coronavirus curfew.
Israeli spyware used to target Moroccan journalist, Amnesty claims.
Syrian doctor arrested in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity.
Lebanon has detained at least 100 activists since October.
West Bank coronavirus cases double in a week.
Saudi says to hold 'limited' hajj: state media.
ASIA
China to join UN arms trade treaty, 'enhance' world peace.
Mongolia to hold election under coronavirus cloud.
China, India reinforcing border positions, satellite images show.
Indian, Chinese commanders parley on border, growing calls to boycott Chinese goods.
China votes to join Arms Trade Treaty that Donald Trump wants to leave.
China hopes testing will curb new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing.
Coronavirus: South Korea confirms second wave of infections. Coronavirus: South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in weeks.
Afghan healthcare personnel were deliberately attacked during pandemic, U.N. says.
North Korea moving to install propaganda loudspeakers, reports say.
North Korea ready to send millions of leaflets to South.
AFRICA
South Africa virus cases surge past 100,000.
Ethiopia to fill contested dam as Nile talks falter.
France's Macron accuses Turkey of playing 'a dangerous game' in Libya.
UN orders probe of abuses in Libya conflict.
Egypt readies army to intervene in Libya ‘if necessary’.
Libya: GNA calls Egypt's military threat 'declaration of war'.
Gunmen kill more than dozen civilians in eastern DR Congo attacks.
Sudan warns against escalation in Nile dam dispute.
ICC judges erred by acquitting Ivory Coast's Gbagbo: prosecutors.
Tunisians protesting over lack of jobs clash with police, vow strike.
Zambians stream anti-government protest in the bush.
EUROPE
Hundreds of rescued migrants arrive in Italy.
Serbian ruling party wins by landslide in Europe’s first Covid-19 election.
Belarus strongman faces mass protests after jailing of his main rivals.
EU, China summit to cool tensions over coronavirus, Hong Kong.
Spain lifts national state of emergency after 3-month coronavirus lockdown.
Germany’s coronavirus reproduction rate jumps above key containment level.
Russia's Putin says he may seek another term if constitutional changes passed.
Putin visits huge army church ahead of vote on extending his rule.
Riots in Stuttgart, Germany, leave dozens arrested and injured.
Archaeologists find ancient circle of deep shafts near Stonehenge.
Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption.
AMERICAS
Trump to suspend certain foreign worker visas despite tech, business group opposition. Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House.
Trump says US coronavirus toll could surpass 150,000.
Russia, US hold arms control talks as key pact's expiry looms.
Trump held off sanctioning Chinese over Uighurs to pursue trade deal.
Trump says niece's book would violate nondisclosure agreement.
Brazil's Bolsonaro says armed forces exist to defend democracy.
Brazil hits 1 million COVID-19 cases.
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US demands China release Canadians detained days after Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou.
France mulls new lockdown on French Guiana as Covid-19 spreads.
Mexican city of Celaya rocked by cartel violence.
Panama exhumes victims of 1989 US invasion.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Ivory Coast says it has captured jihadist leader behind border attack.
UK police say Reading park stabbing that killed three was a terror attack.
UK media name 25-year-old Libyan Khairi Saadallah as Reading terrorist attack suspect.
Taliban says no threat to West as US troops leave Afghanistan.
Photos show devastation unleashed on terror leaders by sword-carrying ‘Ninja bomb’.
France brings home 10 children of ISIL fighters from Syria.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Wall Street ends higher with boost from technology stocks.
Global report: China suspends US poultry imports from Covid-19-affected business.
China warned to prepare for being cut off from US dollar payment system as part of sanctions like Russia.
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