BRICS Summit 2026 LIVE: Xi Jinping in Delhi for BRICS, first India visit in seven years brings Modi talks
BRICS Summit 2026 LIVE News Updates: Xi Jinping’s return to India comes at a crucial moment for ties between the two Asian powers, with the Chinese president set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. The talks will be watched for signs of progress in the India-China reset following the 2020 Ladakh standoff, as well as for the direction of BRICS cooperation amid major global conflicts and shifting geopolitical alignments.
The two sides have stepped up engagement on the boundary issue in recent months, including an eight-point consensus reached during the latest Special Representatives’ talks. Xi’s visit also comes as India hosts BRICS amid wars in Ukraine and West Asia and growing debate over the grouping’s expanding role in global affairs.
BRICS Summit Live Updates: Security beefed up across national capital. Visuals from Raisina Road.
BRICS Summit Live Updates: Putin says Russia has ‘no grounds for any conflict with Europe’, denies threat
Vladimir Putin dismissed concerns that Moscow poses a threat to European countries, saying Russia has “no grounds for any conflict with Europe” and does not intend to threaten the continent. He said issues stemming from the Second World War had been settled and argued that subsequent arrangements following the Soviet Union’s collapse were made with Russia’s consent.