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On today's podcast:
(1) President Xi Jinping said China wants to be friends with the US and said his nation won't fight a war with anyone, one of his clearest remarks yet proclaiming a desire for peaceful ties between the world's two largest economies.

(2) Israel's military raid on Gaza's Shifa hospital — which drew condemnation in the Middle East and elsewhere — won some support from US President Joe Biden, who said Hamas's use of the facility against international norms constituted a "war crime." 

(3) UK opposition leader Keir Starmer faced the most serious challenge to his authority yet as more than 50 of his Labour members of parliament openly defied him to back calls for a cease-fire in the Israeli-Hamas war, with 10 forced to leave their front bench positions.

(4) Rishi Sunak is battling to resuscitate his plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, a frantic bid to stave off a right-wing rebellion that poses a serious threat to his control over the governing UK Conservative Party.

(5) Representatives from finance firms across the City of London said more work was needed to tackle gaping gender disparities in the industry, even after companies have made gains in the past five years.