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We’re winding up this live coverage of day two of the UN general assembly and Xi Jinping’s arrival in the US for high-stakes talks with Donald Trump. You can read our full reports on the UN forum and the talks summit, and below is a recap of the day’s main news. Thanks for being with us. Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the US and took the rare step of greeting the Chinese leader on the tarmac at an air force base outside Washington DC as Xi began a three-day state visit. Xi said China and the US should be “partners rather than rivals” and that Chinese and US interests were “deeply intertwined”. “The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the goal of making America great again can fully go hand in hand,” he said in written comments. Trade, artificial intelligence and the Iran war are expected to be prominent in the talks. The US and China agreed to a two-month extension of their trade war truce to 10 January, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said as Xi arrived. The deal cam