No concrete action came out of the summit, but China's attendance was seen as a diplomatic prize for Ukraine. Despite weekend news of drone attacks by air on Moscow and by sea on a Russian oil tanker, the grinding war on land continues slowly. A senior military official said that it's 50-50. Nothing really dramatic, but there's plenty of action along the whole 1,000km or so of the front line.
As diplomatic efforts played out in Saudi Arabia our correspondent recounts travels along the nearly unbroken front line of the war—finding frustrated but determined soldiers and exhausted, fearful civilians. We examine the row around Japan’s plan to release wastewater from the Fukushima disaster (09:21). And how rosé wine became summertime’s go-to tipple (15:39).
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