Rosie Bloor's Red Trouser Suit

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Honduran President Sjormar Akastro visited Beijing for the first time since her country broke ties with Taiwan in March. Wearing red has actually become a bit of a thing, a diplomatic fashion statement for visiting dignitaries when they go to Beijing. In China, red represents wealth, luck, happiness and is associated with popular customs like giving red envelopes containing money.

Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group fighters are said to be welcome in safe-haven Belarus. We ask how Aleksandr Lukashenko, the country’s puppet president, ended up in the role of peace broker. Our correspondent investigates why so many American states are having to bail out public-transport companies. And the diplomatic benefits of wearing red on visits to China.

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