Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

    
     FGN55 CHINA-PANCHSHEEL
* Xi Jinping lauds relevance of Panchsheel to end world conflicts, calls for consolidating Global South
     Beijing:Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday highlighted the relevance of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which gained traction with the Non-Aligned Movement, to end the present-day conflicts and sought to expand influence in the Global South amid its tussle with the West. By K J M Varma *
    
    
     FGN65 FATF-2NDLD INDIA
* FATF adopts India's mutual evaluation report; praises anti-money laundering regime, flags delay in prosecution
    Singapore: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday adopted a mutual evaluation report that assesses the effectiveness of India's anti-money laundering and countering the terrorist financing regime, a move hailed by the government as a "significant milestone". *
    
    
    FGN27 US-PREZ-LD DEBATE
    *Biden and Trump call each other liar, worst president, during testy presidential debate
    Atlanta: President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump sparred over the state of the economy, border, foreign policy, abortion and national security during the first of presidential debates as they called each other a liar and the worst president in the history of the US.
    
     FGN63 LANKA-INDIANS-LD ARRESTED
* 137 Indian nationals arrested in Sri Lanka for cybercrime operations: Police
     Colombo: As many as 137 Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in Sri Lanka have been arrested by police, according to a media report on Friday. *
    
     FGN34 US-DEBATE-TRUMP-CLIMATE
    US opted out of Paris Accord as India, China weren't paying: Ex-Prez Trump
     Atlanta: Former US president Donald Trump has said his administration opted out of the landmark Paris Climate Accord in 2017 as it was a "rip-off" which would have cost Washington USD 1 trillion, as he claimed that India, China and Russia weren’t paying for it.

    
     FGN37 US-PREZ-DEBATE-CNN POLL
    Majority of debate watchers say Trump won debate over Biden: CNN Poll
    Atlanta: Former US president Donald Trump turned in a better performance than President Joe Biden during the first of presidential debates, a shift from 2020 when debate watchers saw the 81-year-old Democrat as outperforming his Republican rival.
    
     FGN28 US-DEBATE-CNN-WHCA
    White House press corps slams CNN on restricted media access at Biden-Trump presidential debate
    Atlanta: The White House Correspondents Association has slammed CNN for providing no access to its pool reporters inside the room where President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump engaged in the first of the three presidential debates here, asserting that it diminishes a "core principle" of the coverage.
    
    
     FGN46 BULGARIA-INDIA-TRADE-ENVOY
    Europe’s green transition offers India-Bulgaria trade opportunities, says Indian envoy
     Sofia (Bulgaria): The green transition currently high on the agenda in Europe will create more opportunities for cooperation and trade between India and Bulgaria, India's Ambassador to Bulgaria Sanjay Rana has said.
    
    
     FGN47 CHINA-MOON-SAMPLES
    China's Chang'e-6 collects nearly two kgs of samples from Moon's far side for research
    Beijing: China's Chang'e-6 mission, which returned this week from the far side of the Moon, has brought back nearly two kilogrammes of samples for research which will further enhance the understanding of lunar evolution, the country's space agency announced on Friday.
    
     FGN51 UK-LD RACISM
    Far-right party campaigner filmed using racist slur for UK PM Rishi Sunak
    London: A campaigner for the far-right Reform UK was filmed using a racist slur for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, forcing the party’s leader and general election candidate Nigel Farage to condemn the actions as “appalling”.
    
     FGN50 US-DEBATE-RAMASWAMY
    Would be an honour to be running mate of Trump: Ramaswamy
    Atlanta: Indian-American millionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was once a rival of former president Donald Trump, has said though he has not been asked, he would be "honoured" to serve in the Trump administration as his running mate.
    
     FGN52 UK-TATA-STEEL-STRIKE
    Tata Steel UK begins legal action against union strike, fears plant closure
    London: Tata Steel on Friday said it is being forced to commence legal action to challenge the validity of a steelworkers’ union strike ballot, as it warned that its blast furnaces at Port Talbot may have to pause operations amid the industrial action.*

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