The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand

France 24 Sunday 27 September 2026, 10:05 UTC By FRANCE 24 1 min read

Key Points

The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand In pictures Americas From Pope Leo XIV's historic first visit to France to US President Donald Trump meeting China's President Xi Jinping to flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures. Advertising Keywords for this article

Trump (PERSON) Xi (PERSON) France (LOCATION) Thailand (LOCATION) Americas (LOCATION) Leo XIV's (PERSON) US (LOCATION) Donald Trump (PERSON) China (LOCATION) Xi Jinping (PERSON) Bangkok (LOCATION) Advertising Keywords (ORG)

Originally published by France 24 Read original →

The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for allTony Blair can, apparently, sound slightly wistful when he describes how he once had a cloak-and-dagger meeting with Andy Burnham, who wanted to talk to him about standing for the party leadership. Before anyone gets too excited, however, this wasn’t in the past few months, during which Burnham succeeded in landing the job. The story dates back to 2010.

The Guardian UK 11m ago

Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality

Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bindAs Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the public finances; but the economic backdrop is anything but stable. The longer the US-Israeli war on Iran persists, the more likely it is that UK consumers will have to swallow higher mortgage rates and energy bills – just as the government is wrestling with its own surging...

The Guardian UK 12m ago

GOP is running 2026 like it’s 2006, repeating George W. Bush’s Iraq War election failure

The 2026 midterm election is bearing down on Republicans. How it will turn out will be determined, in part, by whom history says controlled the narrative. Sadly, Republicans are losing that battle just as they did in 2006 when the Iraq War became the decisive issue.

Fox News 16m ago

Dining across the divide: ‘Every rightwing person should have a woke friend and vice versa’

How did a solicitor who is the leader of the English Democrats and a Norwegian national fare on Brexit, surveillance and Ukraine?Robin, 68, Essex Occupation Solicitor Continue reading...

The Guardian UK 16m ago

The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand

Related Stories

Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? | Tom Baldwin

Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality

GOP is running 2026 like it’s 2006, repeating George W. Bush’s Iraq War election failure

Dining across the divide: ‘Every rightwing person should have a woke friend and vice versa’