Trump anticipated Xi's visit for months To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump anticipated Xi's visit for months Close US President Donald Trump has been talking for months about Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington DC. He's spruced up the White House, lamented that his new ballroom won't be finished in time and ensured a new marble helipad is ready to show off to the Chinese leader. Trump gave Xi a warm welcome on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, complete with a military flyover and a 100ft (30m) red carpet. The BBC's North America Editor Sarah Smith explains how Trump has long made no secret of his admiration for strongman leaders around the world.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A rogue OpenAI agent has hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The BBC's North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains what you need to know about the breach, and why it matters. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The head of Britain's Royal Air Force has warned that we we now face an unprecedented threat in space, which could have a devastating effect on the satellites we rely on for communication, internet, bank transfers and satnav. A defence source has told BBC defence correspondent Jonathon Beale, that Britain has already used a ground based system to jam or block the satellite communications of a hostile state. Beale explains there is now a new arms race going on in space. Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself.

What's at stake when Trump and Xi meet in the US? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's at stake when Trump and Xi meet in the US? Close US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Washington. The BBC's China correspondent Laura Bicker and US editor Sarah Smith explain what's at stake for the two global superpowers. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .

Watch: Ukraine's race to counter a new type of Russian drone To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukraine's race to counter a new type of Russian drone Close Russian attacks on Ukraine are becoming more devastating than before because of their new jet-powered drones, which are harder to shoot down. Russia launched nearly 3,000 of these new drones in August alone and while Kyiv has used missiles and fighter jets to fight against them, it is proving too expensive. Ukraine is now in a race to develop low-cost weapons that can counter them. The BBC's Abdujalil Abdurasulov spoke with Ukrainian air defence units about how they are fighting against this new threat.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that data centres don't use water. According to the International Energy Agency, a data centre in the United States uses around 2 million litres per day on average. They have become a controversial topic for communities across the US in the run up to November's midterm elections. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .

Could robots be the future of theme parks? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could robots be the future of theme parks? This is Galway Robot Park, a 16,500-square-meter venue that's opened near Seoul in South Korea . The company behind the park says their aim is to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into the world of entertainment.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Customers in London can now travel in the UK's first robotaxis as Uber launches its self-driving minicab on Thursday - the company is the first to launch the service. Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong. At the moment, the UK fare for a robotaxi ride will be the same fare as a standard UberX, Uber Electric, or Uber Comfort journey, with upfront fares shown in the app. The BBC's Zoe Kleinman was the first British journalist to hail a self-driving Uber in London - here's how the ride went.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Nasa astronaut Jessica Meir and French astronaut Sophie Adenot suited up for a 6.5-hour spacewalk. Meir rode the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to the worksites, while Adenot remained tethered to the station. Meir previously made history in 2019 when she and Nasa astronaut Christina Koch completed the first ever all-female spacewalk.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dramatic footage showing flash floods tearing through the main border crossing between Nepal and Tibet has been widely shared around the world. But the footage has become almost impossible to find on China's heavily censored internet service, with only a single image broadcast by state media. Hundreds of people are feared dead, and thousands remain missing as a major rescue operation continues into the weekend. On Saturday, Chinese state media shared videos of rescue teams searching through mud and debris, but there has been little footage of the floods themselves, or accounts from survivors or anxious families.