joining me tonight are, journalist and editor of politichoe — oli dugmore and columnist and policy editorbulwark. mona charen. first, the latest headlines. president putin has met xi jinping at the brics summit in russia, calling the chinese leader a �*dearfriend'. he said the two countries should work together to create what he called a just world order. police in the united states have arrested the former boss of the fashion chain, abercrombie and fitch, and his partner on suspicion of sex trafficking. prosecutors accused mikejeffries and matthew smith of the sexual exploitation and abuse of men at events they hosted. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, on a visit tojerusalem, has urged israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to capitalise on the recent killing of hamas�*s leader by securing the release of all hostages and ending the conflict in gaza. facebook and instagram owner meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts. it will work by comparing images from ads flagged as being dubious with