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China's economy grows by 5.4% in first quarter

China's National Bureau of Statistics says its economy grew by 5.4% in the first quarter of 2025, exceeding expectations.

China's economy grew at a healthy rate in the first three months of the year, according to official data, as exporters tried to get ahead of Donald Trump's trade tariffs. We'll get the latest on the state of the world's second biggest economy.

Meanwhile, trade is the focus of Chinese President Xi Jinping's regional tour as he stops off in Malaysia. We'll speak to our reporter in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

In Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces militia have launched an all-out ground assault on El Fasher, the last city in Darfur which is still controlled by the Sudanese armed Forces. We'll speak to an aid agency in the area.

And a judge has criticised the Trump administration for doing "nothing" to try to bring back a man sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador. We'll speak to the man's lawyer.

(Photo: A screen on a pedestrian bridge showing the latest stock exchange and economy data in Shanghai, China, 9 April 2025; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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