now led by special counsel David Weiss.

The leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in San Francisco.weve made some important progress.

built on the groundwork relayed over the past several months of high-level diplomacy between our teams.Biden emphasized the need to maintain peace and stability and asked the Chinese to respect the electoral process in Taiwan.the president told reporters after he walked away from the microphone to leave the room.

objectives with China and said hes mildly hopeful about the return of the hostages held by Hamas.We also have a responsibility to our people and the work and the world to work together when we see it in our interest to do so.

and said hes doing everything he can for their return.

were reassuming military-to-military contact.extensive training and F-16 bases becoming key targets.

such as the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen.have cropped up in discussions around equipping Ukraines air force.

also confirming that 60 of the promised German-made Leopard main battle tanks from Ukraines Western allies have arrived in Ukraine.said the country was seriously considering sending F-16s to Ukraine.