China's Xi Confronts Canada’s Trudeau at G20 Summit over Leaks to Media 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives ahead of an emergency meeting of leaders at the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, following a missile explosion in Poland. (AP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives ahead of an emergency meeting of leaders at the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, following a missile explosion in Poland. (AP)
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China's Xi Confronts Canada’s Trudeau at G20 Summit over Leaks to Media 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives ahead of an emergency meeting of leaders at the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, following a missile explosion in Poland. (AP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives ahead of an emergency meeting of leaders at the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, following a missile explosion in Poland. (AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in person over alleged leaks of their closed-door meeting at the G20 summit, capturing a rare public display of annoyance by the Chinese leader. 

In video footage published by Canadian broadcasters, Xi and Trudeau can be seen standing close to each other and conversing via a translator. 

"That is not appropriate, and we didn't do it that way," Xi said in Mandarin, smiling. 

"If there is sincerity, we can communicate well with mutual respect, otherwise the outcome will not be easy to tell." 

His displeasure was likely a reference to media reports that Trudeau brought up "serious concerns" about alleged espionage and Chinese "interference" in Canadian elections when meeting with Xi on Tuesday, his first talks with the Chinese leader in more than three years. 

Canada never released an official readout from the meeting. 

A translator for Xi can be heard in the video telling Trudeau that "everything we discussed was leaked to the paper(s), that's not appropriate." 

The video captured a rare candid moment for Xi, whose image is carefully curated by Chinese state media. 

Trudeau responds to Xi's initial criticism by saying "in Canada we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have, we will continue to look to work constructively together but there will be things we disagree on". 

Before he finished speaking, however, Xi, looking slightly exasperated, cuts him off and emphatically says "create the conditions, create the conditions, OK?" before smiling, shaking Trudeau's hand and walking off. 

Neither the Chinese foreign ministry nor state media have published anything on talks between Xi and Trudeau. The two held an informal meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Tuesday, according to a government source. Xi has held nine formal bilateral meetings with other heads of state while at the summit, according to the Chinese foreign ministry website. 

The short but revealing Xi-Trudeau exchange highlighted tensions between China and Canada, running high since the detention of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018 and Beijing's subsequent arrest of two Canadians on spying charges. All three were later released. 

Despite the release, tensions have recently resurged. 

An employee at Canada's largest electricity producer Hydro-Quebec who was involved in researching battery materials has been charged with espionage for allegedly trying to steal trade secrets to benefit China, Canadian police said on Monday. 

News of the arrest came as Trudeau and Xi were attending the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali. 

Earlier this month, Canada ordered three Chinese companies to divest their investments in Canadian critical minerals, citing national security. 



Greece Blocks Asylum Claims for Migrants on Crete after Surge in Arrivals

Migrants get off a bus at the port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 08 July 2025. EPA/NIKOS CHALKIADAKIS
Migrants get off a bus at the port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 08 July 2025. EPA/NIKOS CHALKIADAKIS
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Greece Blocks Asylum Claims for Migrants on Crete after Surge in Arrivals

Migrants get off a bus at the port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 08 July 2025. EPA/NIKOS CHALKIADAKIS
Migrants get off a bus at the port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 08 July 2025. EPA/NIKOS CHALKIADAKIS

Greece's government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete, following a spike in arrivals from Libya.

More than 2,000 migrants have landed on the island since the weekend, according to coast guard figures, bringing the total number of arrivals this year to over 10,000.

Speaking in parliament, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government also planned to build a detention site on Crete for migrants and was seeking direct collaboration between the Libya and Greek coast guards to turn back boats leaving the North African country.

“This emergency situation clearly demands emergency measures,” Mitsotakis told parliament Wednesday. “The Greek government has decided to inform the European Commission that ... it will suspend the processing of asylum applications — for an initial period of three months — for those arriving by sea from North Africa.”

According to The Associated Press, the suspension will apply only to migrants reaching Crete by sea. Migrants entering illegally will be detained, Mitsotakis said. “The Greek government is sending a firm message: the route to Greece is closing, and that message is directed at all human traffickers,” he said.

Overnight, a fishing trawler carrying 520 migrants from Libya was intercepted south of Crete. A bulk carrier that took all of the migrants onboard was rerouted to the port of Lavrio, near Athens, so that the migrants could be detained on a mainland facility, authorities said.