International relations

China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/india-china-border-jaishankar-wang-asean-533565c582c472cbf7cdedc2e5e8f17b

International relations

A former top United States official states that the Department of Defense covertly admits to conducting a mass disinformation campaign targeting the Philippines using social media bots and fake accounts to discredit the safety of Chinese CoronaVac vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, following public denial of involvement in June. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us-told-philippines-it-made-missteps-secret-anti-vax-propaganda-effort-2024-07-26/

Law and crime

Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards is charged with making child pornography. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/29/huw-edwards-charged-making-indecent-images-children