Britain warns Putin and Xi: West will stand up to ‘dictatorship’

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Britain on Friday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that the West would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships which it said were more emboldened than at any time since the Cold War. Western leaders say the 21st Century will be defined by a struggle between democracies and rivals such as China and Russia who they say are challenging the post-Cold War consensus militarily, technologically and economically. Speaking in Australia, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will say the West must respond together to global thr…

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