President Joe Biden is expected to use his final meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping to urge him to dissuade North Korea from further deepening its backing of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru's Lima, for their first talks in seven months, ahead of Donald Trump taking oath as US President on January 20,

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has become a major fundraiser and economic adviser to Trump, appears to be the leading candidate for the role, two sources familiar with the transition told the BBC's US partner CBS News earlier this week.