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

Britain on Friday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that its allies would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships that it said were more emboldened than at any time since the Cold War.

Speaking in Australia, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain and its allies in the "free world" must respond together to global threats, deepen ties with democracies in the Indo-Pacific and "face down global aggressors" who were using economic dependence to get what they want.
 

Truss and Britain's defence secretary, Ben Wallace, met with their Australian counterparts in Sydney on Friday