Russia-Ukraine war live: Brazil's president accuses US of 'encouraging' the war after meeting Xi Jinping

07.15 BST Lula says US should stop 'encouraging' war in Ukraine The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has said the US should stop "encouraging war" in Ukraine "and start talking about peace". In that way, the international community would be able to "convince" the Russian and Ukrainian presidents that "peace is in the interest of the whole world", Lula told reporters in Beijing at the end of a visit where he met President Xi Jinping. Agence France-Presse reported that Lula said: The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace. the European Union needs…