Rio de Janeiro | Anthony Albanese will demand the G20 show some backbone on the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, saying they are key drivers of hunger, poverty, high inflation and high energy prices,

Mr Albanese will deliver his message in the early hours of Tuesday morning AEDT straight after holding talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a leaders summit in Brazil, in what will be their third official meeting since relations began to thaw.