Your morning Briefing

Here is your two-minute digest of what’s making news today.

Hello readers. Here is your two-minute digest of what’s making news today.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor the 2017 NCAA football national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide on the White House's South Lawn, in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump hails China pledge

US President Donald Trump has today seized on seemingly conciliatory remarks from Chinese leader Xi Jinping, praising Beijing’s “kind words” as a breakthrough in a looming trade war between the two countries. Washington correspondent Cameron Stewart says the Chinese leader’s historic push is a stunning victory for Donald Trump.

“Does that sound like free or fair trade. No, it sounds like ­STUPID TRADE — going on for years!”

Donald Trump

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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 10: Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull applauds the Australian Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final team winning gold on day six of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Optus Aquatic Centre on April 10, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Turnbull at odds

Malcolm Turnbull was at odds last night with the accounts of three ministers involved in a meeting that considered reducing Australia’s immigration intake after issuing a furious denial of a report on the talks in The Australian.

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DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 26: Israel Folau of the Wallabies looks on during The Rugby Championship Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australia Wallabies at Forsyth Barr Stadium on August 26, 2017 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

More sponsors fall foul of Folau

The storm surrounding Israel Folau’s controversial social media post last week has spread, with several more key Rugby Australia sponsors going public yesterday to criticise the comments, while also promoting their own credentials on diversity and inclusion.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Facebook, testifies before a joint meeting of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing to examine Facebook, as it relates to social media privacy and the use and abuse of data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. ***NO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, NO NEW YORK TIMES, NO NEWSDAY***. 10 Apr 2018 Pictured: Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Facebook, testifies before a joint meeting of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing to examine Facebook, as it relates to social media privacy and the use and abuse of data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Credit: Alex Brandon / Pool via CNP. Photo credit: Alex Brandon - Pool via CNP / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com [phone]

‘Everyone deserves privacy’

A nervous but composed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised unreservedly to the US Congress for his mismanagement of Facebook, saying it was his fault that the company did not better protect its users.

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Emily Seebohm (right) of Australia is hugged by Holly Barratt of Australia after winning the Women's 50m Backstroke on day six of swimming competition at the XXI Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on the Gold Coast, Australia, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHVIING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Swimmers in record gold haul

With eight gold medals on the final night of competition, the Australian swimming team sent the hometown crowd into orbit. Keep up with all the action from the Gold Coast in our live Commonwealth Games blog.

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters cartoon for 11-04-2018Version: Letters Cartoon (1024x768 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.