- The US, UK and a dozen other countries (and the EU separately) reaffirmed the 2016 Hague arbitration that says China’s expansive South China Sea claims are legally baseless.
- China insists the ruling is "null and void," refuses third‑party arbitration and continues to assert wide maritime claims.
- Tensions stay high—coast guard clashes, water‑cannon and collision incidents—and the US has warned it could be obliged to defend the Philippines.
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