Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared current tensions between Japan and China to rivalry between Britain and Germany on the eve of World War One

Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.

Mr Sharma is among a large delegation of ministers as well as business leaders from India who are attending the WorldEconomic Forum annual meeting in this Swiss ski resort town.