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But it decided the ban should remain because of suspicions that he had been involved in an "elite capture" operation - a tactic of the Chinese state to exert influence in western nations.

Talking to BBC Breakfast, Tugendhat said it was a way for the CCP to "exert influence" within the UK.

Ilkay Gundogan, another 34-year-old and a previous pillar of Guardiola's great successes, no longer has the legs or energy to exert influence.

In New York, the state’s Working Families Party is embroiled in a fight to maintain its ballot line, a struggle that provides insight into the squeeze smaller parties have been put under this year to maintain relevance and exert influence despite the fact that an increasing number of Americans say they would support another political party.

Any American president can exert influence on Benjamin Netanyahu if he or she wants to.