China and India 'pull back troops' in bid to ease border tensions 

China and India have agreed to withdraw their troops from a tense border stand off, indicating a thaw in two months of confrontation that some feared could result in open conflict. The Asian rivals became embroiled in a bitter dispute when Chinese troops began building a road in Doklam, a disputed territory which overlooks a strategically important area of India. India then dispatched police to halt the works, setting off more than two months of sabre rattling between the two sides. The dispute