From the World Economic forum in davos. Argentina says it wants to re engage with the world, especially through its presidency of the 620. It wants better ties with washington after many years of a poor relationship. My guest is argentinas foreign ministerjorge faurie. Just seven months into the job, what is his assessment of ties with the Trump Administration which, after all, has been unsettling its neighbours in latin america . Foreign ministerjorge faurie, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for inviting and having me here today, zeinab. Two years ago when president macri took office he said he wanted to improve relations with the world and argentinas neighbours. Can you encapsulate for us what that means . We are trying to reopen argentina to the world. We describe this as an intelligent insertion. We are trying to have good relations with everybody, particularly with our neighbours, are trying to see what we can do with each one independent of the ideological position that t
Im katty kay in washington Christian Frasers in london. Mexicos Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has said that his country will not accept new unilateral Us Immigration proposals, and will not hesitate in approaching the United Nations to defend immigrants. He went on to say that the new us proposals would be the main point of discussion for upcoming meetings, which will take place between mexican officials, us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson and department of Homeland Security secretaryjohn kelly. White House Press Secretary sean spicer spoke of a positive relation between the governments ahead of that visit. I would argue that we have a very healthy and robust relationship with the Mexican Government and mexican officials. And i think they would echo that same sentiment. President nieto has echoed that as well. But i think the relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now and i think there is an unbelievable and robust dialogue between our two nations. Our north america editor, jo
A vicious bullying campaign. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The United States and the taliban have signed an historic agreement which could see thousands of american troops withdraw from afghanistan in the next 1a months. As part of the deal, signed in qatar, the taliban must begin peace talks with the Afghan Government and break with alqaeda. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. They fought the worlds mightiest army, but today they sat together. Old enemies shaking hands on a deal. The First Step Towards ending americas longest war. A glimpse of hope that afghanistan can finally move towards peace. But the us top diplomat says that is up to the taliban. First, keep your promises to cut ties with alqaeda and other terrorists. Keep up the fight to defeat isis. Welcome the profound relief of all afghan citizens, men and women, urban and rural, as a result of this past weeks massive reduction in violence, and dedicate yourselves to continued reductions. But for the t
Deal with the eu after brexit. Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland have begun a 12 hour strike over pay and staffing levels. Thousands of appointments and procedures have been cancelled. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iran has carried out a Ballistic Missile attack on two us bases in iraq in retaliation for the killing of general qasem soleimani. More than a dozen missiles were launched from iran in the early hours of the morning. They struck air bases housing us forces in al asad, west of baghdad, and irbil in the north. Its unclear if there have been any casualties. President donald trump tweeted that all is well. He wrote assessment of casualties and damages taking place now. So far, so good . He is expected to make a statement later today. Irans foreign minister tweeted we do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, in baghdad says this appear to suggest that iran wishes to draw a line under
Meanwhile, the us house of representatives is to vote on legislation to limit trumps ability to launch military action against iran. Europe says it remains committed to the nuclear deal with iran, but the uk says iran must now return to full compliance with the agreement. The queen has called a meeting of the Royal Households to try and find a workable future role for the duke and duchess of sussex. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. There are reports tonight that the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed just outside tehran on wednesday morning killing all 176 people on board, was shot down by iran. In the last few hours, the pentagon has released details which suggests the aircraft was struck from the ground by a russian built surface to air missile. The information comes from Us Intelligence which sources say picked up signals of a radar being turned on. Separately, us satellites reportedly detected two missile launches shortly before the