Mexico will increase its efforts in combating drug trafficking. Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, says the US has agreed to take steps to limit the flow of guns south.Also on the programme: the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is taking over the running of the US aid agency, saying he's determined to end its refusal to follow Mr Trump's agenda; and we meet the pub landlady who promised her customers a free drink every time her favourite football team scored a goal, only to see them win seven nil. (Picture: Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum. Credit: Reuters / Cunha)
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Trump says US tariffs on EU will happen
President Trump says he has spoken to Canada's prime minister about the sweeping tariffs he has imposed. He is also expected to speak Mexico's president. Both countries have said they will retaliate to US tariffs, though the White House has suggested a solution could yet be found. There are fears of the trade war widening, with Mr Trump threatening to target the EU. Global stock markets have fallen.Also, our BBC team reaches the eastern hub of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as we try to unpick who is really in charge there.And Beyonce's groundbreaking country album Cowboy Carter scoops up the top award at the Grammys.(Photo: Donald Trump waves. Credit: EPA)
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Israeli PM heads to Washington to meet Trump
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is en route to meet US president Donald Trump. He will be the first foreign leader to meet President Trump since his return to office. The meeting comes as the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues. However, negotiations on phase two are meant to start tomorrow except that negotiator Qatar says there are no clear plans to do so at the moment.Also in the programme: The US warns Panama it must make immediate changes to what it calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama canal; and we find out about the early years of the tech billionaire Bill Gates.(FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson)
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Rubio lands in Panama after Trump threat to ‘take back’ canal
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is in Panama to meet its president and tour the canal. Mr Rubio's meeting with President Jose Raul Mulino has taken on urgency following President Trump’s stated determination to take back the canal, with military force if necessary.Also on the programme: We look at how the US freeze on foreign aid has impacted HIV treatment in South Africa; and the storytellers of Marrakesh - spinning a yarn for a new record.(Photo: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is received by Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha. Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS)
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Politicians react to US tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on the US's three largest trading partners: Mexico, Canada and China. Canadian officials say twenty-five percent tariffs will come into force on Tuesday. We get the reactions on those import duties from former Mexican foreign Minister Jorge Castenada and Miles Yu, China advisor to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Also on the programme: the BBC visits the Panama Canal ahead of a US Secretary of State visit and; the Taliban has taken over the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul, one correspondent tells us what it was like to stay there.Image: Trudeau speaks on U.S.-Canada relations in Toronto, January 31, 2025. (Credit: Cole Burston for Reuters).
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