Italy's Meloni meets Donald Trump

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Washington to meet Donald Trump – a visit that will see her walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books. Trump and Meloni famously enjoy a good relationship and have lavished praise on one another in the past. We speak to our correspondent there.

A man who officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador "will never live" in the US again, the White House has said. Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García was deported to Central America from Maryland after he was accused of being a member of the banned MS-13 gang, which his lawyer has denied. MS-13 and El Salvador has repeatedly come up in the President's speech. So how does it feel to be a Salvadoran in the US at the moment? We speak to a few to find out.

An investigation by the BBC World Service and BBC Verify has traced the boxes of arms, showing how weapons from the US reach Haiti. It reveals a chain of lax laws, absent checks and suspected corruption used by traffickers to bypass a UN embargo. We speak to the journalists involved.

Presenter: Luke Jones

Photo: Italy’s Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni attends Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2025.

Photo credit: SHAWN THEW/REUTERS