BBC News with David Austin.
An Afghan immigrant to the United States has admitted plotting to use weapons of mass destruction against New York City. Najibullah Zazi was arrested last September in the state of Colorado. Matthew Price reports from New York.
Najibullah Zazi once worked at Denver airport driving a shuttle bus. Today the 25-year-old Afghan immigrant pleaded guilty to three counts, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. He told the judge he'd planned to sacrifice himself in a martyrdom operation, the target---New York City's subway system. Zazi told the judge he had received weapons training from al-Qaeda. Zazi said he had agreed to carry out the attack as a protest against American military action in his native Afghanistan.
Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting at a summit in Mexico where the Argentine government is trying to gain regional support in a growing row with Britain. A British rig began drilling for oil off the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic which Argentina claims. It calls them Malvinas. Andy Gallacher is at the Mexican resort of Cancun.
In his opening remarks, the President of Mexico Felipe Calderón talked about dreams of unity and plans to form a post-colonial organization of Latin American and Caribbean countries, one without the United States and Canada. Heads of state from the 15-member Caribbean community are here for the first time. But there are other items high upon the agenda. The Argentine government is busy pressing for member support in their diplomatic spat with the British government over territorial claims to the Falkland Islands. They are hoping for unanimous support from all the countries in attendance.