The United States and Russia has signed a historic treaty that will cut their nuclear arsenals by about a third. President Obama and the Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev signed the deal at a ceremony in Prague. It's the biggest scraping of nuclear arms since the Cold War ended 20 years ago.
The United Nations' ambassadors of six world powers have opened talks in New York on possible new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. China is joining the United States, Britain, France, Russia and Germany in the discussions about Iran's nuclear programme which Tehran insists is for peaceful purposes. From the UN in New York, Bob Replate now reports.
The Chinese ambassador Li Baodong told reporters that these were important negotiations as he entered the building where the meeting is being held. Publicly, China still hasn't dropped objections to a new round of sanctions against Iran, but it has now joined the conversation on a possible UN resolution. Russia is also reluctant, but the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the Security Council may have to take action. Speaking in Prague, he stressed that Russia would favor only smart sanctions with specific targets that didn't hurt the Iranian people. Diplomats say the ambassadors will be discussing US proposals to target Iran's powerful revolutionary guards as well as toughing existing measures against Iran's shipping and banking sectors.
World News, BBC.