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Iran's Foreign Ministry has designated the Argentine navy and air force as terrorist organisations, Tehran announced on Wednesday 11 Nov. The step responds to Argentina's earlier listing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, which Buenos Aires carried out in April after pressure from the Trump administration. Argentina says it acted because the IRGC backs Hezbollah, which it blames for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre that killed 85 people. Tehran says the Argentine government will bear responsibility for all consequences.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lima on 11 Nov for a six-day visit to Peru, the final leg of a South American tour that began in Uruguay. President Keiko Fujimori received him at an air base near the capital. The Vatican estimated about three million people lined his motorcade route from the airport. He spent more than two decades in Peru as a missionary priest and later bishop, and holds Peruvian citizenship. He is due back at the Vatican on 17 Nov.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on 8 Nov from Uruguay, the second leg of a 12-day South American tour, and is due to stay until Wednesday, 11 Nov. President Javier Milei greeted him at the airport. Speaking alongside Milei, the pope said the economy must serve people, urged leaders to protect democracy and institutions, and asked for care for the sick, disabled and unemployed. The visit is the first papal trip to Argentina since 1987. The pontiff, 71, recently had lung cancer surgery and will travel to Peru later in the week.