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Even though he didn’t vote for Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter was the first former president to accept an invitation to the inauguration. The nation’s 39th president spoke with VOA at the Carter Center in Atlanta, which works to promote fair elections, peace in conflict zones, human rights and good health. The former president reveals how he hopes to share information on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Syria and Mideast peace with the Trump administration.

Balancing act: On Friday in Washington, British Prime Minister Theresa May will become the first foreign leader to meet with President Donald Trump since the inauguration. The strong trans-Atlantic partnership between Washington and London has magnified Britain’s global clout since 1945. But May’s ruling Conservative Party is wary of Trump, who isn’t particularly popular in England, and worries that a close association could tarnish them.

Turkey wants to hit the reset button after the inauguration Donald Trump. Ankara has high hopes of improved U.S.-Turkey relations now that the new president is in charge. Relations became severely strained between the allies under former President Barrack Obama, thanks to a host of policy issues. VOA is in Turkey, where Ankara’s high expectations revolve around common enemies.

Many people from around the world dream of working in the United States, but getting a work visa isn’t easy, which makes it tough for foreign nationals to start their own businesses. VOA visits Palo Alto, California, where one Silicon Valley venture capital firm has found a way to help — and hopefully profit from — these immigrant innovators.

Sixteen members of an elite Bangladesh police unit have been sentenced to death for their involvement in the 2014 murder of seven people, including a city mayor and leader of the country’s ruling Awami League (AL) party. Allegations of enforced disappearances began surfacing in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed formed the AL-led government in 2009. While some relatives of the murdered men are satisfied with the sentences, the families of other missing people still wait for justice.

So long, Single Market. It looks like Britain will seek a ‘hard’ exit from the European Union, including saying goodbye to the Single Market, the world’s largest free trade bloc. The country is looking for new trading partners around the world, to fit the British government’s vision of a more global Britain that trades freely with growing economies like India and China.