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The new Argentinian President Javier Milei has told Sky News he has begun discussions with the UK about the Falkland Islands, and that he expects future negotiations over the sovereignty of the British territory.

The comments, made on the fringes of the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, followed Mr Milei’s first bilateral meeting with the UK – a private session with Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron.

Mr Milei, the radical libertarian who recently won the Argentinian election, pledged during his campaign that he would gain sovereignty over the islands.

Speaking shortly after his meeting with Lord Cameron, he said: “We talked about the Falklands and it is something for future diplomatic negotiations.”

The comments will spark controversy, as Britain has said in the past that it has no plans for any diplomatic negotiations over the future of the islands.

A UK official said: “On the Falkland Islands, the foreign secretary and president Milei said they would agree to disagree, and do so politely.

“The UK position and ongoing support for the Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination remains unchanged.”

Mr Milei also gave a speech to the politicians and business people gathered in Davos in which he warned that “the Western world is in danger”.

He said: “Those who are meant to defend the values of the West have been co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism, and therefore poverty.”

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The issue of sovereignty over the Falklands has long been a source of dispute between Britain and Argentina, who fought a brief war over the islands in 1982.

Buenos Aires has repeatedly sought to restore negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falklands, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, but the UK has maintained talks are not on the table as long as the islands’ inhabitants want to remain British.

In a referendum on the islands’ sovereignty in 2013, 99.8% voted to remain a British territory – with only three voting against.

US ships and submarines have fired at Houthi positions in Yemen after another American-owned vessel was attacked near the Red Sea.

Fourteen missile sites were targeted at around 11.59pm local time on Wednesday, said US Central Command.

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It said they were an “imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships” as they were on launch rails and ready to be fired.

It’s the fourth day of US strikes in under a week.

UK forces were not involved, said the Ministry of Defence, despite Britain participating last week.

America said the latest Houthi attack happened at 8.30pm on Wednesday when a bomb-carrying drone targeted a US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden.

Houthi spokesman Brigadier Yahya Saree claimed the M/V Genco Picardy was hit “precise and direct”.

The captain said a fire had been extinguished and the ship and crew were safe, reported the Royal Navy’s Maritime Trade Operations.

Iran-backed Houthi fighters originally said they were attacking ships linked to Israel in an attempt to end the bombardment of Gaza.

However, its attacks appears to have widened and a US-led coalition has been patrolling the Red Sea as a deterrent.

Many ships are avoiding the area and sailing a much longer route around southern Africa which threatens to make some goods more expensive.

The latest attack comes as the US put the Houthis – who control large parts of Yemen – back on its list of designated global terrorists.

The move triggers sanctions designed to cut off such groups from their sources of funding.

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Attacks in the Red Sea area – a vital channel for international trade – began in November and show no sign of stopping despite the US strikes.

Some ships have been targeted with drones and rockets, while in some cases helicopters have been used to drop militants on board.

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Over the weekend, a cruise missile fired at a US Navy destroyer was shot down.

Another US-owned ship was hit on Monday and a Malta-flagged cargo vessel the day after – with the latter prompting another American strike on missiles sites in Yemen.

A bobsleigh team from Tunisia is preparing for its own Cool Runnings moment after qualifying for the Winter Olympics.

The squad from the North African country is going for glory at the Youth Winter Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea.

Joanthan Lourimi, 17, Sophie Ghorbal and Beya Mokrani, both 15, will compete separately in the monobob event on Monday and Tuesday.

They learned bobsleigh after being chosen for a South Korean programme that helped athletes from developing countries train in winter sports.

All three having been taking part in races over the last year and are the only African squad competing in the bobsleigh event after securing qualification last month.

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Lourimi said bobsleigh is an “unknown” sport in Tunisia but is targeting a medal and has already finished in the top five in events in Lillehammer and Innsbruck.

Gorbal and Mokrani also say they’ve fallen in love with the ice and intend to carry on in bobsleigh with the dream of making the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

Their journey from a hot country to the Olympics is reminiscent of the film Cool Runnings, which depicted the true story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Calgary Games.

The Youth Winter Olympics runs from 19 January to 1 February, with a record 1,900 people taking part.