Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, July 1st 2024 - 08:44 UTC

  Lord Ahmad, “The UK has no doubt about Falkland Islanders right to self determination”

  

  Lord Ahmad, UK Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth, and United Nations, addressed the 54th regular session of the OAS general assembly in Asunción, Paraguay.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Assange released from London maximum security prison

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from London's Maximum Security Belmarsh Prison after reaching a plea deal with US prosecutors whereby he agreed to a 5-year prison sentence for espionage which allowed for the time already served to be counted.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina arming for a new Falklands War? United States can probably prevent it

  

  By George Allison (*) - Recent moves by Argentina to renew and expand its military capabilities, including aspirations to acquire amphibious assault ships and a deal to buy retired F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, have raised eyebrows. The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event in the histories of the United Kingdom and Argentina.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands War: Maj General Julian Thompson prepared for Mission Impossible in four days

  

  After returning from Denmark and heading to bed, Major General Julian Thompson OBE, commanding 3 Commando Brigade, received a phone call.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands tells Decolonization Committee C24, “Our voice is all that matters”

  

  By MLA Teslyn Barkman
  
  The Falklands people are not the UK officials that have administered the Islands. However, Argentina don’t accept this, and requested again to be our colonial masters at the UN C24-decolonisation committee. MLA Short and I attended the UN meeting of the “question of the Falklands” on Tuesday 18th June to point to the obvious - Our voice is all that matters.

• Sunday, June 2nd 2024 - 16:10 UTC

  UK ambassador to Mexico removed following a video that became viral

  

  UK's ambassador to Mexico (and ex to Chile, 2009/2014) has been removed from his post after a video of him jokingly pointing at staff what appears to be a high-powered rifle circulated online, causing controversy.

• Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

  Beer and wine in UK pubs and bars short measured, official Standards Institute sample finding

  

  UK pubs and bars seem to have found a way to beat inflation. A report published on Friday by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) found that 70% of the beer and wine it sampled across the UK was being short measured. It calculated that this meant an average beer drinker was losing around £88.40 a year, while a wine drinker was losing around £114.40 per year.

• Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  King and Prince of Wales will attend anniversary of the D-Day Landings

  

  Following on the announcement of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the Royal Family were canceling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 15:36 UTC

  UK: Rishi Sunak calls surprise General Election for july in a bid to stabilize Tory support

  

  In an unexpected move, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a snap general election for July, senior sources revealed to The Guardian. This announcement comes amidst claims that inflation is under control and the economy is showing signs of improvement.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 12:25 UTC

  Brexit and UK's rising costs of implementing customs to EU imports

  

  The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021. When UK withdrew from the EU customs union a new RU/UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.