Stories for August 2017

Friday, August 18th 2017 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands' Museum incorporates naval journal with accounts of Port Egmont 250 year ago

Two hundred and fifty years on, the story of a bold Falklands naval adventure has been purchased for the local museum in Stanley. Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and Jane Cameron National Archives (FIMA Friends) executive committee member Alexandra ‘Zaz’ Shackleton was browsing at the regular antiquarian travel book fair at the Royal Geographical Society in London, when she came across a volume that she immediately knew belonged in the Falklands.
Friday, August 18th 2017 - 09:24 UTC
Falklands: Outwitting canny fur seals feasting on abundant Loligo

Falkland Islands Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Alexander Arkhipkin explains the habits of fur seals and the efforts undertaken to reduce by-catch in the Loligo fishery. Stocks of Falkland calamari (Loligo) are very prolific this year.
Friday, August 18th 2017 - 08:50 UTC
Venezuela begins systematic purge of the regime's opponents

Venezuela’s high court issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor’s husband on Thursday after authorities accused him of running a US$6 million extortion ring, a ruling promptly denounced by government critics as a move aimed at silencing opponents of President Nicolas Maduro.
Friday, August 18th 2017 - 08:37 UTC
Catalonia foils a second terrorist attack: “five alleged perpetrators killed”

Following a deadly vehicle-ramming attack in Barcelona on Thursday afternoon -- which left at least 13 people killed -- a police operation was carried out 90 minutes south of the city in Cambrils, during which five “terrorists” were killed, officials said.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 21:45 UTC
Thirteen killed and tens injured in terrorist attack with a van in Barcelona

A van mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona's most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at least thirteen people in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State. The head of the Spanish region of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said at least 80 people had been taken to hospital and 13 had been reported killed.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 12:05 UTC
Scotland and Wales coordinate opposition to Brexit “green” legislation

Scottish and Welsh environment ministers are to meet to co-ordinate opposition to Brexit legislation. The two administrations fear the Westminster government is planning to take over powers which are currently devolved, but exercised in Brussels.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 10:00 UTC
Argentine Senate head calls on UK for Falklands/Malvinas discussions

Argentine Senate president Federico Pinedo called on the British government ”to sit down and discuss all issues (of the bilateral agenda) including the Malvinas dispute”, and should also make a greater effort in improving its relations with Latin America, according to a statement from DYN news agency.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:34 UTC
Theresa May writes for The Irish Times: Brexit, the border and Irish citizenship

Over the past 12 months, I've said many times that while the UK is leaving the EU, we are not leaving Europe. No one voted to end the special ties between the UK and Ireland or to undermine the unique arrangements between Ireland and Northern Ireland which have underpinned the peace process and have been in place well before our membership of the EU.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:22 UTC
Business leaders step down from White House council over Trump's comments of Virginia violent clashes

President Trump has said he is scrapping two business councils after more bosses quit over his handling of violent clashes in Virginia. Business leaders left the White House manufacturing council after the backlash against how he reacted to the far-right rally last weekend.
Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:01 UTC
UK political system criticize Trump for not clearly condemning racism and fascist views

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has said it is important to condemn far-right views “wherever we hear them” as she was asked about Donald Trump's response to clashes in the United States. The PM said: “I see no equivalence between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them.”