Stories for September 17th 2018

Monday, September 17th 2018 - 09:18 UTC
RFA Mount Bay in the Caribbean, ahead of tropical storm Isaac

The United Kingdom has deployed a team of specialists to the Caribbean to help mitigate the impact of impending storms threatening British Overseas territories. According to Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, 87 engineers, medics, maritime experts and other specialists have joined the regular crew of RFA Mounts Bay, which is the mobile hub of the British relief effort.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 09:13 UTC
Bolsonaro sends message from hospital bed and accuses rival PT of willing to win through fraud

Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro attacked the rival Workers Party (PT) and raised the prospect of voter fraud in an address on Sunday from his hospital bed in Sao Paulo, where he is recovering from an assassination attempt.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
UK/Argentina hold antimicrobial resistance scientific seminar in Buenos Aires

Scientists from different British universities, Argentine researchers and representatives of the organizing agencies took part this week in Buenos Aires in a seminar organized jointly by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) from the UK, and the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) of Argentina.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:37 UTC
Falkland Islands Seven (and main) Wonders for Visitors: the spectacular wildlife

Perhaps fittingly the King Penguin was chosen as number one in the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s (FITB) 7 Wonders of the Falklands survey. Over the last three months FITB has asked past and present visitors to the Islands, as well as residents, what they would consider to be their seven wonders.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
Welsh voters now want to remain in the EU; 44% want a say in outcome of Brexit talks

Some 44% of Welsh voters want a say on the outcome of the talks, polling for the People's Vote campaign found. Welsh voters backed quitting the European Union by 53% to 47%, but now 51% would vote to remain compared to 49%, the YouGov study for the group found. The usual margin of error for polling is three per cent.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:16 UTC
A no-deal exit from the EU would deliver a “hammer blow” to the British economy says head of CBI

A no-deal exit from the European Union would deliver a “hammer blow” to the British economy, the head of the CBI has warned. The business body’s director general Carolyn Fairbairn said the country should get behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s Chequers proposals as a blueprint for a Brexit deal.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:12 UTC
International support for Argentina's general strike against IMF austerity measures

The International Trade Union Conference, ITUC’s affiliates in Argentina, CGT, CTA-A and CTA-T have announced a general strike for 24-25 September in opposition to expected sweeping austerity measures being developed by the government and the International Monetary Fund.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC
UK and Chile agree to mutual cooperation in cyber defense

The 16th Defense Staff Talks between United Kingdom and Chile took place on 13-14 September 2018 in Santiago at the Ministry of Defense. The Talks were led by the Undersecretary of Defense, Cristian de la Maza Riquelme, representing Chile and the Minister for the Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, representing the United Kingdom.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC
Falklands at UK key party conferences, six months ahead of Brexit

Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger are travelling to the UK to attend Labor and Conservative Party Conferences. This is a special year for British politics given the ongoing Brexit debate, and countdown to UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019.
Monday, September 17th 2018 - 07:39 UTC
UK multiuse satellite launched from India, will monitor suspicious shipping activity

The first all-British radar satellite has launched to orbit on an Indian rocket from Satish Dhawan spaceport. Called NovaSAR, it has the ability to take pictures of the surface of the Earth in every kind of weather, day or night. The spacecraft will assume a number of roles but its designers specifically want to see if it can help monitor suspicious shipping activity.