Stories for February 2026

Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 05:01 UTC
UK appoints Cost of Living Champion to help poorest families and their energy bills

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has directly appointed Lord Richard Walker as the Government’s Cost of Living Champion. Lord Richard Walker will work across Government while enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators, and a broad range of organizations to consider how the whole of Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:44 UTC
UK tightens immigration policy, three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

UK’s Home Secretary has announced that three African countries will have their visas to Britain downed if they don’t cooperate on returning deported illegal migrants and criminals to their countries of origin.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:26 UTC
Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump

Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great Stupidity”.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:25 UTC
Argentina faces ARS 10 trillion maturities as Treasury sets Feb. 11 debt auction menu

Argentina’s Economy Ministry published the instrument menu for the Feb. 11 debt auction, closely watched by markets given the size of maturities: nearly ARS 10 trillion (around USD 7 million), about ARS 9 trillion of which is held by private investors.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:20 UTC
Falklands, top Royal Navy officer visits BFSAI headquarters at MPC

Earlier this month British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, hosted Rear Admiral Jude Terry who met with a range of service personnel based at the Falkland Islands. Rear Admiral Jude Terry is the first woman to hold non-honorary flag rank in the Royal Navy, and was appointed Naval Secretary and Director of People and Training.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:16 UTC
Chickenpox ruled out in President Orsi after return from official China trip

Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi tested negative for chickenpox after undergoing screening prompted by a confirmed case within the official delegation that returned from a trip to China, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) said on Monday.
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Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:06 UTC
January ranks as fifth warmest globally despite severe cold spells, Copernicus says

Last month was the world’s fifth-warmest January on record, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported, even as sharp cold spells hit large parts of the Northern Hemisphere in the second half of the month. Global mean surface air temperature reached 12.95°C, 0.51°C above the 1991–2020 January average and 1.47°C above the estimated 1850–1900 “pre-industrial” baseline used for climate comparisons.
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Monday, February 9th 2026 - 20:53 UTC
Colombia: Ruling-party candidate to file criminal complaint against ex-President Pastrana over Epstein files

Senator Iván Cepeda, the presidential candidate of Colombia’s ruling Pacto Histórico coalition, said he will file a criminal complaint against former President Andrés Pastrana (1998–2002) after Pastrana’s name appeared in newly declassified records linked to Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in the United States for her role in the trafficking scheme.
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Monday, February 9th 2026 - 20:33 UTC
Starmer insists he will stay on despite resignations linked to Mandelson fallout

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was not “willing” to resign, pushing back against mounting pressure inside the Labour Party after the political fallout from former Washington ambassador Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer insisted he would stay in office as Downing Street stressed he remained focused on delivering his domestic programme.
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Monday, February 9th 2026 - 12:41 UTC
Venezuela re-arrests opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa hours after release

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was re-arrested only hours after leaving prison, in a move that sparked renewed accusations of political persecution and raised fresh questions about the scope of the government’s ongoing release process amid a pending amnesty bill.
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