Stories for September 2026

Tuesday, September 8th 2026 - 10:00 UTC
Falklands: Lords confirm UK’s unwavering support for Islanders right to self-determination

The issue of President Javier Milei’s speech last week with its threats to the Falkland Islands, Islanders right to self-determination and the Islands’ right to develop its resource, was addressed by the House of Lords on Monday.
Tuesday, September 8th 2026 - 09:21 UTC
Germany: why AfD won in Saxony Anhalt, and what happens next

By Ed Turner (*)

The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) came close to winning a majority of votes, with 43.8%. This was about 4% higher than polls had suggested.
Tuesday, September 8th 2026 - 04:29 UTC
Jaguar-Land Rover will cut 4.000 jobs to compete with Chinese electric carmakers

Jaguar Land Rover announced on Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets 1.7 billion pounds (US$2.3 billion) in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification.
Monday, September 7th 2026 - 19:26 UTC
The Falklands pay tribute in London to the merchant seafarers who served in 1982

The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the United Kingdom and Europe, Richard Hyslop, laid a wreath on Sunday on behalf of the people and Government of the islands during the annual Merchant Navy Day service held at Trinity Square Gardens in London.
Monday, September 7th 2026 - 19:20 UTC
A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route

Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin the service because the only ramp at the Montevideo port suitable for unloading cars belongs to Buquebus, the company that currently runs the crossing alone.
Monday, September 7th 2026 - 09:10 UTC
The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide

The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country into two opposing camps on almost every public question. That cross-cutting quality explains both its constant presence in popular culture and its recurrence in political discourse.
Monday, September 7th 2026 - 09:01 UTC
An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer

An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted his collection in Amsterdam. The work surfaced last year at a house in Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres from Buenos Aires.
Monday, September 7th 2026 - 08:52 UTC
De la Espriella completes his first month with a full reversal of Petro's diplomacy

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella completed his first month in office on Monday with a series of foreign policy decisions that reverse his predecessor Gustavo Petro's approach and tighten alignment with the United States and Israel.
Sunday, September 6th 2026 - 22:45 UTC
Five dead as a cargo jet operating for Amazon overruns the runway at Miami airport

At least five people were killed and five others injured on Sunday when a cargo aircraft operating for Amazon overran the runway on landing at Miami International Airport, broke through the perimeter fence and a service road and struck several vehicles before catching fire.
Sunday, September 6th 2026 - 21:31 UTC
Lacalle Pou demands elections in Venezuela and reopens Uruguay's foreign policy debate

Former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou has called for a democratic transition in Venezuela and questioned the terms of the oil agreement reached between the United States and Delcy Rodríguez's government, in an intervention that has revived debate over Uruguay's international position.