Stories for October 12th 2026

Monday, October 12th 2026 - 22:09 UTC
Iguazú Falls closed as the river’s flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second

Iguazú National Park, in Argentina’s Misiones province, closed access to the falls’ walkways on Monday because of an exceptional rise in the Iguazú River, whose flow exceeded 12,000 cubic metres per second. The flood is part of an episode of heavy rainfall linked to El Niño that has also caused the Uruguay River to burst its banks, with evacuations on both sides.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 21:57 UTC
Republican senators urge Trump to cancel the Putin diesel deal as unlawful

Four Republican and three Democratic members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Donald Trump to “immediately reverse course” on his diesel supply deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing it contravenes the law banning Russian energy imports. It is the most direct Republican criticism of a Trump foreign policy decision in his current term.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 10:50 UTC
Lula takes to the streets of São Paulo to close the gap two weeks before the runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a large rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday to relaunch his campaign two weeks before the October 25 runoff, in which he trails Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. “This country cannot lose its democracy,” he told a largely young crowd.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 08:59 UTC
Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery on a lung nodule a month before his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in Rome this week to remove a lung nodule detected at an early stage, less than a month before the start of his first tour of South America, which will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17. The Vatican has announced no changes to the trip.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 08:56 UTC
Lawyers and opposition challenge Milei’s citizenship-by-investment scheme as unconstitutional

The citizenship-by-investment programme launched by Javier Milei’s government, which allows foreigners to obtain Argentine nationality in exchange for a US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of a US$800,000 bond, faces challenges from constitutional lawyers and from the opposition, which is trying to block it in Congress.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 07:10 UTC
Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance

Daniel Hannan, one of the leading strategists of the Brexit campaign and director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has warned in the Washington Examiner that a change in the US position on the Falklands would put the Atlantic alliance at risk. His column responds to one by economists Walter E. Block and Ege Fakkusoglu defending Argentina’s claim to the archipelago.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 07:06 UTC
Yields on key US Treasury bonds reached new highs, but for the 10-year demand was especially strong

Yields on key US Treasury bonds touched fresh 24-year highs Wednesday as the latest global bond sell-off picked up steam. The 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 5.36%, and the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.73% — the highest for each since 2002.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 07:04 UTC
BAS researchers uncover chinstrap penguins massive colony decline in Antarctic volcanic island

A remote volcanic island near Antarctica has lost its title of largest penguin colony in the world, as new research reveals massive population declines, igniting fears for species’ survival. Researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have uncovered the loss of over half a million chinstrap penguins from the Antarctic island of Zavodovski in the South Sandwich Islands.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 07:01 UTC
The Royal Navy Silent Service celebrating its 125th anniversary

Hidden deep below the surface, the Royal Navy's submarines are the most powerful stealth weapons of war ever built by Britain. The men and women of the Silent Service operate unobserved, undetected and ready to unleash a destructive power greater than ever before. This month they are celebrating 125 years of service to UK.
Monday, October 12th 2026 - 06:58 UTC
A Falklands friend: HMS Westminster Type 23 frigate to be scrapped in Turley

It marks the end of an era for a former Royal Navy Type 23 frigate that has served since 1992, and was well known in the Falkland Islands given her recurrent visits a South Atlantic patrol.