Stories for 2026

Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 08:00 UTC
“Self-determination lies with the Falkland Islanders, and sovereignty lies with the UK”

By Simon Walters (*)<br />
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At the heart of Argentina’s illegitimate claim over the Falkland Islands is a historical falsehood. British sovereignty over the islands dates back to 1765, before the Argentine Republic even existed.
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Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 07:13 UTC
Royal Navy nuclear deterrence program receives £8bn for the Dreadnought program

More than £8bn is being pumped into the Royal Navy’s next-generation nuclear deterrent submarines in the latest investment in the Dreadnought program. The cash – the fourth phase of production of the biggest submarine construction project in a generation – will carry the program through to key milestones early next decade:
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Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 06:08 UTC
Miliband meets Marco Rubio in Washington for ‘productive’ talks and ‘to strengthen diplomatic partnership between US and UK’

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for official bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday August 5, 2026.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 23:10 UTC
Argentine government pulls chapter on land sales to foreigners from Senate debate

Argentina's governing bloc withdrew on Wednesday the rural land chapter of the Inviolability of Private Property bill from the Senate agenda, lacking the votes to pass it and hours before the session scheduled for Thursday.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:55 UTC
Brazil ties its ambassador's return to an end to Milei's insults

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called repeated insults and attacks against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:44 UTC
SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon after 18 months adrift

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the lunar surface on Wednesday near the Einstein crater, in an unplanned impact that NASA described as safe and posing no risk to Earth or to missions operating on the Moon.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:37 UTC
Sixty deputies ask Kast to pardon officers convicted over the 2019 unrest

Sixty Chilean deputies asked President José Antonio Kast on Wednesday to grant individual pardons to members of the Carabineros police force and the armed forces convicted over acts linked to their duties during the protests that began on October 18, 2019.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 14:17 UTC
South Georgia Visitor Permit fees; online portal for visiting vessels

The Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has published a notice in the Gazette setting out visitor permit fees for the next three seasons, with effect from July first 2026.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:46 UTC
Brasília accuses Washington of seeking to interfere in the October elections

Brazil's government on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting to interfere in the October 4 presidential election, responding to the revocation of the visa of its ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.
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Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:38 UTC
Brazil downgrades ties with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level over Milei's remarks

Brazil decided on Tuesday to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Argentina to the level of chargé d'affaires and to postpone indefinitely the return of its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Glinternick Bitelli, following a fresh round of remarks by Argentine President Javier Milei against his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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