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Monday, June 8th 2026 - 05:58 UTC
Trump interested in buying Chagos Islands with the strategic Diego Garcia air base

The US president Donald Trump is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph reported over the weekend.
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Monday, June 8th 2026 - 05:53 UTC
Falklands, HMS Medway delivered medical support to Tristan da Cunha

HMS Medway, currently South Atlantic patrol and stationed at Mare Harbor in the Falkland Islands successfully concluded an 18day deployment, sailing from the Falkland Islands to Tristan da Cunha and back, delivering critical medical support to a British national and returning safely with the Pathfinders.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 23:52 UTC
Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982

Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement that also includes the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the decision during a tour of Europe and handed the formal letter of intent to New Zealand, the treaty's depositary.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 21:24 UTC
Trump says he will urge Netanyahu not to retaliate after Iran's missile attack on Israel

US President Donald Trump said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ask him not to respond to the missiles Iran fired at Israel on Sunday, in an effort to prevent a new escalation and salvage a deal with Tehran that he considers “very close.” It was Iran's first direct attack since the ceasefire reached on April 8.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 21:22 UTC
Pope Leo XIV expected to visit Peru in November, including his former diocese of Chiclayo

Pope Leo XIV is expected to visit Peru in November, returning to the country where he was bishop of Chiclayo, carried out much of his pastoral life and obtained citizenship. Interim President José María Balcázar said on Sunday that the trip is “programmed from November 10,” in brief remarks after voting in the presidential runoff.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 07:56 UTC
Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul

Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report by the Latin American Foundation for Fisheries Sustainability (FULASP) released on the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The organization called the activity one of the main threats to the fishery resources of the South-West Atlantic.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 03:47 UTC
FAO food commodity prices in May showed increases in cereals, sugar and beef

The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices remained broadly stable in May, as declines in vegetable oil quotations offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, according to new data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 12:44 UTC
Royal Navy will receive all eight Type 26 frigates as planned, Minister Pollard confirms

The Royal Navy will receive all eight of its Type 26 frigates as planned, despite speculation over build slots being offered to the Norwegian navy, Defense Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed.
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 08:00 UTC
‘Soccer’ is incorrect, or is it still the fine term for the beautiful game?

By Kirk Bowman (*) - At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called “football.”<br /><br />
“There’s no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn’t make any sense,” said Trump, an apparently new convert to the round-ball game.He isn’t alone. The word “soccer” is, in some parts of the world, shunned by some fans.
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Thursday, June 4th 2026 - 21:23 UTC
Lufthansa Boeing 787's nose gear collapses at Frankfurt gate, injuring four staff

The nose landing gear of a Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner collapsed on Thursday while the aircraft was parked at a boarding gate at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, leaving four people slightly injured. The plane was being prepared to operate a flight to Los Angeles when, at around 12:45 p.m. local time, the nose gear gave way and the front of the fuselage came to rest on the tarmac, sustaining considerable damage.
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