International

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 12:04 UTC

  Trump and Trudeau meet to mend fences and push for legislative approval of trade deal

  

  President Donald Trump-hosted his Canadian counterpart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to mend fences after last year's diplomatic meltdown and to push the still un-ratified North American free trade deal.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:30 UTC

  Assange friend, and alleged hacker, freed in Ecuador but cannot leave the country

  

  An Ecuadorean judge on Thursday ordered that a Swedish citizen and personal friend of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be freed, two months after he was detained for alleged participation in a hacking attempt on the government.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Four EU leaders express concern over EU/Mercosur farm sector deal

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron and three other national leaders warned the European Commission that a trade deal with trade bloc Mercosur “could ultimately destabilize production and the agricultural sector.”

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 10:34 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holidays attends Experience Latin America organized by LATA

  

  Margaret Williams of Falkland Islands Holidays recently attended Experience Latin America; an exclusive by invitation only travel trade event, held for the first time in Stamford Bridge, London.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Trump pulls back from a Friday retaliation attack on Iran for the downing of a US drone

  

  United States President Donald Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing a US surveillance drone but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Now the race (and Brexit challenge) is down to Boris and Jeremy

  

  Fervent Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson and foreign minister Jeremy Hunt emerged on Thursday as the only two candidates left in the race to become British prime minister, with the flamboyant Johnson odds-on favorite to win next month.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020

  

  European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2020, a spokesman for the bloc said. The EU first slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and supported rebels fighting Kiev troops in the east of the country. That conflict, which killed 13,000 people, is still simmering.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Falklands' team to compete at the World Sheep Shearing championship in France

  

  On the road to the World Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Le Dorat, France from July 4 until July 7, the Falkland Islands' team is limbering up at prestigious UK agricultural shows.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  UK broke the law by allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, rules senior judge

  

  Britain broke the law by allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia that might have been deployed in the war in Yemen, an English court ruled on Thursday after activists said there was evidence the weapons had been used in violation of human rights statutes. 

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 16:24 UTC

  Royal Navy appoints new First Sea Lord

  

  Surrounded by family and watched by those at the head of the UK’s closest allies, Admiral Tony Radakin took over on Wednesday from Admiral Sir Philip Jones as Britain’s most senior sailor. The torch of Naval leadership changed hands as Admiral Jones stepped down after three years at the helm as First Sea Lord – and 41 years serving his nation.