International

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil postpones rescue mission in Lebanon

  

  Operation Cedar Roots has been postponed due to unsafe conditions reaching Beirut's International Airport by land for the some 220 Brazilians stranded in war-torn Lebanon, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. According to the latest update, the FAB aircraft is now scheduled to take off Saturday from Lisbon, Portugal, to the Lebanese capital.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Falklands: Defense contract for runway repairs at Mount Pleasant Complex

  

  The Defense Infrastructure Organization (DIO) has awarded a contract to Mitie to carry out runway repairs at Mount Pleasant Complex, the RAF airfield in the Falkland Islands. The work will be undertaken by Dyer and Butler, who also completed the resurfacing of the site’s Alpha Loop taxiway earlier this year.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Falklands Wide Television and Radio Services Outages

  

  Falklands residents both of Stanley and Camp are advised that there will be a disruption to TV and radio services due to sun outages affecting satellite reception in late mid-October.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands Appoints Cambridge Management as Telecommunications Consultants

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced that it has appointed Cambridge Management Consulting (Cambridge MC) as telecommunications consultants. The appointment comes following an international tender process that received multiple bids.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

  UK charters flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday as conflict escalates

  

  More than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by UK Government. Any remaining British nationals who want to leave are urged to register immediately, or to use commercial routes.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 08:46 UTC

  HMS Protector “Sea Rider” Arctic Expedition for UK/Canadian Early-Career Researchers

  

  The British High Commission in Ottawa organized an expedition for a group of British & Canadian early-career researchers to travel on board HMS Protector for an Arctic cruise. The UK and Canada have an exciting portfolio of collaborative projects relating to science, technology, and research.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 06:33 UTC

  UK/Mauritius 3 October deal to protect national security, safeguarding operation of strategic military base

  

  The agreement demonstrates the UK government’s commitment to safeguarding global security and averting threats to peace and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and wider Indo-Pacific. It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over BIOT, with the UK authorized to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia.

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

  Edmundo González vows to return to Venezuela “as soon as possible” to restore democracy

  

  Opposition leader Edmundo González, widely recognized by the international community as the winner of Venezuela's July 28 elections, has reaffirmed his commitment to returning to his country before January 10, the date set for the presidential inauguration. Speaking at the La Toja Atlantic Forum in Galicia, González stated, “I will return to Venezuela as soon as possible, when we restore democracy in our country.”

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Mondino hails UK-Mauritius understanding on Chagos

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino celebrated Thursday's announcement regarding the imminent handover of the British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to Mauritius after a dispute of nearly six decades and hinted that a similar path should be followed to ”recover the Malvinas (Falkland).”

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

  Venezuela offers humanitarian help to war-torn Lebanon

  

  President Nicolás Maduro Thursday said Venezuela would be helping Lebanon through the current crisis due to Israel's offensive. During a meeting with Beirut's Ambassador in Caracas Elías Lebbos at the Miraflores Palace, the Chavista leader said that humanitarian brigades would be sent to the war-torn area and ratified the South American nation's support to Beirut against Tel Aviv.