International

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

  Ex top officer calls Brexit a “catastrophe”; proposes a new party “The Democrats” with the Remainers

  

  UK government ministers have been put under pressure by David Davis’s former chief of staff at the Brexit department after he asked a serious of pointed question about how leaving the EU will affect their patches. James Chapman, who also worked for George Osborne and as political editor of the Daily Mail, has revealed his belief that Brexit would be a “catastrophe”.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 08:16 UTC

  Falklands' Argentine cemetery clandestine photos: Red Cross has all the facts and identity of the alleged individual

  

  ”Everything was caught on camera and there is an ongoing investigation,” the International Red Cross has confirmed, referring to the controversy in July when images of the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands were reproduced in the Argentine press.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 19:56 UTC

  Rogoff warns about personal and corporate debt as main threats to global economy

  

  A sudden rise in interest rates poses the greatest threat to the global economy, the IMF's former chief economist has told the BBC. Ken Rogoff, who famously predicted a big bank would collapse during the financial crisis, warned that people had got used to ultra-low interest rates and said the economic policies of the Trump administration posed a risk.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 19:51 UTC

  Ex US Treasury Secretary says loosening financial regulations, “not a good idea”

  

  Jack Lew, former US treasury secretary, has told the BBC the world remains at risk from financial threats. He says loosening regulation would not be a good idea: ”We should not disarm at a moment when we're out of the last financial crisis, but still in a world with substantial financial risks.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

  US Congress delegation on “support visit” to Gibraltar

  

  Members of the United States Congress are visiting Gibraltar to ‘show support’ for the Rock as they reflected on the close links between Gibraltar and the US. Acting Gibraltar Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia welcomed a delegation from the Congress of the United States to Gibraltar on Monday afternoon before taking them through a series of meetings throughout the course of yesterday.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  Commercial “Proving flight” to St Helena with 35 passengers next August 21

  

  Airlink are expected to carry out a ‘proving flight’ to the British Oversea Territory of St Helena on Monday, 21 August 2017, using an Embraer E190-100IGW aircraft. This proving flight is for Airlink to demonstrate to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) operational proficiency in terms of ETOPS (Extended Range Twin Engine Operations) requirements.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:09 UTC

  Falklands' hosts Montserrat top official as part of UK's Territory to Territory Partnership

  

  A leading Montserrat official is visiting the Falkland Islands for a week as part of a Territory to Territory partnership initiative between the two islands that was initiated last year. The Caribbean island British Overseas Territory Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Lands, Housing, and Environment, Claude E.S. Hogan arrived on the Falklands on the 7th August 2017.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 15:15 UTC

  Australia recalls 73 Commonwealth experience and offers UK advice on Brexit: don't be gloomy

  

  Britain is “a bit gloomy” about Brexit and can achieve success outside the European Union, Australia’s high commissioner to the UK has said. Alexander Downer said the UK could be “cautiously optimistic” about achieving a new free trade deal with the EU, and could forge a new and successful economic policy if it pursued the right path domestically.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 12:15 UTC

  Scotland to discuss new post Brexit powers for Holyrood, but warns of Westminster “power grab”

  

  The possibility of releasing new powers to Holyrood after Brexit will be discussed in talks between the UK and Scottish ministers scheduled for this Wednesday. First Secretary of State Damian Green will meet Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Scotland's Brexit Minister Michael Russell in Edinburgh.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 07:48 UTC

  UN Secretary General urges Venezuelan government and opposition to relaunch negotiations

  

  Highly concerned that recent developments in Venezuela could lead to further escalation of tensions and hamper a peaceful solution to the crisis, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres again on Tuesday urged the Government and the opposition to relaunch negotiations for the benefit of the Venezuelan people.