International

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

  King Charles III: “the greatest sadness for me”

  

  Following Queen Elizabeth II's death Thursday, her son Charles automatically became King and shared a message through Buckingham Palace's official channels expressing his feelings and those of the Royal Family:

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 19:02 UTC

  London Bridge Operation set in place

  

  The so-called “London Bridge Operation” protocol has been activated after today's death of Queen Elizabeth. It consists of a series of meticulously planned actions to be carried out involving Prime Minister Liz Tuss, the Anglican Church, the London Police, the armed forces, and the media. The proceedings will last for weeks.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 15:26 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died Thursday at the age of 96

  

  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died Thursday at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the BBC has reported.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Uruguayan FM headed for Berlin talks

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Wednesday met with French authorities in Paris before flying on to Berlin, where he will hold talks with his German colleague Annalena Baerbock.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

  Putin congratulates Bolsonaro on Brazil's Bicentennial

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the 200th anniversary of the South American country's Declaration of Independence from Portugal.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Truss announces new cabinet to face “the storm”

  

  Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss Tuesday vowed to weather the “the storm” the country is going through and appointed her new cabinet for that task.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 23:02 UTC

  Next British Prime Minister strong supporter of the Falklands

  

  On Monday 5 September 2022, it was announced that the Rt Hon Liz Truss MP had been elected the new leader of the Conservative Party, following the resignation of Boris Johnson MP and subsequent leadership election.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 18:29 UTC

  Truss officially becomes UK's new Prime Minister

  

  In a ceremony at Balmoral Castle, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday made the 47-year-old Liz Truss' appointment as Prime Minister official. Earlier in the day, the monarch had accepted Boris Johnson's resignation.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguayan FM off to brokering Mercosur deal approval with EU

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo is off on a European tour seeking to further develop his country's trade ties as the last inflation index showed the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou was already above its 2022 targets.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 23:56 UTC

  Luis Lacalle Pou won’t attend UN General Assembly

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will not attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations to be held in New York. Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo will attend in his place, reported El Observador and confirmed MercoPress with sources from the Foreign Ministry.