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Monday, July 13th 2026 - 14:01 UTC
RAF will upgrade 107 Typhoon Tranches 2 and 3; four Tranche 1 will remain at Falklands’ MPC

The Royal Air Force will upgrade all of its 107 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets at a cost of £5.4 billion, according to the latest UK Defense Investment Plan, as reported by Aerospace Global News, AGN, a British media company specializing in military information.This represents a significant increase from the 40 previously planned and announced in January 2026.
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Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC
Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.
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Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC
Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.
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Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC
Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil

A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Monday, July 13th 2026 - 07:49 UTC
Venezuela quake toll rises to 4,490 as government defends withholding missing figure

The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 rose to at least 4,490, after another 157 fatalities were added to Saturday's count, according to figures released by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez. The number of injured held at 16,740 and that of people rescued alive at 6,462.
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Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:19 UTC
Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot

US President Donald Trump warned that “1,000 missiles” are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Islamic Republic amid an already ongoing military escalation.
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Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:00 UTC
Four held in Ecuador over migrant-smuggling network to the United States

Ecuador's police arrested four people, including a serving officer and a former immigration-control official, accused of belonging to an alleged network dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States, the institution said. The arrests were made in simultaneous operations in the provinces of Pichincha, Tungurahua, Carchi and Santa Elena.
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Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:37 UTC
Colombia's president-elect asks Congress to be sworn in at a military base

Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has asked Congress to assess the legal feasibility of moving his inauguration ceremony, set for August 7, from Bogotá to a military garrison, in a proposal without recent precedent that will be left to the incoming legislature to decide.
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Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:27 UTC
Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula

Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trade and investment. The itinerary includes a gesture toward the Brazilian opposition that is likely to cause discomfort for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:22 UTC
Uruguay reels from rare quintuple homicide as five relatives shot dead in Montevideo

Five members of the same family, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed on Friday in a shooting in the El Monarca neighborhood, on the northeastern outskirts of Montevideo, in an attack that authorities link to violence between criminal groups and that has no recent precedent in Uruguay.
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