Politics

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 16:25 UTC

  Gibraltar does not rule out a third sovereignty referendum, if the need arose

  

  The Gibraltar Government would consider holding a third referendum on the issue of sovereignty if the need arose, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said in an interview with the Gibraltar Chronicle, even as he acknowledged “a change of tone” in Spain’s approach to the Rock.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 16:16 UTC

  Lib/Dem will join massive anti/Brexit protest outside Conservative conference in Manchester

  

  Liberal Democrats will abandon political party protocol by joining pro-EU campaigners to protest against Brexit outside this year’s Conservative Party Conference. Activists are planning to stage one of the biggest marches in opposition to Britain leaving the EU when the Tories stage their annual conference in Manchester in October.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 15:41 UTC

  Markets (and investors) in Argentina waiting for Sunday primary results

  

  The technical tie for the Senate seat in the province of Buenos Aires is being closely followed by the business community and potential investors in Argentina, fearing that a victory by ex president Cristina Fernandez over the candidate sponsored by president Mauricio Macri, could be interpreted as a longing for the hand-out and subsidies policies of Kirchnerism and rejection of the current economic reforms which have yet to deliver enough jobs and stable prices.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 15:19 UTC

  Hackers storm dozens of Venezuela websites, following the failure of “Operation David”

  

  Supporters of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro marched in Caracas on Monday in support of a newly created constitutional assembly as hackers took down dozens of state websites to show their backing for a pre-dawn armed assault on a military base the day before.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 15:02 UTC

  Italy and France clash on control of Europe's cruise shipbuilding industry

  

  France said it was ready to seek other buyers for its biggest shipyard should Italy refuse a 50-50 ownership split, before both countries pledged to find a solution next month. French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, told the Corriere della Sera daily that a deal with Fincantieri might not be thrashed out.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 08:54 UTC

  Royal Mint will supply Argentina with 150 million Peso coin blanks

  

  UK’s Royal Mint will supply Argentina with 150 million peso coins, after the institution won a contract to assist with the minting of a new coin series. Announced on social media by UK chancellor Philip Hammond, the mint will work closely with its Argentine counterpart – Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda – to produce blanks for the new coin series.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 08:14 UTC

  Corbyn condemns “violence by all sides”, but avoids criticizing Maduro

  

  Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the “violence done by all sides” in the Venezuela conflict but stopped short of criticising president, Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 07:49 UTC

  Latin American foreign ministers will address Venezuelan situation in Peru

  

  Latin American foreign ministers are scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting this Tuesday in Lima to address the current state of affairs in Venezuela, Peruvian foreign minister Ricardo Luna announced.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:29 UTC

  Israel follows hard line Sunni Arab states and plans to ban Al Jazeera

  

  Israel is seeking to close Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists' media credentials. Communications Minister Ayoub Kara alleged that the channel supported terrorism, and said both its Arabic and English-language channels would be taken off air. Al Jazeera has condemned the decision.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:14 UTC

  Spain will not condition a Brexit deal to Gibraltar, but remains firm in its sovereignty claim of the Rock

  

  Spain will not risk a Brexit deal by making Gibraltar’s sovereignty a condition in the talks, the country’s Foreign Minister said in an interview on Sunday. Speaking to the conservative newspaper ABC, Alfonso Dastis said Spain would not accept any agreement that undermined its position on Gibraltar, but would not use the Brexit talks to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock.