Politics

• 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.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  Macri confident in a flush of investments after his coalition win in midterm elections

  

  President Mauricio Macri anticipated on Tuesday that investments in Argentina would multiply after what he predicted will be a triumph for his Let's Change Coalition in October's mid-term elections. While Macri said his allies would win “by a lot” nationwide, he admitted polls showed a tight race between his party's candidate and ex president Cristina Fernandez for a Senate seat in Buenos Aires province.

• 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 - 11:40 UTC

  Venezuela's constituent assembly declares itself supreme, above all government branches

  

  Venezuela's newly established constituent assembly declared itself on Tuesday to be above all other branches of government, including the opposition-led congress. Assembly leaders Delcy Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello said their laws and decisions trumped all others made by anyone else.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 08:08 UTC

  Regional countries don't recognize Venezuelan constituent assembly; permanent group to monitor events

  

  On Tuesday, August 8, thirteen foreign ministers from the Americas met in Lima, Peru, in order to discuss Venezuela’s social and political crisis. The result was a signed declaration in which the representatives declare that Nicolás Maduro’s constituent assembly is illegal and illegitimate, as are all decisions that result from it.

• 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.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 07:10 UTC

  UK Supreme Court calls for clarity on the EU Court of Justice after Brexit

  

  The president of the UK’s Supreme Court has called on the UK Government to provide greater clarity over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Lord Neuberger said it would be “unfair” to blame judges for making the law “when Parliament has failed to do so”.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

  Ten years from the 2007 financial crash, Lord Darling identifies “complacency” as the biggest danger

  

  Regulators must remain “very very” vigilant about the risks to the economy, former chancellor Lord Darling has told the BBC - 10 years on from the start of the financial crisis. He said a rising level of consumer debt in the economy was a growing concern.