Politics

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 17:50 UTC

  The Falklands penguins that would not explode

  

  The Falklands and the efforts to clear minefields left by the Argentine invasion in 1982, which have become de facto nature reserves for penguins, will be aired on BBC Radio 4 under the heading of “Listen to Exploding Penguins”, presented by Peter Gibbs and produced by Matthew Teller. The presentation will be Tuesday 9 May at 15:30 UK time.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 06:30 UTC

  M/V Reefer Uruguay in emergency heading for Falklands, was abandoned heavily trimmed by the bow

  

  The “M/V Reefer Uruguay” which last Friday suffered a serious intake of water while sailing in the south west Atlantic and decided in emergency to head for the Falkland Islands, on Sunday it was abandoned following the rescue of its crew, and currently is being monitored by a second vessel, according to a press release from Baltmed Reefer Services Ltd.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 06:11 UTC

  Labour “faces a huge challenge”, and “must come out fighting after terrible results”

  

  The Labour Party faces “a huge challenge” over the remainder of the general election campaign, Jeremy Corbyn said. The Labour leader told supporters May 5 local elections were “disappointing” and regretted “too many fantastic councilors” had not been re-elected as the party lost 382 seats nationwide.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 05:53 UTC

  “Malvinas March” becomes the official ceremonial music in Tierra del Fuego

  

  The province of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina has made playing the “Malvinas March” mandatory at the end of all institutional, official and military ceremonies organized by any of the three branches of the provincial institutional structure.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 05:45 UTC

  Strong reaction from the Euro; sigh of relief from investors

  

  The Euro has risen after pro-EU Emmanuel Macron won France's presidential vote by a large margin. The single currency strengthened 0.2% against the dollar as investors were reassured over the future stability of the European project. Macron has proposed cutting corporation tax and changes to the labour market.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 05:25 UTC

  Landslide wins for Macron, 66% to 34%; France's elected president managed to create a wave of optimism

  

  Emmanuel Macron, the independent candidate who has been elected as France's next president following his Sunday runoff 66% to 34% victory over Marine Le Pen, has triggered a political earthquake in his country's politics, and his performance will be closely monitored by other EU members, particularly Germany and Italy, facing similarly challenging elections.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 05:15 UTC

  Tories advance in council elections forecasts a strong result for Theresa May on 8 June

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “taking nothing for granted” following her Conservative party's good showing in local election results reported on 5 May. The party gained control of 11 councils for a total of 28 and added 559 new councilors across England, Scotland and Wales.

• Sunday, May 7th 2017 - 14:54 UTC

  German Swiss spat over spying to catch tax dodgers

  

  German investigators suspect that a mole spied for Swiss intelligence from inside a government office which was trying to catch German tax dodgers. The allegations are part of the case against an alleged Swiss spy arrested in a Frankfurt hotel on Friday, 29 April, German media report. He is suspected of monitoring German tax investigators.

• Sunday, May 7th 2017 - 14:09 UTC

  Falklands' CEO Barry Rowland named Acting Governor

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive Barry Rowland has been appointed as Acting Governor of the Falkland Islands and Acting Commissioner of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands for the period 3-14 May 2017.

• Saturday, May 6th 2017 - 12:27 UTC

  Macron should be next French president; En Marche could become largest party in June's legislative elections

  

  Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of campaigning in a tumultuous election race. Sunday's election is seen as the most important in France for decades, with two diametrically opposed views of Europe and France's place in the world at stake.