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Montevideo, October 16th 2026 - 08:19 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, October 2nd 2026 - 07:53 UTC

    Brazil heads to the polls without a single debate between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

    Globo said in a statement that “successive court decisions taken moments before the debate create legal uncertainty and represent undue interference in the media's freedom to organise debates”

    Brazilian broadcaster Globo on Thursday cancelled, an hour before it was due to start, the last presidential debate scheduled before Sunday's first round, following a series of court rulings and the absence of both President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. The two leading candidates thus head to the polls without having faced each other in a single televised debate during the entire campaign.

  • Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 23:07 UTC

    British foreign secretary reiterates support for the Falklands in meeting with Cheryl Roberts

    Roberts holds the Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources portfolio in the archipelago's government and announced on September 21 the five-year extension of offshore hydrocarbon licences.

    British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband hosted Cheryl Roberts, a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, in London on Thursday, and reiterated to her that the United Kingdom “stands shoulder to shoulder” with the archipelago's residents and “remains steadfast” in supporting their right “to determine their own future and develop their own resources”.

  • Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 22:26 UTC

    British-Iranian man arrested over the RAF Fairford incident

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” that Iran “played a part” in what happened, though he said he could not give details and that the investigation was ongoing

    British counter-terrorism police on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man with dual British and Iranian nationality in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, in connection with Sunday's incident near RAF Fairford, an airbase in western England used by the United States Air Force.

  • Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 22:20 UTC

    Christa Pike survives a failed execution in Tennessee and remains in critical condition

    Pike, 50, was given both doses of pentobarbital set out in the state protocol — two 50-millilitre syringes — at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville

    Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in the US state of Tennessee, survived a lethal injection execution attempt on Wednesday and remains in critical condition in hospital, her lawyers said. Her defence has asked Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence.

  • Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 09:32 UTC

    Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands

    The minister said this was the main subject of his conversation with his Argentine counterpart, Pablo Quirno, and denied discussing with him Uruguay's interest in acquiring British ships

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is “the invaded island” and “the fight against colonialism”, and another is “when a lot of money is taken from there”. His remarks come as Yamandú Orsi's government considers buying two patrol vessels from the Royal Navy, a deal that has already prompted a resolution from twenty deputies of Argentine President Javier Milei's party.

  • Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 23:01 UTC

    The Spectator likens Milei's Falklands push to Galtieri's

    An opinion column published on Wednesday in the British weekly The Spectator likens Argentine President Javier Milei's campaign over the Falklands to that of dictator Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982, with the difference, its author argues, that the current government is using legal rather than military means. The piece, by law professor Andrew Tettenborn, is an argument of opinion rather than a report of new facts.

  • Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 22:59 UTC

    London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its “reliability” as a partner

    MLA Roberts this morning working the Labour Party Conference with Minister of Overseas Territories and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting

    The British government has rejected Argentina's decision to initiate international arbitration over the Sea Lion oil project and said Buenos Aires' campaign over the Falklands “raises questions about Argentina's reliability as a partner for the United Kingdom”. It is the first time London has extended the dispute to the bilateral relationship as a whole.

  • Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 19:10 UTC

    Trump and six tech companies sign a voluntary artificial intelligence safety accord

    The document, titled “White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities”, was posted by the president after a lunch with industry executives

    US President Donald Trump and the heads of six technology companies signed a voluntary accord at the White House on Tuesday under which the companies commit to ensuring the safety of their own artificial intelligence systems. Trump called it “morally binding” and said it was “almost like a constitution”.

  • Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 18:10 UTC

    Pilot stabs another on a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight and passengers subdue him

    The pilot identified as the attacker has been arrested and is being questioned by Saudi authorities, according to Netanyahu

    A pilot on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed another pilot in the cockpit on Wednesday and, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “apparently tried to crash the plane”. Passengers and crew members subdued him, and the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, in north-west Saudi Arabia, with all 174 passengers safe, 166 of them Israelis.

  • Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 06:00 UTC

    Falklands Legislator meets PM Burnham and cabinet members at Liverpool

    Falkland Islands Member of the Legislative Assembly Cheryl Roberts met and talked Monday evening with Prime Minister Andy Burnham and members of his ministerial cabinet in one of several receptions at the current Labor Party Annual Conference at Liverpool.