Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:17 UTC

  Filmus scheduled to discuss the Malvinas Question with C24 delegates and UN Secretary cabinet chief

  

  Argentina will reaffirm its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the South Atlantic Islands and its maritime spaces during a meeting on Thursday in New York with members of the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, reads a release from the foreign and worship ministry.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  “UK has crossed the Brexit finishing line”, claims Johnson after Parliament vote

  

  Boris Johnson has said the UK has “crossed the Brexit finish line” after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. The EU Bill, which paves the way for the country to leave the bloc on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands' veteran, discharged for LGBT, has medal returned and an apology from the Ministry of Defense

  

  Falklands veteran forced out of the Royal Navy due to his sexuality has had a medal returned to him 27 years after it was cut off his chest. Joe Ousalice was a radio operator for 18 years but was discharged in 1993 because of a ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 17:54 UTC

  Monty Python legend Terry Jones dies aged 77 after losing struggle against dreadful illness

  

  British acting legend Terry Jones, one of the founding members of comedy troupe Monty Python, has died on Tuesday at the age of 77, his family announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 06:31 UTC

  End of 'comfort zone' for UK in Falklands' issues; Argentine ambassador in London and ex Deputy foreign minister, sacked

  

  The Argentine government has called back to Buenos Aires two ambassadors who were instrumental in the drafting and implementation of the 2016 Foradori-Duncan communiqué which opened the way for a more constructive relationship between Argentina and the UK, in a raft of issues, including those in the South Atlantic and the disputed Falklands Islands.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:06 UTC

  Boris Johnson loses votes in the Lords over Brexit legislation

  

  The government of Boris Johnson lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election. Peers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Prince Harry sad to leave his royal duties; final outcome was not what he wanted

  

  Britain's Prince Harry said on Sunday it brought him great sadness that he had to leave his royal duties after agreeing with Queen Elizabeth that he and his wife Meghan would step down from official roles to seek an independent future.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 23:13 UTC

  Details of status change for Harry and Meghan disclosed by Buckingham Palace

  

  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are relinquishing their “royal highness” titles as the Duke and Duchess of, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. The new arrangements will take effect in the “spring of 2020,” it was reported.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  UK government preparing great Brexit night celebration, including special coins for January 31st

  

  Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street - but not bong Big Ben - on Brexit night, the government said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  UK lists both Hezbollah's military and political wings as a terrorist group

  

  Britain's finance ministry on Friday said it had added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups subject to asset freezing. The ministry previously only targeted the Shiite organization's military wing but has now listed the whole group after the government designated it a terrorist organization last March.