Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 07:07 UTC

  UK names preferred bidder for Type 31 frigates: first one should be delivered in 2023

  

  The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by engineering firm Babcock. It has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 warships. The deal secures hundreds of jobs at Rosyth in Fife, where the ships will be assembled, with construction work expected to be spread between yards across the UK.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 18:40 UTC

  “Operation Yellowhammer” released: what can be expected in a “no deal” Brexit

  

  A 'no-deal' Brexit could snarl cross-Channel trade routes, disrupting supplies of medicines and fresh food while protests spread across Britain, according to a worst-case scenario reluctantly released by the government on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  PM Johnson insists he will not request an extension to Brexit, despite parliament, which is suspended until 14 October

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal. 

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Parliament rejects a snap election and demands government publish all documents related to a “no deal” Brexit

  

  British MPs rejected a second attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday to call an early election to break the Brexit deadlock, in a final show of defiance before he controversially suspends parliament. After a tumultuous few days that exposed Johnson's weakness in the face of hostile lawmakers, the House of Commons again refused to grant a snap poll that might have bolstered his position.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  House speaker makes it official: Berkow stepping down after ten years on Oct. 31

  

  John Bercow, the speaker of Britain's House of Commons, officially announced on Monday that he would step down within weeks, amid criticism by Brexit hardliners who say he has twisted parliamentary rules to undermine them.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 10:17 UTC

  Extra team of medics and HMS Protector re tasked to Bahamas disaster area

  

  The Royal Navy has deployed extra medics to join Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Mounts Bay in delivering humanitarian assistance to the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian. A team of 18 military medical staff arrived in the region and will provide emergency care, surgery and intensive care to those in need.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Johnson will try for another Brexit deal but will not ask for an extension, despite the law the Queen signs on Monday

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sticking to his Brexit plan and will not seek a delay to Britain's departure from the EU at a summit next month, two of his ministers said on Sunday following a resignation from his government.

• Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Sao Paulo/Falklands link, “very positive” and will help build bridges for sovereignty negotiations

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie described the authorization for a regular weekly flight between Sao Paulo, Brazil and the Falkland Islands, with a monthly stopover in Cordoba, as “something very positive”, which has the purpose of “building bridges and creating trust for sovereignty negotiations”

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands' waters joint scientific cruise with Argentina to assess Southern blue whiting biomass

  

  Argentina announced on Wednesday the start of a joint scientific cruise in Falkland Islands' waters to assess Southern blue whiting reproductive biomass, in the framework of the South West Atlantic Fisheries Commission Scientific Sub-Committee activities.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  PM Johnson defeated: parliament reject early election and insist on delaying Brexit to January

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was left in limbo on Wednesday after MPs voted to derail his Brexit plan and rejected his call for an early election to break the political deadlock.