Tag: United Kingdom

Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:56 UTC
UN Security Council rejects US draft resolution

Russia and China exercised their veto power on Wednesday and therefore the United Nations (UN) Security Council rejected a proposed resolution by the United States on the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas. The document had received the nod from ten countries while chairing Brazil abstained, Agencia Brasil reported.
Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:55 UTC
Argentine spy granted war veteran status after long legal battle

A 65-year-old Argentine woman known by the initials A.C., who claimed to have performed intelligence duties during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict against the United Kingdom, has been granted war veteran status after a legal process that lasted several years because navy records showed she was assigned other duties, Mar del Plata's La Capital reported this week.
Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:38 UTC
Scotland by election confirms Labour's strong comeback; SNP promises to bounce back

UK Labour “blew the doors off” to take the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat back from the SNP, leader Keir Starmer has said. Speaking at a victory rally, he said it was “the first step on a very important journey” in Scotland and the UK.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Buenos Aires says Cleverly's trip to Falkland Islands is an “unnecessary provocation”

After British Secretary James Cleverly announced Sunday that he would be traveling to the Falklands to show his support for the Islanders' self-determination, the Argentine government replied that it was an “unnecessary provocation.”
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:07 UTC
British national living wage is set to increase to £11 an hour from next April, Chancellor Hunt

The British national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to confirm this Monday in a speech to the Conservative Party conference. The move will benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers, according to an advance of the speech shown to BBC.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:02 UTC
As London's Met Police elite force protests, British Army on standby

Great Britain on Sunday put its army on standby after a number of London metropolitan police officers handed in their weapons in support of a fellow officer who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 08:53 UTC
Changes to the net zero plan by PM Sunak stir controversy in UK and Globally

Condemnation and praise for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who last week delayed the net zero plan by pushing back a ban on new petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 and announced delays on other key green policies.
Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC
Labour reshuffle, Angela Rayner 'leveling up secretary' and shadow deputy prime minister

Reshuffle in UK Labour's Sir Keir Starmer shadow team, ahead of a general election expected for next year. Angela Rayner has been appointed shadow leveling up secretary, replacing Lisa Nandy, who is demoted to become the party's new shadow minister for international development.
Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
FIGO congratulates new Secretary of Defense Shapps and acknowledges outgoing Wallace

The Falklands government Office in London, FIGO, has sent congratulations to the new UK Secretary of State for Defense, Grant Shapps, a staunch supporter of the Falkland Islands and its right to self determination and to decide on its future.
Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:20 UTC
“Technical issue” in UK's air control system slows traffic and partly spreads to Europe

UK's air traffic control service on Monday said that because of a “technical issue” it had been forced to slow takeoffs and landings across the UK. However, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) also said that Britain's airspace was not closed, despite the disruptions.