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Montevideo, July 16th 2026 - 14:30 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Thursday, June 8th 2017 - 06:11 UTC

    Thursday night UK will know the winner of the general election

    Some votes have already been cast, through postal voting, which accounted for 16.4% of the total electorate at the 2015 general election.

    Millions of people will be casting their vote in the UK general election later. Polls open at 07:00 BST at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million people registered to vote. That is up from the last general election, in 2015, when there were 46.4 million registered voters.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 09:24 UTC

    Barriers in London central bridges; cyclists protest width of lanes

    London Cycling Campaign said it was fully supportive of Met, TfL and boroughs involved taking urgent steps to provide extra protection for Londoners and visitors (Pic Reuters)

    Barriers have been installed on three central London bridges following the latest terror attack to hit the British capital. The structures have been introduced to stop traffic from mounting the pavement on Westminster, Lambeth and Waterloo bridges.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 08:27 UTC

    Argentina and UK agree to implement the trade and investment March MoU

    Ambassador Sersale di Cerisano, minister Greg Hands and Production minister Francisco Cabrera at the Embassy in London

    Argentina and UK agreed to begin implementing in August/September the trade and investment chapters included in the in Memorandum of Understanding signed last March in Buenos Aires. Argentine Production minister Francisco Cabrera is currently in London for a round of business talks with the private sector but also met Trade and Investment minister Greg Hands to continue advancing with the MoU.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 06:38 UTC

    UK election: only half of under 30 certain to vote on Thursday, shows poll

    The National Centre for Social Research, an independent research group, found that 53% of Britons under the age of 30 were certain to vote.

    Only half of Britons under the age of 30 say they are certain to vote in Thursday’s election, according to a survey that casts doubt on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s strategy of energizing non-voters. According to the Financial Times, the youth vote has been a source of uncertainty in opinion polls, some of which imply turnout among young people of up to 80% on Thursday — nearly double the levels seen in previous elections.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 06:26 UTC

    Theresa May puts tackling suspected terrorists above human rights laws

    “Restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them”

    UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will change human rights laws if they “get in the way” of tackling suspected terrorists. The PM said she would make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and “restrict the freedom and movements” of those that present a threat. Labour said it was “not the message that we should be sending”.

  • Monday, June 5th 2017 - 10:11 UTC

    London attacks trigger controversy over tighter regulation for internet and “safe spaces”

    “We need to work with allied and democratic governments to reach agreements to regulate cyberspace to prevent the spread of extremism and terrorist planning”

    Prime Minister Theresa May has been warned that her promise to tighten regulation on tech firms after the London attacks will not work. Mrs. May said areas of the internet must be closed because tech giants provided a “safe space” for terrorist ideology.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 09:49 UTC

    Six people killed and 48 injured in terror incident in London; three attackers shot dead

    Theresa May described Saturday night's events as “dreadful”, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called them “brutal and shocking”.

    Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday, then three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market. Police said the three men were wearing fake bomb vests.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC

    Falklands' Darwin cemetery Red Cross team flies to the Islands on Saturday

    The ICRC delegation headed by Laurent Corbaz is making the round of contacts with Malvinas relatives and Argentine officials from different ministries

    The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, which will lead the task of identifying the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and currently in Buenos Aires, will be arriving in the Islands next Saturday and work is expected to begin as had been anticipated on 19 June.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 07:32 UTC

    UK June 8 election opinion polls marred in controversy

    A total of eight polls carried out since the May 22 Manchester suicide attack have shown May's lead over the Labour Party narrowing

    Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political turmoil just as formal Brexit talks begin.

  • Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 20:55 UTC

    Falklands government releases events of the 35th anniversary of the War

    FIG is about to publish in June a booklet detailing 35 years of development since 1982 and copies will be made available in the Islands

    The Falkland Islands Government has released details of imminent events, both official and informal, which will focus on the 35th Anniversary of the 1982 War. Additionally, FIG announced that the following people shall be here as official guests of the Government from the 12th-16th June: