Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 4th 2025 - 08:21 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    The grand finale for JMC 2024, with PM Starmer and King Charles

    King Charles III and Camila at the Diplomatic Corps Reception

    It was a grand finale for the two days Joint Ministerial Council held in London between the democratic representatives from Britain’s Overseas Territories and the new UK government’s cabinet ministers, chaired by Foreign minister Stephen Doughty. In effect, Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the group at the end of the event, reaffirming his government’s commitment to the OTs and the principle, “nothing about you, without you”. The Prime Minister also mentioned the Falkland Islands, when remembering his family’s despair during the 1982 war, after HMS Antilope went down with much loss of lives, and hours later it was reported that Starmer’s mother brother, miraculously survived.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    UK to ax amphibious assault ships, a frigate 31 helicopters and obsolete drones

    Defense Secretary John Healy addressing the Commons and announcing plans to save £500m over five years

    Two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and a pair of RFA support tankers will be decommissioned under a series of cost-saving measures announced on Wednesday to the House of Commons by Defense Secretary John Healey.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    Successful trial of the Spear Missiles in Typhoons and F-35B fighters

    Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots will benefit from a cutting-edge new cruise missile, following the first successful guided firing trial of the SPEAR missile. SPEAR, which is a next generation turbojet-powered miniature cruise missile, successfully completed the trial after being fired from a BAE Systems-operated Typhoon jet at Vidsel range in Sweden.

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands representative honors Fallen Heroes on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative, Richard Hyslop, with the wreath laid on behalf of the people and Government of the Falkland Islands.

    Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, marked Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in London, paying tribute on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government and people. He joined the UK Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and other representatives from the UK Overseas Territories in honoring those who lost their lives in service to the Allied Forces during the World Wars and the Falklands War.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:50 UTC

    UN Fourth Committee, UK reaffirms principle of self determination of BOTs, as enshrined in the UN charter

    We are committed to supporting requests for removal from UN's list of non-self-governing territories from those Territories whose permanent populations so wish.

    UK Ambassador Archie Young to the General Assembly at the UN Fourth Committee, explains the UK position regarding principles of equal rights and self-determination:

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    UK Parliament to discuss new legislation for the Fisheries Management Plans

    The introduction of minimum conservation reference sizes (MCRS) for lemon sole (250mm), turbot (300mm), and brill (300mm) in the English waters

    New legislation implementing a range of short-term management measures for certain fish species was introduced to Parliament last week. These new arrangements have been identified within the first Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) as a priority to help provide additional protection to vulnerable stocks.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:37 UTC

    The Tory “Rwanda migrants-deportation” deal turns into a Labour 'St Helena deal'

    Boat people attempting to cross the English Channel

    Before the UK Boris Johnson administration finally struck the “Rwanda” deal to deport migrants and/or boat people crossing the English channel from the continent, (plus a generous donation of over £ 100 million for 'development'), some of the possible places considered even included the Falkland Islands, but the suggestion did not prosper.

  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 05:45 UTC

    UK music world shocked by the death of Liam Payne in Buenos Aires

    Payne fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

    The music world reacted Thursday shocked in the United Kingdom by the death of British singer Liam Payne, former member of the band One Direction, who fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    “Gibraltar, the Falklands and other overseas territories deserve MPs” from LabourList

    Gibraltar, the Rock in the strategic position controlling access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean

    The suggestion, proposal, or idea or however you may wish to call it is not new. Still, the UK government’s recent decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, to the Republic of Mauritius has caused outrage from some and disbelief from others. Still, it has again brought to discussion if other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands and/or Gibraltar need to have representation at Westminster.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:33 UTC

    PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”

    Sir Hilary Beckles, “It is our intention to persist with this strategy of calling for a summit to work through what a reparatory justice model ought to look like”

    “Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Technically, the (UK) Government's position on this has not changed. We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was.