Tag: United Kingdom

Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 19:02 UTC
London Bridge Operation set in place

The so-called “London Bridge Operation” protocol has been activated after today's death of Queen Elizabeth. It consists of a series of meticulously planned actions to be carried out involving Prime Minister Liz Tuss, the Anglican Church, the London Police, the armed forces, and the media. The proceedings will last for weeks.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 15:26 UTC
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died Thursday at the age of 96

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died Thursday at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the BBC has reported.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Buenos Aires hosting meeting on LGBTI+ rights, co-chaired with UK

Argentina and the United Kingdom are to chair for the second time in a row an Equal Rights Coalition meeting where the global backlash against LGBTI+ rights and freedoms, particularly the “global anti-gender movements” matter, are to be discussed.
Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Truss announces new cabinet to face “the storm”

Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss Tuesday vowed to weather the “the storm” the country is going through and appointed her new cabinet for that task.
Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 18:29 UTC
Truss officially becomes UK's new Prime Minister

In a ceremony at Balmoral Castle, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday made the 47-year-old Liz Truss' appointment as Prime Minister official. Earlier in the day, the monarch had accepted Boris Johnson's resignation.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Falklands' Veteran hero paratrooper who acted on a BBC show on the war dies in air crash

An inquest has been opened into the death of Chris Waddington, the Falklands War Veteran who was tragically killed in a plane crash in Herefordshire reports the HerefordTimes. The Parachute Regiment veteran, who served for more than 20 years in the British Armed Forces, was killed five days before his 60th birthday when the plane he was flying hit the ground at Shobdon Airfield, near Leominster.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Brits dumping their pets because of rising cost of living

The UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, RSPCA, has revealed it received more than 100 reports of animals being abandoned every single day throughout 2021 and sadly these figures are on the rise this year.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:09 UTC
New British PM to be appointed at Balmoral Castle

According to a Buckingham Palace announcement released Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II will for the first time in her historic 70-year reign appoint the new prime minister at Balmoral, in Scotland, due to mobility issues affecting the monarch.
Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:23 UTC
India prepared to eliminate UK components from Tejas jet fighter, of interest for Argentina

On Monday's piece on the visit of Indian External Affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to Buenos Aires we reported the interest of Argentina to strengthen bilateral defense links and cooperation, and at the same time its interest in the fully made Tejas jet fighter to equip the Argentine Air Force.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Over 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far this year, BBC report

Over 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to Kent so far in 2022, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defense. while a total of 915 people reached Kent in 19 small boats on Saturday, according to a report from BBC. Women and children were among a group brought ashore by an RNLI lifeboat at Dungeness.