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Montevideo, September 29th 2026 - 14:33 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Friday, May 8th 2026 - 01:51 UTC

    First counts confirm Reform UK's advance in Labour heartlands and open the door to a leadership crisis

    Still pending are the results of the elections to the devolved parliaments of Scotland (Holyrood) and Wales (Senedd), expected on Friday afternoon

    The first ballots counted in the local elections held on Thursday across the United Kingdom confirmed the advance of the far-right Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, in territories historically dominated by Labour in the north of England and triggered the first public expressions of discontent within Prime Minister Keir Starmer's own party, in what various analysts already describe as one of the most adverse electoral nights for the ruling party since taking office in July 2024. The vote, in which more than 5,000 municipal seats across 136 local authorities and the devolved parliaments of Scotland and Wales were contested, opened the door to a potential internal crisis over Starmer's leadership.

  • Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 14:06 UTC

    United Kingdom votes in key local elections that put Starmer's leadership to the test

    This British electoral day is compounded by international tensions that have marked the recent months of the Labour government

    British voters head to the polls on Thursday, May 7, in an election that will see the renewal of more than 5,000 seats across 136 local councils in England, six directly elected mayoralties, and the devolved parliaments of Scotland and Wales, in what various analysts and pollsters describe as the toughest electoral test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer since he took office in July 2024. Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. local time and will close at 10:00 p.m., with most results expected by Friday afternoon.

  • Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 13:52 UTC

    Trump tells King Charles: “Americans have had no closer friends than the British”

    The submarine bell from HMS Trump, a special gift to the President

    On the second day of his state visit to the United States, speaking before Congress, where he was repeatedly acclaimed with loud applause, King Charles III stressed the value and importance of the “indispensable” UK and US partnership.

  • Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 13:49 UTC

    UK government borrowing costs rise to their highest since 2008 financial crisis

    The yield on the 10-year gilt, climbed back above five per cent for only the third time since the Iran war broke out.

    The extent to which UK is exposed to the ongoing energy shock, as a consequence of the Iran war, and fears or rising inflation, was exposed by the British government’s borrowing costs that have risen to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.

  • Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 17:42 UTC

    King Charles prepares speech on 'reconciliation and renewal' to US Congress after White House welcome

    The King will describe the “special relationship” as “one of the greatest alliances in human history” and stress that defense

    King Charles III is preparing to deliver an address to a joint session of the US Congress at 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, in which he will frame “reconciliation and renewal” as the defining themes of the bilateral relationship between London and Washington 250 years after American independence. The speech, expected to be one of the centerpieces of his state visit, comes after a heavily symbolic military welcome at the White House, where President Donald Trump extended to the monarch the highest protocol honor accorded by the United States to a visiting head of state.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 06:03 UTC

    King Charles arrives in the US for a state visit marked by bilateral tensions over the Iran war

    The “special relationship” is going through what various analysts describe as its lowest point since the Suez Crisis of 1956

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla landed on Monday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, beginning a four-day state visit to the United States — the most prominent of the current reign and the first by a British monarch in two decades. The tour coincides with the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence and unfolds at a particularly delicate moment for the “special relationship” between London and Washington, sharpened by tensions stemming from the war against Iran and a series of diplomatic disagreements that have accumulated in recent months.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 03:45 UTC

    UK political reaction to Pentagon leak: 'Falklands sovereignty is not up for debate'

    A spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that sovereignty “rests with the UK” and invoked the islanders' right to self-determination

    The UK government closed ranks on Friday around its sovereignty claim over the Falklands, after the publication of an internal Pentagon email that considers reconsidering US diplomatic support for London over the archipelago as retaliation for Britain's refusal to join the military offensive against Iran. The institutional response was matched by a political front that included governing and opposition parties, as well as the Falklands government itself, amid the imminent state visit by King Charles III to the United States.

  • Friday, April 24th 2026 - 20:11 UTC

    Milei reaffirms Falklands claim as US-Argentina alignment deepens with State Department visit

    “We are doing everything humanly possible to return the Falklands to Argentina. Sovereignty is non-negotiable, but it must be handled judiciously, with brains,” Milei said

    President Javier Milei reaffirmed on Friday Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands and said his government is “making unprecedented progress,” hours after the leak of an internal Pentagon memorandum that considers reviewing US diplomatic support for the United Kingdom over the archipelago as retaliation for London's refusal to join military operations against Iran.

  • Friday, April 24th 2026 - 15:55 UTC

    US weighs withdrawing diplomatic support for UK over Falklands

    The document, circulating at senior Pentagon levels, lists punitive options against countries that refused to grant the US access, basing, and overflight rights during the Iran offensive

    An internal Pentagon email is considering the withdrawal of US diplomatic support for the United Kingdom in its dispute with Argentina over the Falklands as part of a package of retaliatory measures targeting NATO allies that did not back US military operations in the war with Iran, which began on February 28 of this year. The revelation was published on Friday by Reuters, based on a leaked memorandum and confirmed by a US official speaking on condition of anonymity.

  • Thursday, April 23rd 2026 - 23:01 UTC

    Days before King Charles's state visit, Trump says it could help mend ties with London

    The US president, who has known the British monarch for years, described him as “a brave man” and predicted that the visit would be “a positive.”

    US President Donald Trump said the state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which begins on Monday, could help repair relations with the United Kingdom, strained by weeks of tension over the Iran war and other bilateral disputes. The remarks came in a telephone interview with the BBC broadcast on Thursday.