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Falkland manoeuvres are ‘entirely routine’, says William Hague
William Hague told the Sky News Murnaghan programme that commemorations would go ahead to mark the 30-year anniversary of the Falklands conflict. But he said Britain supported the islanders’...
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Argentina to complain to UN over ‘militarisation’ of Falklands
In a speech to veterans of the Falklands War, Mrs Kirchner accused Britain of acting like a colonial power by deploying its most powerful warship – and the Duke of Cambridge – to the region. “We can...
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Falklands oilfields could yield $176bn tax windfall
A study to be handed to the UK Government this week will lay bare the potential riches on offer from drilling in waters within the 200-mile exclusion zone set up during the 1980s Falklands War to mark...
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Baroness Thatcher: ‘If I had my time again, I wouldn’t go into politics’
The startling admission from the former prime minister is contained in a set of diaries by Lord Spicer, the Tory grandee, which is being serialised in tomorrow’s Sunday Telegraph. The book gives a...
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Argentina threatens to sue banks helping Falklands oil explorers as trade war...
In what amounts to the start of a new trade war between the UK and Argentina, the banks – understood to include the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs – have been warned they...
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I hope we would do it all again if we had to, says widow of Falklands hero
Lt Col Herbert Jones, universally known as ‘H’, died leading a charge against an Argentine machinegun post at Goose Green while commanding 2 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment. Speaking ahead of the...
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Why we still want to work with Argentina
‘We have apparently reliable evidence that an Argentine task force will gather off Cape Pembroke [East Falkland] early tomorrow morning, 2 April. You will wish to make your dispositions accordingly.”...
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Argentina told it must pay back £45 million UK loans that were partly used to...
The demand comes amid continued tensions between London and Buenos Aires around the 30th anniversary of the war over the South Atlantic territory. Details of the loans, uncovered by a campaign group,...
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Warmongering won’t settle this old dispute
After more than three years without an Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, I have just taken up that responsibility. My government is keen to seize this moment to rebuild and strengthen...
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Argentina’s foreign minister refuses to apologise for Falkland Islands...
Responding to calls from the Defence Secretary for an apology over the controversial spot, Héctor Timerman said: “Mr Hammond should know that the world is safer when we use our creativity, rather than...
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