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October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police. The camp was home to thousands of migrants who wanted to cross the Channel and reach the UK. A decade on, migrants continue to dream of reaching British shores and the "Jungle" has been replaced by many smaller jungles scattered along the northern French coastline. FRANCE 24's Pauline Godart, Claire Paccalin and Mohamed Farhat report.
President Javier Milei said in a hypothetical scenario that Falkland Islanders would not be deported if the UK ever ceded the territory to Argentina.
Investors are sticking with short-dated bonds in Europe and the UK, in a bet that expectations for interest rate increases have gone too far.
Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the UK grow over offshore oil drilling.
From street attacks to political rhetoric, xenophobia is becoming quotidian.
Britain’s private sector slowed and price pressures strengthened in September, according to S&P Global’s purchasing managers’ index, a closely watched survey that pointed to a summer growth spurt losing momentum. Dan Hanson of Bloomberg Economics reacts to the data. (Source: Bloomberg)
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.
In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressed the UN General Assembly, accusing Russia of information warfare.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his country’s relations with Britain were better under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, but he criticised a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands. Trump and Burnham shook hands as they met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “No, I think they’re up – well, they’re more up now than they were with your last prime minister, let me put it that way,” Trump told reporters, referring to Keir Starmer. “Right...
A British tanker plane will provide "defensive" air-to-air refuelling for Saudi warplanes to help the country defend against Houthi strikes, the UK government confirmed late Monday. The show of solidarity follows a Saudi request for military support after the Houthis increased drone and missile attacks on it in recent weeks alongside a lightning offensive to capture Yemen's Red Sea coast.
The United Kingdom and the United States have for the first time test-fired a torpedo from an uncrewed underwater vessel, marking a step forward in AUKUS efforts to develop autonomous naval technology.
In the UK, fallout continues over the explosive memoirs of Princess Diana’s brother. Charles Spencer on Sunday accused King Charles of “gaslighting” him over his account of events surrounding Diana’s death, detailed in a book due to be released on Tuesday. Earl Spencer claims the monarch was “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of her death. Carys Garland has the story.
The UK’s strategy to prop up its long maturity debt by selling less in the wake of the Liz Truss-era crash is failing to pay off.
UK energy bills could jump 25% in January, Bloomberg Economics finds, threatening to undo much of prime minister Andy Burnham’s effort to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. Nicole Sy explains. (Source: Bloomberg)
Britain’s employers shed workers at the fastest rate in nine months, with the number of employees on company payrolls slipping 26,000 in August, according to the Office for National Statistics. The drop was worse than the 5,000 drop that economists expected, though the provisional estimates are often revised. Bloomberg's Sam Unsted breaks down the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
Argentine coverage calls it a British reinforcement. A written parliamentary answer describes four Typhoons replacing four Typhoons, in late 2027. The post Britain Is Not Sending More Jets to the Falkland Islands, and the Paperwork Says So appeared first on The Rio Times.
UK Foreign Office files, public since 2024, record warnings about Israeli violence and rights abuses since 2002.
A raft of British businesses urged Chancellor John Healey to move levies off electricity bills as rising energy costs squeeze industries from chemicals to steel.
The UK is facing new competition from countries such as Greece and Turkey, which offer disaffected ultra-wealthy residents more favorable tax regimes. Nicole Sy explains. (Source: Bloomberg)
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
A diplomatic rift grows between the UK and Israel after Britain led a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Record heatwaves have troubled British farmers, raising concerns over reservoir levels and food supply.
Dissent voiced in an ongoing inquiry into Australia’s most ambitious nuclear submarine pact has laid bare growing uncertainty over US commitment, amid questions about the clarity of Canberra’s explanation of the Aukus deal to citizens. Under the trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK and the United States, Canberra will get eight nuclear-powered submarines at an estimated cost of up to A$368 billion (US$266 billion). Three used Virginia-class nuclear submarines will initially be...
Flights from British airports began to resume Wednesday after a glitch in the country's air traffic control service left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded. Authorities warned that travellers would continue to experience delays as airlines scrambled to recover from the outage.