News of britain

Rio Tinto invests in major Chilean lithium project

19-05-2025 20:56 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco announced a partnership on Monday with British-Australian miner Rio Tinto to extract lithium from the Maricunga salt flat.

COMMUNITY

Ronnie Scott laid to rest at British Cemetery

28-04-2025 15:07 Ronald David Scott remembered with “honour, respect and affection” at service at the British Cemetery in Chacarita.

by Michael Soltys

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel hostage group mourns 'heart-shattering' death of Bibas babies

19-02-2025 16:45 Israel confirms that Hamas will hand over bodies of three remaining members of the Bibas family in upcoming hostage exchange, including children Ariel and Kfir.

VISITING BRITAIN

UK extends travel entry scheme to non-EU countries

08-01-2025 10:18 Visitors from 48 non-European countries, including Argentina, now need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Release of new single featuring late One Direction star postponed

29-10-2024 16:06 A new single featuring Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died earlier this month after falling from his Buenos Aires hotel room, will be released on Friday, a collaborator said.

TRAGEDY IN PALERMO

Liam Payne: What we know so far about circumstances of star's death

17-10-2024 15:46 The circumstances of pop star's Liam Payne's death at a hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday evening remain unclear. Here's what we know so far.

RIOTS IN UNITED KINGDOM

UK PM Starmer vows no let up in stopping further far-right riots

08-08-2024 15:23 Keir Starmer insists UK authorities will maintain a crackdown on violent far-right disorder plaguing British streets.

UK ELECTION 2024

Labour hoping for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

04-07-2024 14:49 Polls show centre-left Labour party set for its first general election win since 2005 – making Keir Starmer the party's first prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010.

UK ELECTION 2024

Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister

04-07-2024 14:38 Keir Starmer, named after Labour's founding father, is the centre-left opposition party's most working-class leader in decades, despite his knighthood.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina, 17 other nations to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages

25-04-2024 12:55 Argentina signs joint statement calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza; Casa Rosada's release says nation is aligned with "nations of the free world."

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

Milei vows Malvinas 'road map' as he plays politics with sovereignty claim

02-04-2024 11:19 President Milei slams his predecessors in office and vows "new era of reconciliation with the Armed Forces" at ceremony marking 42nd anniversary of war in South Atlantic.

United Kingdom

Whisky, haggis and plentiful toasts: British Embassy marks Burns Night in style

29-01-2024 07:23 Birth of Scotland’s most famous poet Robert Burns marked in appropriate fashion by UK diplomacy.

by Michael Soltys

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Malvinas, IMF on agenda as president meets UK foreign secretary

17-01-2024 19:59 Argentina’s libertarian leader meets with former UK prime minister David Cameron on the sidelines of the Davos summit – Malvinas and IMF support topped the agenda.

ELECTION 2023: REACTION

British PM Sunak sends congratulations to president-elect Milei

21-11-2023 13:37 Spokesperson for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Conservative leader has sent his congratulations to Argentina's president-elect but adds that Malvinas issue is "a question resolved a long time ago."

FAB FOUR HAVE NEW TUNE

'Now and Then' – The Beatles release 'last-ever' single

02-11-2023 11:30 'Now And Then,' first written and sung by John Lennon in 1978, has been finished by his fellow band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr – and the help of AI.

LA LIBERTAD AVANZA

‘Islander rights will be respected’ – Mondino criticised for Malvinas stance

12-09-2023 20:51 Criticism rains down on Javier Milei’s choice for foreign minister after she sparks Malvinas controversy; Mondino says in interview with British press that “decisions can no longer be imposed” on residents of disputed islands.

Guyana & Slavery

Family of former British PM apologises for Guyana slave-owning past

27-08-2023 08:45 Descendants of former British prime minister William Gladstone apologise for family's slaveholding past in Guyana and urges United Kingdom to discuss reparations in the Caribbean.