No 10: Falklands sovereignty ‘not in question’ amid fears over US stance A Pentagon email suggested Donald Trump’s US administration could review its position on the UK’s claim to the Falkland Islands. Evening Standard · Apr 24
UK insists Falklands sovereignty ‘rests with UK’ after Trump threat to withdraw US backing No 10 was forced to respond after an internal Pentagon email set out options for Mr Trump’s administration to punish Nato allies for refusing to join the US-Israeli strikes against Iran The Independent UK · Apr 24
Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025
No 10 hits back at claim Falklands ‘will become Argentine’ in wake of Chagos row Argentine president Javier Milei said Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has shown the path for Argentina to claim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024
Falkland Islands ‘were covered in lush rainforest up to 30 million years ago’ Dr Zoe Thomas, from the University of Southampton, found that the South Atlantic archipelago was once covered in cool, wet woodland. The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024
Elon Musk got duped by misinformation on his own platform, retweeting then deleting a fake headline about the British PM A fake Telegraph headline claimed Keir Starmer was considering “emergency detainment camps” on the Falkland Islands to hold prisoners from the ongoing riots in the UK. Fortune · Aug 8, 2024
Falkland Islands: More than a dozen dead after fishing boat disaster The Argos Georgia sank around 200 nautical miles east of Stanley Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024
Fishing Vessel Sinks In South Atlantic, Nine Dead Tragic sinking of FV Argos Georgia off Falkland Islands, 9 dead, 4 missing. International search and rescue efforts ongoing. Top News · Jul 24, 2024
Nine dead and four missing after fishing boat capsizes off Falkland Islands Argentinian Navy says strong winds and waves damaged vessel and caused water to rapidly fill the hull The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024
Search And Rescue Operation Underway For Sunken Fishing Vessel Search and rescue operation underway for sunken ship near Falkland Islands. Crew members rescued, others missing. Challenging conditions hinder efforts. Top News · Jul 23, 2024
Six feared dead and 14 rescued after fishing boat sinks off Falkland Islands Seven still missing as emergency teams scour south Atlantic after vessel experienced ‘uncontrolled flooding’ The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2024
British Foreign Secretary Visits Falklands, Reaffirms UK Support British Foreign Secretary David Cameron's visit to the Falkland Islands reaffirms UK's commitment amidst territorial disputes. Top News · Feb 20, 2024
Falkland Islands dispute is causing fishing ‘free-for-all’ in nearby Blue Hole Warning that soaring number of vessels threaten fish stocks and environment as geopolitics prevents agreement to regulate area The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
Milei Wants Argentina To Take Back the Falkland Islands The government says it's about sovereignty. It might be about oil, too. Reason · Jan 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Britain has manipulated the principle of self-determination in the Falkland Islands Letter: If there is a people who are victims of colonialism, to whom the principle of self-determination can be applied, it is the Argentine people, writes Facundo D Rodriguez
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023 Respect the right of Falkland Islanders to self-determination Letters: The islands’ status as a British overseas territory has nothing to do with imperial gestures, and everything to do with the wishes of the population, writes Dr Nigel Haywood. Plus letters from Glenn D Barker, Mark Nolan and Maya Richardson
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023 UK responds to Argentina president’s pledge to ‘get back’ Falkland Islands Argentinian president Javier Milei has promised to take control of Falkland Islands through ‘diplomatic channels’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023 Harold Briley obituary BBC Latin America correspondent who was the first to break the news that the Falkland Islands had been invaded in 1982
The Week · Jul 24, 2023 ‘Islas Malvinas’ and the new battle over the Falklands Rishi Sunak has criticised the European Union for a “regrettable choice of words” after it appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands, “Islas Malvinas”.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023 Rishi Sunak criticises EU for calling Falkland Islands ‘Islas Malvinas’ Prime minister says choice of words ‘regrettable’ as Brussels insists it has not changed its stance on disputed islands
The National (Scotland) · Jul 20, 2023 Diplomatic row as EU recognises Argentine name for Falkland Islands BRITISH diplomats have been enraged after the European Union appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands.
Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023 Penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world - and it's all thanks to their wings Gentoos occupy Antarctica, Argentina and the Falkland Islands. They are mostly black from head-to-tail except for a stark-white front - and distinctive bill and white eye patches
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023 UK says Falklands are British as Argentina seeks new talks Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked war between the two countries in 1982
Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023 Argentina to renew push for sovereignty over Falkland Islands The South American country hopes to bring the question of the islands’ disputed sovereignty before the United Nations.
Daily Mirror · Dec 19, 2022 Princess Anne officially named hardest-working member of the Royal Family The Princess Royal, 72, carried out 214 engagements in 2022, including trips to the US and the Falkland Islands - the highest number of official engagements according to analysis of the Court Circular