Falkland islanders should go back to England, Argentina’s vice-president said after Buenos Aires renewed its claim to the British overseas territory.
Argentina’s claim to what it calls the Malvinas was boosted when Donald Trump threatened to review the official US position on the islands after the UK did not join his war on Iran.
Javier Milei, Argentina’s president and a close ally of Mr Trump, said last week that the “the Malvinas were, are and will always be Argentine”.
Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands “rests with the UK”, Downing Street has said, following a report the US could review its position on Britain’s claim to the territory.
An internal Pentagon email reported by Reuters suggested the US was considering options to punish Nato allies it believed failed to support its war on Iran.
The options discussed also included seeking Spain’s suspension from Nato over its opposition to war.
Asked about the report, a No 10 spokesman said: “The Falkland Islands have hugely voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory, and we’ve always stood behind the islanders’ right to self-determination and the fact that sovereignty rests with the UK.”
Savitha Prakash, an NHS doctor living in the London borough of Harrow, believes there are similarities between the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. “He’s [Modi] one of those people, like Nigel, he walks the talk. He made [a] difference to the country,” said Prakash, who chairs Reform UK’s branch in Harrow.
In particular, the 47-year-old said Farage and Modi – who have each been accused by their critics of scapegoating marginalised communities – were focused on putting the needs of the majority first.
“There was a time before [Modi] came into power that minority appeasement was normal,” she said. “Everybody believed that if you want to be in power, you have to appease the minority. Today’s Nigel speaks the same thing [as Modi]. He speaks about looking out for the majority.”
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the US from Nato. At home, Starmer refuses to say when the government’s military funding plan will be published, let alone how much additional money will reach our armed forces. Britain’s weakened national defence could just about scrape through times of peace, but in a period of global instability, alarm bells are sounding.
Conjuring up extra defence spending will be no mean feat. But restoring Britain’s military might, or even scraping together a dad’s army band of have-a-go heroes, requires more than just money. While civil servants battle over budgets, there’s a more existential question that few are willing to ask. Who, exactly, is prepared to fight for Britain today?
The homelessness charity Centrepoint has said it will cut ties with its celebrity ambassador Sharon Osbourne after she expressed support for a far-right rally being organised by Tommy Robinson.
The charity, of which the Prince of Wales is patron, has been moved to distance itself from comments made by Osbourne. The TV personality indicated this week that she would be attending an event organised in London by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
On an Instagram post about the “unite the kingdom” rally, Osbourne’s official account left a comment saying: “See you at the march.”
In response, Centrepoint, which had recently engaged Osbourne as an ambassador for a campaign, said: “This sort of event does not align with our values.”
Not sure I care much for a charity that places illegal alien invaders on an equal footing as native sons and daughters.
Liberal woman is UPSET with Sharon Osbourne for wanting to attend the Tommy Robinson UTK rally…
“Glad your husband ( Ozzy ) cheated on you and he’s Dead”
These liberals are nasty people pic.twitter.com/yS7c9aCOIj
— WeGotitBack 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@NotFarLeftAtAll) April 17, 2026
There is a one-in-four chance that the UK could be involved in a major conflict within the next ten years unless defence spending is significantly increased, a “super-forecasting engine” has estimated.
Cassi AI, billed by its founder as “just off the best forecast that humanity can make under uncertainty”, has increased the odds of war from a one-in-five chance, which it was before the Iran conflict began on February 28.
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are cutting Donald Trump out of plans to patrol the Strait of Hormuz once the war against Iran is over.
The two leaders are piecing together a coalition of mostly European countries in a similar alliance to the French and British-led “coalition of the willing” nations working on Ukraine.
The idea is to send mine-sweeping and other vessels to clear the shipping lane and give companies the confidence to use the strait once the fighting is finished.
But the plan risks angering the mercurial Mr Trump, who has repeatedly castigated his Nato allies for failing to join his war and threatened to reconsider membership of the alliance.
European leaders have insisted this is not their war and ignored US calls to send warships to the strait.
A shadow industry of law firms and advisers is charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK, the BBC has found.
In the first part of a major undercover investigation, we reveal how migrants whose visas are due to run out are being given fake cover stories and instructed in how to obtain fabricated evidence, including supporting letters, photographs and medical reports.
They then apply for asylum claiming to be gay and in fear for their lives if they return to Pakistan or Bangladesh.
A key government adviser will accuse the UK’s leaders of “corrosive complacency” towards defence and warn the country’s security is “in peril”.
Lord George Robertson, the former Nato secretary general who wrote the government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), will use a speech later on Tuesday to accuse “non-military experts in the Treasury” of “vandalism”.
The government has promised to publish a 10-year defence investment plan to fund the SDR’s vision but it has been repeatedly delayed.
The UK will not be involved in enforcing the US military blockade of Iran, the BBC understands.
British naval ships and soldiers will not be used to block Iranian ports, while UK minesweepers and anti-drone capabilities will continue operating in the region.
A spokesperson for the UK government said: “We continue to support freedom of navigation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which is urgently needed to support the global economy and the cost of living back home.”
More than 21,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain in seven months, while fewer than 500 have been sent back under a flagship returns deal with France.
The stark imbalance has piled pressure on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to rethink the “one-in, one-out” scheme, which was designed to deter small boat crossings by returning arrivals to France in exchange for accepting a limited number via legal routes.
The United Kingdom has surrendered its ability to ensure its own security, leaving it at the mercy of global events beyond its control, and the nation’s Prime Minister impotently raging against U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin — who he equates — in a rant about energy security.
A few weeks back, the Financial Times declared that Britain is no longer a global power.
It’s hard to dispute that statement. In fact, the FT was only saying aloud what everybody around the world has been thinking for quite a while.
Vladimir Putin has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer’s threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel.
The Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied a pair of shadow fleet ships on Wednesday while a British naval vessel followed behind.
Positioned on the Royal Charlotte, a boat almost 10 miles from Dover, The Telegraph observed Putin’s flotilla cruising past the south coast while RFA Tideforce, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, trailed in their wake.
Until the U.K.’s political and cultural elite can defend confidently what it means to be British, the nation will sacrifice women’s safety, Jewish security, and core liberal principles such as free speech.
In Britain, March meant Ramadan. My local supermarket advised me to “Make this holy month meaningful” and offered “everything you need for Iftar, Suhoor, and beyond,” including a range of halal foods. At televised Premiership football matches, play stopped to allow Muslim players to break their fast. Days before Eid, Muslims gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square to pray in public. The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, hailed the “power of being Muslim” as he addressed thousands at the “biggest Iftar in the Western world.”
