Jon Snow
The Falklands – the war I never quite reached
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow blogs on the Falklands – the war he never quite reached.
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40th anniversary of end of Falklands War
40 years ago, the Argentine invasion force surrendered, ending the Falklands War.
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‘I have felt rather uncomfortable with it since the time of the Falklands’ – Sir Simon Rattle on ‘Rule, Britannia!’
Tomorrow night sees the opening of the Proms concerts under the most challenging circumstances since the Second World War.
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Falklands veteran forced out of navy over sexuality to have medals returned
It is almost exactly 20 years since the ban on LGBT people in the armed forces was lifted. One of the servicemen who fell foul of the ban before it was scrapped was Joe Ousalice.
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Ken Clarke MP: Lord Carrington ‘should not have resigned over Falklands’
Ken Clarke served as a minister when Lord Carrington was foreign secretary in a government led by Margaret Thatcher. How did the seasoned aristocrat get on with her?
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Lord Howard defends Falklands comments
Lord Howard denies he was being inflammatory when he appeared to suggest that Theresa May would be prepared to go to war over Gibraltar.
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Falklands veteran’s unique take on conflict
A former Welsh Guardsman who fought in the Falklands has produced a unique perspective on the conflict in the form of a cartoon book chronicling his time at war.
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Heroic Falklands’ leader Admiral ‘Sandy’ Woodward dies
Sir John “Sandy” Woodward, hailed by Prime Minister David Cameron for his “heroic command” of the Falklands Task Force, has died aged 81.
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Falklands referendum: voting continues for second day
Falkland islanders are voting in a referendum to decide if the disputed territory should remain part of Britain.
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Reagan’s Falklands plea to Thatcher
President Reagan issued a last-ditch appeal to Margaret Thatcher to abandon her campaign to retake the Falklands, according to official documents now made public.
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Argentina demands talks over Falklands
As Argentina’s president demands talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands, Prime Minister David Cameron insists there will be no negotiation.
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UN appearance for Argentina on Falklands anniversary
As the Falkland Islands marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, the president of Argentina goes to the United Nations to press her country’s claim to the islands.
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Argentinian athlete’s Falklands ad causes outrage
An advert shot on the Falkland Islands showing Argentinian hockey player Fernando Zylberberg training on a British war memorial prompts calls for him to be banned from the London Olympics.
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FactCheck Q&A: Why are the Falklands British?
“Various Argentinian governments have also made the point that the archipelago is much closer geographically, which is certainly true but not usually relevant in law. If it were, the Faroe Islands would be British, the Channel Islands French and Alaska Canadian.”
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Cameron renews commitment to Falklands
Thirty years after the invasion of the Falkland islands, David Cameron reaffirms Britain’s role in “righting a profound wrong” while veterans and relatives of the deceased attend a memorial service.
