The Falklands – the war I never quite reached
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow blogs on the Falklands – the war he never quite reached.
He is one of the grandest of Tory grandees, given his first government job by Winston Churchill. He talks to Jon Snow about Margaret Thatcher, why he resigned and his thoughts on Europe.
Britain and Spain are locked in a dispute over Gibraltar that that has compounded tensions dating back to 1704. But what is fueling Britain’s control issues over its overseas territory?
Falkland islanders are voting in a referendum to decide if the disputed territory should remain part of Britain.
It’s the tricky Falklands issue. Now the President of Argentina has written to David Cameron about it. Is her letter right, FactCheck asks?
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.
Foreign and Commonwealth soldiers who risked their lives serving in the British Army tell Channel 4 News they want the government to review a new law which leaves them subject to imminent deportation.
As Argentina’s president demands talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands, Prime Minister David Cameron insists there will be no negotiation.
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.
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.
“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.”
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow blogs on the Falklands – the war he never quite reached.
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.
Britain dismisses claims that it is militarising the Falklands dispute by deploying nuclear weapons nearby as “absurd”.
Argentina’s president accuses Britain of “militarising” the row over the Falkland Islands, and announces plans to complain to the United Nations.
Gary Gibbon blogs on Boris Johnson’s appearance before the 1922 Committee and the Westminster fears of an Argentine stunt over the Falkland Islands.