30/04/2012 | Argentina

Argentine envoy urges UK to 'give peace a chance' on Malvinas

Argentina's new ambassador to London tackled Britain's Foreign Minister over the disputed Malvinas Islands by asking him at a public meeting whether he was ready to "give peace a chance" by opening talks on the islands' future.

16/06/2011 | Argentina

Argentine ambassador to UN regrets Cameron's sovereignty remarks

The Argentine ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello, reiterated Argentina’s disappointment over British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s approach to Malvinas islands sovereignty, and said that it’s “worrying and irritating to hear the British Prime Minister confirm what everybody was thinking; also neglecting to abide by UN resolution.”

23/09/2011 | Argentina

Malvinas: UK replies to CFK, rules out sovereignty talks

In a statement issued, the government of Great Britain replied to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's statements, who had threatened to cancel flights to the Malvinas Islands.

18/01/2012 | Argentina

Tension rises between Argentina, UK over Malvinas sovereignty

Acting President Amado Boudou assured today that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s comment son Argentina’s stance on the Malvinas Islands were “an ignorant and dumb outburst of historical reality." Cameron accused Argentina of colonialism.

25/01/2013 | World

Britain's economy shrinks more than expected

Britain's economy shrank more than expected at the end of 2012 with a North Sea oil production slump, lower factory output and a hangover from London Olympics pushing it perilously close to a "triple-dip" recession.

05/02/2013 | World

British PM's party split as first gay marriage vote passes

Britain's parliament voted heavily in favour of legalising gay marriage today, but Prime Minister David Cameron's authority in his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over the measure he had championed.

08/02/2013 | World

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban discharged from UK hospital

A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a British hospital where she had reconstructive surgery on her skull.

29/12/2012 | World

'Britain heading in the right direction', says UK's Cameron

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was heading in the right direction on all its major issues and could look forward to 2013 with realism and optimism.

21/01/2013 | World

Prince Harry says killed Afghan insurgents during tour

Britain's Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties against the Taliban while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan where he was a gunner in Apache attack helicopters.

22/01/2013 | World

Cameron to promise Britons straight choice on EU exit

Prime Minister David Cameron will promise today to give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, provided he wins an election in 2015.

08/10/2012 | World

UK, Japan scientists win Nobel for stem cell breakthroughs

Scientists from Britain and Japan shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed back into stem cells which can turn into any kind of tissue and may one day repair damaged organs.

31/10/2012 | World

France, Britain set stage for EU budget wrangling

British Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure to act tough on the European Union budget and France threatened to use its veto, signalling a divisive start to bargaining over the 1 trillion euro ($1.3 trillion) long-term spending plan.

01/11/2012 | World

UK risks sliding to EU exit, Deputy PM Clegg warns

Britain faces a crisis that could end with the world's sixth largest economy leaving the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned ahead of a showdown over budget spending with other states in the 27-member bloc.

16/08/2012 | World

Ecuador grants political asylum to Julian Assange

Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange today, ratcheting up tension in a standoff with Britain which has warned it could revoke the diplomatic status of Quito's embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.

03/09/2012 | World

UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about naked Vegas pics

Britain's Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself when he made his first official public appearance since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published.

07/09/2012 | World

UK's Prince Harry in Afghanistan to fly helicopters

Britain's Prince Harry has returned to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters on the frontline just two weeks after he was photographed frolicking naked in Las Vegas.

25/07/2012 | World

Britain sinks far deeper into recession than forecast

Britain's economy shrank far more than expected in the second quarter, battered by everything from an extra public holiday to government spending cuts and the neighboring euro zone crisis.

15/08/2012 | World

UK queen's husband Prince Philip, 91, in hospital

Britain's 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth, was taken to hospital in Scotland today as a "precautionary measure", Buckingham Palace said.

16/08/2012 | World

Britain says Assange Ecuador asylum wouldn't change a thing

Britain said that any decision by Ecuador to give Julian Assange political asylum wouldn't change a thing and that it might still revoke the diplomatic status of Quito's embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.

27/04/2012 | World

Half of Britons say monarchy more likeable, survey shows

Half of Britons think the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton has made the monarchy more likeable, a new online survey showed today.

14/06/2012 | World

UK top court rejects WikiLeaks' Assange appeal

Britain's top court said today it had rejected an application by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, ending his last legal recourse in the British courts.

21/07/2012 | World

Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British papers

News Corp's Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo.

30/03/2012 | World

UK insists it will 'steadfastly defend' the Malvinas Islands

Foreign Secretary William Hague formally announced before ambassadors the opening of UK’s diplomatic headquarter at El Salvador to strengthen the relations with Latin America and warned once more that his country will “steadfastly” defend the Malvinas Islands.

04/04/2012 | World

Britain's royal couple reproduced in wax

Madame Tussauds unveiled waxwork figures of British royal couple Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge today, and expected the couple to be among the main attractions.

25/04/2012 | World

Britain's economy falls in its second recession since financial crisis

Britain's economy has fallen into its second recession since the financial crisis after an shock contraction at the start of 2012,the Office for National Statistics said, adding that Britain's gross domestic product fell 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012 on top of a 0.3 percent decline at the end of 2011.

20/02/2012 | World

Italy, Britain urge more EU focus on growth

Italy, Britain, the Netherlands and nine other countries called for Europe to shift its focus from tough budget cuts towards measures to create growth as the region looks headed for its second recession in three years.

01/03/2012 | World

UK withdraws diplomats from Syria, closes embassy

Britain announced today that the UK is closing its embassy in Syria and withdrawing British diplomats. It has assured, however, Britain is not breaking diplomatic ties with Damascus.

09/03/2012 | World

Strauss-Kahn bundled away from UK speech protests

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was bundled into the back of a police car to escape protesters after a speaking engagement at Britain's Cambridge University that angered women's rights activists.

03/02/2012 | World

Cameron to make official visit to US before Malvinas’ anniversary

British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will meet in Washington next month, three weeks before the 30 anniversary of the beginning of the Malvinas Islands war.

16/02/2012 | World

Britain set for Malvinas Islands oil windfall

Britain will share in a Malvinas Islands windfall when oil starts flowing there later this decade and, with taxes and royalties estimated at up to $167 billion, the potential prize could inflame mounting tensions with Argentina over sovereignty.

17/02/2012 | World

France, Britain agree drone cooperation

France and Britain agreed to jointly work to develop next-generation unmanned drones as part of their military cooperation as their leaders reconciled after an acrimonious clash over Europe last year.

23/12/2011 | World

Britain slams Argentina, vows to protect Malvinas

Britain said that Argentinian-led efforts to ban ships flying the Malvinas Islands flag from South American ports were "unjustified and counterproductive" and vowed to protect the territory's sovereignty.

05/01/2012 | World

UK signals ready to use force to keep Strait open

Britain signalled its readiness to use military force if necessary to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, warning Iran not to miscalculate over the West's determination to prevent disruption to the key shipping route.

02/02/2012 | World

Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends

Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardizing extraditions to many neighbouring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued.

06/12/2011 | World

UK protests to Argentina over Malvinas Islands

Britain has protested to Argentina over its interception of UK-licensed fishing boats in disputed waters near the Malvinas Islands, over which the two countries went to war in 1982.

12/12/2011 | World

Euro zone fiscal pact fails to restore confidence

A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.

21/12/2011 | World

Britain 'concerned' about Malvinas ship ban

Britain expressed concern at a decision by the South American trading block Mercosur to ban boats flying a Malvinas Islands flag from docking at ports in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

05/11/2011 | World

UK suspends top border officials, launches inquiry

Britain's interior minister ordered an inquiry on Saturday into the country's border force after suspending several top officials amid media reports that some passport checks were halted last summer.

02/12/2011 | World

Expelled Iran diplomats leave Britain

All Iranian diplomats left Britain, expelled in response to protesters storming the British embassy in Tehran, hardening a confrontation between Tehran and the West over its nuclear programme.

05/12/2011 | World

Assange to fight extradition in top UK court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden, won the right today to ask Britain's Supreme Court to hear his case, prolonging his stay in Britain.

13/08/2011 | World

UK to tackle social problems after riots

Britain needs to tackle deep-seated social problems following riots and looting in English cities this week, the center-right government said, and a US street crime expert who has brought in, said arrests alone would not solve the problem.

17/08/2011 | World

Britain says 400,000 Somali children at risk of death

Britain said today that hundreds of thousands of children could starve to death in Somalia if the international community did not ramp up its response to the famine there, and pledged a further $48 million to aid children and livestock owners.

13/10/2011 | World

UK will work with allies 'to agree on international response'

Britain will work with the United States, the European Union and Saudi Arabia to agree on an international response to an alleged Iranian-backed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

15/07/2011 | World

Military action against Gaddafi to intensify, Hague says

Military action against Muammar Gaddafi's regime will be intensifed while a UN envoy presses for negotiations to end the civil war in Libya, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

11/08/2011 | World

Cameron denies austerity drive caused UK riots

Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.

12/08/2011 | World

British gov't deems recovery of riot-affected businesses 'a top priority'

As the storm of rioting began to calm across the UK, the British government acted quickly to provide a solution for businesses that were affected during the course of violent attacks by rioters over the past week in different English cities.

06/07/2011 | World

UK to bring 500 extra troops home from Afghanistan by end-2012

Britain will withdraw an extra 500 soldiers from Afghanistan next year, bringing the UK troop level down to 9,000 as Western governments begin to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces.

07/07/2011 | World

Britain’s biggest selling Sunday paper closed over hacking scandal

In a breathtaking response to a scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch moved today close down the News of the World, Britain's biggest selling Sunday newspaper.As allegations mounted this week that its journalists had hacked the voicemails of thousands of people.

08/07/2011 | World

William and Kate talk tech on arrival to California

Britain's royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate kicked off their maiden US visit in a truly California way -- by networking with the technology and entertainment industries.

31/03/2011 | World

Senior Gaddafi envoy in Britain for talks

Libya has sent a senior aide to one of leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons to London for talks with British officials, the Guardian newspaper reported.

08/04/2011 | World

Prince Harry back from Arctic as ice runway fixed

Prince Harry flew back to Britain after a trek in the Arctic lasted longer than planned because of a broken ice runway, a royal spokesman said.

06/05/2011 | World

Britons punish Lib Dems for coalition role

British voters punished the Liberal Democrats for their role in a deficit-cutting government, rejecting the party's efforts to reform the electoral system and deserting it in local elections.

02/02/2011 | World

UK's Art Fund names 10 galleries on prize longlist

Britain's Art Fund unveiled a longlist of 10 museums and galleries nominated for the annual 100,000 pound ($160,000) Museum of the Year prize, with institutions in England, Scotland and Wales represented.

03/02/2011 | World

Retailers lead market gains ahead of jobs data

US stocks ended near the session's highs, with investors favoring shares of retailers after encouraging chain-store sales raised confidence ahead of Friday's jobs report.

05/02/2011 | World

UK's Cameron rules out big tax cuts at budget

Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out big tax cuts at next month's budget, confirming in a Sunday newspaper interview that his focus remained on reducing Britain's budget deficit.

26/01/2011 | World

BBC World Service to cut quarter of jobs by 2014

The BBC World Service, part of Britain's state-backed public broadcaster, will shed around 650 jobs, or more than a quarter of its 2,400 posts, over the next three years in a drive to slash costs, it said.

27/01/2011 | World

Tech earnings keep Wall Street advance alive

Strong corporate earnings led Wall Street to a 29-month closing high for a second day, but another run of big gains may be harder to achieve.

02/02/2011 | World

Stocks stall after reaching lofty levels

Stocks stalled, a day after the Dow and the S&P 500 closed above important technical levels and at their highest in about 2-1/2 years.

01/01/2011 | World

Rioting prisoners set fire to British jail

Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail, an incident the prison guards' union said highlighted the risks of government plans to slash spending on the justice system.

12/01/2011 | World

Banks lead Wall Street up, appetite for equities rises

US stocks ended solidly higher after European debt fears eased and sparked a broad advance, led by banks and commodity-related shares. Meanwhile, European shares hit a 28-month high as sentiment improved following strong demand for Portugal's debt.

25/01/2011 | World

Wall Street ends flat in late flurry of buying

US stocks erased losses in a late flurry of buying to end little changed as overall optimism about earnings offset disappointing results from blue chips 3M and Johnson & Johnson.

27/12/2011 | Latin America

Malvinas: UK Ambassador to Chile 'concerned' over Mercosur support

The British Ambassador to Chile, Jon Benjamin, expressed today “concern” over “countries that have joined” the Mercosur bloc in their decision to support Argentina, by putting in place a ban on ships flying the Malvinas Islands’ flag from docking at their ports.

11/08/2012 | Sports

Australia beat Britain to win bronze

Australia's men won the hockey bronze today, beating Britain 3-1 after dominating the second half to make it a sixth consecutive Olympics at which they have won a medal.

26/01/2013 | Sports

Djokovic bids for third straight title at Melbourne Park

Novak Djokovic will bid to extend his Australian Open reign to a third straight year tomorrow in the final against Andy Murray, who will aim to end Britain's 79-year wait for a men's champion at Melbourne Park.

06/08/2012 | Sports

Volleyball: Argentina beat Britain, achieve quarter-finals

Argentina defeated Great Britain by 3-0 (25-18 25-18 25-15) at the Olympic men's volleyball Group A match, thus qualifying to the tournament's quarter-finals.

06/08/2012 | Sports

Basketball: Britain gets first Olympic win in 64 years

Britain won their first Olympic basketball game in 64 years and did so in style by thumping China 90-58 to the roars of the home crowd in their last contest of the London Games.

07/08/2012 | Sports

Britain's golden haul is best since 1908

Britain is celebrating its biggest haul of Olympic gold since 1908 at a London Games that just keeps on giving for a host nation once famed for its love of plucky losers and heroic failures.

31/07/2012 | Sports

Britain stun Brazil in front of record home crowd

Britain secured a remarkable 1-0 win over Olympic gold medal contenders Brazil at Wembley in front of the biggest crowd to watch a women's football match in the country.

01/08/2012 | Sports

Britain storm to first gold medal

Britain's Helen Glover and Heather Stanning stormed to victory in the women's Olympic pair to give the host nation their first gold medal of the London Olympics in front of 25,000 screaming fans.

01/08/2012 | Sports

Britain sink Uruguay to reach last eight

Already-qualified title favourites Brazil and Japan were joined by hosts Britain, surprise qualifiers Egypt, Mexico, Senegal, South Korea and Honduras in the quarter-finals of the Olympic football tournament.

05/02/2012 | Sports

Argentina beat Great Britain 1-0, win Champions Trophy

In a strong performance by the Leonas, World Champions Argentina managed to defeat Great Britain 1-0 in the Champions Trophy final in Rosario.

06/07/2012 | Sports

Murray ends Britain's long wait at Wimbledon

Andy Murray consigned one of Wimbledon's longest-standing statistics to the scrapheap when he became the first Briton to reach the men's final in 74 years with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

21/07/2012 | Sports

IOC celebrates CFK not considering Olympics as 'political demonstration'

The head of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge assured he was "glad" that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had called the Argentine athletes to avoid demonstrations over the Malvinas Islands sovereignty during the Olympic Games of London 2012.

08/09/2011 | Sports

Nadal and Murray race through to US Open quarters

Spain's Rafa Nadal and Briton Andy Murray made up for lost time by demolishing their fourth round opponents in straight sets at the US Open today to remain on course for a blockbuster semi-final showdown.

30/12/2011 | Sports

O'Connell to captain Ireland in Six Nations

Lock forward Paul O'Connell will captain Ireland in the 2012 Six Nations Championship, the Irish rugby union said on its website today.

27/01/2012 | Sports

Murray left behind as Djokovic powers through to the final

World number one Novak Djokovic fought off what appeared to be breathing problems and fatigue to advance to the final of the Australian Open following an epic five-set semi-final victory over Britain's Andy Murray. Djokovic will face Spaniard Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final.

07/12/2012 | Entertainment

Top theatre director targets young with $16 seats

One of Britain's top directors Michael Grandage is targeting the next generation of theatre-goers by offering one quarter of all tickets to his upcoming, star-studded season for 10 pounds ($16) each, a fraction of what they would normally cost.

20/06/2012 | Entertainment

Britain's Queen Elizabeth gets bumper pay rise

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has another reason to be cheerful in her Diamond Jubilee year - her annual pay is about to jump by 20 percent to 36 million pounds.

09/07/2012 | Entertainment

Quidditch nerds target Games to promote their sport

Quidditch players riding broomsticks tagged on to the Olympics, acknowledging the game adapted from the Harry Potter series was for nerds but arguing that it was a legitimate sport worthy of being in the Olympics.

08/09/2012 | Entertainment

British Proms goes out with a bang

Australian singer Kylie Minogue drew crowds to Hyde Park, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sang his heart out at the Royal Albert Hall, but the big stars of the Last Night of the Proms today were the standing "Prommers" in the vast indoor venue.

18/07/2011 | Entertainment

Harry Potter plagiarism case dismissed in UK

A lawsuit which accused JK Rowling of copying the work of another children's author when writing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has been dropped in Britain after the claimant failed to come up with the cash ordered by a judge as security.

17/02/2012 | Entertainment

UK spies: Charlie Chaplin's real name a mystery

The real name and birthplace of legendary silent-film star Charlie Chaplin is shrouded in mystery, Britain's domestic spy agency concluded after a probe into US claims he was a communist sympathiser, documents released revealed.

30/05/2012 | Entertainment

Robin Gibb memorial planned for later this year

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb will be given a private funeral in Britain next week, and a public memorial service will be planned for later this year.

29/04/2011 | In Depth - The Royal Wedding

Eyes on honeymoon after British royal wedding joy

Britain's Prince William and his new bride reveal their honeymoon destination on Saturday, after millions of people around the world tuned in to watch the couple tie the knot in a dazzling display of royal pageantry.

28/04/2011 | In Depth - The Royal Wedding

UK withdraws Syria's royal wedding invitation

Britain has withdrawn the royal wedding invitation to Syria, with the support of Buckingham Palace, after a violent crackdown against pro-democracy supporters, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

28/04/2011 | In Depth - The Royal Wedding

Royal Family’s popularity soars due to wedding

By Adrián Royo Caldiz.

As the final countdown for the Royal Wedding begins, many wonder what kind of impact this ceremony will have on the British psyche and whether it will improve or resent the relationship between the Royal Family and the citizens of the United Kingdom.

29/04/2011 | In Depth - The Royal Wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton say 'I do'