The Foreign Secretary will meet Falkland Islanders and see their work to build a thriving community and protect their natural environment. He will reiterate the UK’s commitment to uphold the Islanders’ right of self-determination. He will then travel onwards to Paraguay, Brazil for the G20 and New Y
SIR – I have nothing but admiration for the work Dame Esther Rantzen has done in the name of protecting vulnerable children over her lifetime. But along with many others in the Parents for a Smartphone-free Childhood movement, I respectfully disagree with her response to a call for a ban on smartphones and social media for children (report, February 17). She says that children need smartphones to access help for their mental well-being. But children need mental-health services more than ever pre
As David Cameron visits the Falklands, becoming the first cabinet minister since 2016 to do so, two writers – one who visited in 1974 and 1981, and another who was there in 2021 – share their memories of a truly unique place.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Monday toured battle sites of the Falklands War during a visit meant to underline that the Falkland Islands are a “valued part of the British family." The visit by Cameron — the first British foreign secretary to make the trip to the South Atlantic archipelago in three decades — came amid renewed calls by Argentina for negotiations over the contested territory. Cameron said he hoped that the islands would wish to remain part of the British “family” forever.