it s extraordinary to talk about colonialism when you have a population that has chosen its own future. elsewhere on the islands, argentine. the british won the war but argentina still dreams of change. on the 14th ofjune, the argentines surrendered. but it was a conflict that scarred argentina for ever. rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. i m a british reporter living in south america as the bbc s correspondent here. growing up in the uk, we learned about the falklands as a war that was won on the other side of the world. but living here, i ve come to learn of a very different version of history one notjust of war but of nationhood, too. for people here, they re not the falkland islands, they re the malvinas. they re not british, either they ll always be argentinian. the war in 1982 cost many lives 255 british soldiers, three islanders and 649 argentinians. it was a conflict that lasted little more than two months, but one that hangs over
the past few days, with emergency workers struggling to reach all those who ve been affected. now on bbc news, katy watson reports from the falklands, as argentina accuses the uk of colonial ambitions in maintaining its ownership of these small islands off the coast of south america. it was a conflict fought a0 years ago but a cause that argentina still believes worth fighting for. a war started by a dictator, an unpopular nationalist, fighting against colonialism. it s extraordinary to talk about colonialism when you have a population that has chosen its own future. elsewhere on the islands, argentine. the british won the war but argentina still dreams of change. on the 14th ofjune, the argentines surrendered. but it was a conflict that scarred argentina for ever. rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. i m a british reporter living in south america as the bbc s correspondent here. growing up in the uk, we learned about the falklands as a war that w
spots, temperatures could even dip down as low as just three orfour degrees. a fresher night across the board. first thing monday, a lot of sunshine. the winds in the east will continue to fall light, towards the north west, a weather front will push a little bit more cloud into the north west of scotland. some rain on and off for orkney and shetland, cooler here, temperatures mid teens at best. elsewhere we re looking at the low 20s. and with a lot more fine weather to come through the week ahead, i anticipate particularly across england and wales we could reach the mid to high 20s yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it s a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. as the conflict in ukraine continues, th
here s chris fawkes. this is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures in the last hour have reached 30 degrees at london s heathrow airport and continue to climb across east anglia and south east england, more widely, temperatures into the 30s. when i go on holiday for beach action, more often than not, somebody takes the sun loungers by putting towels on them, but not here in thejurassic coast. this is swanage in dorset looking absolutely glorious an hour orso looking absolutely glorious an hour or so ago. the heatwave has been building across western europe. across spain, we have had temperatures reach the mist 40s for much of the last week. the earliest heatwave we have seen here for over 40 heatwave we have seen here for over a0 years. and the heat has been spreading northwards. just yesterday, reaching southern france where temperatures reached a0 degrees as well. this is the earliest in the year we have seen temperatures that high. the heatwave is ferocious and
travel disruption businesses are racing to recruit more staff and get them ready to work. i ll be looking at what s being done. bans for the breakaway golfers. after teeing off in the controversial saudi arabia backed golf series in hertfordshire, all 17 rebel players including the likes of phil mickleson are suspended by the pga tour. after 37 years and nearly 9,000 episodes, residents of ramsey street past and present get together for the final time today as filming of neighbours comes to an end. proud to have been part of that and it launched my career and i m very excited to be part of the final episode. good morning. they will be a day of sunshine and showers, most in the north and west, heavy and thundery, but here we will have the strongest wind. the rest of us, fewer showers, sunshine and blustery, but high or very high pollen levels across england and wales. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 10th ofjune. our main story. the foreign secretar