April The Second News Today

search for survivors from wednesdays earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. strikes are expected to be announced injuly and august. works on the railways walked out of the second time this week on thursday with just one in five trains running and another strike is planned for saturday. here is our transport correspondent katie aus...

the eln, has said its willing to resume peace talks with the government once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro — himself a former rebel — has become the countrys first left—wing leader after winning sundays presidential election. 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. recording now. i was started b...

its 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. im a british reporter living in south america as the bbc�*s correspondent here. growing up in the uk, we learned ab...

the past few days, with emergency workers struggling to reach all those whove 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. its extraordinary to ...

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 were looking at the low 20s. and with a lot more fine weather to come through the...

Argentina invaded on april the second, but it didnt expect such a heavy response from the uk. just ten weeks later, argentina surrendered. rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. and with that, the friendship between the uk and argentina was altered for ever. theres no doubt that 1982 was a defining moment for argentina and its relationship with the uk. take this tower, for example, originally called the english tower. it was a gift in 1916 by the british community here...

Diplomatic talks between the two countries eventually broke down, so it was this man who made the fateful decision to go to war — military dictator general galtieri. galtieris popularity was waning, so he went to war to unite the argentinians behind a national cause and shift the focus from an economic crisis in the middle of a dictatorship. argentina invaded on april the second, but it didnt expect such a heavy response from the uk. just ten weeks later, argentina surrendered. rejoice at that...

Diplomatic talks between the two countries eventually broke down, so it was this man who made the fateful decision to go to war — military dictator general galtieri. galtieris popularity was waning, so he went to war to unite the argentinians behind a national cause and shift the focus from an economic crisis in the middle of a dictatorship. argentina invaded on april the second, but it didnt expect such a heavy response from the uk. just ten weeks later, argentina surrendered. rejoice at that...

Who made the fateful decision to go to war — military dictator general galtieri. galtieris popularity was waning, so he went to war to unite the argentinians behind a national cause and shift the focus from an economic crisis in the middle of a dictatorship. argentina invaded on april the second, but it didnt expect such a heavy response from the uk. just ten weeks later, argentina surrendered. rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. and with that, the friendship betw...

French and british hands over the past 500 years or so. the uk says it was the first to claim the islands in 1765, but argentina says that it legally took possession of the islands in the 1820s, inheriting them from the spanish crown. diplomatic talks between the two countries eventually broke down, so it was this man who made the fateful decision to go to war — military dictator general galtieri. galtieris popularity was waning, so he went to war to unite the argentinians behind a national ca...