UK Insists Sovereignty of Falklands Is Unchanged After US Threat

The UK has insisted it will retain sovereignty of the Falklands Islands, after a leaked Pentagon email suggested the US would review the territory’s position as punishment for Britain’s lack of support on the war in Iran.

“We could not be clearer about the UK’s position on the Falkland Islands,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman, Dave Pares, told journalists on Friday. “It’s long standing, it’s unchanged. Sovereignty rests with the UK, and the islands’ right to self-determination is paramount.”