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The death of Queen Elizabeth II was celebrated by an Argentine television show host, who popped champagne while pronouncing “the old b***h has died” live on air. Santiago Cúneo, a member of the ruling left-wing Justicialist Party in Argentina, has come under criticism after he mocked the death of the Queen. In a clip that has since gone viral on social media, the Buenos Aires-based politician and TV show host said in comments translated by the New York Post: “She’s done for good,” adding: “Loud applause for Satan who has finally taken her.” With a chyron on the screen reportedly...

A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft, also known as a submarine hunter, is now assisting in the search area. The official said that the waters of the Atlantic Ocean where the sounds originated are extremely deep. The official stressed that search efforts thus far have yet to locate the submarine. The Argentinian military has been working with a US company that specializes in satellite communication to determine the location of the submarine. The ARA San Juan submarine and its 44 crew members were traveling from a base in southern Argentina's Tierra del Fuego archipelago to their home port in Mar...

Rajendra Pachauri denies helping Washington block scientist from senior post on intergovernmental climate bodyThe US used backstage diplomatic manoeuvres to help block the appointment of a scientist from Iran to a key position on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a leaked diplomatic cable reveals.The US privately lobbied IPCC chair Dr Rajendra Pachauri, as well as the UK, EU, Argentina and Mali representatives, and had put its embassies to work from Brazil to Uzbekistan. It wanted to prevent the election of Dr Mostafa Jafari as one of two co-chairmen of a key working group.The other co-chair was to be...

Destroyer HMS York spotted the vessel around ten miles inside the disputed “oil zone” around the South Atlantic islands. The Royal Navy has intercepted an Argentinian warship near British waters in an apparent escalation of the row over the Falkland Islands. The British crew had to radio the Argentinian ship, a smaller corvette named ARA Drummond, to demand that it change its course. Sources told The Sun that the ship made an “innocent navigational blunder” and were embarrassed about the mistake. It is believed that the Drummond was spotted sailing alongside a French fleet before it broke away and headed...

The "Blond Angel of Death", a navy captain who symbolized repression under Argentina's military dictatorship, has been arrested after President Nestor Kirchner allowed his extradition to Spain on human rights charges. The arrest of former frigate captain Alfredo Astiz brings to 16 the number of former top military officials awaiting extradition under Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon's request for 46 collaborators with the 1976-1983 regime. Attempts to bring the military to justice in Argentina had been thwarted by an amnesty under president Raul Alfonsin and backed by Carlos Menem during the 1990s. Trial outside Argentina had been blocked by a decree...

Thousands of people in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires have commemorated the victims of the bombing of a Jewish cultural centre in 1994. Eighty-five people were killed in the attack and 300 others injured. Speakers at the memorial service called on the authorities to find and punish those responsible for the attack. The lawyer acting for the surviving victims accused former presidents Carlos Menem and Eduardo Duhalde, as well as the secret service, of protecting those responsible and concealing evidence. President Nestor Kirchner, who also attended the ceremony, said the fact that the perpetrators were never punished was a national...