UK says Falklands ‘are British,’ as Milei asserts claim

The UK yesterday asserted that the Falkland Islands “are British” after Argentine President Javier Milei said the “winds of change” favored his country’s claim to the archipelago, citing Washington’s readiness to review its neutrality in the dispute.Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the South Atlantic islands, a British overseas territory that Argentines call Las Malvinas.The fate of the islands hit headlines again in recent days after US President Donald Trump threatened to wade into the dispute, and a British-Israeli oil project near the islands caused anger in Argentina. Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), is pictured on Oct. 07, 2019. Photo: AFP In an address on national TV, Milei on Thursday said that Argentina would not “stand idly by” in the face of the oil p