UK hits back at Argentinian Falklands claim and insists islands remain British

Ed Miliband says Britain’s position remains ‘unwavering’ in response to remarks by Argentina’s president

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British ministers have hit back after the Argentinian president said “winds of change” favourable to his country’s claim to the Falklands were “blowing around the world”.

The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, said the UK would “resolutely uphold” the self-determination of the islands after the Argentinian president, Javier Milei, said his country needed to take them back.