Evening briefing Thursday 16th July

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0:44Former Unison General Secretary Christina McNeill and broadcaster June Sarpong have also been appointed to the Labour benches. Former Civil Service Chief Sir Chris Wormald, who was sacked earlier this year by the Prime Minister, and retired Judge Sir Brian Leveson will sit on the crossbench. Downing Street says FIFA should investigate after Argentina's players celebrated their World Cup semi-final victory over England by displaying a banner claiming the Falkland Islands belonged to them. Number 10 insists the UK's position on the islands will never waver. They also rejected Argentina's complaint about the movements of the HMS Medway, saying the Royal Navy vessel was carrying out routine duties and that proper procedures were followed.

1:27The Times' chief political correspondent Aubrey Allegretti has more details. It's kind of got swept up in a row over a British naval vessel that was passing through. The Argentinians claim their territorial waters without giving notice to them. Number 10 disputing that in the strongest possible terms, saying that the facts are that they did give them notice of that. So this has actually sort of sparked a pretty big diplomatic incident. A university worker has been charged over social media posts made following the killing of Reform UK politician Anne Widdecombe. 50-year-old Heather Herbert, who works as a web developer at the University of Aberdeen, is accused of describing the death as good news and saying she hoped the former MP had a painful death.

2:09The university says it's cooperating with Police Scotland. Government health advisors are recommending teenagers from the age of 15 are offered a meningitis B vaccine on the NHS. It follows a series of recent outbreaks, the most serious being in Kent earlier this year, where two teenagers died. The Prime Minister has been in Ukraine today for one of his final engagements before leaving office. The support of the United Kingdom for this cause will never change. Your fight is our fight. Your security is our security. And the United Kingdom will not waver. Sir Keir Starmer announced a£250 ,000 support package for Kyiv, which includes more fighter jets.

2:52Meanwhile, there have been protests in the capital city against President Zelensky's decision to sack his defence minister. The government is introducing legislation to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England. The restrictions will apply to drinks containing more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per litre, although tea and coffee will be exempt. Ministers say the new rules are aimed at protecting children's health. They'll come into force in April. An American waiter has won more than£5 ,000 after a Scottish employment tribunal ruled that being called a yank amounted to racial harassment.

3:30The case involved a pizza express worker in Aberdeen, with the tribunal finding the remark was related to the employee's nationality. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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