Evening Briefing Wednesday 23rd September

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwCWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up. So how do business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters. PwC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concept to competitive edge. PwC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands, so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at pwc.co.uk. Hello, this is your Times Radio Evening Briefing for Wednesday the 23rd of September with me, James Kitchen. The Argentinian president has renewed calls for negotiations over the Falkland Islands, calling the British territory a national cause.

0:46Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Javier Millet said oil extraction projects taking place off the coast were illegal and illegitimate. He also dismissed the principle of self-determination for the island's residents.

1:08principle exists to liberate colonised people, not to legitimise situations arising from colonisation. But speaking to Times Radio, the chair of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, Mike Summers, dismissed the speech as electioneering. Let's be perfectly clear, the Falkland Islands have never, never belonged to Argentina. They have no legitimate claim over the Falkland Islands and even less legitimate claim over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. but this is something that successive presidents use when they need a bit of a boost in the polls. Iran's president says Tehran will not surrender in the conflict with the US, but added he does believe in diplomacy.

1:48Muzun Pazeshkian claims his people have been the victims of terrorism during the war and won't be bullied by American negotiators. His speech prompted the US delegation to walk out of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists Washington wants to see an end to the conflict. The President's open still to this moment to making a deal with Iran that allows Iran to be what it should be, which is a great and prosperous country. But if they continue to insist on the desire for a nuclear weapon, their support of terrorism, they're the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, then we're going to have big problems with them.

2:20An urgent review of border security is underway after a second small boat landed in Britain without being intercepted in a week. The Home Office says 21 people were detained after the craft arrived on the coast of Samphire Ho in Dover yesterday afternoon. The landing came just 24 hours after a small motorboat containing five people landed near Folkestone. The Defence Secretary says Andy Burnham will re-examine the proposed Chagos Islands deal following his meeting with Donald Trump. The US President reiterated he doesn't support the agreement, calling it terrible and ridiculous. The deal would see Britain hand sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, while paying millions of pounds a year to lease back the Diego Garcia military base.

3:02The former Conservative MP Henry Smith served as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the Chagos Islands. Speaking to Times Radio, he welcomed the reversal. This won't cause any diplomatic problems at all. The only people who will be upset about this are countries like China and Iran, who are not Britain's allies in the first place. So I think for the sake of saving British taxpayers money and for Western security, dropping the deal is the best thing. The Prime Minister says he stands by his point that Britain should not be in hock to the bond markets. In an interview with the New Statesman, he's warned the high level of government borrowing has left the country overexposed.

3:39Andy Burnham's position on the bond markets as Greater Manchester Mayor spooked investors, leading to claims he lacked economic credibility. Remember, you can follow The Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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