Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran war
Downing Street was forced to insist that Britain will not yield sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after a leaked Pentagon email proposed the US should reassess its support for the UK’s claim on the islands because of a lack of support over Iran.
The memo reflected ways in which the Trump administration could punish Britain for failing to follow the US lead in bombing Iran – and comes ahead of a potentially fraught three-day state visit to the US by King Charles.
