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  "path": "/2026/02/06/falklands-new-legislative-assembly-consolidates-close-ties-with-the-united-kingdom?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss",
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  "textContent": "On the occasion of the swearing-in of the newly elected members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, its Chair, MLA Jack Ford, travelled to the United Kingdom, where he held a series of meetings with government and opposition lawmakers, as well as senior officials from various ministries and offices linked to the Islands and other British Overseas Territories.",
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