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  "path": "/2026/04/28/argentine-vp-tells-islanders-to-go-back-to-england-as-us-presses-uk-over-f-16-jets?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss",
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  "textContent": "The Falklands sovereignty dispute returned to the centre of the diplomatic agenda this week with two developments of immediate impact: comments by Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel demanding that islanders \"go back to England\" if they \"feel English\" — despite the fact that in the 2013 referendum islanders voted by a 99.8% majority to remain British — and a disclosure published by The Telegraph that the United States had pressured the British government to tolerate the delivery to Argentina of F-16 fighter jets sourced from allied territory.",
  "title": "Argentine VP tells islanders to 'go back to England' as US presses UK over F-16 jets"
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