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El Gobierno asegura que un buque de guerra británico navegó por aguas argentinas sin permiso y evalúa presentar un reclamo diplomático

La navegación de un buque de guerra británico desde las Islas Malvinas hacia Punta Arenas en Chile despertó un choque de posiciones sobre si el patrullero HMS Medway de la Royal Navy había notificado a la Argentina sobre su paso por aguas de soberanía nacional.
Según le aseguraron a TN distintas fuentes oficiales, la Armada Argentina identificó el desplazamiento del patrullero oceánico del Reino Unido hacia finales de la semana pasada y constató que no había existido previo aviso para navegar aguas argentinas.
Este episodio fue notificado por la Armada a la Cancillería argentina, desde donde la Secretaría de Malvinas, Antártida y Atlántico Sur evalúa una serie de medidas, que podrían incluir una protesta diplomática formal.
El Gobierno argentino podría aludir al llamado Acuerdo de Madrid II, firmado entre ambos gobiernos en 1990. Con ese convenio se creó un Sistema Transitorio de Información y Consulta Recíprocas (STICR) para intercambiar información sobre movimientos militares en el Atlántico Sur. El desplazamiento del buque militar británico fue informado a la Cancillería argentina, que evalúa los próximos pasos. (Foto: NA)
Sin embargo, ante la consulta de este medio a Londres, fuentes del Foreign Office rechazaron la versión argentina y aseguraron que “la Embajada (británica en Buenos Aires) notificó de forma anticipada y por los canales apropiados” que el HMS Medway iba a navegar hasta Punta Arenas.
La navegación de un buque nuevo en el patrullaje de la región
Las autoridades argentinas indicaron que el buque de guerra británico ingresó en aguas bajo jurisdicción nacional a la altura de Santa Cruz para luego continuar hacia Tierra del Fuego.
El seguimiento del buque fue realizado por la Armada Argentina mediante sensores electrónicos desplegados en el litoral austral. Además, una aeronave Beechcraft B-200M “Cormorán” del Comando de Aviación Naval registró el tránsito utilizando el sistema electroóptico WESCAM MX-10. Parte de esta tecnología fue incorporada tras acuerdos militares con Estados Unidos.
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El Medway es un patrullero de la clase River Batch 2 de 90 metros de eslora y unas 2.000 toneladas de desplazamiento que está en servicio de la Royal Navy desde 2019.
El buque está desplegado en el Atlántico Sur desde enero de este año cuando relevó al HMS Forth para cumplir tareas de vigilancia como patrullero permanente en la zona. Su principal área de movimiento es alrededor de las Islas Malvinas, aunque en estos meses se desplazó hacia otros puntos.
Después de atravesar el extremo austral, el HMS Medway arribó el domingo a Punta Arenas, en Chile, donde permanecería hasta el 8 de julio para realizar tareas de reaprovisionamiento. La Argentina firmó distintos acuerdos de cooperación militar con Estados Unidos con la intención de fortalecer la presencia y vigilancia en el Atlántico Sur. (Foto: Ministerio de Defensa)
Si bien la principal base militar británica en la región se encuentra en Monte Agradable, en las Islas Malvinas, la continuidad de sus operaciones también dependen de una red de puertos, aeropuertos y servicios de apoyo distribuidos en el extremo sur del continente.
Allí toma relevancia la cooperación militar entre Londres y Santiago de Chile. La buena sintonía entre José Antonio Kast y Javier Milei por ahora no impactó en la relación ya establecida entre Chile y el Reino Unido.
La Argentina es consciente de que en las últimas décadas se perdió terreno en lo que es el fortalecimiento de la presencia militar en el Atlántico Sur, por lo que las nuevas herramientas de cooperación incorporadas en el último tiempo apuntan a revertir esta situación.
Esto se suma a la intención de Estados Unidos de ganar influencia en una región donde prácticamente no tiene presencia. En este contexto se explica la cercanía militar entre Washington y Buenos Aires, que acompaña pero al mismo tiempo trasciende las miradas políticas de sus respectivos presidentes.
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El colapso del alto al fuego con Irán complica la agenda exterior de Trump

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With US unleashing attacks, Iranian official threatens that the Islamic Republic will deliver a ‘hard slap’

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An Iranian official warned that the Islamic Republic will deliver a «hard slap» while another blatantly threatened the U.S. that «if you strike, you’ll get hit,» according to automatic translations from the two men’s Persian-language posts on X.
Ebrahim Rezaei, whose profile on the social media platform indicates that he is a representative in Iran’s Parliament and the spokesperson for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote in a post on X, «The martyred Khamenei taught us not to fear America and showed that ‘falsehood will perish.’ Await the hard slap from the Iranians.»
The speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned, «America still hasn’t learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you’ll get hit. Don’t flail around pointlessly, or you’ll sink even deeper: the Strait of Hormuz will only open with ‘Iranian arrangements,’ not American threats.»
Both of the men issued their posts on Wednesday after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced more strikes against Iran.
«At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway,» CENTCOM had noted in a post on X.
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People gather at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla for a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 4, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
The U.S. military later provided more information about the attacks.
«U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, July 8, to further degrade Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz,» CENTCOM noted on Wednesday night.
«U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline. The latest strikes follow successful execution of offensive strikes in Iran the night before,» the announcement noted. «CENTCOM forces hit approximately 80 Iranian military targets July 7, including more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats, to impose heavy costs for Iran violating the ceasefire by attacking three commercial vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz.»
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Kuwait and Bahrain have both reported coming under attack.
The Kuwait Army noted in a Thursday post on X, which was written in Arabic, «The Official Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Major General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that the armed forces detected, at dawn today, (3) ballistic missiles, (1) cruise missile, and (10) hostile drones within Kuwaiti airspace, which were successfully intercepted and dealt with.»
TRUMP SAYS ‘IRAN LIES AND CHEATS’ AS IRGC EMERGES AS DOMINANT FORCE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH US

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 8, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Bahrain Defense Force noted in a post that was in Arabic, «The General Command clarifies that, with firm resolve and high combat readiness, the Bahrain Defense Force’s air defense systems confronted, intercepted, and destroyed several treacherous Iranian aerial attacks this morning, Thursday, July 9, 2026 CE.»
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Trump’s voter ID bill catches unlikely break as McConnell remains sidelined

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An unlikely reason has chipped away, for now, at Senate Republican resistance against President Donald Trump’s flagship election priority.
The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has hit brick wall after brick wall in the Senate, and has only twice mustered 50 votes. Still, Trump wants Republicans to pass it by any means necessary.
Republicans, however, aren’t unified behind it. One lawmaker, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has routinely voted against the bill in its variety of iterations, earning the personal ire of Trump.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, is pushed in a wheelchair in the Senate Subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Mitch McConnell,» Trump told reporters last month. «He’s very disloyal to John Thune. You know, John Thune was a very good person for him. I mean, he’s a very loyal person, and Mitch McConnell’s against him almost all the time because he’s angry, I guess. Probably at me.»
McConnell has been absent from the Senate, which is currently in recess, for almost three weeks due to health issues. When he will return still remains unclear.
But without his resistance, that’s one less «no» vote that Republicans have to contend with.
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Still, it doesn’t address the broader math problem in the Senate weighing down the chances of the SAVE America Act passing.
Senate Democrats are unified against it, meaning Trump and the SAVE America Act’s biggest proponents can’t break through the 60-vote filibuster, which has, in part, fueled the president’s demands to nuke the filibuster.
Senate Republicans don’t have the votes to do that, either.
«The only way you could get there is to undo or get rid of the legislative filibuster, and there aren’t even close to the votes here in the United States Senate in order to achieve that,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said last month.
There is the talking filibuster, which Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has pushed for months, which Republicans have yet to turn to, largely over concerns of floor time being eaten away and fractured unity leading to Democratic wins.
Then there is the budget reconciliation route, which Trump has pushed Congress to consider. While Senate Republicans aren’t leaping at the prospect, the House is moving full steam ahead.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership after a policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News’ Shannon Bream that he would move ahead with the reconciliation plan.
«We passed it three times in the House. We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally, to the president’s desk.»
Notably, though, House Republicans have not passed the version of the SAVE America Act that Trump desires, which would include a strict crackdown on mail-in balloting, a ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports and a ban on transgender surgical procedures for minors.
But even the bill’s biggest backers see reconciliation as a far-fetched option.
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Lee last month told Fox News Digital that the SAVE America Act was «policy, it’s non-budgetary. Therefore, SAVE America itself is not eligible for consideration in a third reconciliation.»
There could be alterations, like giving states federal funding to start doling out enhanced REAL IDs with citizenship verification in a reconciliation package, while separately passing a voter ID bill.
However, Lee believed that there was «no evidence that there is a viable path to a third reconciliation bill.»
«I hope there is. I would love to be wrong on that. I want us to do that. I think we should do that. But the schedule that we’ve got, to my great disappointment, is not — it doesn’t accommodate any of it.»
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