Argentina accuses UK of deploying nuclear weapons near Falkland Islands

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Argentina accuses UK of deploying nuclear weapons near Falkland Islands

Row escalates as Argentinian foreign minister lodges formal protest with UN, but Britain insists militarising claim is ‘absurd’Argentina has accused Britain of deploying nuclear weapons near the Falkland Islands and “militarising” the south Atlantic. The Argentinian foreign minister, Héctor Timerman, lodged a formal protest at the United Nations on Friday and showed slides of British military bases in the region, saying they represented a threat to all south America.