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Britain has">has accused Argentina of trying to harm the economic development of the Falkland Islands. The minister responsible for ties with Latin America, Jeremy Browne, highlighted Argentine attempts to

impede

oil exploration of the islands. He called it 'domineering behavior' by a powerful nation against the small and vulnerable population. Argentina claims sovereignty over the islands it calls the Malvinas.

Police in Peru have launched a search and rescue operation after a helicopter carrying a dozen foreign nationals and two Peruvian

crew

went missing. Most of the foreigners are believed to be South Korean. Mattia Cabitza reports.

The helicopter left on Wednesday night from the Madre de Dios region in the jungle. It was going to the city of Cusco in the Andes. It was expected to land in the evening. But it never arrived. And the police said that the airport in Cusco lost contact with the crew. A search and rescue operation is underway. It's believed that the helicopter went missing in a high mountainous area that is regularly covered in clouds, which would make it difficult to locate.

The Spanish government has">has successfully borrowed more than $2.6bn on the bond markets, but it will have to pay a high interest rate. Madrid had to offer an average interest rate of more than 6% on its ten-year bonds.

British scientists have worked out exactly how a

parasite

has