King Charles' US Visit Amid Falklands Storm

0:00On April 25, King Charles heads to the US next week for a state visit, kicking off with a wreath laying at the 9-11 Memorial in Lower, Manhattan on Wednesday. The 77-year-old monarch and Queen Camilla will honor nearly 3,000 victims, marking a key moment tied to the attacks anniversary. He'll meet New York City Mayor Zora and Mamdani there, alongside families and folks like former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but insiders say, no private. Sit down. Mamdani, the city's first modern mayor, leaning Democratic Socialist, comes from an anti-colonial academic family. Last month, he spotlighted Ireland's resistance to British rule during St. Patrick's Day events, stirring some buzz given the timing with America's. 250th independent celebration. Reactions are mixed, especially with political heat building. Left-leaning voices have called to scrap the trip after President Trump mocked UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Middle East support.

1:01Meanwhile, a leaked Pentagon memo reveals Trump eyeing a pullback on backing UK control of the Falkland Islands to punish allies. British vets, politicians, and Falklanders, where 99.8% voted to stay UK territory, are furious. Starmer vowed sovereignty won't budge, but questions linger on navy readiness with just four typhoon jets and one patrol ship stationed there now. This is the massive 1982 task force. As Argentine's leader pushes hard for the islands, calling them theirs by history and right, this royal visit lands in a perfect storm of old grudges. To fresh threats, testing alliances across the Atlantic.