French and German firms offer Argentina three hunter-killer submarines despite the Falklands threat while Burnham courts Brussels

Paris and Berlin would reportedly bankroll the whole deal up front, with Buenos Aires repaying in instalments. Admiral Marcelo Dalle Nogare, chief of Argentina's joint staff, said Naval Group's Scorpene and TKMS's Type 209NG are 'among the best submarines in the world today'. President Javier Milei has vowed to 'recover' the islands. Downing Street has been warned the upgrade could be a 'game changer'.

Argentina's Type 209 ARA San Luis fired torpedoes at British forces in 1982.

Andy Burnham told MPs that rejecting closer EU ties would be a 'dereliction of duty'.

TKMS's British arm, Atlas UK, supplies submarine countermeasures to the Royal Navy.