PM’s wife, accompanying him to the polls, follows a long line of women to mobilise the jacket when stakes are high Not a white flag but a cream blazer was what Victoria Starmer chose to wear to accompany her husband, the prime minister, to vote on Thursday morning. She follows in a long line of women who have mobilised the power blazer at high-stakes moments. Starmer’s, which looks much like a £1,690 ivory Alexander McQueen crepe design, comes hot on the lapels of another. In episode one of the
Critics say document outlining strategy is both ‘completely Trumpian’ and an ‘alarming’ escalation in rhetoric When Donald Trump ’s counter-terrorism “czar”, Sebastian Gorka, introduced the Trump administration ’s long-awaited counter-terrorism strategy on a call with journalists on Wednesday, he also reportedly described critics of the administration’s war in Iran as “ testicularly challenged ”. The at-times bizarre 16-page memo Gorka authored is only slightly more subtle – taking rhetorically
Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US The supreme court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an affront to everyone who marched, bled and died to make that law possible, civil rights activists said. “When we look at the supreme court’s action against the Voting Rights Act, it’s really a kneecap – a way to discriminate, to silence voters who fought so hard for this right,” said Sheyann Webb-Christbur
Terry Reed, who had previously been convicted for sexually abusing two other minors, could be imprisoned for 40 years Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A suburban New Orleans religious pastor has been convicted of sexually molesting two minors in what is the third instance of a man called “the worst kind of predator” being found guilty of abusing teen boys. Terry Reed, 66, cited biblical verses and scripture to “manipulate, normalize and justify his sexual behavior” with the two
A row of cruise ships docked in Miami in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Diplomatic efforts continuing despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent days Middle East crisis – live updates The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran on Friday to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month. In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the c
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s decisions have hurt staff morale and put his job in crosshairs Donald Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Marty Makary, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, after a series of high-profile agency decisions put the FDA head in the crosshairs of the White House and Republican lawmakers. Makary’s tenure at the FDA has been marked by several controversial decisions on drugs and vaccine
NPR News · Oct 8
Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners. (Image credit: SUNY Maritime College)
