https://fedistats.cc/topic/2 News from the US and UK https://fedistats.cc/static/fs-banner.png 3300 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/where-do-babies-come-from-robert-f-kennedy-jr-doesnt-seem-to-know Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahdawi 2025-10-16 00:24:00.124332 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54074093 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/young-republicans-racist-group-chat-messages-leaked Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats 2025-10-16 00:24:00.124332 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54085582 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/us-foreign-visas-charlie-kirk-social-media State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist 2025-10-15 11:31:20.857878 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54061033 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/trump-threatens-to-cut-us-aid-to-argentina-if-milei-loses-election US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy 2025-10-15 06:37:47.633289 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54055984 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/oct/14/risky-is-the-best-way-to-be-tim-curry-sexuality-surviving-stroke-50-years-stardom From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and the moment his mother came at him with a knife 2025-10-15 02:27:32.006387 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54028741 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/donald-trump-gaza-summit-praise-insults-world-leaders Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders 2025-10-14 23:35:05.145636 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54040246 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/right-to-protest-criminalisation-west-fidh-report-palestine Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH 2025-10-14 17:34:20.101056 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54028867 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/13/climate-defenders-mary-lawlor-human-rights Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists 2025-10-14 10:28:07.027024 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53993002 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/13/keir-starmer-protest-labour-rights-uk The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 2025-10-14 07:32:56.748400 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54000928 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/13/defense-department-media-news-rules Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas 2025-10-14 06:26:24.372763 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54015288 https://www.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-11-launch-10-13-25 SpaceX completed an hour-long Starship test flight — the last mission for the troubled V2 prototype that has failed several times this year. 2025-10-14 02:28:38.622811 fedistats.cc/topic/2/54016822 https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/business/canada-trump-tariffs-trade Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off. 2025-10-13 20:41:23.687887 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53994656 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/13/one-europe-biggest-farm-machinery-firms-halts-us-exports-hidden-tariffs-krone Krone says ‘alarming’ levies on about 400 goods including hair dryers and combine harvesters have forced pause 2025-10-13 19:31:53.055840 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53991664 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/13/climate-investment-is-biggest-growth-opportunity-of-21st-century-says-economist-nicholas-stern Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction 2025-10-13 17:35:05.101026 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53994817 https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership 2025-10-13 16:35:59.853508 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53987469 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/13/lab-to-fab-are-promises-of-a-graphene-revolution-finally-coming-true Two decades after the material was first produced, some UK firms have reaped its potential but others are struggling 2025-10-13 13:28:42.170995 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53986156 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/12/green-party-reaches-100000-members-for-first-time-after-polanski-becomes-leader Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month 2025-10-13 12:34:02.643845 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53978466 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5e551j593o The fighting is one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew from the area. 2025-10-13 08:33:19.683447 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53976938 https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/health/fired-cdc-staffers-reinstated Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees. 2025-10-12 19:29:09.025128 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53971656 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/move-over-alan-turing-meet-the-working-class-hero-of-bletchley-park-you-didnt-see-in-the-movies The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing? 2025-10-12 17:33:41.612508 fedistats.cc/topic/2/53965224