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JUST IN: Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of Boris Johnson's most loyal supporters, has joined the group of top ministers calling on the PM to resign, The Times reports bloom.bg/3yrdf3c
It's been a dramatic day, so here’s the state of play:
🗣️ Some senior ministers are telling Boris Johnson to go
❌ He can throw in the towel this evening or try to fight on
📅 If he battles on, he may face a confidence vote as soon as early next weebloom.bg/3yrdf3cD4i
"The vultures are circling."
@kitty_donaldson reports that Tory MP Steve Baker, who was a thorn in the side of Theresa May and a critic of Boris Johnson, has let it be known he would run for Tory leader
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Nicolas Toledo had initially not wanted to go to the parade.
“We were all in shock. We thought it was part of the parade,” his granddaughter said. “We realized our grandfather was hit. We saw blood and everything splattered onto us.” nbcnews.to/3yMfDCX
Katherine Goldstein was looking to get out of the house and have some fun at the parade, her daughter, Cassie Goldstein, said.
"I got to have 22 years with the best mom in the world. ... I did everything with her. She was my best friend."
Jacquelyn Sundheim was a lifelong member of the North Shore Congregation Israel and a former preschool teacher.
"Jacki’s work, kindness and warmth touched us all.”
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The mood at Downing Street is reported to be grim and tearful
Several senior cabinet members plan to tell Boris Johnson to resign. "But we don’t yet know how he will react to his ministers," writes @EllenAMilligan
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The British pound, which serves as a sort of weather vane of investor sentiment, just finished its worst quarter since 2008. Its slide is continuing, threatening to break through the lows reached in the depths of the pandemic.
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Si tu respuesta es sí, aquí lo que debes sabercnn.it/3NKGKSQj6f
The Highland Park shooting suspect confessed to opening fire from a suburban Illinois rooftop, killing 7 people at a July 4 parade, officials say.
He told police he fled to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated a second shooting trib.al/zCISgHp
With senior ministers set to tell him to resign, Boris Johnson finishes his evidence at the Liaison Committee
He concludes by saying he's determined to lead a "stable government, loving each other"
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"This is the endgame" for Boris Johnson, @Joe_Mayes says, as a delegation of senior ministers prepare to tell the UK prime minister to resign
More than 30 members of his government have quit in the last 24 hours. Latest updates: trib.al/ptIOuEo
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson: “History teaches us the best way to avoid pointless political disturbance is to allow a government that has a mandate, to get on.”
Five more junior ministers resigned at once early on Wednesday afternoon trib.al/MHsvWE3
BREAKING: Grant Shapps, a key ally of Boris Johnson, is part of a delegation of senior ministers heading to 10 Downing Street to urge the UK prime minister to resign, according to a person familiar with his plans trib.al/ptIOuEo
BREAKING: British Airways announces it will cut a further 10,300 short-haul flights between now and the end of October, as aviation industry continues to face huge challenges trib.al/bIjlzeP
JUST IN: Cabinet ministers are gearing up to tell Boris Johnson to quit, the BBC reports
The prime minister is still taking questions from MPs at the Liaison Committee and unaware of the news
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Workers are complaining their wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living, a frustration that’s already led to strikes in some countries.
Quite simply, people’s money is disappearing fast, and they’re worried it could get a lot worse trib.al/S3H1zeK
The worries among small business owners, consumers and others are illustrated by so-called Misery Indexes, which blend unemployment and inflation rates. The gauge for the US is already 12.2%, similar to levels witnessed at the start of the pandemic. trib.al/S3H1zeK
In recent years, Fauci’s work became politicized around whether he appeared pro- or anti-Trump. Initially, he seemed to be a great boon to the Trump White House during the pandemic, but his allyship shifted when information presented became reality-averse. wapo.st/3IkBKUe
To say that Fauci found it difficult to maintain a work-life balance would be incorrect; he chose to work, missing out on developmental milestones and things like soccer games.
“I am sorry and sad, but I don’t regret,” he explains. wapo.st/3IkBKUe
Fauci gleaned many lessons during the AIDS crisis, including loss.
“In order to be able to live through that, you’ve got to do a lot of suppression,” Fauci says of his preferred coping mechanism. He believes he has PTSD from the experience. wapo.st/3IkBKUe