The IndependentJesse Armstrong has surprised fans by revealing a huge mystery from the plot of Succession at the FTWeekend Festival.
The creator was running a panel event when he was quizzed over whether media mogul, Logan Roy, had crossed out or underlined the name of his son, Kendall, on an important legal document.
“This is the sort of thing I would have hated to do while we were still doing the show,” Armstrong said. “But if you were going to cross out, you wouldn’t start out underneath, would you?”
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Succession writer Jesse Armstrong reveals major storyline secret to fansThe Independent2023-09-03 | Jesse Armstrong has surprised fans by revealing a huge mystery from the plot of Succession at the FTWeekend Festival.
The creator was running a panel event when he was quizzed over whether media mogul, Logan Roy, had crossed out or underlined the name of his son, Kendall, on an important legal document.
“This is the sort of thing I would have hated to do while we were still doing the show,” Armstrong said. “But if you were going to cross out, you wouldn’t start out underneath, would you?”
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Ron DeSantis holds rally in TulsaThe Independent2023-06-10 | Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis holds rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party state convention in Columbus
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Ron DeSantis holds rally in TulsaThe Independent2023-06-10 | Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis holds rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party state convention in Columbus
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBSoldiers withstand sweltering conditions during Trooping of the ColourThe Independent2023-06-10 | Thousands gathered at Horse Guards Parade in St James’s Park to witness The Colonel’s Review ahead of Trooping the Colour during the King’s Birthday Parade next week.
The ceremony involved hundreds of horses and soldiers carrying out complex battlefield drill manoeuvres to military music.
But with temperatures reaching 28C, the baking heat proved too much for some, and the prince later tweeted his thanks to those who had taken part.
At least three soldiers fainted and were taken off on stretchers while two more were helped off the parade ground.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWatch again: Mike Pence speaks to Republicans in North CarolinaThe Independent2023-06-10 | Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the North Carolina State Convention.
Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump is speaking at two Republican state conventions today in Georgia and North Carolina, just one day after he was indicted for showing highly-classified information to unauthorised persons on two separate occasions.
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBMike Pence ignores question on Donald Trumps indictmentThe Independent2023-06-10 | Former Vice President Mike Pence ignored a reporter's question about Donald Trump's indictment that was announced on Thursday.
The Independent's Washington Correspondent Eric Garcia asked Mr Pence if he had read the indictment.
Former president Donald Trump is speaking at two Republican state conventions today in Georgia and North Carolina, just one day after he was indicted for keeping highly-classified information at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
The 49-page, 38-count indictment was unsealed on Friday after Mr Trump released a series of social media posts revealing that he has been indicted by a grand jury under the supervision of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBItalian forces secure Turkish ship attacked by armed stowawaysThe Independent2023-06-10 | Italian soldiers have regained control of a Turkish cargo ship after it was overrun by stowaways.
The vessel, which was on its way from Italy to France, was taken over by a group of 15 stowaways.
An operation is still ongoing as soldiers look to protect the crew of 22.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Mike Pence speaks to Republicans in North CarolinaThe Independent2023-06-10 | Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the North Carolina State Convention.
Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump is speaking at two Republican state conventions today in Georgia and North Carolina, just one day after he was indicted for showing highly-classified information to unauthorised persons on two separate occasions.
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBMoment lost dog reunited with family after owners spot her at adoption eventThe Independent2023-06-10 | A lost dog was reunited with her owners after she was spotted at an adoption event by chance.
Mocha the dog (know as Sandy by the animal rescue group) was seen in the back of a truck by her former owner who then followed her to the event.
The family initially lost Mocha after leaving her with a friend whilst they went on holiday.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBGiant 18m inflatable ducks return to Hong Kong after ten yearsThe Independent2023-06-10 | Two huge inflatable ducks returned to Hong Kong ten years after they first sparked a frenzy in Victoria Harbour.
The pair of 18m-tell yellow birds are part of a pop-art project by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.
Dozens of residents and tourists flocked to the harbour to take photos of the gigantic bath toy replicas shortly after their launch.
“Double duck, double luck,” Hofman said.
“In a world where we suffered from a pandemic, wars and political situations, I think it is the right moment to bring back the double luck.”
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBMoment alligator latches on to underwater police droneThe Independent2023-06-10 | A curious alligator gave some police officers a big fright after it latched on to their undercover drone.
Officers in Fort Myers, Florida, were tracking the alligator in some water when the animal seemingly jumps on the device.
Alligators are a common sight in Florida and other southern US states,
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBMassive wildfire rips through Canada forest #shorts #newsThe Independent2023-06-10 | Click here to subscribe to The Independent: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Astronauts step out of the International Space Station for spacewalkThe Independent2023-06-10 | Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg step out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Friday 9 June.
According to Nasa, the pair will install an iROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1A power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure.
Each new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity, and once all are installed, will enable a 30 per cent increase in power production over the ISS’s current arrays.
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBHelicopter flies past raging wildfire as Canada blaze rips through forestThe Independent2023-06-10 | A helicopter flew straight past a raging wildfire in British Columbia.
The fire, near the small town of Tumbler Ridge, has shown no signs of abating and is expected to increase its intensity further.
Canada has been suffering from acute wildfires across the country in recent weeks. Some of the smoke has drifted down to the United States where it has cloaked cities like New York in smog.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBKherson roof washes up on beach 100 miles away after dam collapse, says Ukrainian MPThe Independent2023-06-10 | A roof from a house in Kherson has been found washed up on a beach more than 100 miles away following the dam collapse near the city.
Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko visited the site of the roof on a beach in Odessa, claiming it as a result of the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
The Ukrainian government blames Russia for causing the collapse, citing evidence of an explosion.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBPolice increasingly concerned for high-risk missing woman Chloe Mitchell as search continuesThe Independent2023-06-10 | Police are "increasingly concerned" for "high-risk" missing woman Chloe Mitchell who was last seen by family on Friday, 2 June, in Ballymena.
The 21-year-old was captured on CCTV in the late hours of Friday into the early hours of Saturday 3 June in Ballymena town centre walking in the direction of James Street.
On 9 June, police confirmed that a 26-year-old man had been arrested in Lurgan and is being questioned.
"It's out of character for [Chloe] not to be in contact with her family," PSNI Superintendent Gillian Kearney said.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBMoment children rescued from Colombian jungle after weeks of searchingThe Independent2023-06-10 | Four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle in Colombia after a small plane crash have been rescued by authorities.
Footage posted on Friday, 9 June, by the Colombian air force shows the youngsters being airlifted to safety in the middle of the night.
They were brought to the Colombian capital of Bogota for further hospital treatment.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBTrain derails in Arizona causing extensive damage #shorts #newsThe Independent2023-06-10 | Click here to subscribe to The Independent: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent
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A freight train derailed near the city of Williams in the north of the state just after midnight on 8 June.
There were no injuries nor fatalities as a result of the incident.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBEverything you need to know about hay fever | DecomplicatedThe Independent2023-06-10 | Hay fever affects millions around the globe. A seasonal pollen allergy, hay fever is more than just sneezing or watery eyes and can lead to debilitating symptoms that last for weeks or even months.
With changing weather patterns, hay fever is becoming increasingly frequent and more severe each year. What don’t we know about hay fever? When does it happen? And will there ever be a cure?
Independent TV‘s Decomplicated series explains the global hay fever crisis.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWatch again: Ron DeSantis addresses the Republican North Carolina state conventionThe Independent2023-06-10 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addresses the Republican North Carolina state convention.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Ron DeSantis addresses the Republican North Carolina state conventionThe Independent2023-06-10 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addresses the Republican North Carolina state convention.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBRobot dog critiques art after analysing pieces using artificial intelligenceThe Independent2023-06-10 | There's a new critic on the art scene, a robotic dog.
AICCA (Artificially Intelligent Critical Canine) can analyse artworks and print out its 'thoughts' about the pieces under its tail in real-time thanks to artificial intelligence.
Mario Klingemann created the dog to spark a debate about the use of AI.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBGavin Newsom proposes Constitutional amendment to gun reformThe Independent2023-06-10 | California Governor Gavin Newsom has called on states to join him to adopt a 28th Amendment to the US Constitution that would enshrine constitutional protections and gun safety measures while preserving the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.
His proposal – which would require a convention of the states, with two-thirds of all state legislatures joining in support – would raise the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21, mandate universal background checks and a “reasonable” waiting period for buying a gun, and prohibit all civilian purchases of assault weapons “that serve no other purpose than to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time – weapons of war our nation’s founders never foresaw,” according to the governor’s office.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Astronauts step out of the International Space Station for spacewalkThe Independent2023-06-09 | Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg step out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Friday 9 June.
According to Nasa, the pair will install an iROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1A power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure.
Each new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity, and once all are installed, will enable a 30 per cent increase in power production over the ISS’s current arrays.
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWatch again: Special Counsel Jack Smith briefs reporters on Trumps indictmentThe Independent2023-06-09 | U.S. Department of Justice releases document indicting former President Donald Trump.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBBoris Johnson resigns as an MPThe Independent2023-06-09 | Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.
The former Prime Minister’s decision came as he faced a damning verdict into his conduct during the Covid pandemic by a Parliamentary inquiry.
Amid growing speculation that it could have lead to the humiliation of being kicked out as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, he said he is to stand down.
He claimed his political enemies had sought revenge on him ever since he led the campaign to take the UK out of the EU in 2016.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Special Counsel Jack Smith briefs reporters on Trumps indictmentThe Independent2023-06-09 | U.S. Department of Justice releases document indicting former President Donald Trump.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLive: Department of Justice releases Trumps indictment documentThe Independent2023-06-09 | U.S. Department of Justice releases document indicting former President Donald Trump.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBNadine Dorries quits as MP and triggers by-electionThe Independent2023-06-09 | Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has resigned her seat with immediate effect, triggering a by-election contest and causing a major headache for Rishi Sunak.
The former culture secretary said it was time for someone else to represent the seat – but her dramatic resignation comes as she was passed over by the government for a peerage.
Ms Dorries was on Friday dropped from Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, reportedly to avoid the Conservatives facing a difficult by-election in her constituency.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBActivists with Israeli flags removed from Roger Waters concert by O2 Arena staffThe Independent2023-06-09 | Footage appears to show the moment activists waving Israeli flags were removed by staff from The O2 Arena in Greenwich, London, on Wednesday night (7 June).
According to The Jewish Chronicle, the protest took place during a performance by Roger Waters, when the Pink Floyd frontman fired a prop gun into the air while dressed in a costume resembling that of the SS.
"The safety and security of visitors, performers, tour crew and our staff are of utmost importance to The O2," a statement from The O2 Arena, provided to The Independent, reads.
"We recognise the right of people to conduct peaceful demonstrations and on the evenings of 6th and 7th June we facilitated peaceful protests outside the venue. We did not permit protests to take place inside the venue on the basis that it would disrupt the performance and affect the safety and enjoyment of our guests."
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBCan Apple make us want virtual reality headsets? | You Ask The QuestionsThe Independent2023-06-09 | Apple has announced a new virtual reality headset, the Vision Pro, which allows people to project any image into the space around them, from widescreen movies to emails. The Vision Pro's USP is that these images remain in your real life landscape, as opposed to sweeping you entirely from your surroundings - so you're less likely to bump into the kitchen table when you're exploring Apple's augmented world. So far virtual reality headsets have failed to hit the mainstream, does Apple have what it takes to make these often nausea-inducing neck strains user-friendly?
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWatch again: View of sunrise over White House shrouded in smoke from Canada wildfiresThe Independent2023-06-09 | Watch more videos at the Independent TV: independent.co.uk/tv/editors-picks
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBBlack bear spotted running through residential street in Washington DCThe Independent2023-06-09 | Footage circulating on social media shows a black bear running through a residential street in Washington DC.
The bear was later spotted on top of a tree which it had climbed.
DC Police confirmed the bear has been tranquillised by the Human Rescue Alliance in the backyard of a home in the area.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONB‘Mini tornado’ spotted near Southport festival where child lifted into air in zorb ballThe Independent2023-06-09 | Heart-stopping footage shows a “mini tornado” near the park where a nine-year-old boy in a zorb ball was catapulted into the air.
The freak weather phenomenon, known as a dust devil, was captured on camera near Victoria Park in Southport, Merseyside, where the incident happened on Sunday afternoon.
One witness recalled staff rushing to remove all other children from the attraction after the boy flew “15 to 20m into the sky”.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBJoe Biden mistakingly calls Rishi Sunak Mr President #shortsThe Independent2023-06-09 | Click here to subscribe to The Independent: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWalkers open sandwich shops around the UKThe Independent2023-06-09 | Walkers and brand ambassador Gary Lineker have partnered with specially-designed stores around the UK to sell exclusive sandwiches for one week only from 12 June.
The shops will be located in Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Norwich, Reading, Brighton and London.
Professional sandwicher Max Halley has created Max's Mighty Monster Munch sandwich.
It’s a Pickled Onion Monster Munch-filled fish finger sandwich with cabbage, chipotle mayonnaise and pico de gallo on focaccia.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBHumpback whale spotted off in Falmouth Bay in rare sightingThe Independent2023-06-09 | A humpback whale has been spotted off the coast of Cornwall in a rare sighting, as two sailors captured the “incredible” moment on camera.
Linda Cassidy recorded the whale in Falmouth Bay as it slapped the water with its tail, then rose and broke through the surface, known as breaching.
Humpbacks are usually seen only sporadically off the south of the UK, and then always in the winter, but are more commonly seen off the Shetland Isles and Hebrides and increasingly in the northern North Sea.
The sighting has been hailed by conservationists, who said it was an indicator the species may be recovering from near-extinction 40 years ago.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBTrain ploughs through lorry stuck on tracks in North Carolina #shortsThe Independent2023-06-09 | Click here to subscribe to The Independent: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBJoe Biden mistakingly calls Rishi Sunak Mr PresidentThe Independent2023-06-09 | Joe Biden got confused over Rishi Sunak’s title when the pair met in the White House, welcoming him as “Mr President”.
The US President swiftly corrected himself, joking that he had “promoted” Mr Sunak.
The 80-year-old President, seated across from Mr Sunak for the bilateral meeting, said: “Well, Mr President – Mr President, I just promoted you. Mr Prime Minister, it’s great to have you back.”
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBDelta Air Lines unveil plane seat designed for wheelchair usersThe Independent2023-06-09 | Delta Air Lines has unveiled a new accessible plane seat to accommodate power wheelchair users.
The seat prototype was introduced this week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany.
It’s been created in partnership with UK company Air4All, and would enable passengers to be seated in their own power wheelchair throughout a flight.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBBiden says he isnt involved in Justice Departments Trump investigationThe Independent2023-06-09 | President Joe Biden on Thursday said Americans can trust that he has not interfered in the Justice Department’s independence despite claims to the contrary by former president Donald Trump, who is likely to be charged in a long-running probe over his alleged unlawful retention of national defence information.
Mr Biden made the comments at the tail end of a joint press conference alongside British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after being asked what he could say to convince Americans of the department’s independence and fairness amid a rash of attacks against it from Mr Trump.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWatch again: White House shrouded in smoke from Canada wildfiresThe Independent2023-06-09 | The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard, blanketing Washington, DC, in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation's capital to stay indoors.
Traffic was light and trains less crowded than usual as many companies in the city told employees to work from home. Some non-essential municipal services were suspended, including parks and recreation, road construction and waste collection.
Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBHordes of jellyfish spotted in Yokohama riverThe Independent2023-06-09 | Hordes of jellyfish were spotted in a river in Yokohama on Tuesday, 6 June.
A similar phenomenon was observed last month in the same area believed to be caused by high tide sweeping the sea creatures up the river, according to local officials.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBLawmaker calls out former Trump official for attacking trans childrenThe Independent2023-06-09 | Rep Becca Balint of Vermont strongly criticised former Trump administration official Mandy Gunasekara in a congressional hearing on Tuesday for asserting that sustainable investment strategies by companies promote gender transitions for children.
Ms Gunaskara, who worked at the Environmental Protection Agency when Donald Trump was president, was testifying at a House Oversight Committee meeting on the topic of ESG — a corporate governance framework called environmental, social, governance that considers social and environmental factors that has rankled conservatives.
Partway through her testimony, she made the claim that ESG structures promote the notion that children should change their gender identities. Ms Balint was unimpressed.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONBWhy has Donald Trump been indicted again?The Independent2023-06-09 | Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday night (8 June) over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House.
The former US president, 76, faces seven charges that relate to the storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
If convicted, the charges - which have not been made public - could carry a maximum combined sentence of 100 years in prison.
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Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: bit.ly/2MiOONB63-year-old woman flips car during driving test in ArgentinaThe Independent2023-06-09 | A video of a woman hitting a lamp post during her driving test in Argentina on Wednesday (7 June) has gone viral on social media.
The ill-fated test, taken by a 63-year-old, was caught on CCTV camera in the eastern city of Lanus.
Footage shows her mounting the curb as she drives around a circuit, before speeding up and crashing into a lamp post.
Civil Defense teams and firefighters were called to assist her to get out of the vehicle after it tipped over, and she was taken for treatment after suffering minor injuries.
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