The Know Daily - Friday 13 September 2024

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Happy Friday ❤️

Hope you’ve all had a good summer – I definitely have! I’m now back in the UK after a long trip to visit my family in Virginia to sip spicy margs and grill corn. 

My dad’s got quite the green thumb, so while I was there I feasted on homegrown tomatoes, blackberries and wild garlic. It was absolutely lush 🤤 When I’m back in the States, I always stop at Sephora to stock up on goodies. On my most recent trip, I stumbled across MERIT, a gorgeous makeup brand that’s become my go-to for my everyday look. I can’t shut up about how lightweight, foolproof and versatile their products are. As a certified makeup obsessive, MERIT is the one. Trust me 👀

Love,

Hanna
Staff writer

UK NEWS

👩‍⚕️ The PM pledged the “biggest ever reimagining” of the NHS, after a landmark report found the health service is in “serious trouble”. 

🏡 ‘No-fault’ evictions could be banned by next summer, under a government bill laid out before Parliament this week. 

🦪 Half a million oysters will be introduced into the Humber estuary in a bid to restore Britain’s coastal waters.

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

🇪🇺 Germany temporarily introduced tighter land border controls in a bid to curb “irregular migration”, sparking criticism from neighbouring countries.

🌡️ The Northern Hemisphere just experienced the warmest summer on record.

🇨🇳 China announced it was ending its international adoption programme after 3 decades.

WORK & INNOVATION

🤳 Apple launched its new iPhone 16 at an event which showed how AI is “shaking up the tech giant’s core market”. 

🌬️ ‘Motionless’ wind turbines are being installed across the UK and Europe, addressing challenges like “noises, vibrations, and wildlife impact”. 

🧑‍🚀 A group of astronauts led by a billionaire commander embarked on the world’s first ever private spacewalk on Thursday. 

CULTURE

📺 Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan stole the show at the VMAs, with the awards event celebrating “one of the most triumphant periods for female pop artists in history”. 

🗣️ Some Audible narrators will begin cloning their voices, in a bid to speed up audiobook production for the platform.

😎 London Fashion Week kicks off today – here are 5 trends to watch out for.

UPLIFTING STUFF

🎒 More children are walking or cycling to school in central London following the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which reduced the number of highly-polluting vehicles on the road.

🇬🇭 Ghana passed a long-awaited gender equality bill in a “victory for women’s rights”. 

🌊 California is getting its first new national marine sanctuary in over 3 decades, ushering in a ban on offshore drilling along miles of coast.

🗞 Read: This piece from The Independent unpacking the rise and fall of self-service checkouts – and how they’ve led to the rise of the “middle-class shoplifter”.

🎧 Listen to: The Road to Joni. Follow host Carmel Holt as she travels across the US exploring the cross-generational appeal of singer Joni Mitchell, featuring famous fans like Hozier ~ Lynn

📺 Watch: Billionaire Island (Netflix), In Vogue: The 90s (Disney+), Emily in Paris S4 (Netflix), Firebrand (out in cinemas now)

🥒 Make: Recipe creators are going crazy for cucumbers (even leading to a shortage in Iceland 😲) so it feels like the right time to share the IMHO best-ever recipe for smashed cucumber salad ~ Esther

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