Tuesday: The former US secretary of state Colin Powell has died from complications of Covid. Plus: jeans myths busted
Good morning. Tributes have been paid to the former US secretary of state Colin Powell, who has died aged 84. An inquiry has said the destruction of Juukan Gorge was shocking, but not unique. And as millions see the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel in Australia, we’ve got some myth-busting fashion advice.
The former US secretary of state, Colin Powell, has died from complications from Covid, aged 84. Powell was America’s first Black secretary of state and played a pivotal role in attempting to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving under George W Bush. He was fully vaccinated against Covid but had a compromised immune system having been treated for blood cancer. Tributes have poured in, including former president Bush, who called Powell “a great public servant ... He was highly respected at home and abroad”, and current president Joe Biden, who hailed him “a dear friend and patriot of unmatched honour and dignity”.
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