In today’s newsletter: From ‘deep state’ warnings to Maga hats at rallies, US rhetoric is crossing the Atlantic, even as most voters remain sceptical
Good morning. Donald Trump arrived in Britain last night, landing with his wife, Melania, at Stansted airport and then taking a helicopter to central London. But he had an advance party: the mass of Maga political messages that have been picked up and repurposed by some fellow travellers, namely those of the British nationalist right.
British politicians have imitated their frankly sexier US cousins for decades, of course. But something distinctive to the Trump era has been particularly apparent in recent months: the borrowing of an inescapably American political style in order to implant it in a political culture that barely knows what to make of it.
Gaza | Israel unleashed its long-threatened ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, sending tanks and remote-controlled armoured cars packed with explosives into its streets, in defiance of the findings of a UN commission that it was committing genocide in the Palestinian territory.
Hollywood | Robert Redford, star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, has died aged 89.
US news | Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting the far-right activist Charlie Kirk, was charged with aggravated murder in Utah yesterday. Prosecutors say they intend to pursue the death penalty against the 22-year-old if he is convicted.
Immigration and asylum | An Eritrean man has had his deportation to France under Labour’s “one-in, one-out” scheme halted at the 11th hour after he won a high court challenge. The 25-year-old man is the first to win such a challenge against the new scheme.
Obesity | A daily pill for weight loss can help people reduce their body weight by as much as a fifth, according to a trial that could pave the way for millions more to shed pounds. Orforglipron is manufactured by Eli Lilly and targets the same GLP-1 receptors as weight loss injections such as Mounjaro.