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King Charles opens new, left-leaning U.K. Parliament in major public address after cancer diagnosis

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Keir Starmer becomes new U.K. prime minister after Labour Party’s landslide victory

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King Charles III donned a ceremonial crown and robe Wednesday to give a speech formally opening the session of the new British parliament. After a national election earlier this month, the U.K. legislature is decisively left-leaning for the first time in 14 years.

Wednesday’s was one of the most significant public addresses delivered by King Charles since he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Charles took a break from public appearances to undergo treatment for about three months before returning to public duties earlier this summer.

Alongside his wife Queen Camilla, Charles delivered the speech — written by the elected government, not the monarch himself — outlined plans by the country’s new Labour Party leadership to a joint session of both houses of Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

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Britain’s King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, sits alongside Britain’s Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem, are seen before reading the King’s Speech from the The Sovereign’s Throne in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Houses of Parliament in London, July 17, 2024.

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The Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, defeated the long-ruling Conservative Party and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the U.K. general election held on July 4. The results were a landslide.

The British monarch’s speech is a political tradition that has stuck around through the U.K.’s evolution from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy.

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In Nashville, not far from the center of the country music world, you’ll find a bakery that produces bread nearly identical to what Kurds have been enjoying for more than 4,000 years. Correspondent Martha Teichner visits Newroz Market, where their bread, which originated in Mesopotamia and is traditionally hand-made by women, is a vital culinary necessity for the Kurdish diaspora.

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Artist Noah Verrier is getting millions of likes on social media for his paintings of comfort foods, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, burgers, fries, and jelly donuts – and they’re selling like hotcakes on eBay. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Verrier about how the former Florida State University art instructor came to become known as a “junk food painter.”

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From the four food groups to the Food Pyramid, the U.S. government has long offered guidance to Americans hoping to eat a healthier diet. But there’s growing scientific consensus that when it comes to eating healthy, all of us respond to foods differently. And to prove it, the National Institutes of Health has embarked on the most ambitious nutrition study ever, hoping to finally provide Americans a personalized answer to the question: “What should I eat?” Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.

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