In today’s newsletter: Persistent gaps in maternal health outcomes have long been documented, but now a growing body of evidence suggests that racism and deprivation have profound consequences for pregnancy and birth
Good morning. Researchers have long known that women in the UK experience very different birth outcomes depending on their ethnicity, income and physical condition. Black women, for example, are still about 2.7 times more likely to die during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth than white women.
As the Guardian reported on Wednesday, a new study suggests one possible explanation: that the cumulative physiological impact of stress caused by racism and inequality may itself affect pregnancy outcomes.
UK news | Police are treating the stabbing of two men in Golders Green, north London, as terrorism, with the suspect described as having been hunting for anyone “visibly Jewish” to attack.
UK politics | Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election.
Middle East | Pete Hegseth has denied that the US-Israel war on Iran is “a quagmire” and claimed critics of the operation posed a greater threat to the US than Iran itself, as he came under pressure to set out Washington’s strategy for the conflict.
UK news | Police have raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage.
Defence | Britain has agreed to create a unified naval force with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open sea border” to the north.
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