Trump wants aircraft carriers to look like they used to

 

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Published 08.08

 

rUS President Donald Trump does not like the look of the new Ford-class aircraft carrier type, and wants to move the tower more towards the center. In the picture, the USS Gerald R. Ford, which gave the class its name. Photo: Giannis Angelakis/AP/TT

The US Navy is considering redesigning its upcoming aircraft carriers – because the president wants a more old-fashioned look.

According to The Washington Post, President Donald Trump wants the multi-story tower, which is located towards the rear, to be moved more towards the center. The reason: the fleet's largest ship should be more reminiscent of those during World War II, according to seven sources with insight.

It could cost billions and delay the entire project, where one ship is in service, one has been launched and two are being built.

The White House earlier this week requested a plan from the Navy to replace the modern electromagnetic catapult system, used to launch planes on the ships, with a steam and hydraulic-powered system on the USS Doris Miller, which began construction this year.

 

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Principality allows women to sit on the throne

 

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Published 19.57

 

Liechtenstein's Prince Hans Adam II with his son, Crown Prince Alois, in the capital Vaduz. Archive photo. Photo: Peter Klaunzer/AP/TT

For over 400 years, women have been denied the right to rule the small principality of Liechtenstein. Now the country's Crown Prince is opening the throne to women.

Liechtenstein's succession to the throne will also include women in the future, announced Crown Prince Alois.

- We want to ensure that both the principality and the princely house are led by the person who is best prepared for the responsibility, he said in a speech during the country's National Day.

The principality is thus changing the regulations that, according to the newspaper Landesspiegel, have been in force since 1606.

But it will probably be some time before a princess sits on the throne. The current prince, Hans Adam II, remains as head of state but has handed over most of the duties to his son, Crown Prince Alois. His firstborn, 31-year-old Joseph Wenzel, has no heir yet.

Liechtenstein only introduced women's suffrage in 1984, but has had a woman – Brigitte Haas – as prime minister since last year.

South Korean President Wants to Bury the Hatchet

 

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Published 17.24

 

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung. Archive photo from July. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP/TT

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung wants to see new talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War.

In a speech during a celebration of Korean freedom from colonial power Japan, Lee urged North Korea to meet for peace talks.

– Let us, as those directly involved, end our threats against each other and start discussing an end to this long war, he said, continuing:

– In this way, it would be possible to talk about effective measures to stop North Korea's progress in acquiring nuclear weapons capabilities.

The Korean War ended in practice with an armistice agreement in 1953, but North and South Korea are technically still at war.

Earlier this week, North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that landed in the Sea of ​​Japan, and the North has also this week condemned a military exercise that South Korea is to conduct together with the United States.