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President Donald Trump offered more tough talk after North Korea performed its most recent missile launch over Japan, warning on Tuesday that “all options are on the table.” But while Trump’s approach to North Korea has involved both veiled and explicit threats of military action, polling shows that most Americans would prefer the president consider one option that he’s left off the table in his rhetoric on the matter—that of high-level diplomatic discussions with Kim Jong-un’s regime.

While behind-the-scenes talks have taken place between diplomatic officials from both countries, Trump has indicated that he sees military threats and action as the best way to approach the isolated regime.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said “enough is enough” from North Korea and warned that “something serious has to happen” in response to Monday’s missile launch.

The missile North Korea fired into the Pacific Ocean on Monday was reportedly the same ballistic missile that it could potentially launch toward Guam, as it threatened to do earlier this month. Kim Jong-un threatened to attack Guam after Trump said the U.S. would respond with “fire and fury” if North Korea continued testing nuclear weapons. After the Guam threat, the president said of North Korea, “things will happen to them like they never thought possible” should they attack the U.S. territory.

The missile launch came a week after Trump boasted to a crowd in Phoenix, Arizona that Kim was “starting to respect” the U.S. following the president’s threats. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also remarked that week that Pyongyang had “certainly demonstrated some level of restraint” in recent days.

But after the quiet proved to be short-lived, Trump’s newest threats continued the cycle that’s been established in recent weeks between North Korea and the U.S.: violence met with threats of more violence. Meanwhile, South Korea dropped eight powerful bombs at a firing range near its border with North Korea, in order to “display a strong capability to punish” Pyongyang if war touches off.

As the international anti-nuclear group Global Zero pointed out on Monday, a majority of Americans oppose Trump’s threats when it comes to North Korea and instead support diplomatic and non-military solutions to diminish tensions.

A Harvard-Harris poll conducted last week found that Trump’s threats haven’t been met favorably by most Americans. Fifty-three percent don’t approve of how he has handled escalating tensions with North Korea, and 56 percent found his “fire and fury” comment, made spontaneously at a press conference on the opioid epidemic in the U.S., was “over the top and unhelpful,” according to The Hill‘s report on the survey.

The United Nations Security Council is holding talks on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s latest action.

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As Hurricane Irma continues on its “frightening” course towards the Keys and mainland Florida, a series of aerial videos taken from the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean are offering some of the first detailed looks at what the storm’s wrath is capable of and the scale of the damage suffered from those exposed to her historic size and strength.

Providing by a tourism outfit called Caribbean Buzz Helicopters, based in the Virgin Islands, and posted to their Facebook page on Friday, the videos—as well as these photographs—offered some of the first overhead surveys of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the islands of Eustatia and Tortala in the British Virginia Islands (BVI), including closeup looks at specific coastal communities and smaller islands hit by the storm throughout archipelago.

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Princess Diana was a vivacious child—even if her childhood was not always an easy one.

“After my mother left, it was really the two of us growing up alone,” Diana’s brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, says in an exclusive sneak peek of The Story of Diana, an upcoming two-part television event from People and ABC.

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Exclusive home movie footage shows young Diana at play, goofing with her little brother and captivating the camera from an early age. The documentary traces her journey from her years growing up a child of divorce at the Spencer family’s ancestral home, Althorp, through her marriage to Prince Charles and her unparalleled rise as a global celebrity adored by billions of fans around the world.

“She wanted someone to just love her,” says Vivienne Parry, Diana’s friend from Birthright, a mother and baby charity.

The Story of Diana features new interviews with family, friends, and colleagues from the charity world who share personal stories of their time with the People’s Princess. Diana appeared on the cover of People a record-breaking 57 times. Aug. 31 will mark the 20th anniversary of her death in a Paris car crash.

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“One of the reasons I wanted to talk now is because I think after 20 years, somebody shifts from being a contemporary person to one of history, actually,” says Charles Spencer. “And Diana deserves a place in history. This was a special person, and not just a beautiful one.”

The Story of Diana: Part One airs Aug. 9 at 9 p.m. ET and The Story of Diana: Part Two airs Aug. 10 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

Tens of thousands of students from more than 60 communities across the United Kingdom skipped class on Friday to join the global youth-led #schoolstrike4climate, calling on world leaders to take bolder steps to eradicate fossil fuels and combat the climate crisis.

“It’s sort of scary to think about that when I’m older there might not be a North Pole or maybe no rainforest or anything.”
—11-year-old striker

Speaking to Sky News in London’s Parliament Square on Friday, 12-year-old Theo said he is striking “because there are people in that building over there, going in week in and week out, and completely declining the fact that our world is dying out.”

Theo added that he thinks U.K. legislators, who are failing to take necessary steps to address the crisis, “are completely obsessed…with money” and “are completely disregarding…the world.”

Pointing to rising temperatures and visible changes in the global climate, Theo’s 11-year-old friend said he joined the strike because “it’s sort of scary to think about that when I’m older there might not be a North Pole or maybe no rainforest or anything.”

The striking students carried signs that warned “our generation will suffer,” and asked, “the climate is changing, why aren’t we?” Chants across the country ranged from “whose streets, our streets,” and “we want change,” to “fuck Theresa May”—the Tory prime minister who criticized the demonstrations via a spokesperson.

Some students spontaneously blocked Downing Street—which houses the prime minister’s residence and office—and police even began arresting some strikers, according to posts on social media by the environmental group Extinction Rebellion and other observers:

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Endorsed by the National Association of Head Teachers as well as Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, the U.K. climate strike follows several recent mass mobilizations of young people across the globe.

“I’ve always had a strong fascination with the environment, and I’ve always been aware of climate change and sustainable living, but when I saw thousands of kids around the world striking for the cause it inspired me to start my own,” 17-year-old Anna Taylor, a co-founder of the U.K. Student Climate Network, the group coordinating the country’s strike, told the New York Times.

“Youth voices are too often left out of the discussion when it comes to climate change.”
—Jake Woodier, U.K. Youth Climate Coalition

“While we’re failing to deliver the changes young people need, we can hardly blame them for taking action themselves. Education has today been flipped on its head. The young are teaching the old, and we should pay attention,” Greenpeace U.K. executive director John Sauven said in a statement to the Guardian.

“Young people know that their lives are going to be changed dramatically by the impacts of climate change. The risks that older people hope they might dodge are the problems the young will inherit,” Sauven added. “And the longer the young wait for action to be taken, the harder it will be for them in future.”

Jake Woodier, a member of the U.K. Youth Climate Coalition, noted that “youth voices are too often left out of the discussion when it comes to climate change.” As he told the Times, “Our current trajectory is completely incompatible with a clean, safe environment not only for ourselves, but future generations as well.”

That sentiment was echoed by Greta Thunberg—a 16-year-old from Sweden whose protests outside her country’s parliament last year inspired the global movement—who discussed the U.K. demonstrations on “Good Morning Britain” Friday:

As Thunberg put it, “Why should we be studying for a future that soon might not exist anymore?”

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Erdem and H&M Are Collaborating on a New Line

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H&M’s fashion collaborations have brought designer brands like Kenzo and Alexander Wang to thousands of people, and this fall, we can expect the same kind of fashion magic yet again.

The London-based fashion label Erdem is the latest brand that H&M has tapped for a collection, and we couldn’t be more excited. Erdem is most known for its dynamic and colorful prints, which means we can expect some show stopping pieces.

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To announce the collab, H&M released a special short film shot by Baz Luhrmann. It is—in a word—artsy.

The film shows a number of well-dressed people running through an elaborate garden, but we never see their faces. The only view we have is of their backs as they dash through trees and around flowers.

While we don’t yet have official shots of the Erdem x H&M clothes close-up, if the video is any indication, the clothes will be worth the wait.

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“From the moment we started talking with Erdem about the collaboration, I was captured by his vision. For Erdem x H&M he has created an enchanting world full of beauty, delicacy and rich details. These are special pieces you will want to wear forever,” Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s creative advisor, said in a press release.

The line will include both men’s and women’s clothes, which makes the collaboration extra special because it will be designer Erdem Moralıoglu first men’s collection.

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You can find the Erdem x H&M collection on shelves and online at H&M starting Nov. 2.

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Since Kate Hudson shaved off her famously long blonde hair for her upcoming movie Sister with Sia and Maddie Ziegler, we can’t seem to get enough of her new buzz cut.

The actress sported her new ‘do once again on Monday while walking around the movie set in California, and even though we couldn’t see much of it under her navy baseball hat, we still dig her style.

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While we may not have gotten a glimpse of her hair, her abs were on full display. Hudson wore a gray Calvin Klein sports bra (which you can purchase here) with matching pants and a white sweatshirt tied around her waist.

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Wearing hair-hiding hats with sports bras seems to be a new fashion trend for Hudson—she wore a similar ensemble just last week and looked equally fierce.

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With Hudson’s new shaved cut bringing out this stylish athleisure side to her, we’re excited to see what street style look she wears next.

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Princess Diana was a 19-year-old in a simple sweater and skirt when she first walked into the London studio of the up-and-coming designers she would ultimately choose to make her landmark wedding dress.

Designer Elizabeth Emanuel recalls that the young bride-to-be morphed as the weeks elapsed before her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles, losing a notable amount of the “puppy fat” she had when she first walked in.

“Most brides do lose weight,” Emanuel tells People. “So we weren’t that worried when she did. She was looking fantastic. She ended up with a 23-inch waist from a 26- to 27- inch.

“She just walked more confidently. She just was suddenly growing up, you know? But I think she felt very good about how she looked.”

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When the then-Lady Diana Spencer first rang up the studio, Emanuel mistakenly got her name wrong. So it was a total surprise when the new fiancée of the future king strode in for their initial meeting. “There was instant recognition when she walked through the door,” she recalls.

Emanuel and her husband and designing partner at the time, David, created the voluminous gown in total secrecy. “She was just lovely, really kind of easy going,” she recalls of the low-key Diana. “We never had any special instructions about how to make the wedding dress. That added a bit to the fun of it all, made it bit of an adventure.”

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Emanuel, who now runs her own fashion line, is among the friends and family (including Diana’s brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer) and confidantes remembering the late princess in a two-night television event from People and ABC, The Story of Diana, airing on ABC on Aug. 9 and 10 at 9 p.m. E.T.

The designing couple (who later split) decided to make Diana’s iconic bridal train as long as possible because “St. Paul’s Cathedral is a really big area to fill,” notes Emanuel.

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The final fitting was in Buckingham Palace so they could test out the train in all its glory in a spectacular corridor. “This was a real royal palace. Here was Diana in our wedding dress which we designed for her,” says Emanuel.

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On the big day, Diana wore jeans and watched TV while having her tiara added to her newly done hair in Clarence House, bridesmaid India Hicks recalls.

“She was incredibly together and wasn’t panicking,” says Emanuel. “But I was really worried about all things that could possibly go wrong. We’d taken smelling salts, glucose tablets—what if she feels faint? What if she passes out? Spills something down her skirt?”

“I had this kind of horror that maybe the train would drop off. We sewed her into things, we pinned her into things.”

When the big moment came on July 29, 1981, the dress cascaded out of the royal carriage, as Diana took her place alongside her proud father John, 8th Earl Spencer.

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“It’s always been about a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis,” recalls Emanuel. “And that is her story, really. She was emerging into a new world, a new life’s adventure.”

Hillary Clinton is finally opening up about the 2016 presidential election. In her new memoir, appropriately titled What Happened, the Democratic presidential candidate tells the story of that tense and controversial election from her own point of view.

“In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I’m letting my guard down,” she writes in the introduction of the new memoir.

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“Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules,” Simon and Schuster writes.

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In the upcoming book, Clinton addresses the mistakes she made throughout the process, but also how she’s picked herself up after defeat. According to the publisher, Clinton shows “humor and candor” in the intensely personal new memoir.

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What Happened hits shelves Sept. 12, 2017.

Chris Pratt doesn’t seem to have any hard feelings towards his soon-to-be ex-wife Anna Faris.

The Jurassic World star sang his ex’s praises last night after her appearance at the 2017 Emmy Awards on Sunday, where she presented an award alongside her Mom costar Allison Janney.

“I know she did great, Anna did an amazing job,” Pratt, 38, told TMZ later that night. “She rules. Her and Allison, they both looked great.”

The actress, 40, wowed on the red carpet wearing a stunning purple gown.

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As for why he didn’t attend the award show, Pratt joked, “Well, I guess I wasn’t invited. I didn’t get an invitation.”

He then added, “I haven’t checked my mailbox lately, though.”

Last month, the Mom actress and Jurassic World actor announced in a joint statement on Facebook that they had decided to separate.

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“Anna and I are sad to announce we are legally separating,” wrote Pratt. “We tried hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed.”

“Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep this situation as private as possible moving forward,” he continued. “We still have love for each other, will always cherish our time together and continue to have the deepest respect for one another.”

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The couple’s split comes after eight years of marriage. Pratt and Faris have one child together: 5-year-old Jack. The two met on the set of Take Me Home Tonight in 2007 and got engaged a year later before marrying in summer 2009.

What’s wrong with being confident? Ask Demi Lovato and she’ll likely say absolutely nothing.

The 24-year-old pop star has slipped her design shoes on once again and teamed up with the activewear brand Kate Hudson co-founded, Fabletics, for a second Demi Lovato for Fabletics collection. Basically, the capsule features 12 exclusive outfits sold as separate jackets, bras, tops, layering pieces, and leggings in a blue, black, magenta, and white color scheme that ranges in size from XXS to 3X, all designed to get you out the door feeling healthier.

So why’d she come back for another round? We caught up with Lovato at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to discuss the collection and, of course, body positivity. Lovato told us fashion’s important to her, saying, “You get to express who you are, but it also is realistic for me to design athleisure clothes because it’s what I wear in my daily life.”

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Rather than cover the designs with inspirational mantras as she did in the first collection, Lovato stepped away from that this go-round and focused instead on a different set of textures, patterns, and colors. “We have a bit of mesh involved [this time],” she said. “We have blue and pink, rather than the lime green and the kind of coral-ish color that we had before.”

“Going into fall, we wanted different colors,” she continued. “We still wanted it to have some life, but at the same time, I wanted some more black in there, so we added some more black.”

Yes, Lovato may be one of the most empowered Hollywood stars we know, but she admitted learning to feel good about herself is always a journey. “I’m still learning to love my body. It’s a daily thing, and I don’t think you ever learn at one point in your life, and then it’s fixed forever,” she told InStyle.

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“Your body changes, you change. It’s just a matter of how much you’re working on yourself. I make sure that I put my mental and physical health before work. That is what keeps me in a good state of mind,” she said.

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Lovato also added, “Physical health is something that is important to me, because it keeps my body in shape, and not from a vein kind of standpoint. It just keeps my organs and my muscles working well. I don’t get sick as much. I eat very clean. It’s just things that, when you’re in a good place, you learn how to deal with those moments of insecurities better.”

Of course, Lovato also teamed up with Fabletics because of the brand’s commitment to inclusion, female empowerment, and body positivity. As with the first, the second collection also benefits Fabletics’s partnership with Girl Up, the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign supporting the empowerment of girls everywhere. The brand is supporting the organization’s School Cycle initiative, which works with the United Nations Population Fund to give girls bikes to get to school safely.

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Calling the collection “chic and edgy,” Lovato said, “It’s something that you can feel confident and sexy in.”

She added, “What better way to go to the gym than to feel confident? Especially when sometimes you meet guys or girls at the gym. You want to look good. It’s a place to meet people.”

When Lovato works out, she goes for action-packed fitness and loves to train. “Being able to do jiu-jitsu several times a week is really fun for me,” she said. “I also train MMA, so it’s a mixture of different martial arts. Muay Thai, kickboxing, boxing, jiu-jitsu.”

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Lovato’s second Fabletics collection is available in Fabletics stores nationwide and at fabletics.com.