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Jimmy Carter, former US president, turns 100​

Ana Faguy
BBC News, Washington

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Jimmy Carter, pictured in 2016, is the longest-living former US president

Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday, making him the first US president to reach the milestone.

Carter, a Democrat who served in the White House from 1977 to 1981, has spent the past 19 months in hospice care in his home state of Georgia.

But the former peanut farmer, who first entered politics in the 1960s as a state senator, is "emotionally engaged and still having experiences and laughing, loving", his grandson, Jason, said in September.

And the centenarian still has political ambitions: "I'm only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris" in November's election, the humanitarian and Nobel Prize recipient said, according to his grandson.

To honour the occasion, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity - the housing charity Carter has worked with for 40 years - are building 30 homes in Minnesota this week.

Several events were organised in Plains, the former Georgia governor's hometown, to celebrate the occasion on Tuesday.

The day began with a naturalisation ceremony for 100 people from 30 separate countries who all became US citizens. In the afternoon, a military flyover - including four F-18 jets - graced the skies over Plains.

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Carter was inaugurated in 1977

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He welcomed Pope John Paul II to the White House in 1979

It comes after a star-studded concert was held in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month to celebrate the 39th president's milestone birthday and to raise funds for The Carter Center.

"It was an incredible evening, full of good music and heartfelt tributes, and it made history as the first-ever 100th birthday celebration for a living American president," Carter said at the time.

The concert, which raised more than $1.2m (£900,000) and also featured recorded messages from other presidents, will air on Georgia Public Broadcasting on Tuesday. Dozens of musical acts performed at the event and thousands attended.

The former president will be watching the broadcast on Tuesday, his family said.

Carter, who was not able to attend the concert in person, made a rare public appearance in November 2023 when he attended a memorial service for his wife Rosalynn who died aged 96 earlier that month.

Their 77-year marriage remains the longest of any first couple.

 

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US Air Force begins production of futurist blended wing body aircraft prototype​

The BWB blends the aircraft body into its high-aspect-ratio wing, decreasing aerodynamic drag by at least 30% and providing additional lift (Picture: US Department of Defense).

The US Air Force has picked aerospace start-up JetZero to build a blended wing body (BWB) prototype aircraft.

The futurist-looking aircraft is to be assembled by 2026, with flight testing beginning in 2027.

Differing from a traditional tube-and-wing aircraft, the BWB blends the aircraft body into its high-aspect-ratio wing – decreasing aerodynamic drag by at least 30% and providing additional lift.

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This increased efficiency will enable extended range, more loiter time, and improves payload delivery efficiencies, according to the US Air Force's (USAF) website.

While the BWB concept has been around for decades, more recent technology advancements in structural design, materials technology, and manufacturing have made large-scale production achievable.

The commercial industry, including passenger airlines and air freight companies, stand to benefit from the development of this technology – with increased cabin or cargo space and decreased fuel costs.

Announcing the decision at an event hosted by the Air and Space Forces Association, USAF secretary Frank Kendall, said: "This is a prototype/demonstration project. It is intended to accelerate the next generation of the large aircraft the air force needs in the future.

"That's going to lead to improvements in not just the efficiency and capability of our force, but also in our impact on the climate." Several military transport configurations are possible with the BWB. Together, these aircraft types account for approximately 60% of USAF's total annual jet fuel consumption.

Former C-17 Globemaster III pilot and engineer Dr Ravi Chaudhary, assistant secretary of USAF for Energy, Installations and Environment, is leading efforts to ensure efficiencies in operational energy to build greater agility for theatre commanders.

He said: "It's been a little over 100 years since a few brave airmen took to the skies and proved the first aerial refueling capability, extending the global reach of our air force.

"This announcement marks another game-changing milestone for the air force in our efforts to maintain the advantage of airpower effectiveness against any future competitors."

 

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Kishore Mahbubani Exposes the TRUTH About America's Decline!​

 

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“A JERK and THREAT to Democracy” — Democratic Senator Unpacks Elon Musk (Mehedi Hasan/ZETEO)​

 

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Tesla is DONE in Germany, 94% won't buy it​

 

[Lulldapull]

Trump and his MAGA in serious panic mode now. US turnin into the next Brazheel bhai. It was inevitable.......once you bring in da coludzz.......you seal your own doom no from a Nazi pov?

Jo Subcontinent ka hashar hua hae, vohi US ka hona hae.

There's no escaping dis truth:

 

[Sharma Ji]

EVs suck, Musk is allrite otherwise. He's a bit of a troll too, the very definition of eccentric billionaire. Its sure fun to watch him with Trump all the time.. kabhi Air Force 1, kabhi Marine 1.. full prazidenshal protocol dono gangsters ka

din ki day trip, shaam ko wapas white house pe landing

 

[Sharma Ji]

Smooth pilots, these.. top guys get these jobs, nightstalker 160th SOAR type maybe, they get up to all sorts of insane stuff, including trimming treetops to make a clearing.. nuts.

 

[Lulldapull]

US is going down bhai, every man n his dog can sense it.

Iran say nahi larr saktay bhossrreekay, Rhusshian aur Chinese say lund larrain gay?

Achha......lol

Iran will fukk da US up if they ever get it up to screw around.

Kuchh ne kar sakta US Iran ka except just lament at losing to Iran.

 

[Sharma Ji]

US is going down bhai, every man n his dog can sense it.

Iran say nahi larr saktay bhossrreekay, Rhusshian aur Chinese say lund larrain gay?

Achha......lol

Iran will fukk da US up if they ever get it up to screw around.

Kuchh ne kar sakta US Iran ka except just lament at losing to Iran.

They did Iraq twice, why not Iran ?

Kahan se aata hai aapka itna bharosa on Iran ?

ab tukk samajhne ki koshish me laga hu

 

[Sharma Ji]

dont miss the Raj times ka Indian British stiff upper lip wala accent

Nehru type.. "et the strowk of the midnight hour..."

that whole 'tryst with destiny' wala scene

was actually the beginning of a tryst with Dynasty.. bhen ka lun' madarcxod Nehru

 

[Sharma Ji]

achaar daal re tab se le ke ab tak bc... life and freedom ka.

 

[Lulldapull]

They did Iraq twice, why not Iran ?

Kahan se aata hai aapka itna bharosa on Iran ?

ab tukk samajhne ki koshish me laga hu

oh bhai kahan Iraq aur kahan Iraand?

Kidher 76 year old hendu-pak countries talking about a 2500 year old nation who've been a super power many times.

 

[Lulldapull]

dont miss the Raj times ka Indian British stiff upper lip wala accent

Nehru type.. "et the strowk of the midnight hour..."

that whole 'tryst with destiny' wala scene

was actually the beginning of a tryst with Dynasty.. bhen ka lun' madarcxod Nehru

Nehru made you into a nation and tried his best. Aaaj to sub dalit aur shudhar at the helm......total disgrace, Nehru must be turning in his grave.

 

[Sharma Ji]

oh bhai kahan Iraq aur kahan Iraand?

Kidher 76 year old hendu-pak countries talking about a 2500 year old nation who've been a super power many times.

Iraq was Mesopotamia, no ?

India ki thousands of years se chal ree hai, we got the oldest literary and spiritual traditions still going.

haan, current day, lotta bad DNA, dalit dna here.. Iran preserved their racial purity to a greater extent but.

but they really under the pump now, ekdum fusss hain in many ways. Arbi bhi apne aap ko bech bech ke agay nikal gae.

 

[Lulldapull]

Iraq was Mesopotamia, no ?

India ki thousands of years se chal ree hai, we got the oldest literary and spiritual traditions still going.

haan, current day, lotta bad DNA, dalit dna here.. Iran preserved their racial purity to a greater extent but.

but they really under the pump now, ekdum fusss hain in many ways. Arbi bhi apne aap ko bech bech ke agay nikal gae.

I trust doc on Iraand.......Jiss din Iraandd turns cosmopolitan/ free society like the west or allows immigration or migrants in.......Iran tabah o barbaad ho jaey ga!

You gotta guard your borders very strongly or else subcontinent/ US/ Brazil wala hasher ho ga aur 100% ho ga until nothing will remain.

 

[Sharma Ji]

I trust doc on Iraand.......Jiss din Iraandd turns cosmopolitan/ free society like the west or allows immigration or migrants in.......Iran tabah o barbaad ho jaey ga!

You gotta guard your borders very strongly or else subcontinent/ US/ Brazil wala hasher ho ga aur 100% ho ga until nothing will remain.

What about the dalit cancer already inside ?

 

[Lulldapull]

Trump sahb ko abhi khyaal aya hae k mulk k lund gaey hain.......lol

They forged a unique european identity with slavery over the last 300 odd years and created a sorta utopia.

but now with mass illegal immigration it is all under threat.

ullu ka puttha is a generation too late to stop the disaster from unfolding.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Trump sahb ko abhi khyaal aya hae k mulk k lund gaey hain.......lol

They forged a unique european identity with slavery over the last 300 odd years and created a sorta utopia.

but now with mass illegal immigration it is all under threat.

ullu ka puttha is a generation too late to stop the disaster from unfolding.

(((Kalergi plan))) is underway.. Trump is doing the best he can to manage the chaos. Ultimately I think South Africa wala scene hoga inka, "slaves" are already rebelling.. fueled by the socialist/commie democrat vision of a utopian future.

Goras will be minority, then become a small minority in the future.. game over.

Poor goras, but.. unko bhi allow hona chahiye Japan style ethno purity maintain karna.