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Some believed her identity might help her tackle some of the most intractable issues in the country: “I think the U.S. needs to have an African-American female in office so the U.S. can maybe clear the air of racism,” wrote one Black woman incarcerated in Alabama.

In 2019, his in-tray as housing, communities and local government secretary was a full one, containing some of Whitehall's most intractable tasks - from dealing with councils struggling with real-term budget cuts, to trying to get more homes built.

Yet military issues have remained the most intractable area of tension between the two nations, and expectations for the meeting between the defense chiefs in Singapore were modest.

Haiti has suffered under decades of crises, but the latest may be its most intractable.

The United States, Britain and other Western countries have backed the idea of an independent Palestinian state existing alongside Israel as a solution to the Middle East’s most intractable conflict, but they insist Palestinian statehood should come as part of a negotiated settlement.