Barbados elects Mia Mottley as first female Prime Minister
The Caribbean island of Barbados has elected Mia Mottley as its first female PM since gaining independence from the UK in 1966. Mottley's Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats in the country's Parliament, coming to power for the first time in a decade. Mottley had reportedly once told her school teacher she would become the country's first female PM.