The Independent - August 02, 2024
The Independent - August 02, 2024
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In this issue
August 02, 2024
Journalists and dissidents freed in prisoner exchange between Russia and West
Putin hitman Vadim Krasikov among eight Russians released
5 mins
Wall Street Journal reporter jailed on hyped spy charges
Evan Gershkovich used his language skills to explain Russia to the outside world but fell foul of a regime determined to put on a Soviet-era show trial, writes Chris Stevenson
4 mins
Putin critic poisoned and caged - but never silenced
Vladimir Kara-Murza was handed a 25-year sentence in a Siberian penal colony for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. Today, he has his freedom, writes Tom Watling
3 mins
Identity of the Southport stabbing suspect revealed
Teenager appears in court accused of murdering three girls
3 mins
Starmer puts police on alert to deal with summer of riots
The prime minister has put police forces in Britain on a national footing to prepare for what many fear could be a summer of riots and violence by the far right.
2 mins
Is the GP strike the end of healthcare as we know it?
General practitioners in England have voted overwhelmingly to take a form of industrial action in protest at a 1.9 per cent increase in public funding for surgeries.
4 mins
Bank drops base rate to 5%, a first cut in over four years
Homeowners should not expect borrowing costs to drop rapidly in the coming months, the governor of the Bank of England warned yesterday, after interest rates were cut for the first time since 2020.
2 mins
Nandy grills BBC over its handling of Edwards crisis
BBC bosses have been put on notice by the new culture secretary Lisa Nandy regarding failures in dealing with disgraced presenter Huw Edwards.
4 mins
EU reveals its demands for better relationship with UK
The EU has warned Sir Keir Starmer his attempt to repair relations with the bloc may fail if he does not meet a list of eight demands, it has emerged.
2 mins
Hezbollah chief says battle with Israel is in new phase
Hezbollah’s leader has warned that its conflict with Israel has entered a new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike this week in Beirut.
3 mins
How Ukraine's new F-16s can alter 'dynamics of war'
Zelensky takes delivery of six jets with scores more on way
2 mins
Farage's fumble has given the prime minister an open goal
Since his election, Nigel Farage has spoken twice in the Commons - once, on the first day of the new parliament, to announce \"We are the new kids on the block\"; and another to make his maiden speech, in which he called for a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Court of Human Rights.
2 mins
Prisoner swap could be sign of something major to come
It is, by a long way, the most elaborate and comprehensive East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War, involving 24 individuals from at least half a dozen countries.
4 mins
How dare Trump think he gets to decide if Harris can call herself Black or Indian
\"Yet again, shots have been fired at Donald Trump – this time, over his comments about Kamala Harris’s racial heritage. On Wednesday, Trump bewildered an audience of Black journalists in Chicago by telling them that the Kamala Harris he claims to have known for several years was “Indian all the way” before, “all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went… she became a Black person”.
4 mins
It's money in the bank
People in their forties and fifties aren’t saving enough for retirement. So the following generation, worst hit by the cost of living crisis, need to act now, says Katie Rosseinsky
6 mins
STILL MAKING WAVES
Peter Weir's take on English novelist Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' didn't set the box office afire in 2003, writes Geoffrey Macnab, but it's got emotional heft
6 mins
Subtle coming-of-ager with some early internet humour
Set in 2008, Sean Wang’s sweet semi-autobiographical debut Didi’ takes place at a time in digital history that has become dated enough to feel like an artefact, says Clarisse Loughrey
3 mins
Lynch and partner conjure up a synth-wrapped enigma
David Lynch and Chrystabell deliver a baffling and beguiling set of songs on 'Cellophane Memories', writes Helen Brown
2 mins
Rate cut welcome but don't bank on any more this year
The BoE has reduced interest rate to 5% but with inflation likely to edge up, more cuts are unlikely, says James Moore
3 mins
Murray 'genuinely happy' as he ends unrivalled career
Andy Murray calls time on pro tennis after he and Dan Evans lose to Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul at Olympics
4 mins
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