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The Independent
How safe is South Africa?
As headlines shine a light on tourist security in South Africa, Amelia Neath speaks to guides to go behind the stories and find out how visitors can enjoy the country while staying safe
6 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Violent protests in Belfast are the toxic legacy of Brexit
So here we are, 10 years after Brexit.
5 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Orban allies face scrutiny over €3.5bn missing funds
Senior officials in Viktor Orban’s inner circle must be investigated over €3.5bn of missing EU funds, the chief of Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog has told The Independent.
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
A decade on, it is time to right the wrongs of Brexit
Michael Heseltine, who writes for The Independent with all the authority of his 93 years and with all the conviction of his steadfast support for European unity, makes the unanswerable point that the promoters of Brexit have gone quiet on the subject.
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Brexit’s been a disaster — it’s time the guilty felt ashamed
All over the world, people are dying in conflicts that reflect the most unattractive of human motivations: the hunger for power, greed and racialism.
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Van Dijk could be World Cup’s most valuable player
Liverpool captain’s powers are waning, yet the Netherlands still rely on Virgil van Dijk (Reuters)
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Accidental American stars for eclectic band of brothers
Folarin Balogun, a Londoner of Nigerian heritage, scored twice for the USA in their opening World Cup match in LA
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
England equipment stolen ahead of World Cup opener
England have suffered a theft of training equipment ahead of their arrival at their World Cup training base in Kansas City, with items including the team’s match boots and official tournament balls stolen on Friday.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Heseltine: Time to reverse the heinous crime of Brexit
Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage should ‘‘hang their heads in shame’’ for the damage they caused to Britain by leading the campaign that saw it leave the EU, Michael Heseltine has said.
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Loneliness isn’t aspirational – for many it’s a sad reality
Talking about loneliness is now becoming a lifestyle grift.
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
‘I’ve just never moved on – my life has been destroyed’
Nearly a decade has passed since the blaze that took the lives of 72 people at Grenfell, but survivors still long for closure. Dan Haygarth speaks to those living in the tower’s shadow
7 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Melinda Gates: ‘Epstein could have been stopped’
Philanthropist says the US justice system ‘didn’t do its job’
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Mother lost five litres of blood after missed diagnosis
Campaigners found that 64 per cent of women require emergency surgery for placenta accreta spectrum, and 30 per cent require hysterectomies, discovers Rebecca Whittaker
5 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Jarvis ‘determined’ to get military what they need
The UK’s new defence secretary has said he is “absolutely determined” to provide the armed forces with the funding needed.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Independent
Time to take on bullying tech giant at his own game
Not for the first time, a stark contrast played out this week.
4 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
A ‘kill switch’ won’t stop the phone thieves from winning
We talk about phone theft as a “nuisance” crime.
4 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
The toxic misinformation that’s getting under our skin
As cases of melanoma reach record highs, influencers are railing against sun cream and men are avoiding it to seem tough. Helen Coffey looks at the dangers of not lathering up
6 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
David Hockney, radical British artist, dies aged 88
David Hockney, the bespectacled and besuited British artist whose work spanned landscapes from the turquoise swimming pools of Los Angeles to the emerald hills of his native Yorkshire, has died aged 88.
7 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
You have no idea just how bad it was for us Page 3 girls
I was a Page 3 model in the Nineties.
2 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Water-gate: Fifa’s lucrative breaks ruining the spectacle
The decision to mandate three-minute hydration breaks during every half at the 2026 World Cup smacks of yet more greed from the insatiable Infantino, writes Lawrence Ostlere
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Rugby league star Sinfield knighted in honours list
Rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield and six members of England's triumphant Lionesses squad are among the prominent figures recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Don’t blame Reeves for the PM’s unholy defence mess
The key sentence of John Healey’s resignation letter was his complaint that Keir Starmer was “unable” and the Treasury “unwilling” to “commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats”.
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Brexit broke Britain’s ability to defend itself... here’s the fix
When I entered government in July 2024, as a Labour special adviser in the Foreign Office to the then foreign secretary David Lammy, I was still genuinely unsure in the privacy of my own thoughts whether Britain needed more Europe.
5 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Walls closing in on PM as ministers get ready to quit
The Independent understands internal polling is suggesting Burnham will ‘embarrass Reform’ in Makerfield by-election
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Iran and US say peace deal close as Tehran claims win
Deal appears to match terms originally proposed by Iranians
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Palestine Action activists jailed for arms factory raid
Four Palestine Action activists who mounted a “terrorist” raid on an Israel-based defence firm’s UK factory, causing £1.2m of damage and leaving a police officer with a fractured spine, were jailed yesterday.
1 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
A matter of trust: new twist in Hollywood murder case
Rob Reiner’s son Nick has been charged with murdering his parents: now he wants his $1.5m trust fund to fund his legal case. Katie Rosseinsky explores the fallout of this tragedy
5 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Tide turns on Brexit as half of voters want second vote
Poll shows one-fifth of Reformers back referendum rerun
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
Saints’ striker Larin gives Canada World Cup lift-off
Southampton’s public relations department has had a torrid few weeks trying to clean up the internal idiocy of Spygate, but they’re about to get a rare windfall of goodwill from across the Atlantic.
3 min |
June 13, 2026
The Independent
‘Man or woman, we’re all victims of this machine’
US star Rosa Salazar tells Louis Chilton about her ‘chaotic’ upbringing, and taking on David Mamet and the capitalist grind in a female ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ at the Old Vic
7 min |