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The Independent
City's unpredictability tilts Champions League hopes
It is the sort of result that can mark a team out as potential champions of Europe. Beating Real Madrid in the Bernabeu, at the least, could offer an indication a team is equipped to defeat them in a final, semifinal or quarterfinal. Though, more than most, Pep Guardiola can testify to Real’s winning habit when the stakes are highest.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Villa on verge of qualifying after battling win at Basel
Second-half substitute Youri Tielemans hit the winner to help Aston Villa move a step closer to automatic qualification in the Europa League with a 2-1 win at Basel.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Trump's new foreign policy boils down to 'Americas first'
Unfortunately, in this case, “it” was not a toy, but an oil tanker that was boarded and captured in a military-led operation seen by much of the Western world as piracy.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
How can I kill time between my flights in Guangzhou?
Q I have eight hours at Guangzhou airport in China between flights on a journey from Melbourne to London. I looked for some kind of lounge or hotel in the terminal where I could rest, but the price appeared to be around £100, which is a quarter of what I paid for the entire flight. Any suggestions?
1 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
The best movies of 2025
From 'Nosferatu' to 'Nickel Boys', Clarisse Loughrey picks her favourites after a tumultuous year for the industry
10 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Blair commends Mahmood amid leadership speculation
Tony Blair has effectively endorsed Shabana Mahmood as a future Labour leader, praising her as “brilliant” and “impressive” in a joint public appearance with the home secretary. The former Labour prime minister hosted a Christmas event for the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) alongside Ms Mahmood, which she used to deliver a passionate personal and political manifesto.
5 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
How the US is preparing for possible war with Venezuela
Trump had 13 combat vessels in the region by November as Washington piles pressure on beleaguered President Maduro
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
People ask me if we think Andrew is alive or dead – it depends which day you ask
Kevin Gosden talks about the disappearance of his teenage son as he backs The Independent's SafeCall campaign
4 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
'I don't have many regrets in life, but that gives me cold sweats now and again'
Set to reprise the role that made him a household name for the long-awaited seventh season, Martin Compston talks to Katie Rosseinsky about 'Line of Duty' and his latest project
7 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Holiday without a hangover
From booze-free bubbles to clever aperitifs, Rosamund Hall rounds up the very best no- and low-alcohol wines and drinks to see you through this festive season – minus the fuzzy head
5 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
CRIMSON STRIDES
A new London production of 'The Red Shoes' conjures the impassioned, hothouse world of ballet
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December 12, 2025
The Independent
Ukraine navy hits Russian oil tanker with drone strike
Third attack in two weeks targeting Moscow's 'shadow fleet'
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December 12, 2025
The Independent
'We're Russia's next target
Nato chief delivers chilling warning to Europe over Putin
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Everyone can see the home secretary is the heir to Blair
Tony Blair has made two things very clear.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Superflu cases plunge NHS into 'worst-case scenario'
Health service director warns that peak is 'not yet in sight'
4 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
'Betrayed' fans face £5,000 bill for World Cup tickets
Call for an 'immediate halt' to ticket sales after it was found that prices are five times higher than Qatar 2022 tournament
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Social media searches, Esta rules and hidden surcharges
Simon Calder walks us through the barriers waiting to trip up anyone planning a visit to America in a World Cup year
6 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Farage and porn star Bonnie Blue truly deserve each other
News outlets have long held their best exclusives to a midnight embargo, and this week it was The Spectator’s deputy political editor, James Heale, who trumpeted just such a one on the X (Twitter) replacement, Bluesky:
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
Why is Labour filling the Lords with its own peers?
There must be some irony, if not perhaps a hint of spite, in the fact that the House of Lords is causing the government some legislative difficulty just as the very last of the hereditary peers are shuffling out of the chamber.
3 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
The final, desperate days of a prisoner left to rot on IPP
Days before Taylor Atkinson took his own life, he told his partner exactly what he was going to do. Using information he had found in a science textbook from the prison library, he planned to inflict a catastrophic injury on himself, telling the woman whom he called his soulmate that he was leaving prison “in a body bag” that weekend.
10 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
No ifs or putts, voters... just make the story Rory's glory
Who should win 2025's BBC Sports Personality of the Year? The Independent's sports writers make the case for each nominee - and pick their winner from a worthy half dozen
4 min |
December 12, 2025
The Independent
ON THIS DAY
1803: Composer Hector Berlioz was born near Grenoble.
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December 11, 2025
The Independent
Slot breathes easier as Jones sparkles in diamond shape
It isn’t the most infamous interview a Liverpool player has conducted after a match of late. Not any more, anyway. But after PSV Eindhoven won 4-1 to inflict Liverpool’s joint-heaviest European defeat at Anfield and take their run to nine losses in 12 games, Curtis Jones declared that they were “in the shit”.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
‘It positions the harassment of migrants as a public duty’
Anti-immigrant activists are travelling to northern France to intimidate asylum seekers. Holly Bancroft investigates this disturbing new trend, and the far-right groups promoting it
5 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Doctors consider last-ditch Streeting bid to avoid strike
Health secretary Wes Streeting has accused the doctors' union of \"playing games with patients' lives\" by delaying a decision on whether to call off resident doctors' strikes after he made them a fresh offer to settle.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Bestselling English novelist Sophie Kinsella dies at 55
The author Sophie Kinsella has died aged 55, her family have said. Kinsella, best known for her bestselling Shopaholic novels, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2022. She revealed the news to the public last year.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
How time caught up with reality TV's top starmaker
With ‘The Next Act’, Simon Cowell has effectively remade ‘The X Factor’ for Netflix - and it’s bleak
5 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Alarm as Britain revokes citizenship of hundreds
System allows for 'shocking' racial disparity, finds report
4 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
PARR EXCELLENCE
Martin Parr's photographs are widely, and justly, celebrated. But some critics claim to detect a hint of snobbery. The truth is that he was obsessed with people
4 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Parlous States: let's face it, America has switched sides
What does Donald Trump want from Europeans? It’s a question we didn’t use to have to ask ourselves about American presidents.
4 min |