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Israel launches airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites
Tel Aviv describes attack as 'pre-emptive' and expects riposte
2 min |
June 13, 2025
The Independent
Military spend boost is con claims ex-defence secretar
Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace has branded Labour’s claims that it has boosted military spending a con” after concerns were raised over how the figures are being calculated.
2 min |
June 13, 2025
The Independent
JORTS AND ALL
AS we near summer, Olivia Petter examines how the kneelength denim shorts have taken over the sartorial zeitgeist, becoming a rare fashion trend that transcends generations
5 min |
June 13, 2025
The Independent
Sole survivor walks away from crash that killed 246
A British national miraculously survived the Air India disaster in which a Boeing 787 crashed and exploded moments after taking off, killing at least 246 people.
4 min |
June 13, 2025
The Independent
Shelley, the romantic punk
Stevie Chick revisits the career of songwriter Pete Shelley, the frontman who left Buzzcocks in 1981 to recast himself as a queer-pop electro pioneer, as his early albums are reissued
8 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Foreign aid funding drops by a third after global cuts
The UN has warned that aid funding for dozens of crises around the world has dropped by a third after several countries slashed their humanitarian budgets.
4 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Miliband's £14bn power plant could nuke his career
Not far from me, in the lovely Leicestershire village of Nevill Holt, for some reason a replica of the notorious Ed Stone” has been erected in a churchyard. It’s all part of the small but growing Nevill Holt art and literature festival, and I imagine it’s to remind passersby of the ephemeral nature of so much of politics if not life.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers over Gaza
Sir Keir Starmer has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over their monstrous” comments about the war in Gaza.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
At least 10 killed in Austria school shooting by ex-pupil
Former student. 21. opened fire before taking his own life.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Reeves 'must make £5bn cuts' to fund spending plans
Rachel Reeves will need to wield the axe and make nearly £5bn worth of cuts to balance the books in the wake of Labour’s spending review, new analysis has revealed.
4 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Investigation after three die in same children's care unit
Three disabled children died in similar circumstances at the UK’s largest brain rehabilitation centre for children despite warnings about care failings, The Independent can reveal.
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June 11, 2025
The Independent
South Africa can shed their ‘chokers' tag against Aussies
Harry Latham-Coyle on the World Test Championship final
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June 11, 2025
The Independent
The price is right for NHS funding but Streeting may still lose out in the long rus
If Rachel Reeves did the spending review like a game show, she could invite her cabinet colleagues to “come on down” the catwalk between the two red lines in the Commons, to music and strobe lights, to take their seats on the front bench.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
What would a Badenoch spending review look like?
It would be an exaggeration to claim the nation eagerly awaits the invention of Badenomics” but Conservatives are certainly impatient with Kemi Badenoch’s apparent inability to create a narrative on the economy, land blows on a weakened Labour government, or compete with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ona key electoral issue.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
England generate little rhythm but plenty of boos
Managing England, as Thomas Tuchel is fast discovering, is harder than it may seem. A chastening week took a turn for the worse, culminating in the boos that followed his first defeat.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
'He wanted fame, first and foremost, to fuel his ego'
A new documentary tells the story of 2023’s OceanGate Titanic submarine disaster, and the mistakes and hubris of CEO Stockton Rush. Tom Murray speaks to its director
5 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Police use water cannons on day two of Ballymena unrest
Police used water cannon to disperse protesters engaged in serious disorder for a second night in Ballymena, as petrol bombs and masonry were thrown at officers.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
It's not a bag, it's a Birkin...
As Sotheby’s auctions off the prototype, inspired by film star Jane Birkin, Annabel Nugent looks into the bag’s history, the world of counterfeits, and ways to secure the genuine article
6 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Reeves's influence on the workplace is proving toxic
If you make hiring people more expensive, fewer people get hired. That might seem a bit like saying grass is green”, but it appears someone forgot to tell the chancellor.
4 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Raducanu proves grass is greener in stroll at Queen's
As starts to the British summer go, it doesn’t get much better than an hour in-and-out under the west London sun.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
THE SHORT STRAW
As Tinder introduces a height filter, Helen Coffey asks the experts where some women’s preference for tall men comes from and if true love really does boil down to feet and inches
8 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
WIZZ OR SWIZZ?
Simon Calder has his patience tested at Warsaw airport
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Doctor and former TV host unveiled as Reform chair
Dr David Bull has been unveiled as the new chair of Reform UK after Zia Yusuf quit the role last week.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Peace is a long way off in Labour's bitter civil war
It was a disgruntled backbencher who summed up the mood in Labour ahead of today’s spending review announcement by Rachel Reeves.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
There is no sanctuary for LA from Trump's lawless actions
There are several important things to keep in mind in relation to Donald Trump and Los Angeles. First of all, Los Angeles is what is called a sanctuary city” as is my hometown of Chicago and my second hometown, New York City.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Thunberg denounces Israeli ‘war crimes' against Gazans
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was flown home yesterday after being deported from Israel, where the navy prevented her and fellow pro-Palestinian activists from sailing to Gaza with aid.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Tories buoyed by receiving double Reform's donations
The Conservatives have received twice as much money from donors as Reform in the first three months of this year, even as they sink in the polls.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
China can't invest in Suffolk power plant, Miliband vows
China will be blocked from investing in the new Sizewell C power station, the energy secretary has said.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Independent
Cook fought against all the odds for the sport he loved
James Cook was known and respected as one of the nicest men in the boxing business on both sides of the ropes.
4 min |
June 10, 2025
The Independent
Thunberg's Gaza flotilla seized and taken to Israel
The boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists seeking to bring symbolic aid to Gaza has arrived at an Israeli port, after its forces intercepted the flotilla.
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