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Disquiet over Brute Squad tactic that won it for France
There is an exchange in Rob Reiner's seminal comedy classic The Princess Bride that came to mind while watching France's dismantling of Ireland.
5 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House
The US Secret Service shot an armed man directly outside the White House grounds, the agency announced yesterday.
1 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
Ill health and loneliness are 'lasting' effects of Covid five years after first lockdown
New figures suggest people's experiences of poor health and loneliness have not improved five years on from the first Covid19 lockdown.
3 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
Government rebukes Israel over Gaza electricity threat
The government has accused Israel of risking a breach of international law after it cut off electricity supplies to Gaza.
2 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
Ukraine 'may not survive anyway', warns Trump
Donald Trump leaned into his personal feud with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday.
3 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
New Canadian PM Carney vows to fight US trade war
Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, has vowed to take on Donald Trump and urged his country to unite in a defiant acceptance speech during a fierce trade war with the United States.
3 min |
March 10, 2025
The Independent
Israeli tourist is one of two women gang-raped in India
An Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator were gangraped and a man was killed during an attack in southern India.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Dozen injured as three men open gunfire in Toronto pub
A dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what police called a reckless act of violence by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning.
1 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Inside the spy ring waging Putin's war on British soil
Mark Hollingsworth looks at the origins of the Bulgarian freelance spy ring and how even the suburbs of Norfolk are now not immune from the sinister spying of Putin’s agents
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Canada is on a war footing as the US becomes its enemy
America is no longer a member of the free world. That is the almost unbearable truth that has been revealed over the past two months.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Scotland survive fightback to beat beleaguered Wales
Tom Jordan and Blair Kinghorn both scored doubles in Scotland’s five-try 35-29 victory over Wales at Murrayfield as the visitors went down to a 16th consecutive Test defeat and a 10th straight loss in the Six Nations.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Pro-Palestine activist comes down from Elizabeth Tower
A man who scaled the clock tower of Big Ben yesterday morning came down just after midnight today, having spent hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag on the Elizabeth Tower. Pictures from the scene showed the man being lifted to the ground in a cherry picker.
1 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Phillips told not to apply for job 'as she was pregnant'
Jess Phillips has revealed she was told not to apply for a job because she was pregnant.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
More than 1,000 claimants die waiting for their benefits
More than 1,000 sick and disabled benefit claimants died while waiting to receive vital payments last year, The Independent can reveal, laying bare the crisis in the welfare system.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
France dismantle Ireland as title race takes shock twist
France overcame the injury loss of Antoine Dupont to blow open the Six Nations title race by extinguishing Ireland’s grand slam dream with a crushing 42-27 win in Dublin.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Nato can survive without ‘naive' Trump, says Wallace
Ex-defence secretary says Russian economy is near collapse
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Civil servants who aren't up to scratch face Labour axe
Under-performing civil servants could be enticed to leave their jobs, and senior officials will have their pay linked to performance, under new government plans. Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has said that the state is not match-fit to rise to the moment our country faces” as he said ministers will fundamentally reshape” the service.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Reform's expulsion of MP has exposed bitter civil war
David Maddox reports on the messy infighting at the party
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Trump's Scottish golf resort vandalised in Gaza protest
Donald Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalised by activists in response to his recent statements on Gaza.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
California's secret outliers
The Channel Islands are home to rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, wildlife and very few visitors, discovers Ellie Seymour
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Junta chief says Myanmar to hold an election by January
Military is struggling to keep control four years after coup
1 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Former BNP activist trains children to 'fight' the state
Minors s taught to fire air pistais and explosive arrowheads
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Millions of workers face £3 an hour sick pay despite bill
Campaigners urge government to do more in new legislation
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Beauty is only skin deep
As children beg parents for 50 retinol creams and obsess over serums, mum-of-two Charlotte Cripps looks at how skincare for tweens took over and why she’s stepping back
5 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
England star: We can't take eye off the ball over equality
Marking International Women’s Day, Lionesses captain Leah Williamson opens up about the gender discrimination she has faced but strikes a note of hope in the push for change
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Mercurial Nunez rises to Slot's call to rescue Reds
Arne Slot had talked his way into trouble. When an ignominious defeat beckoned for Liverpool, he may have talked them out of it. Confined to the directors’ box for his verbal assault on Michael Oliver after the Merseyside derby, Slot’s touchline ban did not prevent him going to the dressing room at half-time. However angry he was, his words changed the game.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Independent
Millions of Ukrainians face Russian army conscription
Russia has issued millions of passports to Ukrainians living in illegally Russian-occupied territory, leaving them at risk of conscription into its army, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
2 min |
March 08, 2025
The Independent
‘Doing this show was some of the best healing I’ve had’
Brian Tyree Henry talks to Hannah J Davies about acting as therapy, the ties that bind him to his character in new crime series Dope Thief’ and how it’s really a love story in disguise
7 min |
March 08, 2025
The Independent
The Trump Slump’ is real and it has echoes of Brexit
Leaving the EU would reverse our economic fortune, Britain was told nine years ago now the US president raves about a new era for America. We shall see, warns Chris Blackhurst
4 min |
March 08, 2025
The Independent
Pelicot tells abuse survivors they will never be alone’
Gisele Pelicot has told sexual violence survivors they will never be alone” in a powerful message marking International Women’s Day.
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