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The Independent
Reeves is right to prioritise Europe over Trump Trump on trade
Given the geopolitical context, Rachel Reeves’s suggestion that rebuilding Britain’s relationship with the European Union is more important than winning a trade deal with the United States has proved a controversial one.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
PM at odds with Reeves over trade 'pecking order'
Sir Keir Starmer has slapped down Rachel Reeves after she suggested that the government is prioritising trade relations with the EU ahead of the US.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Killing of Moskalik shows Ukraine is still in the fight
The killing was coincidental. But the symbolism of reaching into the heart of Russia to murder a general who was a Kremlin representative at the last significant peace talks with Ukraine is as powerful as the blast that took him.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
CHARMED LIVES
Magic, faith and family secrets come to light in an old Irish farmhouse in Conor McPherson’s play ‘The Brightening Air’
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Tory MP turned Ukraine soldier hits out at Trump
Jack Lopresti says morale in the Ukrainian army remains high and they’ll continue to fight even if US support wavers
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Are The Jewish Chronicle's owners stifling any criticism of Netanyahu's actions?
More curious goings-on at The Fewish Chronicle (The FC), the only paper in British history, so far as I can see, where we are not allowed to know who owns it, or why. This cloak of secrecy led to five of its best columnists walking out last year – and is now raising questions about the attitude of its new editor.
5 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Red Roses face their fiercest rivals in grand slam decider
Just one point separates England and France at the top of the table as they play against each other at Twickenham today
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
How The Handmaid's Tale went from vital to irrelevant
The visceral series felt like the definitive social drama of the first Trump presidency. But it’s drifted so far from its source material that it no longer feels important, says Fiona Sturges
3 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Reform candidate Jenkyns cleared to run for mayor
Reform UK have narrowly avoided a local election crisis after one of the party’s most high profile candidates, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, was cleared to run as a mayoral candidate just days before the vote.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Is the EU youth mobility scheme going to happen?
Well-sourced reports suggest that the government is willing to introduce a one in, one out” youth mobility scheme in partnership with the European Union. The idea would be that people aged 18 to 30 could travel to the UK on a work or educational visa, on a time-limited basis, and with reciprocity for their British counterparts.
3 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
'Jealous' headteacher jailed for wrench attack on deputy
A headteacher who attacked his deputy with a wrench at school due to overwhelming sexual jealousy” has been jailed for more than two years.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
TV deaths that broke us
We know it’s not real but beloved characters being killed off hits hard. Annabel Nugent lists 18 of the most memorable and traumatic times a fan favourite has met an untimely end
8 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Reform and Labour tied ahead of local elections
Reform UK are tied with Labour, leaving the Conservatives lagging behind a week before the local elections, national voting intention polling shows. Britons will go to the polls on Thursday 1 May) when 1,641 council seats and six mayoral ones are up for grabs.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
We must not sit back and watch this disaster unfold
When the UK government’s AIDS: Don’t Die of Ignorance campaign was launched in 1986, I was in primary school. But like so many other people, I can still recall the harrowing tombstone and iceberg adverts on television. The devastating human impact of the Aids epidemic is well-documented and made a long-lasting impression on me.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Crowds file into the Vatican on day before Pope's funeral
Tens of thousands of mourners filed into St Peter’s Basilica yesterday to pay their respects to Pope Francis ahead of his funeral, which will take place today.
3 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Russian general killed as Trump envoy meets Putin
Yaroslav Moskalik died in a car bomb explosion just hours before Steve Witkoff met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Britain at risk of being left behind over AI visa conflict
We are due shortly to receive the government’s immigration white paper. It was earmarked for publication early in the new year, then it was pushed back until after Easter. Now we’re told it will land after the local elections. Well, they are this week, so the deadline is getting closer. That is, if the cabinet can settle their reported differences over what it should contain.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Foods stocks in Gaza have run out, says UN agency
The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Mini heatwave on the way
Temperatures are set to climb across the UK in the coming days, with parts of the country on track to bask in some early summer warmth as a mini heatwave arrives.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Aids-related deaths could more than double by 2030 to 10 million after US cuts
The World Health Organisation has raised serious concerns that HIV medication shortages sparked by cuts to USAID will increase resistance to crucial treatment, The Independent can reveal.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Farage is the 'F-word' who is tearing the parties apart
Ahead of next week’s by-elections, Badenoch and Starmer are bracing themselves for Reform gains
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
What we need from Bailey's Bank of the bleedin' obvious
The governor of the Bank of England saying we should \"take very seriously\" the global effects of Donald Trump's trade war might look like a statement of the bleedin' obvious - but make no mistake, it matters.
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
THE PLOT THICKENS
Self Esteem’s third album A Complicated Woman’ adds theatrical touches to literate lyrical snark, says Helen Brown
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Need for a sequel doesn't add up with Accountant 2
While the 2016 original appeared to respect the protagonist's neurodivergence, this belated follow-up teeters on the edge of making his autism a punchline, writes Clarisse Loughrey
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Lavish musical lacks respect for Fitzgerald's classic elegy
Jamie Muscato brings a jarring goofiness to the most elusive of literary creations in 'The Great Gatsby', says Alice Saville
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Revolut boss: Change is coming in UK boardrooms
Yana Shkrebenkova wants to help women shake up investing
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Eubank Ir and Benn seek to settle brutal family feud
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn are writing a story built on pressure versus pain.
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Reeves proposes 'new trade system' to appease Trump
Rachel Reeves has made a dramatic bid to appease Donald Trump in an apparent effort to ensure a UK-US trade deal can be agreed.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Arsenal and Chelsea must show 'bravery' to make final of the Champions League
Chelsea and Arsenal can still reach the Women’s Champions League final, as long as they learn the lessons from their semifinal first-leg defeats, according to former England international Anita Asante.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Weinstein may not be freed after retrial but the stakes for #MeToo are still high
State prosecutors are once again trying Harvey Weinstein for sex crimes in New York.
4 min |