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This week in history
Tizane Navea-Rogers delves into The Independent's archive to see which world events made the front page of our paper.
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January 05, 2026
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Fear will be new normal if we fail to confront extremism
Ideological extremism and hatred cast a long shadow over Britain in 2025 – testing communities, shaking institutions, and demanding resolute action in the year ahead.
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January 05, 2026
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Burnham best election hope for Labour, says top pollster
Andy Burnham represents Labour's best hope of keeping Nigel Farage out of No 10, Britain's leading pollster has warned, as well as asserting that Sir Keir Starmer “doesn’t have the skill set for Downing Street”.
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January 05, 2026
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Chelsea ride luck against City with extra-time goal
The incomparable against the unknown, the defining manager of the last couple of decades against one who, two days earlier, many Chelsea fans would have struggled to pick out of an identity parade.
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January 05, 2026
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Trump mustn't be our next president, say Venezuelans
The “ecstasy of happiness” that many in Venezuela said they felt at the stunning removal of the country’s despotic leader in an extraordinary US military operation was almost immediately checked by a terrifying future reality.
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January 05, 2026
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Fulham's last-gasp leveller underlines Slot's weak spot
It was a game of fine margins... and rather wide margins.
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January 05, 2026
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Mother and teen daughter who drowned at sea named
A mother has died and her teenage daughter remains missing after a “tragic incident” off the East Yorkshire coast, police have said.
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January 05, 2026
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Myanmar frees 6,000, but no sign of Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military rulers have ordered the release of more than 6,000 prisoners to mark the country’s Independence Day.
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January 05, 2026
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Swiss police identify last 16 victims of new year bar fire
Hundreds march in silence to honour the dead and injured
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January 05, 2026
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I'm in Lyon for two nights, so where should I visit?
Q I have two nights in Lyon with my Interrail pass. For the day between them, I'd like to explore a nearby town - but I don't want to use a day's pass on doing so.
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January 05, 2026
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Covid jab was revolutionary – let's not squander its legacy
Five years ago, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine was first administered in a hospital in Oxford. It was a transformative moment in our response to the pandemic, demonstrating how a breakthrough at a British university was helping to change the world.
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January 05, 2026
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A 2026 rebrand is the most toxic way to start the year
Lydia Spencer-Elliott examines a worrying trend promising self-improvement that has swept across social media
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January 05, 2026
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US cuts to aid mean more women will die giving birth
A breakthrough on life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was starting to reach those most at risk when US aid cuts hit.
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January 05, 2026
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Swimmers’ deaths remind us not all lives are equal at sea
As usual, we were late getting to the beach. Weaving through the crowds of people gathering for the Christmas Day swim, we were on the sand with just a few minutes to spare.
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January 05, 2026
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Fresh doubts over Amorim future after bizarre remarks
Not even a boring and fairly eventless draw brings about a day of little drama for Manchester United, it seems.
4 min |
January 05, 2026
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America at war with cartels not Venezuela, claims Rubio
America is at war with drug cartels, not with Venezuela, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has insisted, as military leaders in
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January 05, 2026
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Use every tool to cut cost of living, Starmer tells cabinet
Sir Keir Starmer will warn his cabinet to slash the cost of living when they meet for the first time this year, after new figures suggested the poor were getting poorer under Labour.
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January 05, 2026
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Beleaguered Nancy on the brink after Rangers revival
Celtic boss Wilfried Nancy is surely standing on the precipice after Old Firm rivals Rangers came from behind to win 3-1 at Celtic Park.
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January 04, 2026
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The former bus driver who steered Venezuela off a cliff
Michael Day on the story of Nicolas Maduro, a corrupt and bungling leader who impoverished his proud, oil-rich nation
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January 04, 2026
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BBC's £28k compensation paid to 7 October survivors
The BBC has paid £28,000 in compensation to an Israeli family after a film crew entered their destroyed home without permission following the 7 October attack.
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January 04, 2026
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What it means to be a man
Josh Finan gives a sensitive turn as an academic teaching philosophy at a UK prison in BBC's 'Waiting for the Out', which explores masculinity and trauma
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January 04, 2026
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Which airport do you think is the worst in the world?
Q What is your least favourite airport in the UK and worldwide?
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January 04, 2026
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‘Just a rumour’: Maresca to Man City never made sense
The Italian was linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium to replace Pep Guardiola. Wishful thinking
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January 04, 2026
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‘My sister vanished aged 2 and was never seen again’
Katrice Lee disappeared from a supermarket on her birthday in 1981. Her sister tells Harriette Boucher she remembers the day and remains hopeful of eventually getting answers
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January 04, 2026
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It's a drop-off fee free-for-all
Simon Calder on charges for driving friends to the airport
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January 04, 2026
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The Alaa Abd el-Fattah who I know is a humanitarian
I first knew Alaa Abd el-Fattah as a disembodied voice whispering through the bars of the steel door to my cell in Cairo's notorious Tora Prison.
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January 04, 2026
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Trump: We're going to run Venezuela until transition
The United States will run Venezuela until there is a peaceful transition, Donald Trump has said, after US forces captured its president in an extraordinary overnight attack that has sent shockwaves around the world.
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January 04, 2026
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Enact social media ban for teens, says terror watchdog
The UK should consider implementing an Australian-style social media ban to shield teenagers from online radicalisation, according to the government’s independent terrorism watchdog.
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January 04, 2026
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CITY OF GOD
Fred Garratt-Stanley communes with the beautiful game, and more besides, on a trip to Maradona-obsessed Naples
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January 04, 2026
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Audacious attack could be Trump's biggest blunder yet
“We are going to run the country.” It was not that long ago that Donald Trump was campaigning – successfully – on a pledge of “America First” and never to involve the United States in any further disastrous foreign adventures.
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