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The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

THE COUNTDOWN: When it comes to television, there’s ‘aged poorly’ and then there’s ‘what on earth were they thinking?’ – here are the modern series that broadcasters should regret (and we should probably regret watching), as selected by The Independent’s culture desk staff

PLAY stock is higher Wednesday after the entertainment and restaurant chain reported strong Q2 earnings, but what does Wall Street have to say?

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Jasprit Bumrah's brilliance and Hardik Pandya's redemption pivotal as India triumph over South Africa in a high-pressure match.‌

Vladimir Putin has been looking pretty chipper of late. Two weeks ago saw him wearing his trademark vulpine smile as he presided over the Victory Day commemorations in Moscow. It was a rather more upbeat occasion than in the two years previously, given recent Russian successes on the battlefield. Then,…

Are we in a state of irreversible decline? What’s the reason, what can be done about it and, if there is a solution, who in earth is going to put into action?” So begins episode six of Chris Morris’s magisterial satire Brass Eye, filmed in 1996 and broadcast on Channel…

Losing the shop would be 'upsetting' and 'wrong', says local patron Chris Morris, who urges 'do what you can'

The ground assault on Gaza is now well underway and, as they advance into the Strip’s urban areas, the Israel Defence Forces are coming up against an elusive enemy that has been preparing for this conflict for years. For Hamas’s military wing, a key part of those preparations has been…