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The generational chess battle between grandmasters playing out on YouTube

US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports

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Seagulls may be to blame for poor water quality at popular beach resort

Bathing water quality off Weston-super-Mare’s two-mile beach has been graded poor for the third year running

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Leaked email reveals Keir Starmer vetoed Thatcher criticism

Exclusive: As the Labour leader faces a backlash over his praise for the former Tory prime minister, a leaked email shows he stopped former frontbencher Sam Tarry from attacking her ‘failed’ transport policies in 2021

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Florida GOP chair denies rape claims as disturbing new details emerge

Christian Ziegler told detectives he had consensual group sex with the accuser and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, but denied sexual assault

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Tanks roll into southern Gaza as Israel expands its war on Hamas

Israeli military issues evacuation call – but Palestinians say there is nowhere safe to go. ‘No one can describe the fear, horror and the suffering we are facing,’ one south Gaza resident tells The Independent

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England’s oldest Christmas market is scrapped ‘because it’s too popular’

Lincoln Christmas Market attracted a record 320,000 people last year - too many for the event to be run safely, according to city leaders

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A university made a MAGA congressman its president. Is it a sign of things to come in higher ed?

Rep Bill Johnson has previously complained about ‘cancel culture’ and ‘indoctrination’ on college campuses, while angry donors threaten to remove names from buildings at ‘Trump-U’, writes Graig Graziosi

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Infectious disease spreading rapidly through southern Gaza, doctors warn

The area surrounding Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis is being ravaged by ‘epidemiological issues’, doctors say

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Pig heads and cars on fire: How Britain’s Jewish and Muslim communities have both suffered since Hamas massacre

Barney Davis and Maira Butt report on surge in hate crimes in Britain since the 7 October attacks

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Strictly hosts share back-up results plan after Nigel Harman’s shock exit

Fate of quarter-final was left up in the air after surprise departure

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Strictly shares quarter-final results plan after Nigel Harman’s shock exit hours before live episode

Fate of quarter-final was left up in the air after surprise departure

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Nigel Harman admits he’s ‘come close to being sick’ in training one day before Strictly exit

Former ‘EastEnders’ star told The Independent he’d struggled with nausea but was ‘excited’ about Charleston

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Jeremy Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close amid staffing crisis

Exclusive: One mother says she will soon be forced to drive 60 miles a day for childcare due to lack of services in her area

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Strictly stars on Musicals Week quarter-final as Nigel Harman exits show: ‘It’s now or never!’

Speaking exclusively to The Independent, ‘Strictly’’s quarter-finalists talk fitness, focus, and *that* ‘Dirty Dancing’ lift

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What Nigel Harman’s injury means for tonight’s show as Strictly exit confirmed

BBC dancing competition’s quarter-final is up in the air after contestant’s shock exit

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Was Ron DeSantis lacklustre campaign doomed from the start?

Ex-GOP strategist believes the governor’s mix of awkwardness and nastiness will end his campaign, while a pollster says nothing can be predicted when it comes to the Iowa caucuses where it comes down to what happens in the room on the night, Gustaf Kilander reports

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Nigel Harman dramatically quits Strictly Come Dancing just hours before live show

Series favourite has been forced to withdraw from series two weeks before final

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Britney Spears says fans are right to suspect ‘something’s going on’

Pop star shares cryptic post as her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, quits ‘I’m a Celeb’

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105 Republicans vote to expel disgraced George Santos from Congress

The expulsion of the New York Republican gives Democrats a chance to pick up a seat

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What visitors to the British Museum think should happen to the Elgin marbles

A diplomatic row erupted after Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister who wanted to discuss the statues

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Federal appeals court orders Texas to remove Greg Abbott’s floating border wall

Lower court also sided with federal administration

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Jemima Goldsmith urges Muslims and Jews to unite for anti-hate vigil

Exclusive: Campaigner urges Muslims and Jews to come together to rail against bigotry on both sides as she describes death threats to her family

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Britney Spears says fans are right to suspect ‘something’s going on’

Pop star shares cryptic post as her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, quits ‘I’m a Celeb’

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Inside the remote army base where hero Afghans are housed after being welcomed to the UK

Exclusive: The Ministry of Defence has transferred more than 1,100 Afghans to Garats Hay under a secretive mission codenamed Operation Lazurite

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The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted

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