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Starmer chooses RAF chief Sir Richard Knighton to lead armed forces

Prime minister is understood to have made chief of the defence staff appointment amid what has been billed as the most transformative period for the MoD in decades

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Trump demands Congress back DOGE’s $9.4 billion cuts to USAID and PBS

Clawback proposal seeks to continue DOGE-style cuts as Elon Musk leaves administration post

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British journalist who disappeared in Brazil nearly four months ago is found in hostel

Police say Charlotte Alice Peet, who has written for The Independent, was out of contact with her family voluntarily

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‘Matter of life and death’: Why Democratic activists see hope for victory in Medicaid budget fight

Unions and advocates see grassroots opposition to Medicaid cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ as an opportunity to sink Trump’s first big legislative push of second term

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Labour ‘at war’ over Reeves’ spending review amid fears manifesto pledges will be ditched

Chancellor is facing a push to consider wealth taxes instead of cuts before she publishes her spending review next week

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Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials – against advice of own science chief

Exclusive: Supplementary culls set to begin in nine areas from Sunday and 10 areas from September

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Canada’s wildfires may impact gas prices: here’s how

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told The Independent that if Canada’s oil production shutdown continues, “it could be a bit more problematic to [U.S.] refineries and it could be more impactful.”

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Video shows pastors arrested in Capitol Rotunda prayer-against-Trump encore

The Independent was there as several religious activists were hauled away Monday for demonstrating against potential GOP cuts to Medicaid in President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

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DOGE took over the US Institute of Peace. Now, the inside looks like a zombie movie, security chief reveals

Exclusive: Rodents swarmed the building after DOGE operatives failed to clear out the food left behind by booted staffers, institute security chief Colin O’Brien told The Independent

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After DOGE firings White House asks new job seekers to write Trump loyalty essays, from lawyers to janitors

The Office of Personnel Management wants potential civil servants to say how they’d ‘help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities’

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‘Mount Etna is erupting, look!’ Tourists flee as volcano spews ash and lava

Video showed dozens running down the mountain but officials said it posed no widespread danger

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Pro-MAGA reporter fired after questioning why Pete Hegseth hides from the media

OAN president Charles Herring told The Independent that “we don’t comment on employee related issues” when asked to comment on the circumstances surrounding Gabrielle Cuccia’s termination

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House prices are dropping across London – but people are still having to leave the capital to buy

Several regions across the capital have seen dips over the last year

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Dozens of Russian warplanes destroyed in Ukrainian drone attack, claims Kyiv

Putin will be ‘infuriated’ by the attack, a Russia expert said, which comes a day before Moscow and Kyiv sit down in Istanbul for direct peace talks

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Surge in parents turning to baby banks as UK’s child poverty crisis laid bare

Exclusive: Celebrities, MPs and campaigners say the situation is a ‘national disgrace’ as they call for more support for families

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When you want to say ‘yes’ but your wallet says ‘no’. How to navigate wealth gaps between friends

Navigating the wealth gap with rich friends when your salaries are poles apart seems to only be getting harder thanks to social media, Rhian Lubin writes

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Ban smartphones in schools, Starmer told – by the country that’s done it

Keir Starmer has resisted a national ban on mobile phones in schools, but the education minister in New Zealand who introduced the measure in her country has told The Independent that it is already proving successful

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Obese patients denied knee and hip replacements to slash NHS costs

Former health minister James Bethell calls on the government to do more to tackle the obesity crisis and end ‘misery for millions’

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‘Infected blood gave me HIV as a baby but I still can’t get compensation I deserve’

Exclusive: Infected Blood Scandal victims with HIV feel they are having to ‘prove their worth’

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Jon Sopel says Keir Starmer is ‘cringe’ for handing Donald Trump letter from King Charles

Prime minister handed US president with the invitation during his visit in February earlier this year

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Inside the crackdown on London’s brazen Tube fare dodgers

Knives, drugs and drunks: Rebecca Whittaker joins the British Transport Police on the front line

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F1 news LIVE: Max Verstappen learns fate after Leclerc and Russell incidents

Follow all the reaction from the Spain GP after Oscar Piastri’s win amid late drama

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Why Perth has more to offer than just Ashes cricket this winter

From island getaways to white sand beaches and fine-dining restaurants, Michael Jones discovers that this Australian city has plenty to offer cricket fans beyond the game

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