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Rachel Reeves should be as open as possible about tax rises

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor ought to take citizens into her confidence as she ponders her Budget choices. Rachel Reeves needs to explain the trade-offs behind the difficult decisions that she is about to make, if she wants people to support them

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Hang up and hang out: Parents are reminiscing on no-phone summers and putting their kids in ‘device detox’

US LIFESTYLE: Parents are eager to provide their kids with the technology-free summers they grew up with. Caitlin Hornik spoke to several parents trying to invoke the golden days of a ‘90s summer.

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Fog machines, barriers and citizen’s arrests: Meet the shopkeepers hitting back against ‘kamikaze’ thieves

As thefts surge, with many of them going unpunished, Alex Ross speaks to business owners using unique techniques in the fight against shoplifters

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Is this the end of the five-day week? These companies think so

A four-day week trial among UK businesses resulted in nearly two-thirds of employees feeling less burned out

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A year of Keir: the first 365 days of Starmer in power

Three trade deals, five U-turns, 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence, eight ministerial resignations, 49 welfare rebels, record small boat crossings – the statistics behind Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister explored by Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox

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Aid cuts leave a million facing starvation in Nigeria – as food supplies run out

Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, the UN’s food charity has warned that supplies of food are set to run out next month. Nick Ferris reports

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A decade at sea: How P&O Cruises’ Britannia still flies the flag for British cruising

Marc Shoffman met the P&O Cruises loyalists during Britannia’s 10th anniversary sailing and found out what it takes to retain a ship’s legendary status

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Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Will China follow?

Experts monitoring the Taliban’s new diplomacy push in Asia say China could follow suit, paving the way for wider recognition of the militant group and ending its pariah status on the world stage. Arpan Rai reports

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Air India accused of mistreating families of victims after Ahmedabad crash

Airline denies allegations by British lawyer as ‘unsubstantiated and inaccurate’

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Transgender people notch rare win in fight over Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

‘I think there are a lot of people who are rightfully relieved,’ Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of congress, tells The Independent

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Israel says Trump’s plan to resettle nearly two million Palestinians from Gaza is ‘still active’

The White House did not deny that president’s plan to transfer nearly 2 million Palestinians out of Gaza was still a possibility when asked by The Independent

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House Republicans give Trump a ‘Big Beautiful’ July 4 by passing Medicaid-slashing megabill despite GOP rift

The bill also allows for the extension of 2017 tax cuts while forcing states to shoulder more of the cost of welfare food benefits

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‘Never seen anything quite like this’: Chicago pastor shaken after visit to mass shooting scene where 4 were killed

Pastor Donovan Price told The Independent he broke down in tears over what he saw Wednesday night

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Analysis: Will Labour’s 10 year plan for the NHS succeed?

Labour’s NHS plan lacks the detail to make any verdict on whether it will succeed experts say

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez honeymooning at White Lotus hotel, according to reports

San Domenico Palace in Taormina, Sicily provided the backdrop for the second season of the hit HBO show

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‘Exposing themselves to minors’: ICE agents ‘caught on video urinating on grounds of LA public school in broad daylight’

The school has called it a “deeply concerning” incident which allegedly happened near to where class was in session

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Somalia has relied on aid for decades – can it survive without it?

Somalia is struggling with hunger, security and the impact of the climate crisis, despite decades of aid money worth billions of dollars, writes Nick Ferris. As aid money gets cut, is this the time for countries to wean themselves off aid dependency – and can they do it?

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Democrats who haven’t endorsed Zohran Mamdani offer muted defense as Trump targets him

Jerry Nadler, one of the few who has endorsed Mamdani, tells The Independent ‘the president is out of his mind’

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Can Starmer and Reeves hold the Labour Party together? Ask John Rentoul anything

ASK ME ANYTHING: The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position

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I was feet away as Bryan Kohberger admitted to four brutal murders. It was chilling how normal it all seemed to him

IN FOCUS: More than two years after Bryan Kohberger slaughtered four college students at their home in Moscow, Idaho, he stood in front of the victims’ families and for the first time, admitted to the heinous murders. Andrea Cavallier reports on the feeling inside the Idaho courtroom.

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‘If you want Medicaid, get a f***ing job!’ Republicans take hard line in support of Trump bill despite constituent worries

Republicans have no problem with the fact the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ could hurt people who vote for them and Trump

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Black SpaceX technician says in lawsuit he was fired for being late while white workers’ tardiness was ignored

Exclusive: L’Tavious Rice, 38, says the decision to terminate him while his young daughter recuperated from a heart transplant was ‘deliberate, cold, callous, cruel and intentional.’

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Diddy is a convicted felon — but is there anything else he can be tried for?

With the mogul having now been convicted on prostitution charges,The Independent spoke to several attorneys about what, if anything, Combs can be tried for – and whether the charges could be federal or state, criminal or civil.

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MPs vote to support proscribing Palestine Action as terror group

Home secretary Yvette Cooper said ‘violence and serious criminal damage has no place in legitimate protest’ as she gears up to ban the group

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Inside Trump’s Gaza truce deal between Israel and Hamas

One of the main sticking points between Israel and Hamas has been whether a ceasefire would be temporary or pave the way to the end of the devastating war

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