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Vance and Trump allies invoke ‘just war theory’ to legitimize Iran action. Experts say it ‘fails every single criteria’

IN FOCUS: ‘Trump's threat to end civilization is one of the most blatant violations of proportionality in the history of modern warfare,’ one expert tells Brendan Rascius

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The war in Iran is in a ‘limbo’ phase. Here’s why it could leave the world facing chaos

IN FOCUS: Despite Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelling to Pakistan, there are still no plans for direct talks with the US. Should the current impasse continue, analysts tell James C. Reynolds that it could hurt the west and strengthen Tehran

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Blood, infertility and death: The struggle to save the lives of mothers and babies in Mozambique

ON THE GROUND: Tawanda Karombo speaks to those seeking to keep maternal health programmes running in a remote northern province of Mozambique, after they have nearly ground to a halt in the wake of Donald Trump’s brutal aid cuts

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Ukraine’s land robots are revolutionising the shapeshifting war with Russia

IN FOCUS: More than four years into Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are driving up their use of land robots. Troops who use them and engineers who produce them tell Alex Croft that the future of war has already arrived

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Local judgements will punish national failures

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour leaders in Scotland and Wales, and Labour mayors in England, are worried that the voters will use the elections as a referendum on Keir Starmer. But what is most important is that they vote at all

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Exercise wasn’t for me – now I’m a fitness coach. Here’s what changed

WELL ENOUGH: Harry Bullmore used to dread going to the gym – now a fitness coach and The Independent’s senior fitness writer, he explains what shifted and how finding movement you actually enjoy can transform your relationship with exercise

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Trump admits he should have gotten down faster as shots began at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The 31-year-old man from California rushed through the security checkpoint armed with multiple firearms, the president said

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Harsh judgements in local elections will punish the worst of Westminster

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$1300 per person and a private yacht? Welcome to the out-of-control world of bachelorette parties

Yachts, matching workout gear and spa treatments? It’s increasingly the norm for pre-wedding celebrations, Isabel Keane finds

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Unpopular Starmer a negative on the doorstep, Labour mayors warn as they fear local elections wipeout

Exclusive: Labour mayors say repeated U-turns, failure to communicate successes, and the Peter Mandelson scandal are pushing voters away

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Tories’ political domination in Sussex set for its biggest test in decades

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Most Sussex residents haven’t voted for their county councillors since Boris Johnson was prime minister. With Nigel Farage’s Reform soaring in the polls, Harry Cockburn speaks to voters across the county – where the political future looks more alien than it has for years

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Wolves v Tottenham LIVE: Palhinha scores priceless late goal as Spurs win crunch survival clash

Wolves 0-1 Tottenham: Spurs remain in the relegation zone due to West Ham’s win but finally secure a first Premier League victory of 2026

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‘Electric shock therapy for depression made me forget my wedding day’

About a third of people reported brain damage after electroconvulsive therapy, with many suffering memory loss, study found

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Falklands veteran Simon Weston blasts Trump’s threat to withdraw US support a ‘cruel joke’

Writing for The Independent, Simon Weston warned that Donald Trump’s latest intervention could ‘spark his friends in Argentina’ into restarting another similar conflict

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‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident

IN FOCUS: For 40 years, the residents of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus have grappled with the devastating effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident. They tell Alex Croft about the day that their lives were changed forever

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DHS set to spend $7.5 million on smart glasses to help agents identify migrants: report

The plans were reportedly included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal

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Trump’s frantic posts on Truth Social overnight show just how little he slept

Between midnight and 2:45 a.m., Trump posted more than a dozen times before picking back up around 7:30 in the morning

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Trump team looking to deport loved ones of a worker killed in Baltimore bridge disaster

Mother of 7-year-old US citizen at risk of removal after applying for protections under Biden that were denied under Trump

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Starmer ‘facing Commons vote next week’ on inquiry into Mandelson vetting scandal

Exclusive: MPs from across the House have written to Lindsay Hoyle asking for an investigation into whether Starmer misled parliament

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Ed Miliband emerging as top contender to replace Starmer

As Keir Starmer fights to survive, Labour MPs believe that the energy secretary and former party leader is positioning himself to take over

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Could Trump’s anger over Iran really impact the UK’s Falkland’s claim?

Downing Street has insisted the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands ‘rests with the UK’

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Want to escape Banff’s crowds? Saddle up and hit the backcountry

Three days on horseback in the wilderness of the Canadian Rockies takes Annabel Grossman completely off-grid and allows her to see a side to Banff national park that most visitors will never experience

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‘I lost my wife and daughter in the Air India crash. Now I’m being told to leave Britain’

INTERVIEW: Mohammad Shethwala, 28, has applied for leave to remain in Britain on compassionate grounds after the disaster 10 months ago. He tells Namita Singh he wants to stay to honour their memories

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Trump considering increase in refugee admissions to bring in more white South Africans, official says

Administration official says South Africa is a ‘DEI regime par excellence’ as the White House radically overhauls refugee admission program

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Mark Ballas addresses fan theory that Traitors co-star Kristen Kish will be his next DWTS partner

Exclusive: Shortly after starting his run in ‘Chicago’ on Broadway, Ballas spoke to ‘The Independent’ about his time on ‘The Traitors’ and ‘Dancing With the Stars’

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