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Scientists called the data ‘astonishing and, frankly terrifying’ after January broke climate records

‘She defended herself because she had to, and Horton died because of his own actions,’ insisted Claire Touvell’s lawyer

SPECIAL DISPATCH: Askold Krushelnycky witnesses Russian ballistic missile strikes on the southeastern city and speaks to residents who remain unbowed and determined never to surrender to Putin

ANALYSIS: Republicans avoid going into detail about what Trump meant by his remarks about Gaza and Israel, Eric Garcia reports.

Warwickshire Police have not confirmed the human remains belong to Stefan Watkins but said last week they were searching the Coventry area as part of their ongoing investigation into his disappearance

Young people are hungry for stories from sources they can trust, according to The Independent’s Editor-in-Chief Geordie Greig.

As Gazans return to their bombed-out homes, US president says he wants ‘long-term ownership’, to relocate inhabitants and transform territory into ‘Riviera of Middle East’

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda sign up to damning letter warning over ‘the long-term stability of the nation's food resilience’

Interview: The 27-year-old discusses his difficult upbringing in Russia, working as a bouncer and at McDonald’s to afford a better a education, and his heartbreak at the Paris Olympics

Places where tragedies have occurred, such as Chernobyl, Hiroshima and the killing fields in Cambodia, draw thousands of tourists a year – Amelia Neath explores why people choose to visit these locations

A night out in Los Angeles ended in tragedy when the bodies of two women were dumped outside area hospitals. Christy Giles was dead. Her friend Hilda Cabrales-Arzola was barely alive. David Pearce, the Hollywood producer who partied with them that night, was later charged with their murders, accused of…