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THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Have your say: Downing Street has hailed the visit as a ‘historic opportunity’ to cement ties with Washington

Exclusive: US concerns over free speech in the UK expected to be high on the agenda between Starmer and Trump during the state visit, with the UK side in chaos after Mandelson’s sacking

Joshua Oliver, 28, pleaded guilty to arson that gutted premises in Washington, Tyne and Wear

In the times of flux, there are only fleeting moments of diplomatic clarity. They have to be worked at harder. Such efforts often come from a firm mooring, a settled code that cuts through the maze. Of late, India has been trying to work its way through several such riddles.…

Joshua Oliver was charged with arson on Friday after the blaze at the offices of Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South.

In Washington, a small city some 260 miles from where Kirk was killed, neighbors expressed shock and surprise at arrest of local college student

Washington’s proposal to link Israeli withdrawals with Hezbollah’s surrender ignores decades of political entrenchment and risks fueling wider conflict.

President Donald Trump says he'll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor

The attack on Hamas leaders in Doha upended a decades-old assumption – and left Arab leaders questioning how much they can still rely on Washington