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Saturday, June 20, 2026 12:59 PM ET

Independent UK - World

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Netanyahu will try and undermine Trump's Iran peace plan: report

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The woman who turned cooking oil into soap in Gaza

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Day of chaos as Iran peace talks abandoned and Israel fights Hezbollah

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Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab

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Will Netanyahu survive this perfect storm?

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Far right Israeli minister says 'all of Lebanon must burn'

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Poll shock for Trump as most Americans reject his handling of Iran

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What next for Iran as Trump signs 'disastrous' deal to end the war

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'Reagan is rolling in his grave': Republicans slam Trump's Iran deal

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Hikers die from extreme heat in Grand Canyon National Park

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Kennedy Center says it will delay its closing for renovations

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'Vibrant' California woman and man killed by her boyfriend, police say

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Trump now blaming 'vandalism' for the problems at the Reflecting Pool

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Female FBI agent's career stalled after rebuffing male coworker: suit

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Fighting persists in Lebanon despite a ceasefire as the US-Iran deal is under threat

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Trump brags about his color scheme for new Air Force One

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1,700 tourists evacuated after fire destroys Dominican Republic resort

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Trump border wall near Texas national park could worsen flooding

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Trump team wants to denaturalize at least 250 people this year: report

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Couple charged for murder of bartender whose remains found in a lake

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Woman dies after getting trapped in 20ft well in rural California

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Video shows moment Starbucks employee fights off robbers

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Kim Gamel, a former veteran AP correspondent in Europe and the Middle East, dies

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Italian minister cancels US trip over Trump's 'offensive' Meloni words

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What is a heat dome? Europe's soaring temperatures drive UK heatwave

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Teenage assassins 'hide guns in teddy bears' in Ecuador gang shooting

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How Ukraine's new drone tactics are causing chaos in Russia

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Ukraine hits oil refinery in largest attack on Moscow in two years

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Trump's war chief Hegseth slams UK and others over Nato spending

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Nato's Rutte refuses to criticise US over Hegseth attack on allies

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The European Union has quietly sought to reopen communication with Russia

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Clouds of black smoke rise over Moscow after Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery

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British man dies in paragliding accident in Spain

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Macron urges US to grant access to Anthropic's AI amid attack fears

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Trump lavishes praises on 'beautiful' Modi as relationship thaws

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Macron deploys Versailles' gold, mirrors and history in a high-stakes courtship of Trump

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Killing of Russian artist in Poland has hallmarks of political assassination, prime minister says

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Six-month-old baby dies of Ebola as disease rips through orphanage

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Children among nine killed as train and bus crash in Zimbabwe

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South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising

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Ebola crisis deepens as angry locals drive health workers away

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The struggles of the city at the centre of DRC's Ebola crisis

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What is behind the recent spate of mass shootings across South Africa?

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HIV response facing 'biggest storm ever seen', new report warns

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Children 'not getting treatment needed' as aid cuts hit HIV services

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The pain of DRC's past echoes into this new Ebola outbreak

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'Troubling' Trump health deals with Africa 'jeopardise human rights'

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Two babies from orphanage die of Ebola as outbreak death toll climbs

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UK 'missing in action' as Iran war hits farmers around the world

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'I will attend the next one:' Barred World Cup ref gets hero's welcome

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Trump team fears European World Cup fans could bring Ebola to US

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Sudan war victims ask Kenya to probe claims of torture

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Buried fires crack a porcelain mystery

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Studies of classics called key to future

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Demand and policies fuel foreign trade

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Hong Kong hospital faces scrutiny after surgical blunder causes death

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Gym trainers wrestle gunman to ground after attack on owner

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Wearing roses criminalised in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81

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Powerful 2011 Japan earthquake may have moved country further east

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Smartphone catches fire on British Airways flight at Tokyo airport

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Telegram loses appeal against India ban to tackle exam fraud

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Pakistan abolishes 'period tax' after landmark campaign by lawyers

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Indonesia scales back school meals scheme after administrator's arrest

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I was trapped in Gulf when Trump attacked Iran. Peace came too late

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Taiwan presses Washington for billions as China tensions grow

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Japanese men accused of double standards over World Cup clean-ups

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Anthony Albanese calls first H5N1 bird flu case 'concerning'

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H5 bird flu reaches last continent as Australia reports suspected case

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Mother speaks of anguish after two young children killed in accident

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Australia relaxes Middle East travel warning in boost for travellers

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Tasmanian devil finally recaptured after two weeks on the run from zoo

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Bluey to be dubbed in Indigenous Australian language for first time

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Here's what happened when 15 companies switched to four-day work week

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Albanese demands answers as mystery deepens in killing of Australian girl in Pakistan

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What the UK can learn from Australia's under-16s social media ban

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Australia banned social media for under-16s. Here's what happened

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Sydney shark attack victim named as 35-year-old mother Leah Stewart

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China's ability to strike Australia 'will grow over next decade'

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Sydney reopens beach after shark attack leaves swimmer injured

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Australian girl shot dead in Pakistan in case of mistaken identity

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