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Monday, December 22, 2025 3:21 PM ET

Independent UK - World

Cruz vs Vance: Texas senator considering 2028 run as non-MAGA option

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Oldest National Park Service ranger Betty Reid Soskin dies at 104

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Ukraine war latest: Kremlin dismisses new Trump-backed peace plan

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Trump appoints special envoy to make Greenland 'part of the US'

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Russian general killed by bomb planted under his car in Moscow

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New hope in 'Vatican girl' mystery as police quiz friend 42 years on

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Boeing aircraft 'lost' for 13 years turns up in airport parking bay

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Holiday island sees tourist numbers soar after hit Netflix show

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Thailand accuses US of rushing ceasefire to suit Trump's schedule

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Japan clears final hurdle to restart world's largest nuclear plant

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Taiwan hails hero bystander who tried to tackle Taipei knife attacker

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Arrests made over daylight heist where £5m was stolen in 30 seconds

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Japanese ski resort to fine disruptive tourists amid visitor surge

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US tech enabled China's CCTV empire. Now Tibetans are paying the price

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Leading charities back The Independent's call to protect HIV funding

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Keir Starmer: Protect remaining UK funding to end the Aids pandemic

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Ghana 'overlooks marginalised women' in landmark fisheries bill

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How private investors are making billions from countries in debt

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'Lives at stake' as Sierra Leone virtually axed from UK aid budget

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Trump's chief of staff 'aghast' at 'horrifying' Musk-led aid cuts

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Rohingya refugees face food shortages as aid cuts hit Bangladesh camps

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Israel condemned after approving 19 new settlements in West Bank

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British couple held in Iran 'living off rice in kitchen full of rats'

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Israel urges Jews to 'come home' after Bondi Beach massacre

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The brewery battling Israeli blocks to export beer to the UK

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Netanyahu 'expected to ask Trump for help with fresh Iran strikes'

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US launches airstrikes in Syria after ISIS gunman killed 3 Americans

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Gaza no longer in famine – but conditions still 'highly fragile'

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13 injured after clash between ultra-Orthodox and police in Israel

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Israel blocks Canadian members of Parliament from entering West Bank

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Two soldiers from Iowa identified as Americans killed in Syria ambush

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Narges Mohammadi hospitalised following arrest in Iran, family say

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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested

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Hamas confirms death of senior commander in Gaza after Israeli strike

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Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra can be released on bond, advocates say

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6-year-old who went 'missing' after ICE separation deported to China

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Abrego Garcia demands sanctions over Trump team's gag order violations

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Epstein files live: DOJ set to release next round of Epstein documents

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Waymo suspended in San Francisco after traffic jams during blackout

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One dead in California as storms threaten more flooding

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Threat of another shutdown lingers as lawmakers barely begun talks

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Takeaways from AP's report on a beef plant closure that threatens to unravel a small Nebraska town

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'Morning Joe' shreds 'cosplaying' Weiss for spiking '60 Minutes' story

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Family ambushed by bed bugs aboard flight sues over ruined trip

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Stephen Miller slams jury that acquitted man for towing ICE truck

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These states will get a white Christmas or a travel headache

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Argument between dog owners turns deadly as gunfire erupts killing man

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Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3 includes Gayle King and Denzel Washington

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Flight attendant 'found stabbed to death in luxury Dubai hotel room'

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Russia developing weapon to hit Musk's Starlink, Nato suspects

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Leo signals further reforms of Church in Christmas speech to cardinals

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Russia attempts to break through Sumy front and abducts 50 civilians

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Ukraine is leveraging its powerful new drone killers for air defence

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Angry Russians turn on Putin over poverty and stagnant economy

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Pope Leo summons the world's cardinals to Rome for two-day consistory

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Egypt's el-Sissi urges UN Security Council reforms for Africa's larger role

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I was a British PoW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine can win

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Russian missile strike on Odesa kills 8 as US hosts a Kremlin envoy for talks on peace plan

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Indian students 'forcibly recruited' into Russian army die in Ukraine

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Ukraine strikes Russian tanker after receiving £80bn loan from EU

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Shein ordered to make changes or face fines amid sex doll controversy

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32-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MASS SHOOTING THAT KILLED 12

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Nine killed in mass shooting in South Africa

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Netanyahu confirms Israel's largest-ever natural gas deal

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World Cup nations Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire added to Trump travel ban

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At least 37 dead after devastating flash floods hit Morocco

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South Africa building collapse leaves one dead; several people trapped

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Funding to fight climate crisis is failing countries that need it most

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Nigerian child taken in mass abduction recalls horrifying ordeal

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Anti-FGM programmes axed in UK aid cuts: 'There will be more victims'

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At least 19 dead as buildings collapse in Morocco's Fez

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The UK's aid cuts have consequences for our security

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Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years

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Bodies discovered at suspected organ-harvesting ring in hotel

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Benin coup leader still on the run after thwarted government takeover

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Benin says situation 'under control' after apparent coup attempt

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North Korea warns Japan's nuclear plans must be stopped 'at any cost'

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Hundreds of thousands attend funeral of slain Bangladeshi activist

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Eight elephants killed as train hits herd in India's northeast

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Indian pilot suspended for physically assaulting passenger

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Imran Khan and wife sentenced to 17 years in another graft case

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At least three killed by knife-wielding attacker in Taiwan

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Furious China vows to step up Taiwan invasion drills in response to US

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Honda to pause production in Japan and China as chip shortages persist

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Mother convicted of hiding daughter's body in freezer for 20 years

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Japan clarifies nuclear weapons pledge amid senior official's comments

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Kiwi Chow's film banned in Hong Kong over national security concerns

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Couple die in fire in Japan after being trapped in sauna room

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Three arrested after video shows elephant being burned alive

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G7 calls for Jimmy Lai's immediate release as pressure mounts on China

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Bondi Beach gunmen filmed each other training for attack, police say

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Australia's PM booed at ceremony mourning Bondi Beach attack victims

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Albanese booed at Sydney vigil as Australia orders intelligence review

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'Intifada' chant to be banned by Australian state after Bondi shooting

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Australian state premier apologises after husband caught drink driving

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Australia calls on gun owners to give up firearms after Bondi attack

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Australia to tighten hate speech laws after Bondi Beach terror attack

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Australia mourns 10-year-old Bondi Beach victim Matilda at funeral

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Sydney university sacks lecturer for outburst at Jewish students

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Jewish bakery in Sydney closes over safety fears after Bondi attack

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Bondi Beach suspect charged with 15 counts of murder as funerals held

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Bondi Beach attacker's family 'had no knowledge of his radicalisation'

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Couple who tackled Bondi Beach gunman but died hailed as heroes

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Pakistani-origin man falsely identified as Bondi gunman speaks out

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Bondi Beach gunmen 'received military-style training' in Philippines

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