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Britain has spent almost £1m of taxpayers’ cash holding stalker at centre of Iran prisoner swap plea

Exclusive: The family of Lindsay and Craig Foreman believe Richard Jan could be the key to their release

The Independent UK

Amsterdam plans higher tourist tax, cruise terminal closure to curb tourism pressure

Amsterdam is set to overhaul its tourism sector with ambitious plans including a hike in tourist tax to 20% by 2030. The city also aims to shut its cruise terminal and purchase city centre businesses to ease pressure on residents and public spaces. These measures seek to enhance liveability while…

The Economic Times

‘It smelled like bodies had been left to rot’: Survivors of Air India disaster ‘forced to return to clear up crash site’

ON THE GROUND: Namita Singh visits the Flight 171 crash site in Ahmedabad, where those who were inside the medical college at the time recall their brush with death, and the traumatic experience of returning to the scene

The Independent UK

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Jan. 6 rally organizer getting another $1.2 million from taxpayers to promote ‘Trump Accounts’

First in The Independent: A Virginia firm that organized Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ rally is set to receive a further $1.2 million in taxpayer funds to help promote ‘Trump Accounts’

The Independent UK

SpaceX IPO is days away: Here are 3 reasons to buy and 2 reasons to wait

SpaceX has a lot of potential, but some experts have concerns about the company’s valuation

The Independent UK

Chagos Islands ‘not a piece of real estate for sale’, Trump warned amid reports he wants to buy territory

The row has exploded after new revelations that Donald Trump has considered buying the disputed islands while Keir Starmer still wants to give them away to Mauritius

The Independent UK

Screenings for Independent’s new film documenting the kidnap and torture of LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria

To mark Pride Month, The Arzner cinema will screen our film on how aid cuts are severing lifelines for vulnerable people. A second screening will follow at the Institute for Contemporary Arts

The Independent UK

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Voices: Zelensky is an indispensable ally in Britain’s new security partnership with Europe

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: While Britain has an embarrassingly underpowered military plagued by incompetence, the Ukrainians have the biggest army of any European nation

The Independent UK

Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband

Exclusive: ‘We are suffering a punishing Brexit tax every day’ says former foreign secretary in withering assessment of decision to leave the bloc

The Independent UK

Lammy admits ‘arrangements can be made’ amid calls for prisoner swap to free British couple locked up in Iran

The justice secretary’s admission follows a joint investigation by The Independent and Sky News

The Independent UK

Revealed: The imprisoned stalker who could hold the key to freeing British couple jailed in Iran

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: Britain is holding an ageing Iranian stalker whose deportation could help spare Lindsay and Craig Foreman from a 10-year jail sentence – so why won’t officials let him go? Crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin investigates

The Independent UK

New A24 film set to nab studio record from Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme

The psychological horror has been playing in US theaters for only nine days

The Independent UK

Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster

Exclusive: There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says John Curtice

The Independent UK

Families torn apart by Air India crash seek justice one year on: ‘We have forgotten how to live’

ON THE GROUND: As families wait for the Indian authorities to complete their investigation into one of the nation’s worst air disasters, they face another battle to preserve the memory of their loved ones. Namita Singh reports from Ahmedabad

The Independent UK

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Reform councillor faces calls to resign over ‘racist’ blackface photograph

The newly-elected Epping Forest councillor said a resident who discovered the image on his Facebook page ‘should not have been so nosey’

The Independent UK

What is ‘wildflowering’? The latest dating trend that promotes stronger connections — but there’s a catch

Experts have said that the dating approach could make singles feel like they don’t know where they stand with the person they’re dating

The Independent UK

Your friends are richer than you. Here are two ways to handle the wealth gap, according to experts

‘Wealth and worth have been collapsed in our culture so thoroughly that separating them feels almost impossible,’ one expert said

The Independent UK

Suspect used fake boarding pass to get past TSA and on a Los Angeles bound flight

The 25-year-old suspect tried to sit in an airplane jump seat before being removed from his flight causing a three hour delay, investigators said

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RFK Jr’s FDA to study if abortion pill mifepristone is safe despite it being on market for over 25 years: report

Roughly 7.5 million women have taken the pill over the past 25 years

The Independent UK

Trump ballroom donors awarded $50B in taxpayer-funded contracts in last six months: watchdog

More than half of corporate donors to president’s pet project have recently received new or improved government deals for their services, Public Citizen analysis reveals

The Independent UK

Meta’s smart glasses feature hidden surveillance code within its app

Facial recognition software can identify people you look at, but it’s yet to be activated

The Independent UK

‘Shameless’ Taliban enlist Russian help in repairing military hardware left by fleeing Soviets

Agreement signed at International Security Forum in Moscow set to bolster Taliban’s military strength

The Independent UK

‘I would rush home to speak to ChatGPT’: A quarter of Gen Z would rather talk to AI than a real person, research shows

More than two-thirds of young people would cancel plans in order to spend time online, according to UK survey

The Independent UK

Visa problems shut poorest countries out of crucial UN climate talks in Bonn

Several of the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable countries say their negotiating abilities will be hurt at talks in Germany this month due to their delegates being unable to obtain visas

The Independent UK

Could you pass a school maths exam? Take The Independent’s quiz to find out

Take The Independent’s challenging maths test to find out if you’re on par with an A-level student

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