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Iran-US war latest: Ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz as Trump casts doubt over peace deal

Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz

The Independent UK · Aug 17

Andy Burnham latest: New PM tells first cabinet meeting ‘we need to be a cost-of-living government’

Newly appointed ministers have been told to give Britons the sense that ‘help is coming’

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Iran-US war latest: Trump says Tehran will pay ‘many times over’ for US soldier deaths as Iran targets Kuwait

Oil prices climb above $90 a barrel after Iranian military targets two tankers in Strait of Hormuz

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Ukraine-Russia war latest: European leaders agree to ramp up pressure on Putin after meeting Zelensky in No 10

Allies ‘discuss progress’ on using frozen Russian assets to aid Kyiv’s reconstruction programme

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025

Afghan data leak superinjunction left democracy in ‘deep freeze’, say journalists

The Independent’s home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft was among the journalists praised for their ‘grit and determination’ in exposing the saga

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Watch live: The Independent’s Holly Bancroft give evidence to MPs on Afghan data breach

Watch live as The Independent Social Affairs Correspondent Holly Bancroft gives evidence to a Defence Committee meeting over the Afghan data breach and super-injunction on Tuesday (4 November).

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Germany says Europe and Russia ‘no longer at peace’; Trump considers Tomahawk exports

US could sell long-range missiles to European nations that would then send them to Ukraine

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025

Inside the £7bn secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach

After a leak at the Ministry of Defence, officials faced a race to keep up to 100,000 Afghans from the Taliban’s clutches – with two years of court fights and rescue plans projected to cost billions, all hidden from MPs and the public. Now, after the lifting of an unprecedented…

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

‘No Kings’ protests recap: Millions rallied against Trump, organizers say

While the protests remained largely peaceful, there were several violent outbursts, including in Salt Lake City, where a gunman opened fire and left one person in “life-threatening condition.”

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky claims his troops ‘gradually pushing back’ Putin’s forces in Sumy

Russian forces seeking to create 'buffer zone' in Sumy after beating back Ukrainian incursion into Kursk

The Independent UK · May 10, 2025