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The lights are not always on on at the vast mansion known locally as the Taj Mittal, easily the biggest residence on London’s most exclusive billionaire’s row, Kensington Palace Gardens.

The widely reviled veep and his wife may not see much of the island they’d like to annex, but the US military base will be lovely at this time of year, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Pennyfields Park in Poplar not only has alliterative appeal, it is a modestly attractive green space in a not terribly beautiful part of Tower Hamlets. If you were there around five o’clock in the afternoon yesterday you could have witnessed a group of young men chasing another, with machetes. That’s…

The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done yet either, says writer Orhan Pamuk

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Atlantic Alliance used to believe it had liberal democratic values in common and a shared interest in collective security and free trade. That, thanks to the US president, is no longer true. Europe must adjust to this altered reality, or die

Nearly half of the cars sold in the US are imported and Trump’s 25% tariff will add at least $6,000 to the sticker price of the average car, industry experts say

Editorial: About a third of children were living in deprivation even before this week’s benefit cuts. This appalling situation can’t go on

Editorial: The decision to put documents on the assassination of John F Kennedy into the public domain comes alongside a ‘digital book burning’ of data

Shining a bright spotlight on this mess was a public service. One can only imagine what other information has been as recklessly handled