The Latest Breaking News from The Independent UK

Slow Horses star responds after character killed off: ‘I’m not alright about it’

***Spoilers ahead for season six, episode four***

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Hotel groups target Syria as country hopes to entice overseas tourists again

Of the tourist total for the first half of this year, 2.13 million were Syrian expatriates, around 660,000 from Arab countries and ​about 720,000 from ⁠other countries

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Oil prices surge on worries of shipping attacks and Gulf of Mexico hurricane

The price of Brent crude oil increased by about 5% on Thursday to 105 dollars per barrel.

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Why a Korean film about a 1974 shooting has sparked protests and a political row

Conservative politicians and activists have accused The Assassin(s) of distorting a major historical event

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Celebrity Traitors fans to find out if Richard E Grant has been banished tonight

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The Independent UK · Oct 8

UK ‘open’ to Germany joining next generation fighter jet programme, says Burnham

Gcap, initially a pact between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a sixth generation fighter jet, welcomed Canada as an ‘observer nation’ in July.

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Burnham and Merz set to confirm security pact to counter hybrid Russian threats

The two leaders are expected to confirm a joint UK-Germany security partnership

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Russell T Davies reveals the stories that shaped Doctor Who, Queer as Folk and his life in TV | Stage Presents

Russell T Davies has spent five decades shaping British television, from groundbreaking dramas like Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin, to bringing Doctor Who back to life. Now, as he publishes his memoir, The Queerest of Folk, we sit down with Davies to look back at the stories behind…

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Burnham meets Merz in Berlin to discuss foreign sabotage and cyber attacks

Prime minister Andy Burnham has arrived in Berlin to meet German chancellor Friedrich Merz , formally launching a UK- Germany security partnership designed to counter cyber attacks, sabotage, and hybrid threats from foreign adversaries, particularly Russia . The official visit marks the formal ratification of the Kensington Treaty, committing both…

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Coldest night since May for parts of UK as temperatures drop below 0C

Temperatures in parts of Scotland fell to -1C early on Thursday

The Independent UK · Oct 8