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Exclusive: With the prospect of a brutal global trade war looming, critics of the UK’s current Brexit deal have said the country needs to rejoin the customs union, single market or the bloc itself to shield itself from the devastating fallout

MPs and farmers have attacked the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

Jennifer Sloan Rachmuth, 54, blamed her troubles on the Democratic Party.

Ammon Bundy went up against the US government twice and was never held accountable — and now he’s moved states to avoid an arrest warrant. Richard Hall meets him on the run in Cedar City, Utah

With the flooding having killed more than 200 people, the anger over the perceived lack of warning and slow response erupted into chants of ‘murderer’ and mud-slinging at the Spanish king and queen. But, writes Graham Keeley in Madrid, the real vitriol is actually reserved for the country’s politicians

British actor Himesh Patel speaks with The Independent on working with comedy legend Armando Iannucci and director Sam Mendes on new HBO comedy series The Franchise.

Under current laws, the victim and the perpetrator must be over 16 for it to be deemed a crime of domestic abuse

Kemi Badenoch used her first interview as Tory leader to describe the Partygate scandal as ‘overblown’

US LIFESTYLE: More than any other generation, studies have shown that Gen Z are more likely to turn away romantic partners based on political affiliation. With the US presidential election looming, Olivia Hebert asks the experts why this might be