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What is the ‘Gate of Tears’? Key shipping route that could be attacked by Houthis and disrupt global economy

The Bab al-Mandab strait has been a vital shipping route for Saudi Arabia since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

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Montreux Jazz Festival reveals spectacular 60th edition programme

RAYE returns for a landmark third consecutive show, while legends including Deep Purple and The Roots will also grace the festival’s stages

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JetBlue is raising the price of checked bags by at least $4 as airline grapples with higher fuel costs

The budget-friendly airline appears to be the first major U.S. carrier to hike baggage fees amidst the fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran — but it may not be the last

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs bill renaming Palm Beach airport after Trump

The president's company recently filed an application for airport-related trademarks

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Reeves urged to follow Europe’s example and protect consumers amid spiralling fuel prices

Diesel price hits highest level since December 2022, prompting more calls for No 10 to protect consumers

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Reeves is ‘oblivious’ to the Iran war cost of living crisis, blasts Kemi Badenoch

Tory leader says chancellor is speaking ‘managerial mush’ over claims Reeves made in The Independent

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This Week in History: Iranian plots, a siege on Bethlehem and the loss of a Pope

Explore how major events between 30 March and 5 April were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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‘Keir Starmer made Hillsborough families a promise, now we fear he won’t keep his word’

The prime minister has repeatedly pledged to introduce a Hillsborough Law, but those campaigning for it are tired of waiting

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I’m a ‘sandwich-generation’ caregiver. Chances are you will be, too

Some 16 million Americans in mid-life caring for aging relatives and minor children at the same time - and those numbers are expected to grow significantly in the coming decades. America isn’t ready, Julia Musto discovers

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A new video game depicts America’s visa process as a maddening slot machine — and Donald Trump as its jealous god

Every spring, hundreds of thousands of people around the world try their luck in America’s visa lottery. Io Dodds meets the journalist-turned-developer behind a new satirical video game that aims to capture its twists and terrors

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Thousands of Afghans put at risk by MoD data breach still stranded and many ‘in danger’ months on

Campaigners urge government to ‘redouble its efforts’ to evacuate Afghans promised sanctuary in Britain

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‘I’ve had six barbaric operations for endometriosis – there needs to be a better way to diagnose it’

Despite endometriosis affecting about one in 10 women in the UK, it takes an average of eight years to get a diagnosis

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‘Meta glasses are being used to secretly film women and girls – my app is fighting back’

The glasses have raised concerns after women were covertly filmed

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Trump ‘has no military way out of war and Iran has better cards’: Experts warn 15-point peace plan is doomed to fail

IN FOCUS: Donald Trump maintains that both sides want to make a deal, even as Iran says otherwise. Analysts say the current plan is ‘bound to be rejected’ with the war as it stands, writes James C. Reynolds

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Refugee detained by ICE missed vital chemo sessions and is now on his deathbed, family says

IN FOCUS: EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: A Laotian refugee whose family fled to America after the Vietnam War has just days to live after missing vital chemotherapy sessions while in ICE detention, his loved ones tell Rhian Lubin

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Middle East conflict could drive up homelessness, housing minister warns

Exclusive: Homelessness minister tells The Independent she is ‘worried’ about the cost of living rising

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‘Dubai will return as a holiday destination – because of influencer zeal’, says expert

Exclusive: ‘Those promoting the emirate have strong incentives to continue reinforcing that image. It's a bit like Bitcoin: you want it to keep going up’ – Ash Bhardwaj

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‘We don’t rent to you people’: Marriott in Ohio turned away Black guest, lawsuit says

Exclusive: A hotel manager in Beavercreek, Ohio, allegedly told LeRon Turner that ‘you people’ were problem guests who liked to ‘smoke weed, drink, and do drugs,’ according to federal court filings

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Battle over Trump’s SAVE Act must have John Thune missing ‘Majority Leader’ Mitch McConnell by now

ANALYSIS: The current leader is now faced with the ultimate temptation, writes Eric Garcia — whether to go nuclear and end the filibuster in the Senate. It’s a sword of Damocles that Thune has had over his head ever since he took the mantle from McConnell after Trump came back…

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Your AI is agreeing with you too much. Here’s why that can be an issue

People talking to ‘sycophantic’ AI about their interpersonal problems became more convinced they were ‘in the right,’ researchers say

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Property President! Trump now eyes Treaty Room for latest makeover project at the White House

The Treaty Room is a historic private study for the president and a meeting room for political figures on the second floor of the White House

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Dyson’s new air purifier is perfect for small spaces – but is it worth £350?

It’s a lot to spend on an air purifier for small rooms, but responsive sensors and impressively quiet fans make a compelling case for the home office

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Trump’s ambassador to UK warns cancelling King Charles’s state visit would be ‘a mistake’

It comes as The Independent has learnt that Congressional and Senate leaders have been told to prepare to hear a joint address by the King in the week beginning 27 April

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Putin’s spring offensive in Ukraine has begun. Experts warn Trump has given Russia a window of opportunity

IN FOCUS: With Russia funding its war effort through financial gains from the close of the Strait of Hormuz, and amping up attacks while Trump’s eye is turned towards the Middle East, experts tell Maira Butt that this is a very delicate moment for Ukraine

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‘I killed hundreds of people’: Meet the children forced to wage endless war in the DRC

IN FOCUS: For decades, children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been recruited to serve as cannon fodder in the protracted and bloody conflicts riddling the east of the country. As rights groups warn of one of the world’s most severe recruitment crises, The Independent speaks to children…

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