Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from The Independent

Local elections mapped: Where Labour is facing a ‘calamity’ and the key seats to watch

The governing party could see its worst-ever results on 7 May, experts have warned

The Independent UK

Mass recall of more than 30 UK toys amid asbestos contamination fears

Since discovery of possible cancer-causing fibres in coloured sand late last year, the number of cases has grown, sparking calls for tighter regulation

The Independent UK

Britain is losing its hybrid war with Russia and is unprepared for conflict, warns top former US aide

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: Ex-government advisor and White House aide Fiona Hill leads a growing chorus of experts warning that the UK has no capacity to survive an escalation of a hybrid attack from Vladimir Putin let alone a full-scale global conflict, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The moment-by-moment breakdown of how White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting targeting Trump unfolded

A man has been arrested in connection with the incident and is reported to have targeted President Trump

The Independent UK

Broadway and DWTS’ Mark Ballas breaks silence on controversial final freestyle with Whitney Leavitt

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: ‘Once we went out, yeah, it was a bummer; we wanted to make that final and I had that ‘My Way’ music made,’ Ballas tells ‘The Independent’ of the dance video he released with Whitney Leavitt, which divided ‘DWTS’ fans

The Independent UK

Trump admin’s proposed new gun rule will make it harder for trans people to buy firearms

Proposed new rules would allow the federal government to compile lists of trans firearm buyers — and leave them in a ‘Catch-22’, gun rights advocates tell Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Why are we still obsessed with serial killers? A new exhibit forces the question

A new exhibit about serial killers in NYC has visitors stepping inside recreations of infamous crime scenes so disturbing visitors must sign a waiver. But the experience also taps into a deeper question – why are we still drawn to real–life horror? asks Andrea Cavallier

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Vance and Trump allies invoke ‘just war theory’ to legitimize Iran action. Experts say it ‘fails every single criteria’

IN FOCUS: ‘Trump's threat to end civilization is one of the most blatant violations of proportionality in the history of modern warfare,’ one expert tells Brendan Rascius

The Independent UK

The war in Iran is in a ‘limbo’ phase. Here’s why it could leave the world facing chaos

IN FOCUS: Despite Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelling to Pakistan, there are still no plans for direct talks with the US. Should the current impasse continue, analysts tell James C. Reynolds that it could hurt the west and strengthen Tehran

The Independent UK

Blood, infertility and death: The struggle to save the lives of mothers and babies in Mozambique

ON THE GROUND: Tawanda Karombo speaks to those seeking to keep maternal health programmes running in a remote northern province of Mozambique, after they have nearly ground to a halt in the wake of Donald Trump’s brutal aid cuts

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s land robots are revolutionising the shapeshifting war with Russia

IN FOCUS: More than four years into Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are driving up their use of land robots. Troops who use them and engineers who produce them tell Alex Croft that the future of war has already arrived

The Independent UK

Local judgements will punish national failures

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour leaders in Scotland and Wales, and Labour mayors in England, are worried that the voters will use the elections as a referendum on Keir Starmer. But what is most important is that they vote at all

The Independent UK

Exercise wasn’t for me – now I’m a fitness coach. Here’s what changed

WELL ENOUGH: Harry Bullmore used to dread going to the gym – now a fitness coach and The Independent’s senior fitness writer, he explains what shifted and how finding movement you actually enjoy can transform your relationship with exercise

The Independent UK

Trump admits he should have gotten down faster as shots began at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The 31-year-old man from California rushed through the security checkpoint armed with multiple firearms, the president said

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Harsh judgements in local elections will punish the worst of Westminster

The Independent UK

$1300 per person and a private yacht? Welcome to the out-of-control world of bachelorette parties

Yachts, matching workout gear and spa treatments? It’s increasingly the norm for pre-wedding celebrations, Isabel Keane finds

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Labour mayors say repeated U-turns, failure to communicate successes, and the Peter Mandelson scandal are pushing voters away

The Independent UK

Tories’ political domination in Sussex set for its biggest test in decades

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Most Sussex residents haven’t voted for their county councillors since Boris Johnson was prime minister. With Nigel Farage’s Reform soaring in the polls, Harry Cockburn speaks to voters across the county – where the political future looks more alien than it has for years

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Wolves v Tottenham LIVE: Palhinha scores priceless late goal as Spurs win crunch survival clash

Wolves 0-1 Tottenham: Spurs remain in the relegation zone due to West Ham’s win but finally secure a first Premier League victory of 2026

The Independent UK

‘Electric shock therapy for depression made me forget my wedding day’

About a third of people reported brain damage after electroconvulsive therapy, with many suffering memory loss, study found

The Independent UK

Falklands veteran Simon Weston blasts Trump’s threat to withdraw US support a ‘cruel joke’

Writing for The Independent, Simon Weston warned that Donald Trump’s latest intervention could ‘spark his friends in Argentina’ into restarting another similar conflict

The Independent UK

‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident

IN FOCUS: For 40 years, the residents of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus have grappled with the devastating effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident. They tell Alex Croft about the day that their lives were changed forever

The Independent UK

DHS set to spend $7.5 million on smart glasses to help agents identify migrants: report

The plans were reportedly included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal

The Independent UK

Trump’s frantic posts on Truth Social overnight show just how little he slept

Between midnight and 2:45 a.m., Trump posted more than a dozen times before picking back up around 7:30 in the morning

The Independent UK

Trump team looking to deport loved ones of a worker killed in Baltimore bridge disaster

Mother of 7-year-old US citizen at risk of removal after applying for protections under Biden that were denied under Trump

1 … 19 20 21 22

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.