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American Airlines is the latest carrier to restrict portable chargers on planes. Here’s what to know about the new policy

Lithium batteries in portable chargers can catch fire if damaged, federal regulators have warned

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Megan Thee Stallion to leave Broadway show following tearful performance after Klay Thompson split

The rapper broke down in tears during a performance of the musical this weekend

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‘Significant gaps’ in UK aid strategy in wake of cuts, MPs warn – as they call for more transparency

New report from parliament’s International Development Committee – which includes evidence from The Independent – says that the government needs to clearly outline how it will monitor and evaluate its new strategy around foreign aid

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UK scientists to fire salt water into the sky in bid to tackle climate crisis

Government supporting new geoengineering techniques as race against unregulated companies seeking to capitalise on need for climate cooling tech heats up

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Pro-Trump commercial cleaning company refused Muslim clients, lawsuit says

Exclusive: ‘Employees who expressed differing political views were disparaged or marginalized,’ according to a federal lawsuit against Southern Cleaning Service Inc.

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Drones, special forces and undercover agents: Inside the King’s ‘ring of security’ during his US state visit

A suspect has been charged with the attempted assassination of Trump after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

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‘It’s all hot air’: Starmer under attack from theft-hit shopkeeper for ‘tougher punishment’ pledge

Sir Keir Starmer claimed ‘the tide could be turning’ against shoplifters during a speech to shopkeepers on Monday

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Labour MPs face a ‘lose-lose’ vote on Starmer sleaze inquiry

NEWS ANALYSIS: As Starmer faces a crunch vote in parliament, political editor David Maddox talks to Labour MPs and those involved with the Boris Johnson Privileges Committee inquiry to find out what could happen next

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The pretty Polish seaside towns nestled against Russia’s ‘dagger’

TRAVEL DISPATCH: On the shores of the Vistula Spit in northern Poland, global travel editor Annabel Grossman discovers an unlikely holiday destination with golden beaches, nature-filled trails and low prices

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Megan Thee Stallion tears up during Broadway performance hours after Klay Thompson split announcement

Rapper took to the stage hours after sharing that she and NBA star Thompson had split

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Harsh judgements in local elections will punish the worst of Westminster

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