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Former Fox News producer who sued anchor over alleged assault is found dead

Jennifer Eckhart, 36, was found dead in her Florida home by her mother

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Personal chemistry is key – but Trump is like no leader I’ve ever met, ex-ambassador to US tells Burnham

Exclusive: Former US ambassador Lord Kim Darroch and ex-foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind offer the prime minister advice ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Stephen Miller leads new push to boot immigrant kids and accelerate third-country deportations

Architect of Trump’s anti-immigration is directing deportation deals with 30 countries as he accelerates deportations of migrant children

The Independent UK · Sep 21

‘Welcome To Fabulous Trash Vegas’ — a 35-foot structure made up of 60 tons of junk

IN FOCUS: In a leafy Texas suburb, Vince Hannemann has spent 40 years building his ‘Trash Vegas.’ Rachel Dobkin talks with the artist about what inspired the feat

The Independent UK · Sep 20

More than 1m young people are out of work, and AI is about to wipe out millions more jobs. What should we do?

IN FOCUS: With the UK in the midst of a youth unemployment crisis and the rise of AI set to further impact the job market, Dan Haygarth looks at the future of work in a new world dominated by ever-improving technology, as one expert says ‘civil unrest will come long…

The Independent UK · Sep 20

Zack Polanski speaks Bengali in bid to reach Holburn and St Pancras by-election voters

The Green Party leader was mocked by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for his Urdu-speaking video earlier this week

The Independent UK · Sep 19

All but four constituencies would support reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU, major poll shows

New in-depth polling finds 35 per cent of voters would choose EU membership as their preferred policy option – with just 11 per cent wanting looser ties with the bloc

The Independent UK · Sep 19

Trump’s ICE deportation push had one effect Minnesota teachers say they can’t ignore

IN FOCUS: As state test results loom, educators warn that widespread absenteeism, trauma, and hundreds of school dropouts after Operation Metro Surge will take a toll on standard academic metrics. ‘Kids literally disappeared,’ one teacher said. Jasmine Fernández reports

The Independent UK · Sep 19

‘Caged like an animal, it could only end one way’: New prisons crisis as segregation deaths soar

Exclusive: Matthew Osborne, 39, received just three minutes of human contact in three days and was driven to take his own life after 54 days in isolation, his family says

The Independent UK · Sep 19

Making too much dough? Why Bread Ahead’s success at London’s Borough Market now has traders worried

IN DEPTH: As the news spreads of the potential closure of Bread Ahead, customers and vendors are asking Suha Kidwai whether success is no longer part of the recipe for survival

The Independent UK · Sep 19