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November 20, 2024
One Direction star Liam Payne laid to rest after emotional funeral service
Stars including Harry Styles, Niall Horan, James Corden, Cheryl and Simon Cowell attended the service with Payne’s family
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects allegation that user may have been strangled
A man present at the death was immediately taken into police custody and remains there
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Media shakeup: Comcast to spin off cable channels MSNBC, USA as ‘cord cutting’ grows
The shift comes as more and more people opt for streaming services over traditional cable
The Independent
November 20, 2024
How much does Trump education pick Linda McMahon actually know about education?
Trump stunned educators by unveiling Linda McMahon as his choice to run the Department of Education
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November 20, 2024
Democratic rep points out worrying trend with Trump’s controversial cabinet picks
“Just spitballing here, but what if the Attorney General and the Secretary of HHS fight each other in an octagonal cage?” Democratic rep Jim...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
France’s Le Pen threatens to topple government on cost-of-living concerns
‘We will not accept that the purchasing power of the French be once again hit,’ leader of far-right National Rally says
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November 20, 2024
Two teens killed in crash after suspect kidnapped baby and led cops on chase
Multi-car collision unfolded after a woman called 911 just after 6 a.m. reporting that she and her one-year-old son had been kidnapped
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Harshita Brella husband named by coroner as prime suspect
She is believed to have been killed on 10 November before her body was driven down to London
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Tanni Grey-Thompson: Assisted dying bill will allow families to go ‘doctor shopping’
Exclusive: Sporting hero and disability rights campaigner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has warned that loopholes in the assisted dying legis...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Angela Rayner refuses to rule out further increases to inheritance tax on farmers
It comes after an estimated 13,000 people descended on London on Tuesday, urging the government to U-turn on the tax
The Independent
November 20, 2024
‘I spend my fuel allowance on dinner at The Ivy – others need more help than me’
The backlash following Labour’s decision to cut the winter fuel allowance for some pensioners won’t seem to go away. Amid the fury, Zoë Beat...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Trump transition team ‘quietly’ looking at alternatives to Pete Hegseth
Those in the president-elect’s inner circle are ‘quietly preparing a list of alternative’ defense secretary candidates, sources say
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Angela Rayner booed by MPs as she defends farmer tax increase
Angela Rayner faced boos in the House of Commons as she defended Labour’s proposed changes to agricultural inheritance tax during Prime Mini...
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November 20, 2024
Matt Gaetz and JD Vance head to Capitol to shore up GOP support for Trump AG pick
The visit to shore up support for Gaetz comes the same day the House Ethics Committee is set to meet to discuss its report
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Officers face criminal probe after pregnant woman and baby die in police car crash
Two officers are under criminal investigation for causing death by dangerous driving
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Cop29: The trillion-dollar question that has left climate summit at an impasse
Talks over an agreement toi to inject climate finance into developing countries remain fraught as UN asks delegates to ‘cut the theatrics’
The Independent
November 20, 2024
‘You are not the thought police’: Chris Philp tells police chiefs at summit
Chris Philp has called for guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten and expressed caution over ‘new bureaucracies’ after...
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November 20, 2024
Dr Oz’s history of baseless medical claims as he’s picked to lead Medicaid, Medicare
Dr Mehmet Oz has been nominated by Donald Trump to become the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, working alongside vac...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Morning Joe suffers ratings nosedive after hosts met Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Viewing figures plummeted after Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed they had met the president-elect
The Independent
November 20, 2024
UK-trained elite commandos approached to fight for Russia against Ukraine
Investigation: The UK trained and paid special forces to fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. As hundreds of these fighters live in dan...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Mother to ask for freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children
Smith made international headlines in 1994 when she lied about being carjacked late at night
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Aztec shrieking death whistles struck otherworldly fear, scientists find
Whistles produce ‘aversive and scream-like’ shrieking sounds, researchers say
The Independent
November 20, 2024
WWE fans react to Trump picking ‘totally unqualified’ Linda McMahon in his cabinet
‘Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for thei...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
The most struck railway bridge in Britain ‘with more than nine lives’
Locals regularly post pictures on social media of vehicles damaged on hitting the bridge despite the clear signage
The Independent
November 20, 2024
‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 1 and leaves 700,000 without power in Washington state
In Lynnwood, a woman was killed when a large tree fell on a homeless encampment on Tuesday evening
The Independent
November 20, 2024
First Labour MPs express doubts over farm inheritance tax after thousands protest
Farmers marched in Westminster on Tuesday in attempt to persuade government to U-turn on ‘tractor tax’
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Liam Payne’s funeral to take place today
British pop star died aged 31 after falling from his hotel room balcony last month
The Independent
November 20, 2024
92-year-old man charged with 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne
The 75-year-old was found by a neighbour after she was strangled in her Bristol home
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November 20, 2024
Elon Musk to be summoned by MPs to testify about X’s role in summer riots
The tech billionaire will be invited to give evidence to a House of Commons select committee next year
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November 20, 2024
UK snow: Full list of school closures after Met Office snow and ice warning
More than 50 schools are shut on Wednesday after a second day of snow across the country
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Ukrainian troops seek revenge on Russia with Biden’s long-range missiles
Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a colonel who says Kyiv’s forces need to inflict as much pain on Vladimir Putin’s army as quickly as they can
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Biden approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine in latest policy shift
Outgoing president scrambles to help Volodymyr Zelensky before leaving the White House as Russia warns it will interpret latest western move...
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November 20, 2024
British Army fires Archer artillery system for first time close to Russia’s border
British soldiers have fired a new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise close to Russia’s border in Finland. It comes as R...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Two Bee Gees drummer dies within days of each other
Dennis Bryon played with band between 1974 and 1980
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November 20, 2024
Halyna Hutchins’s mother refuses to attend Rust premiere in Poland
Rust to debut at Poland film festival three years after Alec Baldwin accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Liam Payne’s funeral to take place
Singer’s former bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan are expected to attend
The Independent
November 20, 2024
US shuts Kyiv embassy over fears of ‘significant air attack’
US shuts embassy in Ukrainian capital ‘out of an abundance of caution’
The Independent
November 20, 2024
UK inflation rises back above Bank of England’s 2 per cent target
Inflation had fallen to 1.7 per cent after hitting a 41-year high in 2022
The Independent
November 20, 2024
The way we laugh when tickled is ‘uniquely different’ from other laughter
Machines and humans can both identify when laughter is caused by tickling
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Royal news – live: King, Queen and William host glittering palace reception
Camilla steps out in late Queen’s aquamarine and diamond tiara for the first time at annual palace event
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Gaetz sent more than $10k to two women who testified in House investigation: report
Witnesses testifed that some of the payments were for sex, an allegation the former Congressman denies
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November 20, 2024
Jeremy Clarkson claps back at Victoria Derbyshire over farm protest question
TV personality joined protests at Whitehall over inheritance tax
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Trump names billionaire and longtime pal Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary
Financier likely to play important role when introducing president-elect’s planned tariffs on goods coming into the U.S.
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November 20, 2024
Ukraine fires US missiles into Russia as UK condemns Putin’s nuclear shift
Russian president Vladimir Putin has lowered the bar for using nuclear weapons
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office
President-elect accuses Democrats of ‘trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door’
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Trump set to name Linda McMahon as education secretary
The former WWE CEO served as the head of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Mother ‘lost her life’ too on day son, 16, was stabbed through heart with sword
The mother murdered teenager Ronan Kanda, 16, spoke of her heartache at an annual policing summit
The Independent
November 20, 2024
RFK Jr. once said Covid-19 pandemic ‘feels very planned to me’
Kennedy once suggested COVID was part of a ‘biosecurity agenda that will enslave the entire human race and plunge us into a dystopian nightm...
The Independent
November 20, 2024
Most Muslims feel Islamophobia has become more widespread summer riots
Just under three-quarters felt anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia had become more widespread
The Independent
November 20, 2024