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<p>‘If you were to believe some of the more excitable comments by some journalists and anti-trans women’s groups, trans people will be barred from all public facilities by the end of the Easter holiday. Not so’</p>
Robin Moira White

The law will protect trans people like me, no matter what you think

However much campaign groups might try to claim otherwise, it will still be indirect discrimination to put a policy in place excluding trans people from facilities consistent with their gender
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<p>‘Are the Americans and the Europeans finally converging on a peace plan for Ukraine? Or was this week’s Paris meeting the prelude to an imminent parting of the ways?’</p>
Mary Dejevsky

Why US diplomats Witkoff and Rubio are now courting the Europeans

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    <p>Jake Wallis Simons, former editor of ‘The Jewish Chronicle’ </p>
    Alan Rusbridger

    Scandal at the Jewish Chronicle shows Leveson was wasting his time

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    <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/learning-disabilities-autism-hospital-nhs-b2734869.html" title="‘Every day she begs for help’: Father fighting for daughter detained in hospital for years to be freed"></a>Streeting’s approach to reform is fundamentally sound, which is to bring in the people who made the NHS the best it has ever been and put them to work</p>
    John Rentoul

    Wes Streeting must cut and run to a safer seat – his country needs him

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    <p>Joaquin Phoenix finds an AI love interest in Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jonze’s 2015 movie ‘Her’</p>
    dear vix

    An AI boyfriend is the only logical option

    <p>This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes reflects on the all-female Blue Origin space flight</p>
    Frieda Hughes

    I do not need to go up into space to understand the value of gravity

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    <p>Katy Perry and an all-female crew are set to fly into space on Jeff Bezos rocket</p>
    charlotte cripps

    I was a people pleaser, too – but going to space is a step too far

    <p>‘Since the start of Sudan’s brutal conflict two years ago today, women and girls have come under constant attack’</p>
    Dr Elzahra Mohammed

    The brutal truth about being a young woman in Sudan

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    <p>Petrol prices contributed to a dip in inflation last month (Peter Byrne/PA)</p>
    james moore

    Inflation falls – now will the Bank of England go big and slash rates?

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    <p>‘Miss Me?’ podcast host, Miquita Oliver, discussed how she went bankrupt aged 27</p>
    emma clarke

    What Miquita Oliver’s bankruptcy tells us about women and money

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    <p>A steelworker watches as molten steel pours from one of the Blast Furnaces at the British Steel - Scunthorpe plant</p>
    Michael Sheridan

    Jingye's control of British Steel was never just ‘business’

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    <p>The public learns little from politicians publishing their tax returns that it didn’t already know</p>
    john rentoul

    What do tax returns published by Starmer, Rayner and Reeves tell us?

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    <p>Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said there will be no ‘two-tier’ system (Jordan Pettitt/PA)</p>
    Mark Day

    Rather than ending two-tier justice, Labour risks enshrining it in law

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    <p>Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping</p>
    chris blackhurst

    Trump won’t admit it – but he blinked first in his China trade war

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    <p>Bergen-Belsen camp in 1945</p>
    karen pollock

    The horrors witnessed by British troops at Bergen-Belsen 80 years ago

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    <p>Squeaky blinders: rats during the Birmingham bin strike</p>
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    Rats! Why Angela Rayner must sort out Birmingham’s striking binmen

    The deputy prime minister boasts of her background as a trade union negotiator – as rubbish piles up in the Labour-run city, she must put it to the test, writes John Rentoul

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    <p>‘Miliband may linger in Starmer’s cabinet as a green talisman, helping to keep Labour idealists from defecting to the Greens, or he may resign on a point of principle, helping Labour to appeal to Reform-minded voters’</p>
    John Rentoul

    The big loser from the collapse of British Steel is Ed Miliband

    <p>‘In a week in which we have Trump’s crackers AI video, I would argue that a dog sound bath is the only sane response’</p>
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    As the world went Trump mad, I took my pet for a doggy sound bath

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    <p>Sir Alan Bates, who has led the campaign for wrongly convicted postmasters</p>
    Voices

    The government’s failure to compensate postmasters is shameful

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    The government’s failure to compensate postmasters is shameful

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    <p>Sir Alan Bates, who has led the campaign for wrongly convicted postmasters</p>
    <p>‘Keir Starmer risks losing the green vote’</p>
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    Why the government’s drive for economic growth risks a green backlash

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    <p>As Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio suggests the US will abandon peace efforts ‘within days’, Vladimir Putin stands to become the principal beneficiary once more</p>
    The Independent View

    The abject failure of Donald Trump’s peace initiative is plain to see

    <p>The Scottish Parliament overwhelmingly backed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill before it was struck down by the then Westminster government (Jane Barlow/PA)</p>
    Voices

    The consequences of the Supreme Court ruling that nobody’s thought of

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    <p>The staff at this HIV/AIDS clinic in Jinja, Uganda, are working for free after losing their US funding</p>
    The Independent View

    Aids devastation highlights America’s deterioration under Trump

    <p>The staff at this HIV/AIDS clinic in Jinja, Uganda, are working for free after losing their US funding</p>
    The Independent View

    Aids devastation highlights America’s deterioration under Trump

    <p>‘Sainsbury’s is my family’s preferred grocer. But if Roberts doesn’t live up to his promises by keeping prices competitive, and if he is tempted to ease up when it comes to the battle with his rivals, then I’m afraid we’ll switch to Tesco’</p>
    Voices

    Sainsbury’s has joined the supermarket price war – but can it win?

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    <p>Josh Burt with his wife, Hannah, and their two children </p>
    Fitness and wellbeing

    What it’s like to live with cancer – when it’s your wife’s diagnosis

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    Trump expected to make UK state visit and visit King Charles in September

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    Starmer’s impossible choice between a Trump trade deal and a Brexit reset

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    ‘I can’t protect my unborn baby from HIV’: The stark reality of Trump’s aid cuts

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    US threatens to walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks ‘within days’

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    <p>Rubbish bags are taken away on Poplar Road in Birmingham (Jacob King/PA Wire)</p>
    UK Politics

    ‘Give councils more money’ Readers weigh in on Birmingham bin strikes

    <p>‘In the pursuit of economic prosperity, the UK should not lose sight of the humanitarian principles that define our society’</p>
    Voices

    Britain must not trade away its values for a deal with Trump

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    <p>‘There is another measure which is long overdue and now needs to be considered: a new youth mobility scheme with the EU, which would boost growth not only in London but across Britain and Europe’</p>
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    Sadiq Khan: This will get us closer to Europe – and a post-Trump bump

    <p>‘The Supreme Court’s judgement just adds to the weight of state abuse of trans women’</p>
    Voices

    Trans women like me are outlawed – what are you so scared of?

    The Independent View

    The US needs to understand truth and trade are not interchangeable

    <p>‘The decision to shut out from the hearing the people most closely affected by it made the decision weaker’</p>
    Voices

    We let the Supreme Court decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong

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    <p>‘The Supreme Court’s judgement just adds to the weight of state abuse of trans women’</p>
    Voices

    Trans women like me are outlawed – what are you so scared of?

    The Independent View

    The US needs to understand truth and trade are not interchangeable

    <p>‘The decision to shut out from the hearing the people most closely affected by it made the decision weaker’</p>
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    We let the Supreme Court decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong

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    <p>Supposed ‘free speech’ absolutist Elon Musk</p>
    Voices

    The difference between ‘hate speech’ and ‘freedom of speech’

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    The difference between ‘hate speech’ and ‘freedom of speech’

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    Zoe Kalar
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    <p>Supposed ‘free speech’ absolutist Elon Musk</p>
    <p>‘The truth is that Trump and Vance have played their hand so badly that they now need a UK trade deal as much as we do’</p>
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    How can Starmer seal the deal with Trump?

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    <p>An unreliable and capricious US president cannot define the UK national interest and wield a veto over how Starmer performs his tricky balancing act</p>
    Voices

    Starmer’s ‘liberation day’ from Trump lies in a new EU customs deal 

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    <p>According to JD Vance, a UK-US trade deal could be on the horizon</p>
    The Independent View

    If Starmer pulls off a trade deal with the US, he’ll seal his legacy

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    <p>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 18 months – according to local health authorities – amid the total destruction of Gaza</p>
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    Why Hamas rejected Israel’s offer of a ceasefire in Gaza

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    <p>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 18 months – according to local health authorities – amid the total destruction of Gaza</p>
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    Why Hamas rejected Israel’s offer of a ceasefire in Gaza

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    <p>Job vacancies are vanishing as a result of Rachel Reeves’s tax on employment</p>
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    The latest jobs figures are out – and it’s bad news for the chancellor

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    <p>Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, has signalled a UK-US trade deal could be on the cards</p>
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    Vance dangling a UK trade deal looks good on paper – but at what cost?

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    <p>Demonstrators from the group, Jewish Voice for Peace protest inside Trump Tower in support of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil</p>
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    Trump’s $2bn Harvard University row reveals his free speech hypocrisy

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    <p>This week, Rosamund chooses her favourite wines to drink at Easter</p>
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    Why not try these cracking wines this Easter?

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    <p>It has all the elements of any thriller: the blast furnaces that have been in non-stop operation have only days – if not hours – of life left in them before they are extinguished forever</p>
    The Independent View

    Britain will not tolerate destructive behaviour masked as investment

    <p>Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea in 'The White Lotus'</p>
    Voices

    What SNL’s Aimee Lou Wood gag tells us about the state of US satire

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    <p>Public sector bodies have been called upon to consider the economic and social impact on the UK before purchasing steel from abroad</p>
    Voices

    British steel industry is on life support – but can taxpayers save it?

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    <p>The first of The Independent’s completed safe houses funded by the Brick by Brick campaign, which was launched in September 2024 </p>
    The Independent View

    Time to build a better future – Brick by Brick

    <p>Birmingham residents have been warned to take care of their personal rubbish and watch out for bin raiders</p>
    Home News

    Have your say: Who’s to blame for Birmingham’s bin crisis?

    <p>A billboard in Sierra Leone advertising HIV testing</p>
    The Independent View

    Britain’s aid cuts harm the world – and the UK itself

    <p>‘This week’s executive order may act as a double espresso for the coal industry’s short-term future, but I can’t see that energy high lasting much longer’</p>
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    Coal is not clean, it’s not beautiful, and we don’t need it for AI

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    Coal is not clean, it’s not beautiful, and we don’t need it for AI

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    Chris Wright
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    <p>‘This week’s executive order may act as a double espresso for the coal industry’s short-term future, but I can’t see that energy high lasting much longer’</p>
    <p>‘Don’t go broke trying to look rich. It’s something my brother shared with me a couple of years ago when we were talking about the pressure to keep up with the people around you. And really, it’s a motto for life’</p>
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    How is social media influencing your spending habits?

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    <p>The cost of renewing a British passport has jumped to £94.50 – a 25 per cent increase in two years </p>
    Voices

    I’m not the only British tourist with a passport horror story

    <p>Cargo ships in the Singapore Strait – some distance from their nearest dock</p>
    Errors & Omissions

    Mea Culpa: Un-separating and substituting

    <p>Keir Starmer meets British Steel workers in Appleby Village Hall near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Saturday</p>
    The Independent View

    British Steel and the pragmatic case for public ownership

    <p>Keir Starmer meets British Steel workers in Appleby Village Hall near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Saturday</p>
    The Independent View

    British Steel and the pragmatic case for public ownership

    <p>French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to recognise the state of Palestine – so why does Keir Starmer not do the same?</p>
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    When Macron recognises Palestine, will Starmer follow suit?

    <p>‘In recent years, white defendants have spent consistently less time in custody, on average, than all other ethnic groups combined for indictable offences’</p>
    Voices

    The disproportionality in our prison sentencing is a national scandal

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    <p>‘You’d think weddings would be a great place for single people like me to meet people’</p>
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    This simple wedding hack would be a godsend for single guests like me

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    <p>In Maga we trust: Donald Trump</p>
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    Magaland’s faith is being tested – maybe St Donald is human after all

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    <p>‘In Bangkok, Min Aung Hlaing may have posed in a suit and tie, instead of his usual army uniform bedecked with unearned medals, but he merits a convict’s attire’</p>
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    Myanmar’s dictator posed in a suit. It should have been prison uniform

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    <p>‘At first glance, it looks like a bold act by Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister and one of the government’s most powerful figures’</p>
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    Is the government’s Cabinet Office ‘reform’ a cover for cuts?

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    <p>US president Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on 9 April 2025 in Washington, DC</p>
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    Insider trading accusations against Trump should be no laughing matter

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    <p>The ‘coalition of the willing’ are meeting today at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels</p>
    Voices

    It’ll take more than a ‘reassurance force’ to fill the US-sized hole

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    <p>A migrant waves while crossing the English Channel on a small boat</p>
    Voices

    Can we afford not to introduce digital IDs?

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    <p>‘An electrical contractor opened a six-foot roadside gate without my knowing and the dogs ran out’</p>
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    When my dogs escaped, I learned the true meaning of neighbourly love

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    <p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has welcomed February’s 0.5 per cent growth in GDP (James Manning/PA)</p>
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    Strong GDP growth is unexpected good news – but there’s a ‘but’…

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    Strong GDP growth is unexpected good news – but there’s a ‘but’…

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    <p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has welcomed February’s 0.5 per cent growth in GDP (James Manning/PA)</p>
    <p>‘Prospero and Ariel’ by Eric Gill on the front of the BBC’s Broadcasting House</p>
    Voices

    Artworks by disgraced artists need context, not protective screens

    <p>From right to left: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife Priscilla Chan attend the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC</p>
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    Analysis: Big Tech’s bet on Donald Trump has blown up in their face

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    <p>Donald Trump and Laura Loomer pose at a golf event in August 2023: ‘In no rational world would any US president go within a million miles of someone like Loomer, far less invite her to the White House and listen to her advice’</p>
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    Terrifyingly, conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has Donald Trump’s ear

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    The Independent View

    Donald Trump’s climbdown will be a turning point in his presidency

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    The Independent View

    Donald Trump’s climbdown will be a turning point in his presidency

    <p>‘After Tariffgate, Trump will never escape the brutal truth that he has been exposed as unfit to run America’s economy’</p>
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    Tariffgate: How Trump’s trade war blew up in his face

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    <p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper has promised a named police officer for every community</p>
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    Two cheers for Yvette Cooper’s bid to put more bobbies on the beat

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    <p>‘Tesco CEO Ken Murphy warned that the current year’s “adjusted” operating profit figure could be as much as £400m lower’</p>
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    Every little helps! About time Tesco joined the supermarket price war

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    <p>‘When Trump makes a clown of himself, he takes everyone else down with him’</p>
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    The tariff disaster has turned Trump into a Pantomime Villain-in-Chief

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    <p>A couple look at homes advertised in an estate agent’s window</p>
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    Has the ‘Trump slump’ done British homebuyers a favour?

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    The Independent View

    Trump is losing his ‘war with the world’ after barely a week

    <p>What the new Universal theme park in Bedford is expected to look like</p>
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    Universal’s UK theme park is a rollercoaster of a challenge for Labour

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    <p>King Charles in Rome with Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni</p>
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    How the King is seducing Labour

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    <p>‘There is also a sense that the days of the nearly 86-year-old Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, are numbered, and change could be in the offing’</p>
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    Could the US be about to seal a deal with Iran?

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    <p>In the Oval Office, Donald Trump appears to jab a finger at his ‘First Buddy’, Elon Musk</p>
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    Maga is in meltdown – but the adolescent bad-mouthing has to stop

    <p>‘If China wins the game of economic poker with the US, Trump is more likely to have to make concessions to the rest’</p>
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    Blundering Trump has given China’s cruel regime a PR coup

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    Blundering Trump has given China’s cruel regime a PR coup

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    Simon Walters
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    <p>‘If China wins the game of economic poker with the US, Trump is more likely to have to make concessions to the rest’</p>
    <p>‘The government's dire fiscal position means it can't unleash a big bazooka used in previous crises, such as nationalising banks in the 2008 financial crisis ‘</p>
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    Starmer’s Trump problem won’t ease by rolling out old announcements 

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    <p>‘Labour’s tax increases and the fall in the value of the pound are reportedly among the biggest reasons when deciding to ship out and take your cash with you’</p>
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    Labour must do more to stop the ‘millionaire drain’

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    <p>Donald Trump at the White House after announcing sweeping new tariffs</p>
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    Since Trump came to power, cowardice has become contagious

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    <p>Xi Jinping responded to Donald Trump’s threat to impose 104 per cent tariffs on China by promising a ‘fight to the end’</p>
    The Independent View

    Barely anyone will be left unaffected by Trump’s tariffs misadventure

    <p>Xi Jinping responded to Donald Trump’s threat to impose 104 per cent tariffs on China by promising a ‘fight to the end’</p>
    The Independent View

    Barely anyone will be left unaffected by Trump’s tariffs misadventure

    <p>The UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 (Matthew Cooper/PA)</p>
    Electric Vehicles

    Madman’s dream or breath of fresh air? Readers split on petrol car ban

    <p>A senior analyst monitors a screen displaying the FTSE 100 index at IG Group in London on Monday</p>
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    Whisper it, but UK plc is nearly ready for Trump’s new world order

    <p>Donald Trump labelled his supporters who are worried about the effect of his tariff war as ‘Panicans’</p>
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    Don’t ‘Panican’! Republicans are finally waking up to Donald Trump

    <p>Charles and Camilla posing for a portrait next to the Neronian spur of the Aqua Claudia at Villa Wolkonsky in Rome</p>
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    The reason why Britain is keen to hold Italy close

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    <p>A registration form at a GP practice (Anthony Devlin/PA)</p>
    Health

    ‘I no longer recognise it’: Readers share their NHS experiences

    <p>Billionaire Bill Ackman, who backed Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, warned that tariffs would end in an “economic nuclear winter”</p>
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    How Trump’s ‘PANICAN’ jibe at his tariff critics could backfire

    <p>Finnish conscripts are seen resting during a military training at the Karelia Brigade Pahkajärvi firing range in Vekaranjärvi, north of Kääpälä, Finland on May 19, 2022. - Military service is still compulsory for all male citizens in Finland. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)*citizen armies*</p>
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    Your views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

    <p>A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower Monday</p>
    The Independent View

    The US president must stop his ‘Trump Slump’ becoming a global one

    <p>Billionaire Bill Ackman, who backed Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, warned that tariffs would end in an “economic nuclear winter”</p>
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    How Trump’s ‘PANICAN’ jibe at his tariff critics could backfire

    <p>Finnish conscripts are seen resting during a military training at the Karelia Brigade Pahkajärvi firing range in Vekaranjärvi, north of Kääpälä, Finland on May 19, 2022. - Military service is still compulsory for all male citizens in Finland. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)*citizen armies*</p>
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    Your views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

    <p>A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower Monday</p>
    The Independent View

    The US president must stop his ‘Trump Slump’ becoming a global one

    <p>Wes Streeting announced that health workers will be sent door to door in a radical NHS scheme to tackle Britain’s sickness crisis</p>
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    Sending health workers door to door won’t fix the NHS’s real problem

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    <p>Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking during a visit to Jaguar Land Rover in Birmingham (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)</p>
    Voices

    Was Black Monday the day a new global recession started?

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    <p>Pumped and primed (PA)</p>
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    All pumped up, Keir Starmer is right to relax the petrol car ban

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    <p>Donald Trump is at war with law firms that represented his ‘political enemies’</p>
    Voices

    US law firms are caving into Trump’s bullying – guess who’ll pay?

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    <p>Keir Starmer will announce more measures to boost growth</p>
    The Independent View

    Starmer’s economic reset must include a debate about income tax

    <p>Donald Trump and Xi Jinping</p>
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    Trump has made China appear a beacon of free trade

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    <p>The leader of the opposition claimed that Net Zero would be ‘impossible’ to achieve by 2050</p>
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    How forging ahead with Net Zero could make Britain money

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    <p>This week, Rosamund Hall explains what commonly used ‘wine words’ really mean</p>
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    Wine words: Are they useful or just a load of old nonsense?

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