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<p>Fuel supply to the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last month was cut off just seconds after the flight took off, a preliminary report by Indian aviation accident investigators has found</p>
LiveIndia

Air India crash updates: Pilot denies cutting fuel as preliminary report finds fuel switches were cut off before plane went down

London Gatwick-bound flight came down in Ahmedabad last month killing total of 260 people

<p>File. Indian activists hold placards during a protest denouncing violence and crimes against women</p>
India

A tennis player was shot dead by her father as she cooked breakfast. Police reveal shocking reason behind murder

<p>A man opens social media app 'TikTok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan</p>
South Asia

Pakistani man kills teen daughter for refusing to delete TikTok

<p>Taeil</p>
News

K-pop singer Taeil sentenced to over 3 years in prison for rape

<p>Taiwan Military Exercise</p>
East Asia

Taiwan shows off first US Abrams tanks at largest war games

<p>Representational</p>
East Asia

Michelin-starred restaurant investigated for serving dish with ants

<p>Israeli troops deploy by the border fence with Gaza on 10 July 2025</p>
Australasia

Palestinian grandmother detained after Australia cancels her visa

South Asia

Gunmen kill nine people after stopping buses on Pakistan highway

<p>A pharmacist prepares an underwear for periods next to other items free of charge, at a pharmacy in Barcelona</p>
India

Principal arrested after girls stripped for ‘period check’ in India

<p>In this photo provided by Japan's ministry of defence, a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber is seen close to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft (partly seen at left) of the Japan air self-defence force over the East China Sea</p>
China

Japan says Chinese fighter jets came within 30m of its spy aircraft

<p>Darcy Deefholts found marooned on a remote island</p>
Australasia

Missing teen ‘miraculously’ found alive on remote Australian island

<p>Moo Deng, a one-year-old female pygmy hippo who become a viral internet sensation last year, celebrates her first birthday as she eats fruits and vegetables cake</p>
Southeast Asia

Moo Deng, Thailand’s internet-famous baby pygmy hippo, turns 1

Editor’s picks

<p>File: Crews prepare a Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet for take-off from the deck of British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales in an undisclosed location following its deployment to the Indo-Pacific region</p>
India

Britain’s stranded F-35 fighter jet is a test of its trust in India

<p>Juliana Marins</p>
Southeast Asia

Brazilian tourist’s dream trek ends in tragedy on Indonesian volcano

<p>London-based Lawrence Daniel Christian had returned to Ahmedabad for his father’s funeral</p>
India

He flew home to bury his father. The Air India crash took his life

South Asia

<p>Sheikh Hasina</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh tribunal indicts Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity

South Asia

Bangladesh tribunal indicts Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity

<p>Sheikh Hasina</p>
<p>Niqab-clad women walk along a street on the outskirts of Kabul</p>
South Asia

Arrest warrants issued for Taliban over persecution of women and girls

<p>People watch the damage caused by flooding in the Bhotekoshi river in Nepal</p>
South Asia

Floods sweep away 18 people and bridge linking Nepal to China

<p>A lion was confiscated during a raid by the Wildlife department, against the owners of the pet lions, in Lahore, Pakistan 4 July 2025</p>
South Asia

Pakistan cracks down on ‘pet’ lions after woman mauled in Lahore

<p>Lion cubs rest beside their mother at a safari zoo in Lahore on 28 January 2025</p>
South Asia

Lion attacks woman and children after escaping cage in Pakistan

<p>Lion cubs rest beside their mother at a safari zoo in Lahore on 28 January 2025</p>
South Asia

Lion attacks woman and children after escaping cage in Pakistan

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South Asia

At least 27 bodies recovered from collapsed Pakistan building

<p>Afghanistan's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) shaking hands with Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov during their meeting at the foreign ministry in Kabul</p>
South Asia

Putin recognises Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Will China follow?

East Asia

<p>Children cool themselves off in a public fountain in Seoul, South Korea</p>
News

South Korea mandates breaks for outdoor workers in deadly heat

SURCOREA LEY MARCIAL
East Asia

Disgraced ex-South Korean leader sent to detention again

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a military training base</p>
East Asia

Defector ‘tortured’ in North Korean detention to sue Kim Jong Un

<p>The flags of South Korea (L) and Samsung (R) flutter outside the company's Seocho building in Seoul on 8 July 2025</p>
East Asia

Samsung heirs sell Seoul villa to pay record inheritance tax bill

<p>Protester wearing a Donald Trump mask attends a news conference against the US tariffs policy in Seoul on 22 April 2025</p>
East Asia

Trump insists Seoul pay more for US troops as tariff deadline looms

<p>South Korea Koreas Tensions</p>
East Asia

South Korea sends back North Koreans who drifted across sea border

<p>A woman tries to avoid a swarm of lovebugs on the summit of Mount Gyeyang in Incheon, South Korea</p>
East Asia

What is causing South Korea’s ‘lovebug’ crisis?

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspects the military exercises at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2025</p>
East Asia

North Korean man arrested in South Korea after crossing border

Southeast Asia

<p>Myanmar Fighting</p>
Southeast Asia

At least 23 killed in airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

Southeast Asia

At least 23 killed in airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

<p>Myanmar Fighting</p>
<p>Avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow)</p>
Southeast Asia

Child hospitalised abroad as bird flu cases climb

<p>Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with African leaders at the White House on 9 July 2025</p>
US politics

Trump’s nominee for Singapore envoy criticised for lack of knowledge

<p>Moo Deng, a one-year-old female pygmy hippo who become a viral internet sensation last year, celebrates her first birthday as she eats fruits and vegetables cake</p>
Southeast Asia

Moo Deng, Thailand’s internet-famous pygmy hippo, turns one

<p>Pygmy hippo in a Thailand zoo has caught everyone’s fancy on the internet </p>
Southeast Asia

Moo Deng: Why is the internet obsessed with a viral baby hippo?

<p>Pygmy hippo in a Thailand zoo has caught everyone’s fancy on the internet </p>
Southeast Asia

Moo Deng: Why is the internet obsessed with a viral baby hippo?

<p>Humaira Asghar Ali</p>
Southeast Asia

Pakistani actor Humaira Asghar Ali found dead in Karachi flat

<p>Representational: </p>
Southeast Asia

Woman in Malaysia accidentally hauls in 10ft-crocodile in fishing net

Australia and New Zealand

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Australasia

How German backpacker survived 11 days lost in the Australian outback

Australasia

How German backpacker survived 11 days lost in the Australian outback

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<p>Darcy Deefholts found marooned on a remote island</p>
Australasia

Missing teen surfer ‘miraculously’ found alive on Australian island

<p>Carolina Wilga has been missing for nearly a fortnight</p>
Australasia

Police find abandoned van in search for missing German backpacker

<p>Erin Patterson</p>
Australasia

Doctor who treated Erin Patterson’s victims reveals alarming details

<p>A woman poses by a mural of Erin Patterson</p>
Australasia

Chef upset her recipe became ‘entangled’ in mushroom murders case

<p>A woman poses by a mural of Erin Patterson</p>
Australasia

Chef upset her recipe became ‘entangled’ in mushroom murders case

<p>Samples of a beef wellington meal laced with toxic mushrooms prepared by Erin Patterson</p>
Australasia

Photos of deadly beef wellington cooked by Erin Patterson released

<p>Drone image shows corals at Lizard Island after 2024 bleaching</p>
News

Almost all coral at Lizard Island died after 2024 bleaching event

Americas

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News

Boys airlifted to safety after getting stuck on cliff whilst hiking

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News

Animals impacted by deadly Texas floods get private flight to safety

President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens during a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials at Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage
News

Watch: Trump calls reporter ‘evil’ for asking Texas flood question

<p>Paul Njoroge, his wife, Carolyne, and three small children, Ryan, age 6, Kellie, 4, and infant Rubi, along with Njoroge’s mother-in-law, Anne Wangui Karanja</p>
Americas

Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash

<p>Dr. Walter Foxcroft died on Wednesday after his hyperbaric chamber caught on fire</p>
Americas

Arizona physical therapist burned alive inside hyperbaric chamber

<p>Gergen served alongside four presidents -- three Republicans and one Democrat</p>
US politics

David Gergen, adviser to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, dies at 83

<p>Paul Njoroge, his wife, Carolyne, and three small children, Ryan, age 6, Kellie, 4, and infant Rubi, along with Njoroge’s mother-in-law, Anne Wangui Karanja</p>
Americas

Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash

<p>Dr. Walter Foxcroft died on Wednesday after his hyperbaric chamber caught on fire</p>
Americas

Arizona physical therapist burned alive inside hyperbaric chamber

<p>Gergen served alongside four presidents -- three Republicans and one Democrat</p>
US politics

David Gergen, adviser to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, dies at 83

<p>President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott meet with local emergency services personnel as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River on July 11 in Kerrville, Texas</p>
LiveAmericas

Texas floods: Trump meets rescuers and families of flooding victims

<p>Obama attended a New Jersey fundraiser on Friday night</p>
US politics

Obama is back on the fundraising circuit helping Democrats rebound

<p>President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump"></a>met with Texas <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/texas"></a>officials on Friday in Kerrville as he toured the damage from last week's devastating flash flooding</p>
US politics

Texas man charged over threatening Trump ahead of visit to flood zone

<p>Issues with Pennsylvania’s 911 system affected residents across the state</p>
Americas

Emergency 911 systems go down in Pennsylvania

<p>SWAT team leader Aaron Zaliponi is convinced that his single shot is what slowed the shooting that day and potentially saved more lives. He fired the ninth shot that delayed Thomas Matthew Crooks’s attack before he was killed by a Secret Service sniper, Zaliponi said.</p>
US politics

SWAT officer reveals moment he fired on Trump would-be assassin

<p>Ryan Routh, the man charged over attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump last September, told a federal judge Thursday he wants to represent himself</p>
Americas

Man accused of Trump assassination attempt wants to represent himself

<p>Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott meet with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas on Friday</p>
US politics

Democrats call for review of deadly Texas flooding

<p>Federal agents descended on crowds of protesters demonstrating against immigration raids at two cannabis farms in southern California on Thursday. Several were hospitalized during the raid, and one worker has died.</p>
US politics

Cannabis farm ICE raid sparks chaos in California with one worker dead

UK and Europe

<p>Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (PA)</p>
UK Politics

How Rayner became the most influential figure in government – for now

UK Politics

How Rayner became the most influential figure in government – for now

<p>Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (PA)</p>
<p>Doctors on a picket line last year </p>
UK Politics

Just one in three back doctor strikes, poll shows

<p>The leader of Unite has launched fresh attacks on Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner </p>
UK Politics

Unite boss accuses Rayner of ‘totally and utterly abhorrent’ behaviour

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Crime

Boys aged 16 and 14 charged with rape and false imprisonment

<p>A girl drinks water to cool down at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome</p>
News

Why are women affected more by heatwaves? A doctor explains

<p>A girl drinks water to cool down at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome</p>
News

Why are women affected more by heatwaves? A doctor explains

<p>Kemi Badenoch will accused Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage of turning a blind eye to the impact of the rising welfare bill (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Kemi Badenoch privately opposing energy project in her constituency

<p>John Chukwunonso Iwuh, 54, of South Norwood, Croydon, used his job as a nurse to gain the trust of the victim</p>
Crime

Rapist nurse saved thousands of women’s details from dating apps

<p>Donald Trump is expected to send weapons to Kyiv</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war live: Trump to send weapons to Kyiv after Russia kills two

<p>Hitler during a visit to Munich</p>
Europe

100 years of Mein Kampf: Why Hitler believed England to be a true ally

Trump
Europe

The Latest: Trump lands in Texas to survey flood damage

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News

Putin has played Trump ‘like a violin’, ex MI6 boss says

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Europe

Elon Musk’s X investigated in France for alleged data tampering

<p>A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative, a victim of the Srebrenica genocide</p>
Europe

30 years after Srebrenica, ‘never again’ is as empty as it is old

<p>Ukrainian media outlets identified him as Colonel Ivan Voronych, a senior official in the SBU</p>
Europe

Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv

<p>A drone view of tombstones, ahead of a mass funeral marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide</p>
Europe

‘No escape from despair’: How The Independent reported on Srebrenica

Voices

<p>Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined (PA)</p>
Voices

Why is Fujitsu getting government contracts after the Horizon scandal?

Voices

Why is Fujitsu getting government contracts after the Horizon scandal?

<p>Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined (PA)</p>
<p>Five-year-old Benedict Blythe died from food-induced anaphylaxis while at primary school (Family handout/PA)</p>
Voices

I’m scared my child could die when she starts school in September

<p>The Wolseley is known far beyond London</p>
Business

Opening doors: iconic London restaurant aims to be global hotel brand

<p>Starmer believes the battle for the next general election must start now – and be between a progressive Labour Party and the right-wing populists of Reform</p>
Voices

How Keir Starmer has changed his strategy to combat Reform UK

The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s growth mission is struggling to get off the ground

The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s growth mission is struggling to get off the ground

<p>‘Hereditary peers in the House of Lords have somehow defied various attempts at reform’</p>
Voices

Hereditary peers are yet another sign of how broken Britain is

<p>‘There before me was a matt green Aston Martin’</p>
Voices

Amid the Shropshire countryside, I came across unexpected beauty

Sport

Football

Why Crystal Palace have been demoted to Conference League

Football

Why Crystal Palace have been demoted to Conference League

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Football

Why England vs Wales will reveal how far the Lionesses can go

<p>Kosovare Asllani of Sweden celebrates scoring her team's second goal</p>
Football

Women’s Euro 2025 TV schedule: How to watch every match today

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LiveFootball

Transfer news: Chelsea eye shock Donnarumma move, Gyokeres on strike

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Football

When is England v Wales? Euro 2025 kick-off time and TV channel

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Football

When is England v Wales? Euro 2025 kick-off time and TV channel

LiveFootball

Women’s Euro 2025 live: England reveal Wales promise ahead of ‘derby’

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Football

England’s Beever-Jones: It’s hard to block ‘outside noise’ at Euros

<p>Duhan van der Merwe got a hattrick in the 48-0 win</p>
LiveRugby Union

Lions sbeat AUNZ Invitational XV in final fixture before first Test

<p>Iga Swiatek is through to her first Wimbledon final</p>
LiveTennis

Swiatek and Anisimova clash in Wimbledon women’s singles final

Keely Hodgkinson has pulled out of next weekend’s London Diamond League meet (Peter Byrne/PA)
Sport

Keely Hodgkinson withdraws from London Diamond League meet with hamstring issue

<p>British and Irish Lions' Luke Cowan-Dickie is treated by medical staff after going down with a head injury</p>
Rugby Union

Lions suffer injury scare with Cowan-Dickie doubtful for first Test

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Tennis

How Swiatek explained away her doping case and escaped a serious ban

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LiveCycling

Sprinters set to battle in Laval - Tour de France stage eight live

<p>Tour de France 2025 – stage 8 map</p>
Cycling

Tour de France stage eight preview: Route today with sprint in Laval

<p>Keely Hodgkinson says Faith Kipyegon has ‘an aura’ (John Walton/PA)</p>
Athletics

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson withdraws from London Diamond League

Lifestyle

<p>Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) affects about 3 per cent of women worldwide</p>
Health & Families

What is PMDD? The serious condition linked to women with ADHD

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Lifestyle

Fiona Phillips’ husband ‘angry’ about lack of support for his wife

<p>Switching to a more active lifestyle at any point in adulthood extends life, researchers say</p>
Health & Families

‘Small changes’ could lower risk of early death by up to 40 per cent

<p>The Leapmotor T03 is on sale in the UK through car giant Stellantis</p>
Motoring

Leapmotor T03: Flop, skip and a jump

<p>Barbecue season should be a golden time for health – but too often, it’s a salty, ultra-processed affair</p>
Features

What is healthier a sausage or burger? The gut doctor’s BBQ guide

<p>‘It was a big communal event. It felt like Woodstock to me’</p>
Lifestyle

Live Aid at 40: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

<p>The Leapmotor T03 is on sale in the UK through car giant Stellantis</p>
Motoring

Leapmotor T03: Flop, skip and a jump

<p>Barbecue season should be a golden time for health – but too often, it’s a salty, ultra-processed affair</p>
Features

What is healthier a sausage or burger? The gut doctor’s BBQ guide

<p>‘It was a big communal event. It felt like Woodstock to me’</p>
Lifestyle

Live Aid at 40: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

Climate

<p>Hundreds of millions of people across Africa still don't have access to stable electricity</p>
Climate

Trump ended Obama’s project to power Africa – but the dream isn’t dead

Climate

Trump ended Obama’s project to power Africa – but the dream isn’t dead

<p>Hundreds of millions of people across Africa still don't have access to stable electricity</p>
<p>Satellite images captured the before and after devastating flash flooding in Texas</p>
Americas

Texas flood before-and-after pictures show devastation in Kerr County

<p>Flood waters rose rapidly on Friday, sweeping through portions of Central Texas and taking the lives of more than 100 people </p>
Americas

Here is where the flash flooding has hit Texas

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Home News

First hosepipe ban of 2025 takes effect in Yorkshire

Heatwave deaths are likely to increase significantly over the next 50 years (Victoria Jones/PA)
News

Heat deaths could rise up to 50-fold by 2070s due to climate change – study

Heatwave deaths are likely to increase significantly over the next 50 years (Victoria Jones/PA)
News

Heat deaths could rise up to 50-fold by 2070s due to climate change – study

<p>Shopping has become a mindless activity – but a growing movement of thinkers, innovators, and educators are hitting pause</p>
Fashion & Beauty

From fast fashion to ‘conscious style’: how to tackle overconsumption

<p>Indian elephants in the Jim Corbett National Park at Ramnagar in India’s Uttarakhand state</p>
India

Asia’s oldest elephant, lovingly called ‘grandma’, dies at 100

Culture

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News

Peter Jackson gives career update after not making a film for 11 years

<p>Drake headlines the first of three nights at Wireless festival</p>
Reviews

Nostalgia and Lauryn Hill only take Drake so far at Wireless Festival

<p>Gregg Wallace has been sacked as MasterChef presenter following an inquiry into his alleged misconduct by production company Banijay, BBC News has reported (PA)</p>
News

Gregg Wallace warned about his behaviour by BBC boss six years ago

<p>Noel Gallagher during Oasis's reunion concert at Manchester's Heaton Park</p>
News

Noel Gallagher questions fans booing song dedication at homecoming gig

<p>Pep Guardiola belts out Oasis hit as Man City boss enjoys Heaton Park concert.</p>
Sport

Guardiola belts out Oasis hit as he enjoys Heaton Park concert

<p>Neil Young rounded off an evening of stellar performances</p>
Reviews

BST Hyde Park was an afternoon so fun, even Van Morrison laughed

<p>Jeff Lynne performing with ELO</p>
News

Update issued on final Jeff Lynne’s ELO gig after illness

<p>Michael Shannon in ’Man of Steel’</p>
News

Michael Shannon was ‘very reluctant’ to reprise Superman role

Premium

<p>‘Saver’ options can cost you more further down the line if you have to cancel </p>
Travel

I’m too ill to travel – why won’t the hotel refund me?

Travel

I’m too ill to travel – why won’t the hotel refund me?

<p>‘Saver’ options can cost you more further down the line if you have to cancel </p>
<p>Many Labour supporters believe that preferential voting is more democratic</p>
Politics Explained

Why is Angela Rayner abolishing ‘first past the post’ for mayors?

<p>Supporters of Lucy Letby stage a protest outside parliament calling for the release of the former nurse</p>
Crime

Has this case just blown Letby’s bid for freedom out of the water?

<p>Gregg Wallace has been sacked as ‘MasterChef’ presenter following an inquiry into his alleged misconduct by production company Banijay, BBC News has reported</p>
Voices

There’s a reason for Gregg Wallace’s behaviour – and it’s not ‘autism’

<p>Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as the couple in the film adaptation of ‘The Salt Path’</p>
Features

The Salt Path scandal has blown up and another memoir storm is brewing

<p>Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as the couple in the film adaptation of ‘The Salt Path’</p>
Features

The Salt Path scandal has blown up and another memoir storm is brewing

<p>‘Sun-nutritionalists’ say that sunbathing without protection is ‘ancestral’, and that ‘toxic’ suncreams are harmful to us</p>
Fitness and wellbeing

Influencers are saying not to wear sunscreen – here’s what experts say

<p>AI chatbots like ChatGPT have been blamed for causing people to spiral into mental health crises</p>
Tech

ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death

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