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Police raid three properties as details emerge of terror suspect's movements
Driver, 29, circled London for hours overnight before mowing down cyclists and pedestrians outside parliament
The state boasts a number of unique — many of them progressive — candidates
Pharmaceutical companies have been pushing back against state plans to use their products in executions, saying the use could damage their brands
Exclusive: London mayor urges Home Office to better protect victims as concerns mount that perpetrators are using hostile environment policies to abuse their partners
This is not about asking the same question over and over again, it’s about offering a chance to approve how the country will be governed after 2019
Prioritise support in six months after traumatic brain injury and in patients with repeated head knocks, study warns
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Saudi citizens living and studying in Canada face logistical nightmare after order to ‘end all ties and apply for a return ticket to the kingdom within one month’
Three firms face criminal investigation after shipments were incorrectly labelled as plastic recycling, raising concerns about exports of British waste abroad
'Bleak image that is not what care should look like in the 21st century,' says Royal College of Nursing
Kit Malthouse’s pathetic projected levels of new supply are essentially a prescription for the sector to wither
Widely-criticised policy will be reversed, ministers confirm in new housing plan
The Emirati military says it is winning the battle against al-Qaeda in Yemen but some question their methods
A gunman has shot at least two people at a Walmart store in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, according to police.
Such items are banned but remain available for sale online
Model is of Pakistani descent but was raised in America
Ministers accused of failing to protect young victims of slavery after number of asylum refusals to people trafficked as children doubles in three years
Ethereum saw the biggest drop in value, as analysts warn of a mass sell-off
No one is asking Corbyn to change his mind, but more to tell us what his views actually are – and what they might mean for a Corbyn government’s foreign policy. That’s why it matters
Are the Khachaturyan sisters cold-blooded murderers, or victims of an abusive father? Oliver Carroll reports
‘Adequate punishment must be meted out so this becomes a lesson,’ says judge
The results come as the Trump administration has warned Russia is working to underline US election security ahead of the 2018 midterm elections
'Please keep ground-level doors and windows closed,' police tweet afterwards. 'This is also good advice for bears and burglars'
Pilot dies in wreckage, while spouse walks away unharmed
Exclusive: Jewish Labour Movement accuses Jeremy Corbyn's team of 'deliberately misleading approach' and 'further inflaming tensions' as they pull out of talks with party's antisemitism committee
Two-time world champion will leave the sport at the end of the year, 17 years after making his debut
The defence has rested in the trial of former Donald Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, with Judge TS Ellis calling closing arguments for Wednesday morning.
The DIY chain was bought by Australia's Wesfarmers in 2016 but has since been sold for £1 to restructuring specialist Hilco
'There is an acknowledgement that we need to make the case for an alternative'
Instead of cracking down on the fraud, authorities in China have decided to legitimise it
Cohen duped him into placing a sex toy in his mouth
But, before then, expect showers, clouds, thunder and hail – especially in the north
Cuts to social care, a lack of social housing, and a broken safety net for teenage care leavers; Tory austerity has presided over a huge increase in homelessness. When they’re the architects of the problem in the first place, how on earth can they be trusted to fix it?
A poll this week found 60 per cent agreed with the statement, ‘Right now, I no longer care how or when we leave the European Union, I just want it all over and done with’
Of the almost 1,800 road deaths a year, we could expect one or two to be caused by someone riding a bicycle. You are more likely to be killed by Christmas decorations than by somebody on a bike. So why is the government prioritising a law change that focuses on the actions of cyclists, and not motorists?
In an exclusive opinion poll for The Independent, 60 per cent of people say that allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party have been handled badly
Radical, inclusive politics should be much more than a critique of those at the top; it needs to be an ongoing debate over who ‘we’ are and how ‘we’ can be empowered
We have learned that the will of good people to create relationships between communities living side by side can overcome and break the dangerous cycle of fear and hate
At some convenient point towards the late summer, the Islamophobia inquiry will quietly come to an end with a statement about Boris's writings being ill-advised and distasteful, but that he won’t be kicked out of the party. At this point, he’ll be free to challenge for a position in No 10
My own family were exiled from Iran because my father made a joke in a newspaper column, but in very different circumstances. And there are times when a burqa joke is genuinely funny – but not in the case of Boris’s
Conventional miniature plum varieties are considered unadventurous and dreary, whereas anything black, dark red or purple is highly fashionable, the veg equivalent of the designer trainer or Gucci bag
Security forces massacred more than 900 on one bloody summer day in Cairo in 2013, but the failure to bring any of the perpetrators to justice speaks volumes about the country's human rights crisis
In the fifth in our series on the lives of ordinary women behind extraordinary stories, this month's Forgotten Women examines how terrifyingly deep the international crisis of violence against indigenous women runs
Egypt and the UN have been left scrambling to broker a lasting truce between Israel and Hamas after months of simmering violence
The president has hit out against sections of the media a number of times in recent weeks
For the price of a cup of coffee, a driver can fill the tank of a small SUV nearly 9,000 times
The defence has rested in the trial of former Donald Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, with Judge TS Ellis calling closing arguments for Wednesday morning.
Alleged assailants in hideout open fire and set off explosions in town of Salt
A large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa, Italy. Both sides of the highway fell. Around 10 vehicles are involved in the collapse, rescue sources said. The viaduct gave way amid torrential rain. It runs over shopping centres, factories, some homes, the Genoa-Milan railway line and the Polcevera river
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Turkish President Erdogan addresses the 10th annual Ambassadors' Conference in Ankara. Global markets have reacted fearfully to Turkey's financial crash, which Turkish President Erdogan blames on a "political, underhand plot" by Donald Trump's USA. Last week the US doubled steel and aluminium tariffs against Turkey amidst diplomatic tensions over the latter's detaining of an American pastor
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NASA, The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 12, 2018 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first-ever mission into a part of the Suns atmosphere called the corona. The probe will directly explore solar processes that are key to understanding and forecasting space weather events that can impact life on Earth.
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An activist confronts Virginia State Troopers in riot gear during a rally on the campus of The University of Virginia one-year after the violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens injured in Charlottesville, Virginia
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A man holds his son before Friday prayers at an evacuation centre in Sambik Bangkol village, in northern Lombok on West Nusa Tenggara province
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A rescuers stands next to a damaged tent in a flooded camping as storms and heavy rains sweep across France on August 9, 2018 in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, southern France. - The bad weather caused large power cuts and a man who was working in a summer camp went missing according to the gendarmerie
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A Palestinian girl smiles as she waits to receive aids at a United Nations food distribution centre in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza
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An Israeli soldier rides an armoured vehicle during an army drill after the visit of Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel
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Usable items are salvaged from a home destroyed in an earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia. The powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, killing a number of people and shaking neighboring Bali, as authorities on Monday said thousands of houses were damaged and the death toll could climb
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Accident investigators and rescue personnel work at the wreckage of a Junkers JU52 aircraft in Flims, after it crashed into Piz Segnas, a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) peak in eastern Switzerland. Twenty people were confirmed dead after the vintage World War II aircraft crashed into a Swiss mountainside, police reports said. The Junker JU52 HB-HOT aircraft, built in Germany in 1939 and now a collectors item, belongs to JU-Air, a company with links to the Swiss air force, the ATS news agency reported
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Members of different security forces stand guard and take evidence after an explosion targeted President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan Information Minister, Jorge Rodriguez, confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro was the victim of an attack with 'drone-type flying devices that contained an explosive charge', and that he escaped unharmed from the incident, which occurred during a military ceremony in Caracas
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People in Mbare celebrate after officials announced the re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in Harare, Zimbabwe. The election was the first since Robert Mugabe was ousted in a military coup last year, and featured a close race between Mnangagwa and opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC Alliance). Deadly clashes broke out earlier in the week following the release of parliamentary election results, amid allegations of fraud by Chamisa and MDC supporters
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A supporter of the ruling ZANU-PF walks past a burnt vehicle at the party's offices a day after the clashes between security forces and opposition protesters in Harare, Zimbabwe
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A ceremony takes place in a hangar, to mark the return of 55 sets of remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The ceremony was held five days after a US airplane transported the remains to South Korea from North Korea in a move expected to facilitate ongoing efforts to promote peace on the peninsula
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Veronika Nikulshina, one of four members of Russia's Pussy Riot protest group who were jailed for 15 days for staging a pitch invasion during the football World Cup final and were detained again after their release on July 30, is escorted by a police officer before a court hearing in Moscow
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A relative of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 reads the safety report that has concluded that the planes controls were deliberately manipulated and that illegal interference by a third party cannot be ruled out. Flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on 8 March 2014
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Palestinian activist and campaigner Ahed Tamimi kisses the tombstone of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at his mausoleum in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after she was released from prison following an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers
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Zimbabwe's incumbent President and candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives for his closing presidential campaign rally in Harare, two days ahead of the elections
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A house burns during the Carr fire in Redding, California. One firefighter has died and at least two others have been injured as wind-whipped flames tore through the region
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Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party, celebrate in Karachi, a day after a general election. Imran Khan claimed victory in the country's tense general election marred by allegations of "blatant" rigging by rival parties. A visibly tired Khan cut a conciliatory tone in a wide-ranging address to the nation following the controversial contest
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A man who was injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack outside a polling station, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Quetta. At least 25 people were killed and 30 injured in the incident. Polling stations in Pakistan opened for the general election for around 105 million constituents. Voters will have to choose from 11,000 candidates to elect 272 members of the Parliament for the next term. These elections are the second in Pakistan's history in which a government was able to complete its term to make way for another government after being ruled by military dictators for half of the 71 years of its existence since its founding in 1947
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A woman reacts as she tries to find her dog, following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece. At least 60 people are thought to have been killed
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A house is threatened by a huge blaze during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens. More than 300 firefighters, five aircraft and two helicopters were mobilised to tackle the "extremely difficult" situation due to strong gusts of wind, Athens fire chief Achille Tzouvaras said
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Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows a smoke plume rising across the border in Quneitra in southwestern Syria, as rebels destroy their arms stocks prior to their departure
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A Syrian child looks through the window of a bus as displaced people from the Quneitra province wait at the Morek crossing point to be transfered in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, northwestern Syria. The transfers come under a surrender deal agreed this week between Russia and Syrian rebels in Quneitra province that will see the sensitive zone fall back under state control. Rebels will hand over territory they control in Quneitra and the neighbouring buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan, a war monitor and a rebel
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Men push a car past a flooded street in Ahmadabad, India. Hundreds of people have been rescued from flood affected areas in the past week as incessant rains continue to lash Gujarat state
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Arab lawmakers stand up in protest during a Knesset session in Jerusalem. Israel's parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people but which critics warn sidelines minorities
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The 12 boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave arrive for a news conference in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand
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President Barack Obama delivers the 16th Nelson Mandela annual lecture, marking the centenary of the anti-apartheid leader's birth, in Johannesburg, South Africa
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French supporters celebrate on the Champs Elysees their team's victory after the World Cup 2018 final between France and Croatia
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Hugo Lloris lifts the trophy after France beat Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final in the Luzhniki Stadium in Russia
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Germany's Angelique Kerber beat seven-time champion US player Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final. Kerber won her first Wimbledon title
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Firefighters using fire helicopters fighting wildfires in Sordal in Setesdalen in the southern part of Norway. The fires are thought to be caused by lightning in the very dry landscape
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The Syrian national flag rises in the midst of damaged buildings in Daraa-al-Balad an opposition-held part of the southern city of Daraa. Syria's army entered rebel-held parts of Daraa city, state media said, raising the national flag in the cradle of the uprising that sparked the country's seven-year war, following a deal for rebels to hand over their heavy weapons in Daraa al-Balad and other opposition-held parts of the city
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US President Donald Trump and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a bilateral breakfast ahead of the NATO Summit in Brussels
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The last four Thai Navy SEALs come out safely after completing the rescue mission inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Thailand's navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in far northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks
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Indonesia worker and firefighters try to extinguish a fire on fishing boats at Benoa harbour in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. A massive fire laid waste to dozens of boats at a Bali port as firefighters battled to bring the dramatic blaze under control
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Russia's football team are greeted celebrated by fans during a visit at the Moscow's fan zone after they were knocked out of the World Cup in their quarter final match against Croatia on penalties
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Residents look over the flooded town by heavy rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan. Heavy rainfall killed 47 people, missing more than 49 people and five others in serious condition in southwestern and western Japan, public television reported on 07 July 2018. Japan Meteorological Agency has warned record rainfall on 06 July for flooding, mudslides in southwestern and western Japan. In nine prefectures in western and southwestern Japan, authorities issued evacuation orders to more than one million of people in southwestern and western Japan
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An honour guard hold up a picture of Samarn Kunan, 38, a former member of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit who died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, at an airport in Rayong province, Thailand
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The International Space Station, center, passes in front of the Moon in its Earth orbit as photographed from Salgotarjan, Hungary
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Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak appeared in court to face graft charges linked to the the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal
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Rescue workers come out from the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to a local media's report, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand
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Firefighters scramble to control flames surrounding a fire truck as the Pawnee fire jumps across highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, California
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Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters as he arrives at a polling station during the presidential election in Mexico City
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un inspects Unit 1524 of the Korean People's Army (KPA)
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Mount Agung's crater glows red from the lava as it spews volcanic smoke on Bali Island. The Indonesian tourist island closed its international airport, stranding thousands of travelers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-meter (8,200-feet) column of ash and smoke
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The remains of market stalls smoulder after a fire swept through a marketplace in Nairobi, Kenya. Several people have died in the fire and about 70 are receiving hospital treatment, with rescue teams left searching through the scene
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Smoke rises in the rebel-held town of Nawa in southern Syria during airstrikes by Syrian regime forces. Syria's army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa state media said, after a week of deadly bombardment on the nearby countryside caused mass displacement. Government forces have set their sights on retaking the south of the country, a strategic area that borders Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
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French President Emmanuel Macron greets Pope Francis at the end of a private audience at the Vatican
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Investigations into cause of blaze are ongoing, say authorities
Global warming poses an urgent threat to the river delta city of 14 million. A reporter returns home and learns: the city’s natural defences are being lost
'I would ask our ruling politicians to switch places with us, work the way we do and see what that is like'
Witnesses describe chilling ordeal as police put area on lockdown
People seen running, screaming and crouching on ground in response to tremor
The tortured suspect is currently at Guantanamo Bay awaiting a military trial
Pyongyang accuses senior American officials of 'going against the intention' of Donald Trump in 'foolish act that amounts to waiting to see a boiled egg hatch out'
Medics said at least seven were wounded in the latest bombing, but a late night truce agreement appears to be holding
Activists estimate that more than 3,000 women in the country have died through illegal abortions since 1983
The singer has represented ‘rebellion, reinvention and change’ throughout her career
Witnesses say the slab of raw meat was ‘literally dripping’ with blood
The annual train fare rise is predicted to be 3.5 to 3.8 per cent
Twenty-four striking sheds are in the running - and you have a fortnight to choose your winner.
AEK Athens 2-1 Celtic (3-2 on aggregate): The Scottish champions now drop down to the Europa League, where they will play Latvian side Spartaks Jurmala or Lithuanian side Suduva
All-rounder could play a part in Saturday’s third Test at Trent Bridge after he was cleared of affray
The director has chosen to film in Angoulême, in southwestern France, for four months
Based on the real-life story of the working-class Italian-American bouncer who became the chauffeur to Dr Don Shirley, a renowned classical pianist
The new batch of episodes is slow to hit its stride, but will have you rapt once it does
Every Wednesday, Alex Johnson delves into a unique collection of titles
It seems that the tech giant is giving up its values in order to make money in China
Downloading the app is just the beginning of the confusion
There will still be strict restrictions on how Hitler imagery can be used
The changes are subtle, but they are significant