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<p>A health worker in Uganda treats a patient with HIV</p>
UK Politics

Leading experts back The Independent’s call to protect HIV funding

LiveNews

Driving Home for Christmas singer-songwriter Chris Rea dies aged 74

<p>Wiltshire Police said the offences took place between 2010 and 2023</p>
Crime

Husband and five men charged with sexual offences against his ex-wife

Livewar in ukraine

Kremlin dismisses peace plan after ‘constructive’ talks

<p>Manilow says the cancer was found early by ‘pure luck’</p>
News

Copacabana singer Barry Manilow diagnosed with lung cancer

<p>Three boats were impacted by the sinkhole, said Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, which declared a major incident following the incident on Monday morning</p>
Home News

More than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal as ‘major incident’ declared

<p>An photograph of Trump in the Epstein files was deleted and later re-uploaded after the release of the documents related to the case</p>
LiveUS politics

Next round of Epstein files set to be released as missing Trump photo reappears

Liam Gallagher and his partner Debbie Gwyther arriving for the funeral service of former Stone Roses and Primal Scream bass player Gary Mounfield (Danny Lawson/PA)
News

Liam Gallagher and David Beckham attend Stone Roses bassist Mani’s funeral

<p>Peter Abbott, pictured during a previous incident</p>
Crime

Man who hurled abuse at female motorist now jailed after new tirade

<p>As a Further Education teacher you can harness skills learned throughout your career to launch a new one </p>
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It’s about experience: Further Education teachers share what it takes

<p>Danish military forces participate in an exercise with troops from several European NATO members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland, September 2025</p>
US politics

Greenland outraged after Trump appoints envoy to make country ‘part of the US’

<p>Constatine: ‘I think being kind, being sympathetic, being compassionate is something we’re all capable of and all want to do in certain areas’</p>
Home News

Lush boss says customers who oppose his views on Gaza shouldn’t shop at his stores

<p>‘Anaconda’, ‘Amandaland’, ‘The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off’ and ‘The Night Manager’ lead our Christmas TV and film picks</p>
Features

What to watch over Christmas and new year, from Amandaland to Anaconda

<p>Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’</p>
inside filmculture

Timothée Supreme: How Chalamet finally escaped boy-next-door purgatory

<p>Retailers are offering Christmas delivery during the week</p>
Home News

Final delivery dates drop from top UK retailers for last-minute Christmas gifts

<p>The massive fatberg was discovered in Whitechapel’s sewers</p>
Home News

Christmas warning after 100-tonne fatberg discovered in London sewers

Home News

‘Hidden crisis’ of 40,000 women going missing each year over violence

<p>More than 40,000 women and girls go missing every year because of violence in a ‘hidden crisis’ that must be tackled now, a leading charity has warned</p>
<p>The flight from Malaga to Gatwick departed 11 hours and 15 minutes late </p>
travel

Passengers say grandmother who died on easyJet flight ‘looked dead’ while boarding

<p>Bruce Willis’ family revealed his frontotemporal dementia in 2023</p>
Lifestyle

Bruce Willis’ wife says Christmas is ‘tangled in a web of grief’

<p>Two burglars have been found guilty of using Grindr to trick their victims</p>
Crime

Two burglars jailed after using Grindr to trick victims

<p>David Walliams has been accused of inappropriate behaviour</p>
News

David Walliams dropped from children’s book festival after allegations

<p>Trade bodies say one pub will have closed its doors every single day in 2025</p>
Home News

Rising prices, closing early and no Christmas parties: ‘perfect storm’ leaves pubs on the brink

<p>Reeves arrived as chancellor promising higher economic growth</p>
UK Politics

Reeves hit by fresh blow as economic growth slows again

<p>David Walliams has been accused of inappropriate behaviour</p>
News

David Walliams dropped from children’s book festival after allegations

<p>Trade bodies say one pub will have closed its doors every single day in 2025</p>
Home News

Rising prices, closing early and no Christmas parties: ‘perfect storm’ leaves pubs on the brink

<p>Reeves arrived as chancellor promising higher economic growth</p>
UK Politics

Reeves hit by fresh blow as economic growth slows again

<p>A last minute planner roast chicken dinner. Phew. </p>
Recipes

Left Christmas dinner to the last minute? This simple one-trolley menu has you covered

<p>Have yourself a merry little Friendsmas</p>
Lifestyle

Why single, child-free women like me should reclaim Christmas

<p>An Air India aircraft flies low as it prepares to land in Mumbai</p>
India

Boeing airplane ‘lost’ for 13 years turns up in airport parking bay

<p>Many across all parties see foxhunting as cruel, and as a moral issue</p>
Politics Explained

Why is Labour imposing a ban on trail hunting?

Features

<p>Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has overseen Gemini's rise to be the leading AI on the market</p>
Tech

How Google overtook ChatGPT – and why the AI race may already be over

Tech

How Google overtook ChatGPT – and why the AI race may already be over

<p>Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has overseen Gemini's rise to be the leading AI on the market</p>
<p>Gonzo as Charles Dickens in ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’</p>
Features

The five best film versions of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

<p>Top of the pops: (L-R clockwise from bottom left) Brandi Carlile, Perfume Genius, Turnstile, JADE and PinkPantheress</p>
The Saturday interview

‘Lily Allen was brutally honest’: 2025’s top artists share their cultural highlights

<p>‘It’s mortifying’: Many people in their thirties are still receiving stockings from their parents in the UK </p>
Lifestyle

Have Christmas stockings become embarrassing now?

<p>The trailer for Melania’s new documentary, which comes out in January, has just dropped </p>
Lifestyle

In Melania the Movie the most telling details are the ones off screen

<p>The trailer for Melania’s new documentary, which comes out in January, has just dropped </p>
Lifestyle

In Melania the Movie the most telling details are the ones off screen

<p>Sunset at Baird Bay in South Australia</p>
travel

Australia’s hidden gem with exciting wildlife experiences and exquisite seafood

<p>Mary Novakovich at Grote Markt, the largest Christmas market in Antwerp</p>
travel

This glittering European city has the only Christmas market you need to visit in 2025

Premium

<p> At Sanlorenzo, clients don’t buy a yacht; they build it </p>
Luxury Travel

All aboard! Wellness is the new yacht-life for the next generation

Luxury Travel

All aboard! Wellness is the new yacht-life for the next generation

<p> At Sanlorenzo, clients don’t buy a yacht; they build it </p>
<p>After 18-years of marriage Jane moved to Marrakech for a new beginnning </p>
Lifestyle

The brutal truth about my first post-divorce Christmas

<p>Librarian Molly Quinn was shocked her therapist used AI without her consent</p>
Health & Families

‘My therapist used AI without my consent’

<p>Keir Starmer spoke with Donald Trump over the phone on Thursday night, Downing Street said</p>
chris blackhurst

Starmer is trying hard to big up the economy – but 2025 has been a dud

<p>Gordon Ramsay’s butter under the bird trick stops a dry turkey</p>
Recipes

Cracking Christmas recipes – from Gordon Ramsay’s turkey to Jamie Oliver’s porchetta

<p>Gordon Ramsay’s butter under the bird trick stops a dry turkey</p>
Recipes

Cracking Christmas recipes – from Gordon Ramsay’s turkey to Jamie Oliver’s porchetta

<p>Gavin Barwell, who has said it is ‘insane’ for Tory MPs to indicate that they would do a deal with Reform in a hung parliament</p>
Voices

The anti-Farage Tories who want Labour to win

<p>Browned off: Brendan O’Carroll on the new ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ special </p>
state of the arts

This year’s paltry Christmas Day lineup is not what British TV needs

Bulletin

<p>Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen </p>
News

Bulletin world briefing on Monday 22 December

News

Bulletin world briefing on Monday 22 December

<p>Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen </p>
<p>Patson Daka landed on his neck while celebrating a goal at the Africa Cup of Nations</p>
Sport

Ex-Premier League star lands on his neck while celebrating Afcon goal

<p>Weiss doubled down on her decision to spike the CECOT story during Monday's editorial call.</p>
News

Bulletin PM briefing on Monday 22 December

<p>GOP Rep. Massie and Dem. Rep. Khanna say they are drafting contempt charges against Bondi for not releasing full Epstein files </p>
News

Bipartisan push to find Bondi in contempt over Epstein file release

<p>Louisiana Governer Jeff Landry</p>
News

Trump’s envoy appointment for Greenland reignites diplomatic feud

<p>Louisiana Governer Jeff Landry</p>
News

Trump’s envoy appointment for Greenland reignites diplomatic feud

<p>CBS Mornings airs report on Bari Weiss spiking a 60 Minutes story on CECOT</p>
News

‘Revolt’ at CBS News after Bari Weiss pulls story critical of Trump

<p>Barry Manilow has been diagnosed with lung cancer</p>
Culture

Barry Manilow says he has been diagnosed with lung cancer

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Education for all: How your skills could make you a great teacher

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Louisiana: a guide to the musical state that never sleeps

<p>Becoming a Further Education teacher allows you to share your knowledge with the next generation of workers </p>
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Usher in your cosiest Christmas yet with gifts from The Oodie

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Voices

<p>Kat Brown and her dog Sybil, adopted from Serbia’s Forgotten Paws at Christmas in 2020</p>
Voices

I know a dog is for life, but both my pets arrived at Christmas

Voices

I know a dog is for life, but both my pets arrived at Christmas

<p>Kat Brown and her dog Sybil, adopted from Serbia’s Forgotten Paws at Christmas in 2020</p>
<p>‘Algorithms may feed us hundreds of happy faces a day, but who are we actually engaging with, in a real and breathing sense?’</p>
Voices

So what if we didn’t see each other before Christmas?

<p>Crowds will be out on Friday to watch the Boxing Day meets</p>
Home News

‘Enough is enough’: Readers welcome move to ban trail hunting

<p>Vladmir Putin during his address to Russia on Friday</p>
The Independent View

Ukraine is showing fighting spirit, and its allies must respond

<p>Strike action is giving health secretary Wes Streeting a difficult end to his year</p>
The Independent View

There is still work to do to fix the NHS

<p>Strike action is giving health secretary Wes Streeting a difficult end to his year</p>
The Independent View

There is still work to do to fix the NHS

<p>This woman, a 42-year-old mother of four, was raped in the Bulengo displacement camp, where she had fled war in eastern Congo</p>
Voices

In the Congo, sexual violence is not incidental but a weapon of war

<p>‘Each statistic is a real life set back, harmed, potential unfulfilled’</p>
Voices

Can Labour really end homelessness?

Most commented

Lush boss says people who disagree with his Gaza stance ‘shouldn’t come into shop’

180 comments

New equalities boss warns against ‘demonisation’ of migrants in UK

209 comments

Ukraine war latest: Russia dismisses new peace plan after US calls talks constructive

287 comments

Streeting says taxes too high as he calls for closer trade with EU to help economy

414 comments

Sport

LiveFootball

Africa Cup of Nations updates as South Africa begin tournament against Angola

<p>Rhys Bennett has issued a powerful message after his father’s suicide (Nigel French/PA)</p>
Football

Man Utd youth star issues powerful message after his father’s suicide

<p>Liverpool v Bournemouth at Anfield in August was paused after Antoine Semenyo suffered alleged racial abuse (Peter Byrne/PA)</p>
Football

Man accused of racially abusing Premier League star pleads not guilty

<p>Newcastle and their star midfielder, Bruno Guimaraes, saw a 2-0 lead slip away</p>
Football

Newcastle wilt again as Chelsea comeback exposes key flaw

Football

How to replace Fernandes? This is why Man United are in a mess of their own making

<p>The PDC World Darts Championship stage at Alexandra Palace</p>
sport

Hidden mics, hi-tech cameras and ‘the spotter’: Beaming the World Darts Championship onto TV

Darts

Littler eases into third round after Price suffers shock exit

<p>Getting rid of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum isn’t the answer says Andrew Strauss</p>
Cricket

Sacking Stokes and McCullum won’t solve England problems, says Strauss

Travel

<p>Cook’s Club Adakoy boasts private beaches and a nature reserve</p>
Turkey

The best hotels in Marmaris, according to a local expert

Turkey

The best hotels in Marmaris, according to a local expert

<p>Cook’s Club Adakoy boasts private beaches and a nature reserve</p>
<p>Chug along the line, <em>Polar Express</em>-style, this winter </p>
Inspiration

The best UK real-life ‘Polar Express’ trains

<p>The FCDO advises against all travel to South Sudan </p>
News & Advice

All the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

<p>For an adults-only escape, there is plenty of choice in Cape Verde</p>
Africa

Best adults-only hotels in Cape Verde for 2026, reviewed by an expert

<p>This country stay will get you in the festive spirit without breaking the bank</p>
Devon

These affordable Devon lodges are perfect for a cosy family getaway

<p>This country stay will get you in the festive spirit without breaking the bank</p>
Devon

These affordable Devon lodges are perfect for a cosy family getaway

<p>London lights up with seasonal events from November to January </p>
London

The 15 best things to do in London this Christmas

<p>Water slides offer hours of entertainment for kids at Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria</p>
Africa

Best family-friendly hotels in Cape Verde, reviewed by an expert

Independent TV

News

Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow

News

Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow

<p>Chris Rea (Michael Stephens/PA)</p>
Culture

Chris Rea reflects on writing ‘Driving Home for Christmas’

<p>Depressed frustrated woman wrapping Christmas gift boxes, winter holiday stress concept</p>
Lifestyle

Why does festive burnout hit women harder?

Culture

Robbie Williams makes 94-year-old super fan Norma’s dream come true

News

Nicki Minaj calls JD Vance ‘assassin’ in front of Erika Kirk

News

Nicki Minaj calls JD Vance ‘assassin’ in front of Erika Kirk

Lifestyle

Want to return a Christmas gift? Martin Lewis explains your rights

<p>Karen Carney and Carlos Gu with their trophy after winning the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing (Guy Levy/BBC)</p>
Culture

Former Strictly pro dancer gives verdict on Karen Carney win

IndyBest

<p>There’s something for even the fussiest of eaters in our roundup of offers</p>
Deals

Here’s where kids can eat for free over the Christmas holidays 2025

Deals

Here’s where kids can eat for free over the Christmas holidays 2025

<p>There’s something for even the fussiest of eaters in our roundup of offers</p>
<p>We’ve previously seen more than £85 sliced off the price of the appliance</p>
Boxing Day Sales

Best Ninja dual air fryer Boxing Day 2025 deals to expect

<p>I tested the cookware for versatility, practicality and ease of cleaning</p>
Kitchen Accessories

I got my hands on M&S x Tom Kerridge cookware –these are the standouts

<p>These models help tackle mould and damp in your home </p>
Household Appliances

How much it actually costs to run a dehumidifier, according to experts

<p>I’ve spent weeks putting the skincare duo to the test</p>
Skincare

An honest review of CeraVe’s new affordable anti-ageing products

<p>I’ve spent weeks putting the skincare duo to the test</p>
Skincare

An honest review of CeraVe’s new affordable anti-ageing products

<p>The discounts will soon land in-store and online </p>
Boxing Day Sales

Is there an M&S boxing day sale 2025? All we know, from dates to deals

<p>The deep-filled supermarket mince pies were a cut above the rest </p>
Christmas

We blind tasted every supermarket mince pie – there was a clear winner

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<p>Here’s where you can save on your last-minute Christmas shopping</p>
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Last-minute Christmas gifts that will deliver before the 25th

Where to save on last-minute Christmas gifts and last delivery dates

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Last-minute Christmas gifts that will deliver before the 25th

Where to save on last-minute Christmas gifts and last delivery dates

<p>Here’s where you can save on your last-minute Christmas shopping</p>
<p>Soak up big savings with the latest Tui voucher codes</p>
Deals

This Tui discount code saves you up to £300 on holidays

Deals

Shark discount codes for December 2025 – save 10%

<p>Discover the best sparkling wine deals on champagne this Christmas</p>
Deals

Best champagne deals for Christmas 2025

<p>Save hundreds on winter sun with these last-minute January holiday deals</p>
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Save up to £900 with these last-minute January 2026 holiday deals

<p>Save hundreds on winter sun with these last-minute January holiday deals</p>
Deals

Save up to £900 with these last-minute January 2026 holiday deals

<p>Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and Kate Middleton are all fans of the brand</p>
Deals

Up to 50% off luxury bags and jewellery at Aspinal of London

<p>Here’s where you can buy the cheapest Christmas dinner for eight people this year</p>
Food

The cheapest supermarket to buy Christmas dinner from is £2 a head

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gaming

How does Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo really run on Nintendo Switch 2?

How does Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo really run on Nintendo Switch 2?

lifestyle

The most controversial fashion trend of the 2010s is making its comeback

politics

'Mar-a-Lago Face' is a problematic talking point - no matter which side of politics you're on

politics

Trump’s White House ballroom price keeps going up: 'This is Trumpflation'

gaming

Unrecord: Viral photorealistic bodycam shooter gets investment and gamers are stoked

gaming

Unrecord: Viral photorealistic bodycam shooter gets investment and gamers are stoked

lifestyle

TikTok is coming up with solutions on how to beat the 'winter uglies’ and we're invested

gaming

The Elder Scrolls 6 gets update from studio boss but gamers are frustrated

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