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Highlights

First person

‘Baby Reindeer was more than weird story – it was about my life too’

Comedian Richard Gadd’s true-story series about Donny, who is stalked by an obsessive woman and has to come to terms with being the victim of a rape by a man years earlier, is number one on Netflix. For the playwright Tanaka Mhishi it was all too familiar…

<p>The series forces us to question how well-equipped we are to deal with such a harrowing event </p>

<p>A woman in Tehran walks past a mural depicting missiles being launched </p>

The Longer Read

For the West, it’s a nuclear nightmare, but the Israel-Iran conflict is helping their leaders cling to power

<p>With her fruit preserves and floaty dresses, the Duchess appears to be living her best Tradwive life </p>

In focus

The real polo housewives of Orange County: Inside Meghan’s ‘domestic era’

<p>‘Once you’re running, what’s most important isn’t intensity, it’s consistency’ </p>

Health and Wellbeing

How to train for a marathon – no matter how unhealthy you are

Voices

<p>Gideon Falter was told he looked ‘openly Jewish’ by a Metropolitan Police officer</p>

When did being ‘openly Jewish’ become a provocation?

<p>Oceans of ink have already been spilt in pursuit of whatever Rayner did or didn’t pay, in terms of capital gains tax or otherwise, on a modest property in Stockport</p>

Alan Rusbridger

No wonder the Tories (and 12 detectives) are out to get Angela Rayner

<p>Rishi Sunak pointed out that the total bill for this part of the welfare budget is now more than we spend on schools</p>

John Rentoul

Rishi Sunak is right to face up to the rise of long-term sickness

The Longer Read

<p>Flower power: a mural in the city commemorates the 1974 revolution </p>

Inside Story

The Carnation Revolution turned Portugal into the country it is today

Fifty years after Portugal’s fascist dictatorship was overthrown, the symbols of hope which inspired a revolt can still be seen around the city. Phil Davison talks to some of the key players who lived through the event, including the humble cleaner whose flowers helped usher in an era of democracy

<p>Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington, on 6 Jan 2021, that some blame for fuelling the attack on the US Capitol</p>

In Focus

America’s next civil war has already started – this is how it will end

<p>The Garden of Earthly Delights by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, completed in 1500 </p>

In Focus

Philosopher who warned Musk about an AI catastrophe has a new message

Politics Explained

<p>Millions of voters will come across the new rules for the first time next week </p>

Politics Explained

How will new voting rules affect the local elections?

<p>Met commissioner Mark Rowley has been criticised for his force’s handling of the recent pro-Palestine march</p>

Politics Explained

Will the boss of the Met be forced out over ‘openly Jewish’ row?

<p>The PM giving his speech on welfare reform in central London on Friday </p>

Politics Explained

Is Rishi Sunak playing politics or do benefits need to be reformed?

<p>Oliver Dowden gives a speech on Thursday at Chatham House about economic security</p>

Politics Explained

How concerned should Britain be about the security threat from China?

Most Commented

Child among five migrants dead in English Channel hours after Rwanda bill passed

364 comments

Britain to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, Rishi Sunak announces

206 comments

UN ‘horror’ at mass grave at hospitals in Gaza - live

201 comments

Rishi Sunak urged to think again on Rwanda plan after five die in Channel

136 comments

Editorials

<p>The Rwanda scheme is expensive and it will not work. It will do nothing to prevent the next tragedy</p>

The Independent View

Let this tragedy in the Channel be the death knell of the Rwanda bill

<p>Rishi Sunak during an Illegal Migration Operations Committee meeting at Downing Street </p>

The Independent View

This flawed Rwanda plan brings shame and no gain to the government

<p>The NHS is a cornerstone of our society, and it is up to those in power to ensure that everyone gets the services they need without suffering</p>

The Independent View

The government must go to great lengths to fix the NHS

Culture

<p>A still from John Akomfrah’s ‘Listening All Night to the Rain’, 2024</p>

John Akomfrah’s British Pavilion at Venice Biennale is an epic display

<p>Edwards and Thompson in ‘The Ballad of Hattie and James’</p>

The Ballad of Hattie and James spins a story from a St Pancras piano

<p>Don’t call it a comeback: Mel Gibson in ‘The Beaver’, Johnny Depp in ‘Jeanne du Barry’ and Lindsay Lohan in ‘The Canyons’ </p>

Johnny Depp and the rich history of the shambolic comeback film

Travel

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

<p>The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli</p>

Beyond the Trevi Fountain: an the ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>In my view, most of the elections to be held on 2 May are a write-off for the Tories</p>

Could we be heading for a winter general election?

<p>‘Alright, Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my musical gong’ </p>

Mea Culpa: ring the musical gong, someone

<p>Like Rishi Sunak, Cameron has been guilty of overclaiming </p>

Smooth Cameron returned to bolster Britain abroad – it hasn’t worked

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Rishi Sunak’s closest allies appear to be divided over a summer contest</p>

Will Sunak risk a snap summer election if flights take off for Rwanda?

<p>Does the prime minister’s sudden renewal of energy give us hints about a poll date?</p>

Politics Explained

What does the PM’s burst of activity tell us about his election plans?

<p>Rishi Sunak offered his MPs a free vote in an attempt to dilute the impact of the Tory rebellion, but his ploy didn’t work</p>

Congrats on the smoking ban, Rishi, but it won’t do you any favours

Chris Blackhurst

<p>A Czech billionaire wants to buy the Royal Mail</p>

Business Comment

Czechs armed with cheques take aim at some of Britain’s top firms

<p>That sinking feeling: the City spoke of Britain paying a ‘moron premium’ for the craziness caused by Liz Truss, </p>

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

<p>Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says a crackdown on tax avoidance could raise £5bn a year by the end of the next parliament </p>

Good luck closing tax loopholes – the rich will always find a way

News analysis

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

<p>Israel has been encouraging clan militia groups to take over the security vacuum created in areas from which Hamas has been driven out</p>

Chaos and indiscipline are undermining Israel’s war, say insiders

<p>People gather around the ruins of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen that was hit by an Israeli strike</p>

Israel’s war is at a tipping point – and risks spinning out of control

Sport

<p>Taylor Swift has been supporting partner Travis Kelce throughout the playoffs </p>

As the NFL grows, could the Super Bowl soon touch down in London?

<p>The number of parents opting their children out of rugby is growing</p>

Is playing rugby really a form of child abuse?

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>Iranians protest in Tehran after Israel’s ‘limited’ attack on a strategically important military air base in Isfahan</p>

Iran and Israel won’t stop fighting, but WW3 has been averted… for now

<p>The attack was unprecedented not just in its scale, but in being, for the most part, launched directly from Iran</p>

The three urgent questions that arise from Iran’s assault on Israel

<p>An Iranian woman holds a poster of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an election campaign</p>

The world is watching Iran – so what will be its next move?

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is