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<p>Palestinian Hamas militants hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross </p>
LiveMiddle East

Israeli forces receive first three hostages from Hamas as Palestinians return home

The Gaza ceasefire plan has begun
US President-elect Donald Trump has hinted he may give TikTok more time to work out a deal (George Walker IV/AP)
LiveTech

Trump declares he will sign an executive order Monday to keep TikTok open

<p>A person tries to hose down embers from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, earlier this month. Hurricane-force winds helped the deadly wildfires spread across the region, alongside impacts from climate change </p>
Climate

Strong wind is the thread tying climate-fueled disasters together

Hurricane-force winds have major destructive power that can turn bad situations worse

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump stand together during a fireworks display ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., January 18, 2025
LiveTRUMP INAUGURATION

Trump and Melania joined by Ivanka and other family to watch fireworks after return to DC

<p>Broadway star Zelig Williams has been missing for three months and his family are desperate to know what happened </p>
Crime

A Broadway dancer vanished from his home over three months ago. His family believes foul play is involved

<p>Emily Hickox couldn’t believe what she had won after swapping gifts with her dad </p>
NEWS

Woman wins $500k lottery ticket she got in a family gift exchange

<p>Frank Meeink has been helping addicts in recovery who have been impacted by the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area </p>
NEWS

Former neo-Nazi who inspired Hollywood hit is helping addicts impacted by LA wildfires

<p>Dave Chappelle poked fun at president-elect Donald Trump during his appearance on Saturday Night Live </p>
SNL

Dave Chappelle teases Trump over being ‘petty’ before wishing him ‘good luck’

<p>Steve Bannon speaking to Jonathan Karl on ABC News show This Week</p>
TRUMP INAUGURATION

Bannon mocks Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos as Trump ‘supplicants’ making an ‘official surrender’

LiveMiddle East

Gaza truce in limbo as Netanyahu demands list of hostages to be freed

<p>People hold hostages' portraits on stage during a rally in support to the hostages held in the Gaza Strip </p>
<p>Fans of Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks haven’t always aligned with his politics — but they’re supporting his Trump stance </p>
politics

A Tesla Cybertruck joyride with Elon Musk’s biggest fans

How can a group of climate-conscious, liberal-leaning Tesla superfans in Silicon Valley support the Trump-Musk alliance? Josh Marcus took a cruise in a Cybertruck to find out

<p>Maggie Trakas, pictured with her father, is at war over a vintage photo booth</p>
NEWS

Artist ‘dumped urine’ on hipsters at viral photo booth outside home

<p>Anthony Newton, 45, appears in court in 2017</p>
Crime

Man killed wife’s lover for getting her pregnant while he was in jail

<p>Christoforos Nicolaou, 15, died just 50 days after he was lured into a forum after clicking a pop-up link that appeared whilst he was playing video games.</p>
News

Our son took his life after being lured onto the dark web while gaming

<p>David Lynch and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos</p>
News

David Lynch was working on Netflix limited series before his death

<p>Lee Jonathan Farber was arrested after ‘forcibly’ removing the pro-Trump signs from his neighbor’s fence in Florida</p>
Politics

Florida man arrested for tearing down pro-Trump sign he ‘felt intimidated’ by

<p>A woman is dead and a man was injured after three pit bulls attacked them at their Missouri home</p>
News

Wife killed and husband hurt trying to save their pets from Pit Bull attack in their own backyard

<p>Fans spotted Timothée Chalamet wearing a Chanel bag that looks like it came from Kylie Jenner’s daughter’s closet </p>
Lifestyle

Fans are convinced Timothée Chalamet is shopping in Kylie Jenner’s wardrobe

Trump’s Transition

<p>Farage told the party Trump’s inauguration will change everything</p>
TRUMP INAUGURATION

Nigel Farage proclaimed ‘Britain’s future PM’ at champagne fuelled Trump celebration party

The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist future with their US allies

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump watch fireworks at Trump National Golf Club, in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. January 18, 2025.
Voices

This is what we can expect from Trump on his big day

Trump Inauguration
TRUMP INAUGURATION

Inside the MAGAworld scramble to move Trump’s inauguration indoors

<p>Migrants stand in line to receive food from the nonprofit Chi-Care Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Chicago</p>
Politics

Trump’s first major deportation operation will hit Chicago - the day after his inauguration, says report

TRUMP INAUGURATION

Therapists are inundated with people panicking about Trump’s return

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Richard Hall speaks to therapists about how their (mostly liberal) clients are preparing for the chaos of a second term

<p>Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March on Washington January 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Eight years later, organizers are preparing the People’s March </p>
trump inauguration

Eight years ago 500,000 marched in DC against Trump. He has returned and so has the protest - just on a smaller scale

<p>Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to announce a run for governor of Ohio after he was passed over for filling the state’s open Senate seat previously held by J.D. Vance. </p>
Politics

Trump’s DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly announcing campaign for Ohio governor

More News

<p>Genesis Monita,19, and her sister were on their way to school in May 2023, when they stopped to order four breakfast tacos, slathered in BBQ sauce, at Bill Miller in San Antonio</p>
News

Restaurant facing $1 million lawsuit over ‘dangerously hot’ sauce that burned teen girl

Genesis Monita,19, dropped scalding hot barbeque sauce over her thighs – an incident that she alleges left her with second-degree burns

<p>New Jersey teacher Laura Caron during her virtual court hearing</p>
Crime

Teacher who ‘gave birth to 13-year-old’s baby’ was friends with his mom and acted as his guardian. What we know

<p>An innocent man was killed after a murder suspect being chased by police crashed into his vehicle in Texas</p>
News

Innocent person killed as cop chase with murder suspect ends in crash

<p>Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni</p>
News

Blake Lively responds to ‘abuser’ Justin Baldoni’s countersuit

<p>‘The passion that I have for entertaining people and making movies, if I don’t engage in that again be grateful for it, I would be a fool,’ Diaz said </p>
Lifestyle

Cameron Diaz says ‘best 10 years’ of her life were during acting hiatus

<p>Autumn Mercado, 39, a mother-of-three, was found lying dead at the bottom of a stairwell at a home in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon </p>
Crime

Utah mom found dead at bottom of stairs. Her husband was arrested after leaving body to go for beers

<p> A police officer moves a barrier for an emergency vehicle, Oct. 9, 2024, at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado </p>
News

Cause of Colorado gold mine accident that killed tour guide revealed

<p>Pearce was married to Kate Mestitz from 1997 to 2015 </p>
Lifestyle

Guy Pearce draws mixed reactions after calling ex-wife ‘greatest love’ despite dating Game of Thrones star

<p>A dog owner is devastated after her puppy went missing while in the care of a pet sitter (stock image) </p>
NEWS

She left her puppy with a top-rated sitter while on vacation. Now her dog is missing

<p>Jim Acosta may soon be moved to midnights even though he is one of the most popular hosts on CNN </p>
News

CNN reportedly looking to bury Jim Acosta in graveyard shift to ‘throw a bone to Trump’

<p>Actor and director Greta Gerwig</p>
News

Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation lands historic deal ahead of Netflix release

<p>Bad news for US fliers as world’s safest airlines are revealed</p>
News

Bad news for US fliers as world’s safest airlines are revealed

<p>Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore outside the Capitol in 2023 </p>
politics

Chaos in Georgia capitol as banned Republican lawmaker tackled outside House chamber

<p>It’s common to hear stories of recovering bulimics, as well as those with anorexia, accessing Ozempic through back channels</p>
Lifestyle

‘It’s alarming’: How Ozempic is being misused and worsening eating disorders

<p>Dulcé Sloan announces she’s leaving The Daily Show after seven years</p>
Lifestyle

Dulcé Sloan announces she’s leaving The Daily Show after seven years

<p>Tesla’s return-to-office policy mirrors that of CEO Elon Musk’s wish to cut out remote work for federal employees</p>
ExclusiveNews

Former Tesla executive sues Elon Musk’s company over remote work bait-and-switch that upended his life

<p>Nelle Diala claims she was ‘wrongfully fired’ by Alaska Airlines for violating the airline’s social media policy after she posted a TikTok of herself twerking in the aisle of an empty plane</p>
News

‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’: Flight attendant fired for TikTok video launches fundraiser

<p>Wendy Williams’ family starts GoFundMe to free her from guardianship after star says she only has $15</p>
Lifestyle

Wendy Williams’ family starts GoFundMe to free her from guardianship after star says she only has $15

<p>At least one person is dead after a shooting at a shopping mall in North Carolina </p>
Crime

One dead at North Carolina’s North Hills mall as Raleigh police rush to scene

<p>North Korean troops are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region </p>
LiveUkraine

Putin’s forces locked onto French plane as North Korea troops may ‘be dead by April’

<p>TRUMP-ZUCKERBERG</p>
News

Zuckerberg lawyer skewers his ‘toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness’ as he drops Meta as client

LA Fires

‘I’m not voting’: Stephen King demands Oscars cancelation after California fires

<p>The blaze is unrelated to the California wildfires around 300 kilometres south </p>
News

More than 1,000 evacuated after fire breaks out at California battery plant

<p>A Joshua tree pictured in Las Vegas, overlooking a golf course. Several Nevandas are angry that a new solar farm project destroyed several of the iconic tress</p>
News

Nevada residents outraged as famed Joshua trees are bulldozed to make way for solar farm

<p>The late musician Mac Miller pictured at a drum set in 2013</p>
Reviews

Mac Miller’s posthumous album is a wonderful, if unsettling, reminder of a talent lost

News

Liam Payne’s dad sued for $10m by friend of late One Direction singer

Space

SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blows up after launch lighting up evening sky

Space

SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blows up after launch lighting up evening sky

<p>Damon Wayans</p>
News

Former SNL cast member opens up on the sketch that got him fired: ‘I snapped’

<p>UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down as he walked to the company’s annual investor meeting in mid-town Manhattan on December 4. The healthcare company has lost has lost $63 billion in value since the murder </p>
News

UnitedHealth has lost $63 billion in value since former CEO Brian Thompson’s shocking murder

<p>The chambers – complete with a large plunge pool, and hot, warm, cold and changing rooms – could accommodate up to 30 people</p>
Europe

Archeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse in ‘once-in-a-century’ discovery

<p>This satellite photo shows the airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island in Yemen</p>
World

Mysterious airstrip appears on Indian Ocean island

<p>This satellite photo shows the airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island in Yemen</p>
World

Mysterious airstrip appears on Indian Ocean island

<p>Method Man attends the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in October 2024</p>
Crime

Wu-Tang Clan rapper Method Man accused of assault at New York gym

Lifestyle

TikTok star Chris O’Donnell dies, aged 31

<p>Professor James Bowley,62, was fired from his job at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi after expressing his disappointment at the US 2024 Election result </p>
News

Professor fired after calling US a ‘racist fascist country’ in email to students after Trump’s win

<p>Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish</p>
LA fires

Stars set to play LA fires benefit concert

<p>Miami police cars block an intersection on January 16, 2025, as part of their investigation into a man who attacked four homeless people earlier that morning, killing two.</p>
Crime

Man with stick kills two homeless people in Miami in ‘unprovoked’ attack

<p>Mark Carney is entering the race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</p>
Canada

Banker Mark Carney enters race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canadian PM

<p>Burned trees from the Palisades Fire are seen from Will Rogers State Park, with the City of Los Angeles in the background, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday. The region is now in severe drought after months without rain. Droughts are expected to become more wide-reaching, frequent and extreme </p>
Climate

Droughts across the West are getting worse - and scientists warn it’s not going to get any better

<p>Police in Texas rush K9 officer Rocky to an air ambulance after he was shot during a shootout with an armed suspect on Wednesday</p>
Crime

Heartbreaking moment police rush wounded K9 from shootout with a suspect

<p>Pastor Enoch Ankiwale preached about forgiveness on Sunday. On Monday, he was arrested for alleged sexual battery and kidnapping</p>
Crime

An Oklahoma pastor preached about forgiveness. The next day, he was arrested for sexual battery

News

Cameron Diaz trolls Trump with Elon Musk claim

<p>Pilot David Allsop was arrested before flying from Savannah, Georgia to Chicago Wednesday because he was allegedly intoxicated </p>
News

Southwest pilot pulled from cockpit by cops in front of stunned passengers after ‘showing up to work drunk’

<p>Major Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor at Madigan Army Medical Center was given the maximum allowable sentence after he took a plea deal</p>
Crime

Army anesthesiologist gets 13 years behind bars for abusing dozens of men during unnecessary exams

<p>Suchir Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024</p>
News

Family demands outside investigation into OpenAI whistleblower’s death

Investigation

The A-Word: Watch the Independent TV documentary on abortion and America’s war on women

ExclusiveInvestigation

Canceled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi Documentary

Inside Politics

<p>Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Jasmine Crockett</p>
ExclusivePolitics

Rep. Jasmine Crockett received creepy call from Republican staffer after Nancy Mace ‘threatened violence’

    Immigration Self Deportation
    US politics

    Trump’s other victory: How he shifted the conversation on immigration

    <p>Michelle Obama attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, but plans not to attend his second </p>
    trump inauguration

    How Team Trump feels about Michelle Obama avoiding Trump’s inauguration

    <p>Joe Biden has issued most pardons and commutations of any president </p>
    Politics

    Biden sets record and commutes sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in final days as president

    <p>Former President Barack Obama urged Chuck Schumer to get Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 election following the diastrous debate with Donald Trump. </p>
    Politics

    Obama pushed Chuck Schumer to convince Biden to drop out, citing his own ‘frigid relationship’ with the president

    POlitics

    ‘She seems a little angry:’ Kid Rock blasts Michelle Obama as it emerges she will not attend inauguration

    Michelle Obama announced she will be skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration event without any explanation

    Culture

    <p>Clockwise from top-left: Matilda, Artemis Fowl, Peter Rabbit, The Hobbit</p>
    Features

    The 30 best children’s books of all time

    News

    American Primeval creator shares tantalising detail about season 2

    <p>Michael Sheen </p>
    News

    Michael Sheen issues stern warning to scammers trying to exploit fans

    News

    Giovanni Pernice says he’s ‘upset’ by BBC’s Strictly decision

    News

    Jon Sopel reveals whether former BBC colleagues ‘hate’ him for podcast

    News

    Bob Dylan draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for over £400k

    News

    Lord Sugar makes scathing prediction about Elon Musk’s future

    Lifestyle

    <p>Swift previously invited Clark to attend a Chiefs game with her </p>
    Lifestyle

    Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark celebrated the Chiefs win together

    Lifestyle

    Anne-Marie Duff details brother Eddie’s shock early dementia diagnosis

    Lifestyle

    Henry Cavill welcomes first child with girlfriend Natalie Viscuso

    Lifestyle

    Brooke Shields reveals doctor performed unsolicited vaginal operation

    Latest videos

    <p>Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun</p>
    Culture

    Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun

    <p>Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building and bursts into flames captured on dashcam.</p>
    News

    Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building captured on dashcam

    News

    Car removed from swimming pool after driver crashes

    <p>How the Grinch almost stole Christmas as police bodycam captures culprit in action.</p>
    News

    The Grinch almost steals Christmas before police catch him in action

    Travel

    <p>Simon Calder enjoyed luxury for less in the Polish city of Łódź</p>
    Inspiration

    We’ve been all over the world in 2024 – these were favorite places

    <p>Marc Shoffman found plenty of hidden treasures aboard Disney’s newest cruise ship</p>
    Cruise

    Disney Treasure first look: Adventures with Aladdin and Donald Duck

    <p>The property where the Duttons live in Yellowstone is a real life, working ranch in Montana </p>
    USA

    Inside the real-life ranch where Yellowstone was filmed

    <p>Atlanta makes the perfect city break for anyone into food, art and history </p>
    USA

    Atlanta city guide: What to do and where to stay

    Tech

    Tech

    10 years on, Apple’s head of fitness reveals how the Watch has changed

    <p>Supreme Court upheld the law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned </p>
    LiveTech

    TikTok live: App goes offline with message ‘temporarily unavailable’

    In this photo illustration, the TikTok logo and flag of the United States are seen on screens on January 18, 2025 in Hong Kong, China
    Tech

    TikTok ban: VPN interest surges as people look to continue using app

    <p>The social media app has steadily grown its user base, despite being banned or partially banned in certain countries and regions </p>
    Tech

    How TikTok became the world’s most controversial app

    <p>The future of TikTok’s sister app Lemon8 is also in jeopardy </p>
    Tech

    What is Lemon8? TikTok alternative that may also face a ban

    Tech

    Rednote: Previously unknown app gains popularity after TikTok ban

    The US Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s appeal and unanimously upheld the law banning the app (PA)
    Tech

    ‘No plans’ for UK TikTok ban

    Last April, US President Joe Biden signed a law which gave TikTok a deadline of Sunday January 19 to separate its US business from parent firm ByteDance (James Manning/PA)
    Tech

    British content creators call looming US TikTok ban ‘deeply unfair’

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