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<p>Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk</p>
Jon Sopel

Trump’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death shows all of his worst traits

The shooting of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk should have provided a moment of national unity, writes Jon Sopel. But Trump has turned it into yet another point of division – and there may be worse to come

<p>Zoe Kalar, founder and CEO of social media platform WeAre8</p>
Zoe Kalar

Public assassinations, suicide and abuse – and we call this social?

<p>The Newcastle Building Society has barred first-time buyers from using the Bank of Mum and Dad to secure its new mortgage loan</p>
James Moore

Could banning the Bank of Mum and Dad unlock the housing market?

<p>Peter Mandelson’s red flags were just a Google search away</p>
Alan Rusbridger

I brought down Mandelson before – it’s no shock it’s happened again

<p>Charlie Kirk with his wife Erika and their son and daughter</p>
Charlotte Cripps

‘Why did Daddy die?’ is the hardest question for Charlie Kirk’s widow

<p>Political adviser Pablo O’Hana, who has walked away from Big Brother</p>
Pablo O’Hana

I was given a place in the new Big Brother – but I turned it down

<p>Early signs of Alzheimer’s can include forgetting recent conversations, experiencing difficulty concentrating, and struggling to find the right words</p>
dear vix

My wife is changing, seemingly without reason – could it be dementia?

<p>Kenneth Branagh, who has several upcoming plays in Stratford-upon-Avon</p>
Georgina Fuller

Kenneth Branagh’s return to Stratford is the best thing for the town

<p>Andy Burnham has been touted as a potential replacement for Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader should there be a challenge to the PM, but the mayor of Greater Manchester would have to become an MP first</p>
John Rentoul

Who really thinks Labour’s problems would be solved by changing PM?

The Independent View

Lord Mandelson has been the author of his own misfortune

<p>Reform UK leader Nigel Farage</p>
Sean O'Grady

Why is Nigel Farage so touchy when asked about his finances?

<p>Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe is considering pulling UK investment </p>
James Moore

If Jim Ratcliffe pulls billions out of Britain, is Labour to blame?

<p>Palestinian journalist Nedal Hamdouna and his three-year-old daughter prepare to flee for the eighth time as Israeli forces advance in Gaza</p>
The Independent View

For the sake of the hostages, and all on both sides: ceasefire now

<p>Frieda Hughes reflects on giving and receiving post, as she send out invitations to her upcoming art exhibitions</p>
Frieda Hughes

Nothing excites me more than an unopened envelope

<p>The problem for Pret is that it is caught in an uncomfortable middle, neither budget nor high end</p>
James Moore

It will take more than a £6 ‘meal deal’ to shake up Pret

<p>Keir Starmer ordered the withdrawal of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US </p>
Sean O’Grady

The fatal flaw that made ‘Air Miles Mandelson’ crash and burn

The combination of money and immorality in Peter Mandelson’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has created a stench for Keir Starmer, writes Sean O’Grady. The question is how long it will hang around

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves will outline her next Budget in the Commons on November 26 (PA)</p>
John Rentoul

Zero change. Zero growth. Zero hope of Rachel Reeves being rescued

<p>‘If they want to “free Ben & Jerry’s”, the best way to do it is to find backers to fund a buyout’</p>
James Moore

Chill out, dudes – Ben and Jerry’s are getting their just desserts

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<p>Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will be skirting around the friendship between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein during the state visit</p>
Voices

How Donald Trump’s state visit is a minefield for all concerned

Voices

How Donald Trump’s state visit is a minefield for all concerned

Sean O'Grady
<p>Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will be skirting around the friendship between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein during the state visit</p>
<p>Jet2 has cut its flight programme and said earnings will be towards the lower end of forecasts as it cautioned over a ‘difficult’ market</p>
Voices

Was snobbery in the City the reason Jet2’s shares crashed?

The Independent View

Sir Keir Starmer must escape the chaos that brought down the Tories

<p>A mother and child wait as medical interns register details of the child before receiving a malaria vaccine in Uganda</p>
Voices

Cutting aid funding now could bring a dangerous resurgence in malaria

<p>‘Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, began by talking about a huge incursion into Polish airspace. When he reported to Parliament a couple of hours later, this had been reduced’</p>
Voices

Putin’s gambling that all Nato can launch against him is rhetoric

<p>‘Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, began by talking about a huge incursion into Polish airspace. When he reported to Parliament a couple of hours later, this had been reduced’</p>
Voices

Putin’s gambling that all Nato can launch against him is rhetoric

<p>Strikes by London Underground will continue</p>
News & Advice

‘£72k is a good salary’: Debate erupts over Tube driver wages

<p>Keir Starmer has a new headache to deal with caused by his ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson</p>
Voices

With Mandy-gate, has Keir Starmer finally run out of luck?

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Charlie Kirk murder suspect radicalized online and ‘not cooperating,’ Utah Gov says

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My evacuation from Gaza City: ‘I told my terrified toddler we’re going camping’

254 comments

Mandelson appointment ‘worth risk’ despite Epstein ties due to his ‘talent’: minister

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Who seriously thinks Labour’s problems would be solved by a change of PM?

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<p>Lord Mandelson and Donald Trump in the White House</p>
UK Politics

‘Judgement error’: Starmer’s backing of Mandelson slammed by readers

<p>‘If Mandelson is deemed unfit for public office because of his close association with Jeffrey Epstein, surely the same judgement must apply to Trump, it will be argued’</p>
Voices

How Trump’s state visit could determine whether Mandelson survives

<p>To Tory delight, Badenoch briskly dismissed all this as ‘a load of waffle and whataboutery’. Labour MPs could only silently agree</p>
Voices

Starmer’s Mandelson nightmare gives Badenoch her first good PMQs

<p>Peter Mandelson (left) appears to have called Jeffrey Epstein his ‘best pal’ in a birthday note</p>
Voices

Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson

<p>A damaged drone lies after falling in the eastern Polish village of Czosnowka</p>
The Independent View

Europe must stand with Poland

<p>Shabana Mahmood speaks during the ministerial meeting of the Five Eyes alliance</p>
Home News

‘A bully’s tool’: Readers slam Labour’s immigration rhetoric

<p>Peter Mandelson (left) appears to have called Jeffrey Epstein his ‘best pal’ in a birthday note</p>
Voices

Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson

<p>A damaged drone lies after falling in the eastern Polish village of Czosnowka</p>
The Independent View

Europe must stand with Poland

<p>Shabana Mahmood speaks during the ministerial meeting of the Five Eyes alliance</p>
Home News

‘A bully’s tool’: Readers slam Labour’s immigration rhetoric

<p>According to the Trussell Trust, demand for food banks is up more than 50 per cent compared to five years ago</p>
The Independent View

Labour must do more to end Britain’s shameful hunger crisis

The Independent View

Labour must do more to end Britain’s shameful hunger crisis

Editorial
<p>According to the Trussell Trust, demand for food banks is up more than 50 per cent compared to five years ago</p>
<p>Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is running to be Labour’s deputy leader </p>
Voices

Sorry, Bridget Phillipson – you’re not Labour’s next deputy leader…

<p>The new home secretary is seen by many on the right of the party as a future leader</p>
Voices

Is Shabana Mahmood the ‘Maggie Thatcher of the left’?

<p>Unlike<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/covid-fda-washington-moderna-pfizer-b2777039.html"> other strains</a>, some experts have suggested the Stratus variant is known for its<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-response-uk-variant-2025-pandemic-lockdown-b2776737.html"> unique symptom </a>of giving people a hoarse voice</p>
Voices

Think you’ve got an ‘end of summer cold’? Now take a Covid test…

<p>Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh calls for international media to speak up</p>
Voices

Gaza’s journalists are being silenced – who will tell our story?

<p>Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh calls for international media to speak up</p>
Voices

Gaza’s journalists are being silenced – who will tell our story?

<p>The outgoing French prime minister, Francois Bayrou, received a vote of no confidence at the National Assembly on Monday, forcing President Macron to select a new one</p>
Voices

Why France’s political crisis spells bad news for Starmer

<p>People wait outside a food distribution site in Maban, South Sudan</p>
Voices

A post-aid world needs to be built on transformational tax policies

<p>Louise Haigh has urged the prime minister to ‘take the fight’ to Labour’s political opponents</p>
Voices

Will Labour choose Starmer’s nightmare candidate as his deputy leader?

<p>Surinder Arora ranked 14th on the UK’s Asian Rich List this year</p>
Voices

Britain’s economy needs more immigrant success stories like these

<p>Overly burdensome regulations will hit startups, small and medium-sized businesses hard </p>
The Independent View

This is no time to overload business with new employment regulations

<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer appoints Yvette Cooper as Foreign Secretary in 10 Downing Street</p>
UK Politics

‘Reshuffles are farcical’: Readers question Starmer’s cabinet changes

<p>Whether it is student loan forgiveness or altering the terrible working hours, something needs to change for doctors in the NHS, says Dr Ammad Butt</p>
Voices

Why I’m disappointed so many of my colleagues are leaving the NHS

<p>Pedro Sánchez is the only European leader to make the case for immigration, linking it to growth in Spain</p>
Voices

Spain’s left-wing PM could teach Starmer a thing or two about charisma

<p>A young professional working hard not to think about his dwindling pension</p>
Voices

Will a pensions raid stop young people from saving?

<p>Newly appointed home secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives in Downing Street for Keir Starmer’s reshuffle of his cabinet following the resignation of Angela Rayner</p>
Voices

It is up to Shabana Mahmood to save the government

<p>Migrants on a boat in the Channel on Thursday</p>
The Independent View

While tackling migration, Labour must not forget its duty to refugees

The Independent View

While tackling migration, Labour must not forget its duty to refugees

Editorial
<p>Migrants on a boat in the Channel on Thursday</p>
<p>Carlo Acutis’ popularity is undoubtedly the narrative about his generosity, his kind-heartedness, his love of his faith – and his early tragic death</p>
Voices

What Carlo Acutis becoming a saint says about the Catholic Church

<p>Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Shabana Mahmood have all changed position in the reshuffle</p>
The Independent View

Sweeping changes were needed for Labour

<p>Around 117,000 people declared themselves as Cornish in the 2021 census</p>
Voices

Perran Moon insists he’s Cornish – after 15 years I’m still English

<p>Angela Rayner leaving Downing Street</p>
The Independent View

Angela Rayner has let down her party – and the voters

<p>Angela Rayner leaving Downing Street</p>
The Independent View

Angela Rayner has let down her party – and the voters

<p>‘The pictures of the Putin-Xi-Kim troika seemed designed to project a threatening sort of unity towards the West. How threatening, though, really, is what might be seen as the normalisation of North Korea?’</p>
Voices

Putin and Xi’s hot mic moment wasn’t even the oddest news from China

<p>Angela Rayner has resigned from the government after a probe into her tax affairs (PA)</p>
Voices

As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit

<p>IDF soldiers prepare tanks near the Gaza Strip’s northern border</p>
Voices

It’s time to start treating Israel like apartheid-era South Africa

<p>The proposed ID card would be stored on a smartphone </p>
Home News

Digital ID splits readers – from ‘Big Brother’ fears to ‘easier life’

<p>Too little staff turnover means you can’t bring in bright, ambitious newbies to add dynamism and drive the business forward</p>
Voices

Does firing your worst employees ever make business sense?

<p>Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner arriving in Downing Street on Tuesday (Aaron Chown/PA)</p>
Voices

Angela Rayner’s departure is a lose-lose for Labour

<p>‘What is the meaning of a toilet in my dream?’</p>
Voices

If a dream can explain the toilet, what does it say about me?

<p>‘The scandal here isn’t that Graham Linehan was arrested. The scandal is the political and social atmosphere and the light-touch moderation of tech companies that emboldened him to make those posts to begin with’</p>
Voices

Cracking down on hate speech doesn’t make the UK a police state

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi pictured in 2012</p>
Voices

Europe must demand Aung San Suu Kyi’s release, backed with action

The Independent View

It is time for Angela Rayner to be moved on

There’s big discounts on travel from British Airways, Eurostar, Jet2Holidays and Ryanair this Cyber Monday
Voices

Here’s the real reason the cost of your winter sun break is sky high…

Voices

Here’s the real reason the cost of your winter sun break is sky high…

James Moore
There’s big discounts on travel from British Airways, Eurostar, Jet2Holidays and Ryanair this Cyber Monday
<p>Rebel Wilson, left, pictured with her wife, Ramona Agruma, has spoken about losing her virginity at 35: ‘You obviously don’t have to wait until you’re in your thirties like me, but you shouldn’t feel pressure as a young person’</p>
Voices

I’m a 27-year-old virgin – how do I admit that to people I’m dating?

<p>‘Farage didn’t get, as far as can be seen, even a handshake recorded by the official photographer. If anything, Farage looked more like the kind of English butler that wealthy Americans used to hire to show off their wealth’</p>
Voices

Patriotism is more than wearing union jack socks, Mr Farage

<p>Sir Keir Starmer has defended his deputy amid criticism of her tax affairs. (Stefan Rousseau/PA) </p>
UK Politics

‘The judge will be HMRC’: Readers react as Rayner admits tax mistake

<p>Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister, was given lukewarm support from Rachel Reeves, who said: ‘Angela tried to do the right thing. It is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules’</p>
Voices

Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner?

<p>Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister, was given lukewarm support from Rachel Reeves, who said: ‘Angela tried to do the right thing. It is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules’</p>
Voices

Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner?

<p>Sir Keir Starmer MP, The Prime Minister</p>
Home News

Have your say: Should Britain introduce digital ID cards?

<p>Teaching children to be responsible also starts with us being responsible with our own phone use</p>
Voices

Banning phones in schools is the wrong way to keep children safe

<p>A tearful deputy prime minister admits to Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby that she had considered resigning</p>
The Independent View

Angela Rayner’s hypocrisy has left her future hanging by a thread

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the budget for the end of November</p>
Voices

Reeves is panicking – delaying the Budget is a big economic gamble

<p>Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia</p>
Health

‘It broke my heart’: Readers reflect on the realities of dementia care

<p>Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas</p>
Voices

As a former leader of the Greens, here’s what Zack should do next

<p>Reform has criticised the use of taxis to take disabled children to school</p>
Voices

Will Reform UK really end ‘free taxis’ for special needs pupils?

<p>Alan Kurdi, the two-year-old Syrian boy, drowned in the Mediterranean while crossing to Turkey with his family</p>
The Independent View

We still have much to learn from Alan Kurdi

<p>Migrant families wade into the sea off the coast of northern France in an attempt to board a small boat to cross the English Channel</p>
Voices

Splitting up refugee families is not the answer to the migrant crisis

<p>Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Green Party</p>
Voices

As the new Green Party leader, I want us to be populists

<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen</p>
UK Politics

‘Unpicking Brexit?’ Readers debate EU youth mobility scheme

UK Politics

‘Unpicking Brexit?’ Readers debate EU youth mobility scheme

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<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen</p>
<p>A Turkish rescue worker carries the young boy, who drowned during a failed attempt to sail to the Greek island of Kos</p>
Voices

So David Cameron, is this dead child one of the 'swarm'?

A mural depicting Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi in Frankfurt harbour
Voices

A year on from Alan Kurdi, we continue to ignore the facts

<p>Darren Jones has been brought over from the Treasury to be the prime minister’s chief secretary</p>
Voices

Starmer’s reshuffle will help restore the authority that won him power

<p>At the 2017 State Opening of Parliament – a year after the referendum, and following a general election that saw Nigel Farage's Ukip wiped out – Elizabeth II wore blue and yellow, the colours of the EU flag</p>
Voices

How did we ever doubt that the Queen was a Remainer at heart?

<p>At the 2017 State Opening of Parliament – a year after the referendum, and following a general election that saw Nigel Farage's Ukip wiped out – Elizabeth II wore blue and yellow, the colours of the EU flag</p>
Voices

How did we ever doubt that the Queen was a Remainer at heart?

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer</p>
The Independent View

The prime minister must not squander his second chance

<p>Rachel Reeves has effectively been downgraded as chancellor after the prime minister’s Downing Street shake-up</p>
Voices

Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

<p>House prices have fallen by 0.1 per cent (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Voices

Housebuyers feel the chill – is the economy heading for a deep freeze?

<p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper</p>
Voices

Yvette Cooper’s plans to fix the asylum system won’t work

<p>The Queen has long campaigned against sexual and domestic violence (Richard Sellers/PA)</p>
Voices

I’m with Camilla! You might just have to whack a groper in the goolies

<p>‘Changing prime ministers is not a cost-free option: it would remind voters of the years of Tory instability. What matters is getting the policy right, and I still think Starmer can do that. He has shown he can learn’</p>
Voices

A change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves and culture secretary Lisa Nandy in Wigan in July</p>
Voices

Rachel Reeves: My mission to make life easier for working parents

<p>Our colleague Maryam Abu Daqqa was killed in a double strike by Israel that Benjamin Netanyahu called a ‘tragic mishap’</p>
The Independent View

Truth was rightly told about 7 October. Let it be now told about Gaza

<p>‘Changing prime ministers is not a cost-free option: it would remind voters of the years of Tory instability. What matters is getting the policy right, and I still think Starmer can do that. He has shown he can learn’</p>
Voices

A change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves and culture secretary Lisa Nandy in Wigan in July</p>
Voices

Rachel Reeves: My mission to make life easier for working parents

<p>Our colleague Maryam Abu Daqqa was killed in a double strike by Israel that Benjamin Netanyahu called a ‘tragic mishap’</p>
The Independent View

Truth was rightly told about 7 October. Let it be now told about Gaza

<p>‘Learning 15 poems and three additional texts, one Shakespeare, one 19th century, is difficult for anyone to do, let alone if you have memory issues or dyslexia’</p>
Voices

I’m a secondary school teacher: We need more Send provision, not less

<p>‘Trump’s Alaska summit might have ended Putin’s isolation by the West, but he remained persona grata in much of the world – and will take his place as a major international leader at Tianjin’</p>
Voices

The West neglects the other half of the world at its peril

<p>All UN Security Council members, except the US, have agreed that the famine in Gaza is a ‘manmade crisis’</p>
Voices

Gaza is proof the United Nations is no longer fit for purpose

<p>AI can perform the tasks that previously provided the bedrock of our friendships</p>
Voices

Is ChatGPT killing off Gen Z friendships?

<p>Ruth Szymankiewicz at age 14</p>
The Independent View

Failings in mental health care demand more decisive action

<p>Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office earlier this month. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p>
Voices

Trump has become the most power-hungry president of all time

<p>‘A third of the kids who go on into a job after their T-level are being employed by the business they did their industry placement with. That’s one of the most cost-effective recruitment processes I’ve heard of’</p>
Voices

The overlooked qualification that could solve the UK’s skills gap

<p>Nigel Farage clarified that under Reform plans, single women would be deported (Andrew Milligan/PA)</p>
Voices

Farage has no way to fix migration – but right now neither does Labour

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