The Independent - January 08, 2025

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January 08, 2025

Badenoch urged to dismiss Jenrick over race comments

Kemi Badenoch has been urged to sack Robert Jenrick after he suggested the Tories could cap immigration from alien cultures with medieval attitudes towards women”.

4 mins

Farage hopes to 'mend' ties with Musk on Trump trip

Reform leader also steps up pressure on prime minister as he threatens to hold his own hearings into grooming gangs

3 mins

Ministers opened £1,500 bottle of cognac in dying days of Tory government

Conservative ministers opened a more than 100-year-old bottle of cognac from the government wine cellar in the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s administration, the Foreign Office has said.

1 min

Why are the Trumps talking about buying Greenland?

Donald Trump Junior, son of the US president-elect, is forsaking the Florida sunshine to make a private” visit to Greenland. His father has made no secret of his desire to see the United States purchase the territory largely autonomous, but still part of the kingdom of Denmark and make it part of the United States.

3 mins

Critical incidents declared as flu cases swamp A&E

Health secretary ashamed’ as patients wait up to 50 hours

3 mins

Snow on way as more than 100 flood warnings active

A weather warning for snow has been issued for London as the UK is set to see temperatures plunge to as low as 16C this week, adding to disruption with more than 100 flood warnings already in force.

2 mins

Schoolboy, 14, stabbed todeath on bus in London

A 14-year-old schoolboy has been stabbed to death on a bus in southeast London, the Metropolitan Police said.

1 min

Meta to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram

Meta is to scrap its longstanding fact-checking programme in favour of a community notes system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X.

2 mins

Study debunks 'paleo diet' myth of hunter-gatherers

Ancient hunter-gatherers relied heavily on plant foods, particularly starchy plants, as a major energy source contrary to the popular belief that ancient human “paleo” diets were mainly meat-based.

2 mins

French far-right political leader Le Pen dies at 96

Unrepentant bigot and Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen founded the National Front and fought for populist policies

4 mins

Far-right firebrand's ghost will loom large over Europe

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen should give us a moment to ponder the long march of the French far right and the rise to power of fascistic parties across Europe.

3 mins

At least 126 dead in Tibet after powerful earthquake

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas yesterday near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses and causing tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and India.

2 mins

Trump fails to rule out use of force to take Greenland

US president-elect Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland.

3 mins

Carney failed to stop Brexit but hopes to save Canada

Mark Carney may enter the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada's Liberal Party.

3 mins

Next posts rise in sales but warns of difficult year ahead

UK retail outlet Next has posted another rise in sales ahead of expectations over the Christmas period, but warned that a price increase is on the cards for 2025 as it looks to overcome raised costs following last year's Budget.

2 mins

Britons splurge £13bn on festive fun – but inflation may leave a nasty hangover

UK retail outlet Next has posted another rise in sales ahead of expectations over the Christmas period, but warned that a price increase is on the cards for 2025 as it looks to overcome raised costs following last year's Budget.

3 mins

Isak stars as Newcastle expose Arsenal's failings

A night that was about whether you could take your chances; for goals, and maybe for finals.

3 mins

Slot eyes strong second half as Reds dream of quadruple

Arne Slot did not use the word, though Jurgen Klopp became quite familiar with it.

3 mins

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