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January 27, 2025
Job cut plans pile pressure on Reeves to scrap policies
Chancellor faces fresh calls for a rethink from private sector
![Job cut plans pile pressure on Reeves to scrap policies Job cut plans pile pressure on Reeves to scrap policies](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/r0TPfiLcK1737962106928/JOB-CUT-PLANS-PILE-PRESSURE-ON-REEVES-TO-SCRAP-POLICIES.jpg)
4 mins
Thousands of teens in dark over puberty blockers trial
Wes Streeting has been accused of causing “distress and uncertainty to trans people” and failing to provide clear information on the puberty blockers trial, which is understood to be starting soon.
![Thousands of teens in dark over puberty blockers trial Thousands of teens in dark over puberty blockers trial](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/0AkA7CtK41737962278707/THOUSANDS-OF-TEENS-IN-DARK-OVER-PUBERTY-BLOCKERS-TRIAL.jpg)
3 mins
Trump expected to decide Mandelson's fate this week
Donald Trump is expected to make a decision this week over Peter Mandelson's nomination to be the UK's ambassador to the US, State Department sources have said.
![Trump expected to decide Mandelson's fate this week Trump expected to decide Mandelson's fate this week](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/-dpvOcl9X1737962416751/TRUMP-EXPECTED-TO-DECIDE-MANDELSONS-FATE-THIS-WEEK.jpg)
3 mins
Are there signs that Trump is warming up to Starmer?
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s relationship has been far from smooth sailing, with the two having a turbulent dynamic since the Labour leader entered Downing Street.
![Are there signs that Trump is warming up to Starmer? Are there signs that Trump is warming up to Starmer?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/1R6WgA1nu1737962510781/ARE-THERE-SIGNS-THAT-TRUMP-IS-WARMING-UP-TO-STARMER.jpg)
2 mins
Herminia brings gale-force winds and more flood alerts
Britain is set to suffer at least three more days of heavy downpours and powerful winds, as a new weather front named Storm Herminia hit the UK almost immediately after Storm Eowyn caused major damage and disruption.
![Herminia brings gale-force winds and more flood alerts Herminia brings gale-force winds and more flood alerts](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/9K4alfvun1737962628178/HERMINIA-BRINGS-GALEFORCE-WINDS-AND-MORE-FLOOD-ALERTS.jpg)
3 mins
China pours tens of millions into the top UK universities
Top British universities have received tens of millions of pounds from Chinese organisations, The Independent can reveal, as experts warn the UK is increasingly becoming a target for Beijing as it looks to increase its global influence and stifle criticism.
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5 mins
Desperate Ukrainians have to smuggle children to UK
Desperate Ukrainian families are resorting to illegal routes and rogue advisers” to bring their children to Britain after catastrophic” changes to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, ministers have been told.
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4 mins
Scalded woman urges users to beware hot water bottles
A woman has urged others to \"never use\" hot water bottles after her seven-year-old bottle exploded leaving her with third-degree burns.
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2 mins
Fragile Gaza ceasefire faces threat from West Bank war
Palestinians and Israelis have barely had time to process the end of a ruinous 15-month war before Israel launched a ‘major counter-terrorism’ operation. Bel Trew reports from Jenin where a new conflict could put the peace deal at risk
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6 mins
Peace deal only chance’ to free hostages, say families
Those waiting for relatives and friends to come home after being held in Gaza urge Israel and Hamas to honour ceasefire
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4 mins
Trump seeks to clean out’ Gaza as he lifts Biden’s ban on heavier bombs for Israel
Donald Trump has said he would like to see Gaza “just cleaned out”, allowing a clean slate for the war-torn region on the back of the ceasefire deal agreed between Hamas and Israel.
![Trump seeks to clean out’ Gaza as he lifts Biden’s ban on heavier bombs for Israel Trump seeks to clean out’ Gaza as he lifts Biden’s ban on heavier bombs for Israel](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/fIIoFQZGt1737964937214/TRUMP-SEEKS-TO-CLEAN-OUT-GAZA-AS-HE-LIFTS-BIDENS-BAN-ON-HEAVIER-BOMBS-FOR-ISRAEL.jpg)
3 mins
Presence of Zelensky ally at inauguration shows Trump backs Ukraine, say insiders
Concerns that Donald Trump may be prepared to ditch America’s support for Ukraine and president Volodymyr Zelensky are wrong, insiders have claimed.
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2 mins
US and Colombia in trade tariff war over deportations
The US and Colombia clashed yesterday over the deportation of migrants and imposed tariffs on each other’s goods in a show of what countries could face if they intervene in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
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2 mins
If Russian spies are in UK waters, we have to respond
There have been strong words from Defence Secretary John Healey after a British submarine had to warn off a Russian spy ship in UK waters. His message for Russia was: “We know what you are doing.
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4 mins
How Trump’s tech bros sucked the life out of Texas
A new broligarchy’ of the super-rich has emerged in the US but it is the ordinary citizens and the cities they live in who will suffer from unrestrained growth, warns Alex Hannaford
![How Trump’s tech bros sucked the life out of Texas How Trump’s tech bros sucked the life out of Texas](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/ytoT4Zya_1737965486761/HOW-TRUMPS-TECH-BROS-SUCKED-THE-LIFE-OUT-OF-TEXAS.jpg)
6 mins
GOING ORGANIC
The Independent's expert Rosamund Hall explores if grapes grown without pesticides are all they are cracked up to be
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5 mins
‘T’m a single gay man and I feel destined to be a dad’
Andrew Swann always wanted children but when he broke up with his boyfriend he decided to try to have one on his own. He explains the emotional ups and downs of surrogacy
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5 mins
The rise, fall and rise of an actor too good to be ignored
As Adrien Brody mounts a comeback courtesy of ambitious drama ‘The Brutalist', Louis Chilton explores why the Oscar winner endured years of cinematic Siberia after 'The Pianist'
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6 mins
United boosted by lucky victory but remain flawed
“They were lucky to win tonight,” Marco Silva said after Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.
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4 mins
Leicester outsmart Spurs as Postecoglou under pressure
Two goals in four second-half minutes helped Leicester earn a first Premier League win since 3 December with a 2-1 victory at Tottenham to pile more pressure on Ange Postecoglou.
![Leicester outsmart Spurs as Postecoglou under pressure Leicester outsmart Spurs as Postecoglou under pressure](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/22095/1974665/F1uzuA2G61737969439701/LEICESTER-OUTSMART-SPURS-AS-POSTECOGLOU-UNDER-PRESSURE.jpg)
2 mins
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