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Suspect in Trump shooting is charged with gun crimes

Ryan Routh has appeared at a federal courthouse in Florida as video footage of his arrest was released Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump over the weekend at the former president’s Florida golf club, was charged yesterday with two gun-related counts during an appearance in federal court.

Women dominate shortlist for this year's Booker Prize

The Booker Prize Shortlist was announced at Somerset House yesterday, with religion, climate change, and race among the key themes tackled by the selected titles.

London mayor set to ban traffic from Oxford Street

Plans to ban traffic from London’s Oxford Street have been announced by Sadiq Khan.

Gadd clinches hat-trick of Emmys for Baby Reindeer

Netflix show defies controversy while 'Shogun' wins big

Early release a 'slap in face' to forgotten IPP prisoners

The government’s decision to release thousands of prisoners after serving just 40 per cent of their sentence has been branded a “slap in the face” to thousands languishing on indefinite jail terms.

Gaslighting, love bombing, coercive control - what do these terms of abuse mean?

Domestic abuse has a higher rate of repeat offending than any other crime and encompasses a vast range of behaviours.

Urgent need for safe homes.as domestic abuse increases

The Independent has partnered with charity Refuge to build a safe and secure house for women fleeing domestic violence

Working at home boosts productivity, says Labour

The Labour business secretary has criticised the former government’s policies on flexible working as “bizarre”, claiming it declared “war” on people working from home.

PM reported to parliament watchdog over donations

Keir Starmer has been reported to parliament’s standards watchdog after a controversial Labour donor paid for his wife’s clothes.

Junior doctors accept 22% pay deal to end strike action

Junior doctors have voted to accept a government pay deal worth 22.3 per cent on average over two years, the British Medical Association has said.

Can the Lib Dems continue on their successful streak?

True to recent election stunt form, Ed Davey turned up to the Liberal Democrat conference on a jetski, presumably because Elon Musk couldn’t lend him a rocket for the occasion.

Davey urges party 'to finish.the job' and overtake Tories

Sir Ed Davey is expected to lay out his plan to overtake the Tories at the next general election and “finish the job” his party believe they started this year.

Italy's plan to cut migration may prove a costly chimera

Keir Starmer is looking to Meloni for answers on how to stop the boats - but she may not have them

PM shows 'great interest' in Italy's offshore migrant plan

Sir Keir Starmer has shown “great interest” in Italy’s controversial scheme to send migrants to be processed offshore, the country’s leader Giorgia Meloni has said.

Edwards spared prison over indecent images of children

Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has avoided jail but has been left with a reputation in tatters after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.

Uefa's voyage of discovery is a mystery tour for fans

It isn’t so much how the new-look Champions League is going to work as will it work at all, writes Miguel Delaney

No same-sex couples leaves routines looking flat-footed

This year’s Strictly’ cast is without any same-sex pairings. Ellie Muir mourns the loss of them and explains why they’ve made for some of the best choreography in recent history

'Everything I ever worked on is coming together now'

Conceptual artist, painter, mentor to the YBAs, overnight success at 55. On the eve of a Royal Academy retrospective show, Mark Hudson interviews Michael Craig-Martin

BACK TO SCHOOL

This season sees designers leaning into the old trades of tailoring and ladies’ occasion wear, as previously outdated modes of dress are revamped. The kids are suiting and scrubbing up, writes Joseph Bobowicz from backstage

Seductress of the century

Femme fatale Pamela Harriman was able to change the course of history by captivating leading political figures from Churchill to Clinton using a legendary kingmaking’ technique to devastating effect, as explained by Sonia Purnell

World news in brief

Billionaire back on Earth after walking in space

Seven dead as 'catastrophic' Storm Boris floods Europe

Month’s worth of rain in 24 hours hits several countries

Here's how Harris wins the swing state of Pennsylvania

Scranton’s first female mayor has lessons for the presidential hopeful, ahead of her visit to the must-win state this week

Navalny ally calls on West to invest in Russia's next generation to beat Putin

‘The vast majority of anti-Putin, anti-war Russians are not changing their minds, Leonid Volkov tells Tom Watling

Home news in brief

Tributes paid to mother and children killed in triple murder

Boys' coral reef technology attracts the interest of Nasa

Two British schoolboys whose new climate technology had Nasa knocking on their door have described the “overwhelming” feeling of seeing their invention used around the world.

'We didn't have any inkling it would take a tragic turn'

Flossie Newson was just 13 when she took her own life, as her mother, Caroline, talks to Holly Evans about the warning signs and how to alleviate the epidemic of youth suicide

How can Lib Dems leapfrog Tories and form opposition?

Plastered around the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference are posters of Sir Ed Davey, flanked by party activists, with a banner reminding attendees they secured “the most Lib Dem MPs ever”.

Davey says let Ukraine use Storm Shadows in Russia

Sir Ed Davey has said Ukraine should be allowed to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia, becoming the latest senior figure to urge a change of course from Sir Keir Starmer.

Starmer may have broken rules on cash for clothing

Sir Keir Starmer is facing an investigation over a potential rules breach after a controversial Labour donor paid for his wife’s clothes.