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Putin helped Assad escape Syria via Russian airbase

Russian intelligence agents persuaded Bashar al-Assad to flee Syria for Moscow, having become convinced that he would lose against the insurgents rapidly advancing on Damascus, sources have said.

Syrians vow to rebuild their town after Assad's brutality

Bel Trew in Jobar, north of Damascus, meets residents returning home for the first time in more than a decade

British teenager jailed in Dubai over holiday romance

A British teenager has been jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl while the pair were on holiday.

NHS patient awarded £70k after drug made him gamble

The NHS has paid out tens of thousands to a man who developed an “uncontrollable” gambling problem after he was given a common Parkinson’s drug, The Independent can reveal.

Is there any way of solving our prisoner cell blockage?

The headline news is that the prisons crisis is not going to get much better for many years.

Disability services face axe due to Budget, says charity

Latest blow to chancellor on back of national insurance hikes

Police staff vote to strike over home working rules

Civilian staff at the Metropolitan Police have voted for the first time to strike, after being told they may not work from home so often.

Courts reform expected as murder trial backlog soars

Ministers are poised to pave the way for major criminal justice reform after new figures seen by The Independent revealed the dire state of the courts system.

MPs rage at assisted dying bill committee 'stitch-up'

The committee that will scrutinise the assisted dying bill will have a majority of supportive MPs, including two government ministers, in a move that has been branded “a stitch-up” by campaigners.

Government could axe 10,000 civil service jobs

Ministers will not set an arbitrary cap on the number of civil servants amid reports more than 10,000 jobs could be lost as the result of a spending squeeze.

Rayner: Councils must yield green belt to build housing

Angela Rayner has announced that councils will be forced to surrender large parts of the green belt to achieve immediate new housing targets.

Tractor protest at Whitehall sees farmers rage at Starmer

Farmers remain in a deadlock with the government over tax after a day of protests in which hundreds of tractors were driven through Westminster.

Tortured and beaten for years before being killed

Horrifying abuse of Sara Sharif, 10, at hands of parents

Father and stepmother found guilty of murder after horrific abuse of schoolgirl

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were found guilty yesterday of her murder after inflicting a campaign of abuse that saw the schoolgirl being hooded, restrained and beaten during her short life.

Post Office and Fujitsu staff investigated for perjury and perverting course of justice

Detectives are investigating dozens of staff at Fujitsu and the Post Office for crimes including perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecutions of subpostmasters.

Relax Kemi, history's on your side in the battle with Farage

Conservative MPs are worried. They weren’t worried when Andrea Jenkyns, formerly one of their number, defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.

Unlike Starmer, Farage's charisma lights up the room

The extraordinary poll showing Reform UK has overtaken the Labour Party in popularity can be attributed to many factors.

Okolie follows in footsteps of giants with weight switch

Lawrence Okolie is a big lad, and he has always been a big lad.

Year of living dangerously: our season awards for 2024

Kieran Jackson on best driver, biggest shock and much more

Injury-plagued City cannot afford to slip up in Turin

Manchester City's manager had his head in his hands.

Liverpool's imperfect win maintains perfect campaign

The mathematics of a complicated competition may remain unclear but one element is apparent.

Thames Water's operation is simply not good enough

Deeply in debt and proposing huge price hikes, the troubled company is holding customers to ransom

Murdoch loses court case in real-life 'Succession' battle

Rupert Murdoch's attempt to give his eldest son control of his family media empire has been blocked by a US court after a lengthy legal battle with three of his other children.

Netanyahu takes witness stand in corruption trial

Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel’s first sitting prime minister to testify as a criminal defendant – having taken the witness stand in his lengthy corruption trial.

US shooting suspect shouts as he's dragged into court

Mangione: 'It's an insult to the intelligence of Americans'

PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct by staff

The couple who run the LGBT+ website PinkNews have been accused of multiple instances of sexual misconduct by staff members.

Dutiful Dylan biopic lacks the electricity of its subject

Timothée Chalamet tries his hardest in the competent but uninspired 'A Complete Unknown'

Birmingham Council agrees huge historic equal pay deal

Council facing £760m bill reaches settlement with unions

The billionaire appointed as Reform UK's new treasurer

Property tycoon and celebrity husband Nick Candy says he'll raise record funds for the right-wing outfit

Former Tory who organised Nazi stag do joins Reform

A former Tory MP who organised an infamous Nazi-themed stag party has joined Nigel Farage's Reform UK. Aidan Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide after the incident came to light.