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In this issue

November 21, 2025

Shameful report leaves no way back for Johnson

\"Too little, too late\" is the summary offered by Heather Hallett herself of the Johnson government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

3 mins

Covid chaos under Johnson saw 23,000 die needlessly

Report finds PM and adviser Cummings presided over 'toxic and chaotic culture' in Downing Street during pandemic

5 mins

A fish rots from the head – and Boris the bounder stank

Now we know. We knew all along, of course, but now it’s confirmed. That Boris Johnson was unfit to lead the country. He should never have been prime minister.

3 mins

'Big increase' in payments for migrants to leave UK

Shabana Mahmood said she was considering “a big increase” in payments for migrants to return voluntarily to their home countries, insisting that the policy represented “value for money”.

2 mins

Will asylum seeker ‘bribes’ plan pay off for Mahmood?

Getting MPs to endorse her immigration reforms might be the easy part for the home secretary

3 mins

Starmer 'set to approve' Chinese mega-embassy

Source says site a 'formality' after MI5 and MI6 approval

3 mins

Ex-MP's move to Greens is Labour's biggest defection

The former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has defected to the Greens - the party's biggest defection to date.

2 mins

Unravelling the mysteries of those long disappeared

Using old files, new tech and tireless detective work, a small police team has solved 241 cold cases. Its members explain to Harriette Boucher why they refuse to give up on the missing

3 mins

Putin is still pulling Trump's strings - but they can be cut

The new 'peace deal' proposed by the White House and the Kremlin is really just a blueprint for Russian conquest, but Sam Kiley explains why it doesn't have to be that way

4 mins

‘Children are being born in Delhi with smokers’ lungs’

As a toxic haze shrouds the Indian capital, protesters tell how a lack of government action has pushed them into a state of physical and emotional exhaustion

4 mins

Expulsion of refugees from West Bank are 'war crimes

A report by Human Rights Watch accuses the IDF of crimes against humanity against 32,000 Palestinians living in camps

2 mins

Could the King of the North make a better fist of No 10?

It may be that his hold on power is sustained only by the absence of a credible candidate with a workable and popular alternative programme.

3 mins

The enduring lessons of Nuremberg, 80 years on

When I appeared as a lawyer at The Hague, what struck me wasn't the grandeur of international justice but its ordinariness. The room looked like any other courtroom: bad coffee, flickering strip-lighting, piles of paper stacked with the usual optimism that someone might read them.

4 mins

Defenceless Britain is next in firing line when Ukraine falls

Yesterday, the defence secretary John Healey putVladimir Putin and his military on noticefollowing reports of aggressive activity by theRussian surveillance ship Yantar towards an RAF plane sent to track it off the north of Scotland.

4 mins

Nobel judges won't be fooled by Trump appeasement plan

So welcome, then, to the 28-point Witkoff-Dmitriev plan: the most cynical plot to carve up a smaller independent state since the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact sealed the fate of Poland back in August 1939.

3 mins

How artificial intelligence could rewrite book world

A study has found that many authors believe AI will displace their work. Annabel Nugent asks if that means writing by humans will eventually become a preserve of the rich

4 mins

What has Cambridge got to offer me for a city break?

Ask Simon Calder

1 mins

Blindness documentary is a challenge to all AI sceptics

Comedian and Strictly’ star Chris McCausland’s one-off show, Seeing into the Future’, sees him explore new tech that could revolutionise his life

2 mins

DANCING ON EYRE

On 'Everything, in Time', her first album in a decade, UK singer Ella Eyre delivers empowering pop soul that's full of warmth, confidence and integrity

2 mins

Northern Ireland and Wales face Italian job in play-offs

Craig Bellamy's side host Bosnia in World Cup qualifying semi-final, with either Italy or Michael O'Neill's men in final

3 mins

In poor Nick: Howe's task to save a struggling season

Newcastle are going well in the Champions League but their flagging Premier League campaign is indicative of the raft of issues in Eddie Howe's new-look team

4 mins

Ferrari's problems extend far beyond its star drivers

For all intents and purposes, a few off-the-cuff comments from John Elkann last week have caused quite the maelstrom in the helter-skelter world that is Scuderia Ferrari.

3 mins

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Publisher: ESI-Media

Category: Newspaper

Language: English

Frequency: Daily

The Independent has been at the frontline of journalism since 1986, with its mission to challenge and debate always ahead of its time. The Independent is free-thinking and free of bias in an increasingly fragmented world where communities locally, regionally and across continents are disenfranchised with traditional establishments. They want real facts and frank opinions delivered first-hand from a news source that is ready to stand for something, not everything.