The Independent - December 20, 2024

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December 20, 2024

Hague demands 'force for democracy' be released

Tory peer among former foreign secretaries backing jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite her pariah status

3 mins

How Gisele Pelicot's rape trial shamed 'Mr Everyman'

Pelicot’s message – that she and other victims of sexual abuse have no reason to feel ashamed – has reverberated beyond France, writes Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin

5 mins

Trump? No, Pelicot has to be the Person of the Year

The woman at the centre of France's mass rape trial should be celebrated for her sacrifice and courage, says Laura Bates

5 mins

Mandelson set to be named UK ambassador to the US

Lord Peter Mandelson is expected to be announced as UK ambassador to the United States as Sir Keir Starmer prepares for a Donald Trump presidency.

2 mins

PM hits out at 'dangers' of tariffs in warning to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at the “dangers” of tariffs, putting the prime minister on a collision course with incoming US president Donald Trump.

1 min

Starmer under fire after £100m hospices boost

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of giving with one hand and taking with the other” amid fears a 100m boost for hospices in England will be wiped out by Rachel Reeves’s national insurance hike.

3 mins

How will water firms rinse the taxpayer even further?

It was probably not the best day for the water industry regulator to announce that average bills in England and Wales will increase by 36 per cent over the next five years.

3 mins

Avanti managers turn down £250 offer for working day off as new year strike looms

Train managers at Avanti West Coast have turned down an offer worth £250 for working on a day off – or £300 at weekends.

2 mins

Independent helps raise £90,000 to return medieval Bible to Salisbury Cathedral

A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.

2 mins

Mum relives horror of her teenage son's fatal stabbing

The grieving mother of a teenage boy has described the harrowing moment her son died in her arms after a brutal knife attack near their home in Bristol.

3 mins

Russia is 'ready to negotiate and compromise', Putin says

A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.

3 mins

Healthcare killing suspect receives fan mail and cash

Luigi Mangione, the suspect at the centre of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, has received more than 100 pieces of mail just over a week after he was taken into custody, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed to The Independent.

3 mins

Australia's coal expansion a 'death sentence' for islands

Australia’s decision to expand four coal mines has been slammed by island nations as a death sentence” and a betrayal of global climate commitments.

2 mins

A rocky road ahead but we are not quite in stagflation

Should “stagflation” be our word of the day? It’s the term used by the parents of proto-central bankers to scare them into eating their broccoli. It applies when you have slow or no economic growth, high inflation and high interest rates.

3 mins

Spurs survive 'self-inflicted' collapse to reach cup semis

As Son Heung-min wheeled away and the Tottenham fans in the South Stand bounced their way into the Carabao Cup semifinals, it was fitting in this bonkers, breathless tie that the winning goal against Manchester United would come straight from a corner kick.

3 mins

Sad tale of an entertainer turned middling curiosity

Jack Grealish has sacrificed flair for silverware at City but as he returns home to Villa Park, he'll wonder if it was worth it

5 mins

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