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Armed man held as police disrupt 'assassination plot'

Police at Donald Trump's rally on Saturday in Coachella Valley, California, stopped what a sheriff suggested might have been a third assassination attempt against the former president.

Israeli tanks forced entry into military base, says UN

The incident came as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted United Nations peacekeeping forces should abandon their positions

Boy, 7, suffers life-changing injuries after bus hits him

A seven-year-old boy has been left with serious injuries after being hit by a bus in Manchester.

Hospital admissions surge as Covid variant spreads

The number of people admitted to hospital because of Covid infections has have surged across Britain as a new variant of the virus emerged, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned.

Rowling faces backlash over Butlin's treatment of trans women using ladies' toilets

JK Rowling has condemned Butlin's decision to suspend a security officer who has been accused of \"violently\" dragging five trans women from a single-sex toilet.

Abuse victims say transcript scheme 'hidden' from them

Many unaware of pilot giving free access to judges’ remarks

Campaigners demand ‘full disclosure of gifts to royals.

Campaigners have called for full disclosure” of gifts received by the royal family after it emerged King Charles has failed to publish an annual list for four years.

How the Co-op Party has become a quietly radical driving force behind Labour

All eyes will be on Sir Keir Starmer’s summit in the City of London today, with the event promising to bring billions of pounds of investment into the UK.

Hundreds of migrants cross Channel over the weekend

Nearly 500 migrants made the perilous journey across the Channel to the UK in small boats on Saturday a week after a two-year-old child was among four killed.

Ukrainian mother pleads for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal

A Ukrainian refugee says she is living in a \"surreal nightmare\" after she was refused permission to bring her two children to the UK.

Salmond taught us political journalism is a contact sport

Alex Salmond has died having failed to achieve just two of his great ambitions – make Scotland an independent country, and judge the annual Tartan Bollocks contest for the worst Scottish political story of the year, held at the strictly private Christmas dinner for Holyrood hacks.

Starmer pledges a bonfire of red tape to get UK building

PM to say he will get rid of? bureaucracy preventing new homes, roads and train lines, ahead of investment summit

Tory contenders won’t save the party, warns top pollster

Britain’s top pollster has warned that the Conservatives will not win elections if Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch end up becoming the party’s next leader.

Magic moment seals Wigan triumph in the Grand Final

Another moment of magic from Bevan French made the difference as Wigan Warrirors held off gallant Hull KR at Old Trafford to retain their Super League crown and become the first club to claim the quadruple of all four major titles in a single season.

Depleted Scotland lose again in Nations League

Che Adams had a last-gasp goal ruled out as luckless Scotland suffered a 2-1 Nations League defeat to Croatia in Zagreb.

Arsenal slump to new low leaving Eidevall on brink

Perhaps the most damaging feeling in football is not anger but apathy.

Carsley urges England to get out of 'comfort zone'

Lee Carsley believes England have to get out of the “comfort zone” and try different things like his bold selection in the defeat to Greece, in order to cross the line and win something.

Storm leaves 1.6 million without power in Sao Paulo

More than 1.6 million people in Sao Paulo were without power yesterday after a brief but powerful storm swept through South America's largest city.

At least 29 people killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

At least 29 people have been killed in Israeli military strikes on northern Gaza, according to medics, as Israel steps up its attacks on the north of the strip.

Navalny prison diary reveals guards' attempts to derail hunger strike with sweets

The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taunted by prison guards who hid sweets in his pockets in a bid to \"undermine\" his hunger strike, his prison diaries have revealed.

How I nearly lost my bike to a power tool-wielding thief

Barney Davis reports on crime for The Independent’ but almost became a victim... until a have-a-go hero stepped in

Girl, 13, regrets rioting but questions sentence severity

Mother says possible 10-year criminal record is an 'injustice'

Trail-hunting ban open to widespread abuse of law

Banning trail hunting as Labour promised will not stop hunts from killing foxes and deer because hunters would find other ways around the law, a new report warns.

Lawyers threaten industrial action over legal aid funding

Barristers have issued a warning shot” to the new government in the long-running dispute over legal aid funding, as the Criminal Bar Association raised the threat of industrial action.

Director Kapadia sorry for social media ‘antisemitism'

Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning director of the Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, has said he \"unequivocally\" apologises for retweeting social media posts that he understands will be \"seen by many as antisemitic.\"

Long-haul BA flights pulled amid engine parts shortage

British Airways has scrapped more long-haul flights after a shortage of engine parts has grounded planes.

Kremlin-backed hackers target ambulance service

Russian hackers have targeted ambulance services as part of a wider cyber campaign to cause \"mayhem\" on British streets.

Starmer isn't the first PM to have a bumpy first 100 days

Tony Blair tried to warn Keir Starmer. He said in a radio interview before the 1997 election that he would not have \"some grand programme - in the first 100 days, you do these 30 or 40 things. I think that type of politics usually does end in tears.\"

P&O owner to be at summit after PM rebukes transport minister for 'cowboy' insult

The owner of P&O ferries will attend a key investment summit after Sir Keir Starmer insisted his administration did not endorse comments from a minister who called the firm a \"cowboy operator\".

Former leader of Scotland Alex Salmond dies aged 69

Tributes have flooded in for former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, who has died aged 69.