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Bolivia military coup fails as general is arrested by police
The Independent

Bolivia military coup fails as general is arrested by police

Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace yesterday in an apparent coup attempt, but president Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.

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June 27, 2024
Assange reunites with wife and family after walking free
The Independent

Assange reunites with wife and family after walking free

Tearful Stella Assange thanks public for their support as her husband lands in Australian capital following US plea deal

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June 27, 2024
'Agency failures' factor in murder of Zara Aleena
The Independent

'Agency failures' factor in murder of Zara Aleena

Failures across multiple agencies contributed to the death of Zara Aleena, who was murdered as she walked home from a night out in east London, an inquest jury has found.

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June 27, 2024
'Hikers go missing here every summer ... it can take months to find a body'
The Independent

'Hikers go missing here every summer ... it can take months to find a body'

As the search for Jay Slater, 19, enters a 10th day, Tenerife villagers tell Holly Evans about the treacherous Masca Valley

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June 27, 2024
manslaughter Couple face retrial over death of baby
The Independent

manslaughter Couple face retrial over death of baby

Aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner have been found guilty of hiding the birth of their baby who was found dead ina Lidl shopping bag after a high-profile search, it can now be reported.

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June 27, 2024
Celebrities wading in... do they make any difference?
The Independent

Celebrities wading in... do they make any difference?

David Tennant suggested that Kemi Badenoch shouldn’t exist any more” in his acceptance speech at the British LGBT+ Awards last week, adding: I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up.”

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June 27, 2024
Guard created AI chatbot of Willoughby while plotting violent kidnap, court told
The Independent

Guard created AI chatbot of Willoughby while plotting violent kidnap, court told

A security guard accused of plotting to abduct, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby created an AI chatbot to simulate the star, a court heard.

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June 27, 2024
Chancellor faces reckoning from constituents in Surrey
The Independent

Chancellor faces reckoning from constituents in Surrey

Locals in Godalming tell Archie Mitchell why they’ve turned

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June 27, 2024
Rayner cancels Glastonbury weekend after Labour ban
The Independent

Rayner cancels Glastonbury weekend after Labour ban

Festivals are out when David Maddox visits the party’s HQ

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June 27, 2024
Starmer's red line: I won't roll over for doctors on pay
The Independent

Starmer's red line: I won't roll over for doctors on pay

Labour leader delivers strongest words yet to junior medics seeking 35 percent wage rise as they begin five-day strike

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June 27, 2024
'Being killed off in Lost is still my worst heartbreak'
The Independent

'Being killed off in Lost is still my worst heartbreak'

Maggie Grace, star of the kidnap thriller Taken’, sits down with Adam White to talk about her love for England, playing damsels in distress, and how women’s roles have moved on

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June 26, 2024
Our no-nonsense Anne will soon be back in the saddle
The Independent

Our no-nonsense Anne will soon be back in the saddle

As the Princess Royal recovers in hospital after suffering minor injuries and concussion, Tessa Dunlop examines the life and stiff-upper-lip attitude of The Firm’s hardest worker

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June 26, 2024
Assange is free - but his case sets a disturbing precedent
The Independent

Assange is free - but his case sets a disturbing precedent

Julian Assange had become something of an embarrassment – the centre of a legal battle that threatened to make Charles Dickens’s fictional Jarndyce v Jarndyce case in Bleak House look like a brief squabble over a parking ticket.

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June 26, 2024
Roar power! Boulter ready to lead Brits at Wimbledon
The Independent

Roar power! Boulter ready to lead Brits at Wimbledon

After a strong year on the court, the 27-year-old will go into next week’s tournament seeded, writes Eleanor Crooks

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June 26, 2024
Misfiring Mbappe's making progress a grind for France
The Independent

Misfiring Mbappe's making progress a grind for France

When the mask fell, there was no hero in sight. Instead, France’s worst fear presented himself – a man struggling with the expectation of a nation on his shoulders.

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June 26, 2024
Austria dominate group of death to reshape the draw
The Independent

Austria dominate group of death to reshape the draw

If this was supposed to be the group of death, no one told Austria. Ralf Rangnick’s endearing underdogs have reshaped the draw, and perhaps the destiny, of Euro 2024 by topping it.

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June 26, 2024
England fail to ignite with another lacklustre display
The Independent

England fail to ignite with another lacklustre display

Declan Rice had said before this game that it might only take one match to transform England’s tournament and that might now be true… although not because of anything Gareth Southgate’s side actually did. They again didn’t do much at all.

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June 26, 2024
Does Nvidia share fall mean AI bubble is about to burst?
The Independent

Does Nvidia share fall mean AI bubble is about to burst?

The numbers behind the end of AI kingpin Nvidia’s brief reign as the world’s biggest company are staggering.

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June 26, 2024
Australian museum hangs Picasso collection in toilet
The Independent

Australian museum hangs Picasso collection in toilet

Move follows court case over women-only exhibition space

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June 26, 2024
Police shoot demonstrators storming Kenya parliament
The Independent

Police shoot demonstrators storming Kenya parliament

At least 10 killed and dozens injured in deadly tax bill protest

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June 26, 2024
'War crime' arrest warrants issued for senior Putin allies
The Independent

'War crime' arrest warrants issued for senior Putin allies

The International Criminal Court ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian officials, accusing them of overseeing war crimes against civilians during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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June 26, 2024
Biden and Trump ready to engage in TV war of words
The Independent

Biden and Trump ready to engage in TV war of words

White House advisers talk to Andrew Feinberg about the US president’s intense preparation process at Camp David as Republican insiders say Trump is blessed with elite stamina’

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June 26, 2024
'A&E staff said my catatonic wife was not their priority'
The Independent

'A&E staff said my catatonic wife was not their priority'

Husband calls for better care for those in mental health crisis as charity reveals desperate patients turning to private sector

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June 26, 2024
Man who plotted murder of Willoughby had millions of images of women, jury told
The Independent

Man who plotted murder of Willoughby had millions of images of women, jury told

Millions of images of women were discovered on the devices of aman accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby, a court has heard.

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June 26, 2024
New Attenborough portrait naturally has touch of green
The Independent

New Attenborough portrait naturally has touch of green

A portrait of Sir David Attenborough has been unveiled by the Royal Society to mark the broadcaster and naturalist’s four decades as a fellow.

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June 26, 2024
Release of Assange is about Biden vs Trump, not justice
The Independent

Release of Assange is about Biden vs Trump, not justice

The secret negotiations that led to Julian Assange no longer facing the prospect of being sentenced to up to 170 years in an American supermax prison gathered pace five months ago, when the US Department of Justice indicated for the first time that it would accept a plea deal.

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June 26, 2024
Assange arrives on Pacific island after signing plea deal
The Independent

Assange arrives on Pacific island after signing plea deal

WikiLeaks founder to plead guilty on one remaining charge

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June 26, 2024
Sue Gray's 'disaster list' of issues for new government
The Independent

Sue Gray's 'disaster list' of issues for new government

Prisons will run out of space within days, risking public safety, prison governors in England and Wales warn.

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June 26, 2024
Making every vote count in the battle of the economists
The Independent

Making every vote count in the battle of the economists

Labour’s Alistair Strathern tells Archie Mitchell he’s winning the support of life-long Tories in the market town of Hitchin

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June 26, 2024
Cabinet minister says he placed bets on election date
The Independent

Cabinet minister says he placed bets on election date

The Westminster gambling row has deepened after a cabinet minister revealed he had placed bets on the date of the general election.

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June 26, 2024