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Scotland on way home after Hungary's last-kick victory
The Independent

Scotland on way home after Hungary's last-kick victory

Why always Scotland? Why always like this? The same, crushing feeling a hundred times over – brings the Tartan Army’s party at Euro 2024 crashing to a halt. With the last kick of the game and in the 100th minute, Kevin Csoboth may have sent Hungary through to the last 16.

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June 24, 2024
Palestinian strapped to jeep in Israeli raid on West Bank
The Independent

Palestinian strapped to jeep in Israeli raid on West Bank

Israeli soldiers strapped an injured Palestinian man to the bonnet of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, inviting condemnation over their use of people in the occupied territories as a human shield.

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June 24, 2024
Nine dead after gunmen target holy places in Russia
The Independent

Nine dead after gunmen target holy places in Russia

Gunmen have opened fire at a synagogue, two Orthodox churches and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, with seven policemen and a priest among the dead, according to the region’s ministry of internal affairs.

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June 24, 2024
'This is the man of the hour'
The Independent

'This is the man of the hour'

Evangelical Christians at the Road to Majority conference in Washington tell Bel Trew why they believe Donald Trump is the best candidate for them in spite of his felony convictions

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June 24, 2024
Passengers in wheelchairs left behind by easyJet flight
The Independent

Passengers in wheelchairs left behind by easyJet flight

An author was \"distraught\" after she was left abandoned on the tarmac alongside two other wheelchair users when a plane took off without them.

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June 24, 2024
Officers focus on buildings in search for missing teen
The Independent

Officers focus on buildings in search for missing teen

Tenerife’s Guardia Civil examine structures at base of ravine

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June 24, 2024
Prisoner dreams of 'normal life' after IPP sentence left him imprisoned for 18 years
The Independent

Prisoner dreams of 'normal life' after IPP sentence left him imprisoned for 18 years

A prisoner who has served 18 years in prison after he was given a 23-month jail term has spoken of his desperation for a “normal life” as he makes his seventh bid to be freed from an indefinite sentence.

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June 24, 2024
Defiant MP sends message to vandals after office attack
The Independent

Defiant MP sends message to vandals after office attack

Labour MP Stella Creasy has issued a defiant message to vandals who attacked her constituency office, saying they “don’t intimidate” her.

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June 24, 2024
Show me the money: major donors in the race to No 10
The Independent

Show me the money: major donors in the race to No 10

Those funding party election campaigns include supermarket heirs, entrepreneurs... and the occasional arms dealer’s wife

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June 24, 2024
Top Cleverly aide describes PM's Rwanda plan as 'crap'
The Independent

Top Cleverly aide describes PM's Rwanda plan as 'crap'

A top aide to James Cleverly has described Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan as crap”, a leaked recording has revealed.

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June 24, 2024
Labour candidate seeks the ultimate 'Portillo moment'
The Independent

Labour candidate seeks the ultimate 'Portillo moment'

Tom Wilson, who hopes to become the first person to defeat a sitting PM, believes rural England is abandoning the Tories

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June 24, 2024
Senior Tories turn on Sunak as betting scandal escalates
The Independent

Senior Tories turn on Sunak as betting scandal escalates

Conservative Party’s data chief becomes fourth to be accused

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June 24, 2024
Blossoming Smith catches the eye in Tokyo try-fest
The Independent

Blossoming Smith catches the eye in Tokyo try-fest

From golden wings to red cards, Harry Latham-Coyle picks out five talking points from England's 52-17 win over Japan

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June 23, 2024
Belgium team finally clicks with victory over Romania
The Independent

Belgium team finally clicks with victory over Romania

Romelu Lukaku stood with his back not only to goal, but to the raucous mass of crimson behind it. From somewhere within that throng, a plume of red smoke billowed towards the roof of the stadium. It might as well have been a warning to Romania, but just one minute into this critical Euro 2024 clash, they did not have time to heed it.

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June 23, 2024
Stylish Portugal impose order on Turkish chaos
The Independent

Stylish Portugal impose order on Turkish chaos

As one man took centre stage in a circus, a properly serious team got on with the business of convincingly winning football matches around him. Is this to be the story of Portugal at Euro 2024?

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June 23, 2024
OceanGate founder reflects on Titan disaster a year on
The Independent

OceanGate founder reflects on Titan disaster a year on

A year ago today the US Coast Guard confirmed the Titan submersible had suffered a “catastrophic implosion” an hour and 45 minutes into its dive to the Titanic wreck site. This week the co-founder of the company behind the disaster, Guillermo Söhnlein, admitted a day has not passed since 22 June last year where he has not thought about the five men who lost their lives.

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June 23, 2024
Putin, Kim and the alliances threatening global stability
The Independent

Putin, Kim and the alliances threatening global stability

With multiple threats to humanity engulfing the world, pariah states will only come closer together and the West cannot stand idly by as relations grow

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June 23, 2024
New sighting of son missing on Tenerife, reveals mother
The Independent

New sighting of son missing on Tenerife, reveals mother

The search for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife continues as his mother yesterday revealed a new potential sighting. The 19-year-old's disappearance has sparked huge search operations on the island after he vanished seemingly without a trace on Monday morning.

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June 23, 2024
Private hospital link to TV sex coach who 'raped client'
The Independent

Private hospital link to TV sex coach who 'raped client'

A celebrity sex coach who lost a civil trial over claims he raped his patient opened a clinic with one of the largest private healthcare providers in the UK just months before the incident, court documents claim.

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June 23, 2024
Swift shares birthday selfie with her royal 'M8' William
The Independent

Swift shares birthday selfie with her royal 'M8' William

Taylor Swift has shared a photograph with Prince William and his children at her first Eras Tour show in London.

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June 23, 2024
Dr Mosley's widow to carry on work that gave him 'joy'
The Independent

Dr Mosley's widow to carry on work that gave him 'joy'

Dr Michael Mosley's wife has posted a moving tribute to her \"amazing\" husband as she vowed to continue the work they had started together.

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June 23, 2024
'I'm sorry, I was dreaming'
The Independent

'I'm sorry, I was dreaming'

How an 'understated and quiet' pupil at a £46,000-per-year private school in Devon went on hammer-wielding rampage

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June 23, 2024
Farage doubles down on his Ukraine invasion comments
The Independent

Farage doubles down on his Ukraine invasion comments

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have led criticism of Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader claimed that the West \"provoked\" Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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June 23, 2024
Tories think auction's a clue Sunak has already conceded
The Independent

Tories think auction's a clue Sunak has already conceded

Rishi Sunak appeared to run up the white flag of surrender at the Conservatives' summer garden party fundraiser, with what guests saw as an acceptance that he will not be prime minister after 4 July.

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June 23, 2024
Top Tory takes leave over election betting allegations
The Independent

Top Tory takes leave over election betting allegations

The Conservative Party's chief data officer has taken a leave of absence over claims he placed bets on the timing of the general election. Nick Mason is the latest Tory to be investigated by the Gambling Commission for allegedly betting on the timing of the election before the date had been announced.

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June 23, 2024
JK Rowling: Labour's trans stance 'abandoning' women
The Independent

JK Rowling: Labour's trans stance 'abandoning' women

Author JK Rowling has criticised Labour for \"abandoning\" women concerned about transgender rights.

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June 23, 2024
How Starmer set a trap over Partygate to snare Johnson
The Independent

How Starmer set a trap over Partygate to snare Johnson

Sir Keir Starmer has set out for the first time how he laid a trap for Boris Johnson over Partygate, luring the former prime minister into the lies that saw him forced out of parliament.

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June 23, 2024
Labour to target Sunak over his 'dirty dozen' candidates
The Independent

Labour to target Sunak over his 'dirty dozen' candidates

Labour is set to launch a social media campaign aimed at questioning Rishi Sunak's judgement by ramping up pressure for him to suspend 12 candidates caught up in different controversies including the betting scandal.

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June 23, 2024
Disenfranchised younger people to reject ballot box
The Independent

Disenfranchised younger people to reject ballot box

Huge numbers of younger people feel disenfranchised by the political parties and are not going to vote, exclusive polling for The Independent shows.

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June 23, 2024
Don't fret about wine buffs and rosé advice, just enjoy it
The Independent

Don't fret about wine buffs and rosé advice, just enjoy it

The sun has been shining for a good 30 seconds, which means for many of us it's finally time to crack open that bottle of rosé we've been keeping back just for this occasion.

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June 22, 2024