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• EU split over plan for Covid vaccine passports

  01-03-2021 20:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Southern ‘sun belt’ wants tourism back for summer but other countries say idea is unfair 
  
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• USS Lincoln sailor’s wife blasts dismissive Trump over ‘appalling’ conditions on ‘floating metal prison’

  15-08-2026 00:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The infuriated woman called for accountability hours after Trump claimed no families were worried about the conditions on the ship in the Middle East
  
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• Massachusetts mayor arrested over alleged $1.5m Covid relief loan fraud

  14-08-2026 23:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena is accused of using the loan to fund his campaign and pay personal taxes
  
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• FDA officials finally visit Taylor Farms Mexico site linked to explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak: report

  14-08-2026 23:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former health officials and food safety experts said the agency should have traveled to Mexico sooner
  
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• Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’

  14-08-2026 23:14 via theguardian.com
  Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clearDonald Trump has threatened to declare the strait of Hormuz as “a territory of the United States” as his administration struggles to conclude the war with Iran.During a speech at a police academy on Long Island, New York, on Friday, the US president said he would “pretty soon” designate the waterway – a crucial chokepoint for global trade, through which abo
  
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• Trump’s plane is filled with ‘boxes and boxes of McDonald’s,’ RFK Jr reveals

  14-08-2026 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kennedy once said the junk food served on the president’s plane was ‘poison’
  
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• How the drive-thru became one of America’s most iconic inventions

  14-08-2026 23:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  These major cultural phenomena first converged in the early 20th century through the emergence of drive-in eateries
  
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• Trump dismisses concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln, saying its record-breaking 250 days at sea ‘not nearly enough’ – live

  14-08-2026 23:05 via theguardian.com
  President claims families not worried, despite relatives raising concerns, but confirms USS George Washington will replace aircraft carrier on Iran missionTrump administration asks ⁠US supreme court to allow construction of White House ballroomSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Trump administration, in its appeal to the supreme court today, said that “this case involves an extraordinary and unlawful injunction that will halt the ongoing construction of the integrated military
  
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• Luigi Mangione fan admits ‘relief’ hearing him confess to killing as healthcare CEO’s family weeps listening to plea

  14-08-2026 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The energetic mood ahead of Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea hearing shifted quickly to somberness after former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family appeared in the courtroom, weeping with one another
  
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• BBC seeks to subpoena Trump’s eldest children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit

  14-08-2026 23:05 via theguardian.com
  Network wants to serve Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr after president sues over January 6 documentaryThe BBC is trying to subpoena Donald Trump’s children as it builds its defense against the president’s defamation lawsuit centered on a documentary on the January 6 insurrection.In a motion filed Friday, the BBC sought authorization to serve Trump’s two eldest children, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, with subpoenas for testimony
  
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• Ontario free to axe Toronto bike lanes, region’s top court rules

  14-08-2026 23:03 via theguardian.com
  Win is significant for region’s premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones for city’s traffic illsThe Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region’s top court ruled in favour of the province on Friday, overturning a lower court’s decision that decreed removal would violate constitutional rights.The win is significant for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, and his government, who have long railed against
  
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• Top state Democrat found guilty by jury on federal charges in corruption trial

  14-08-2026 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  In March 2024, a grand jury indicted the 69-year-old Williams Stapleton on more than three dozen counts, including mail fraud, bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the federal government
  
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• Kentucky governor says he has received no information on Mitch McConnell’s health as he rips into Congress

  14-08-2026 22:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  McConnell was discharged from a rehabilitation center earlier this month
  
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• Army soldier’s wife returns home after being removed from deportation flight

  14-08-2026 22:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Maisa Lopes Eliaser had spent more than a month in federal ICE custody
  
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• Son of Mexico’s former President López Obrador says US revoked his visa

  14-08-2026 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to State Department officials, such visa revocations are directed at individuals implicated in corruption, narcotics smuggling, or assisting unlawful migration
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says Strait of Hormuz will soon be ‘called a territory of the United States’

  14-08-2026 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US president says America will also hit Iran hard economically as Washington and Tehran struggle to reach a deal to end a nearly six month conflict
  
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• Luigi Mangione case: Key events from CEO’s killing to guilty plea

  14-08-2026 22:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mangione is scheduled to go on trial on state murder charges on Sept 8
  
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• Trump oddly claims ‘young beautiful girls’ come to White House and thank him

  14-08-2026 22:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bizarre rant comes at a political rally attended by hundreds of armed police officers
  
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• Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims

  14-08-2026 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on FridayJason Arday, the black academic who resigned last week as a professor at the University of Cambridge, has been found dead at his home in south London.The Metropolitan police said officers were called to Arday’s address by the London ambulance service after 3pm on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Grok deepfakes of nude Arkansas teen have ‘completely devastated’ family, lawsuit says

  14-08-2026 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This is the fourth such lawsuit of what appears to be countless more coming in the future,’ attorney Derek Potts told The Independent
  
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• Karoline Leavitt is out. Here’s who could be next to dump Trump at the White House

  14-08-2026 21:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The midterms typically foretell a Cabinet reshuffle. Now that the press secretary is departing, here are some other key administration officials who might leave before the year ends, Eric Garcia writes
  
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• ‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead

  14-08-2026 21:27 via theguardian.com
  Heavy machinery seen operating in famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new wall infrastructure in beloved Texas parkBulldozers have begun plowing up ground at the mouth of Big Bend national park’s famed Santa Elena Canyon as part of the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar “smart wall” expansion on the US-Mexico border, according to new footage taken by activists who have been monitoring the site.Tensions have run high since the Trump administration announced
  
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• ‘No they’re not’: Trump claims reports that families are worried about man-overboard USS Lincoln crew are lies

  14-08-2026 21:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘No, they’re not,’ president snaps after reporters press him on reports of attempted suicides aboard Nimitz-class carrier
  
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• Emergency alert warning of wildfire risk sent to phones in England and Wales

  14-08-2026 21:19 via theguardian.com
  People urged not to light barbecues, campfires or anything else that could spark fire during period of extreme heatMillions of people across England and Wales received an emergency alert to their phones on Friday as the government warned against activities that could start fires.The deputy prime minister, Louise Haigh, said it was the most extensive use to date of the emergency alert system, with phones beaming a siren noise about 7pm, with the warning: “There is a serious risk of wildfire
  
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• Trump’s $1 commemorative coin gets a release date - and will cost you more than a buck

  14-08-2026 21:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The coins will be made from copper, zinc, nickel and manganese, according to the US Mint
  
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• Trio of ‘tomb raiders’ stole heirlooms left in cemeteries in at least nine states, cops say

  14-08-2026 21:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Florida police are on the hunt for the suspects who have allegedly hit cemeteries as far northeast as Buffalo, New York
  
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• US Forest Service chief reportedly pressed staff for more support for wildfire near his ranch

  14-08-2026 21:01 via theguardian.com
  Michael Boren requested more aircraft for 7-acre Cabin Creek fire, some of which were diverted from other firesMichael Boren, the US undersecretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment who oversees the US Forest Service, reportedly pressed agency staff last month to deploy more aircraft to a 7-acre (2.8-hectare) fire that was burning near his Idaho ranch, according to a Washington Post report on Friday.The Cabin Creek fire in Idaho began on about 12 July as a result of an unatten
  
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• Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis

  14-08-2026 20:51 via theguardian.com
  Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaignersAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized

  14-08-2026 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’A woman was arrested on Friday morning in connection with the vandalization of the National World War Two Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC, the capital’s federal prosecutor announced.Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, announced mid-morning that a suspect was in custody and had been charged with federal crimes. Continue reading.
  
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• Trump Cabinet member’s video reveals her office is festooned with pictures of herself

  14-08-2026 20:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has made a point of adding gold decor across government buildings
  
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