57 m. ago Voices: Independent readers share their views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

Readers were divided on the idea of reintroducing national service, with many agreeing that Britain’s military is underprepared, but questioning whether conscription is the right solution in 2025

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1 hour ago How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

The Philadelphia Police Department piloted its Crisis Intervention Teams on the Behavioral Health Unit a little more than two years ago, as a co-responder program that sends an officer with a mental health clinician or social worker to respond to crises or mental health calls

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1 hour ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest city

In Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump planning pricey military parade on his 79th birthday: Report

This June 14 will mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army — and also happens to be the president’s birthday

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5 h. ago Twisted killer who refuses to reveal where he hid teenage girl's body becomes one of first murderers denied parole under Helen's Law

Twisted David Hodgson, 47, was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Jenny Nicholl, when she disappeared without trace after leaving her home in Richmond, North Yorkshire in 2005.

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6 h. ago Sue Perkins says she refuses to use ADHD as an excuse for behaviour

‘It’s not about going, ‘I can’t and I won’t because I’ve got a certificate’,’ she says

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7 h. ago They married in an ICE detention center. Now they’re fighting Trump after Maryland dad was wrongfully deported to El Salvador

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the Trump administration refused to return the Maryland father deported in ‘error.’ Alex Woodward reports

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7 h. ago Army reenlists nearly two dozen soldiers ousted for refusing COVID

Officials say the Army has reenlisted more than 23 soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

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7 h. ago South Carolina’s highest court refuses to stop another firing squad execution

Mikal Mahdi has one more opportunity to live

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7 h. ago Coming to a street near you? Birmingham bin strikes could spread across the COUNTRY, union leader warns

Clare Keogh, of Unite, said anger at council cuts was growing nationwide among refuse workers and there was 'massive potential this will escalate'.

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8 h. ago What They Found review – Sam Mendes’s debut documentary has the power to change viewers for ever

This tale of two British army sergeants who filmed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp uses their profoundly disturbing footage. It’s TV that could alter your whole world viewWhat They Found, the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes, is a short, stark shock. The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London: 35mm film, shot by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945; and audio interviews given by the cameramen in the 1980s. Lewis and Lawrie did not record sound when they visited Belsen; the words they spoke years later are the only sounds we hear.Lewis and Lawrie do not arrive at Belsen until almost halfway through the film’s 36-minute running time. First, laid over generic archive footage, we hear how they came to be a...

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8 h. ago Trump wants 'big military parade' from Pentagon to White House for his 79th birthday

President Donald Trump reportedly wants a 'big military parade' to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army - a date the coincides with his 79th birthday.

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9 h. ago Brits really do work harder than our continental counterparts, new data shows

The UK’s army of self-employed grafters, like white van men and other tradies, do longer hours than the French and take shorter breaks than Italians

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10 h. ago Moment couple dining at Italian restaurant 'deliberately put glass into their food' before refusing to pay £65 bill

The man and woman were dining at San Marino restaurant in Widnes, Cheshire, on Saturday April 5, when they complained about a sharp object found in their pasta dish.

Economics

10 h. ago Fury at Birmingham councillor who went on 'holiday' to Egypt while city overflows with rubbish

Employees in the council's refuse management team have told MailOnline they are 'p***ed off and getting it in the neck while the city is in a tip and he's off on a jolly paid for by a charity'.

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10 h. ago World Bank employees accused of ‘intimidating’ au pair into forced labor and threatening to have her deported

Exclusive: An au pair from Indonesia claims in a lawsuit obtained by The Independent that the couple refused to let her leave the house without their permission and threatened to have her deported if she told anyone about the mistreatment

Society

10 h. ago Jobless youngsters should 'join British Army' as it's not just about 'getting yelled at'

Britain's unemployed youngsters have been urged to join the Army, with the veterans minister saying it could help them 'get out' of a tough situation they find themselves in

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12 h. ago Labour MPs put on show of solidarity with their two colleagues who were refused entry to Israel

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were joined by scores of other Labour MPs in Parliament's Westminster Hall following their return from the Middle East.

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12 h. ago NewsNation describes Trump skipping dignified transfer of dead soldiers for LIV event as ‘golf diplomacy’

‘I’m not sure they’re bad optics,’ Steve Krakauer said about Trump being on the golf course at the time American soldiers’ remains were being transferred

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12 h. ago Russia's Leonardo DiCaprio lookalike says he has survived six months on the front line in Ukraine

Roman Burtsev, 42, who won a string of acting and advertising roles as a Leonardo DiCaprio lookalike has survived his first six months as a soldier on the front line.

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