14 h. ago I was disappeared under Argentina’s dictatorship. I know how autocracy begins | Miriam Lewin

Foreigners treated as enemies, judges under attack: the signs are everywhere in the US. But there are still reasons to hopeLike so many others, I watched the video of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, as she was surrounded by men dressed in black, some wearing masks. They carried guns. One grabbed her by the collar. The men surrounded her, and one handcuffed her. You can hear her short shrieks of fear.She must have been terrified. I know I was when, as a 19-year-old student, I was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires by members of an irregular taskforce. I know what it feels like and I know what it portends.Miriam Lewin is a leading Argentine journalist and survivor of the dictatorship. She is the author of six books, including Iosi, the Remorseful Spy forthcoming in English in July 2025 (Seven Stories Press). A seven episode podcast about Miriam Lewin’s experience as a prisoner of the state and her fight for justice is titled The Burden: Avenger Continue r...

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14 h. ago Today at Download Festival: Updated main stage set times, secret set revealed and weather for June 15 2025

It’s the final day at Download Festival 2025 - and hopefully no exhaustive stage clashes today, right?

Society

15 h. ago DAME DIANA JOHNSON: Labour will deliver reform needed to restore public trust in the police

Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson writes for The Mirror about Labour's coming Crime and Policing Bill, which the Government will use to restore public confidence in the police

Politics

66 h. ago Collapsed Glastonbury Festival glamping firm Yurtel debts revealed and EDF buys EV charging firm amid weak vehicle sales

From fresh revelations over Glastonbury glamping firm Yurtel’s collapse and EDF’s takeover of Pod Point, to Octopus investing in African clean tech, Badenoch’s business plea, rising jobseeker numbers, and FuelHub’s funding push - here are today’s top UK business stories.

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3 d. ago Bloody Scotland 2025: Here are 10 of the biggest names appearing at the Stirling crime writing festival

Everybody heading to the book festival in Stirling is sure to have a bloody good time.

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3 d. ago Bloody Scotland: Full line up of crime writing festival revealed, including author behind hit TV show

Bloody Scotland will take place in Stirling in September

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3 d. ago Glastonbury founder shares major change for 2025 that explains why people struggled to get tickets this year

Glastonbury Festival's Emily Eavis revealed the changes she's made to the site to help avoid overcrowding at this year's event

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3 d. ago I was a Republican – the party I believed in no longer exists | Paolina Milana

I didn’t leave the Republican party lightly. I left because it left meI’m writing this not as a Democrat or an Independent, but as someone who, for most of her life, was a proud Republican.I voted for Ronald Reagan and admired his belief that “character counts”. I believed in personal responsibility, faith and country – and the Republican party seemed to reflect those values. I even rooted for George W Bush during the chaotic “hanging chads” recount in 2000, not because I thought he was perfect, but because I believed he would lead with decency and conviction.Paolina Milana is a first-generation Sicilian American with journalistic roots and the author of several books, including the memoirs The S Word and Committed, and most recently, The Caregiver Chronicles Continue reading...

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4 d. ago “In the area”: HAIM respond to Glastonbury Festival rumours and reveal their favourite stage to play on

The group will be in the United Kingdom for the Dreamland Summer Series in Margate on June 27.

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5 d. ago 10 highlights from 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has launched its programme today

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6 d. ago Glastonbury organisers reveal 'a few thousand' fewer tickets were sold for 2025 festival to change dynamic

Glastonbury Festival is set to take place in Somerset in a matter of weeks

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6 d. ago Expert reveals ten tips to try when bringing your kids to a festival this summer

Keep your kids safe and happy at live events with these handy hacks

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6 d. ago Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellersFrederick Forsyth, the author who turned his adventures as a journalist and work with MI6 into bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness aged 86.Forsyth brought a reporter’s eye to his fiction, transforming the thriller genre with a series of novels including The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and The Dogs of War. Combining meticulous research with firecracker plots, he published a series of novels that sold more than 75m copies around the world, and won him honours including a CBE in 1997 and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger award. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Money expert reveals best way to save money at festivals as ticket prices soar

Research shows that more than a third of festival-goers have dipped into savings to pay for tickets this year, so experts have stepped in with the best advice on how to have fun without spending big

Economics

8 d. ago Jack Reacher author Lee Child: ‘More sex is medically implausible and I’m as rich and famous as I need to be’

The thriller writer on being a fearless Brummie, how he came to own a Renoir and his six-decade love affair with smokingBorn in the West Midlands, Lee Child, 70, studied law before working in television. After losing his job following a corporate restructuring, he published Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series, in 1997. His novels have been adapted into two films, starring Tom Cruise, and an Amazon Prime series. He now writes with his brother Andrew and they headline Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival in Harrogate next month. The 30th Reacher thriller, Exit Strategy, is out in November. He is married with a daughter, and lives in the north of England.When were you happiest? In 1993, making love on the beach of a deserted island in the Bahamas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shovels, pickaxes and an abandoned farmhouse: Inside the new search for Madeleine McCann as police race against time

With police scouring derelict farm buildings in Praia da Luz, time is running out to find evidence linking Madeleine’s disappearance to the only suspect, The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin writes

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1 week ago Glastonbury 2025: This year’s set times revealed, but who could fill those TBA slots throughout the festival?

Speculation grows even more as several TBA slots appear on the 2025 Glastonbury timetable

Politics

1 week ago Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

The American essayist, playwright and author of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man has diedEdmund White, the American writer, playwright and essayist who attracted acclaim for his semi-autobiographical novels such as A Boy’s Own Story – and literally wrote the book on gay sex, with the pioneering The Joy of Gay Sex – has died aged 85.His death was confirmed to the Guardian by his agent, Bill Clegg, on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jessie J reveals breast cancer diagnosis as star vows to return after festival

Jessie J, 37, revealed that she'd spent much of her time recently 'in and out of tests' and plans to undergo surgery after this month's Summertime Ball.

Science

1 week ago Shovels, pickaxes and an abandoned farmhouse: Inside the search for Madeleine McCann near Praia da Luz

With police scouring derelict farm buildings for Madeleine McCann, writes The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin, time runs out to find evidence linking her disappearance to the only suspect

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