61 m. ago Zelensky and Trump hold 'secret' talks before Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky held brief talks with US President Donald Trump on Saturday as the two leaders attended Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome, according to reports.

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1 hour ago In Kent, the ‘silent Reform voter’ may give Nigel Farage his greatest victory

On the campaign trail in Ramsgate, the Reform leader was keen to talk immigration and his distrust of the Tories Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Grab your friends and take your group chat on an actual holiday for only £79 each

Enough talk, it's time to book that group holiday. Let's make it happen!

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2 h. ago All six times bungling US lost nukes – from vanishing jets to bomb rolling off ship

The US is responsible for at least 32 documented instances of a nuclear weapons accident, also known as a 'Broken Arrow' in military talk - Six times they lost nuclear weapons

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3 h. ago Who’s a clever boy: the average dog has a mental age of about two. But what are they really thinking?

They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty for eating our slippersThe thing that made me think my dog may be a genius was the word monkey. We’d developed a game where I’d hide her monkey toy – a sad, lifeless being, long lobotomised by my golden retriever puppy – and, when I asked her to find it, I realised she could differentiate the word monkey from other objects. A woman in the park had a similar story. On holiday in an unfamiliar cottage, she had misplaced the car keys. After hunting for them for over an hour, her dog, a border collie, overheard her and her husband talking about it, recognised the word “keys” and immediately went and found them.So maybe my dog, Rhubarb, isn’t a genius after all. Dogs, says Vanessa Woods, director of the Puppy Kindergarten project at Duke University in North Carolina, US, and writer of sev...

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4 h. ago Experts warn of the common red flags to look out for to prevent being scammed

“People need to be encouraged to talk, scam silence needs to end”

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4 h. ago ‘Beyoncé and Solange tell me off all the time’: Tina Knowles on raising superstars, surviving cancer and growing up under segregation

Pop’s top matriarch is finally getting the credit she’s due. She talks about her shock diagnosis, conspiracy theories about her family, and the Instagram posts that get her in trouble with her kidsIt’s been a decade since Tina Knowles started dictating her life story into her phone for her grandchildren and future great-grandchildren. She wanted them to know their history – her early life and world were so different from theirs, she might as well have been from another planet. Knowles, the youngest of seven, born to a docker and seamstress, grew up poor in segregated Texas. Her grandchildren, born to Knowles’s superstar daughters, Beyoncé and Solange, are growing up in Los Angeles and New York with unimaginable wealth, but under unimaginable scrutiny.A couple of years ago, Knowles started writing a book that was supposed to be her behind-the-scenes take on the outfits she had created for her daughters’ music careers – the dazzling triple-denim looks she had cobbled together from fab...

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4 h. ago How to watch Eubank vs Benn: TV channel and live stream for fight today

All the talking will finally stop as British arch-rivals clash in massive fight at long last

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4 h. ago Eubank Jr vs Benn betting offer: Get 30/1 on Eubank Jr or 40/1 on Benn to win with talkSPORT BET

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5 h. ago We hid in the bathroom as bombs fell on Kyiv. Is this Trump’s idea of peace?

In the early hours of 24 April the realisation dawned: Putin will get a deal that humiliates Ukraine – or continue to slaughter our civiliansDay 1,156 of the invasion; 24 April 2025. Thirty hours after the end of Russia’s fake “Easter ceasefire”. It is 6.21am: feeling anxious, I call my father. He is travelling by train from the western part of Ukraine to Kyiv, due to arrive in 40 minutes. He picks up the phone, and from his cheerful tone I gather that he has not yet heard the news. I ask if the train is running late. My father says everything is fine, he can already spot familiar places in the Kyiv region. He wants to know why I doubt the arrival time. I tell him that sadly Russia has been shelling the country all night long. In Kyiv, I say, we have lived through one of the worst nights. “I’m jumping in a taxi,” I add. “I’ll see you soon.”Those who survive shelling often imitate the sounds of explosions when they talk about the experience. I instantly think of this when an early mo...

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5 h. ago ‘One mistake and their Germanness is gone’: how idea of stripping citizenship for crimes spread across Europe

Recent proposals put forward in countries such as Sweden, Finland and Germany reflect wider shift, say analystsThe plans, hatched by Sweden’s rightwing government with support of its far-right backers, made waves around the world. Politicians said they were working to strip citizenship from dual nationals who had been convicted of some crimes.It was a hint of a broader conversation taking place in capitals around the world. As far-right and nationalist parties steadily gain political ground, analysts say that citizenship is increasingly being linked to crime, giving rise to a shift that risks creating two classes of citizens and marginalising specific communities. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The one thing Manchester United can give Kobbie Mainoo that might smooth contract talks

Talks over a new deal for Kobbie Mainoo are ongoing at a slow pace and this season might not have helped grease the wheels for the youngster at Man Utd.

Politics

9 h. ago Trump offers peace proposal for Ukraine and Moscow to finish 'cruel and senseless war'

In a post to his Truth Social on Friday, Trump called for 'high level talks' between the two warring nations after he touched down in Rome to attend the funeral of the late Pope Francis.

Politics

10 h. ago Health and Human Services denies it will create autism registry

A ‘real-world data platform will link existing datasets to support research into causes of autism and insights into improved treatment strategies,’ one HHS official told The Independent

Science

10 h. ago Star Wars legend George Lucas finally reveals bizarre reason why Yoda talks backwards in decades

George Lucas revealed the answer to a question Star Wars fans have had for decades. The filmmaker, 80, was celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back

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10 h. ago Donald Trump hints Ukraine and Russia are on verge of ending bloody three

Posted on his Truth Social site after arriving in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral, Donald Trump called on Ukraine and Russia to complete "very high level talks"

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11 h. ago George Lucas reveals why Yoda talks backwards in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

‘I had to figure out a way to get people to actually listen,’ explained the Star Wars creator. ‘Especially 12-year-olds.’

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11 h. ago Bianca Censori delivers Kanye an ultimatum amid marriage crisis talks in Spain

Bianca Censori and Kanye West are now in 'crisis talks' after the rapper pushed back against the model's ambitions.

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12 h. ago CBB fans shocked watching JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes grilled over close friendship

Love Island's Chris Hughes and singer and dancer JoJo Siwa's close friendship has become one of the most talked about moments of the 2025 series of Celebrity Big Brother

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12 h. ago Deliveroo in talks over £2.7 billion buyout proposal from DoorDash

Deliveroo’s board said it received an ‘indicative proposal’ from DoorDash on April 5.

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