7 h. ago What would a youth visa scheme with the European Union look like?

As hopes grow for a youth mobility scheme with the European Union, The Independent looks at how it would work in practice

Politics

8 h. ago Details of Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed including youth mobility scheme

Exclusive: The deal will be unveiled on Monday — with a warning it will anger both Brexiteers and Rejoiners

Economics

12 h. ago More concessions in Starmer's Brexit 'reset'? EU 'demands UK abandons GM crops' as well as agreeing youth 'free movement' to land deal at May 19 summit

Brussels has made an 11th hour gambit to get Britain to halt advanced work on gene editing crops, which would allow UK farmer to grow disease and drought-resistant strains.

Politics

26 h. ago Government supports ‘controlled’ youth movement schemes, minister says

Ahead of the UK-EU summit next week, backbench Labour MPs pressed the Government to agree a youth mobility scheme.

Politics

34 h. ago EU chief says row over fishing rights is settled ahead of Starmer's Brexit 'reset' next week but Spain bids to reopen Gibraltar spat

Kaja Kallas said 'we are over the fish' ahead of a major summit in London next week where Sir Keir Starmer hopes to confirm UK firms will join a 150 billion euro joint defence fund.

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39 h. ago Davide Ancelotti final mission for Carlo revealed as likely Rangers start date activated with deal 'very close'

The son of the most successful manager in Champions League history is in prime position to become the next boss at Ibrox

Economics

3 d. ago Minibus medics sent to answer 999 calls as 'underinvestment and understaffing' hits ambulance service

Scotland's 'overstretched' ambulance service is sending minibuses out to deal with emergency calls, it has been revealed.

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3 d. ago Trump administration reveals bombshell trade deal with China weeks after tariffs ripped apart world economy

President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary struck a trade deal with China during negotiations in Switzerland this weekend.

Economics

4 d. ago European football: Kane and Bayern lift trophy as Müller says goodbye

Kane scores opener against Mönchengladbach in 2-0 winBochum and Holstein Kiel relegated from BundesligaBayern Munich eased past Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 in the Bundesliga as the champions’ club legend Thomas Müller bade farewell in his final home game after 25 years at the club.The 35-year-old Müller, who came through the Bayern youth ranks to win dozens of titles including a record 13 league crowns and two Champions League trophies, was the focus even before the start. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Bank of England chief urges Starmer to 'do everything' to 'rebuild' trade with the EU after sealing deal with Trump... as Tories warn Brexit must NOT be unwound

Andrew Bailey backed deepening relations as the PM pushes ahead with his Brexit 'reset' - after sealing a damage limitation deal with Donald Trump .

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5 d. ago Body language expert reveals what 'anxious' Trump really said during trade deal announcement

EXCLUSIVE: A body language expert has spoken to the Daily Star about what Trump was really saying when he announced the US-UK trade deal on a joint call with Keir Starmer

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6 d. ago Trump revealing ‘full and comprehensive’ trade deal with UK in first major announcement since starting global trade war

Thursday’s announcement will mark the first major global trade deal since Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs in April

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6 d. ago One in three brits regret their car finance deal as rising costs bite, survey reveals

A new survey has found that over a third of UK drivers who bought a car on finance in the last decade now believe they overpaid — sparking fears that buyer’s remorse is becoming widespread as cost-of-living pressures mount.

Economics

7 d. ago UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows

Two sides are far apart with only fortnight until post-Brexit ‘reset’ summit in London

Economics

7 d. ago Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma | Chietigj Bajpaee

A military attack on the same day as a trade deal with the UK reveals a nation keen to strut the world stage, but hampered by regional enmity and historyConcluding a “landmark” trade agreement with the UK and launching military operations against Pakistan on the same day: it is fair to say that, for India, the future and the past have collided this week. The agreement with Britain, which has been three years in the making, is one of several India is negotiating, including with the US and EU. It illustrates its appeal as a rising global power – the world’s most populous country and its fastest-growing major economy, which is also the fifth (and on course to be third) largest overall. In contrast, the military operations targeting Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir demonstrate how India continues to be bogged down by instabilities in its neighbourhood and held hostage to its history.India’s military actions are in response to a terrorist attack last month in which 26 tourists ...

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7 d. ago BBC Bargain Hunt's Philip Serrell inundated with support as he shares family update

Bargain Hunt expert Philip Serrell took to social media to share a rare update on his personal life as he revealed his daughter Clementine is set to marry her partner Jorgen Deal

Politics

7 d. ago US trade deal 'set to be signed this week' as Starmer scrambles to ease Trump's tariffs on cars and steel before his Brexit 'reset'

Negotiators appear to be closing in on a package that could reduce the impact of the president's eye-watering 25 per cent levies on car and steep imports.

Economics

7 d. ago UK looking at setting up youth mobility scheme with EU, minister says

Ahead of key summit, Nick Thomas-Symonds tells FT that a ‘smart’ programme would benefit young people

Politics

8 d. ago 'Cruel' animal welfare practices 'could be imported to UK due to new trade deal'

As Britain and India sign a new trade deal, Animal Policy International revealed the immense suffering of hens confined to battery cages raising concerns about the potential increase in cruel imports

Economics

9 d. ago How's your Brexit 'reset' going, Keir? EU 'rejects Starmer's bid to access bloc's crime and migration databases' in blow to PM's efforts to tackle small boats crisis

The Prime Minister had been hoping to restore pre-Brexit intelligence-sharing arrangements with Brussels to help 'smash the people-smuggling gangs'.

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