74 m. ago Pope Francis funeral LIVE: Pontiff's coffin sealed as world leaders gather for historic service

World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance

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1 hour ago The world is facing a new and devastating frontier in the Aids epidemic

Editorial: If the human immunodeficiency virus is less well suppressed thanks to President Trump’s cuts to USAID, it risks finding more and more hosts in which it can mutate. New and more dangerous strains can develop, which are resistant to existing drugs

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2 h. ago Challenge to Reform UK Lincolnshire mayor candidate is rejected

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who served as a minister in the last Conservative government, is standing as Reform’s candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoralty.

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2 h. ago Tributes paid to 'grandfather figure' found dead in London: Man, 65, is named as police launch murder probe and arrest woman, 28, and man, 54

Concerns had been raised over the welfare of Michael O'Donnell, 65, who had not been seen since February 24.

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3 h. ago Whales and dolphins keep washing up dead in Southern California — scientists say this is responsible

Sea lions, dolphins, whales and other animals have been struck down

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3 h. ago The domestic pressures shaping India’s response to Kashmir attacks

Modi must weigh a response that balances domestic fury with strategic restraintIndia’s furious response to the terrorist massacre of 26 men in a popular travel destination is being shaped by public rage at the deadliest civilian attack in Kashmir in a quarter-century.The brutality of the assault in one of Muslim-majority Kashmir’s marquee tourist spots – and its national resonance – leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi needing to signal strength, but without triggering uncontrolled escalation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, analysts say. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Pope Francis funeral LIVE: Basilica closed to mourners as world leaders gather in Rome for historic service

World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance

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4 h. ago Cuts to food aid put more than 3 million malnourished people at risk in Ethiopia

The situation facing Ethiopia represents a “perfect storm of overlapping crises”, says the World Food Programme

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4 h. ago Trump’s deadline to review US aid cuts has passed – so what happens now?

Programmes say they are facing growing uncertainty as review is extended

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4 h. ago New 20mph speed limits among measures to cut collisions on Falkirk roads

The new safety plan hopes to save lives of young drivers and motorcylists as well as schoolchildren and pensioners

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5 h. ago Voices: I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – the world should be very afraid of cuts to AIDS funding

Hospitals will see a surge of people with AIDS-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan. We cannot sit back and observe this humanitarian disaster unfold

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5 h. ago New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attended a U.N. Security Council briefing after raising his country’s new flag at the international body

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5 h. ago CBB's Danny Beard feared partner would 'run for the hills' over mortifying accident in bed

RuPaul's Drag Race UK and Celebrity Big Brother star Danny Beard discussed the pros and cons of his weight loss journey, which included a rather awkward accident

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5 h. ago Best time to mow your lawn to slash risk of 'damaged and diseased' grass

A garden expert has shared the best time of day to cut your grass to ensure a luscious lawn by summer - and it's bad news for anyone who likes to get up with the larks

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5 h. ago ‘Zizian’ follower named ‘person of interest’ in her parents’ killing denies all allegations: ‘We aren’t a murder cult’

In a 20-page letter from jail shared with The Independent, the 32-year-old defended her group’s motives and said their namesake Ziz LaSota is on ‘hunger strike’

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6 h. ago Sammy Winward's daughter Mia Dunn, 19, leaves little to the imagination as she poses topless in racy snaps

The lookalike daughter of ex-Emmerdale actress, Sammy Winward, and former Blackburn Rovers footballer, David Dunn, captioned the steamy post: 'Open Wide'.

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6 h. ago Cyclists who kill pedestrians could face life in prison under major law change

Ministers are planning to overhaul outdated legislation which means cycling offenders can be sent to prison for no more than two years - bringing offences in line with motoring laws

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6 h. ago Speed limits to be cut in 'many' more London streets as TfL funds new cycle and bus lanes and e

£87m for borough projects - but 14 councils don’t get a penny for ‘safer streets’

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6 h. ago How to treat a thinning hairline, according to a trichologist

With so many supposed remedies for hair loss circulating online, we cut through the noise

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6 h. ago Trump claims to have received call from Xi and to have cut ‘200 deals’ on trade

Beijing says there are no active talks and Washington should ‘stop creating confusion’

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