12 m. ago Dramatic CCTV footage shows the moment brazen thief smashes display case in Louvre in £76million crown jewel heist

THIS is the moment brazen thieves smashed through a glass display case in the Louvre Museum to pilfer £76 million of jewellery. Shocking CCTV footage shows the four-minute-long robbery, capturing the pair of burglars each shattering glass cases before stocking up on their loot. In the video, one of the masked thieves can be seen...

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19 m. ago Lin and Megan Russell DNA tests could end doubts over mum and daughter's killer

Miscarriages of justice watchdog is examining key exhibits in 1996 double murder that could prove the innocence of Michael Stone who was convicted on the 'slimmest evidence imaginable'

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46 m. ago Meet 'India's biggest fugitives' hiding out in £20million mansions and partying at Mayfair's most exclusive private members' club

Ex-billionaire Vijay Mallya smiles awkwardly next to dear friend and fellow disgraced tycoon Lalit Modi as he boasts that they are 'the biggest fugitives of India'.

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82 m. ago 'Brutal' film 'more emotional' than Schindler's List is free to watch

An Oscar-Award winning post-war film based on a best-selling novel is ready to stream for free.

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2 h. ago Manchester 'petrol bomb' suspect 'set themselves on fire' after family home targeted

The occupants were forced to flee

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2 h. ago Suspect 'set themselves on fire' after family home 'petrol bombed'

Those inside were forced to flee after a window was smashed and the home was deliberately set alight

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2 h. ago CCTV shows moment Louvre heist thieves smash into display cases and snatch £76m of jewellery as they ransack the museum

The minute-long security camera clip, shared on French TV news show Sept à Huit, captured two burglars each breaking into the glass cases before brazenly seizing their loot.

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3 h. ago This Week in History: From poisoned Russians to life on Mars?

Explore how major events between were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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3 h. ago CCTV shows moment Louvre heist thieves smash into display cases and ransack £76m of jewellery

The minute-long security camera clip, shared on French TV news show Sept à Huit, captured two burglars each breaking into the glass cases before brazenly seizing their loot.

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3 h. ago Police probe more than 100 Britons amid fears they could be spying for Russia, Iran and China

Security services are currently handling around 160 investigations linked to state threats, with the vast majority focused on suspected proxies operating inside the UK.

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4 h. ago Fugitive suspected killer on FBI most wanted list captured after 9 year manhunt

Alejandro Rosales Castillo has been charged with the murder of his former colleague whose body was found in the woods in 2016

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4 h. ago Moment exhausted cop tells crook 'bloody hell you can run' after dramatic police chase

Bodycam footage captures the moment an exhausted cop tells a crook 'bloody hell you can run' after chasing him on foot.

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4 h. ago Wayne Rooney's FA Cup giant killer brother and his childhood sweetheart wife... who looks just like Coleen

He masterminded the greatest giant-killing triumph in the long history of the FA Cup, finally overshadowing his big brother, Wayne Rooney.

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5 h. ago The horrific torture awaiting captured Iranian protesters: Inside regime's 'slaughterhouse' jails where inmates face gang

This week, at least 3,000 protesters are languishing in prisons that activists have described as 'slaughterhouses', having been rounded up in a brutal crackdown.

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5 h. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables' disturbing life after release and spiral into paedophilia

As James Bulger's family learn of Jon Venables' upcoming parole hearing, we have taken a look at the killer's life after his initial release, and disturbing spiral into paedophilia.

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5 h. ago Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray

It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claimOn 7 January 2026, Renee Good was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross; video captures a man’s voice calling her a “fucking bitch” afterwards. Kristi Noem, secretary of homeland security, maligned Good as having committed “domestic terrorism”. Good’s killing became a national flashpoint as protests erupted demanding justice for the mother of three.Good’s killing is no anomaly. A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed 13 instances of ICE firing into civilian vehicles since July 2025, with at least eight people shot and two killed. ICE detentions are notorious for their inhumane conditions; 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025 alone, matching a record set two decades prior in 2004.Heba Gowayed is an associate professor of sociology at Cuny Hunter College and Cuny Graduate Center and author of the book Refuge: How the State Shapes Human PotentialVictor Ray is the F Wendell Miller asso...

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6 h. ago Man, 23, killed outside Asda named as family pay tribute to ‘much

A MAN who was killed outside an Asda has been named as his family pay tribute. Daniel Ambler tragically died after a collision at an Asda Express garage in Seaham, Country Durham on Thursday with three arrested and a manhunt underway. His family have now paid a heartbreaking tribute to the "kind-hearted son and brother"....

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6 h. ago Police granted more time to question three suspects over Wayne Reid murder

The 43-year-old was found dead at an address in the Society Court area last week.

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6 h. ago 'Prolific man suspected of drug dealing' across London arrested after chase

'Prolific man suspected of drug dealing' across London arrested after chase  Yahoo News UK

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7 h. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables' eerie life after release and paedophilia nosedive

Jon Venables became the youngest convicted murderer in British modern history alongside Robert Thompson after the brutal killing of James Bulger – and he's been back in prison twice since

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