63 m. ago Hurricane Kiko reaches 110mph and threatens to hit Hawaii's Big Island in days

Hurricane Kiko has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm as it barrels toward Hawaii, with forecasters warning it is likely to make landfall on the Big Island next week

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1 hour ago Met Office warns Brits in 64 places to expect three devastating impacts of storm

The Met Office has a yellow weather warning in place for thunderstorms for large swathes of the country, including the Midlands and south Wales, and flooding is possible

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2 h. ago Working people don’t think Keir Starmer is on their side, warns Labour’s biggest backer

Ahead of the TUC congress next week, general secretary Paul Nowak has spoken to The Independent about why Keir Starmer’s government needs to introduce ‘popular’ wealth taxes in the Budget to combat Farage and Reform

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2 h. ago Bovine TB should be treated with the urgency seen during Covid, scientists say

A leading group of experts warned there is only a ‘small chance’ of eradicating the disease by 2038 without more urgency, resources and consensus.

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2 h. ago Rachel Reeves is accused of spelling 'disaster for business' by leaving her budget until late November: Months of doom

The Chancellor was warned the decision to hold the event so late in the year threatened to create months of damaging speculation about tax rises and will stunt growth.

Economics

4 h. ago Met Office tells Brits in 64 places to check seven items around their homes

The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning urging Brits in 64 areas across the country to take precautions as heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected

Society

4 h. ago Warning West Lothian drug deaths drop could be reversed by synthetic opioids

The head of West Lothian’s Health and Social Care Partnership Alison White said “one death is too many" after 2024 figures revealed drug deaths had fallen across Scotland.

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5 h. ago Met Office says people in 31 areas should think about putting together 'emergency kit' right now

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering 31 areas in the South West and parts of Wales, with the alert running from midnight until 2pm on Wednesday

Politics

5 h. ago US military to continue targeting vessels belonging to alleged Venezuelan drug cartels, Rubio warns – live

Arguing that previous interdiction efforts in Latin America have not worked, Rubio says, ‘What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them’As part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the federal justice department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Scientists issue urgent warning over scrolling on your phone while sitting on the toilet

It's a habit many are guilty of. But scrolling on your phone while sitting on the loo can drastically increase your risk of haemorrhoids, experts have warned.

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7 h. ago Horror tiger attack as beast lunges at vet from behind to drag her into enclosure

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A Bengal tiger was seen lunging at a vet from behind and trying to drag her into its enclosure. The horrifying moment was captured in startling footage at the amino Real del Tigre zoo in Mazamitla

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7 h. ago Hurricane Kiko will make historic direct hit on Hawaii, spaghetti models predict

New prediction models for Hurricane Kiko warn that the storm may make a direct hit on a state that hasn't been struck by a major hurricane since 1992.

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7 h. ago Thunderstorms and flash flooding to hit Scotland as yellow weather warning issued

Flood alerts have been set in place for areas in Scotland as the Met Office issues a yellow weather alert.

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7 h. ago Nigel Farage compares Britain to North Korea in 'free speech' warning to US politicians in Washington

The Reform UK leader told US lawmakers the Online Safety Act is a danger to trade between the two countries

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8 h. ago Passengers warned ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ past this town on trains from London

Passengers warned ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ past this town on trains from London  News Shopper

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8 h. ago My virgin daughter was 'sacrificed' in a satanist ritual. Now her killers are walking free... this is my warning to them

Elyse Pahler's mother Lisanne and father David fought for the killers to stay behind bars and urged the parole board not to grant their release until they showed remorse.

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8 h. ago Hundreds to protest against banning of Palestine Action as activists vow to jam the justice system in response to terror charges

Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, said such methods will avoid making it 'easier for the police to enforce a completely unjust law'.

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8 h. ago MTG warns Epstein clients she’ll ‘say every damn name’ on House floor as she tells sex abuse victims, ‘Give me a list’

MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined forces with Democrats to pressure the Trump administration to release the entirety of the Epstein files

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8 h. ago Democrats blast state department for lack of ‘basic oversight’ of controversial Gaza food organization

Letter by senior Democrats asks state department to reveal details behind financing of Gaza Humanitarian FoundationSenior Democratic senators have called on the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to reveal details behind the financing and oversight of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) amid concerns over rising death tolls near aid sites, the group’s apparent coordination with the Israeli army and its reported use of private military contractors linked to intelligence operations.The letter, co-signed by senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen and Peter Welch, accuses the state department of an “inability to answer basic questions about GHF in a timely manner” and said that the department’s “overriding of internal protocol and staff warnings is particularly concerning given it is unlikely to be able to conduct basic oversight of the funds it provided to GHF”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago London Film Festival: Glasgow and Edinburgh cinemas to host exclusive Frankenstein screenings during LFF 2025

As partner venues of the London Film Festival, Glasgow’s GFT and the Edinburgh Filmhouse will host preview screenings of Frankenstein.

Culture