1 hour ago ‘Am I allowed my fantasies?’ Joan Baez ponders lifelong pacifism in Trump

Last year, the acclaimed singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez published her debut poetry collection. Today, she shares a fiery new work exclusively with ‘The Independent’ that takes aim at the Trump administration and wrestles with her lifelong dedication to pacifism

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2 h. ago From Windsor to Norfolk, and what will happen to Buckingham Palace? Your guide to the royal home moves

Andrew and Fergie forced out of their £30m mansion. William and Kate moving again. And will the King and Queen ever return to Buckingham Palace? Emma Magnus reports

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3 h. ago The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to their families and tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

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3 h. ago Victim of Limbs in Loch killer claims murderer stalked him after prison release

William Beggs was jailed for six years for a serious assault on Brian McQuillan at Begg's home in Kilmarnock in 1991 but released after three.

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5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Bulgaria moves to seize Russian refinery while Poland seeks to be US gas conduit

Lukoil’s Burgas plant is Bulgaria’s only refinery; Slovakia running out of reasons to buy Russian gas as US import deal takes shape. What we know on day 1,352Bulgaria is preparing to seize control of Lukoil’s Burgas oil refinery and sell it to a new owner after the Russian oil company came under US sanctions, according to Bulgarian media reports. Burgas is Bulgaria’s only oil refinery and as part of Lukoil is at risk of having to shut down because of the sanctions. The US joined Britain last month in imposing sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, over Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Legislation was being drafted to allow the seizure, Bulgarian outlet Mediapool reported on Wednesday. Lukoil said last week that it was moving to sell foreign assets because of the sanctions.With international action progressively choking off Russia’s petroleum exports, Poland said on Wednesday that it was working on a deal to import liquefied natural gas from the US to su...

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6 h. ago Prince William hails people working to save the planet as 'the world’s true action heroes'

Prince William, the Prince of Wales, stressed the importance we leave the world in a better place for the next generation during his tour of Brazil, where he presented awards

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8 h. ago Kylie among the stars to turn out for William’s Earthshot Prize ceremony

The Australian pop star and Canadian singer Shawn Mendes appeared at the environmental awards event in Rio de Janeiro.

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8 h. ago The stars come out for Wills! Shawn Mendes and Kylie Minogue grace the green carpet for Prince's Earthshot environment awards in Brazil

The Prince was attending the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly at Pier 3, part of the three-day summit in Rio, bringing together government officials, indigenous leaders and youth advocates.

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9 h. ago Labour MPs turn on Rachel Reeves as Chancellor hints at breaking manifesto pledge not to raise income tax

The Chancellor hinted this week that she is considering a manifesto-busting rise in income tax as she grapples with a black hole in the public finances estimated at up to £30 billion.

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9 h. ago Prince William recreates famous Princess Diana photo in Rio de Janeiro

Prince William stood in the spot where Diana, Princess of Wales, posed for a picture back in 1991

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9 h. ago Prince Harry meets Canadian reserve soldiers as he begins pseudo

The Duke of Sussex denied deliberately trying to overshadow his older brother through his own pseudo-royal tour.

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9 h. ago Starmer defies Farage on net zero as he vows 'full speed' on clean energy at COP30 summit in Brazil

World Leaders, Prince William, campaigners and academics are gathering at the climate change conference in Belem in the Amazon region

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10 h. ago Prince William Earthshot Prize LIVE: Celebs dazzle on ceremony's green carpet

Celebrities have started to arrive on the green carpet as the annual Earthshot Prize awards get underway in Brazil, with Prince William leading the charge

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10 h. ago Prince William Earthshot Prize RECAP: Celebs dazzle on ceremony's green carpet

Celebrities - including Kylie Minogue and Shawn Mendes - arrived on the green carpet for the annual Earthshot Prize awards in Brazil, where Prince William led the charge

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11 h. ago Prince William recreates iconic Princess Diana moment on moving visit to Rio de Janeiro

Prince William has recreated the same iconic scenic picture his late mother, Princess Diana, posed for on her visit to the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

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11 h. ago Fury as two prisoners wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth in a week – and police weren’t told about one for six days

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that migrant sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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12 h. ago Prince William reveals the message of hope he gives his children each night as he prepares to unveil the winners of his Earthshot environment prize in Rio

During a 'fireside chat' with the event's anchor, the CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour, William, 43, spoke of being positive for his own children and young people around the world.

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12 h. ago HMP Wandsworth release ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster and Algerian migrant sex offender 'who gave police false address while on bail' go on the run

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

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12 h. ago Prince William's friend and Big Brother UK star Ben Duncan fell from a 100

Prince William's friend and Big Brother UK star Ben Duncan fell from a 100-foot hotel rooftop in London, died at 45  primetimer.com

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12 h. ago Gemma Collins reveals just how much fiancé gave her each day as she quit 'normal' job

TOWIE star Gemma Collins' life wasn't always so glamourous as her fiancé Rami Hawash even paid her a daily allowance so she would be able to quit her job and seek fame

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