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Britain and France must shoulder burden of keeping Europe safe, Macron says in historic parliament address
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/15/47/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-16-50-copy.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Emmanuel Macron urged Britain and France “to shoulder the burden of European security” together as…
Britain and France must shoulder burden of keeping Europe safe, Macron says in historic parliament address
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/15/47/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-16-50-copy.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Emmanuel Macron urged Britain and France “to shoulder the burden of European security” together as…
Sport minister rejects calls to consult on alcohol ban in football stands
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/19/08190651-6a13394b-e1f8-4b8a-ad94-85b4ea411502.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Calls from the Conservatives to consult on the “two-tier” alcohol ban in football stands have…
The Guadalupe River in Texas surged 26 feet in just 45 minutes. It caught everyone off guard
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/14/56/Death-Toll-Rises-After-Flash-Floods-In-Texas-Hill-Country-00g5j7kk.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 With at least 105 dead and two dozen still missing, Friday’s catastrophic flash flooding in…
What is ‘Mistral’ wind? The weather event fanning the Marseille wildfire
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/14/01/SEI258287151.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 A wildfire threatening the outskirts of Marseille was being fanned on Tuesday by a “Mistral”…
Kneecap fans at Glasgow gig rally around trio after festival slot cancelled
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/18/0e6a4f1a292e43e737bda8588d092415Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDgwNjQ5-2.80935871.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Kneecap fans gathered outside the band’s gig in Glasgow have spoken of their support for…
Lord of the Rings director backs de-extinction project
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/18/Peter_Jackson_De-extinction_84399.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Filmmaker Peter Jackson is backing a controversial project to bring back the extinct moa, a…
Neolithic farming halls older than Stonehenge discovered beneath school
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/15/23/Carnoustie1a-1024x768.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 An early Neolithic timber hall has been found beneath a school in Scotland, with archaeologists…
Macron presses for recognition of Palestine as ‘only path to peace’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/18/c55de53825c35bb7d1d052170df1bcb1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDgyMjg3-2.80936701.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Emmanuel Macron pressed for recognition of Palestinian statehood in an address to the UK’s Parliament,…
Man with ‘chainsaw and gas mask’ shot by police who ‘feared gun or bomb’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/18/e85f454dc262ff46df2c19edadaef117Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDgwNjgx-2.80932840.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A chainsaw-wielding man wearing a gas mask and body armour was shot by police, who…
