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Starmer’s approval ratings at lowest level since becoming PM after welfare chaos

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/05/08/ff9ec5f661b86455b948de0c28cfcaf4Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNzg2NTA0-2.80865142.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating has hit an all time low, with voters blaming him…

Fontaines DC display words ‘Israel is committing genocide’ on screen at sell-out gig

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/8/27/Kneecap-gig-at-Londons-Finsbury-Park-d737r5pv.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The phrases “Free Palestine” and “Israel is committing genocide” were projected onto screens during Fontaines…

Jesus of Siberia: The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/04/8/01/FILES-RUSSIA-RELIGION-SOCIAL-ARREST-zr6hjcl7.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=42%2C0%2C43%2C0 Deep in a remote corner of Siberia, a group of masked men swarmed the City…

‘Biggest threat’ to UK is extremism, says Home Secretary ahead of 7/7 anniversary

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/06/30/13/61bf4bcb8f6ceee54635cd4b45b40bf0Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxMzcxMzU0-2.79844833.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has stated that Islamic and right-wing extremism continue to pose Britain’s…

Benjamin Netanyahu demands end to ‘reprehensible’ antisemitic acts after Melbourne synagogue attack

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/7/44/AUSTRALIA-CRIME-ARSON-RELIGION-p1d2j096.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Australia to apply the full force of its…

Plan to scrap two-child benefit cap ‘dead in the water’ after welfare U-turn

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/00/02e897b99b6c28eacaee478244ddddd7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNzkyMTUz-2.80870263.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Sir Keir Starmer will not scrap the two-child benefit cap after his U-turn on welfare…

Texas flooding latest: Two sisters among 51 dead as desperate search for campers swept away enters third day

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/05/14/34/KERRVILLE-TEXAS-JULY-04-Trees-emerge-from-flood-waters-along-the-Guadalupe-River-on-July-4-2025-in-K.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Watch: Deadly flooding in Texas captured from bridge Four girls missing from a summer camp…

Everything we know about Texas flooding victims: Girl ‘living her best life’ at camp and man who saved his family

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/05/14/34/KERRVILLE-TEXAS-JULY-04-Trees-emerge-from-flood-waters-along-the-Guadalupe-River-on-July-4-2025-in-K.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Devastating floods that swept Central Texas over the weekend have killed at least 51 people,…

Islamic and right-wing extremism remain UK’s ‘biggest threats’, says Cooper

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/07/74dabaf7ebcb406946e6d78d17e36237Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODY5MDMx-2.80068802.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Islamic and right-wing extremism remain Britain’s “biggest threats” ahead of…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran’s supreme leader makes first public appearance since Israel war

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/4/21/IRAN-POLITICS-RELIGION-ISLAM-SHIITE-MUHARRAM-4rq12sun.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made his first public appearance since the 12-day war…