World news

Follow @uk_worldnews

• ‘Am I in trouble?’: Moment teacher accused of sexually assaulting student arrested

  02-04-2025 18:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former teacher Christina Formella, 30, previously claimed to police that ‘everybody comes after her’ because she is just ‘good-looking’
  
  Read more

• Trump says US ‘looking at another ceasefire’ after Gaza truce collapse

  07-04-2025 23:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  US president said Israel ‘took ocean-front property and they gave it to people for peace’, adding: ‘How did that work out?’
  
  Read more

• Maryland lawmakers near the end of their session after a tough budget year

  07-04-2025 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Maryland lawmakers are nearing the end their legislative session in a challenging budget year
  
  Read more

• A mom and her kids were ‘snatched’ from their house in Tom Homan’s hometown. After protests, they’ve been released

  07-04-2025 23:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 1,000 people marched passed Tom Homan’s upstate New York home to call for the release of the family
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Chief Justice lifts deadline for US to bring back man wrongly deported to El Salvador

  07-04-2025 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Abrego Garcia is a 29-year-old Salvadoran national who has never been charged or convicted of any crime
  
  Read more

• Flooding damage from latest round of storms that has left at least 21 dead estimated at a staggering $90 billion

  07-04-2025 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe
  
  Read more

• A mom and her kids were ‘snatched’ from their beds in Tom Homan’s hometown. After protests, they’ve been released

  07-04-2025 22:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 1,000 people marched passed Tom Homan’s upstate New York home to call for the release of the family
  
  Read more

• Trump boasted that ‘oil prices are down.’ But his former economic adviser says that could spell doom

  07-04-2025 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  President’s former economic adviser Stephen Moore said that he’s ‘worried’ that the declining energy prices could mean investors think demand will drop due to the tariffs
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Florida woman saves her pet dog by prying open 7-foot alligator’s jaw

  07-04-2025 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Her whole head was inside its mouth,’ said Kona’s brave owner Kim Spencer
  
  Read more

• Seesaw day ends with Dow down as Trump’s tariff reports send stock markets on wild swings

  07-04-2025 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Claims that Kevin Hassett said Donald Trump is considering a 90-day pause on tariffs are ‘fake news’
  
  Read more

• Supreme Court lets Trump keep wrongfully deported Maryland father in El Salvador prison, for now

  07-04-2025 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump appealed a judge’s order demanding Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States by midnight
  
  Read more

• Trump says U.S. will have ‘direct talks’ with Iran as strikes on Houthis continue

  07-04-2025 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump withdrew from a US-brokered agreement to put curbs on Iran’s nuclear program during his first term in the White House
  
  Read more

• Wall Street gets its Trump wake-up call

  07-04-2025 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analysis: Wall Street is freaking out about Trump’s trade war. But it was always in plain sight
  
  Read more

• Swiss chocolate prices could rise as makers hit by Trump tariffs ahead of Easter

  07-04-2025 21:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Your favourite chocolate bar could become a lot more expensive
  
  Read more

• Microsoft workers say they've been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract

  07-04-2025 21:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers
  
  Read more

• Major US retailers are participating in spring ‘retail blackout’ - here is who is closing down for a day

  07-04-2025 21:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Target, Costco, Aldi and Lowe’s are all expected to close for the Easter holiday later this month
  
  Read more

• World Bank employees accused of ‘intimidating’ au pair into forced labor and threatening to have her deported

  07-04-2025 21:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: An au pair from Indonesia claims in a lawsuit obtained by The Independent that the couple refused to let her leave the house without their permission and threatened to have her deported if she told anyone about the mistreatment
  
  Read more

• Florida ‘fledgling serial killer’ to be executed for woman’s brutal kidnap and murder

  07-04-2025 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Tanzi is set to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a Miami Herald employee
  
  Read more

• Florida ‘fledgling serial killer’ to be executed over woman’s brutal kidnap and murder

  07-04-2025 21:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Tanzi is set to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a Miami Herald employee
  
  Read more

• Democrats demand hearing for Trump’s top prosecutor in DC as he faces accusations of misconduct

  07-04-2025 20:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Martin’s nomination has been scrutinized by former federal prosecutors and civil society organizations
  
  Read more

• Dolphins are starving to death in Florida. Scientists say a plankton bloom is to blame

  07-04-2025 20:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Too many nutrients can cause microscopic marine algae to grow out of control with harmful effects on animals and people
  
  Read more

• Interior Department staff’s unusual demands — like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies — have ‘alarmed’ officials

  07-04-2025 20:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Interior Department staff also ordered a U.S. Park Police helicopter for personal transport and asked political appointees to work as servers for a meal, a report claims
  
  Read more

• Informal ties with US philanthropists like Howard Buffett firm despite shaky US–Ukraine relations

  07-04-2025 20:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Uncertainty in U.S.–Ukraine relations is growing, but informal ties with some U.S. philanthropists built over three years of war with Russia are holding firm
  
  Read more

• Karmelo Anthony’s online fundraiser has raised over $160,000

  07-04-2025 19:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  At the same time, local police have revealed that they are working with the FBI on a separate investigation into fake social media posts claiming to be from Frisco’s police chief
  
  Read more

• NewsNation describes Trump skipping dignified transfer of dead soldiers for LIV event as ‘golf diplomacy’

  07-04-2025 19:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’m not sure they’re bad optics,’ Steve Krakauer said about Trump being on the golf course at the time American soldiers’ remains were being transferred
  
  Read more

• RFK Jr praises anti-vaxxer hours after attending funeral of 8-year-old who died from measles

  07-04-2025 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nearly 500 people have been sickened in the West Texas measles outbreak. Of those, fewer than 10 were fully vaccinated
  
  Read more

• Interior Secretary’s unusual demands — like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies — have ‘alarmed’ officials

  07-04-2025 19:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Burgum also ordered a U.S. Park Police helicopter for personal transport and asked political appointees to work as servers for a meal, a report claims
  
  Read more

• The markets are tumbling, again — how can you recession-proof your finances?

  07-04-2025 19:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  With global markets in disarray, is now the time to panic or stash cash in your attic? Personal finance influencer Vivian Tu, tells Mike Bedigan what people should be doing instead
  
  Read more

• RFK praises anti-vaxxer hours after attending funeral of 8-year-old who died from measles

  07-04-2025 18:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nearly 500 people have been sickened in the West Texas measles outbreak. Of those, fewer than 10 were fully vaccinated
  
  Read more

• Karmelo Anthony’s online fundraiser was at $140,000; then it was taken offline

  07-04-2025 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  But another fundraising page has now raised more than$160,000, while local police confirm they are working with the FBI to investigate fake social media posts claiming to be from Frisco’s police chief
  
  Read more

Follow @uk_worldnews on Twitter!