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• Judge blocks Trump from stripping deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans: ‘Smacks of racism’

  01-04-2025 01:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Judge Edward Chen blasts administration’s ‘false stereotypes’ about Venezuelans seeking shelter in the United States
  
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• Trump tariffs: Here’s what the UK trades with America

  05-04-2025 13:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US is the UK’s largest export partner, by far
  
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• He’s confessed to murdering 48. Now Russia’s chessboard killer will admit to 11 more

  05-04-2025 13:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alexander Pichushkin was jailed in 2007 for the murders of 48 people
  
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• Iran's currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high

  05-04-2025 12:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran’s rial currency traded at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday
  
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• ‘We can’t sit back and watch’: Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe

  05-04-2025 12:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: As a Russia-Ukrainian ceasefire looks no closer, Sir Alex Younger tells The Independent how the UK is too detached from the threat posed by Putin – and that our ‘collective effort’ needs to change
  
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• Trump tariffs: Who will be hardest hit by China-US trade war?

  05-04-2025 12:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  As China slaps reciprocal 34 per cent tariffs on the US, Alicja Hagopian and Millie Cooke look at what industries will be hardest hit
  
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• Voices: As former MI6 chief says the UK must be ready for war – should Britain bring back national service?

  05-04-2025 12:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Have your say: As former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger warns Britain must revive national service to face global threats, the debate over military readiness intensifies
  
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• Trump live updates: Historic stock plunge after tariff announcement leaves Americans rattled

  05-04-2025 11:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $6 trillion in two days
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin does not want ceasefire, Zelensky says after 19 killed in attack on hometown

  05-04-2025 11:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky said on social media: ‘Russia does not want a ceasefire, and we see it. The whole world sees it’
  
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• Who is Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s new millennial saint?

  05-04-2025 10:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The late teenager has captured the hearts of thousands
  
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• Carlo Acutis relics are being sold online. The Catholic Church isn’t happy

  05-04-2025 10:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sale of relics belonging toCarlo Acutis, the millennial saint
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Children among 19 killed in attack by Putin’s forces on Zelensky’s home city

  05-04-2025 09:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin now ‘owes an answer to the United States’, says French foreign minister
  
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• Gaza school sheltering displaced families reduced to rubble after Israeli strike

  05-04-2025 08:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  A school building where displaced Palestinian families were sheltering in Gaza City was reduced to rubble following an Israeli strike on Thursday, 3 April.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK and France accuse Putin of ‘flip-flopping’ on ceasefire talks as 19 killed in Kryvyi Rih

  05-04-2025 08:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin now ‘owes an answer to the United States’, says French foreign minister
  
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• First lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs argues he illegally used emergency powers

  05-04-2025 07:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘These unlawfully implemented tariffs cause harm to American businesses, American jobs, and American consumers,’ says Florida entrepreneur who filed suit
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin doesn’t want ceasefire, says Zelensky after 19 killed in drone attack

  05-04-2025 06:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Demands for ceasefire deadline come as UK and French military officials meet in Kyiv
  
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• In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence

  05-04-2025 06:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings
  
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• UK weather maps show exact date temperatures plunge to -4C after mini heatwave

  05-04-2025 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions of Britons could be plunged into freezing temperatures towards end of the month.
  
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• Defying a court order, Trump administration refuses to fund Radio Free Europe

  05-04-2025 05:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Delay in financing has forced the news organization to furlough some staff and cut some programs.
  
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• The tiny European country with no airport and overflowing with millionaires

  05-04-2025 05:01 via express.co.uk
  
  This tiny country is Europe's fourth smallest country and is defined as a doubly landlocked microstate.
  
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• The world's fastest rollercoaster goes 150mph at incredible £745m theme park

  05-04-2025 05:00 via express.co.uk
  
  All dare devil riders can expect their heart to skip a beat on the world's fastest rollercoaster.
  
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• The stunning 201 mile train journey through rarely-visited cities that's Africa's fastest

  05-04-2025 05:00 via express.co.uk
  
  It's Africa's first and only bullet train and also the fastest on the continent travelling at nearly 200mph.
  
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• Another Republican edges away from Trump: Senator Kennedy sounds alarm on plunging market

  05-04-2025 04:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kennedy joins a small but growing group of Republican lawmakers getting restless over Trump levies and the market meltdown
  
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• Tsunami warning canceled for Papua New Guinea after strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake

  05-04-2025 04:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The shallow quake was centred offshore, 120 miles from island of New Britain
  
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• Historic stock plunge leaves Americans rattled after Trump tariff announcement: Live updates

  05-04-2025 04:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $6 trillion in two days
  
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• Historic stock plunge after Trump tariff announcement leaves Americans rattled: Live updates

  05-04-2025 04:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $6 trillion in two days
  
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• The incredible remote island with just 4,200 residents and an active volcano

  05-04-2025 03:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The region forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the planet's most seismically active areas.
  
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• ‘I visited the beautiful European town just as pretty as Copenhagen but without tourists'

  05-04-2025 03:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: East Germany is not necessarily a tourist destination, but up on its north coast, there are some spots that can be visited cheaply compared to Scandinavia.
  
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• Justice Department seeks 87-month sentence for former GOP Rep. George Santos: ‘Pathological liar and fraudster’

  05-04-2025 02:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors say ‘volume of Santos’ lies and his extraordinary pattern of dishonesty speaks to his high likelihood of reoffending’
  
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• Wall Street ‘Einstein’: ‘There’s blood on the streets. It’s unbelievable; they know nothing’

  05-04-2025 02:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The formula they used for these numbers to measure the trade deficit, it’s like ‘apples, oranges, a couple of cashews, divided by ten, times four — none of it makes any sense’
  
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