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• Police officers ‘mocked and ostracised’ for paternity leave in England and Wales

  30-03-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Most only take a week’s leave, and paternity pay for back-office staff in Met is nearly three times higherPolice officers have described being ostracised for taking paternity leave, as it is revealed that back-office staff in the Metropolitan police are entitled to nearly three times as much paternity pay as frontline fathers.A freedom of information request has revealed that most serving police officers in England and Wales only take one week of paternity leave, with some descr
  
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• Crisis counsellors brought in to air traffic control tower after fight, near-miss

  03-04-2025 11:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air traffic controllers at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport are being offered crisis counselling following a fight in the control tower and a near-miss incident, just two months after a fatal midair collision.
  
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• Watch: Australian prime minister falls off stage at campaign event

  03-04-2025 11:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The audience can be heard gasping as the PM topples off the stage
  
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• ‘Make your own iPad from scratch’: Stephen Colbert roasts Trump on ‘Liberation Day’

  03-04-2025 11:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘America is finally free from the tyranny of being able to buy stuff from other countries,’ Colbert joked
  
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• Trump tariffs: How could Europe retaliate as trade war breaks out

  03-04-2025 11:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The sweeping round of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs was unveiled by Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday - but how will the EU react?
  
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• The Greek cheese makers hit by Trump’s latest tariffs

  03-04-2025 10:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The European Union faces 20% reciprocal tariff rates
  
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• Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court as it hosts Benjamin Netanyahu

  03-04-2025 10:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu, sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary on Thursday
  
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• Trump live: Apple stocks tumble in response to ‘Liberation Day’ as senior Republicans speak out on tariffs

  03-04-2025 10:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries with ‘worst offenders’ including China and Europe facing much higher rates
  
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• Tiny Australian island gets massive Trump tariff despite exporting almost nothing

  03-04-2025 10:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some islands targeted – like the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Antarctic – do not even have human inhabitants
  
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• These hurricanes were so disastrous their names are being retired

  03-04-2025 10:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Replacing them are Brianna, Holly, and Miguel, which will be used in future storm seasons
  
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• These hurricanes were so disastrous there names are being retired

  03-04-2025 10:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired
  
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• Trump tariffs in full: Every country hit on ‘Liberation Day’ – and the surprising exemptions

  03-04-2025 10:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some of the world’s weakest economies in Asia are among those hardest-hit in opening salvo of global trade war
  
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• The future of New York’s beloved bodega cats is under threat

  03-04-2025 10:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  An online petition had over 10,000 signatures, urging the city to protect bodega cat owners from penalties
  
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• Qatargate: Israel shocked as Benjamin Netanyahu rocked by latest scandal

  03-04-2025 09:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Netanyahu has slammed the probe as a political witch hunt
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: White House defends Russia’s Trump tariff exemption after Putin negotiator visits

  03-04-2025 09:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia and North Korea only nations to not face US tariffs, while goods from Ukraine will face new 10% levy
  
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• ‘A bit strange’: Tiny Australian island gets massive Trump tariff despite exporting almost nothing

  03-04-2025 09:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some islands targeted – like the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Antarctic – do not even have human inhabitants
  
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• Trump imposes ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on every nation as senators rebel over Canada duties: Live updates

  03-04-2025 09:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump has revealed the next phase of sweeping tariffs which sees stock markets slide as his trade war sparks recession fears
  
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• Elon Musk’s PAC alters video with $1m woman saying she was paid to vote

  03-04-2025 07:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars,’ said check recipient in first video
  
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• The Latest: Key US trading partners and global officials react to Trump's new tariffs

  03-04-2025 06:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war
  
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• Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

  03-04-2025 06:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology
  
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• Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence

  03-04-2025 06:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Journalists in Haiti are under attack like never before
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump exempts Russia from tariffs amid visit by Putin’s top negotiator

  03-04-2025 05:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia and North Korea only nations to not face US tariffs, while goods from Ukraine will face new 10% levy
  
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• Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs impose levies on every nation as senators rebel over Canada duties: Live updates

  03-04-2025 05:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President reveals next phase of sweeping tariffs agenda; global markets fear escalating trade war
  
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• Four Republican and every Democratic senator vote to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs in resolution

  03-04-2025 05:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins join every Democrat to oppose Trump’s tariff war
  
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• Four Republican and all Democratic senators vote to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs

  03-04-2025 05:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins joined every Democrat to oppose Trump’s tariff war
  
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• Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands and a US military base

  03-04-2025 04:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  President announces levies on Heard and McDonald Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean
  
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• Trump points to the Depression to justify tariffs, but they’re widely seen as intensifying downturn

  03-04-2025 04:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  President says 1929 Depression ‘would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy,’ a statement most experts disasgree with
  
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• ‘Catastrophic for American families’: Business leaders react as Trump imposes ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on world

  03-04-2025 03:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tariff announcements prompted worldwide financial anxiety and opposition from some Republicans on Capitol Hill
  
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• SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator

  03-04-2025 02:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation for sex crimes at his former job but hired him anyway
  
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• Trump’s tariffs on ‘Liberation Day’ send Asia markets tumbling as world reacts: Live updates

  03-04-2025 02:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  President reveals next phase of sweeping tariffs agenda; global markets fear escalating trade war
  
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