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• Watchdog ‘assessing concerns’ over Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale after duke quits as patron

  29-03-2025 01:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Duke of Sussex resigned following boardroom battle with Sentebale’s chair Dr Sophie Chandauka
  
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• Trump tariffs: How will the UK be affected – and when are they being announced?

  01-04-2025 13:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some of UK’s key industries could be hit when US president announces sweeping measures on Wednesday
  
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• Trump tariffs and statehood comments about Canada stir loyalty debate about NHL great Wayne Gretzky

  01-04-2025 13:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  In Wayne Gretzky's hometown of Brantford, Ontario, and across Canada, the Great One's loyalty and legacy are being questioned at a time the nation's independence is being threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump
  
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• ‘The way to hell’: Palestinian doctors accuse Israeli soldiers of abuse and torture

  01-04-2025 13:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr Khaled Al-Serr, a surgeon at Al-Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, claims he was brutally beaten and other inmates told him they had been raped in Sde Teiman military detention centre, southern Israel. Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew reports
  
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• Ronald Reagan warns of Donald Trump trade war tactic in speech from 1988

  01-04-2025 13:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former US president Ronald Reagan warnedof a Donald Trump-style trade war tactic in a radio address nearly 40 years ago.
  
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• Sen. Cory Booker has now been speaking for 12 hours in protest against Trump and Musk

  01-04-2025 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senator Cory Booker has been speaking for more than 12 hours since yesterday evening
  
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• Sauce Walka shooting suspect dead after being found shot multiple times in abandoned building

  01-04-2025 12:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The shooting comes after Sauce Walka said that “retaliation” would not be “righteous”
  
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• In recruiting battle, lawmakers weigh whether to give college athletes a tax break on NIL earnings

  01-04-2025 12:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least four states are considering giving college athletes tax breaks on endorsement income
  
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• Jesse Watters promises to ‘slap’ colleague for not asking astronauts if they ‘hooked up’

  01-04-2025 11:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The astronauts land on Earth on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft nine months after they were due to return
  
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• Trump aides ‘caught by surprise’ after president reveals he’s settled on ‘Liberation Day’ tariff plans: Live

  01-04-2025 11:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Global markets brace for Trump’s impending announcement of his reciprocal dollar-for-dollar tariff agenda
  
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• Elon Musk says he’s given Ashley St. Clair $2.5m in child support, she says she’s had to sell her Tesla

  01-04-2025 11:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’m selling it because I need to make up for the 60 percent cut that Elon made to our son's child support’, St. Clair told reporters Saturday
  
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• The ingredients banned in cigarettes across Australia from today

  01-04-2025 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new laws will change the look, ingredients, and packaging of tobacco products from April 1
  
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• Trump admin threatens to pull ABC’s broadcast license over Disney’s DEI practices

  01-04-2025 11:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  A probe into Disney is the latest in a series of efforts by the Trump administration to curb DEI practices
  
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• The Karen Read retrial begins. Here’s what you need to know

  01-04-2025 10:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Karen Read maintains her innocence, claiming she was framed by law enforcement
  
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• Trump live: ‘Liberation Day’ tariff plans remain under wraps despite president saying he’s ‘settled’ on strategy

  01-04-2025 10:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Global markets brace for Trump’s impending announcement of his reciprocal dollar-for-dollar tariff agenda
  
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• ‘Je suis Marine’: European right-wing leaders react to Le Pen ban

  01-04-2025 09:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  There is growing global anger among right-wing leaders over what they see as judges meddling in their mandates
  
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• Russian authorities move to lift the terrorist designation for the Taliban

  01-04-2025 09:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia to decide removing terrorist designation for Taliban this month
  
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• Bitcoin investor blasts off on groundbreaking SpaceX flight over North and South Poles

  01-04-2025 09:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is the first mission to send a crew over both poles
  
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• Prince Andrew’s ex mocks abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre as she ‘fights for her life’ after car crash

  01-04-2025 09:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Jeffrey Epstein victim claimed on Sunday that she has just days to live following a car crash
  
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• Hooters has filed for bankruptcy. Here’s why

  01-04-2025 09:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old business is in for a major shake-up
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war live: Moscow responds to ‘very angry’ Trump while Putin drafts 160,000 men for war

  01-04-2025 07:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin remains open to contact with Trump, says Kremlin spokesperson
  
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• Former Medellin Cartel boss released in Colombia after judge rules his sentence expired

  01-04-2025 07:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The ally of Pablo Escobar has served more than 30 years in prison
  
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• Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can’t get him back

  01-04-2025 06:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Government argues it no longer has control over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s fate
  
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• Bank of Japan survey says big manufacturers gloomier as Trump tariffs loom

  01-04-2025 06:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  A survey by Japan’s central bank has found a decline in business sentiment among large manufacturers for the first time in a year, partly because of worries about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs
  
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• Trump news live updates: Recession odds up as President’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

  01-04-2025 05:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  President also says that reciprocal ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will impact ‘all countries’, sending unease through financial markets
  
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• Prince Andrew’s ex posts gloating comment over health of Virginia Giuffre, who accused royal of molesting her

  01-04-2025 05:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Jeffrey Epstein victim claimed on Sunday that she has just days to live following a car crash
  
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• Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – here’s where they are going instead

  01-04-2025 05:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  European countries have issued specific travel warnings to transgender and non-binary citizens
  
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• ‘I have lost faith’: Cornell PhD suing Trump over protest executive orders flees U.S. before deportation

  01-04-2025 04:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal court denied initial request to stall immigration arrest while PhD was pursuing suit against Trump
  
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• Pam Bondi says she wants 20 years in prison for Colorado man accused of firebombing Tesla dealership

  01-04-2025 04:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Let this be a warning: you can run but you cannot hide’, declared DonaldTrump’s attorney general in a video on X
  
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• Trump news today: Recession odds up as President’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

  01-04-2025 02:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  President also says that reciprocal ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will impact ‘all countries’, sending unease through financial markets
  
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