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Strength expert shares a 30-minute dumbbell workout for better health

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<p>The provenance of the charcoal beneath the grill is often far harder to trace than the food cooked above it</p>

How your BBQ charcoal could be quietly killing you and the planet

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<p>Mindset: with the right methodology, midlife reinvention isn’t just a fantasy</p>

Gen X is being kicked out of the job market – here is the way back in

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<p>‘She just tries things, and brilliant things come out’</p>

The surprising, sweet story of what it’s like to work with Judi Dench

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The best fiction and non-fiction to read this month

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<p>USS Abraham Lincoln has spent a record amount of time at sea without a port visit.</p>

Americas

Exhausted and suicidal? How US sailors are coping after six months

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<p>Moving after meals has plenty of science-backed benefits, so I tried it for a month</p>

I walked for 15 minutes after every meal for a month

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<p>Daniel Galvin Jr MBE: ‘I’ve finally learned to clearly see what really has meaning’</p>

Daniel Galvin Jr: My life fell apart, but I learnt what truly matters

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<p>Bold leaders have played the global game with skill, agency, cunning – and are responsible for much what has happened since</p>

⁠New Middle East empires are growing: the stakes have never been higher

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<p>Casa do Rio is one of the Douro Valley’s best kept secrets</p>

Portugal’s Martha’s Vineyard blew me away – a perfect autumn break

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The science-backed diet that can beat weight-loss drugs

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Football

Inside the Premier League’s big splurge: ‘£100m is the new baseline’

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<p>Living on the edge: the UK coastline fits the bill for a British day out </p>

7 brilliant bank holiday trips to make the most of your free Monday

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<p>The latest outbreak has put egg safety back under scrutiny after decades of progress on salmonella</p>

Food and Drink

Salmonella outbreak nears 500 cases: Which eggs are safe to eat?

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<p>Rose and Simon are about to move in together; protections for cohabiting couples would give them ‘peace of mind’</p>

‘Common law marriage’ is a myth, but a new Act could change everything

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<p>Bill Gates is openly worried about how fast AI is developing and what it could be capable of</p>

Bill Gates says AI’s dangers are being underplayed. We should listen

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New Forest

Could a reading retreat make me fall in love with books again?

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<p>Now a men’s coach, Sean Hotchkiss battled with addiction and a toxic dependency on women before realising he was offsetting deep pain</p>

His memoir is called Hating Women, but it reveals a deeper truth

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<p>Are we about to run out of cider? The drought threatening Britain’s next pints</p>

Is Britain about to run out of cider?

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<p>Leigh Price in his prepper shop in Wales, which has seen a surge in customers this year</p>

From food shortages to war, we’ve been ‘soft prepping’ for years

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Americas

Trump’s power fades away every week and Canada is proving it

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EasyJet is recruiting over-50s as cabin crew – and it’s a genius move

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<p>Lindsay and Patrick Clancy are pictured with two of their three children</p>

Lindsay Clancy killed her children – does she deserve compassion?

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<p>Millions of UK households could face emergency power cuts at short notice under newly introduced rules </p>

Blackout Britain just got a step closer – here’s what may bring it on

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<p>Return to the Noughties? A-listers have been noticeably shrinking – sparking difficult debates on body positivity</p>

We need to call out the terrifying skinnification of celebrity culture

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We need to call out the terrifying skinnification of celebrity culture

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Voices

<p>Brilliant! Paul Whitehouse in ‘The Fast Show’ </p>

⁠Should our failing water companies face a public vote?

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Voices

⁠Should our failing water companies face a public vote?

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Jack Burke

⁠I thought continental Europe was efficient. Then my car broke down

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Sam Fishwick

⁠Like Matt Lucas, I’ve grown a holiday beard – sadly, I look ridiculous

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<p>Incidents of violence rise around England football matches</p>

Voices

⁠Football doesn’t make men abusive – but the beautiful game gets blamed

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<p>A humanoid robot prepares to fight an opponent in Beijing, China</p>

How China’s AI robot revolution is beating the West

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<p>Young female students are being targeted by overseas IVF clinics offering to pay up to £9,000 for their eggs</p>

Health & Families

The elite students selling their eggs to IVF clinics to fund degrees

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<p>Jerry Falade’s debut novel, ‘Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body’, sparked a bidding war before becoming part of an AI writing controversy</p>

Culture

Is this America’s Jason Arday? The Black novelist in an AI scandal

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Culture

Is this America’s Jason Arday? The Black novelist in an AI scandal

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<p>Even the United Nations condemned IPP sentences on humane grounds</p>

The Independent View

⁠Why did ministers and lawyers tolerate this inhumanity for so long?

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<p>Andy Burnham helps stack shelves with the help of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and work and pensions minister Pat McFadden, at a Sainsbury’s store in Nine Elms, in south London</p>

The Independent View

⁠Burnham and John Healey must cheer on the wealth creators

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<p>Time to take Britain back into the European Union</p>

The Independent View

⁠Britain is still counting the cost – and paying the price – of Brexit

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<p>Baroness Sue Gray was unhappy in No 10</p>

What was so ‘unbearable’ about Starmer’s No 10?

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<p>The two major parties have historically benefitted from the current first past the post system</p>

Why are so many Labour MPs so keen on proportional representation?

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<p>Japan and the United States held a coordinated yen-buying intervention earlier this month</p>

What’s the Japanese yen crisis and why does it affect Britain?

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Who will really win the Clacton by-election?

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<p>People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of Jeannine Katusabe, who died of Ebola</p>

DRC’s Ebola outbreak is its deadliest – this expert knows what’s next

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<p>Norwegian soldiers conduct drills in Alta, above the Arctic Circle. Could they be called into active duty in the event of Russian – or even American – actions?</p>

Inside Norway’s archipelago that may put the UK in Putin’s crosshairs

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<p>Ashley Garibay was killed during a shooting outside an Idaho In-N-Out while working her first ever job</p>

News

In-N-Out shooting victim dreamt of managing her own store, family says

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<p>The US president Donald Trump, aged 79, claims to have aced a cognitive performance test</p>

US politics

Trump is ageing faster than me – and I think I know why

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<p>Conditions in Cuba are progressively worse as Donald Trump begins to threaten offensive action against the country</p>

Americas

Inside a desperate Cuba as Trump prepares to strike

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<p>US President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas, Nevada</p>

News

Trump proclaims ‘historic day’ as 10-day ceasefire comes into effect

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<p>Building strength has never been more achievable</p>

Do these three things to transform your body at any age

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<p>Hot commodity: Psyllium husk comes from the seed of Plantago ovata plants</p>

What is psyllium husk? Experts give a verdict on ‘nature’s Ozempic’

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<p>In short: the diet you follow is less important than how closely you follow it</p>

That diet your friend swears by isn’t magic – this is why it works

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Tech

How to reset your relationship with your phone – and take its power

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<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dons the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses as he delivers a speech at his company’s headquarters in 2025</p>

Meta’s ‘pervert’ problem is killing its best product ever

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Dorothy Atkinson (Fiona Foster) and Roger Allam (Frank Foster) in 'How the Other Half Loves' at The Old Vic

Reviews

In the merciless How the Other Half Loves, marriage becomes torture

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<p>Among this month’s selections is the latest five-star novel from Irish author Donal Ryan</p>

What to read this month, including the odd tale of a royal love affair

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<p>Pearl Chanda has an acidic sense of humour as Grace in ‘Cleansed’ at the Almeida Theatre</p>

Reviews

Cleansed keeps Sarah Kane’s full horrors at arm’s length

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<p>Ben Platt in 'Midnight at the Never Get'</p>

Reviews

Midnight at the Never Get is touched by magic, but squanders Ben Platt

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<p>At the 127 Yard Sale, which spans Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, shoppers pick through miles of roadside treasures, hunting down everything from vintage chairs and mid-century furniture to full-sized replica dinosaurs</p>

Shopping lover’s dream trip: Highway 127 has 700 miles of yard sale

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<p>The largest maternity review in NHS history, also finds early warning signs of "systemic weaknesses" emerged as early as 2010</p>

After the Ockenden report – why does the UK get maternity so wrong?

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Travel

<p>Meghan watching on as Harry and their children splash in the Atlantic</p>

Portugal

Harry and Meghan have discovered Portugal’s best-kept secret

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<p>Guadalajara’s cathedral sets expectations in the Jalisco city’s main square – stunning and proud</p>

Mexico

This underrated Mexican city is my favourite of the World Cup hosts

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Canada

The six Canadian destinations our travel experts love

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<p>Royal digs: the Pangkor Laut resort has hosted King Charles and Queen Camilla </p>

Malaysia

Why Malaysia might be about to steal Thailand’s tourist crown

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Why England’s off-field mistakes distract from the real problem

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<p>Back of the net? There’s more than a passing resemblance to Alan Partridge in the new project – though the cringes here are all too real</p>

Keys and Gray’s inexplicable new podcast is for one person only

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John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Former prime minister Keir Starmer with his defence secretary John Healey</p>

⁠So, chancellor, what was the point of knifing Starmer in the back?

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John Rentoul

⁠To turn around the Tory party, Kemi Badenoch needs to be more Blair

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John Rentoul

⁠Andy Burnham is running out of ways to dodge straight talking on taxes

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John Rentoul

⁠Andy Burnham is running out of ways to dodge straight talking on taxes

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Simon CalderThe Independent’s travel correspondent – and one of the UK’s most trusted travel journalists

<p>Permit please? Motorists boarding ferries at Dover for France will not need to present an Etias until April 2027 at the earliest</p>

What is Etias and will I need to apply for one for visiting the EU?

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What is Etias and will I need to apply for one for visiting the EU?

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<p>These are the passenger’s rights rules you need to know</p>

Cancelled or delayed flights: What are my rights to a refund?

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