Other leaders’s accounts and unscripted moments portray a Chinese president with a quick wit, an unshakeable belief in authoritarianism – and a desperation to control his public image. Maroosha Muzaffar reports

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/xi-jinping-donald-trump-talks-beijing-b2975658.html

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Home surveillance footage shows the moment a truck with two children inside crashes into the back of a school bus in New York.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/new-york-school-bus-crash-video-b2974338.html

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Vladimir Putin has said he will only meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky once a lasting peace deal is agreed as he claimed the conflict is “coming to an end”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/putin-conflict-end-zelensky-peace-deal-video-b2973845.html

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Exclusive: Laila Cunningham warns that the language used by Reform on immigration helped their opponents ‘label us as racial or divisive’ as the party won just one of six target councils in London

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-election-reform-london-mass-deportation-b2973510.html

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A furore unfolded when the BBC failed to edit out the Tourettes campaigner’s tics from the Baftas broadcast

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alan-cumming-bafta-john-davidson-b2972055.html

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A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/solar-tennessee-america-nashville-agriculture-b2968215.html

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Millionaires are more common than you think. Some 23.8 million Americans are millionaires, according to Swiss bank UBS’s 2025 Global Wealth Report, accounting for just under 9 percent of the U.S. adult population.

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/millionaire-savings-investment-finance-b2970782.html

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Virgil van Dijk feels Liverpool’s season has been ‘unacceptable’ after they were beaten 3-2 by Manchester United on Sunday

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-united-liverpool-van-dijk-holiday-b2970027.html

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Jeanine Pirro says she has new evidence against correspondents’ dinner suspect

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/jeanine-pirro-trump-attack-evidence-cole-tomas-allen-b2969798.html

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The singer will be back as the BBC soap says an emotional goodbye to one of its oldest characters

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/s-club-jon-lee-eastenders-b2968678.html

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After years of waiting, the tech giant’s first folding phone could launch within months

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech/phones-accessories/iphone-ultra-fold-release-date-b2975642.html

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The pair will fill the roles previously held by John Virgo and Jim Davidson in the popular programme that aired between 1991 and 2002.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker/paddy-mcguinness-stephen-hendry-jim-davidson-bbc-b2975083.html

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The Ministry of Defence released dramatic footage of a specialist Army team and medical personnel parachuting onto British overseas territory with medical aid and equipment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/hantavirus-army-medics-parachute-ministry-of-defence-video-b2973785.html

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Former junior minister Catherine West has warned she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-resign-live-leadership-challenge-labour-local-elections-b2973790.html

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Singer’s reps said in a statement, ‘This is a private family matter, and it was resolved before the authorities arrived’

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/frankie-valli-son-francesco-restraining-order-b2971722.html

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Many airlines have cancelled flights due to rocketing jet fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/jet-fuel-shortage-flight-cancellations-price-impact-tui-easyjet-ryanair-b2971180.html

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Common bacterium incorporated into newly developed material degrades it down to base building blocks in just six days

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/plastic-waste-self-destruct-china-b2974758.html

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US has already built up massive naval fleets in the Caribbean and continues a deadly bombing campaign on alleged drug boats

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-51st-state-b2974476.html

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