Over 80 per cent of people think that a couple’s holiday can make or break a relationship. As this year’s great getaway truly begins, Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores the biggest icks of the season that are most likely to break a relationship

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/holiday-couple-icks-abroad-plane-b3023622.html

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Homer’s women are so psychologically complex in The Odyssey that in 1897, British writer Samuel Butler argued its author was actually a woman

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-women-cast-b3026540.html

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Apple TV’s saccharine sports comedy became a cultural phenomenon in the US, but it has always inspired a more complicated reaction across the Atlantic. As two British journalists who have lived on both sides of the pond, The Independent’s Tom Murray and Kevin EG Perry explain why

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ted-lasso-popularity-us-vs-uk-b3026704.html

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Why was Barney so ‘toxic’ in How I Met Your Mother? Here’s what Neil Patrick Harris says

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/culture/barney-how-i-met-your-mother-neil-patrick-harris-b3027219.html

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The comedian fronted his own TV show, And There’s More and a BBC Radio 2 comedy series

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-cricket-comedian-cause-of-death-b3026630.html

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Heated RFK Jr. angrily accuses Dr. Anthony Fauci of ‘lying about everything’ and CNN of ‘punishing’ people during Covid in contentious interview

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-cnn-interview-measles-vaccines-b3026025.html

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Tuesday’s powerful quake has claimed at least 36 lives and left thousands without power and running water

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/japan-earthquake-animal-hospital-shelter-b3025836.html

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Iran’s military accused the US of ‘moving down the path of escalating tensions’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-gaza-hamas-board-of-peace-b3025058.html

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Trump said he would hold off on a fresh round of strikes against Iran after the ‘perimeters of a deal’ were agreed between the US and Tehran

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-us-war-live-hormuz-attack-israel-saudi-b3025947.html

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A consortium led by former Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley have agreed to buy the Gold family’s 25% stake in the club

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-gold-stake-amanda-staveley-newcastle-b3025845.html

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‘We might be asking too much of Trump to reopen the Strait of Hormuz when he can’t even reopen the pool in his backyard,’ Fallon quipped

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-fallon-trump-reflecting-pool-charges-dismissed-b3027193.html

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Last year’s ceasefire let Israeli forces retain control of 53% of Gaza before withdrawing, but Israel has expanded to 60-70%, according to officials

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-hamas-netanyahu-trump-b3026985.html

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Spanish intelligence services reportedly believe Morocco allowed mass crossing, which saw 83 people die, to happen

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ceuta-spain-morocco-beach-migrants-b3026509.html

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Infantino has backed down after Uefa had agreed to boycott the World Cup and all Fifa tournaments if his proposals to privatise its competitions were voted through

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-boycott-live-updates-infantino-fifa-trump-scrapped-b3025726.html

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Trump said the 71-year-old senator was ‘like a member of the family’ and a ‘tough one to lose’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lindsey-graham-dead-age-health-latest-updates-b3013384.html

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Experts say that relying heavily on AC might seem like a natural adaptation, but it comes with hidden costs

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/house-cooling-how-heatwave-air-conditioning-b3012585.html

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The former deputy prime minister compared Brexit to a ‘massive cardiac arrest’ – and warned Britain now needs Europe more than ever

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nick-clegg-brexit-europe-eu-b3011833.html

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Lionel Messi and the Albiceleste continue to push for back-to-back World Cup titles, with Switzerland aiming to create history and secure a first-ever semi-final

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/argentina-switzerland-live-score-world-cup-2026-result-messi-b3013265.html

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Jude Bellingham shared the advice his mum gave him prior to his inspirational performance for England against Norway.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/sport/jude-bellingham-mum-advice-norway-b3013414.html

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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert’s late night talk shows have both been nominated for outstanding variety series

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/emmys-2026-nominations-full-list-pitt-hacks-widows-bay-b3011592.html

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