Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Long-serving reporter was shackled and put in prison uniform during six-hour ordealhas been urged to raise concerns over the freedom of the press with president , after ’s chief US correspondent was arrested while covering a protest in SeattleThe experienced reporter was handcuffed, shackled and placed in a red prison uniform while being detained for more than six hours in a police cell, in an incident which was described as “very concerning” by the Foreign Office.He now faces...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Long-serving reporter was shackled and put in prison uniform during six-hour ordealhas been urged to raise concerns over the freedom of the press with president , after ’s chief US correspondent was arrested while covering a protest in SeattleThe experienced reporter was handcuffed, shackled and placed in a red prison uniform while being detained for more than six hours in a police cell, in an incident which was described as “very concerning” by the Foreign Office.He now faces...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Sharing the full story, not just the headlines"Goya Foods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations. Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products," he on Twitter.{{#singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium {{/singleComment_p}}{{^singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Sharing the full story, not just the headlines"Goya Foods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations. Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products," he on Twitter.{{#singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium {{/singleComment_p}}{{^singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}A 47-year-old man has been jailed for four years for attempting to steal a “priceless” version of which he believed was a fake.Mark Royden, from Canterbury, , was convicted of using a hammer to smash the security case holding the historic document at Cathedral on October 25, 2018.He was found guilty at Salisbury Crown Court of attempted theft of Magna Carta and criminal damage to the display case costing £14,466 to repair.Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesThe trial...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}A 47-year-old man has been jailed for four years for attempting to steal a “priceless” version of which he believed was a fake.Mark Royden, from Canterbury, , was convicted of using a hammer to smash the security case holding the historic document at Cathedral on October 25, 2018.He was found guilty at Salisbury Crown Court of attempted theft of Magna Carta and criminal damage to the display case costing £14,466 to repair.Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesThe trial...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Donald Trump says he might pardon old friend Roger Stone. Getty Images'I think Roger Stone was very unfairly treated,' president said before day-long trip to swing state Floridais reportedly mulling whether to commute 's prison sentence, days before his former campaign aide and longtime political insider is set to report to jail following a host of charges related to Robert Mueller's investigation into foreign election interference.On Friday, the president said he is "looking...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Donald Trump says he might pardon old friend Roger Stone. Getty Images'I think Roger Stone was very unfairly treated,' president said before day-long trip to swing state Floridais reportedly mulling whether to commute 's prison sentence, days before his former campaign aide and longtime political insider is set to report to jail following a host of charges related to Robert Mueller's investigation into foreign election interference.On Friday, the president said he is "looking...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Southern states ‘almost certainly’ to continue to experience surge in cases as more than 50,000 patients in US hospitalised's statehouse has shut down for two weeks after 26 state lawmakers and 10 employees contracted the .The latest outbreak has infected nearly a sixth of the state legislature, including the leaders of both chambers, following an active legislative period at the capital – including measures to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state's flag – at which...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Southern states ‘almost certainly’ to continue to experience surge in cases as more than 50,000 patients in US hospitalised's statehouse has shut down for two weeks after 26 state lawmakers and 10 employees contracted the .The latest outbreak has infected nearly a sixth of the state legislature, including the leaders of both chambers, following an active legislative period at the capital – including measures to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state's flag – at which...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}’s government is expected to restrict supermarkets from offering discount deals on junk food as part of his promised anti-obesity drive.New restrictions will see supermarkets banned from buy one, get one free offers on unhealthy products or promoting sweets and chocolate at the end of aisles, according to reports.Ministers are also thought to be considering plans to bring in compulsory calorie counts on restaurant and takeaway menus under new proposals, first published in The...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}’s government is expected to restrict supermarkets from offering discount deals on junk food as part of his promised anti-obesity drive.New restrictions will see supermarkets banned from buy one, get one free offers on unhealthy products or promoting sweets and chocolate at the end of aisles, according to reports.Ministers are also thought to be considering plans to bring in compulsory calorie counts on restaurant and takeaway menus under new proposals, first published in The...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesThe seized vehicles include a Mercedes Biturbo SUV worth $150,000, a black Lexus SUV with police sirens and lights worth $86,000 and some low-end cars, such as a Toyota Corolla valued at $20,000, the reported.According to Salisbury, the seize is "just the tip of the iceberg or a drop in the bucket for what we’ve started to identify for this illegal exploitation scam.”{{#singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesThe seized vehicles include a Mercedes Biturbo SUV worth $150,000, a black Lexus SUV with police sirens and lights worth $86,000 and some low-end cars, such as a Toyota Corolla valued at $20,000, the reported.According to Salisbury, the seize is "just the tip of the iceberg or a drop in the bucket for what we’ve started to identify for this illegal exploitation scam.”{{#singleComment_p}}{{value_p}} Independent Premium...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}’s cabinet has approved a bill that would grant same-sex unions legal status similar to that of heterosexual marriages.The draft Civil Partnership Act and amendments of the Civil and Commercial Code was passed on Wednesday and will be sent to Parliament for approval, said deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek.But activists have criticised the bill, describing it as “fake equality” as it does not go far enough to ensure among all citizens.Sharing the full story, not...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}’s cabinet has approved a bill that would grant same-sex unions legal status similar to that of heterosexual marriages.The draft Civil Partnership Act and amendments of the Civil and Commercial Code was passed on Wednesday and will be sent to Parliament for approval, said deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek.But activists have criticised the bill, describing it as “fake equality” as it does not go far enough to ensure among all citizens.Sharing the full story, not...WW…

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Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Problems appear limited to Apple devices, and there appears to be no simple fixhas stopped working properly, according to users.A strange bug appears to make the iPhone version of the app crash as soon as it is opened.Spotify does not appear to have pushed out a new update to the app.Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesInstead, the issue . The .There appears to be no simple fix for the issue. Deleting and re-installing the app, for instance, does not solve the...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Problems appear limited to Apple devices, and there appears to be no simple fixhas stopped working properly, according to users.A strange bug appears to make the iPhone version of the app crash as soon as it is opened.Spotify does not appear to have pushed out a new update to the app.Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesInstead, the issue . The .There appears to be no simple fix for the issue. Deleting and re-installing the app, for instance, does not solve the...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Jesus Seineke hides offensive symbol when at home to avoid retaliationA man who flies a flag on the back of his car to show his opposition to protests and people, claims he was attacked last month because of it.Jesus Seineke, who lives in Alpine, San Diego, flies a on the back of his SUV when he drives around his local area.He told that he flies the flag to show he is in “total opposition of Black Lives Matter or supporting anything to do with gays”.Sharing the full story, not...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Jesus Seineke hides offensive symbol when at home to avoid retaliationA man who flies a flag on the back of his car to show his opposition to protests and people, claims he was attacked last month because of it.Jesus Seineke, who lives in Alpine, San Diego, flies a on the back of his SUV when he drives around his local area.He told that he flies the flag to show he is in “total opposition of Black Lives Matter or supporting anything to do with gays”.Sharing the full story, not...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Husham al-Hashimi knew his life was in danger. And late last year, heeding warnings, the Iraqi researcher and scholar took his wife and daughter from his home in to Beirut for a few months, returning just before coronavirus lockdown measures were imposed in February.On Monday evening, he was shot dead. Unknown assailants travelling on motorcycles walked up to his parked car near his home in Baghdad’s Zayouna district and shot him multiple times in the head and torso, according...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Husham al-Hashimi knew his life was in danger. And late last year, heeding warnings, the Iraqi researcher and scholar took his wife and daughter from his home in to Beirut for a few months, returning just before coronavirus lockdown measures were imposed in February.On Monday evening, he was shot dead. Unknown assailants travelling on motorcycles walked up to his parked car near his home in Baghdad’s Zayouna district and shot him multiple times in the head and torso, according...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: White House says the world sees US as a 'leader' on coronavirus as cases continue to spiralRapper among Hollywood producers and property developers who claimed government assistance ’s clothing line and the Church of Scientology were among billion-dollar brands who used US government loans designed to help businesses survive the pandemic.The US Small Business Administration (SBA) said on Monday that the billionaire rapper’s Yeezy brand had been cleared to receive...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: White House says the world sees US as a 'leader' on coronavirus as cases continue to spiralRapper among Hollywood producers and property developers who claimed government assistance ’s clothing line and the Church of Scientology were among billion-dollar brands who used US government loans designed to help businesses survive the pandemic.The US Small Business Administration (SBA) said on Monday that the billionaire rapper’s Yeezy brand had been cleared to receive...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: Scathing Lincoln Project advert gives list of senators who protect TrumpVideo uses Kellyanne Conway's comments on Biden to highlight president's own behaviourA new political attack advert against Donald Trump has hit out at the president’s past behaviour around women, including his own daughters.The two-minute clip uses comments made by against Democratic presidential nominee to highlight the president's own behaviour.Ms Conway says that Mr Biden has had “a lot...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: Scathing Lincoln Project advert gives list of senators who protect TrumpVideo uses Kellyanne Conway's comments on Biden to highlight president's own behaviourA new political attack advert against Donald Trump has hit out at the president’s past behaviour around women, including his own daughters.The two-minute clip uses comments made by against Democratic presidential nominee to highlight the president's own behaviour.Ms Conway says that Mr Biden has had “a lot...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}The largest technology companies in the world, including , , and , all have contracts with the American government and federal law enforcement agencies that had gone previously unreported.Research from the non-profit has found that these companies have thousands of deals with the Department of Defense, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.The revelation comes as workers from Google and Microsoft are asking...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}The largest technology companies in the world, including , , and , all have contracts with the American government and federal law enforcement agencies that had gone previously unreported.Research from the non-profit has found that these companies have thousands of deals with the Department of Defense, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.The revelation comes as workers from Google and Microsoft are asking...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related Video: Biden V Trump: US election opinion pollsDemocrat’s policies will focus on ‘immediate recovery’ from the pandemic recession, aides sayLaunching an economic pitch expected to anchor his presidential campaign, candidate is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government's regulatory and spending power to bolster and firms.Mr Biden calls for a $400bn (£316.3bn), four-year increase in government purchasing of US-based goods and services plus $300bn (£237.2bn) in...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related Video: Biden V Trump: US election opinion pollsDemocrat’s policies will focus on ‘immediate recovery’ from the pandemic recession, aides sayLaunching an economic pitch expected to anchor his presidential campaign, candidate is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government's regulatory and spending power to bolster and firms.Mr Biden calls for a $400bn (£316.3bn), four-year increase in government purchasing of US-based goods and services plus $300bn (£237.2bn) in...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}'We have a management team in the UK like any other UK organisation and we are free to express our view,' vice president of telecommunications giant says’s UK vice president has insisted employees at the company are free to express their views – before claiming he did not have a view on ’s imposition of a new draconian security law for Hong Kong.It comes as and senior ministers giant the green light to help develop the UK’s mobile network, despite protests from the US and Tory...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}'We have a management team in the UK like any other UK organisation and we are free to express our view,' vice president of telecommunications giant says’s UK vice president has insisted employees at the company are free to express their views – before claiming he did not have a view on ’s imposition of a new draconian security law for Hong Kong.It comes as and senior ministers giant the green light to help develop the UK’s mobile network, despite protests from the US and Tory...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Follow here for the latest updatesThe UK's lockdown has been eased further as outdoor arts performances, gyms and indoor swimming pools are set to return this month, culture secretary has announced.Outdoor theatre, opera, music and dance events are to be permitted with socially-distanced audiences in England from 11 July, while indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will follow on 25 July.The announcement came as the warned it would be “decades” before the UK restores...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Follow here for the latest updatesThe UK's lockdown has been eased further as outdoor arts performances, gyms and indoor swimming pools are set to return this month, culture secretary has announced.Outdoor theatre, opera, music and dance events are to be permitted with socially-distanced audiences in England from 11 July, while indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will follow on 25 July.The announcement came as the warned it would be “decades” before the UK restores...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}eattle’s in support of was established just days after the killing of . To the participants and their supporters, the () was a living experiment in how a community might exist without police. To their detractors, most vocally , who denounced them as anarchists and terrorists, the protesters and the six city blocks they had been ceded were proof of liberals gone mad. It was quirky and it was controversial.For a month, as demonstrators marched in cities around the world,...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}eattle’s in support of was established just days after the killing of . To the participants and their supporters, the () was a living experiment in how a community might exist without police. To their detractors, most vocally , who denounced them as anarchists and terrorists, the protesters and the six city blocks they had been ceded were proof of liberals gone mad. It was quirky and it was controversial.For a month, as demonstrators marched in cities around the world,...WW…

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Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Half the world lacks access to information on , creating a vacuum of government accountability on the greatest environmental threat to public health.A new study, published on Thursday, revealed that countries in the are less likely to have access to air pollution data compared to wealthier nations. In countries where air pollution levels are the highest, the data was often the least accessible.Outdoor air pollution leads to 4.2 million deaths each year, with the vast majority...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Half the world lacks access to information on , creating a vacuum of government accountability on the greatest environmental threat to public health.A new study, published on Thursday, revealed that countries in the are less likely to have access to air pollution data compared to wealthier nations. In countries where air pollution levels are the highest, the data was often the least accessible.Outdoor air pollution leads to 4.2 million deaths each year, with the vast majority...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: New Hampshire governor says he'll avoid Trump rally crowdCity’s health department says ‘we just connect the dots’ amid new cases Tusla’s health department has said Donald Trump’s last month “likely contributed” to an increase in new coronavirus cases in the city.Tulsa City-County Health Department director Dr Bruce Dart said on Wednesday that the 20 June event, which thousands attended, “more than likely” contributed to a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases.The...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: New Hampshire governor says he'll avoid Trump rally crowdCity’s health department says ‘we just connect the dots’ amid new cases Tusla’s health department has said Donald Trump’s last month “likely contributed” to an increase in new coronavirus cases in the city.Tulsa City-County Health Department director Dr Bruce Dart said on Wednesday that the 20 June event, which thousands attended, “more than likely” contributed to a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases.The...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}The British government could get itself locked out of the EU's vaccine programme by refusing to contribute financially, MPs have warned.The House of Commons European scrutiny committee sounded the alarm on Wednesday over the UK's insistence that it will not pay increased EU budget contributions for 2020.The extra payments are directly tied to the vaccine programme, which aims to get EU members priority access to a treatment for Covid-19. The UK can still in theory participate...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}The British government could get itself locked out of the EU's vaccine programme by refusing to contribute financially, MPs have warned.The House of Commons European scrutiny committee sounded the alarm on Wednesday over the UK's insistence that it will not pay increased EU budget contributions for 2020.The extra payments are directly tied to the vaccine programme, which aims to get EU members priority access to a treatment for Covid-19. The UK can still in theory participate...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: Biden V Trump: US election opinion pollsWinning candidate calculated on early presidential nominating contest and discounting opinion surveysPresident has a 91 per cent chance of winning the November 2020 election, according to a political science professor who has correctly predicted five out of six elections since 1996.“The Primary Model gives Trump a 91 percent chance of winning in November,” Stony Brook professor Helmut NorpothMr Norpoth told the outlet that...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Related video: Biden V Trump: US election opinion pollsWinning candidate calculated on early presidential nominating contest and discounting opinion surveysPresident has a 91 per cent chance of winning the November 2020 election, according to a political science professor who has correctly predicted five out of six elections since 1996.“The Primary Model gives Trump a 91 percent chance of winning in November,” Stony Brook professor Helmut NorpothMr Norpoth told the outlet that...WW…

Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Longtime friend of the president pleads for clemency over coronavirusRepublican operative made a naked appeal to to grant him a pardon or commute his sentence before he starts a 40-month on 14 July.“I want the president to know that I have exhausted all my legal remedies and that only an act of clemency will provide justice in my case and save my life!” Stone said in a statement sent by text on Tuesday.Stone's statement came after the US government was ordered by a federal...…Log in using your social network accountWant an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium.Hi {{fullName}}Longtime friend of the president pleads for clemency over coronavirusRepublican operative made a naked appeal to to grant him a pardon or commute his sentence before he starts a 40-month on 14 July.“I want the president to know that I have exhausted all my legal remedies and that only an act of clemency will provide justice in my case and save my life!” Stone said in a statement sent by text on Tuesday.Stone's statement came after the US government was ordered by a federal...WW…