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Ukraine must hit Putin’s forces hard and fast with long-range missiles

Head shot of Chris Stevenson

Ukraine will hope to cause the Kremlin some monumental headaches by striking deep within Russia now it has permission from Washington to use the weapons, writes Chris Stevenson. It will also be a much-needed boost to morale for their own beleaguered forces and citizens

Chris Stevenson

Will Trump’s Ukraine deal be signed at Camp David or the Kremlin?

<p>Ukraine’s President Zelensky has been calling for long-range strikes to be allowed for months </p>

<p>Leah Woods, Kate Moss And Sadie Frost at the Supergrass Party, Astral Club, London, in 1999 </p>

Don’t believe the haters – the Nineties was a great time to be a woman

<p>Hunkering down isn’t the answer – it’s time to get out and experience the changing weather </p>

Fitness and wellbeing

Cold, dark... and not remotely miserable: How to live well in winter

<p>Leo is seen by many as being one of the architects behind the Trump 2.0 era</p>

In depth

Meet Leonard Leo – Trump’s secret weapon powering a religious war on woke?

The Longer Read

<p>John Folkes talks for the first time in a documentary about being ordered to fly through the mushroom clouds of four atomic bombs</p>

In Depth

This UK nuclear bomb scandal could be the next Post Office injustice

Reckless exposure to atomic weapons during the nuclear arms race left veterans’ lives blighted with debilitating health conditions that have ravaged generations of their families. Zo? Beaty reports on their decades-long fight for justice

<p>Mike Tyson, former heavyweight world champion </p>

Why is rapist Mike Tyson allowed to fight again for a Netflix payout?

<p>‘If we do decide to give up on family farms ... then we will forgo a vast amount of that knowledge, and it will be unrecoverable, a wiped hard drive’ </p>

The Longer Read

The tractor tax will hurt the British countryside like nothing else

Voices

Trump can smell weakness –?but there is a way to beat his dark arts

Head shot of Alan Rusbridger

The president-elect – along with his sidekick-in-chief Elon Musk – has utter contempt for the mainstream media, writes Alan Rusbridger. But a strong press is the best hope we have of restraining their excesses and protecting the ideals of liberal democracy

Alan Rusbridger

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a campaign event on 5 October 2024</p>

Health and Wellbeing

<p>In the first 10 months or so of taking Ozempic, users can lose an average of 13-15 pounds, according to clinical studies</p>

Health and Wellbeing

What really happens when you come off Ozempic and Wegovy

<p>A balanced protein diet is good for weight loss </p>

Fitness and wellbeing

How to get the right amount of protein – at every age

<p>Suffering from the winter blues? These tips and hero products might help </p>

Fitness and wellbeing

Beat the winter blues with these expert tips

Culture

<p>Joan Armatrading: ‘I still get the same thrill, writing a song from beginning to end. It’s quite a thing, you know?’</p>

Joan Armatrading: ‘I love gossip – but my private life is off limits’

<p>‘Johanna was my closest friend, but she was also like a younger sister. Some sort of unspoken authority was vested in me, some sort of wild freedom in her’ </p>

Sigrid Rausing: ‘We – the living – are the ghosts haunting the dead’

<p>Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker. ‘Life A User’s Manual’ was published when he was 42. He died three years later </p>

Book of a lifetime: Life A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

<p>Desperate measures: Frances McDormand in ‘Blood Simple’</p>

Blood Simple was ‘too sleazy’ for Hollywood – but it changed cinema

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Britain could be made to choose between the US and EU when it comes to free trade </p>

If Trump forces Britain to choose, we have to go with the EU

<p>The figures are a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Isabel Infantes/PA)</p>

We need more than your ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ response, Chancellor?

<p>‘Rachel Reeves is trying to offset the “anti-growth” Budget with a long-term growth plan’ </p>

Rachel Reeves is about to try and woo business back – can she do it?

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Donald Trump would want a trade deal to include the UK accepting cheap American food imports such as chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef</p>

Can Keir Starmer fix Britain’s Trump problem?

<p>Health secretary Wes Streeting told the health industry that poor senior leaders were the NHS’s ’guilty secret’</p>

Hard medicine is not what the NHS wants – but exactly what it needs

<p>In 2029, Keir Starmer’s Labour will have to fight an election on its record in power – against parties offering ‘change’ </p>

What Sir Keir can learn from the Kamala calamity

Chris BlackhurstRenowned business journalist and former editor of The Independent

Trump’s election will make Brexit even more painful for Britain

<p>Donald Trump said he would make the US ‘the Bitcoin superpower of the world’ – and, after his win, shares hit a record high of $75,389</p>

What a Trump White House means for the dollar, for China… and beyond

<p>Neck and neck: the industry cannot separate Donald Trump and Kamala Harris</p>

Just how accurate are the latest Trump and Harris polls?

Sean O'GradyAssociate Editor of the Independent, known for his columns on politics and economics

<p>Keir Starmer shakes hands with president Xi Jinping in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</p>

Politics explained

Are overtures to China a ‘reset’ too far?

<p>The Lords were warned: ‘Do not be on the wrong side of history’ </p>

Politics Explained

Is the government any closer to releasing prisoners held under IPP?

<p>The Ford Puma ST-Line X, a petrol-powered Fiesta-sized hatch/SUV ‘crossover’ </p>

Ford Puma:?What’s new fussy cat?

Editorials

<p>Almost three years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Biden has approved Zelensky’s use of long-range US missiles</p>

The Independent View

Biden is taking steps to help Ukraine – but is it too little too late?

<p>Farmers will protest in Westminster on Tuesday over the inheritance tax changes </p>

The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s flawed inheritance tax for farmers demands a rethink

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky knows the only conversation that matters now is between Trump and Putin </p>

The Independent View

The war in Ukraine will have to end in a deal at some point

Politics Explained

<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned</p>

Politics Explained

Why the choice to replace Welby is important for British politics

<p>Farmers protesting outside the Northern Farming Conference in Hexham, Northumberland, against the proposals to reform inheritance tax </p>

Politics Explained

Why are the farmers ploughing ahead with a major protest next week?

<p>Fighting her corner: culture secretary Lisa Nandy has plenty of red flags to consider in the new bill </p>

Politics explained

Why is the Football Governance Bill back on the pitch?

<p>Justin Welby has been outspoken in condemning the safeguarding failures of leaders in other organisations</p>

Politics Explained

Why has the Archbishop of Canterbury had to resign?

Alan RusbridgerPulitzer Prize winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Guardian

<p>‘Trump will make Musk much richer’ </p>

Trump isn’t the real danger to America – it’s Musk

<p>King Charles at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa</p>

It’s time for the royal family to come clean on their finances

<p>Following Bezos’s decision – according to the paper’s own reporting – at least 250,000 readers promptly cancelled their subscriptions </p>

Jeff Bezos needs to choose: be a Trump puppet or a man of courage

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was investigated for sex trafficking </p>

Trump’s appointment of Matt Gaetz has put American justice on trial

<p>During her campaign, Kamala Harris steered clear of highlighting either her gender or her ethnicity</p>

Do American voters have a woman problem?

<p>Joe Biden has always been pro-Nato Atlanticist </p>

Biden’s foreign policy legacy looks even worse in the rear-view mirror

Jon SopelFormer BBC North America Editor and co-host of the News Agents podcast

<p>‘The failure of the Democratic Party is not just down to Kamala Harris, it is an epic fail with a wide cast-list of characters who must shoulder their share of blame’ </p>

Kamala’s catastrophe: How it all went so badly wrong

<p>During his victory speech in Florida, Donald Trump thanked ‘the greatest political movement in history’ for returning him to the White House </p>

Jon Sopel: The moment I knew the ‘bro’ vote won it for Trump

How American TV channels will decide who wins the US election

America

<p>Terrible twosome: Trump and Putin at at press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018 </p>

Europe is in grave danger if Trump hands victory to Putin in Ukraine

<p>Karen Pierce with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in 2020</p>

Why Karen Pierce is key to reviving Starmer’s relationship with Trump

<p>Trump won a historic victory, but he is still President-elect of a desperately divided country </p>

He may be capable of random cruelty, but Trump is no Nazi dictator

News analysis

<p>An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on 6 March 2024 in Dover, England</p>

Hunting ‘The Scorpion’: My mission to track gangs smuggling migrants

<p>Kemi Badenoch, then Secretary of State for Business and Trade, speaks during TheCityUK conference in April </p>

Kemi Badenoch: The battling Boudica who isn’t who you think she is

<p>Breaking the mould: as the latest to be handed the keys to No 11, Reeves’s personal mission has come to fruition – now the real work begins </p>

Rachel Reeves is our first female chancellor – there’s ‘peril’ in that

<p>Prison and probation services are under-resourced to the point that it’s essentially incapable of doing the job – could AI help? </p>

What would house arrest look like when a robot is the prison guard?

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

<p>London Heathrow Terminal 5, seen from a departing British Airways aircraft</p>

British Airways flights in chaos as another IT failure strikes

<p>Going places? Spirit Airlines Airbus A319</p>

What happens to my flight as Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy?

Travel

<p>A London-Singapore-Perth (pictured) journey issued as a through-ticket comes with solid protection </p>

What’s the best way to fly to Australia on a one-way trip?

<p>Ghent makes for a classy short stay en route to taking the ferry to northern Europe </p>

How can we best plan our Scandinavian road trip?

<p>After so much devastation, it is the women who are building back stronger </p>

The female tour guides blazing a trail through the Atlas mountains

Jim WhiteFounding member of The Independent, celebrated football pundit and sports presenter

<p>Gary Lineker will still front the BBC’s coverage of the World Cup in 2026 </p>

Dumping Gary Lineker is a self-destructive move the BBC will regret

<p>Leap of faith: the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham cost the city ?778m, a level of cost that probably factored into the city’s council declaring of bankruptcy in 2023 </p>

Is the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games about to run its last race?

<p>‘I love you, Daddy’: Adam Peaty hugs his son George after winning silver in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke</p>

Why Paris 2024 is turning into the ‘Dadlympics’

Sport

<p>Alex Ferguson was axed as an ambassador by Jim Ratcliffe</p>

Business Comment

Why Manchester United were right to bid farewell to Alex Ferguson

<p>Thomas Tuchel as he is announced as the new England manager at Wembley Stadium</p>

Appointing Thomas Tuchel is a damning indictment of English football