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The Longer Read

Finally, the truth behind the Nazi concentration camp on British soil

For years, historians and residents have fought over how many people died under the Nazi occupation of Alderney in the Channel Islands. This was no ‘mini-Auschwitz’ is the conclusion of the latest report but it doesn’t mean that horrors were not committed here and that there wasn’t a cover-up of sorts, says Guy Walters

<p>German troops stand in line at Alderney quay </p>

<p>Lucy Letby is appealing against her convictions for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others</p>

In Focus

Why are we banned from reading the New Yorker article on Lucy Letby?

<p>‘The Safekeep’ by Yael van der Wouden is a new historical novel being published following a wave of hype </p>

Robert McCrum

Is this hyped new author really the next Patricia Highsmith?

<p>Supporters hold placards during a protest against the Government's plans to ban the XL bully breed </p>

In Focus

XL Bullys: Are dangerous dogs born or made?

Voices

<p>Rescuers recover bodies at the crash site of a helicopter transporting Iran's president, his foreign minister, and others</p>

Kim Sengupta

What the death of Iran’s president means for the Middle East

<p>The business sector faces an exodus of companies if things don’t change </p>

London’s existential crisis is its own doing – boosterism won’t help

<p>Abortion rights supporters pictured in Phoenix, Arizona </p>

No woman should feel like a criminal for making choices about her body

The Longer Read

<p>Vladimir Putin has been shuffling his inner circle </p>

The Longer Read

Putin’s inner circle is shifting. And a man is rising in the shadows

Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports

<p>Fran Lebowitz: ‘I judge every single thing... that’s how I observe the world’ </p>

Interview

Fran Lebowitz: ‘Trans rights affects no one except those involved’

<p>Prescribed for medical conditions such as diabetes, the drug is seeing major uptake from people taking it purely for its weight loss properties </p>

Health and Wellbeing

What happens if you take Ozempic when you just want to lose a few lbs?

Politics Explained

<p>Drowned out: Rishi Sunak announces the election through a rain shower</p>

Politics Explained

Why did Rishi Sunak choose 4 July for polling day?

<p>Cameron was quizzed by the European scrutiny committee</p>

Politics Explained

Why David Cameron and Bill Cash are still arguing about Europe

<p>Time is running out for Jeremy Corbyn to build momentum as an independent MP </p>

Politics Explained

Will Jeremy Corbyn be able to run for Labour at the general election?

<p>Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has announced he will not seek re-election</p>

Politics Explained

Does the Tory exodus from Westminster signal a Labour landslide ahead?

Most Commented

Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognise Palestine as independent state

350 comments

Paula Vennells live: Ex-Post office boss accused of ‘crocodile tears’ during inquiry

232 comments

Rishi Sunak calls general election on July 4 – live news

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Sunak election news - live: PM fails to rule out snap vote ahead of cabinet meeting

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Editorials

<p>Rishi Sunak looked somewhat beleaguered and washed out in the rain at the Downing Street podium – an irresistible metaphor for the serial incompetence his administration has suffered</p>

The Independent View

Rishi Sunak’s biggest opponent this election will be the public

<p>Protesters gather in Parliament Square ahead of a pro-Palestine march in central London</p>

The Independent View

Pay-as-you-go protest is not the way forward for freedom of speech

<p>The Israeli prime minister and his supporters will no doubt be enraged by the actions of the International Criminal Court</p>

The Independent View

Netanyahu must go for any hope of peace between Israel and Palestine

Culture

<p>Michelle Terry as the lead in ‘Richard III’ at Shakespeare’s Globe</p>

Michelle Terry’s controversial Richard III takes aim at toxic men

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Shirley Valentine’, ‘Woolf Works’, ‘Sleepova’, ‘Coppélia’ </p>

The Week on Stage, from Shirley Valentine to Sleepova

<p>Jennifer Egan won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel, ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ </p>

Book of a lifetime: Look at Me by Jennifer Egan

Travel

<p>Isle of wonder: just off the coast of Sicily is an archipelago steeped in myths </p>

A real-life journey through the mythical lands of the ‘Odyssey’

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Labour leader Keir Starmer announced his general election campaign, saying: ‘Together, we can stop the chaos – and start to rebuild Britain’ </p>

Is Labour ready for a general election – and for power?

<p>Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak</p>

Ask John Rentoul anything as Rishi Sunak calls July snap election

<p>Andy Burnham has led the way in calling for corporate manslaughter charges to be brought against Whitehall departments </p>

Burnham wants the best for infected blood victims – but it won’t work

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

<p>Keir Starmer at the launch in Essex of Labour’s general election campaign </p>

Starmer’s ‘six steps’ are not a final offer. He has more up his sleeve

<p>This week, the Labour leadership met union bosses to agree to ‘the biggest levelling-up of workers’ rights for a generation’ </p>

Could banning zero-hour contracts be Labour’s downfall?

<p>Only 11 per cent of people know Starmer’s father was a toolmaker, while 18 per cent know Sunak’s father was a family doctor</p>

Polling reveals voters don’t care about politicians’ upbringing

Chris Blackhurst

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>

Business Comment

Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – why?

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

Sport

<p>Tyson Fury, left, and Oleksandr Usyk will finally clash in Saudi Arabia months of negotiations </p>

Why Fury and Usyk aren’t just fighting for belts and bragging rights

<p>A sodden Erik ten Hag leaves the pitch after Manchester United’s defeat by Arsenal</p>

Crumbling Old Trafford is perfect theatre for Ten Hag’s broken dreams

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

<p>Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry Brian Langstaff with victims and campaigners outside Central Hall in Westminster, London</p>

Is the NHS behind the slow response to the infected blood scandal?

<p>Slovakian prime minister Fico was shot in an attempted assassination on Wednesday </p>

Could the Robert Fico shooting lead to a wider conflict in Europe?

<p>McVey is unhappy with public sector workers advertising their personal affiliations or sympathies while in the office </p>

Politics Explained

What’s behind Esther McVey’s attack on civil service lanyards?

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is