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<p>US president Donald Trump is due to speak at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday</p>
Chris Blackhurst

Is ‘toddler’ Trump on the brink of completely losing it?

From Chagos to Greenland, the US president’s outbursts follow a pattern: shock, withdraw, demand. Like a child denied a sweet or a toy, whatever he wants, he screams until it is his, says Chris Blackhurst – and Davos will be another stage for his performance

<p>Brooklyn Beckham, pictured with his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, has launched an astonishing attack on his parents, David and Victoria Beckham</p>
Victoria Richards

The Beckham family feud is every mother’s worst nightmare

<p>The chancellor is taking every opportunity at Davos to stress that Britain has kept its head while all around are losing theirs</p>
James Moore

At Davos, Rachel Reeves has finally had a sensible idea

<p>The actions of US president Donald Trump mean that the US can no longer be treated as a dependable ally</p>
Sir Richard Shirreff

Without the United States, Nato must be Europeanised

<p>The High Court has deemed the use of Pava spray in youth offenders’ institutions to be lawful </p>
Andrea Coomber

Using pepper spray in youth prisons is not a solution – it’s a failure

<p>Let’s talk: ‘We are systematically shutting children out of public life, and social media is one of the few spaces left where they can exist’</p>
Chris Stokel-Walker

Banning under-16s from social media will do more harm than good

<p>Only politicians who really matter get booed – and it turns out that Robert Jenrick did not </p>
John Rentoul

Robert Jenrick was heckled at his own rally? At least someone cares

<p>Protesters demonstrate against the proposed new Chinese ‘super-embassy’ (AP Photo/Joanna Chan, File)</p>
Rahima Mahmut

I had to flee China – don’t let them build a ‘super-embassy’ here

<p>Trump’s letter was apparently forwarded to multiple European ambassadors in Washington before being leaked to PBS News</p>
Voices

Donald Trump is now using the language of an abusive husband

<p>For now, Donald Trump must be managed by Keir Starmer in the national interest</p>
The Independent View

Can the steady diplomacy of Keir Starmer win the day?

<p>With his trusty Staffordshire bull terrier ‘Spike’, the dog bedecked in a union jack waistcoat, Andrew Rosindell hardly conveyed an image the inclusive Tory party wanted to send</p>
Chris Blackhurst

The latest Tory MP to defect to Reform is a new low for Farage

<p>Men are racing to embrace AI, while women are more cautious</p>
Olivia Petter

The men I know love AI and the women don’t – and I understand why

<p>Donald Trump can try to push him around all he likes, but Keir Starmer will do anything rather than get out of the way</p>
Voices

Donald Trump’s ambition is up against Keir Starmer, diplomatic bollard

<p>Nigel Farage described Reform mayoral candidate Chris Parry’s comments about David Lammy as ‘over the top’</p>
Calvin Bailey

Farage and Reform cannot claim respectability while excusing racism

<p>More young adults have been staying at home with their parents due to property costs</p>
James Moore

At last some good news! Rental house prices are coming down

<p>How do I respond to my friend who was rude about my life choices?</p>
Dear Vix

My friend criticised my career – and I’m furious

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

<p>Carrie Bradshaw in designer shoe heaven in 'Sex and the City' </p>
Glenda Cooper

And just like that, did Carrie Bradshaw kill off Saks?

<p>Robert Jenrick denied personal ambition played a role in his decision to join Reform UK after being sacked from the Conservative shadow cabinet</p>
David Aaronovitch

The ambitions of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage spell trouble ahead

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<p>After 20 years of warnings and now research on what social media might be doing to our brains, naturally, the biggest human concern is for the youngest generations – Gen A and Gen Z</p>
Voices

Why those calling for a teen social media ban need to check privilege

Voices

Why those calling for a teen social media ban need to check privilege

Chloe Combi
<p>After 20 years of warnings and now research on what social media might be doing to our brains, naturally, the biggest human concern is for the youngest generations – Gen A and Gen Z</p>
<p>Donald Trump’s fury keeps spilling over as he insults allies, leaks confidential conversations, and ridicules nations</p>
The Independent View

After an irascible first year, Trump is more dangerous than ever

<p>US president Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on the UK and other Nato countries as part of his efforts to seize control of Greenland</p>
Voices

Trump is xenophobic and paranoid – and he’s too old to change his mind

<p>French president Emanuel Macron has been at the sharp end of Donald Trump’s tongue</p>
Voices

Why does Trump treat his enemies better than his friends?

<p>Tottenham manager Thomas Frank during the loss against West Ham</p>
Football

‘It’s the culture’: Readers say Spurs’ problems run deeper than Frank

<p>Tottenham manager Thomas Frank during the loss against West Ham</p>
Football

‘It’s the culture’: Readers say Spurs’ problems run deeper than Frank

<p>Donald Trump, right, seems ready to rehabilitate Vladimir Putin’s standing on the world stage by inviting him to join a ‘board of peace’ </p>
Voices

For Putin, Trump’s second term just keeps on getting better and better

<p>Nigel Farage, left, with Nadhim Zahawi </p>
UK Politics

‘Voting Reform is now like voting Tory’: Readers slam defectors

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Trump-Greenland latest: President to deliver speech at Davos after Greenland threats

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Security risk from China ‘super-embassy’ in London cannot be eliminated, M15 warns

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says US can do more to stop Putin

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Trump calls Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal act of ‘great stupidity’

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<p>In academic circles in the US, there is an active debate going on about whether the word ‘fascist’ should now be applied to Donald Trump</p>
Voices

Trump is an authoritarian who believes in his divine right to rule

<p>Trump has developed a close friendship –some would say unhealthily so – relationship with head of Fifa Gianni Infantino</p>
Voices

Could a US World Cup boycott over Trump’s Greenland threat work?

<p>People in Greenland protest against Trump’s attempt to make the island part of the US</p>
UK Politics

‘No quick fix’: Readers split on Greenland threat and rejoining the EU

<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer can no longer sit on the fence following Trump’s threats of tariffs over Greenland takeover</p>
The Independent View

Starmer must choose between Trump and Europe after Greenland tariffs

<p>A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on 13 March 2021</p>
Voices

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she see freedom?

<p>A woman fixes her makeshift tent in Zawaida, central Gaza</p>
Voices

A hundred days of Gaza ceasefire? For us, the war continues

<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer can no longer sit on the fence following Trump’s threats of tariffs over Greenland takeover</p>
The Independent View

Starmer must choose between Trump and Europe after Greenland tariffs

<p>A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on 13 March 2021</p>
Voices

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she see freedom?

<p>A woman fixes her makeshift tent in Zawaida, central Gaza</p>
Voices

A hundred days of Gaza ceasefire? For us, the war continues

<p>Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has countered Reform’s argument that Britain is ‘broken’</p>
The Independent View

Good for Kemi Badenoch: no, Britain is not broken

The Independent View

Good for Kemi Badenoch: no, Britain is not broken

Editorial
<p>Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has countered Reform’s argument that Britain is ‘broken’</p>
<p>Keir Starmer’s allies have rounded on health secretary Wes Streeting, accusing him of disloyalty</p>
Voices

Starmer is undermined by his allies saying Streeting is disloyal

<p>Esme Gordon Craig: ‘I found his profile, messaged him asking for career advice, we went for a coffee – and sparks flew...’</p>
Voices

I’ve deleted the dating apps – now, I’m looking for love on LinkedIn

<p>Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in Sky Atlantic’s gay hockey romance, Heated Rivalry</p>
Voices

As in ‘Heated Rivalry’, I didn’t come out – I was found out

<p>‘Despite the UK tax burden being at close to record highs, outcomes keep getting worse – we are spending more and getting less’</p>
Voices

One thing could improve all public services… and it’s not more money

<p>‘Despite the UK tax burden being at close to record highs, outcomes keep getting worse – we are spending more and getting less’</p>
Voices

One thing could improve all public services… and it’s not more money

<p>Why readers say electric won’t replace fuel any time soon</p>
Electric Vehicles

Why readers say electric won’t replace fuel any time soon

<p>One partnership was sternly criticised in the fallout from the Post Office Horizon scandal</p>
Voices

Top law firms are doing very nicely by behaving badly

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi herself has not escaped accusations and blame for the fate of the massacre of the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, many fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh for their lives and giving first-hand accounts of the mass killings</p>
The Independent View

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – she must be freed

<p>Something of the night?: Robert Jenrick may suffer the same ignominious fate as another aspiring right-wing prime minister, Michael Howard</p>
Voices

Robert Jenrick has a fatal ‘something of the night’ image problem

<p>‘You can give me the cutthroat Rachel, or cheeky chappy Stephen any day over a Faithful’</p>
Comment

I’m raising my kids to be little Traitors – lying is a vital skill!

<p>A standard British adult passport costs £94.50, but ordering one overseas may cost more</p>
News & Advice

‘Money-spinner:’ Readers slam new UK passport rules for dual citizens

<p>Past defectors have spoken about the loneliness of losing a network of friends and the difficulty of gaining acceptance in their new party</p>
Voices

Robert Jenrick’s great betrayal: ‘Treachery with a scowl on its face’

<p>Robert Jenrick was depicted as a Traitors character by the Liberal Democrats</p>
Voices

Party ‘Faithfuls’? Kemi’s ‘TraiTories’ must face a tricky round table

<p>Jenrick’s star has been falling and Badenoch’s rising for some months</p>
The Independent View

Badenoch and Starmer are the winners in Robert Jenrick’s Tory betrayal

<p>Donald Trump told Iranians ‘help is on the way’ – so where is it?</p>
Voices

America’s new Iran policy? Keep the ayatollahs guessing

<p>Green shoots?: ‘There may well be a reason for Britain’s beleaguered chancellor to smile, or perhaps to breathe a sigh of relief’</p>
Voices

Whisper it, but we might have reasons to be cheerful about the economy

Voices

Whisper it, but we might have reasons to be cheerful about the economy

James Moore
<p>Green shoots?: ‘There may well be a reason for Britain’s beleaguered chancellor to smile, or perhaps to breathe a sigh of relief’</p>
<p>Labour’s membership has shrunk by almost 200,000 since its peak in 2019</p>
Voices

Labour forgets the first rule of politics: let the people have a say

<p>Hockney is one of art’s true campaigners and intellectuals. And there is no doubting that creative minds can make their causes inspire millions</p>
Voices

David Hockney’s Bayeux outburst seals his revolutionary status

<p>Hockney said movement of the tapestry could cause ‘irreversible damage’</p>
Home News

Why readers say the Bayeux Tapestry should stay in France

<p>Upgrades to the Northern Powerhouse Rail network won’t be completed until the 2040s (Danny Lawson/PA)</p>
Voices

£45bn for Northern Powerhouse Rail? There’s a better way to spend it

<p>Upgrades to the Northern Powerhouse Rail network won’t be completed until the 2040s (Danny Lawson/PA)</p>
Voices

£45bn for Northern Powerhouse Rail? There’s a better way to spend it

<p>‘The Starmer administration has changed its mind on everything from trans rights to child benefits to the fiscal rules. Some of the reversals have been disastrous’</p>
The Independent View

Never mind the barnacles, HMS Labour is lost at sea

<p>‘Over a million Rohingya languish in refugee camps in Bangladesh, robbed of their dignity as international aid dwindles, many without hope, waiting to die’</p>
Voices

The Myanmar trial is a test case for international justice credibility

<p>YouTube’s Hot Wings and BBC One’s Happy Valley: ‘YouTube can play far more roles than TV ever did’</p>
Voices

YouTube feels like TV should – no wonder people choose it over the BBC

<p>The PM is undermining his credibility within the group he needs the most: the parliamentary Labour Party</p>
Voices

Do Starmer’s U-turns really matter if he ends up in the right place?

<p>Ava Vidal on Mock the Week</p>
Voices

Appearing on Mock the Week was a nightmare I won’t repeat

<p>Protesters in Iran are risking everything for freedom</p>
Voices

Stop calling Iranian protesters ‘foreign‑backed’ – they’re not puppets

<p>‘Apple is planning to call upon Google’s Gemini models for the next generation of Siri and Apple Foundation Models, despite the gazillions it has been pouring into AI itself’</p>
Voices

Elon Musk is right about Apple and Google deal – that should worry us

<p>‘Trump is of an age when he can well remember what happened to President Jimmy Carter when a daring rescue raid to release Americans held hostage in the US embassy in Tehran failed so humiliatingly back in 1980’</p>
Voices

Trump has stumbled on a proper target for his ugly tariff war

<p>‘Such has been the ferocity of the violence ordered by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, that some people may be too frightened to take to the streets, with the high risk of immediate death attached’</p>
The Independent View

The eyes of the world are on Iran – and Donald Trump

<p>‘Musk is likely betting that a UK ban on X would be politically explosive and diplomatically fraught with the US, making it hard for either the UK government or Ofcom to stand up firmly to him’</p>
Voices

The knight vs the edgelord – can Keir Starmer stand up to Elon Musk?

<p>People protest outside the proposed site of the new Chinese embassy in London</p>
Voices

Don’t say we weren’t warned about China’s ‘super-embassy’ plans

Voices

Don’t say we weren’t warned about China’s ‘super-embassy’ plans

Anthony Glees
<p>People protest outside the proposed site of the new Chinese embassy in London</p>
<p>Nigel Farage said he would simply “break” any such deal</p>
Brexit

Why readers say EU is right to futureproof any Brexit reset deal

<p>Home secretary Shabana Mahmood</p>
Voices

Gimmicks get in the way of Shabana Mahmood’s migrant arrest record

<p>The anonymity of people using Grok and X to make and publish such images is to be removed</p>
The Independent View

Elon Musk’s inhuman AI is stripping women of their most basic rights

<p>Hamptons estimated that in 2025, almost 15 per cent of sellers in London sold their home for less than they had paid</p>
Voices

Negative equity is back – is this the reason you can’t sell up?

<p>Hamptons estimated that in 2025, almost 15 per cent of sellers in London sold their home for less than they had paid</p>
Voices

Negative equity is back – is this the reason you can’t sell up?

<p>An autistic Barbie doll has been created</p>
Voices

Sorry, trolls, Mattel’s autistic Barbie is its best doll yet

<p>Iran’s UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, listens at an emergency meeting in the United Nations Security Council chamber</p>
Voices

If Iran falls, the United Nations will be first to feel the shockwaves

<p>US president Donald Trump has turned his sights on Jerome Powell, who was his nominee to become chair of the US Federal Reserve</p>
Voices

Why Trump is gunning for the Fed’s Jerome Powell

<p>US president Donald Trump has is discussing options for acquiring Greenland</p>
Voices

What if Trump’s not bluffing about invading Greenland?

<p>Rubina Aminian, the 23-year-old fashion student, was shot dead in Tehran by Iran’s security forces</p>
Voices

When Tehran falls, it will be due to brave women like Rubina Aminian

<p>For many long-term partnerships, the earliest signs of trouble are everyday moments of emotional withdrawal that go unnoticed</p>
Love & Sex

‘Unhappy do us part’: Readers reflect on marriages that didn’t last

<p>Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran</p>
The Independent View

Trump’s military threats risk sabotaging Iran’s moment of change

<p>US President Donald Trump vowed to end America’s wars</p>
Voices

Trump promised to end wars, yet the US acts like a rogue superpower

<p>David Carrick, who received 37 life sentences, was able to join the Met Police despite a history of allegations</p>
Voices

Message to the Met: predators still serve on your force, lying low

<p>‘Nit Blitz’: Laura (Emily Lloyd-Sani) helping to stop the spread of nits as it sweeps the school in BBC’s ‘Motherland’ in 2021</p>
Voices

Am I being scammed by Big Nits?

<p>How do we teach critical thinking to young children who dismiss history as fake?</p>
Voices

What ‘AI slop’ is really doing to distrusting Gen Alpha kids

Voices

What ‘AI slop’ is really doing to distrusting Gen Alpha kids

Jonathan Margolis
<p>How do we teach critical thinking to young children who dismiss history as fake?</p>
<p>Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei</p>
Voices

This Iranian uprising could be as pivotal as the French Revolution

<p>Wayne Williams, Leroy Douglas, Abdullahi Suleman, Shaun Anton Lloyd and Joshua McRae are just some of those given IPP sentences</p>
The Independent View

Life in prison for stealing a phone? End this outrage, prime minister

<p>The prime minister’s plan to ease the ‘cost of living’ is a familiar policy </p>
Voices

Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 looks familiar – and risky

<p>A poster mourning Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the scene of her shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota</p>
Voices

Poets are dreamers and idealists: It’s what makes them so dangerous

<p>A poster mourning Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the scene of her shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota</p>
Voices

Poets are dreamers and idealists: It’s what makes them so dangerous

<p>A collage of prisoners jailed using IPP</p>
Voices

Indefinite jail terms are indefensible – why are thousands trapped?

<p>Women are leaving the social media platform X due to deepfake sexualisation of their pictures</p>
Voices

If women quit X over Grok deepfakes, predators win – so I’m staying

<p>Donald Trump demonstrated last weekend, in the new world order, that ‘international law is for chumps’</p>
Voices

Trump has ushered in a new era of chaos and mindless militarism

<p>Vladimir Putin</p>
Voices

Russia’s shadow war with us is just starting – be ready for trouble

<p>Iranian forces use teargas to disperse anti-government protesters in the Tehran bazaar</p>
The Independent View

Regime change in Iran would be welcome

<p>Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader and our preferred coalition PM (PA)</p>
Voices

The surprise winner of the ‘least unpopular’ PM prize? Ed Davey!

<p>Many of us will have done our best to erase the memory of her ill-fated 49 days in No 10</p>
Voices

The Liz Truss Show is deeply odd – but prompts this serious question

<p>The City of London prefers greater flexibility over closer ties with the EU</p>
Voices

The City’s message to Starmer: we move faster without the EU

<p>Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader and our preferred coalition PM (PA)</p>
Voices

The surprise winner of the ‘least unpopular’ PM prize? Ed Davey!

<p>Many of us will have done our best to erase the memory of her ill-fated 49 days in No 10</p>
Voices

The Liz Truss Show is deeply odd – but prompts this serious question

<p>The City of London prefers greater flexibility over closer ties with the EU</p>
Voices

The City’s message to Starmer: we move faster without the EU

<p>US president Donald Trump said the only constraint to his powers is ‘my own morality, my own mind […] I don’t need international law’</p>
Voices

If the only thing stopping him is his own mind, how far will Trump go?

<p>A domestic owl tests the idea of tundra and returns to the warmth of the kitchen </p>
Voices

The snowy owl who chose the Rayburn

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer pictured at the summit </p>
Home News

Have your say: How ready is the UK to send troops to Ukraine?

<p>Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies</p>
Voices

The world cannot look away from the horror unfolding in Sudan

<p>Voters must wonder what happened to judicious policymaking that Labour once promised</p>
The Independent View

Rachel Reeves’s pub reprieve is nothing for Labour to cheer about

<p>America the undutiful: ‘Donald Trump’s mass withdrawal from a broad swathe of global diplomacy might be seen as the international counterpart to the Department of Government Efficiency’</p>
Voices

America rarely feels it should abide by international rules

<p>Elon Musk is under fire after his AI tool Grok was used to ‘digital undress’ photographs of women</p>
Voices

Grok digitally undressed me on X – it’s time Elon Musk was accountable

<p>Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis</p>
Voices

ICE killing takes America a step closer to George Orwell’s nightmare

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