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Today — 30 October 2025The Independent

Mould, mice and rooms with strangers: Inside migrant hotels that government claims are ‘luxury’

29 October 2025 at 23:03

This week, the prime minister’s official spokesperson suggested migrant hotels are ‘luxury’ places to live. But with rodent and slug infestations, substandard food and large families packed into single rooms, those living there have a very different story to tell. They talk to Shaheena Uddin about the reality of life for migrants in Britain

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Mark Levin tells MAGA that ‘Bannon’s playing you’ over his Trump third-term push

29 October 2025 at 21:59

‘The guy pled guilty to a felony, ripping off little old ladies raising money for a wall that was never built. He's telling us Trump's gonna run for a third term,” Mark Levin fumed this week.

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A babysitter went on a bloody rampage leaving a grandfather dead and a toddler wounded, cops say. No one knows why

29 October 2025 at 21:33

Samantha Booth, 35, a woman the family had trusted for years, is now accused of using a screwdriver to murder David Ong, a man described as a ‘gentle giant’ and a ‘hero,’ before running naked in the street outside

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Border Patrol's Bovino due in court for first check-in on Chicago immigration crackdown

29 October 2025 at 21:02
A senior Border Patrol official is due in court for the second day in a row in the first of his daily court-mandated check-ins about the Chicago area immigration enforcement operation, which has produced more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force

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Yesterday — 29 October 2025The Independent

Dani Dyer reveals tragic secret miscarriage before having son

29 October 2025 at 19:16

You can contact the Miscarriage Association helpline on 01924 200799 or email the charity at info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk.The helpline is open from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday.For more information, help and support regarding pregnancy loss, you can contact Tommy’s on 0800 0147 800.

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Voices: My accidental one-on-one with Kamala Harris – a glimpse of what might have been

29 October 2025 at 19:01

In this extract from the latest Independent Women newsletter, Victoria Richards shares what happened when an unexpected disruption at the former US vice-president’s London book tour gave her a surprising – and inspirational – private audience with the Democratic presidential candidate

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US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press investigation has found

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Guerrero homers off Ohtani, Blue Jays even World Series with 6-2 win over Dodgers in Game 4

29 October 2025 at 07:12
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, Shane Bieber pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays shook off their epic 18-inning loss to even the World Series with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4

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Rent’s due and people will ‘starve’: Congress is racing towards the shutdown cliff

29 October 2025 at 05:33

Division within the GOP caucus over food stamps could give Democrats a key opening to ramp up the pressure on Republicans to make concessions and earn their votes to end the shutdown, John Bowden and Eric Garcia report

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US World Series viewers drop 14% for first two games of Dodgers, Blue Jays matchup

29 October 2025 at 05:12
U.S. viewers for the first two games of World Series between the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays dropped 14% from last year’s matchup between Los Angeles and the New York Yankees, but Canadian and Japanese audiences set records

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Photos show massive police raid in Rio's favelas leaving dozens dead in clashes with drug gangs

29 October 2025 at 02:54

Brazilian security forces launched a massive daylong operation on drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, setting off fierce gun battles that left dozens dead and many wounded, in what officials called one of the largest and most violent police actions in recent years.

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US citizen, 67, ‘has ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home into street they’d blocked off

28 October 2025 at 23:56

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

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Judge rips Border Patrol chief for tear gassing kids in Chicago as agents come under fire for Trump’s mass deportation operation

28 October 2025 at 21:34

Greg Bovino is being hauled to court every day after his officers are accused of gassing neighborhoods and threatening protesters with ‘you’re dead, liberal’ taunts

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Remains of dinosaur ‘mummies’ found 100 years ago in Wyoming still have skin and hooves, researchers say

28 October 2025 at 22:27

The skeletons of the duck-billed dinosaurs, Edmontosaurus Annectens – which lived more than 66 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period – were unearthed in 1908 in a ravine area of east-central Wyoming

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What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown

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The new face of British leather – how regenerative farming is reshaping fashion

28 October 2025 at 21:19

British Pasture Leather’s MADE WITH collection is a collaboration connecting farmers, designers, and makers to restore value to the land and everything that grows from it – Caroline Garland explores whether these materials could provide a compelling alternative to conventional leather

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