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Tens of millions of emails deleted. What does Murdoch have to hide?

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The media magnate had the British ruling class wrapped around his finger despite his company’s extensive use of phone hacking, writes Alan Rusbridger. When will MPs get angry enough to demand action?

Alan Rusbridger

<p>Rupert Murdoch was previously a director of News International, now News UK</p>

<p>Officers arrest a protestor who participated in an demonstration at the Columbia University campus</p>

The Longer Read

How the Columbia Campus wars could now tear British universities apart

<p>Orange wine is nothing new – it’s been around for 8,000 years and hails from Georgia </p>

No orange wine isn’t made from oranges – and nine other myths busted

<p>All the rage: Frustration can lead to anger, which, if it isn’t channelled correctly, can lead to health and relationship problems</p>

Health and Wellbeing

Your anger could be ruining your life (and you don’t even realise it)

Voices

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

<p>Susan Hall celebrates being selected by the Conservative Party to run for mayor of London, at the Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge, west London</p>

Is Sadiq Khan’s Tory rival for London mayor a Labour secret agent?

<p>With tone-deaf ignorance, Mel Stride has suggested mental health is being confused with the ‘normal anxieties of life’ </p>

I worked at Goldman Sachs – I know what ‘burnout’ looks like

The Longer Read

<p>The series forces us to question how well-equipped we are to deal with such a harrowing event </p>

First Person

‘Baby Reindeer was more than weird story – it was about my life too’

Comedian Richard Gadd’s true-story series about Donny, who is stalked by an obsessive woman and has to come to terms with being the victim of a rape by a man years earlier, is number one on Netflix. For the playwright Tanaka Mhishi it was all too familiar…

<p>Is anybody there? If so, Voyager 1 will let them know we are here </p>

Inside Story

Voyager 1 is still surprising us from the edges of our solar system

<p>‘My mum’s simple wish was to die with dignity and in peace’ </p>

I took Mum to Dignitas – this act of love was investigated as a crime

Politics Explained

<p>Monty Panesar will represent George Galloway’s Workers of Britain party in Ealing Southall </p>

Politics Explained

Can Monty Panesar spin his way into the House of Commons?

<p>Rishi Sunak is looking for enough support to continue into the next election</p>

Politics Explained

How bad must local election results get to topple Rishi Sunak?

<p>Humza Yousaf arriving at Bute House ahead of his announcement on Monday</p>

Politics Explained

Why Scotland could end up with two general elections this year

<p>Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has called for ‘a cap which would serve as a democratic lock on numbers’ </p>

Politics Explained

Will the Tories cave to pressure and cap net migration?

Most Commented

Local election results: Labour win in Sunak’s ‘backyard’ as Starmer demands election

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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID

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Trump rants London is ‘unrecognisable’ and has ‘opened its door to jihad’ in speech

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French police forcing migrants into Channel crossings in record number

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Editorials

<p>There are other, systemic and cultural issues in the system that have given rise to some appalling scandals</p>

The Independent View

A devastating, damning picture of maternity care failings is emerging

The Independent View

A vote for Sunak’s metro mayors is not a vote for him

<p>Migrants arriving in Dungeness, Kent, on a small boat from France in 2021 </p>

The Independent View

Costly, inhumane, unlawful… now the Rwanda plan is counterproductive

Culture

<p>Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, the role that made her famous around the world </p>

Faye Dunaway, the screen star punished for her independent spirit

<p>Marc Quinn’s latest exhibition, ‘Light into Life’, opens at Kew Gardens this week </p>

From blood heads to blooms: how art star Marc Quinn went horticultural

<p>Michelangelo Buonarroti, study for ‘The Last Judgement', Black chalk on paper</p>

Michelangelo – The Last Decades shows off impressive end to career

Travel

<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?

<p>The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli</p>

Beyond the Trevi Fountain: an the ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>All Starmer has to do is hold his nerve and keep the Labour vehicle pointing towards the centre ground</p>

The local elections are a triumph for Starmer’s embrace of Blairism

<p>Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan leave their polling station</p>

Local election results: Ask John Rentoul anything

<p>If Ben Houchen holds on as mayor of Tees Valley, that does not mean very much for the Tories nationally </p>

Even if Ben Houchen wins, he won’t save Rishi Sunak

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

<p>Announcing the date of the general election now is preferable to threatening a summer poll, which few backbenchers want </p>

There is one simple way for Sunak to silence the Tory rebels

<p>Now, after a miserable year as first minister, the man dubbed ‘Humza Useless’ has resigned </p>

Humza Yousaf is gone – and Labour can’t believe its luck

<p>Interviewed on Sky’s ‘Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips’ programme, the PM declined to rule out a July election</p>

Sunak faces a make-or-break week – but he isn’t master of his own fate

Chris Blackhurst

<p>The hospitality industry is struggling without a steady stream of young staff </p>

Business Comment

Blocking a Brexit free-movement scheme is spiteful and unforgiveable

<p>A Czech billionaire wants to buy the Royal Mail</p>

Business Comment

Czechs armed with cheques take aim at some of Britain’s top firms

<p>That sinking feeling: the City spoke of Britain paying a ‘moron premium’ for the craziness caused by Liz Truss, </p>

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

News analysis

<p>Ben Houchen wins Tees Valley mayor election </p>

Will Tees Valley lifeline save Rishi Sunak from sinking?

<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?

<p>Israel has been encouraging clan militia groups to take over the security vacuum created in areas from which Hamas has been driven out</p>

Chaos and indiscipline are undermining Israel’s war, say insiders

Sport

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

<p>Taylor Swift has been supporting partner Travis Kelce throughout the playoffs </p>

As the NFL grows, could the Super Bowl soon touch down in London?

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

<p>Wednesday’s meeting between Rishi Sunak and his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, was overshadowed by a diplomatic gaffe </p>

Why Sunak is now banking on a special relationship with Germany

<p>The Renters (Reform) Bill is on its third reading </p>

Politics Explained

How did a Tory promise to end no-fault evictions become stalled?

<p>Iranians protest in Tehran after Israel’s ‘limited’ attack on a strategically important military air base in Isfahan</p>

Iran and Israel won’t stop fighting, but WW3 has been averted… for now

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