Day: June 19, 2025
Who could lead Iran if Ayatollah Khamenei is deposed?
Netanyahu has openly called for the Supreme Leader to be overthrown – but Iran’s opposition remains fragmented
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Violent pornography showing strangulation to be banned
Violent porn showing choking and strangulation will be made illegal through the Crime and Policing Bill, the government has announced
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Massive £208m EuroMillions jackpot still hasn’t been claimed two days after draw
‘Eye-watering’ prize still unclaimed, National Lottery says
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First family fleeing abuse get keys to The Independent’s safe haven
Survivor of abuse handed keys to new safe house
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New Zealand freezes millions in aid to Cook Islands over China ties
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials in Wellington said Thursday
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Elon Musk posts new drug test results and insists reporters should do the same
‘Now let’s see their drug test results. They will fail,’ Musk said, demanding that New York Times reporters get tested
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Cradock Four: South Africa opens new inquiry into apartheid-era torture and killings
Four Black men abducted, tortured and killed 40 years ago this month by apartheid-era security forces in South Africa
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New Zealand approves use of ‘magic mushrooms’ to treat depression but only one psychiatrist is allowed to prescribe it
New Zealand approves restricted medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogen found in ‘magic mushrooms’ for patients with treatment-resistant depression
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‘You go to bed… and wake up with £200m’: Lottery adviser on how life will change for Euromillions winner
Less than 20 people in the UK have won lottery prizes of more than £100 million – here’s what they spend their winnings on
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‘My son went to get flour. He came back in a coffin’: As the world focuses on Iran Palestinians are being shot dead seeking aid
While the world has its attention fixed on a regional war, desperate Palestinians are being killed by the dozen as they seek food at controversial American-run aid sites in Gaza, write Bel Trew and Richard Hall
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