India has suspended its top cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, over rising tensions with Pakistan.

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions on the landmark US-UK trade deal – from what’s in the agreement to how Keir Starmer sealed the pact with Donald Trump

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Donald Trump bullying Keir Starmer has got him what he wants in the US-UK trade deal, an MP has claimed.

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The new head of the Catholic Church is also a keen Words with Friends player, his family say

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The brother Robert Francis Prevost, who was chosen on Thursday as the first American pope, has revealed where his baseball allegiances lie

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Ukraine's security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about air defences.

Experts say the tit-for-tat attacks mark a dangerous new phase in the decades-old rivalry. What next?

Ex-banker Innes Tang has established a hotline for reporting behaviours deemed disloyal to Beijing.

The Russian president welcomed 27 world leaders to the event in Red Square.

The new pontiff's brother, John Prevost, has offered a glimpse into the new Catholic leader's simple pleasures.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said you "cannot spy against an ally" after reports of US gathering intelligence on Greenland.

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV holds his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church on Friday (9 May).

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New pope voted in string of Republican primaries – until Donald Trump came to dominate GOP politics

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Right-wing pundit Camryn Kinsey was later reported to be conscious after leaving viewers terrified

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Francis had begun making several reforms during his papacy – Leo could take things even further

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Pakistan's armed forces launched "multiple attacks" using drones and other munitions along India's entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday, the Indian army said, as conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours intensified.

Mexico’s current outbreak began in March and has killed one person so far

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A nine-foot-long alligator, nicknamed Elvis, was caught resting in the parking lot of a Florida pre-school.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the department to start moving out transgender members of the military as early as next month

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Putin used his speech to tie Russia's three-year war in Ukraine to the war against Nazi Germany 80 years ago.