HM chief inspector of prisons says detainees held unnecessarily despite volunteering for fast-track deportation

Head of International Atomic Energy Agency condemns drone strike on nuclear reactor at Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine

Jason Tarry, who was most recently chief executive at Tesco for six years, will take over the role in September

Paula Vennells has been seen in public for the first time after allegations that she may have been told about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system and adjust branches’ accounts two years before she appeared i ...

The West’s enemies are working more closely as an “alliance of authoritarian powers” including Russia, Iran and China, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned. Mr Stoltenberg has described growing links between the three countries and North Kore ...

Review chief defends decision not to recommend powers that could break up supermarkets for bad behaviour

Former chief executive of Royal Mail will this week be questioned in public for the first time

Paula Vennells has been seen in public for the first time after allegations that she may have been told about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system and adjust branches’ accounts two years before she appeared i ...

Ahead of 24-hour action union chief is gloomy about prospect of agreement in this month’s talks

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed

Exclusive: The Independent speaks to Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade deputy commander Makysm Zhorin about the costly retreat from Avdiivka and the threat of another Russian advance

Second class letter deliveries may be cut dramatically in Royal Mail overhaul

Exclusive: Sir Mark Sedwill urges Britain to ‘lead by example’ to tackle the ‘fraying’ of Nato military alliance

Exclusive: The Independent spoke with Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade deputy commander Makysm Zhorin about the costly retreat from Avdiivka and the threat of another Russian advance

Exclusive: Yossi Sariel unmasked as head of Unit 8200 and architect of AI strategy after book written under pen name reveals his Google account

Police investigating the recovery of 35 bodies and suspected ashes of several others at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull say they are “unable to identify” any of the human ashes recovered. Assistant chief Constable Thom McLaughl ...

Alex Younger’s claim that insufficient care is being paid to collateral risks comes as UK is urged to suspend arms sales to Israel

Sir Alex Younger says Israel risks losing its claim of ‘moral purpose’ in Gaza war

A man who was briefly handcuffed but not charged in the shooting at the Kansas City chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing three more lawmakers over social media posts falsely accusing him of being among the shooters and an immigrant in the country ille ...

Attempts at mischief-making fall flat as the PM adopts his man of the people act to be questioned by Harry Cole