ConnexionPanic buying and stockpiling in Gaza as border crossings closed after US-Israeli strikes on Iran
Fears of return to famine spark rush for food and supplies following border closures Israel says will last 'until further notice'
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Who is Ali Larijani? Top Iranian official expected to step into power vacuum left by Khamenei’s death
Instead of a cleric, experts fear that Iran’s next leader could be a figure who pushes the state toward even deeper militarisation
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Ali Larijani – Iran’s de facto leader who could be Khamenei’s replacement
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Why some people are more drawn to conspiracy theories than others
A strong psychological need for order and structure can, in some people, overshadow their ability to question those beliefs, research suggests
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Peter Mandelson’s business emails ‘missing’, lobbying firm admits
Shuttered firm finds unexplained black hole in Prince of Darkness’s email account following internal audit
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Judges reject appeal claiming Labour’s VAT raid on private school fees infringes human rights
Lawyers for the government had argued parents still retained the right to send children to free state schools or home-educate them
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Nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol agents found dead in Buffalo
Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam was found dead five days after officers left him at a coffee shop without notifying his family
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Fact-checking Trump’s claims about the economy and ‘eight wars’ in State of the Union address
Do the hyperbole-prone president's claims stack up? The Independent examines the evidence
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Women sweep the board in UK’s biggest science awards
Winners were awarded £100,000 each for their work focused on understanding planet formation, advances in DNA replication and sub-atomic energy transfer
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