The Independent - 2016-08-19

• School standards remain high, but languages are a cause for concern
• Throw Saudi Arabia off Human Rights Council, Theresa May told
• UN anger boils over as haunting image shows impact of Aleppo bombing
• The story of the boy who’s become a symbol of Aleppo’s pain
• Boys close the gap on girls as number of top A-level grades falls
• Osborne’s pro-Remain henchman given top job in Brexit team
• After the intense rivalry, a display of brotherly love
• US Olympic swimmer ‘faked mugging to cover up petrol station brawl’
• Labour conference could be cancelled because of union dispute with security firm
• Another clash of Corbyn and Smith ideologies
• Jamie Oliver joins criticism of ‘underwhelm­ing’ childhood obesity plan
• Nurse who contracted Ebola accused of concealing temperatur­e
• Hunt for the line in a rock that proves we’re in a new geological epoch
• Water voles return to lake in Yorkshire Dales for the first time in 50 years
• The strange life and death of Tom Cholmondel­ey
• Home news in brief
• Former South Sudanese VicePresid­ent flees country amid violence
• Historic ANC loss as opposition wins in Mandela’s birthplace
• Uncontroll­able wildfire forces 82,000 California residents to evacuate homes
• Republican­s rebel against court ruling that would help black voter turnout
• Alaskan islanders under threat from global warming vote to relocate
• Dozens suffer heroin overdose in ‘catastroph­ic’ four hours in West Virginia
• Refugees not to blame for terror attacks, Merkel says
• At least 11 killed and 200 injured in Turkey bombings
• World news in brief
• The internet has created 7 billion Rupert Murdochs
• Trump’s crash in the polls shows there’s method to the US election madness
• Pupils are being let down by the snobbery of our education system
• Where would we be now if Cameron’s three referendum­s had not happened?
• The Shiites are winning in the Middle East... thanks to Russia
• I used to be obese. Now I’m just seriously overweight. Here’s how I did it
• Are police too quick to reach for the Taser?
• IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY…
• BIGFOOT, NESSIE AND SHOWERS OF FROGS
• JOIN THE BOIS CLUB
• TOBLERONE TOWERS
• BUY INTO STYLISH LAKE COMO
• TEN BEST DISHWASHER­S
• HAMMY HORROR
• BEST OF THE REST
• STROKE OF GENIUS
• BEST OF THE REST
• GENRE-DEFYING AND... GREEN
• ‘MAGNETIC’ KITSON’S DEEP CONNECTION
• MEMORIES OF MINE
• SHOULD I CLAIM COMPENSATI­ON IN VOUCHERS?
• JOIN THE EASY RIDERS
• BIRTHDAYS
• Treasury document reveals major banks now expect recession
• Co-op Bank warns Brexit may hinder recovery plans
• UK sees surprise jump in retail sales after Brexit vote
• Asda has its worst quarter on record as sales plunge
• Are we heading for another recession?
• Sports Direct faces external review amid reports of ‘appalling’ work conditions
• Nestle sales growth hits sevenyear low and warns of Brexit price hikes
• Business news in brief
• Brownlee claims Britain’s 20th gold medal in the men’s triathlon
• Mills and Clark end long wait for sailing gold
• Heath and Schofield pip Lithuania to K2 silver – by just 0.03 seconds
• Adams sees off old foe to book place in flyweight final
• Couch undeterred despite final disappoint­ment
• Mourinho labels new signing Pogba one of the ‘best players in the world’
• Wenger confident of signing a defender despite inflated prices
• Klopp ‘not interested’ in criticism of Moreno
• Pochettino fumes at fixture squeeze as Lloris face lengthy lay-off

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