The Independent - 2021-04-15

• Ukraine is a test and Biden must find a constructi­ve way forward with Putin
• Whitehall officials told to disclose any outside work
• Why Labour’s Commons defeat over Greensill wasn’t really that much of a defeat
• Are voters really as repulsed by sleaze as Labour thinks?
• NHS trusts prepare to make jabs compulsory, leak shows
• Ponzi fraudster Madoff dies in federal prison aged 82
• Home Office in breach of human rights law with policy on detainee deaths
• Asylum seekers placed at ‘serious fire risk’ in barracks
• Foster sues TV doctor for defamation after affair tweet
• Johnson’s trade trip to India branded ‘crazy’ over variant
• Heathrow arrivals face delays of up to six hours
• Magic mushrooms can treat depression, study claims
• Eviction notices served to 700,000 during pandemic
• Britain to withdraw troops from Afghanista­n after Biden confirms US pullout
• Vaccine passports ‘could be unlawful’, says watchdog
• ‘Stress smoking’ fuelled by coronaviru­s crisis, poll finds
• Stolen giant rabbit ‘at risk of being taken out of UK’
• Victim of terrorist helped him travel to site of attack in London, inquest hears
• U-turn on domestic abuse national register leaves a ‘gaping hole’, ministers told
• Home news in brief
• Does Russia want a war?
• Officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright charged
• We have a lot of work to do as police, says city mayor
• Heart problems killed George Floyd, pathologis­t testifies at Chauvin trial
• Iraq’s deadliest coronaviru­s wave is only just beginning
• Christchur­ch gunman to launch legal challenge against prison conditions
• World news in brief
• Starmer enjoyed Johnson’s Greensill embarrassm­ent – maybe a little bit too much
• Johnson’s popularity won’t last if he ignores the young
• Covid took my sense of smell so I am retraining my nose
• Red-carpet dressing is back to save us from leisurewea­r
• The world cannot ignore China if we are to make environmen­tal progress
• Biden faces an uphill battle to unite US on police reform
• Affordable housing must be treated as a life essential
• Egyptian author and activist who treated FGM survivors
• Plucked from thin air
• ‘They are covering up the truth’: citizens’ anger at Myanmar’s military junta
• What are my prospects for a trip to Dubai in late May?
• The truth is out there
• SCIENCE IN BRIEF
• Smile for the camera
• ‘I can look at projects and see all the things I should have done differentl­y’
• Watchdog clears £31bn O2 and Virgin Media merger
• Dyson’s bigging up Brexit, oblivious to its bitter reality
• Is the jobs market racist?
• The eco sunscreen makers helping to save ocean life
• Business news in brief
• City see off Dortmund to break quarter-final curse
• Man City finally exorcise their European demons
• Liverpool left to rue missed chances as Madrid advance
• Lingard ‘welcome’ back at United but regular games may only come elsewhere
• ‘All sport must be built on foundation of social cause’
• Dunkley hails English Test cricket’s ‘exciting direction’
• Cook chases Tokyo dream to end rollercoas­ter career
• ‘I’d take a sub-three-hour marathon over world title’
• Sport news in brief

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