UK - The Independent

*Please note: The news links below will open a new window.

1. Phone bans are spreading across the US workplace

   Phone bans, first popular in schools, are now spreading to workplaces across all sectors

2. Pete Hegseth looked bad in the House. He looks even worse in the Senate

   Watching Hegseth try and answer these probing questions from restrained experts was like watching Buzz Lightyear realize he isn't really a spaceman, writes Holly Baxter

3. King Charles tour latest: Royal arrives in Bermuda after multiple meetings with Trump during US state visit

   The king and queen concluded the final day of their historic state visit with a White House goodbye to President Trump and a series of stops in Virginia on Thursday

4. Foo Fighters bring their stadium show to a modest NYC venue. Inside the exclusive, surprise concert

   Foo Fighters have performed a surprise, secret concert at New York City's Irving Plaza

5. Macron makes cheeky response to King Charles’ ‘speaking French’ jibe at Trump

   Macron’s response comes in the context of a fraught and tense relationship with the US president

6. Disappearing before our eyes: One photographer's passion project of capturing local newsrooms

   Photographer Ann Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by, or about to pass into history

7. Trump administration argues Iran war effectively ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline for congressional approval

   Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier argued the ceasefire paused the 60-day clock

8. California Governor Gavin Newsom takes on Joe Rogan after podcaster calls him a ‘cardboard cutout of a person’

   Governor Gavin Newsom said Joe Rogan was ‘ALL TALK, NO ACTION’

9. Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘briefed on final blow’ strike options as he pushes Tehran to make deal

   President says US has ‘already won’ the war but he wants to win by a ‘bigger margin’

10. A citizen campaign returns iconic kiwi birds to New Zealand's capital after a century-long absence

    New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington