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Joe Bennett has been campaigning for the release of Lindsay and Craig Foreman who are being held in a filthy, overcrowded prison

IN FOCUS: Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a spiralling civil war

Exclusive: Sigler, who was diagnosed with MS in 2002, spoke to ‘The Independent’ ahead of her guest-starring role on Thursday’s episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

More than half of parents say they have a hard time talking about money in a way that their kids will understand, a recent study found

IN FOCUS: Whether you’re a fan of the ‘Today’ host’s warm, conversational tone or bristle at his informal presenting style, Amol Rajan certainly knows how to get an audience talking. As one of the BBC’s most ubiquitous faces steps down from his biggest gig yet, Katie Rosseinsky looks at how…

IN FOCUS: As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare

IN DEPTH: With the flow of aid plummeting and water shortages becoming ever more serious, farmers and aid workers tell Nick Ferris of the struggle to survive as the country’s more than decade-long civil war drags on

Presenter and former editor of The Independent is leaving flagship show but will continue to host ‘University Challenge’

Exclusive: 25 years after the programme – widely seen as being characterised by violence and economic chaos – was introduced, new research finds that it has helped smallholder farmers become more resilient to the climate crisis