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One of the busiest NFL trade deadlines has come and gone, with moves that not only shaking up the pecking order in both conferences, but also changing the fortunes of teams who shipped players off. The New York Jets were big sellers at the deadline, parting ways with core players for the chance to rebuild in the future, while teams like the Colts and Seahawks added quality players to fuel Super Bowl pushes.What is every team getting in their new acquisition? There’s one number that explains why each team made the trade they did, so let’s get into it. One…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

new video loaded: Students Find Hope at This Makeshift School in GazaIn central Gaza, a makeshift school called Hope Makers is providing their young students, aged from five to twelve years old, psychological support to cope with the trauma from a two-year war in Gaza.By Ang Li, Nader Ibrahim, Saher Alghorra, Meg Felling and Jon HazellNovember 6, 2025

Watch: “There will be frustration” – Transport secretary outlines reduction in air trafficUS Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that air travel capacity will be cut by up to 10% at 40 major airports over the coming days, if the government shutdown continues.The decision, which is expected to affect domestic flights only, was made because air traffic controllers had been reporting fatigue, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said at a briefing alongside Duffy.Some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic controllers to park wardens, are working without pay – or are on forced leave – because the…

After years of collaborations with Disney on Marvel and Star Wars, it’s finally happened: The Simpsons have arrived in Fortnite. Whereas most of these crossovers comprise themed skins and emotes, this is a complete takeover, with an entire stylised map based on Springfield to explore. It’s a smart way of introducing American TV’s longest-running sitcom to a younger audience – especially with news of a second movie on the way – but for millennials, this is the culmination of a year-long campaign to catch our attention, if previous collabs with Power Rangers, Scream and Mortal Kombat are anything to go…

Ice Spice has dropped a new single, “Pretty Privilege.” The rapper shared the track alongside a music video, which sees her strutting and dancing around a mansion. The track sees Ice Spice taking aim at her fellow artists. “Poser, she hear my song and copy everything I say,” she spits. “Like, what the fuck? These bitches dirt/ Just be yourself, this shit could work/ Pretty privilege, that’s a perk/ I can’t help it, I’m a flirt/ Fine shit, that’s a fact.” She adds, “Cancel me, they really tried it/ I’m so cocky, I can’t hide it.” “Pretty Privilege” follows Ice…

“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins dictionary’s word of the year for 2025.Lexicographers at Collins monitor the 24bn-word Collins Corpus, which draws from a range of media sources, including social media, to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect our ever-evolving language.They chose vibe coding as word of the year after observing a huge increase in usage since its first appearance in February.The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding engineer at OpenAI,…

Attackers have boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel, according to a UK maritime agency.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued an alert about the raid, which it said happened about 560 nautical miles south-east of the Somali town of Eyl. Private security firm Ambrey said the attackers were probably Somali pirates, who have been active in the region in recent days.Greek shipping company Latsco Marine Management also confirmed the attack, saying all the ship’s 24 crew were “safe and accounted for” and “we remain in close…

Laura CressTechnology reporterGetty ImagesIf you’ve ever wanted to create your own computer program but never learnt how to code, you might try “vibe coding”.Collins Dictionary’s word of the year – which is confusingly made up of two words – is the art of making an app or website by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by writing programming code manually.The term was coined in February by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, who came up with the name to represent how AI can let some programmers “forget that the code even exists” and “give in to the vibes” while making…

WHO joined parliamentary leaders at the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, held on 19–23 October 2025 in Geneva, bringing together nearly 1150 delegates, including over 600 members of parliament from 132 countries.Throughout the week, WHO worked alongside the IPU and partners to reinforce the role of parliaments in advancing health equity, protecting humanitarian principles, and promoting resilient systems that safeguard the health and rights for all.The Assembly also marked the first meeting of the IPU Committee on Health since its inauguration last April, a newly established body to strengthen parliamentary engagement on health with a focus on inequalities and discrimination…