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Alastair Jamieson

Editor, Daily Edition@alastairjam

Alastair Jamieson is editor of the Independent Daily Edition, which is produced every day of the year for premium subscribers. He was previously an Emmy-winning reporter and editor for NBC News, and has also worked for Euronews, The Sunday Telegraph, The Scotsman, and the Daily Record. He has lived in Edinburgh, London, and Lyon.

Alastair Jamieson

<p>There is a new version of Jaguar’s ‘leaper’</p>
Motoring

Jaguar pounces on new logo and ‘delete ordinary’ slogan

Europe

Kremlin and Trump allies attack Biden’s ‘escalation’ of Ukraine war

<p>Who will make it to the White House? </p>
US politics

America on a knife edge as Trump says election is ‘ours to lose’

<p>Moldova’s president Maia Sandu casts her vote in Chisinau on Sunday </p>
Europe

Moldova votes in EU referendum amid alleged Russian interference

<p>A rocket from Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system is fired to intercept rockets from Lebanon on Sunday</p>
Middle East

Hezbollah declares ‘open-ended battle of reckoning’ with Israel

<p>Flames rise from explosions in Toropets in the Tver region of Russia after a Ukrainian drone strike</p>
Europe

Ukrainian hit on Russian weapons store triggers earthquake-sized blast

<p>Relatives at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis mourn victims of the Israeli strike on a tent camp</p>
Middle East

UN condemns ‘unconscionable’ deadly Israeli strike on Gaza tent camp

<p>A survivor is taken for treatment in France after the sinking of a migrant boat near Boulogne-sur-Mer on Tuesday</p>
Home News

Horror in Channel: Six children among 12 dead as migrant boat sinks

<p>Paetongtarn Shinawatra – known by her nickname ‘Ung Ing’ – speaks after being appointed PM of Thailand</p>
Southeast Asia

‘I hope I can do my best’: Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest PM

<p>Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida announces he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September</p>
Japan

Japan’s PM Kishida quits to save his party after years of scandal

Americas

‘Serious concerns’ in US as Maduro and opposition both claim victory

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu addressing Congress on Wednesday night </p>
US politics

Netanyahu calls protesters ‘idiots’ as he vows ‘total victory’ in Gaza

<p>Keir Starmer tells jubilant Labour activists: ‘We did it’</p>
UK Politics

Starmer hails ‘sunlight of hope’ in dawn victory speech

UK Politics

Starmer hails ‘sunlight of hope’ in dawn victory speech

<p>Keir Starmer tells jubilant Labour activists: ‘We did it’</p>
<p>Julian Assange is on his way to freedom (Screengrab/WikiLeaks/PA)</p>
Americas

Assange heads to remote Pacific island – and freedom – in US plea deal

<p>A transparent bag containing small bottles of liquid and gel in compliance with airport security</p>
News & Advice

Airport security U-turn means passengers face 100ml liquids rule AGAIN

<p>Zuber and Mohsin Issa</p>
Business

Billionaires end Asda tie-up as union attacks private equity owners

<p>A Tui Boeing 737 pictured in 2019</p>
News & Advice

Boeing 737 cleared busy road by only 100ft because of throttle fault

<p>A Tui Boeing 737 pictured in 2019</p>
News & Advice

Boeing 737 cleared busy road by only 100ft because of throttle fault

<p>Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands for the cameras following their talks in Beijing on Thursday</p>
China

Putin and Xi pledge to ‘nurture’ strategic alliance against the West

<p>Russian troops load an Iskander ballistic missile onto a mobile launcher in February </p>
Europe

Russia threatens to strike UK military sites in Ukraine weapons row

First Minister Humza Yousaf said during the debate that he is proud of his Government’s record (Jane Barlow/PA)
UK Politics

Labour bid to unseat minority SNP government in Scotland fails

<p>A video apparently captured the Iranian helicopter raid on the MSC Aries near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday</p>
Middle East

Iran seizes Israel-linked cargo ship as world braces for attack

<p>A Palestinian inspects damage to a home in the village of Mughayir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday after an attack by Israeli settlers</p>
Middle East

Settlers attack Palestinians as missing Israeli teen’s body is found

News & Advice

Airport urges ministers to drop fee for passengers as numbers drop

<p>John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White is to leave her role in February 2025 </p>
Business

John Lewis announces new chair to replace Sharon White

<p>Removing liquids from baggage could remain a familiar hassle for longer </p>
News & Advice

New airport security liquid scanners delayed – again

News & Advice

Airport urges ministers to drop fee for passengers as numbers drop

<p>John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White is to leave her role in February 2025 </p>
Business

John Lewis announces new chair to replace Sharon White

<p>Removing liquids from baggage could remain a familiar hassle for longer </p>
News & Advice

New airport security liquid scanners delayed – again

Middle East

All seven aid workers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza named

Middle East

All seven aid workers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza named

<p>Rescue workers search the rubble of a building used by the Iranian embassy in Damascus after the airstrike</p>
Middle East

Iran vows revenge for deadly embassy airstrike blamed on Israel

<p>Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye after taking the oath of office in Dakar</p>
Africa

Senegal swears in new president days after his release from prison

<p>Pope Francis looks at his candle during the Easter Vigil</p>
Europe

Pope Francis attends Easter Vigil after Good Friday health concern

<p>Donald Tusk arrives for talks with Ukraine in Warsaw on Thursday</p>
Europe

It feels like 1939 again in Europe, says Poland’s Donald Tusk

<p>Donald Tusk arrives for talks with Ukraine in Warsaw on Thursday</p>
Europe

It feels like 1939 again in Europe, says Poland’s Donald Tusk

<p>EU monitoring service, Copernicus issued an image from the Sentinel-3 satellite show the dust cloud hovering over southern Italy, Malta, Greece, Libya, and Tunisia</p>
Europe

Saharan dust leaves air across southern Europe ‘like custard powder’

<p>BBC director general Tim Davie has said he is open to a ‘more progressive’ licence fee</p>
Home News

BBC could make wealthy pay more for licence fee in radical overhaul

<p>The scene of the disaster after dawn broke on Tuesday </p>
Americas

Biden: I’ll ‘move heaven and earth’ to rebuild ship disaster bridge

<p>Ghana has generally been considered more respectful of human rights than most African countries</p>
LGBT+

Ghana anti-gay bill condemned by UN as ‘profoundly disturbing’

<p>BA capacity recovered to 90.1 per cent of 2019 levels</p>
News & Advice

British Airways owner posts record profits on leisure travel boom

<p>British Airways is changing the way members earn tier points, which determine access to lounges such as the Concorde Room at London Heathrow </p>
News & Advice

BA shakes up Executive Club – how will it affect members?

<p>Garraway spent recent years caring for Draper, her husband of 18 years, amid a devastating battle with long Covid that left him with brain injuries </p>
News

Kate Garraway’s husband Derek Draper dies after long Covid battle

<p>Jacques Delors has died, aged 98 </p>
Europe

‘Founding father of modern Europe’ Jacques Delors dies at 98

<p>Michelle Handforth was previously with Aberdeen Harbour Board</p>
News & Advice

£300k-a-year boss of Paddington rail line quits amid probe into chaos

<p>President Biden delivers remarks on Ukraine from the White House</p>
US politics

Don’t let Putin win, Biden warns Republicans over spending for Ukraine

<p>Kyrylo Budanov and his wife Marianna, who has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning, attending a memorial ceremony for a Ukrainian interior minister in January </p>
Europe

Ukraine spy chief’s wife in hospital with suspected metal poisoning

Europe

Ukraine spy chief’s wife in hospital with suspected metal poisoning

<p>Kyrylo Budanov and his wife Marianna, who has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning, attending a memorial ceremony for a Ukrainian interior minister in January </p>
<p>A gunman enters Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday</p>
Americas

Manhunt continues for suspect after 18 killed in Maine shooting

<p>The crash was the most serious between two passenger trains since the RAIB’s inception </p>
Home News

Train crash driver failed to brake early for wet leaves, report says

<p>Satellite image shows the progress of Storm Babet on Tuesday (17 October) as it made its way over northern France and towards the UK</p>
Weather

Red weather warning as Storm Babet threatens heavy rain and floods

<p>Xi Jinping shakes hands with Vladimir Putin at the Belt and Road summit in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing</p>
China

Xi welcomes ‘dear friend’ Putin to economic summit in Beijing

<p>Xi Jinping shakes hands with Vladimir Putin at the Belt and Road summit in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing</p>
China

Xi welcomes ‘dear friend’ Putin to economic summit in Beijing

<p>Donald Tusk, the leader of Civic Coalition (KO), celebrates the exit poll in Poland’s election</p>
Europe

‘Democracy has won!’: Tusk’s liberals poised for Poland election win

<p>Steve Scalise quits the race to be speaker of the House of Representatives </p>
US politics

‘Dysfunctional’ race for US House speaker mired in chaos

<p>Refugees sit in a truck near the town of Kornidzor, Armenia on Tuesday</p>
Europe

20,000 refugees flee to Armenia as UN demands protection for civilians

<p>Diversionary tactics: path of easyJet flight 8842 from Ljubljana on Sunday, which eventually re-routed from Gatwick to Luton</p>
News & Advice

Gatwick flight cancellations all week as Covid causes staff shortages

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday </p>
Europe

Russia ‘weaponising’ food, energy and kids in Ukraine war: Zelensky

<p>Edinburgh’s tram project was delivered years late and well over double its original budget (Danny Lawson/PA)</p>
UK Politics

‘Litany of avoidable failures’ blamed for Edinburgh tram fiasco

<p>A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for two regions of the UK </p>
Weather

New heavy rain warnings after thunderstorms and torrential downpours

<p>Typhoon Saola is seen from a fixed-wing weather-observing aircraft near Hong Kong on Friday</p>
News

Hong Kong and south China braced for 121mph Super Typhoon Saola

<p>APTOPIX Georgia Election Indictment</p>
US politics

Trump mugshot merchandise launched as co-defendants meet jail deadline

<p>EasyJet and British Airways planes at Edinburgh airport</p>
News & Advice

British Airways to require photo ID on domestic flights from next week

<p>Vegetation is engulfed in flames as wildfires run through Prodromos </p>
World

Greece finds 18 bodies as wildfires spread in new Europe heatwave

World

Greece finds 18 bodies as wildfires spread in new Europe heatwave

<p>Vegetation is engulfed in flames as wildfires run through Prodromos </p>
<p>The search in Maui continues on Monday </p>
World

Biden flies to Hawaii to console survivors of devastating wildfire

<p>A supporter of Niger’s coup, protests in Niamey</p>
Africa

African leaders to hold Niger summit after coup leaders close airspace

<p>The aftermath of the Russian drone attack on Izmail, a port across the River Danube from Romania</p>
Europe

Russia attacks grain port across River Danube from Romania

<p>Donald Trump will appear at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Thursday </p>
US politics

Trump due in court charged with ‘conspiracy to defraud United States’

<p>Donald Trump will appear at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Thursday </p>
US politics

Trump due in court charged with ‘conspiracy to defraud United States’

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out a 14-point action plan for the cash savings market (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Money

£250bn sitting in accounts that earn no interest, regulator warns

Tony Parsons was on a charity cycle ride when he was hit by a vehicle and his body later hidden (PA)
Crime

Drink-driver confessed to partner he buried body of hit-and-run victim

<p>Fares are up by almost 10 per cent </p>
Business News

Soaring fares mean record profits at British Airways parent firm

<p>Andrew Malkinson at the Royal Courts of Justice </p>
Crime

Man who spent 17 years in prison for rape has conviction overturned

<p>Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina in hospital after beaing beaten in Grozny</p>
Europe

Putin claims Russia ‘united as never before’ as journalist is beaten

<p>Squeezed British households raided their bank accounts last month</p>
Money

Squeezed households raid bank accounts by record £4.6bn

Home News

Emergency plans ‘drawn up for Thames Water collapse’

<p>President of Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) Milorad Dodik picutred in Sarajevo in January</p>
Europe

UK condemns ‘illegal and reckless’ move by Bosnian Serb separatists

<p>Jeremy Hunt with Mairead McGuinness in Brussels</p>
UK Politics

Finance deal with EU marks post-Brexit ‘turning point’, says Hunt

<p>Yevgeny Prigozhin denies he wanted to overthrow Putin </p>
Europe

Wagner leader Prigozhin breaks silence over mutiny

<p>The unauthorised Pride march in Istanbul on Sunday before police swooped in to make arrests</p>
News

Turkish police detain 100 at banned Pride marches

News

Turkish police detain 100 at banned Pride marches

<p>The unauthorised Pride march in Istanbul on Sunday before police swooped in to make arrests</p>
Growth in the private sector has dropped, according to a survey (PA)
Business News

Economy ‘loses momentum again’ despite retail boost

<p>Further interest rates are now inevitable, economists warn </p>
Business News

Bank may need to ‘create recession’ to halt inflation – Hunt adviser

<p>President Biden has long expressed support and pride in his son Hunter for overcoming his addictions </p>
US politics

Hunter Biden to plead guilty in tax and gun probe – but avoid jail

<p>Several women in Britain also are pursuing civil claims to obtain damages from Tate, alleging they were victims of sexual violence</p>
Europe

Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking

<p>Several women in Britain also are pursuing civil claims to obtain damages from Tate, alleging they were victims of sexual violence</p>
Europe

Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking

<p>The dilapidated boat had up to 750 migrants onboard</p>
Europe

Nine Egyptians in Greek court over migrant ship disaster

South Asia

Cyclone Biparjoy batters India and Pakistan with 86mph winds

World

Trump flies to Miami for court appearance as city braces for protests

<p>Borrowers are having a torrid time because of stubborn inflation (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Your Money

Mortgage woes deepen as bank pulls loans – and rates could rise again

<p>A picket against Uganda’s anti-LGBT+ law </p>
News

Welby urges Uganda’s Anglican Church to reject anti-gay law

Europe

Russian forces attack flooded city after Zelensky visit, says Ukraine

<p>New York’s skyline has turned orange as smoke from wildfires in Canada causes hazy conditions</p>
World

Smoky haze from Canada wildfires triggers New York flight chaos

<p>Asuman Basalirwa, a politician who promoted Uganda’s new anti-LGBT+ law, leads supporters in Kampala</p>
Africa

‘Nobody will move us’: Uganda president doubles down on anti-LGBT+ law

Europe

Russian forces attack flooded city after Zelensky visit, says Ukraine

<p>New York’s skyline has turned orange as smoke from wildfires in Canada causes hazy conditions</p>
World

Smoky haze from Canada wildfires triggers New York flight chaos

<p>Asuman Basalirwa, a politician who promoted Uganda’s new anti-LGBT+ law, leads supporters in Kampala</p>
Africa

‘Nobody will move us’: Uganda president doubles down on anti-LGBT+ law

<p>Celebrations outside Nagoya District Court in Japan on Tuesday after the ruling that the bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional</p>
LGBT+

‘Major step’ as Japan court rules against same-sex marriage ban

Home News

‘Never march alone’: Pride in London unveils powerful new campaign

<p>Long lines of British Airways passengers waiting to be rebooked at Heathrow after mass cancellations on Thursday</p>
News & Advice

British Airways chaos as dozens of flights cancelled in IT meltdown

<p>Runners and riders on Derby Day</p>
Home News

LGBT+ fans call for sports inclusivity as Derby Day to host drag show

<p>The Independent was also the official news partner of Pride in London in 2022</p>
Home News

The Independent announced as news partner of Pride in London

<p>Jeremy Hunt at the British Chambers of Commerce conference in London</p>
Business News

Office working should be ‘default’ to protect creativity says Hunt

<p>The flooded town square in Lugo, near Ravenna, northern Italy on Thursday</p>
World

Floods cause ‘incalculable’ devastation to homes and farms in Italy

<p>OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman was candid on Capitol Hill</p>
Business

Regulation ‘critical’ to curb risk posed by AI, warns boss of ChatGPT

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