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Central banks around the world hail £2.7bn merger which saw Swiss government bend rules of the game

Alonso took his place on the podium before being hit with a second time penalty of the day in Jeddah

The Iraq war began 20 years ago with a night of bombing on capital Baghdad – and Robert Fisk was there to witness it all. Here, we reproduce that day’s reports from The Independent’s celebrated Middle East correspondent

The conflict cost hundreds of thousands of lives, ruined millions more and shook an entire region – and The Independent was one of the few to oppose invasion from the very beginning. From WMDs and ‘sexed-up’ dossiers to whitewashing and ‘we got him’, here’s how Bush and Blair’s doomed war played out on our pages

With his side winning 1-0 at Old Trafford, the Fulham manager, striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and Willian were all sent off the space of 40 seconds

Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the Los Angeles Marathon

Former Trump VP is thought to be plotting his own 2024 bid

Could isolated failures herald another global banking crisis?

Sheffield United were drawn against Manchester City while Brighton will face Manchester United in the semi-finals

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president

Max Verstappen came home second but Alonso was punished with a second time penalty of the day

Billionaire fired press team at social media platform after unsuccesfully trying to back out of $44bn purchase

Mr Russell things had gone ‘spectacularly wrong in recent weeks’ for the SNP

‘Mainly, we were in shock, but amazed that we got to witness it,’ spectator says

Leon Edwards has said he wants to defend his UFC welterweight title in his hometown of Birmingham.

Marco Silva, Willian and Mitrovic were all sent off when Fulham were leading at Old Trafford.

Former president alleges federal fingerprints on Manhattan DA’s investigation

Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace: Bukayo Saka scored twice as the Gunners opened up an eight-point lead heading into the international break

One-term president has predicted he will be arrested on Tuesday over Stormy Daniels payments

Mr Russell things had gone ‘spectacularly wrong in recent weeks’ for the SNP.

Brighton’s decisive 5-0 victory over League Two Grimsby was enough to assure the Seagulls of just their third trip to the final four.

UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards has said celebrated his victory saying 'this is my time,'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction

Swiss leaders are holding a news conference Sunday night following several media reports that banking giant UBS is believed to be in talks to acquire its smaller rival Credit Suisse

Broadcaster echoes government’s fear of data protection on Chinese-owned social media platform