The US president makes a heartfelt speech about comedian Ellen DeGeneres as he presents her the country’s highest award.

Philip Hammond will use his first Autumn Statement in a bid to frame the Conservative Party as a friend to “ordinary working-class people”, pledging to abolish controversial letting-agent fees for “generation rent” and easing the pain of welfare cuts.

A Caribbean storm has turned into a hurricane and threatens Costa Rica and Nicaragua, forecasters say.

Donald Trump repudiates the fringe “alt-right” group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes.

An astonished Frenchman finds 100kg of gold hidden underneath furniture in a house he inherited.

Shadow Cabinet elections are ‘dead in the water’, The Independent has been told – and the Labour leader’s idea of ‘digital consultations’ on policy has also stalled

Downing Street was forced to express confidence in Sir Kim Darroch after the President-elect suggested he should be replaced with Nigel Farage

President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office.

At least six children are dead and several others injured after a bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Japan warns of a tsunami after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake near the Fukushima nuclear plant.