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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.

These are headlines published by other newsrooms, not Hornafrika reporting. We show the headline, a short extract and a link; the full article stays with the publisher who wrote it, and copyright in each headline and extract remains with that publisher. How the wire works

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadeem Badshah23 Aug 2026

Burnham expected to give mayors new powers over local planning decisions

Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing funding Andy Burnham is expected to give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalChris Osuh Community affairs correspondent23 Aug 2026

British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says When Britain abolished slavery, plantation owners from powerful families…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalBenita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent23 Aug 2026

Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A radical overhaul of Victoria’s highest court, proposed by…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalPjotr Sauer23 Aug 2026

The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalStaff and agencies23 Aug 2026

Iran’s new security chief says neighbours who join US economic war will be considered ‘enemies’

Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council The new leader of Iran’s top security body has warned its neighbours against joining new US…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalSarah Basford Canales23 Aug 2026

One Nation MP concedes party’s migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s once rural workforce included

David Farley says party wants 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 migration target it considers the ‘true’ number Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalStephanie Convery23 Aug 2026

Sydney Marathon admits ‘unfortunate error’ as finisher’s medal depicts Munich stadium as race highlight

‘Landmarks’ side of the medal features the Allianz Arena in German city rather than Allianz Stadium in Sydney Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a week’s…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalLisa Cox23 Aug 2026

Fur seal‘s death marks first Australian mainland mammal fatality from spreading H5 bird flu strain

Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia on Wednesday follows three mass mortality events in terns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A long-nosed fur…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDalya Alberge23 Aug 2026

Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’

Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrations Six hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be “shaken to pieces” by…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalStephanie Convery22 Aug 2026

Australia news live: Victorian Liberals announce plan for new appeals court to ensure tougher sentences

New court of criminal appeal would give effect to new bail and sentencing laws, opposition leader says. Follow live David Farley rejects claim One Nation has no serious policies The One Nation MP David Farley has rejected claims from…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadeem Badshah22 Aug 2026

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caper Meghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported. Tina Brown, the former…

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