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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 — WorldInternationalEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem14 Aug 2026

Israeli military plans to transfer law enforcement in occupied West Bank to police

Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexation Israel’s defence minister wants to transfer law enforcement powers for Israelis in the occupied West Bank over to…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalRachel Hall14 Aug 2026

National Rail acknowledges ‘exceptional challenges’ of extreme heat after second train derailment in 24 hours

Incident near Essex town of Wickford happens day after two passengers seriously hurt in East Sussex derailment The UK’s fifth heatwave of the summer has “presented exceptional challenges to the railway”, Network Rail has said, after two…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNeha Gohil Midlands correspondent14 Aug 2026

‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires

Thursday has been described by residents as ‘horrendous’, ‘distressing’ and ‘one of the scariest days of my life’ People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes as “horrendous” and “distressing”,…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDan Milmo Global technology editor14 Aug 2026

French court blocks Macron’s social media ban for under-15s

Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislation France’s top court has blocked a ban on social media access for under-15s, ruling that it infringed freedom of expression…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalOlivia Bowden in Toronto14 Aug 2026

Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donors

Grifols, which runs private chain of clinics, to temporarily stop taking donations after new government investigation A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAisha Down14 Aug 2026

Police Scotland warns ‘robust security’ needed to stop attacks on AI datacentres

‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says Police in Scotland have issued a stark public warning about the need for “robust security measures” to stop proposed AI datacentres from…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalRichard Adams Education editor14 Aug 2026

Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper crop of top A-level grades

Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to defer Students across the UK have found themselves unexpectedly squeezed out of their desired university courses as this year’s bumper…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalJon Henley Europe correspondent14 Aug 2026

Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging sewers

Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coins For a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalHannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent14 Aug 2026

‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring Barnsley voters back to Labour?

With questions over Farage’s finances and a new face in No 10, could Barnsley council be a bellwether for changing Labour fortunes? Labour marked its worst performance in more than 50 years when voters went to the polls in Barnsley in May,…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalJasper Jolly14 Aug 2026

Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended

Utility company’s plant, which has only run five times, now has an estimated total cost of £500m Thames Water is preparing the UK’s only desalination plant to restart operations later this year – but it will not be ready until the winter,…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAshifa Kassam in Madrid14 Aug 2026

Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds

Marine conservationist says deliberate attack would be ‘act of extreme cruelty’ against endangered population Spanish officials have launched an investigation after the matriarch of an orca pod known for jostling and ramming boats off the…

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