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The Guardian — WorldInternationalHelena Horton15 Aug 2026

Westminster council threatens Charing Cross soup kitchen with closure

Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general public Westminster council is making it “impossible” for soup kitchens to operate by complaining about the “crowds of vulnerable people” who turn…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalSirin Kale and Lucy Osborne15 Aug 2026

BBC was warned of author’s claim to possess missing clothes of child murder victim

Corporation was told of claims by Christopher Berry-Dee that he had clothing, which was lost while in its possession The BBC was warned by two whistleblowers that a British true crime author was claiming to have obtained the missing…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalJason Burke15 Aug 2026

Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan

Campaigners fear deeper diplomatic contacts are undermining demands for improvements in human rights The Taliban in Afghanistan have launched a diplomatic effort to end their isolation as major regional and international powers show a…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAustralian Associated Press15 Aug 2026

‘My heart breaks into a million pieces’: emotional tributes to Kumanjayi Little Baby at Alice Springs funeral

Hundreds gathered with flashes of pink to farewell the five-year-old girl, who was allegedly murdered in April Warning: This story contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalKrishani Dhanji and Sarah Basford Canales15 Aug 2026

Coalition split on Andrew Bragg speech as South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan urges colleagues to ‘follow his lead’

Senior colleagues dismiss Bragg’s migration figures as ‘personal views’ while others say critical response is an ‘overreaction’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan has publicly…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalLisa Cox and AAP15 Aug 2026

Fears for missing Sydney teen who hasn’t been seen since leaving for hike on Wednesday

Fresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalk Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The search for an 18-year-old bushwalker missing in the Southern…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAgencies14 Aug 2026

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia and tsunami warning issued

Quake hit Indonesia’s Flores region with a depth of 10km early on Saturday morning A powerful 7.7-magnitude quake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said. No immediate casualties or damage were reported. The…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalRichard Adams and Vikram Dodd14 Aug 2026

Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead

Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday Jason Arday, the black academic who resigned last week as a professor at the University of Cambridge , has been found dead at his…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalMaya Yang14 Aug 2026

Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’

Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear Donald Trump has threatened to declare the strait of Hormuz as “a territory of the United States” as his administration struggles to…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAletha Adu14 Aug 2026

Burnham announces £65m for drought-hit farmers after Labour pressure

PM steps up climate response with measures including better water access and support for building farm reservoirs Farmers must not carry the risks of the climate crisis alone, Andy Burnham has said, as he announced £65m of funding to help…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalGaya Gupta14 Aug 2026

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit

Network wants to serve Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr after president sues over January 6 documentary The BBC is trying to subpoena Donald Trump’s children as it builds its defense against the president’s defamation…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalOlivia Bowden14 Aug 2026

Ontario free to axe Toronto bike lanes, region’s top court rules

Win is significant for region’s premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones for city’s traffic ills The Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region’s top court ruled in favour…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalAletha Adu14 Aug 2026

Emergency alert warning of wildfire risk sent to phones in England and Wales

People urged not to light barbecues, campfires or anything else that could spark fire during period of extreme heat Millions of people across England and Wales have received an emergency alert to their phones as the government warns…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadeem Badshah14 Aug 2026

Madonna will not be playing Glastonbury in 2027, Emily Eavis says

Festival organiser says she has booked next year’s headliners but would not say if Taylor Swift is among them Madonna will not be performing at next year’s Glastonbury, the festival’s organiser, Emily Eavis, has said. The singer, who has…

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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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The Guardian — WorldInternationalIma Caldwell14 Aug 2026

A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing

The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Within days of clicking on an online ad for a…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalJillian Ambrose Energy correspondent14 Aug 2026

BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration

Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January BP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalMatthew Weaver14 Aug 2026

Two men charged with attempted murder of Sara Sharif’s father

Steven Sansom and Adam Watson accused of trying to kill Urfan Sharif, who murdered his daughter, in prison Two men have been charged over what is understood to be the attempted murder in prison of Urfan Sharif, who is serving a life…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalTiago Rogero and agencies14 Aug 2026

Italian police recover paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse after heist

Artworks valued at total of more than $10m were stolen from Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma in March Italian police have recovered three paintings by the French masters Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse that were…

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