theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor21 Aug 2026
Footage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities tried to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK.
World news | The Guardianby Achol Arok and Nick Visser21 Aug 2026
Lily Hooper has been remembered for her smile, her talent and her toughness as the local community reels in the wake of the teenage hiker’s death.
World news | The Guardianby Nino Bucci and Andrew Messenger21 Aug 2026
Australian police have charged a man who allegedly joined the Ukrainian military and sought to provide information about its activities to people he suspected were Russian agents.
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley21 Aug 2026
A former New South Wales Liberal minister has told an inquiry he came to believe “a cult had taken over the party” after branch stacking by the religious right faction, while the chief executive of...
World news | The Guardianby Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem21 Aug 2026
Violent Israeli settler attacks in the two areas of the occupied West Bank under direct Palestinian rule have almost doubled since 2025, as settlers pursue a self-proclaimed “great settlement...
World news | The Guardianby Krishani Dhanji, Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales21 Aug 2026
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has denied it secretly paid far-right influencers to stage stunts targeting Anthony Albanese and other politicians during an appearance at a parliamentary...
World news | The Guardianby Gavin Blair in Tokyo21 Aug 2026
Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries.
World news | The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent21 Aug 2026
The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an...
World news | The Guardianby Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad20 Aug 2026
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.
World news | The Guardianby Jason Burke20 Aug 2026
The Israeli military admitted on Wednesday its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press20 Aug 2026
North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military said, a day after Pyongyang shrugged off Donald Trump’s order to scale back US military...
World news | The Guardianby Jonathan Yerushalmy20 Aug 2026
Donald Trump has announced a new campaign to isolate Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous economic consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Tehran, a move that could set up...
World news | The Guardianby Eromo Egbejule in Cotonou and news agencies20 Aug 2026
More than 100 people have died after an artisanal goldmine at a small village in western Central African Republic (CAR) caved in due to a landslide, local officials and aid workers said on...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press19 Aug 2026
Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department.
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Burgen in Barcelona19 Aug 2026
The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.
World news | The Guardianby Tiago Rogero South America correspondent19 Aug 2026
A senior adviser to many of Latin America’s new wave of far-right leaders has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the attempted murder of his girlfriend.
World news | The Guardianby Tiago Rogero South America correspondent19 Aug 2026
In the week before Colombia’s presidential election, Beto Coral, a well-known activist living in the United States, travelled to Florida to persuade fellow Colombians not to vote for the far-right...
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo19 Aug 2026
Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising 50% US tariff, reaching a Tuesday-evening agreement with Trump administration officials hours before a hike that would have affected $20bn worth of goods...
World news | The Guardianby William Christou18 Aug 2026
Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar...
World news | The Guardianby Nadeem Badshah and Rachel Savage17 Aug 2026
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history, with at least 2,325 people dead, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the...
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