theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Harry Cockburn21 Aug 2026
A six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident that also killed her mother, father and sister.
World news | The Guardianby Reuters21 Aug 2026
The Dutch data protection authority has fined Uber €825m ($966m) for deactivating driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them, according to a 17 August decision.
World news | The Guardianby Olivia Bowden in Toronto21 Aug 2026
Leaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-president, JD Vance, mocking Canada for apparently capitulating in a trade deal and taunting the prime minister, Mark Carney...
World news | The Guardianby Jordyn Beazley21 Aug 2026
The New South Wales government could appeal a supreme court judge’s controversial decision to refuse its request for a terror order over a Sydney man convicted of writing “Fuk Israel” on cars and...
World news | The Guardianby Kalyeena Makortoff and agencies21 Aug 2026
Airbus has bowed to employee demands on remote working, after a series of strikes over its chief executive’s return-to-the office orders.
World news | The Guardianby Aletha Adu and Kiran Stacey21 Aug 2026
Britain has seen a summer of record-breaking wildfires, deadly heat and drought with almost 2, 900 heat associated deaths recorded in England during May and June alone.
World news | The Guardianby George Chidi (now) and Vivian Ho (earlier)21 Aug 2026
Navy considers naming carrier for Trump instead of Black war hero as planned - report A naval aircraft carrier under construction is slated to bear the name of an enlisted sailor, the first for an...
World news | The Guardianby Esther Addley21 Aug 2026
In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee ever returning to acting.
World news | The Guardianby Raphael Boyd21 Aug 2026
Five Palestine Action activists who vandalised a Barclays branch in Burnley will not be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled.
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press21 Aug 2026
Monday sees the start of what researchers hope will be the latest wildlife watching craze – Fat Marmot Week.
World news | The Guardianby Jason Burke21 Aug 2026
Britain, Australia and Canada have called the decision of the Israeli military authorities not to open a criminal investigation into the April 2024 airstrikes that hit a convoy of aid vehicles in...
World news | The Guardianby Tom Ambrose (now) and Taz Ali (earlier)21 Aug 2026
It is “absolutely essential” a decision is made on the Rosebank and Jackdaw oilfields as soon as possible, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said.
World news | The Guardianby Rowena Mason and Heather Stewart21 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham is to send more than 100 Whitehall officials to bolster the teams of regional mayors, after convening leaders from across England from his base at No 10 North to discuss how to spread...
World news | The Guardianby George Chidi21 Aug 2026
The Trump administration is facing criticism over reports that a US navy aircraft carrier set to honor a Black war hero may, instead, be named after Donald Trump.
World news | The Guardianby Reuters21 Aug 2026
Germany is seeking to extradite a suspect from Romania over the discovery of an underground stash of weapons in a forest near Berlin that German media reports have linked to Russian intelligence.
World news | The Guardianby Diane Taylor21 Aug 2026
The Home Office could be blocked from deporting many young male trafficking victims to Albania after a major court ruling.
World news | The Guardianby Tyler Hicks21 Aug 2026
According to newly released data from the medical examiner’s office in Pima county, Arizona, the remains of 19 migrants, including children, were recovered along the Arizona-Mexico border last...
World news | The Guardianby Danny Vincent in Hong Kong21 Aug 2026
Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 have been found guilty of “incitement to subversion” in one of the most high-profile cases in...
World news | The Guardianby Oscar Lopez in Mexico City21 Aug 2026
With its wide avenues lined with tall palm trees, its quaint cafes and old-school cantinas, as well as the mix of English and Spanish spoken on the street, the Tabacalera neighborhood in downtown...
World news | The Guardianby Morgan Thomas for MetDesk21 Aug 2026
South Korea and Japan were hit by extreme rain late last week and into this week. On 13 August in the city of Chiba near Tokyo there was a record-breaking 115mm of rainfall in just one hour, while...
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