theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Edward Helmore26 Aug 2026
A federal judge has, for a second time, struck down a Texas state law banning drag performances in settings where children may be present.
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn and Amelia Casey-Rerhaye26 Aug 2026
Robert Jenrick has accused Kemi Badenoch of telling “a pack of lies” about her meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as he launched a deeply personal attack on his former boss.
World news | The Guardianby Melissa Davey Medical editor26 Aug 2026
Removing the higher private health insurance rebate for people aged 65 and over is good policy that is unlikely to place additional pressure on public hospitals, according to health economists.
World news | The Guardianby Josh Taylor Technology reporter26 Aug 2026
The day before Anthony Albanese secured agreement with states and territories to develop national datacentre standards, a small council in Tasmania was grappling with the existing regulations in...
World news | The Guardianby Rob Davies26 Aug 2026
Pubs, bars and hotels have reported a “Burnham bounce” in optimism as a result of the prime minister’s overtures to the sector, polling suggests, but they warn that the goodwill could evaporate...
World news | The Guardianby Steven Morris26 Aug 2026
He staggered rather than sprang out of the lake but it wasn’t surprising. Neil Gilson, a former international athlete, could be forgiven for feeling a little wobbly, having become the first person...
World news | The Guardianby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent26 Aug 2026
A coroner has formally opened an inquest into the death of Jason Arday, who resigned as a professor at the University of Cambridge amid allegations of plagiarism.
World news | The Guardianby Edward Helmore and agency26 Aug 2026
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accused of firing his gun and wounding a Venezuelan man in the leg is caught in an interstate extradition dispute between Texas and Minnesota –...
World news | The Guardianby Tara Conlan26 Aug 2026
Channel 5 is reuniting with the producers of Power: the Downfall of Huw Edwards for a drama about how Nicola Sturgeon’s former husband embezzled £400,000 from the Scottish National party and the...
World news | The Guardianby Mark Brown North of England correspondent26 Aug 2026
A murder investigation has been launched after a house fire in Middlesbrough killed two people, with police not ruling out links to organised crime.
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Starr in Piketon, Ohio26 Aug 2026
On a winding road tucked away behind forests in the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio is where OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are set to spend $500bn on one of the largest artificial...
World news | The Guardianby Tom Perkins26 Aug 2026
The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological...
World news | The Guardianby Jason Wilson26 Aug 2026
A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to...
World news | The Guardianby Seham Tantesh in Gaza, Tamara Davison in Beirut, and Julian Borger26 Aug 2026
As Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their...
World news | The Guardianby Tom Ambrose26 Aug 2026
Senator Darline Graham has won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother, Lindsey, on South Carolina’s general election ballot.
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley26 Aug 2026
The sister-in-law of Dominic Perrottet has rejected the suggestion she had been put in an “impossible situation” and lied under oath to cover illegal donations to her husband, an inquiry has heard.
World news | The Guardianby Lauren Aratani in New York26 Aug 2026
Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading...
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas26 Aug 2026
The death in prison of the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murder after fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home “doesn’t feel like justice to me”, a cousin of the woman has said in...
World news | The Guardianby Shrai Popat in Washington26 Aug 2026
One of the oldest abortion rights groups in the US is endorsing Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine’s critical US Senate race, according to details first shared with the Guardian.
World news | The Guardianby Kaamil Ahmed26 Aug 2026
After three years at catering school, Abiro Wisdom was certain of one thing – he did not want to go into catering. At least not the route that he might be expected to take.
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