theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Gabrielle Canon28 Aug 2026
As thousands of residents in Spokane, Washington, begin to grapple with a long recovery after a destructive set of blazes that consumed hundreds of homes in the state’s second most populated city...
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo28 Aug 2026
An ill-fated move left a man stranded on a 6in ledge over 10,000ft off the ground for hours in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, before a volunteer rescue team came to his aid.
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff28 Aug 2026
Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right British political commentator, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang and agency28 Aug 2026
At least 90 Americans were still missing on Friday among almost 2,000 people unaccounted for following the catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker Senior political correspondent28 Aug 2026
Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said.
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Gregory Health editor in Munich28 Aug 2026
Doctors have agreed the world’s first universal definition of a heart attack, paving the way for millions of women to finally receive better treatment after decades of being “deprioritised”.
World news | The Guardianby Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent28 Aug 2026
Salmonella cases in the UK are expected to rise until the common source is identified, something that is notoriously difficult to establish, experts have warned.
World news | The Guardianby Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent28 Aug 2026
Reports that the US is preparing to claim a big stake in Venezuela’s massive energy reserves have sparked an outcry, with critics describing the move as “predatory” and “unconstitutional”.
World news | The Guardianby Kevin Rawlinson and agency28 Aug 2026
Heavy rain is expected over the weekend, forecasters have said, with people heading to major music festivals warned of unseasonably strong winds.
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press28 Aug 2026
Tennessee national guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime taskforce in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back, according to an autopsy report obtained by the Associated...
World news | The Guardianby Jamie Grierson28 Aug 2026
A street artist has defended his mural of the snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan in Sheffield after critics suggested the world champion looked like a zombie.
World news | The Guardianby Shrai Popat in Washington28 Aug 2026
Donald Trump has pledged to allow cattle ranchers and farmers to process their own food amid a backlash from the US agricultural sector over his decision to pause US tariffs on foreign beef.
World news | The Guardianby Anna Betts28 Aug 2026
Tropical Storm Dolly is moving quickly across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Leeward Islands and is expected to bring significant rainfall to parts of the Caribbean this weekend, the National...
World news | The Guardianby Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bidur, Sam Jones and agencies28 Aug 2026
The Red Cross has said at least 93,000 people may have been affected by Wednesday’s flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, which have killed more than 540 people, left another 1,900 missing, and...
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe28 Aug 2026
The first recreational alligator hunt in Louisiana in more than half a century is about to commence in the swamps of that state, with up to 5,000 hopeful trappers facing strict rules in order to...
World news | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor28 Aug 2026
The UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat, in light of concerns over the safety of imports.
World news | The Guardianby Anne Davies28 Aug 2026
Finally, we are hearing from one of the central characters, Charles Perrottet, in a saga that has occupied the Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) for nearly four years.
World news | The Guardianby Deborah Cole in Berlin28 Aug 2026
Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker Senior political correspondent28 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham has told Labour MPs that he will not cast a vote when the assisted dying bill returns to the Commons next month to avoid influencing the debate.
World news | The Guardianby Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent28 Aug 2026
In the days since an enormous glacier in the Himalayas snapped away from a mountaintop and cascaded into the valley below, the true scale of the devastation caused by the flash floods in Nepal and...
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