theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Nick Sommerlad31 Aug 2026
From the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block in the heart of London’s financial district.
World news | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor31 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham should call a cross-party meeting to discuss the UK’s response to worsening extreme weather, including the forthcoming ‘super El Niño’, the Liberal Democrats have said.
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Starr in Toledo, Ohio31 Aug 2026
From his office outside Toledo, Ohio, Thamin Tim Ridi opens his phone to livestream the scene outside the besieged house of his brother, Loui, thousands of miles away in the occupied West Bank.
World news | The Guardianby Sam Jones in Madrid31 Aug 2026
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has insisted there was no evidence to suggest the Moroccan government was behind last month’s massive border crossing into Ceuta.
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Elgot31 Aug 2026
Kemi Badenoch is to reshuffle her shadow cabinet on Monday, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary to replace Priti Patel.
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas31 Aug 2026
A Florida man whose wife and toddler daughter were killed by a lightning strike while he was near them recently has implored people to “hold … tight” to their loved ones.
World news | The Guardianby Danny Vincent in Hong Kong31 Aug 2026
A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week’s deadly floods, raising questions about Beijing’s official account of the scale of the...
World news | The Guardianby Diane Taylor31 Aug 2026
An Uber driver who got into thousands of pounds of debt and feared losing his home due to delays in Transport for London renewing his licence to pick up passengers is taking on the organisation in...
World news | The Guardianby Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent31 Aug 2026
The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.
World news | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor31 Aug 2026
Mending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic fixes and intensive agriculture, according to the organisers of a pioneering...
World news | The Guardianby Yohannes Lowe (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier)31 Aug 2026
US and Iran trade strikes for first time in a month Welcome to our live coverage as hostilities between the US and Iran flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran...
World news | The Guardianby Morgan Thomas for MetDesk31 Aug 2026
South Korea’s prime minister, Han Seong-sook, met officials to prepare for heavy rain expected this week, with rainfall totals across central and northern parts of the country forecast to exceed...
World news | The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor31 Aug 2026
Turkmenistan has started plugging the mega-leaks of methane that spew from its ageing oil and gas facilities, the latest UN data shows, in a move hailed as a breakthrough.
World news | The Guardianby Caitlin Cassidy and Kat Wong31 Aug 2026
A slew of racist social media comments have been made towards Australians missing in the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods, prompting calls for greater accountability of major platforms to remove...
World news | The Guardianby Deborah Cole in Berlin31 Aug 2026
It’s the global hit TV series that pulled audiences straight into the chaotic hedonism of 1920s Germany, dramatising the brilliance and brittleness of a newly built democratic system with...
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley31 Aug 2026
A brother of former New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet has told Icac he would lie to a property developer about delivering political outcomes “to keep him on side”, but Charles Perrottet has...
World news | The Guardianby Hettie O'Brien31 Aug 2026
Good morning. Over the weekend, rescue workers in Nepal and Tibet raced to find people who are still trapped in villages affected by catastrophic flash floods.
World news | The Guardianby Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter31 Aug 2026
The administrators of embattled property developer Bathla Group have said the company will fold by the end of the week unless they can secure additional funding to keep it afloat.
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Gregory Health editor in Munich31 Aug 2026
The NHS in England is to offer free finger-prick blood tests for cholesterol on the high street for the first time under plans to reduce heart disease and stroke deaths by a quarter within the next...
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press31 Aug 2026
Molly Ticehurst’s ex-boyfriend will not face a life sentence for her domestic violence murder, a crime which galvanised a national movement against gendered abuse.
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