Conservative reshuffle: who’s who in Kemi Badenoch’s top team?
World news | The Guardianby Helena Horton and Harry Cockburn·31 Aug 2026
Kemi Badenoch has kicked off the return to parliament with a reshuffle of her top team in order to take on Andy Burnham and Reform UK.
Turkish deep-sea search vessel joins efforts to retrieve 20 still missing after Cyprus ferry disaster
World news | The Guardianby Helena Smith in Athens·31 Aug 2026
A deep-sea search and rescue vessel is on its way to Cyprus as Turkey joins efforts to retrieve the 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the island’s northern coast.
More public control is only way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor·31 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the...
Congressional nominee Brad Lander heckled over Israel stance at New York protest
World news | The Guardianby Lucy Campbell·31 Aug 2026
New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was screamed at and verbally abused by protesters over his stance on Israel as he protested a Hindu nationalist politician speaking outside...
Police appeal after unidentified woman’s body found in Liverpool park
World news | The Guardianby Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent·31 Aug 2026
Police in Liverpool have urged members of the public to come forward with information after the body of an unknown woman believed to be in her 70s was found in a black bin bag in a popular park.
Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang·31 Aug 2026
Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”.
Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-up
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor·31 Aug 2026
The US and Iran have exchanged fire for the first time in a month, with missiles and drones fired at Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, and Iran targeting US military...
Head of Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank quits over unpaid wages
World news | The Guardianby Jennifer Rankin in Brussels·31 Aug 2026
The head of Viktor Orbán’s favourite Brussels thinktank has quit, citing unpaid wages since the change of government in Hungary.
James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe·31 Aug 2026
Senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel...
Germany poised to identify suspect in Leipzig drone attack on Ukrainian plane
World news | The Guardianby Kate Connolly in Berlin·31 Aug 2026
The German government is imminently expected to announce who it believes was behind a suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane earlier this month and to outline its response to the...
A pediatrician is running for Senate. Can doctors change the political debate over health and science?
World news | The Guardianby Melody Schreiber·31 Aug 2026
Annie Andrews was a dark horse Democrat challenging a five-term Republican in the US Senate when 314 Action, a political action fund devoted to electing scientists and doctors, first backed her.
BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom
World news | The Guardianby Mark Sweney·31 Aug 2026
BT is on track for an estimated £2bn-plus windfall over the next decade from selling off old copper cabling, as it cashes in on soaring prices amid the AI market frenzy and switches the UK’s...
Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds
World news | The Guardianby Alice Speri·31 Aug 2026
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws, has found that Cisco, the global tech company, probably violated the civil rights...
British family plead with French authorities to release body of relative who died in the Channel
World news | The Guardianby Diane Taylor·31 Aug 2026
A British family is pleading with French authorities to release the body of a relative that officials have held for five months after he died in the Channel in April.
Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe·31 Aug 2026
A police officer in the US state of Georgia was placed on leave after a family’s pet baby donkey was shot and killed during an early-morning search on their property.
Iran’s economy in crisis as US launches new sanctions campaign
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor·31 Aug 2026
For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.
Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says
World news | The Guardianby Nicola Davis Science correspondent·31 Aug 2026
Children need a better education in sniffing aromas, a leading historian of smells has said, noting it may improve their wellbeing and help them understand the world around them.
Grand Canyon braces for more storms after flash flood leaves one person dead
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·31 Aug 2026
The Grand Canyon area braced for more rain and thunderstorms on Monday after a flash flood that left one person dead and about 15 others missing or unaccounted for – with scores of visitors...
Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn and Peter Walker·31 Aug 2026
Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it more teeth to abolishing it outright.
Can Reform UK recover from its summer horribilis?
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn Political corresponent·31 Aug 2026
Senior Reform UK figures like to boast that the summer time – and parliament’s longest recess – is when the party makes hay.
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