Trump renames places and poses as superhero in bizarre social media blitz
World news | The Guardianby Lucy Campbell·8 Sept 2026
The long weekend may have proved too long for Donald Trump, who passed the time by musing about annexing other countries, unilaterally renaming places he’s not allowed to rename and turning himself...
Ukraine’s prosecutor general quits after anti-corruption agents raid his office
World news | The Guardianby Luke Harding in London and Amy Hawkins in Kharkiv·8 Sept 2026
Ukraine’s prosecutor general has resigned after investigators used ladders to raid his office in connection with a major corruption scandal that threatens to embarrass Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem after sanctions announced
World news | The Guardianby Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent·8 Sept 2026
Israel has ordered the closure of the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem in response to sweeping UK sanctions on goods from illegal settlements.
Barnaby Webber’s death in Nottingham attack was ‘potentially preventable’, inquiry told
World news | The Guardianby Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent·8 Sept 2026
The death of a 19-year-old student who was killed in the Nottingham attacks in 2023 was “potentially preventable”, a public inquiry into the incident has heard.
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer urges to Trump consider pardon after mistrial
World news | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·8 Sept 2026
The lawyer of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children, has said he hopes Donald Trump will pardon his client after her trial recently ended with a...
Netanyahu was warned of 7 October Hamas attacks, book claims
World news | The Guardianby Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent·8 Sept 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu was personally alerted by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a large-scale offensive against Israel a week before its 7 October 2023 attack, but...
Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
World news | The Guardianby Tory Shepherd·8 Sept 2026
Flushing toilets release particles into the “breathing zone” of adults and can remain suspended in the air for at least 20 seconds, a new study has found.
Family of slain teen calls for death penalty in murder trial of singer D4vd
World news | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·8 Sept 2026
The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has called for the singer D4vd, who is on trial suspected of killing the girl, to face the death penalty.
Police were told night before Dover unrest that far-right agitators had converged on village
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn and Daniel Boffey·8 Sept 2026
Police were told the night before far-right agitators blocked roads into Dover that those involved had converged on a village 18 miles away and planned to use it as a launchpad, it has emerged.
US real estate agent duct-taped and zip-tied to plane seat after ‘racial slurs’ is fired
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·8 Sept 2026
An Arizona realty company says it is “no longer associated” with an agent who was recently arrested after alleged unruly behavior – including racist and homophobic slurs – on an airline flight led...
Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’
World news | The Guardianby Helena Horton·8 Sept 2026
Sadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restrictions on vertical drinking in Soho and an effective ban on new bars and pubs in the area.
One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years
World news | The Guardianby Emma Howard·8 Sept 2026
More than 140 golf clubs in England have breached their water extraction licences in the past five years, according to data analysis by the Guardian.
Richard Alston, trailblazer and guiding light of British dance, dies aged 77
World news | The Guardianby Chris Wiegand Stage editor·8 Sept 2026
Sir Richard Alston, the British choreographer and teacher who took contemporary dance into new directions with his elegant and intelligent creations, has died at the age of 77.
New Hampshire and Rhode Island electorate to vote in state primaries - US politics live
World news | The Guardianby Tom Ambrose·8 Sept 2026
New Hampshire and Rhode Island primary voters will choose candidates across a full slate of federal, state and local offices over the next two days.
US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
World news | The Guardianby Johana Bhuiyan·8 Sept 2026
In January, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential “security and counterintelligence” threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Mother flagged faulty smoke alarms before house fire that killed father and five children, court hears
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Messenger·8 Sept 2026
A landlord was repeatedly warned about improperly installed smoke alarms before a house fire that killed a father and five children in Queensland in 2023, a coroner has heard.
Oil price approaches $100 a barrel after Saudi oil facilities attacked; UK mortgage rates highest since June – business live
World news | The Guardianby Graeme Wearden·8 Sept 2026
Introduction: Oil heads back towards $100 a barrel Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.
UK-US trade could suffer as a result of sanctions for illegal Israeli settlements, American ambassador warns – UK politics live
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Sparrow·8 Sept 2026
UK-US trade could suffer as a result of sanctions for illegal Israeli settlements, American ambassador warns Good morning.
Billionaire Chris Rokos, who paid £330m in tax last year, to quit UK
World news | The Guardianby Lauren Almeida·8 Sept 2026
The hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos is poised to leave the UK, the latest in a string of high-profile exits among Britain’s super-rich.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns after corruption allegations as Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv – Europe live
World news | The Guardianby Jakub Krupa·8 Sept 2026
Morning opening: Ukraine's prosecutor general resigns as Russia resumes attacks Jakub Krupa Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, resigned from his post over corruption accusations that...
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