ICE agent jailed on allegations of breaking into ex-girlfriend’s apartment
The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·22 Aug 2026
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was jailed on Friday on allegations of breaking into a woman’s apartment.
Lindsay Clancy trial: everything that happened this week in court
The Guardianby Edward Helmore·22 Aug 2026
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children in January 2023, will likely head to the jury next week to decide if she is guilty of murder or was...
‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished
The Guardianby Xan Brooks·22 Aug 2026
In the dog days of the second world war, 24-year-old Maurice Schérer wrote a tale of young lovers in prewar small-town France. He described lazy August swims in the Marne River east of Paris.
Formula One 2026: George Russell on pole for Dutch Grand Prix sprint race – live
The Guardianby Philip Cornwall·22 Aug 2026
Talking of competition, here’s how the drivers’ championship looked after Hungary: 1 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 219pts 2 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧Ferrari 169 3 George Russell 🇬🇧Mercedes 160 4 Charles...
Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections
The Guardianby Robert Tait in Washington·22 Aug 2026
In the aftermath of his devastating election defeat, the US president remained haunted by regrets over Iran.
Four blokes and a zebra crossing: the banality and beauty of the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover
The Guardianby Jonathan Jones·22 Aug 2026
It’s not really the four blokes on the zebra crossing who make the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road memorable, but the street behind them.
Ebola frontline workers missing wages as outbreak spreads ‘exponentially’
The Guardianby Prosper Heri Ngorora in Bunia and Rachel Savage·22 Aug 2026
Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, afraid she will contract the virus and pass it...
Nigel Havers: ‘My biggest disappointment? Not playing James Bond’
The Guardianby Rosanna Greenstreet·22 Aug 2026
Born in London, Nigel Havers, 74, was Bafta-nominated for his 1981 role in Chariots of Fire. His other films include A Passage to India and Empire of the Sun.
Stand By Me at 40: Rob Reiner’s seminal coming-of-age saga remains a bittersweet triumph
The Guardianby Scott Tobias·22 Aug 2026
Coming-of-age metaphors don’t get any blunter than a group of preteen boys following a set of railroad tracks to a classmate’s dead body, a sobering testament to the fragility of life and a sign...
From Booker-listed Marlon James to a memoir by Michael Douglas – the biggest books this autumn
The Guardianby Guardian Staff·22 Aug 2026
Fiction The Disappearers by Marlon James Hamish Hamilton, 3 September After a detour into mythic fantasy, the author of the Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings returns to Jamaica.
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
The Guardianby Dara Kerr·22 Aug 2026
Meta’s business can be boiled down to four words that begin with the letter H: hook, hold, harvest, hide, according to a lawyer who is prosecuting the world’s largest social media company.
Why am I called The Black Farmer? Because there are so few of us in Britain. I’d like that to change | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
The Guardianby Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones·22 Aug 2026
Who’d be a farmer? Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon is great entertainment but it also gives some indication of the stresses and challenges behind the farm gate.
‘The worst part is the guilt’: the owners who fear dog food caused pets’ eye problems
The Guardianby Rupert Jones·22 Aug 2026
“It’s been horrible – Chester developed sudden red and gunky eyes in May,” said Elizabeth, whose six-year-old cavachon “can’t open his eyes” on many days.
‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength
The Guardianby Paul MacInnes in Split·22 Aug 2026
On a dais overlooking the Adriatic, 20 children are playing chess. Arranged in a circle, they are competing not against each other but against the grandmaster Nigel Short, who passes awkwardly...
Alexander Isak braces himself for daunting reunion with Newcastle
The Guardianby Louise Taylor·22 Aug 2026
When Liverpool’s team bus turns a tight corner and inches down the narrow, covered, access road behind Newcastle’s Milburn Stand on Sunday, Alexander Isak will know there are no hiding places.
Fifa general secretary Mattias Grafström could stand against Infantino in election
The Guardianby Exclusive by Ed Aarons and Romain Molina·22 Aug 2026
Senior figures in African football have held talks with Fifa’s general secretary, Mattias Grafström, to sound out his interest in standing against Gianni Infantino, the Guardian can reveal.
Subterranean salad: underground farmers seek solution to food crisis in disused UK mines
The Guardianby Mark Brown. Photographs by Gary Calton·22 Aug 2026
It has the vibe of a Bond villain’s underground lair but the workers in hi-vis and helmets aren’t weighing and packing hard drugs or parts for a death laser. It’s pak choi and lettuce.
Australia v Bangladesh: second men’s Test, day one – live
The Guardianby Geoff Lemon (now) and Jonathan Howcroft (earlier)·22 Aug 2026
28th over: Australia 124-4 (Green 26, Carey 1) A thick inside edge from Carey, into his pads rather than stumps, and the one run gets him off the mark.
Canada vows to match Trump’s 50% tariffs after trade deal talks fail
The Guardianby Guardian staff and agencies·22 Aug 2026
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has promised to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar”, after the two sides failed to agree a trade deal by the deadline of midnight on Friday.
Dog Park: a delightful sitcom that will fill the Colin from Accounts shaped hole in your life
The Guardianby Rhik Samadder·22 Aug 2026
Whenever I’m watching a programme that features an animal and I realise I’m expected to have a specific reaction to that animal, I run into a problem.
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