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.
The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole
World news | The Guardianby Nick Sommerlad·31 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.
Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems
World news | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor·31 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.
In a town in the heart of the US, Israeli settler violence in West Bank hits close to home
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Starr in Toledo, Ohio·31 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.
Morocco not to blame for Ceuta border breach, says Spanish PM
World news | The Guardianby Sam Jones in Madrid·31 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.
Badenoch to reshuffle shadow cabinet following Patel and Cleverly resignations
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Elgot·31 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.
US man says ‘hold tight’ to loved ones after wife and toddler killed by lightning
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·31 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.
China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners
World news | The Guardianby Danny Vincent in Hong Kong·31 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...
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