Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep special elections in boost to Mark Carney
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press in Toronto·1 Sept 2026
Canada’s ruling Liberal party has swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing the prime minister, Mark Carney, after his face-off with the US president, Donald Trump.
Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme
World news | The Guardianby Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent·1 Sept 2026
The boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with “adverse consequences” if it blocked a £9.1bn compensation scheme meant to settle the motor finance scandal.
Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut
World news | The Guardianby Mark Sweney·1 Sept 2026
Shares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the China-founded company made its long-anticipated trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year
World news | The Guardianby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent·1 Sept 2026
Almost half of all terrorism arrests in Great Britain since the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in 2001 have come in the past year, official data shows.
Thinktank reports epidemic of loneliness among England’s ‘disconnected’ young
World news | The Guardianby Denis Campbell Health policy editor·1 Sept 2026
The number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014 as a result of growing up in a “bleak world” dominated by austerity, the pandemic and social media.
Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
World news | The Guardianby Richard Norton-Taylor·1 Sept 2026
A new film that addresses issues fundamental to the new prime minister’s declared mission will star Simon Callow as a historical British political figure.
Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·1 Sept 2026
Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian whose poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an...
‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas
World news | The Guardianby Niha Masih·1 Sept 2026
It has been hard not to despair while watching the ruinous floods swallow parts of Nepal, and harder, still knowing that the agony compounds each passing day for dozens of Indian families whose...
‘Alarm bells were going off’: parents tell of ordeal at Send school closed down after abuse allegations
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent·1 Sept 2026
Annette and Kevin Maxwell were nervous about sending their son Jonah to a residential home for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send).
Tuesday briefing: Scotland has promised on violence against women – now it needs to deliver
World news | The Guardianby Libby Brooks·1 Sept 2026
Good morning. Violence against women and girls, in all its myriad forms – physical and mental, blatant and insidious – is a global challenge.
China warns of ‘consequences’ over Taiwan presence at Pacific Islands Forum
World news | The Guardianby Reuters·1 Sept 2026
China said it had serious concerns about Taiwan’s presence at the annual Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, warning of “consequences” after the democratically ruled island attended the group’s opening...
Rival Ray Hadley tells Alan Jones trial that alleged victim ‘broke down and sobbed’ when detailing assaults
World news | The Guardianby Amanda Meade·1 Sept 2026
Broadcaster Ray Hadley has told a Sydney court that an alleged victim of Alan Jones confided in 2019 he’d been “sexually assaulted” by the fellow 2GB broadcaster on a number of occasions.
Teenager pleads guilty to planning terrorist bombing targeting Opera House and Sydney marathon
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·1 Sept 2026
A school student has testified about falling down a social media rabbit hole that led him to planning to bomb the Sydney Opera House in a terrorist attack.
Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Butler·1 Sept 2026
The pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows, with higher energy costs pushing up the price of food and AI chip demand making...
Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
World news | The Guardianby Sandra Laville·1 Sept 2026
The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage into rivers and seas by water companies during dry weather increased significantly during the first five months of 2026.
Burnham warned running prison capacity near limit is ‘big risk’
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn Political Correspondent·1 Sept 2026
Andy Burnham is taking a “big risk” by seeking to continue running prison capacity to the limit, according to the former justice secretary appointed by Keir Starmer to oversee a review of...
Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots
World news | The Guardianby Hilary Osborne·1 Sept 2026
Child trust fund providers are being put under the spotlight to check they are treating savers fairly and doing all they can to reunite young people with lost accounts.
John Healey invites October budget ideas from Treasury staff of all levels
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor·1 Sept 2026
John Healey has asked junior Treasury staff – including IT workers and apprentices – to send him ideas for his October budget, saying he will listen to all suggestions regardless of grade or...
NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and state attorney general discussed which barristers could review her office, estimates hears
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley·1 Sept 2026
The top prosecutor in NSW says she discussed a list of barristers to lead an independent review into controversial findings against her office with the state’s attorney general, before he appointed...
Thirty years of waiting, a memoir and a trial: conviction in Tupac Shakur killing brings closure
World news | The Guardianby Dani Anguiano and Nick Robins-Early·1 Sept 2026
Thirty years after the killing of Tupac Shakur, conspiracy theories and rumors about the perpetrator’s identity, one man has now been held criminally responsible for the rap icon’s death.
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