Former lab analyst sentenced to 10 years in prison for manipulating DNA data
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·8 Sept 2026
A judge sentenced a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison on Tuesday after authorities said her manipulation of DNA data had raised questions about...
Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’
World news | The Guardianby Victoria Bekiempis·8 Sept 2026
The former managing editor at 60 Minutes, who was fired in May with several other top correspondents, has spoken out about the ouster, saying he and his colleagues, were dismissed because they...
Australia politics live: Victorian energy bills may rise by $100 a year under Coalition; Chalmers says One Nation would ‘destroy’ super
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff·8 Sept 2026
Victorians could pay almost $100 a year more for electricity Benita Kolovos Victorians could pay almost $100 a year more for electricity under a state Coalition policy to halt two key transmission...
Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·8 Sept 2026
Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii’s western islands on Tuesday, knocking out power and bringing the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
Burning Man deaths this year triple the average as attendee age at Nevada’s desert festival ticks upward
World news | The Guardianby Lois Beckett·8 Sept 2026
Three people died at Burning Man this year, tripling the average number of deaths in connection with the annual festival that brings tens of thousands of people to build a temporary utopian...
Far-right port protests: police told to improve intelligence gathering
World news | The Guardianby Vikram Dodd, Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal·8 Sept 2026
Police have been told by the government they expect better intelligence gathering after masked far-right groups took to the streets at the weekend, the Guardian has learned, as the Kent force...
UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones
World news | The Guardianby Dan Milmo and Kiran Stacey·8 Sept 2026
Apple and Google will be forced to block explicit images on children’s smartphones by law in the UK after talks failed to produce a breakthrough, the government has said.
United Utilities fined £1m after discharging raw sewage into Lancashire coast
World news | The Guardianby Matthew Pearce·8 Sept 2026
United Utilities has been fined nearly £1m after illegally discharging raw sewage into the Lancashire coastline and polluting seaside holiday locations including Blackpool.
Glastonbury tickets break £400 for first time as on-sale date is announced
World news | The Guardianby Ben Beaumont-Thomas·8 Sept 2026
After a fallow year in 2026, Glastonbury festival fans can start to get excited – and nervous – about tickets for 2027’s event going on sale.
UK government pays highest interest rate on 30-year bond since 1998
World news | The Guardianby Heather Stewart Economics editor·8 Sept 2026
The UK government was forced to pay the highest interest rate for a 30-year bond since 1998 on Tuesday, underlining the fiscal challenges facing the chancellor, John Healey.
Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence
World news | The Guardianby Chris Stein in Washington·8 Sept 2026
The Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence.
US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case
World news | The Guardianby Victoria Bekiempis·8 Sept 2026
A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water.
Victims of deadly Amazon cargo plane crash identified, as two more remain critical
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe in Miami·8 Sept 2026
Officials in Florida on Tuesday identified the five people killed in Saturday’s Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami international airport – and said two more remained hospitalized in critical...
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.
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