Americans say they lose weight in Europe – and I think I know why | Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardianby Arwa Mahdawi·26 Aug 2026
It’s not just the mass shootings you have to watch out for in the US, it’s also the lettuce – a dodgy bit of iceberg could leave you sick with cyclosporiasis.
De Gaulle: Résistance review – a galloping bromance for Churchill and France’s wartime hero
The Guardianby Peter Bradshaw·26 Aug 2026
Perhaps because it is based on a biography by an Englishman – Julian Jackson’s A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle – this very enjoyable and gallopingly eventful biopic...
Manchester City confirm Bouaddi signing as Marmoush and González head out
The Guardianby Jamie Jackson·26 Aug 2026
Manchester City have signed the midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille in a €100m (£85.6m) deal on a busy day of transfer activity for the Premier League club.
More than 40,000 heat-related deaths in England since 1988
The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor·26 Aug 2026
Over 40,000 more people died on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025 than would be expected, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.
Sky Sports agrees US Open contract extension after boost in female audience figures
The Guardianby Exclusive by Matt Hughes·26 Aug 2026
Sky Sports has agreed a new deal to extend its live coverage of the US Open. The three-year contract extension, which is set to be announced when the singles from Flushing Meadows begin next week...
Jed York’s trailer park arrest exposed inequality in America | Lee Escobedo
The Guardianby Lee Escobedo·26 Aug 2026
The Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community sits off state Route 170, on the edge of East Palestine, Ohio, a town most Americans only learned about because a train derailed there in February 2023 and...
The rise of ‘biogossip’: Rachel Cusk’s Natalie Portman novel is the latest in a delicious literary lineage
The Guardianby Greta Rainbow·26 Aug 2026
In Rachel Cusk’s new novel, Life of M, the famous actor protagonist participates in an event at a book store after hours.
Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
The Guardianby Hannah Devlin Science correspondent·26 Aug 2026
The current shingles vaccine appears to significantly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to scientists who say it could help prevent thousands of deaths each year.
Martin O’Neill puts Champions League collapse among most painful Celtic nights
The Guardianby PA Media and Guardian sport·26 Aug 2026
Martin O’Neill has admitted Celtic’s Champions League qualifying collapse from 4-0 up ranks as one of his most painful nights as the club’s manager.
The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland
The Guardianby Rafaela Bassili·26 Aug 2026
A titular sunrise, a summer fling fantasy, exorbitant wealth, impossibly sculpted bodies: such are the profitable story ingredients that make up The Last Sunrise, the latest offering in Amazon’s...
Passage by Colin Thubron review – mortality and memory in a gem of a novel
The Guardianby John Banville·26 Aug 2026
Virginia Woolf said of Middlemarch that it is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.
From Jolene to Islands in the Stream: Dolly Parton’s 10 best recordings
The Guardianby Rob LeDonne·26 Aug 2026
The death of Dolly Parton today at age 80 has the world mourning one of America’s most beloved entertainers: a generation-spanning performer and country music icon who took as much pride in her...
Hanging By a Wire review – cable car rescue documentary dangles viewers on the edge of disaster
The Guardianby Leslie Felperin·26 Aug 2026
Survival documentaries are a weird little genre of nonfiction film-making that recount the stories of accidents and natural catastrophes – and more often than not, the daring rescues of people...
A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity
The Guardianby Sophie Jones·26 Aug 2026
In May 2024, I decided to spend 30 days getting rejected on purpose. At first, it sounded ridiculous.
A Tamil summer vegetarian feast: Cynthia Shanmugalingam’s cucumber yoghurt curry and gooseberry pickle
The Guardianby Cynthia Shanmugalingam·26 Aug 2026
This lovely summery “curry” is a cold, refreshing dish from Karnataka in India, and is eaten widely in Tamil Nadu, just 20 miles across the Palk Strait from my ancestral Tamil homeland in north and...
Around the world, people are rejecting divisive and dangerous politics. We can – and must – build on that | Gordon Brown
The Guardianby Gordon Brown·26 Aug 2026
Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, is already having to make one of his gravest decisions.
Is the Trump Treasury panicking over the level of US debt?
The Guardianby Kenneth Rogoff·26 Aug 2026
Are we seeing the first signs of panic in Donald Trump’s Treasury? The US is by far the world’s biggest debtor, and the steady rise in global long-term interest rates – which I have long argued was...
Country diary: A pocket rocket of rewilding – and a success in the face of opposition | Amy-Jane Beer
The Guardianby Amy-Jane Beer·26 Aug 2026
On a rocky 13-hectare pocket in the foothills of the Picos de Europa, Luke Massey and Katie Stacey are raising children, dogs, cattle, chicken, ducks, geese and eyebrows.
US military kills four in strike on alleged drug smuggling boat in Caribbean
The Guardianby Associated Press·26 Aug 2026
The US military killed four people when it attacked a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as the Trump administration’s controversial campaign against alleged traffickers...
In Poland, compassion for Ukrainians has turned to contempt. The consequences could be dramatic | Mateusz Mazzini
The Guardianby Mateusz Mazzini·26 Aug 2026
One of the unintended consequences of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine was that it gave Poland a rare slice of geopolitical stardom.
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