Andrew and Tristan Tate remain in jail as they fight extradition to UK to face charges of rape, assault and moreLawyers for Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a US judge on Friday to release the brothers from a Miami jail as they fight the British government's efforts to extradite them to face charges of rape, assault and facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.In a filing in Miami federal court, the Tate brothers' lawyers said their extraordinary public visibility" would make it impractical for them to try to flee, meaning there was no need to keep them behind bars until the extradition proceedings end. Continue reading...
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Home Office minister Anna Turley says PM is authentic' and praises video of him discussing bar snacks with John HealeyStreeting said it was not OK" that the killers of PC Andrew Harper were eligible for early release, PA reports.He said the government should never have been put in a position" where prisons were so full that offenders were going to be let out at an earlier stage of their sentence. Continue reading...
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Todd Blanche can't afford another Republican deflection after Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voice opposition; all eyes on Bill Cassidy, who could sink nomination
Teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where more than 30 were woundedA Thai teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at his school, where he shot five people dead and took his own life, police have said, in an attack that has shaken a country struggling to deal with gun violence.The 14-year-old wounded more than 30 people in the shooting at the prestigious Debsirin Nonthaburi school in the Nonthaburi province on Bangkok's outskirts. Nine people were in a critical condition, the Thai health department said. Continue reading...
by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent on (#77HD4)
Experts say the attackers' behaviour, and the handling of their cases, have striking similaritiesAbout 40 metres off Tottenham High Street, up a slip road for deliveries to a B&M homewares store, is a stretch of concrete paving behind a 2-metre wall topped with spikes.This is the patch of ground that Simon Levy tried to turn into his personal killing field. Continue reading...
by Thomas Graham in Chocó. Photography by Santiago M on (#77H5A)
As Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as president vowing a new military offensive, the country's last leftwing rebels are getting ready to fight backAs the boat approached the riverbank, camouflaged figures watched from the tree line.Behind them, in the dim understory of the jungle, a commander of the National Liberation Army (ELN) sat with his rifle on his lap, amid the buzz and whine of insects and the thwacks of machetes on bamboo as his troops set up camp, hidden from enemy drones. Continue reading...
by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent on (#77HD5)
Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions in court hearings gave Simon Levy chance to attack more womenCatastrophic errors left a prolific and proven sex offender free before he murdered two women in London, it can be revealed.On Friday an Old Bailey jury found Simon Levy, 40, guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins five months later.The CPS admitted errors at three court hearings in May, June and August 2025, which ended in Levy remaining free. It would not specify publicly what those were, but a source authorised to speak for the organisation said they included failing to mention he had been arrested for Valencia-Trujillo's murder, and that it could find no record or mention of Levy's past sexual assault convictions, nor that he was a suspect in a 2024 rape.
Yinon Levy charged with manslaughter in first exception this decade to culture of impunity for Israelis who kill Palestinians in the occupied West BankProsecutors in Israel have indicted an extremist settler for shooting a Palestinian activist last July, the first attempt this decade to hold an Israeli responsible for killing a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.Yinon Levy, who was under western sanctions, is charged with manslaughter over the death of Awdeh Hathaleen, an English teacher and peace activist. In his last moments, Hathaleen filmed the settler drawing his weapon and opening fire towards him. Continue reading...
Officials try to find homes for residents as talks to save social assistance hub collapse amid government crackdownRome authorities are scrambling to find homes for hundreds of people sleeping in tents in extreme heat after talks aimed at saving Italy's most high-profile centre for housing and social assistance collapsed amid a crackdown by Giorgia Meloni's government on squatted buildings.The approximately 400 evicted residents of Spin Time Labs, located in a 10-floor building in Rome's Esquilino district occupied by grassroots groups since 2013, will not be allowed to move back in after its private owner refused Rome council's offer to buy the property. The residents were forced out at the end of last month. Continue reading...
Musician's projects included Madonna's Ray of Light, Blur's 13 and All Saints' chart-topping singles Pure Shores and Black CoffeeWilliam Orbit, the British music producer whose dreamy yet propulsive style invigorated work by Madonna, Blur, All Saints, U2 and more, has died aged 69.A statement on his social media, attributed to family and friends, said he died at home on 23 July. He will be greatly missed by us and by so many whose lives he touched through his music, friendship and kindness," the statement read. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
More air-conditioned spaces are open during extreme heat, but distance, stigma and risk perception keep many awayResponding to an uptick in extreme heat waves this summer, US cities have increased their efforts to establish cooling centers to keep people safe but continue to encounter a problem: actually getting people to enter the public air-conditioned spaces.Lower-income people, who often do not have - or cannot afford to operate - air conditioning, face a greater risk of heat-related illness or deaths, which means public agencies in the US concentrate their efforts on trying to reach them. Continue reading...
High 30s celsius forecast for France, Spain and Italy next week, before affecting Germany, Poland and CzechiaAnother pulse of heat is expected to affect central and western Europe next week. The latest forecast models show daily maximum temperatures well into the high 30s celsius widely across France, Spain and Italy during the first half of the week, while Germany, Poland and Czechia will experience the highest temperatures towards the end of the week. The shift in the focus of the heat as the week progresses can be attributed to the movement of high pressure. At the start of the week, low pressure centred in the Atlantic and high pressure centred over the low countries will draw warm air from southern Europe northwards into parts of France. During the working week, the high pressure will slip a little farther south and east, enabling the warm air once situated over western Europe to make inroads into parts of Germany and central Europe.The heat in central and western Europe this summer has been unrelenting. Last week's weather tracker highlighted record-breaking temperatures for the month of July in Austria. However, only a few days later, on 4 August, the all-time record was shattered with 41.0C achieved in Stammersdorf, north-east of the capital, Vienna. This comfortably broke the previous all-time record set in August 2003 by 0.7C. Unbelievably, that record was broken again the following day when 41.2C was recorded in Deutsch-Altenburg. Slovakia also set an all-time record on the same day, of 41.4C. The continuing European heatwave, associated with a vertically extensive anticyclone, raised the freezing level above 4,000 metres across much of the Alpine region. This represents a level in the atmosphere well above many Alpine glaciers, accelerating the seasonal melting process. On the opposite side of the Atlantic, 51.8C was recorded in Badwater, California, the highest temperature in the US for 2026 so far. Continue reading...
Met police say charge relates to alleged assault that reportedly took place in December at venue in LondonThe England footballer Ivan Toney has been charged with assault after an incident at a nightclub in Soho in December last year.Scotland Yard said the striker had been charged on 31 July with assault causing actual bodily harm. Toney, who plays for the Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 24 September. Continue reading...
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent on (#77H76)
Stephen Akinsanya says being mistaken for defendant shows lack of progress on racism within legal systemA black barrister has said a security guard told him he could not park in a court's car park in London because it's not for defendants".Stephen Akinsanya, who in June was awarded an OBE for raising awareness of youth knife crime and its prevention, said the incident, at an east London court about four weeks ago, illustrated the lack of progress on racism within the criminal justice system. Continue reading...
Ten months into her tenure as editor in chief, Weiss' biggest - and riskiest - bet is getting closer to taking flightBari Weiss is 10 months into her tenure as editor-in-chief of CBS News, but her biggest test is right around the corner.The newest season of 60 Minutes is set to premiere next month after Weiss overhauled the show's correspondent corps and production staff in the spring. Long considered the gold standard in television news, the show still generates a staggering nine million average viewers per night at a time when linear television's core audience is either aging out or turning to digital alternatives. Continue reading...
DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin says We're going after them right now' despite threat of violence in home countryHundreds of thousands of Haitians are faced with the prospect of imminent risk of arrest and deportation - to a home country racked with crime, violence and political unrest - after the Trump administration officially stripped them of humanitarian protections that had allowed them to live and work legally in the United States for years.US district judge Ana Reyes confirmed on Wednesday that her order blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti was no longer in effect. This followed the controversial supreme court ruling in June that upended judicial review of the program and opened the door for immigration enforcement to track down and detain Haitians en masse. Continue reading...
Florida man faces count of attempted felony murder after confrontation over a spot to catch lobster, authorities sayA Florida boater was alleged to have tried to kill a diver by cutting off his air supply while they fought over a spot to catch lobsters off the state's coast recently, according to authorities.Michael Joseph Simpson Jr's criminal defense attorney on Thursday issued a statement dismissing those allegations as false". Nonetheless, Simpson, 51, was faced with a count of attempted felony murder after he was jailed in what a sheriff's office report portrayed as a particularly heated case of boat rage on the waters of Miami's Biscayne Bay. Continue reading...
US president's complaint industry making too much money' comes after his policies boosted corporationsDonald Trump's statement that oil companies have made too much money" from the Iran war has angered environmentalists, who say that his policies were designed to benefit those very corporations. If he really believes his own claims, he should impose a windfall profits tax, advocates say.
The curator of Norway's national museum in Oslo is bringing the work by the Flemish baroque artist Clara Peeters out of obscurity in a major exhibition of female artists
Barrister alleges account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate' broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching
This blog is now closedFederal parliament is returning from winter break next week.Do you have a question you'd like to ask Guardian Australia's team of political reporters in Canberra? Our political editor, Tom McIlroy, and the team will be answering readers' questions on the Australian Politics podcast. Continue reading...
With the debate over prison overcrowding and what to do about it raging, one initiative offers an alternative solutionAs the prison overcrowding crisis shows no sign of abating and the debate rages over early releases, an initiative in the West Midlands offers an alternative to custodial sentences.The Guardian was offered rare access to the project, under which, instead of being sent to prison, convicted offenders work on the improvement of waterways and green spaces around Smethwick. It is a small part of the community payback scheme, which in total clocked up an estimated 5m hours across England and Wales in the last year. Continue reading...
Visits down 3.8% after 6.2% fall in June, with many choosing to buy online instead, research for retail body findsShoppers stayed away from UK high streets during last month's heatwave temperatures, with many choosing to buy online instead as the mercury in some areas rose into the mid-30Cs.Trips to high streets were down by 3.8% year on year in July after a 6.2% fall in June, according to research from the monitoring firm Sensormatic for the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Continue reading...
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Donald Trump's second term is unlike his first. The politicians who challenged him are gone. The lawyers who once pushed back now choose their battles. What remains is an imperial president with almost no internal checks, using executive power to reshape everything from the economy, immigration and even the presidency itself.Few journalists have covered Trump as closely as the New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan. Jonathan Freedland speaks to him about how the president has consolidated such power - and what it could mean for the US and the worldWatch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channelYou can find Jonathan Swan and Maggie Habermans' book Regime Change hereSend your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com Continue reading...
Westminster council has recommended banning vertical drinking' or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policyNo 10 has vowed to confiscate powers from local councils which try to restrict customers from standing up while drinking in pubs or ordering at the bar.It comes after the Guardian revealed on Thursday that Westminster council in central London recommended not allowing vertical drinking" or ordering at the bar in its new draft licensing policy. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Academics call for inquiry, saying university must be held accountable for grotesque racism unleashed'The University of Cambridge's leaders deserve blame for the grotesque racism unleashed" by Jason Arday's appointment as professor, according to academics calling for the university to hold an independent inquiry.The Guardian understands that senior dons at Cambridge are circulating a joint letter calling for an inquiry into the processes and circumstances around Arday being given the position, with many suggesting the university wanted a quick fix" to improve the diversity of its staff. Continue reading...
More than $5m in recent weeks have been spent in ads targeting Aisha Wahab and in support of Melissa HernandezSuper Pacs tied to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) have spent millions in a California congressional race to keep a progressive Democrat from winning Eric Swalwell's former seat.Aisha Wahab, a state senator who has been endorsed by the California Democratic party, is widely considered the frontrunner in the special election for the district covering a swathe of the East Bay. Continue reading...
Stella Gollovena, 47, has been charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harmA woman has appeared in court accused of stabbing four men in the back with a pair of scissors in one of London's busiest tourist districts.Stella Gollovena, 47, is accused of attacking Patrick De Barr, Thomas Harding, Adrian Lovett and Mantas Jankus during the attack in Covent Garden on Wednesday lunchtime. Continue reading...
Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in ThetfordTwo men have been arrested after police were injured as they intervened to protect men believed to be asylum seekers from angry mobs trying to break into their homes.The arrests followed two nights of unrest in Thetford, Norfolk, involving more than 100 people protesting against plans to house asylum seekers in former military barracks near the market town. Continue reading...
Court rules architecture firm not responsible for fatal incident but project managers and engineers found guilty of safety breachesThe architecture firm founded by Norman Foster has been cleared over the death of a man killed by a window that fell 90 metres from a newly constructed London penthouse.Foster + Partners (F+P), the practice behind some of the world's most recognisable buildings such as the Gherkin and revamps of the British Museum and Germany's Reichstag, were not held to be responsible for the death of Mick Ferris, a 53-year-old coach driver, in 2018. Continue reading...
by Kat Lay Global health correspondent on (#77GQ9)
Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalationThe virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000.Africa's public health watchdog said the time for incremental action was over as they announced plans to scale up every aspect of the response and go door to door" looking for patients. Continue reading...
Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from window of flat in Leeds tower block, inquest toldA pregnant woman who died from a nine-storey fall had her baby safely delivered 30 minutes after her death, an inquest has heard.Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from the window of her father's flat in Shakespeare Towers in the Burmantofts area of Leeds, on 22 October 2024. Continue reading...
New CEO Dave Lewis lifts investors' spirits by promising strategic overhaul worthy of his nickname Drastic Dave'Diageo's new chief executive has unveiled plans to nearly double Guinness production while hacking back a significant" proportion of its 30,000-strong workforce, in a strategic overhaul worthy of his nickname, Drastic" Dave Lewis.Shares in Diageo bounced on Thursday, as the former Tesco boss faced down the first big test of his initial half-year in the job, after being parachuted in last November to revive the flagging fortunes of the UK-based drinks company. Continue reading...
George Holmes was suspended in 2025 over allegations involving financial mismanagement and other misconductThe University of Greater Manchester's embattled vice-chancellor has had his contract terminated by the university's governing body, ending a period of uncertainty over the university's leadership.Sir George Holmes, who had led the university for two decades, was initially suspended last year over allegations involving financial mismanagement and other misconduct. Continue reading...
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi activist, has been offered a role as an adviser to the Conservative party by Kemi Badenoch after he withdrew as a Tory candidate for next year's local elections. The role will reportedly be focused on how young men become radicalised.Bonehill-Paine was convicted of harassing a Jewish MP and has previously described himself as a nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights'. He says he has carried out counter-extremism work since he was released from prison.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian political correspondent Ben Quinn - watch on YouTube Continue reading...
Family says celebrity blogger remains under medical care after viewers raised alarm over disturbing TikTok broadcastPerez Hilton is able to communicate", according to a new statement released by his family, one day after the celebrity blogger appeared to self-harm during a disturbing TikTok livestream that prompted his hospitalization.In a message posted to Hilton's blog on Wednesday evening, his family thanked supporters for the outpouring of concern. Continue reading...
German authorities investigating whether a foreign state is involved as they say a ripped' detonator stopped device going offA catastrophe with multiple casualties was possibly only narrowly averted by the discovery of a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport, German officials said, as they examined whether a foreign state could be behind the plot.One of the Ukrainian aircrafts next to where the bomb drone was found was loaded with military ammunition, according to a classified police report quoted by the public broadcasters WDR and NDR and the Suddeutsche newspaper. Continue reading...
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A spokesperson for the Greens says figures had quadrupled' in the last year since Polanski became leaderA Reform government will introduce national licensing for vape shops, which Zia Yusuf says will see a decrease of 70% in the businesses on British high streets.We will also end financial disincentive," he says. Reform will establish a central prosecution fund for local authorities to pursue businesses employing illegal workers.Corporate CEOs have been making a fortune by hiring illegal workers and undermining British youngsters.Reform will jail them and stop illegal working for good - we will stand up for British workers. Continue reading...
As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts
Brandon Relph, who founded first company at 13, joins strategy team in much-needed step' for the broadcasterA 26-year-old business prodigy and self-styled gen Z whisperer has been drafted in by the BBC, as it battles to reach young audiences increasingly choosing content creators on YouTube and TikTok over traditional broadcasters.Brandon Relph, who founded his first company aged 13, and has been praised by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, has joined the BBC's strategy team to help counter the existential threat of falling audiences among young people. Continue reading...
Academic who resigned as a Cambridge professor on Wednesday did not specify if amount from Simon & Schuster was in pounds or US dollarsJason Arday, the former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, claimed he was paid 1.4 million" for his forthcoming memoir detailing his extraordinary backstory.Arday was dogged by a growing series of questions over his academic work and credentials before he resigned on Wednesday night, saying the relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love". Continue reading...
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