Price of olive oil expected to rise again as European crops feel the heat

Farmers warn impact of high temperatures, drought and wildfires on range of foodstuffs means costs will increase

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Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters

Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summer

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University of Maryland ‘teacher of the year’ detained by ICE in Texas

DHS said pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret overstayed visa and arrested him at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

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Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz

Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations ‘futile’

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Devastating LA wildfire sparked by utility company tower, long-awaited report finds

Investigators pin blame for Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and ruined thousands of homes, on ‘electrical arcing events’ at out-of-service tower

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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive

I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot ended

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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

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Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall

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‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock

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Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO, steps down from post to run for Minnesota governor

Trump loyalist, who also has president’s endorsement, has spent millions trying to prove 2020 election was ‘stolen’

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US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa in escalation of diplomatic feud

Move is retaliation for Lula’s government refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília

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Trump administration has paid back 60% of $165bn in tariff refunds

Government has so far returned $100bn to companies that paid levies US supreme court ruled illegal

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Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped

David Hearn has a ‘number of potential remedies’ after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage, his attorney says

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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year

UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity

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CDC reportedly expands scope of US cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states

Six additional states caught up in investigation after Michigan reported first two US deaths linked to disease

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Office Hours: How are you coping?

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Right to Repair

EU's Right to Repair Directive became applicable on 1 August. Consumers will be able to save money and reduce waste by requesting repair of products, at a price, even after the guarantee has expired.

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Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In

Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...

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August 4, 2026

On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered

From Europe’s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it’s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered Reddit users’ questions about their work – and their sources o...

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‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem

Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke

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Japan’s prime minister tours earthquake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures

Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 people

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ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures

‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention

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We are US civil rights lawyers. Trump’s policies have driven us to seek justice internationally | Thomas Becker and Antonio Romanucci

On Tuesday, a human rights commission will hold an extraordinary hearing over the administration’s alleged attacks on protesters, journalists and others

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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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Mamdani won New York. Can a progressive win the Michigan primary? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

Progressives have defeated established moderates in elections in liberal cities. Can it happen in the deep-purple midwest? Host Carter Sherman speaks with Guardian midwest political correspondent Rach...

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‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers

Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

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Far-right Republican accused of stiffing student debate champion of $8,000

Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback calls failure to pay Briana Whatley money owed ‘an oversight’

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