In this issue

July 31, 2024

Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut

Israel has carried out an airstrike on southern Beirut targeting a senior Hezbollah commander who a military spokesperson said was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend.

3 mins

Badenoch 'traumatised' and bullied' senior staff

Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in thegovernment department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.

4 mins

'You can't help but cry': hundreds pay tribute to stabbing victims

Vigil held in Southport as police name three girls killed in attack

4 mins

Planet-heating methane levels rising at fastest rate in decades

Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are rising at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert an escalation of the climate crisis, a study warned yesterday.

2 mins

Anjem Choudary given life sentence for running banned terrorist group

A judge jailed the Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary for life yesterday for running a banned terrorist organisation, telling him: \"I cannot foresee a time when you will cease to be dangerous.\" Choudary was convicted in Woolwich crown court in south London last week of having a \"caretaker role\" in directing al-Muhajiroun (ALM) from 2014 after its founder, Omar Bakri Muhammad, was imprisoned in Lebanon.

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Britain's best new building: can a tiny dairy farm beat the epic Elizabeth line?

It is like trying to compare a Hollywood blockbuster with an indie documentary. In this year's RIBA Stirling prize for the best building in the country, the £19bn Elizabeth line and the 67-acre regeneration of King's Cross in London go head to head with a little row of council houses and a refurbished farmyard in Dorset.

3 mins

'We feel very numb' Bewilderment, horror and one simple question: why?

How does a community come to terms with an attack that hits with such ferocity, such barbarity, such searing horror that it is beyond even the stuff of nightmares?

4 mins

Compensation fund to open for post office operators

Hundreds of wrongly convicted post office operators will be able to access a new compensation scheme, the government has announced.

1 min

Chancellor says first budget may include tax rises with 'difficult decisions' to come

Taxes are likely to rise in the Labour government's first budget, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said. Speaking on The News Agents podcast, she declined to rule out increases in inheritance tax and capital gains taxes, or pensions reforms.

2 mins

Housebuilding targets could force councils to develop 'grey belt' sites

The government yesterday set out its intent to massively increase housebuilding, with a shake-up of planning rules that could force local authorities in England to build on low-quality green belt sites if they fail to reach mandatory home construction targets.

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'Cruel policy' Benefit cap traps families in crowded, damp homes, study finds

Low-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as £4 for each person a day, often in overcrowded, rat-infested and damp homes with little prospect of escape, according to a new study.

3 mins

Arrest warrant is issued for Katie Price

An arrest warrant was issued for Katie Price after she failed to attend a hearing yesterday relating to her bankruptcies.

1 min

Judge says Omagh bomb inquiry will be rigorous and fearless

The chair of the public inquiry that opened yesterday into the 1998 Omagh bombing, the single worst atrocity in Northern Ireland's Troubles, said its task would be undertaken \"rigorously and fearlessly\".

2 mins

Team GB bag two golds as Biles leads US gymnastics team to redemption

Team GB bagged two more golds and Simone Biles led the US women's gymnastics team to Olympic redemption on a steamy day in Paris that had seen organisers face exacting questions over their preparations for the extreme weather.

5 mins

Triathlon Men's event rests on clean water result

In early May the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, Tony Estanguet, and other dignitaries officially opened a vast subterranean chamber near Austerlitz station in the south-east of the French capital.

3 mins

Tennis Another Houdini act keeps Murray's swansong on the road

Andy Murray is two wins away from adorning his career swansong with a medal at Paris 20204 after he and his men's doubles partner, Dan Evans, reached the quarter-finals with a dramatic win over Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen having saved two match points.

2 mins

Maduro vows to quash election protests despite international outcry

Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to Venezuela's streets yesterday to decry Nicolás Maduro's alleged attempt to steal Sunday's election, as he vowed to squash what he called \"a violent counter-revolution\" and more than 700 arrests were made.

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Doomsday scenario Wargames reveal the threat to US democracy

It is the afternoon of 20 January 2025 and Donald Trump is in the White House dining room, glued to the same TV where he sat transfixed as the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January unfolded four years ago. This morning he completed one of the most spectacular political comebacks in US history, reciting the oath of office that returned him to the most powerful job on Earth.

5 mins

Government puts up record £1.5bn for clean energy contracts auction

The Labour government will make record amounts of funding available to clean energy developers after it increased the value of its summer subsidy auction by 50%, compared with figures previously announced, to £1.5bn.

2 mins

Premier League: Chelsea close in on Osimhen; Fernández escapes punishment

Striker could sign on loan while club accept midfielder's apology for racist chanting

2 mins

Scott secures seventh medal as Team GB win freestyle crown

British quartet successfully defend 4x200m relay title to clinch GB's first gold in pool

3 mins

Reborn Biles leads the way as USA reassert their domination

In the total chaos of the team final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as the sky seemed to be falling and Simone Biles was forced to withdraw midcompetition, USA responded to the unexpected adversity with admirable resolve. They finished with a silver medal, a proud achievement, but one that left them even hungrier than before.

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