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Parents of Merseyside gang victim speak out three years on
The mother of a girl who was killed as a result of gang violence in Liverpool joined the families of other victims of gun crime to speak out against it three years after her death.
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August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Who's who: The aides and power brokers to face off in Alaska
As Vladimir Putin landed in Alaska yesterday for his high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump, he was flanked by some of the most powerful figures in the Kremlin's inner circle – a team of seasoned political operators, financial strategists, and diplomatic enforcers who have helped shape Russia's foreign and economic policy for more than two decades, including old guard loyalists and younger financial power brokers.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
I'll drink to that Why Gen Z may be shedding the reputation for clean living
Gen Z have long been hailed as \"generation sensible\" – dozens of articles have charted how they drink less alcohol, exercise more, eat healthier and have ditched nightclubs for book clubs.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Trek savers The apps turning your footsteps into freebies
A walk to work could get you rewards such as cheaper coffee or Amazon discounts. Mabel Banfield-Nwachi tests her earning potential
6 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Faster, higher, glitchier The robot games of China
A left hook, a front kick to the chest, a few criss-cross jabs, and the crowd cheers.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Tinderbox Spaniards urged to adapt the landscape to prevent wildfires
The people of Paüls will celebrate the feast of their patron saint, Sant Roc, with a mass today, followed by a communal meal eaten at stone tables, with jota folk dances, and a profound and lingering sense of relief.
5 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
UK human rights watchdog warns against heavy-handed approach to Gaza protests
Attract disproportionate police attention undermines confidence in our human rights protections.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
And just like that, it's over End of the spinoff follows slow decline of a magical TV favourite
After 27 years, some of TV's most beloved characters have left our screens forever.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Ukraine bombs Russian cargo ship in show of force before ceasefire summit
Ukraine says it has conducted a long-range drone attack on a supply ship that it claims was carrying drone components from Iran, striking it at a port north of the Caspian Sea, in a show of force hours before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met for a summit in Alaska.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Rethink policing of Gaza protests, urges watchdog
The UK's official human rights watchdog has written to the government and police expressing concern over a \"heavy-handed\" approach to Gaza protests and urging clearer guidance for officers in enforcing the law.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Success is guaranteed for Swift's new album - and it is no accident
Taylor Swift's podcast interview this week with her American footballer boyfriend, Travis Kelce, yielded plenty of titbits for fans.
6 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Ministers reboot London's 'stuck schools' scheme to tackle results gap in regions
Ministers plan to turbocharge their school improvement programme to tackle regional inequalities as they aim to export the success of London's high-achieving pupils to England's most struggling schools.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Intimidation tactic' Show of force dismays Washington residents
Washington DC's only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers early on Thursday - but the Hispanic day labourers who usually wait for work under the car park's sparse trees were nowhere to be found.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
'A contrast to chaos' How working with the land is helping ex-prisoners to avoid reoffending
Sue thrusts both hands deep into the rich, dark soil, grabs a fistful and lets it trickle through her fingers.
4 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Rising star Mahmood seen as hard on crime and possible party leader
Shabana Mahmood knows what it's like to live in an area where crime feels out of control.
5 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Channel crossings Coastal residents step in to fill gaps in refugee support
Images of Dover and the beaches along the Kent coastline have come to symbolise small boat crossings in the UK, often attracting anti-migrant protests as a result.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Israeli unit was tasked with falsely linking journalists in Gaza to Hamas, says report
A special unit in Israel's military was tasked with identifying reporters it could smear as undercover Hamas fighters, to target them and to blunt international outrage over the killing of media workers, the Israeli-Palestinian website +972 Magazine has reported.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
'This glacier is terminally ill' Time running out to learn from ice-dwelling microbes
It felt really scary... like being in the middle of a burning city during a night raid.\"
5 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Advertisers must do more to avoid images of models looking too thin, says ASA
The chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority has urged advertisers to increase their efforts to avoid using \"irresponsible\" images of unhealthily thin-looking models.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Shein sales pass £2bn as chancellor urged to tackle 'de minimis' tax rule
Shein, the online fast-fashion retailer founded in China, increased sales in the UK by about a third to more than £2bn last year, overtaking its British rival Boohoo and closing in on Asos.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
King Leads VJ Day Commemorations as UK Marks 80th Anniversary of Japan's Surrender
King Charles led VJ Day commemorations in the UK as a national service of remembrance and a two-minute silence marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the second world war and the end of the six-year-long conflict.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
We're so proud' Irish town celebrates family connection to Gallagher brothers
Migration ripped the heart out of Charlestown: generations of young people took the boat to England and left behind derelict homes and shuttered shops, a hollowing chronicled in a landmark 1968 book, The Death of an Irish Town.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
African Union joins call for more accurate world map
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Countdown to extinction: Megadeth say next album will be the last
Call it a symphony for dissolution. The American thrash metal giants Megadeth have announced they are retiring and that their forthcoming album will be their last. They will also embark on a farewell tour in 2026.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Labour moves to find Abbott successor after race letter row
Moves to find a successor to Diane Abbott in the parliamentary seat she has represented since 1987 are under way, prompting concern that her fate has been decided before an investigation into her latest suspension has concluded.
2 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Israel and Jordan endure 'hellish' record-breaking heat at night
Jordan and Israel have suffered through their hottest nights on record, with nocturnal temperatures in the Levant well above levels that scientists informally label \"hellish\".
2 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
School meal sample sent for tests as hundreds fall ill in Indonesia
More than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme to date.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Palestine Imprisoned leader taunted by rightwing minister
Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted video footage in which he is seen taunting the imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in jail, prompting strong condemnation from Barghouti's family and Palestinian leaders.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Iceland Offers £1 Reward to Any Customer Who Spots a Shoplifter
The grocery chain Iceland is offering customers who spot a thief a £1 reward on their loyalty card.
1 min |
August 16, 2025
The Guardian
Sonic boom as RAF scrambles to intercept civilian plane
People in parts of southern England yesterday reported hearing a sonic boom after RAF fighter jets were sent to intercept a civilian plane.
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