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• Russia says seven killed and 40 injured by Ukrainian drone hitting busy beach
  03 August 2026
  Three children were killed when the drone crashed at a popular resort on the Black Sea.
• Infantino opponents threaten 'non co-operation' with Fifa
  03 August 2026
  The English Football Association is set to join Wales in withdrawing backing for Infantino's bid to continue as Fifa president.
• Iran says it is in talks with Oman but not the US after Trump says negotiations to resume
  03 August 2026
  Iran's remarks that there were no talks with the US prompts Donald Trump to issue a strong condemnation of its leadership.
• France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Navy
  03 August 2026
  It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.
• Inside city gripped by deadly protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
  03 August 2026
  The BBC is the first media organisation to gain access to the city and speak to people on the ground in Rawalakot.
• West Ham co-owner David Sullivan advised to stay away from home matches
  03 August 2026
  London Stadium recommends West Ham's co-owner stay away amid fears of fan unrest following sexual misconduct claims.
• Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
  03 August 2026
  Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
• Son who kept mum's body in freezer for years collected £78k of her benefits
  03 August 2026
  Christopher Phillips’ mother, Sylvia, had yellow and pink roses and a birthday card placed on her body.
• X Factor finalist denies murdering influencer by running her over with car
  03 August 2026
  Gabrielle Carrington denies killing Klaudia Zakrzewska outside Inca nightclub in Soho on 19 April.
• Newspaper columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle dies aged 66
  03 August 2026
  The columnist died in hospital in Middlesbrough on Sunday.

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• Europe's record-breaking heat sparks wildfires, drought in France, Greece and the UK
  03 August 2026
  Europe's record-breaking hot and dry summer continues to take its toll on France and Greece, where firefighters fought to contain major blazes, while the UK recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries. Europe is Earth’s fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service.
• Norway's Haugset wins stage 3 to claim Tour de France Femmes lead
  03 August 2026
  Norway's Sigrid Haugset won stage three of the Women's Tour de France on Monday, seizing the overall lead and yellow jersey from Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes. Haugset launched a gutsy solo attack less than halfway into the hilly 156.6km route between Geneva and Poligny, and held off Belgium's Lotte Kopecky.
• France: Water sports enthusiasts 'fly' above the River Seine
  03 August 2026
  Parisians are defying gravity on the Seine thanks to the e-foil, an electric board equipped with a propeller. The board emerges from the water as soon as it gains speed, creating the feeling of flying just above the surface. 
• Ceuta migrant influx reignites immigration divisions in Europe
  03 August 2026
  The arrival of 60,000 people into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week has created serious tensions within the EU over immigration. Spain has called for a meeting of EU interior ministers which is due to take place Tuesday.
• Bridge collapse in DR Congo reignites debate about mining revenues
  03 August 2026
  Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in the region.
• "The situation is out of control": Greek firefighters battle wildfire for fourth day
  03 August 2026
  Greek firefighters are battling a wildfire northwest of Athens for the fourth day, as strong and erratic winds continue to fan the blaze. Fires throughout the country have killed five firefighters since last week.
• Across the EU, immigration being used as a 'political tool' across the political spectrum
  03 August 2026
  Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Dr. Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis. Italy's temporary suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain, following the migration episode in Ceuta, is presented less as a meaningful European policy than as a symbolic act driven by domestic politics. Dr Graziano argues that the episode reveals how migration has become an instrument of political positioning rather than policy making. His analysis suggests that Giorgia Meloni's principal audience is not Brussels or Madrid, but Italy's increasingly fragmented right, where competition from parties positioned even further to her right is compelling her to continually reaffirm her hardline credentials.
• EU calls for 'united action' on border protection after Ceuta mass crossing
  03 August 2026
  The European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, has reiterated the EU's support to help tackle illegal migration following last week's chaos in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa. The crisis has fanned anti-immigrant rhetoric by right wing politicians in Europe and sparked diplomatic tensions between Spain and some EU members, notably Italy. An emergency video conference of EU interior ministers is due to be held on August 3, on Rome's call.
• Myanmar: Ousted leader Suu Kyi makes rare appearance with Red Cross representative
  03 August 2026
  Former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with an representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on August 3rd. The 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was taken into detention in early 2021, when a military coup ousted her elected civilian government. Since then, her location and condition have been largely unknown to international officials and the public.
• Anti-war politician and Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
  03 August 2026
  Kremlin critic and anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin – who openly criticised President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's Ukraine offensive – said Monday he had fled Russia for Paris. Nadezhdin was recently detained outside Moscow and blocked from running for parliament. Russia's clampdown on dissent has left most critics in jail, in exile or dead. 

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03 August 2026

• England and Wales had driest July on record, according to provisional figures
  03 August 2026
  The weather service said that of the two UK countries, England had recorded just 6.5 millimeters of rain, 10% of the usual average figure, while Wales had 9.3 mm.
• Four Mohamed Al-Fayed survivors recognized as victims of human trafficking
  03 August 2026
  To date, 157 victims have reported allegations that they were sexually assaulted, raped, or trafficked by the former tycoon and owner of Harrod's department store. Al-Fayed died in 2023, at the age of 94, without facing any prosecution.
• Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Burnham
  01 August 2026
  Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning 47.15% of the votes in the first round, just shy of the 50% needed to win outright.
• Four migrants found dead in attempted Channel crossings
  30 July 2026
  So far this year, 14 people have died trying to cross the Channel, compared to at least 29 in 2025.
• UK PM Burnham pledges to reform social care system
  27 July 2026
  One week after taking office, Andy Burnham vowed to overhaul the UK's social care system, which is largely privatised, to ease pressure on the National Health Service, which struggles to discharge patients with no social care in place.
• Four days after arriving at Downing Street, Andy Burnham is already in turmoil
  25 July 2026
  The honeymoon period is already over for the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham. The leader of the Labour Party is drawing criticism over how he will fund his first measures, amid a troubled economic climate.
• The mysterious horse-shaped geoglyph England has been maintaining for thousands of years
  23 July 2026
  The Uffington White Horse is one of the best known geoglyphs in the UK. Drawn around 3,000 years ago on a hillside in Oxfordshire, its chalk outline is maintained each year by volunteers through a restoration campaign.
• Burnham enters Downing Street and appoints former defense minister John Healey as chancellor of the Exchequer
  21 July 2026
  The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who succeeds Keir Starmer, has become the seventh British prime minister in 10 years. Ed Miliband, who had aspired to the chancellorship, was named foreign secretary.
• Tate brothers' lawyer says they will fight UK extradition on sex crime charges
  21 July 2026
  US authorities detained self-professed misogynist Andrew Tate and his younger brother Tristan on Saturday as UK prosecutors announced new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault. In Romania, the Tates face allegations of trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.
• UK man charged with murder of right-wing ex-MP Ann Widdecombe
  20 July 2026
  Joshua Kerry, 28, was arrested in his hometown of Rotherham in Yorkshire, northern England, about 500 kilometers from Ann Widdecombe's home. The former Conservative minister, a spokesperson for the far-right Reform UK party, was found dead in her home in Devon on July 9. Kerry was charged after a police investigation.

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03 August 2026

• Where and when to watch August's total solar eclipse — safely
  03 August 2026
  A total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and Spain on 12 August. Here's how and where to watch it safely.
• Authorities probe boat and jet ski crossings from Ceuta to mainland Spain
  03 August 2026
  Following the mass arrivals in Ceuta, Spanish authorities say they are seeing a rise in suspected clandestine crossings by boat and jet ski from the North African enclave across the Strait of Gibraltar to mainland Spain.
• Alleged operator of major darknet drugs platform charged in Germany
  03 August 2026
  The suspect was arrested at his home in Barcelona in June 2025 by a special unit of the Spanish National Police and was later extradited to Germany.
• Thousands of migrants, including more than 860 minors, remain in Ceuta
  03 August 2026
  Juan Vivas, the president of Ceuta, estimates that between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the city four days after the mass influx from Morocco.
• Ceuta migration crisis sparks protests as Spanish government faces criticism
  03 August 2026
  Despite the tense atmosphere, protesters and counterprotesters in Ceuta's Plaza de los Reyes gradually dispersed without the need for a larger police intervention.
• Ceuta explained: How Spain's biggest migration crisis unfolded
  03 August 2026
  The mass arrival of over 70,000 people from Morocco in the Spanish enclave within hours raises questions about the real causes of the border collapse, the diplomatic tensions with Rabat and Washington, and the strategic role of the Strait of Gibraltar.
• England and Wales record driest July on record, Met Office says
  03 August 2026
  Southern England experienced its "driest month ever recorded" in July, the Met Office added, noting that records dated back to 1836.
• Latest news bulletin | August 3rd, 2026 – Evening
  03 August 2026
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• Zelenskyy’s military shake‑up continues – but Fedorov remains out
  03 August 2026
  The Ukrainian president has appointed one of Kyiv’s key peace deal negotiators as the new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but the political crisis triggered by the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov is still ongoing.
• Hungary's nuclear crisis tests new PM Magyar's leadership
  03 August 2026
  Record-low Danube water levels have forced Hungary's Paks nuclear plant into partial shutdown, cutting output as demand surges. Former governing party Fidesz is seizing on the outage to question the still-new government's competence.

Observer

• One Fine Show: “Arthur Jafa, The White Album” at the Hammer Museum
  03 August 2026
  Jafa's videos are a dense meal, and well worth their own exhibitions.
• How Much Big Tech Companies Spend to Protect Their CEOs From Rising Threats
  03 August 2026
  With threats against executives doubling year-over-year, companies like Meta and Google are spending tens of millions to safeguard CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai.
• The Most Spectacular Off-the-Grid Hotels, Where Privacy Is the Main Event
  03 August 2026
  A seaplane, a speedboat, a helicopter or a 1,300-foot zip line may be required, but these remote hotels make getting away from everyone else worth the trouble.
• The Legal, Logistical and Conservation Challenges of Collecting Art at Sea
  03 August 2026
  The ocean is a harsh mistress, which is why choosing and installing artworks on one's vessel is such a complex business.
• A Collector’s Guide to Freeports: Capital Efficiency, Tax Timing and Strategic Anonymity
  03 August 2026
  “Savvy art buyers can take advantage of the benefits," one lawyer told Observer, "but care must be taken to avoid blurring the distinction between legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion.”
• The Unwritten Rules of Flying Private, According to the People Who Run the Jets
  03 August 2026
  Private jet travel has never been more visible—or more lucrative, with the market on track to surpass $33 billion this year. But the executives running fractional ownership, charter and semi-private operations tell Observer the smartest fliers are the quietest ones: no tail numbers in photos, no raised voices in the cabin, no tipping off the internet to where—or when—you're landing. From seating hierarchy to what to actually order onboard, here's how the industry's top CEOs say discretion, not decadence, is the real marker of who's flown private before.
• At Vraic, Nathan Davies Puts Guernsey’s Coast on the Plate
  03 August 2026
  The Michelin-starred chef's tasting menu draws from Guernsey seaweed, island dairy and Welsh grain at a restaurant close enough to London for an ambitious day trip.
• Inside SuperShe Island, the Private Finnish Retreat Where Women Went to Disappear
  03 August 2026
  Somewhere in the Baltic Sea, a small, self-selected group of women retreat to eat flowers and learn about their "inner mammal." SuperShe Island promised reinvention without distraction.
• How Aspen Art Fair Is Turning the Mountain Escape Into a Collector Destination
  01 August 2026
  The town’s concentrated wealth and expanding cultural ecosystem offer dealers a lucrative summer alternative to the conventional fair circuit.
• These Are the Must-See Art Exhibitions in Athens Right Now
  31 July 2026
  The proliferation of museums, foundations, private collections and galleries has turned the Greek capital into an annual destination for contemporary art.

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03 August 2026

• England and Wales had driest July on record, according to provisional figures
  03 August 2026
  The weather service said that of the two UK countries, England had recorded just 6.5 millimeters of rain, 10% of the usual average figure, while Wales had 9.3 mm.
• Putin critic Boris Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
  03 August 2026
  Nadezhdin was recently detained, fined, and barred from running for Parliament after being labelled a 'foreign agent' by the Russian authorities.
• Greece battles second consecutive week of wildfires
  03 August 2026
  The main fires are currently near the villages of Kandyli Megara and Agia Skepi, around 50 kilometers by road west of Athens, Yannis Artopios, a spokesperson for the fire department, told state TV.
• Meloni, who benefited from European solidarity in Lampedusa in 2023, seeks to isolate Spain
  03 August 2026
  The far-right Italian prime minister wants to position herself as a European leader on migration, as Italy heads into an election campaign expected to be dominated by identitarian politics.
• French court rejects pro-Kremlin commentator Fedorova's deportation appeal
  03 August 2026
  Xenia Fedorova's lawyer said she was abroad when the expulsion order was issued and that she will not return to France unless it is suspended or overturned.
• Anger, anxiety, and compassion in Ceuta after border crisis
  03 August 2026
  Two days after 50,000 people surged into the Spanish enclave, Ceuta was calm again on Sunday, but residents said they felt abandoned by Madrid.
• Four Mohamed Al-Fayed survivors recognized as victims of human trafficking
  03 August 2026
  To date, 157 victims have reported allegations that they were sexually assaulted, raped, or trafficked by the former tycoon and owner of Harrod's department store. Al-Fayed died in 2023, at the age of 94, without facing any prosecution.
• Ceuta crisis: Spain and Morocco's 30 years of strategic rapprochement and underlying tensions
  03 August 2026
  The influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30 and 31 marks another episode in the tumultuous relationship between Spain and Morocco, which has seen both cooperation and conflict since the signing of their Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation in the 1990s.
• In Barcelona, Russian and Ukrainian exiles cross paths at the baths: 'We don't talk about the war, not even at the banya'
  02 August 2026
  For the past year, traditional steam baths from Eastern Europe and Russia have been springing up across the Catalan capital. Popular with both Russians and Ukrainians – who arrived by the thousands on the Costa Brava at the start of the war in 2022 – the establishments have become an unexpected place for the two communities to coexist.
• Russia recruits young women from Latin America to assemble drones in Tatarstan
  02 August 2026
  Russia's Alabuga Start program offers training and jobs to Latin American women under the pretense of employment in the hospitality or logistics sectors, only to ultimately hire them to assemble drones used against Ukraine.