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• Trump hidden in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say
  11 August 2026
  The US president was moved from the old Air Force One to a military plane as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, US media say.
• Amber heat health alerts in place for almost all of England as next heatwave hits
  11 August 2026
  The amber alerts are in place until Friday evening to cover high and even extreme temperatures expected through this week.
• Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
  11 August 2026
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.
• Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says
  11 August 2026
  Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.
• 'I started in my 20s and made £8,000': Why women are often better investors than men
  11 August 2026
  Women can make higher returns but only about a quarter of UK women have investments, compared with about 40% of men.
• Perseid meteor shower reaches peak: When and where to catch a glimpse
  11 August 2026
  On Wednesday night the Perseids will peak offering the best chance of seeing a 'shooting star'.
• Call with No10 gives us hope, PC Harper's mother says
  11 August 2026
  Debbie Adlam says she does not want a "special case" for her son, but for killers of emergency workers to be exempt.
• Trump says it would be 'terrible mistake' to remove Infantino
  11 August 2026
  US President Donald Trump says it would be a "terrible mistake" if under-pressure Fifa president Gianni Infantino was ousted.
• Jewish school heads spend more time on security than education, review finds
  11 August 2026
  It's one of the findings from an independent review into antisemitism in schools and colleges.
• England set to eliminate hepatitis C
  11 August 2026
  England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.

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• Esports World Cup underway in Paris
  11 August 2026
  Paris is currently hosting the third Esports World Cup, at which thousands of competitors are vying for 25 titles in 24 esports. For more on that topic, FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry is joined by Nicolas Besombes, Assistant Professor of Sports Sociology at the Institute of Sport and Health at Paris Cité University.
• UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC accuse Gianni Infantino of 'fundamental breach of trust'
  11 August 2026
  Three of FIFA's six confederations issued an open letter to the "football family" on Monday (August 10) attacking President ​Gianni Infantino's conduct during the proposed sale of a stake in World Cup commercial rights and calling for leadership that works for the game.
• New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo
  11 August 2026
  Clinical trial of the Zaire Ebolavirus vaccine Ervebo to be investigated against the current Bundibugyo strain.
• Tupac Shakur murder trial begins 30 years after rapper's death
  11 August 2026
  The trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur started this week with jury selection, almost 30 years after the rap legend was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet tells us more.
• Rwandan Tungsten mine enters US defence supply chain
  11 August 2026
  Rwanda-based mining company Trinity Metals exports from its Nyakabingo tungsten mine up to 20% of primary tungsten concentrate consumption in the US.
• Donald Trump took secret flight out of Turkey over Iran threat, the Washington Post reports
  11 August 2026
  US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
• Zambia prepares for 8th general election since its return to a multi-party democracy
  11 August 2026
  Zambians head to polls on Thursday for a general election where President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term as leader of the southern African country that has some of the world’s richest copper reserves and is a critical mineral hub. The election will also choose lawmakers and local councilors.
• Donald Trump signs order reducing recommended childhood vaccines
  11 August 2026
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday (August 10) calling for fewer childhood vaccinations ​by ‌limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations.
• 🔴 Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity in absentia
  11 August 2026
• Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity in absentia
  11 August 2026
  A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday, along with his younger brother, for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

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11 August 2026

• UK government declares drought in 'almost three-quarters' of England
  10 August 2026
  After the United Kingdom experienced its driest July on record, the government declared that some 71.3% of England was in a state of drought, and that 'nowhere' in the UK reports a normal water resource status.
• Milton Keynes, north of London, pioneers grocery delivery by small robots
  08 August 2026
  The British government is revising the law to allow these machines, which are already being deployed in around 20 cities, to operate on sidewalks.
• Five arrested in England after anti-migrant protests target asylum seeker homes
  07 August 2026
  Three nights of anti-migrant violence in the town of Thetford forced police to evacuate asylum seekers from their targeted homes. It was 'highly likely that the protesters would have got into the property... and really threatened the safety of the occupants,' according to the local police chief.
• EasyJet confirms takeover by US private equity firm Apollo
  06 August 2026
  The British low-cost airline confirmed the £5.7 billion sale. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of next year, it added.
• UK gives green light to Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros
  06 August 2026
  The UK's main competition and consumer protection regulator found that the takeover would not weaken competition in film distribution, children's TV and streaming services.
• Woman arrested after four men stabbed in central London
  05 August 2026
  London Ambulance Service said the four patients had been taken to a major trauma center after having been treated at the scene.
• Over 170 migrants rescued after boat catches fire during Channel crossing
  04 August 2026
  French authorities said it is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.
• France blasts Farage's proposal to use navy to stop Channel migrants
  04 August 2026
  The leader of Reform UK unveiled a promise to deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small boats to France. The French interior ministry said the plan 'would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law.'
• 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.

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11 August 2026

• Three Banksy artworks cost UK taxpayers almost £150,000 to remove
  11 August 2026
  The costs have reignited the debate over whether Banksy’s work should be treated as vandalism or valuable public art - and whether taxpayers should have to contribute.
• Security at the border: How the securitarian agenda came to dominate EU migration policy
  11 August 2026
  The Ceuta migrant influx exposed how the political right-wing now dominates EU migration policy, with even left-wing leaders adopting a security-first approach as progressive policies are increasingly isolated.
• Iran executes woman who claimed self-defence against sexual assault
  11 August 2026
  Marzieh Nieri, 23, was executed at Qazvin Central Prison after a court rejected her account of wounding a man who had attempted to assault her, bringing the number of women executed in Iran since the start of 2026 to at least 14.
• Ithaca expects tourism surge after the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey blockbuster
  11 August 2026
  Next tourist season, the small island in the Ionian is expected to feature on the travel lists of thousands of tourists arriving from abroad.
• Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity
  11 August 2026
  A Syrian court handed death sentences to Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher — both in absentia — alongside their cousin Atef Najib, who attended the trial in a cage and was found guilty of leading the 2011 Daraa crackdown that sparked the civil war.
• Australia's PM Anthony Albanese under fire for 'melons' gag about Japanese leader
  11 August 2026
  Asked whether he would say sorry for his "disrespectful behaviour" in parliament on Tuesday, the Australian leader said: "I reject the assertion in the question."
• Russia fired North Korean missiles in attack that killed six in Zaporizhzhia, Zelenskyy says
  11 August 2026
  Ukraine's president has repeatedly sounded the alarm over deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies.
• Why is the internet accusing Anne Hathaway of wearing a fake pregnancy belly?
  11 August 2026
  Social media users have claimed that Anne Hathaway was wearing a fake pregnancy belly on the red carpet for the premiere of 'The End Of Oak Street'. This has led the actress to respond and further proves that the chronically online really need a hobby.
• Off sick for up to ten years: what lies behind Germany's teacher shortage
  11 August 2026
  At the start of the new school year, many German schools face an acute staffing crisis, with teachers missing in several subjects and lengthy sick leave further tightening an already tense situation.
• Rescuers search rubble in Cali as Colombia’s strongest quake in decades hits
  11 August 2026
  Rescuers in Cali search rubble after Colombia’s strongest quake this century, which killed over 130 people, left hundreds injured and many missing.

Observer

• Centro Botín Champions Marisol’s Drawings and Rethinks Her Legacy
  10 August 2026
  The idea of the female body as, per Vallés Vílchez, "a site of expectations" runs through her work without question, and her aesthetics of fragmented female bodies seem to address the deep malaise of living in a sexist society.
• How Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr. Are Connecting the Creative Cultures of Asia and Latin America
  10 August 2026
  With the launch of 603 Arts Foundation, the collectors are expanding their support of artists beyond the mere acquisition of works.
• The Great Wealth Transfer Is Really a Trust Transfer
  10 August 2026
  The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer poses a major challenge for financial services beyond managing the assets themselves. Thrivent’s Terry Rasmussen argues that wealth may transfer from one generation to the next, but trust and financial relationships must be earned anew.
• Behind Every Museum Gift Is a Negotiation Both Sides Are Trying to Win
  10 August 2026
  What collectors are really bargaining for isn't just the wall plaque but rather control over their own legacies.
• David Foster Wallace on John Updike: A Legacy of One
  10 August 2026
  In this archive piece, first published in 1997, a young David Foster Wallace takes a scalpel to John Updike and the postwar "Great Male Narcissists"—not over the prose, which he admired, but over a self-absorption so complete it left nothing behind worth inheriting. What happens when nothing gets passed down but the self?
• Estate Planning Can Turn a Lifetime of Collecting Art Into a Series of Difficult Choices
  10 August 2026
  Collectors typically resist selling, even when it's the option most likely to serve heirs.
• More Scenes From a Media Marriage: She Wants Fame, He Wants a Mistress
  10 August 2026
  Status, it turns out, isn't always inherited by blood—sometimes it just goes to whoever gets there first.
• Longevity Is a Legacy Issue. But Whose Legacy?
  10 August 2026
  Atria Research and Global Health Institute’s Khadija Rejto examines how longer lifespans are reshaping wealth transfer, philanthropy and healthcare investment. Rejto argues that longevity is a legacy challenge that will determine whether prevention, brain health and care infrastructure innovations become broadly accessible or advantages reserved for those who can afford them.
• Where to Stay, Dine and Unwind During Monterey Car Week
  10 August 2026
  Beyond the horsepower, Monterey Car Week offers a compelling reason to linger along one of California’s most scenic coastal enclaves.
• New Money, Old Crest: Inside the Manufactured Aristocracy of the Modern Wedding
  10 August 2026
  A bride from South Orange becomes a "descendant of William of Orange." A financier's son gets a custom family crest and a castle in Scotland. In this archive "Isn't That Rich?" column, Richard Kirshenbaum tours a summer of manufactured aristocracy and what happens when status is purchased rather than passed down.

Europe : Latest news on Le Monde.fr.

11 August 2026

• Hungary: Questions emerge over Péter Magyar's rapid dismantling of Orban's legacy
  11 August 2026
  Péter Magyar is set to have former constitutional judge Andras Baka elected president of Hungary on Tuesday. The appointment has sparked concerns about the prime minister's leadership style, which some see as too hasty and centralized.
• Germany drone incursions raise security concerns
  11 August 2026
  After a drone laden with explosives collided with a Ukrainian aircraft on the ground in Leipzig on August 5, many observers have pointed the finger at Russia, but Chancellor Friedrich Merz has so far remained cautious.
• UK government declares drought in 'almost three-quarters' of England
  10 August 2026
  After the United Kingdom experienced its driest July on record, the government declared that some 71.3% of England was in a state of drought, and that 'nowhere' in the UK reports a normal water resource status.
• Ukraine drone strike on Russian oil-refining city kills 13
  10 August 2026
  The attack targeted Russia's Tatarstan region, which is rich in energy resources and hosts many major oil refineries that Kyiv has targeted in retaliatory strikes. It marks one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Kyiv since the start of the war.
• Western Europe faces unprecedented drought, threatening human activity and ecosystems
  10 August 2026
  The western part of the continent has seen soil moisture levels drop far below those of July 2022, 'the last summer marked by a severe drought across Western Europe,' according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
• Greece battles new wildfire near Athens driven by strong winds
  10 August 2026
  This is the second fire near the Greek capital this summer, after one that broke out 10 days ago and destroyed more than 11,000 hectares of pine forests and farmland.
• Irish cartel boss Daniel Kinahan charged after extradition from Dubai
  10 August 2026
  The 49-year-old was flown back to Ireland after an arrest warrant was issued. He is alleged to be a leader of a transnational crime group
• Crimea, a peninsula of memories: 'What do we have left from there? Nothing. Everything is in the heart'
  09 August 2026
  A strategic and political flashpoint as well as the center of military operations in recent weeks, Crimea is also a place of deep emotional significance for Ukrainians. Le Monde explores the lasting memory of Crimea, before Russia's annexation in 2014.
• Syria says deal with Moscow reached on fate of Russian bases
  09 August 2026
  The Hmeimim airbase and Tartous naval base will be turned into 'joint training and capacity-building centers,' Syria's foreign ministry said.
• Political scientist Carlos Echeverria Jesus: 'The Ceuta crisis reflects Morocco's territorial ambitions'
  09 August 2026
  After 72,000 migrants from the Moroccan city of Fnideq reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30 and 31, the director of the Ceuta and Melilla Observatory analyzes the state of relations between Morocco and its Spanish neighbor in an interview with Le Monde.