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• Russia warns UK will pay for supplying drones to Ukraine
  18 August 2026
  Russia accuses the UK of escalating the Ukraine war after British-made drones were used in strikes, but the MoD says it stands against Russian aggression.
• IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
  18 August 2026
  Multiple children are feared to have been conceived using sperm and egg donors which were not the ones selected by the parents.
• British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
  18 August 2026
  The newlyweds, named as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, were killed alongside their Greek pilot.
• Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
  18 August 2026
  German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
• Heavy showers and thunderstorms bring risk of flash flooding to UK
  18 August 2026
  Heavy showers are expected over the next few days, bringing a risk of flash flooding. But there are early indications heatwave conditions could return in September.
• Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts
  18 August 2026
  Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.
• Hayden Panettiere's ex Wladimir Klitschko says family in 'profound shock and grief'
  18 August 2026
  The former heavyweight boxing champion shares a child with the Heroes actress, who died on Sunday.
• US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins
  18 August 2026
  US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.
• Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel
  18 August 2026
  The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.
• Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says Ireland's police body
  18 August 2026
  The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".

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• Somali army repels troups loyal to ousted leader and Islamist insurgents
  18 August 2026
  Somali national forces repelled an assault by troops loyal to an ousted regional leader and Islamist insurgents on Monday over control of the key city of Baidoa. The assault involved "vehicles laden with explosives" according to the government, which said its troops killed nearly 30 militants in their response. Details by Laurent Berstecher.
• French PM announces support for fire-damaged villages after jeers from residents
  18 August 2026
  The French government has approved a special budget worth 12 million euros to help towns affected by the recent wildfires in the country's south. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a raft of other support measures including tax breaks for companies affected by the calamity. Earlier, he was jeered by some inhabitants when he visited Le Porge where 183 homes were ravaged by fire. Story by Yuka Royer.
• Trump threatens to bomb Oman, as its ally tires to mediate Iran negotiations
  18 August 2026
  As the 60-day ceasefire deadline passes, US President Donald Trump is lashing out at an American ally trying to mediate negotiations between the US and Iran. Using an expletive, Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way." This isn’t the first time Trump has threatened Oman. Details by Monte Francis.
• In Jerusalem, US negotiator Jared Kushner presses Netanyahu about Gaza deal
  18 August 2026
  Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days after the premier rejected the US-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza. The meeting follows Kushner's meeting with Hamas’ leader in Egypt, as the US presses for Israel’s approval of the road map. Story by Ellen Gainsford.
• Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan moved to hospital from jail over health concerns
  18 August 2026
  A Pakistani court ordered former prime minister Imran Khan to be moved from prison to a hospital over claims of poor health. The 73-year-old cricket star and his wife were sentenced to 17 years of jail last year after facing several graft legal cases. 
• Ukraine launches over 600 drones at Moscow region
  18 August 2026
  We start the programme with the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. Early this morning, Ukraine launched over 600 drones at the Moscow region, in one of its biggest air assaults on the Russian capital. At least three ​people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in the region. Meanwhile, a Russian attack on the Kharkiv region in northeast Ukraine has killed ten people. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.
• Syria sentences to death Assad's detained cousin for war crimes
  18 August 2026
  Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday. 
• Visit Rome by night: Italian capital tests new tourism strategy
  18 August 2026
  In the face of recent heatwaves and the big crowds that saturate the historic tourist sites during the day, this summer, Rome is testing a new way to visit the city: by opening tourist sites at night. This initiative includes museums, parks, archeological sites, monuments, villas, and historic residences. A revolution in the tourist rhythm explained by our correspondent in Rome, Natalia Mendoza, along with Bernard Bedarida and Charlotte Davan Wetton.
• 30 years after fatal shooting, Tupac's murder trial underway in Nevada
  18 August 2026
  An unsolved tragedy that shook the music industry forever, enters a Nevada courtroom. The murder trial of former gang leader Duane Davis is now underway in Las Vegas, where prosecutors are laying out what they describe as a deadly act of revenge against rapper Tupac Shakur. Story by Caitlin Brown.
• Kevin Lamour sacked by FIFA after publicly criticising Infantino's plan
  18 August 2026
  FIFA has reportedly sacked the organisation chief operating officer, who last month, published scathing criticism of Gianni Infantino's now-shelved plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private equity. Frenchman Kevin Lamour has now departed the world football governing body, which was confirmed by FIFA on Monday. The FIFA president is still holding on though despite a wave of opposition from UEFA and other confederations and a growing number of member countries. Story by Oliver Farry.

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18 August 2026

• Moscow warns London over role in Ukraine conflict after UK-made drones strike Russia
  18 August 2026
  Drones supplied to Ukraine by a British defense firm were reportedly used to carry out strikes on Russian territory. In a statement on Monday, Russia's embassy in London accused Britian of becoming 'an accomplice and co-perpetrator' of the attacks.
• Thousands mourn ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday in London vigil
  17 August 2026
  Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.
• Virgin receives track access to launch Eurostar rival in 2030
  17 August 2026
  British group Virgin received high-speed rail access through the Channel Tunnel, an element needed to launch a rival service to Eurostar, which has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel since 1994.
• Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping toward Germany
  16 August 2026
  Firefighters from all over Belgium as well as from Germany have been deployed across the High Fens park, an area of boggy peatlands and pine forests near the German border, in an attempt to tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildifre.
• British PM calls for 'reflection' after death of Cambridge professor
  16 August 2026
  The family of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who was found dead days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations, has accused his critics of subjecting him to years of harassment.
• Probe into €5.8 million gift to Nigel Farage reopens as he wins by-election
  14 August 2026
  The leader of the far-right Reform UK party reclaimed his Clacton seat, triggering the reopening of a parliamentary standards probe into a £5 million donation from a crypto billionaire.
• PM Burnham says 'tinderbox' Britain must 'face up to the changing climate'
  14 August 2026
  His comments came during a visit to an area devastated by wildfires.
• UK firefighters 'under significant pressure' as multiple blazes rage
  14 August 2026
  The UK's National Fire Chiefs Council said firefighters battling several wildfires across the country were 'doing their absolute best' amid 'particularly difficult' conditions, with almost three-quarters of England in a state of drought.
• British far right's leader Farage beats Count Binface to win by-election
  14 August 2026
  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won with 63% of the vote in an election that was boycotted by the major parties. A parliamentary probe into undisclosed gifts he received was subsequently reopened.
• 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.

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18 August 2026

• Ship hit in Hormuz as Iran's top negotiator says strait to stay shut
  18 August 2026
  Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the waterway would remain closed until Washington lifted its naval blockade, released frozen Iranian assets and dropped oil sanctions, as an unidentified projectile hit a ship transiting the strait, causing at least one casualty.
• Lorca's latest works found: a love letter cut short by the Civil War and an unpublished poem
  18 August 2026
  Scholars are still uncovering works by the Granada poet and playwright, shot 90 years ago for his politics and sexuality. Two biopics about him are due between 2026 and 2027.
• UK wage growth lags as Iran war weighs on cost of living
  18 August 2026
  The ongoing Middle East crisis has led to soaring energy prices across the UK and much of Europe, further contributing to higher living costs.
• Laura Cardoso, legend of Brazilian soap operas, dies aged 98
  18 August 2026
  Her death was confirmed by relatives via the actress's official Instagram. On TV she shone in telenovelas including "Chocolate com Pimenta", "Caminho das Índias" and "Gabriela".
• Y2K travel is the nostalgia-fuelled holiday trend taking millennials back to the 90s and 00s
  18 August 2026
  New research reveals that 65% of millennials travel in search of “simpler times”, with everything from Lizzie McGuire Vespa tours in Rome to Barbie dream houses and retro gaming adventures driving the rise of Y2K travel.
• Foot-and-mouth disease: Lesvos cheese ban lifted amid tourist season
  18 August 2026
  Free transport of cheese products by Lesbos visitors - tourists and locals can now take them off the island
• 'Niu Lai': How is a 'disaster-level' Chinese animated film rivalling 'The Odyssey' at the box-office?
  18 August 2026
  A low-budget and shoddy-looking animated film has emerged as this summer’s most unexpected box-office hit in China. Here’s how ‘Niu Lai’ has transformed online mockery into big bucks and a viral phenomenon.
• Rhine drought, heatwaves and deaths: Is it time for Germany to enshrine climate protection in law?
  18 August 2026
  Germany’s coalition government is split over putting climate protection in the constitution.
• FIFA confirms COO Kevin Lamour has left after criticising Infantino's World Cup plans
  18 August 2026
  The senior FIFA executive had warned speaking out against Infantino's controversial investment plan could cost him his job.
• Leap of faith: Firefighter's ladder too short, woman jumps from 11th floor blaze in Berlin
  18 August 2026
  The video shows how the woman made the two-storey drop and land safely in the basket of the ladder next to a firefighter.

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• Grażyna Kulczyk Has Spent 50 Years Collecting Artists Who Were Difficult to Place
  18 August 2026
  With Observer, the Muzeum Susch founder reflected on the ideal conditions for viewing art, the feminist figures she most appreciates and how artistic importance does not always dovetail with historical visibility.
• In Gherdëina, Curating a Biennale Around the Politics of the Garden
  17 August 2026
  "The garden is less a physical site than a conceptual space through which we could think about belonging, stewardship, memory and our shared responsibility toward the future," curator Samuel Leuenberger told Observer.
• The Tech Billionaires Funding A.I.’s Next Chapter on Campus
  17 August 2026
  As the cost of serious A.I. research climbs, universities are increasingly turning to billionaire donors and tech leaders to keep pace. Michael Dell, Jensen Huang, Reed Hastings and others are funding A.I. research across American universities.
• The Next Career Ladder Is Business Ownership
  17 August 2026
  Citizens’ Mark Valentino argues that the next generation of entrepreneurs does not necessarily need to build a company from scratch to own one. Valentino examines the succession wave facing America’s small businesses and the opportunities it creates for younger operators willing to take on the less glamorous realities of ownership.
• The Case for the Campus Art Museum in an Age of Cuts
  17 August 2026
  Despite financial pressures and political headwinds, university art museums sustain ambitious, ethically grounded collecting and exhibition programs reflective of an ongoing commitment to intellectual and creative freedom in academia.
• Higher Education Doesn’t Need a Better Story. It Needs a More Believable One.
  17 August 2026
  Global Strategy Group’s Alexandra Sollberger interrogates declining public confidence in higher education. Sollberger argues that colleges must distinguish between what needs to be explained, what needs to be reframed, and what needs to change—and make their institutional practices as credible as the stories they tell.
• The CEOs and Billionaire Investors Governing America’s Top Universities
  17 August 2026
  Some of Wall Street and Silicon Valley’s biggest names serve unpaid trustee roles at the country’s most prestigious universities. From Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to Apple's Tim Cook, some of corporate America’s most powerful leaders also help govern elite universities.
• Anne and Arthur Goldstein Reflect On the Responsibility of the Collector
  17 August 2026
  The couple recently donated 70 artworks to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey, bringing the total number of works they have given to the institution to 160.
• The Most Anticipated L.A. Restaurant Openings Arriving in August
  17 August 2026
  Upscale chop houses, refurbished French bistros and hearty Mediterranean cuisine give summer a delicious send-off.
• A Daring Antonello da Messina Heist Raises New Questions About Museum Security
  17 August 2026
  The lightning-fast theft at MuMe in Messina targeted rare works by the artist, raising new questions about museum security as art values become increasingly visible.

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18 August 2026

• Far-right rhetoric escalates in Italy as former general Roberto Vannacci gains ground
  18 August 2026
  The rise in the polls of the leader of National Future, a party with an identitarian and masculinist vision founded by the former member of the League, has prompted the parties in Giorgia Meloni's coalition to take a tougher stance.
• Moscow warns London over role in Ukraine conflict after UK-made drones strike Russia
  18 August 2026
  Drones supplied to Ukraine by a British defense firm were reportedly used to carry out strikes on Russian territory. In a statement on Monday, Russia's embassy in London accused Britian of becoming 'an accomplice and co-perpetrator' of the attacks.
• Thousands mourn ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday in London vigil
  17 August 2026
  Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.
• France's foreign minister: 'The case of Xenia Fedorova highlights the interference threat we face'
  17 August 2026
  Following the expulsion order issued against the Russian propagandist at the end of July, Jean-Noël Barrot emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between opinion, which seeks to persuade; information manipulation, which aims to deceive; and interference, whose objective is to exert outside pressure on our freedom of choice.
• Virgin receives track access to launch Eurostar rival in 2030
  17 August 2026
  British group Virgin received high-speed rail access through the Channel Tunnel, an element needed to launch a rival service to Eurostar, which has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel since 1994.
• Russian court sentences anti-war politician Shlosberg to 11 years in jail
  17 August 2026
  Prominent Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and was charged over his participation in an online debate on the war as well as for sharing critical articles about it.
• Wind and rain help limit spread of Belgium wildfire, officials say
  17 August 2026
  Belgian officials said Monday weather conditions had caused a wildfire to spread more slowly overnight as reinforcements were sent to contain a blaze that had been headed to the German border.
• Inside the nighttime operations of the Ukrainian drone regiment pummelling Moscow
  17 August 2026
  The 413th Unmanned Systems Forces Regiment has been stepping up strikes deep within Russia from Ukrainian territory. Kyiv has accelerated its military efforts to bring the fight to the heart of its invader's economic infrastructure.
• Georgia's longest protest movement has become a symbol of resistance: 'We are defending our European future'
  17 August 2026
  Despite crackdowns, hundreds of people have demonstrated daily since the suspension of the country's European Union integration process in November 2024. As exhaustion sets in, some are questioning the effectiveness of these protests.
• Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum
  16 August 2026
  The thieves removed all five panels of the 'San Gregorio Polyptych' from their frame, but abandoned two behind a wall while fleeing. An art expert estimated the stolen works at €70 million to €80 million.