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Turkish deep-sea search vessel joins efforts to retrieve 20 still missing after Cyprus ferry disaster

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:37:06+00:00

TCG Isin expected to play vital role in locating Filo Jet’s voyage data recorder 514 metres below surfaceA deep-sea search and rescue vessel is on its way to Cyprus as Turkey joins efforts to retrieve the 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the island’s northern coast.The TCG Isin will join the vast operation to find survivors after the high-speed ferry sank on Sunday barely four nautical miles outside the port town of Kyrenia. Continue reading...

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Кличко закликав уряд не обмежувати рух між берегами Києва під час тривог та послабити комендантську годину

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-31T18:30:39+00:00

Віталій Кличко (на екрані мобільного телефону) відповідає на питання журналістів / фото Колесник Евгений Рада оборони Києва звернулася до уряду щодо змін в протоколи безпеки столиці. Зокрема, в мерії...

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Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos from prediction platform for life

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:26:30+00:00

Santos was accused of profiting from bets tied to his attendance at Trump’s State of the Union addressGeorge Santos, the former Republican congressman whose political career collapsed under a mountain of lies, has become the first person ever handed a lifetime ban by the prediction-market platform Kalshi.The company announced the permanent suspension on Monday, along with a $71,356 fine, after federal regulators accused Santos of profiting from bets tied to his own attendance at Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year. Continue reading...

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L’Inde sommée de respecter un traité sur le partage des eaux avec le Pakistan, après une décision de la Cour permanente d’arbitrage

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-31T18:17:33+00:00

En mai 2025, New Delhi avait annoncé la suspension de sa participation à cet accord portant sur le partage des eaux, qui concerne, entre autres, le fleuve Indus, après avoir accusé le Pakistan d’avoir soutenu une attaque meurtrière contre des touristes dans la partie indienne du Cachemire, ce qu’Islamabad a démenti.

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Burnham to tell Commons more public ownership is only way to grow UK economy

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:13:31+00:00

Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reformAndy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the country.Burnham will address the house for the first time in 16 years from the frontbench, and six weeks since he became prime minister, after spending the summer recess announcing a slew of policies that will now be put before MPs. Continue reading...

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More public ownership is only way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:13:31+00:00

Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reformAndy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the country.Burnham will address the house for the first time in 16 years from the frontbench, and six weeks since he became prime minister, after spending the summer recess announcing a slew of policies that will now be put before MPs. Continue reading...

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More public control is only way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:13:31+00:00

Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reformAndy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the country.Burnham will address the house for the first time in 16 years from the frontbench, and six weeks since he became prime minister, after spending the summer recess announcing a slew of policies that will now be put before MPs. Continue reading...

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More public control is the way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:13:31+00:00

Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reformAndy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the country.Burnham will address the house for the first time in 16 years from the frontbench, and six weeks since he became prime minister, after spending the summer recess announcing a slew of policies that will now be put before MPs. Continue reading...

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Andrew Griffith and Tom Tugendhat join Badenoch’s top team in Tory reshuffle

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:07:20+00:00

Conservative leader sacks shadow chancellor Mel Stride and shadow foreign secretary Priti PatelKemi Badenoch sacked her shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, and shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, in a sweeping Conservative reshuffle on Monday, replacing Stride with Andrew Griffith, and Patel with Tom Tugendhat.Stride, who had been shadow chancellor since Badenoch became leader, was widely seen among Tories as failing to make an impression at a time when Labour had been under pressure over the economy. Continue reading...

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Congressional nominee Brad Lander heckled over Israel stance at New York protest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T18:03:39+00:00

Lander screamed at and verbally abused as he protested against Hindu nationalist rally in Madison Square GardenNew York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was screamed at and verbally abused by protesters over his stance on Israel as he protested a Hindu nationalist politician speaking outside Madison Square Garden.As Lander attended a demonstration on Saturday against the event, organized by the Hindu nationalist RSS movement and where Mohan Bhagwat, leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was speaking, he was confronted by several protesters demanding that he leave the rally. Continu

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Police appeal after unidentified woman’s body found in Liverpool park

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:58:12+00:00

Body of victim thought to be in her 70s found in bin bag in walled garden area of Stanley Park on FridayPolice in Liverpool have urged members of the public to come forward with information after the body of an unknown woman believed to be in her 70s was found in a black bin bag in a popular park.Merseyside police were contacted by a passerby who had found the woman’s body in Stanley Park, in the Anfield area of Liverpool, at about 5.25pm on Friday 28 August. Continue reading...

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Modi calls on Putin to end Russia-Ukraine war at SCO summit

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-31T17:53:11+00:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Vladimir Putin in Bishkek, while India continued to balance its longstanding ties with Russia, Iran and the US

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Trump vows to hit Iran hard as pressure on its economy grows

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:50:29+00:00

President Donald Trump said that the United States, which had transitioned largely to economic warfare, would respond militarily to the Iranian attack on Jordan.

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Trump attacks datacenter pushback, saying opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:32:02+00:00

Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homesDonald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”.As controversy surrounding local datacenter plans continues to swirl around election campaigns nationwide ahead of November’s midterm elections, the US president declared Americans “will only have yourselves to blame” if they are canceled. Continue reading...

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Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:32:02+00:00

Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homesDonald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”.As controversy surrounding local datacenter plans continues to swirl around election campaigns nationwide ahead of November’s midterm elections, the US president declared Americans “will only have yourselves to blame” if they are canceled. Continue reading...

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Российские разработчики получат национальные сертификаты для подписи кода

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-31T17:23:54+00:00

Минцифры предложило закрепить правила выдачи российских сертификатов для написанного кода. Информация о них будет отображаться в установочном файле конкретной программы. Это значит, что по электронной метке операционная система сможет определить издателя и предупредить пользователя, если программа выпущена неизвестной компанией. Об этом говорится в проекте постановления правительства, с которым ознакомились «Ведомости».

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War on Iran: US bombs Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:22:32+00:00

War on Iran: US bombs Iran

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Trump says US will ‘hit Iran hard’ as hostilities resume – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:17:13+00:00

Iran responded to an assault on its Larak Island by targeting US bases in JordanTrump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-upCoinciding with this week’s G20 meeting, the EU has issued a statement saying it will work with the US and other allied countries to maintain economic pressure against Iran.“The ‌EU welcomes efforts at ensuring that Iran ceases its destabilising activities and engages in peace negotiations with good ‌faith, also through additional economic pressure, including through ​the US-led Operation Economic Outcast,” it said in reference to the pressu

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Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-up

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-31T17:13:55+00:00

Washington says it acted after observing Iran was planning to deploy fresh mines in strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US and Iran have exchanged fire for the first time in a month, with missiles and drones fired at Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, and Iran targeting US military bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in response.The US president, Donald Trump, on Monday threatened further action. The US is to trying to prise open Tehran’s grip on shipping going through the strait, which before the war accounted for a fifth of the wor

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