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En Ukraine, la mort d’Oleksi Ioukov, le « collecteur d’âmes » qui consacrait sa vie à exhumer les corps de soldats morts sur le front

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-24T18:30:04+00:00

Depuis 2022, cet ancien professeur de boxe thaï avait contribué à dégager près de 4 000 corps des zones de combat, des Russes comme des Ukrainiens, des militaires comme des civils. Il a été tué le 5 août par l’explosion d’une mine dans le Donbass, à l’âge de 40 ans.

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En Ukraine, la mort d’Oleksi Ioukov, le « collecteur d’âmes » qui consacrait sa vie à exhumer les corps de soldats morts sur le front, y compris de Russes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-24T18:30:00+00:00

Depuis 2022, cet ancien professeur de boxe thaï avait contribué à dégager près de 4 000 corps des zones de combat, des Russes comme des Ukrainiens, des militaires comme des civils. Il a été tué le 5 août par l’explosion d’une mine dans le Donbass, à l’âge de 40 ans.

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US treasury secretary announces ‘onslaught’ of sanctions to isolate Iran from world economy – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T18:26:40+00:00

Scott Bessent says treasury is launching ‘economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections’ as Tehran vows to retaliate against cooperating countriesSign up for the US Breaking News emailDonald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50% today, after trade negotiations between Washington and Ottowa broke down last week.On Truth Social, the president blasted Canada, and said the new duties will go into effect on 1 January 2027. “On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entit

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Casi 50 años de sanciones infructuosas contra Irán

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-24T18:23:41+00:00

Trump profundiza en la estrategia estadounidenses de asfixiar a la República Islámica por la vía coercitiva, pero el margen de acción cada vez es menor

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Medio siglo de sanciones infructuosas contra Irán

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-08-24T18:23:41+00:00

Trump profundiza en la estrategia estadounidenses de asfixiar a la República Islámica por la vía coercitiva, pero el margen de acción cada vez es menor

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Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T18:22:14+00:00

Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from disputeAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from youMark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.The prime minister’s remarks came hours after the US president, Donald Trump, showed little interest in retreating

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US immigration officers reassigned to screen South African refugees and find ‘unlawful’ voters

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T18:16:42+00:00

Exclusive: internal correspondence reveals USCIS anti-fraud officers shifted on to two ‘high-priority’ initiativesAll US immigration officers working for a key anti-fraud unit have been reassigned by Donald Trump’s administration to focus on screening South African refugees and alleged “unlawful” voters.Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) immigration officers have been shifted full-time on to two “high-priority” initiatives, according to internal correspondence seen by the Guardian, leaving US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unable to provide officers to train

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NYPD to investigate another video of people emerging from manhole

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T18:16:37+00:00

Video posted on social media shows three people climbing out of sewer system at 4am, months after similar reportsNew York City’s police department (NYPD) says it is investigating a recent video of three people emerging from a manhole in the latest such episode to cause mystery.Posted to TikTok on Friday, the video showed three people – one after the other – climbing out of a manhole at 4.19am on 18 August wearing headlamps and black overalls near Madison Square Garden. Continue reading...

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UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T18:16:14+00:00

London and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructureAI models trained on Ukrainian battlefield data will be used to stop protesters and foreign states targeting UK defence sites, railways and energy plants under a deal struck between London and Kyiv.Private companies will also be given access to the vast trove of data from Ukraine’s Avengers AI lab to help build new systems, the first agreement of its kind in the UK. Continue reading...

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Soutien de la Chine à l’Iran : « personne ne peut échapper aux sanctions américaines », déclare le secrétaire au Trésor américain

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-24T18:10:53+00:00

Les pays qui ne participeraient pas aux sanctions souhaitées par les Etats-Unis « partageront l’isolement de l’Iran » a mis en garde Scott Bessent, alors que Donald Trump a appelé durant le week-end un certain nombre de pays à se joindre à sa « guerre économique ».

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Soutien de la Chine à l’Iran : « Personne ne peut échapper aux sanctions américaines », déclare le secrétaire au Trésor américain

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-24T18:10:53+00:00

Les pays qui ne participeraient pas aux sanctions souhaitées par les Etats-Unis « partageront l’isolement de l’Iran » a mis en garde Scott Bessent, alors que Donald Trump a appelé durant le week-end un certain nombre de pays à se joindre à sa « guerre économique ».

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Reform would evict social housing tenants over unkempt gardens

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T17:40:02+00:00

Plan part of a wider policy to remove foreign nationals from social homes and prioritise young British-born couplesSocial housing tenants will be evicted if they fail to keep their gardens well maintained under a Reform UK government, the party has announced.Lee Anderson, the party’s chair, said that if Reform came to power it would insist that those in social rented homes would be required to keep their properties decorated and gardens looked after. Continue reading...

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Man Who Told of a Childhood With Wolves Dies at 80

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-24T17:39:42+00:00

The improbable story of Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja’s wild youth became the subject of a study, as well as inspiring a novel and a film.

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Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T17:34:50+00:00

Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ missionThe Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African wildlife charity that had been at the centre of a human rights controversy.Prince Harry’s spokesperson confirmed he was no longer a trustee of African Parks, which admitted last year that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in the Republic of the Congo. Continue reading...

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US treasury secretary announces ‘unprecedented campaign’ of sanctions against Iran – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T17:30:22+00:00

Scott Bessent says Treasury is launching ‘economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections’ as Tehran vows to retaliate against any cooperating countriesIran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctionsSign up for the US Breaking News emailDonald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50% today, after trade negotiations between Washington and Ottowa broke down last week.On Truth Social, the president blasted Canada, and said the new duties will go into effect on 1 January 2027. “On Trade, and in other ways

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Problems brewing for the proper pint as Camra membership falls

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-24T17:01:13+00:00

Cost of living has hit campaign group while multinationals are threatening to squeeze out independent breweriesFor centuries, the wooden real ale pump has been the hallmark of a good British boozer. But now problems are brewing for the proper pint, as the Campaign for Real Ale has seen its membership sink to an eight-year low and its accounts show it is firmly in the red, making an £800,000 loss last year.Real ale is a traditional draught cask beer, a “living” product that is produced and stored in its cask. It differs from a cold, fizzy lager, in which the yeast is killed and carbon dioxide

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