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Liverpool agree £120m deal for Bradley Barcola after breakthrough talks with PSG

By Andy Hunter

Liverpool would pay £100m plus £20m in add-ons Andoni Iraola hints at exit for Cody Gakpo Liverpool are closing in on a £120m deal for Bradley Barcola after a ­breakthrough in talks with Paris Saint-Germain and will attempt to “improve other areas” according to the head coach, Andoni Iraola. Barcola has been Liverpool’s main transfer target all summer only for PSG’s £145m valuation to prove a ­significant hurdle. How

How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet floods

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A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the flooding disaster in Nepal and Tibet.

EU waiting on Meta's proposals to limit addictive designs

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The EU Commission is waiting on Meta to present changes to limit the addictive designs of its social networks, a Commission spokesperson has said.

Met Police defends drill rap use in court trials

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Drill rap lyrics have been used as evidence in recent London murder trials to help secure convictions.

UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regime The UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested in Cairo because of her sister’s political activism. Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old based in Birmingham, was arrested on 16 August while visiting Egypt. Her lawyers say

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Clowns, punks and a queen: Dartmoor town’s carnival days in the 70s and 80s – in pictures

By The Scragg brothers

Nestled in the heart of Dartmoor, Moretonhampstead carnival celebrates its 101st edition in 2026. The Scragg brothers got among the crowds with Robert Frank-like ambition to document the town’s favourite day, capturing rural creativity and chaos from one decade to the next. Here they distil some of their rare gems from 1978 to 1984. The collection fulfils a promise from one sibling, Adrian, to the other, David, who d

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Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports

By Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineries A sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The Kremlin pressures allies to sell it badly needed fuel. The data points may be diverse, but they point to

New Peak District red routes raise £4,600 in fines

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The new restrictions were introduced in May to tackle "inconsiderate" parking.

Share your tributes and memories of Yayoi Kusama

By Guardian community team

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of artist Yayoi Kusama – whether you met her, or appreciated her work Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar, has died aged 97. Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her company Yayoi Kusama Inc announced in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...

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‘Saved by a tree’: How a Nepali worker survived flash flood

By Gopal Sharma

About 1,500 people are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet

Chelsea in talks to sign Atalanta defender Ahanor

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Chelsea are in talks to sign 18-year-old Atalanta and Italy defender Honest Ahanor for £34.3m.

V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions

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Workers at three Victoria and Albert museum sites are due to strike and further staff plan to work to rule.

Some people face choice between seeing a doctor and buying food, Dr Mike Ryan says

By Katie Mellett

Former WHO chief tells webinar on universal healthcare that making patients pay is ‘single worst way’ to fund health services

KPMG Women's Irish Open R2 leaderboard

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Women's Irish Open R2 leaderboard - Irish players among early starters

Reality check: just how good is Britain’s Moses Itauma? The expert view

By Donald McRae

Before the IBF world heavyweight title clash with Filip Hrgovic on Saturday, Barry Jones and Andy Lee analyse the unbeaten fighter On Saturday night the 21-year-old Moses Itauma expects to become the second-youngest world heavyweight champion in history, after Mike Tyson, when he fights Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic for the IBF title at the O2 Arena in London. In an attempt to sift through the hype and to assess the potent

You be the judge: should my partner stop eating off other people’s plates?

By Interviews by Georgina Lawton

Helen says grabbing friends’ leftovers is a no-no. Bill thinks wasting food is wrong. You decide who should eat their words • Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror I know Bill hates waste, but pouncing on people’s leftovers is embarrassing, unhygienic and rude Continue reading...

‘You start all over’: Linda Noskova battles fame and desire after Wimbledon glory

By Tumaini Carayol

The women’s singles champion at SW19 on her off-court passions, growing up in Czechia, and the aftermath of achieving her dream Linda Noskova has spent almost her entire life working towards mastering her sport. She began travelling around Czechia, Europe and then the world for tournaments before she was a teenager. Her life decisions have revolved around tennis for as long as she can remember. Those early years prep

ECB pushing for more free-to-air coverage with ITV open to showing Test cricket

By Exclusive by Matt Hughes

Sky could share content with ITV in next rights cycle Tests in England have been behind paywall since 2006 The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to offer more rights packages to free-to-air broadcasters in the next set of TV contracts that begin in 2029. The aim is to broaden the sport’s appeal. While the ECB will not follow Cricket Australia by offering a bespoke free-to-air package for domestic Test match

‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton

By Becca Andrews in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

A memorial at the park’s entrance held bouquets, and a child asked his mothers why so many people were crying Becky Bullard was en route home to Austin, Texas, when she heard the news. “As soon as I heard about Dolly, I thought of you,” read a text from a close friend while she waited for her flight home from Albany, New York. Continue reading...

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City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment

By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Rules will require hedge funds, insurers and pension firms to report all non-financial wrongdoing The City’s largest hedge funds, insurers and pension funds are racing to prepare for sweeping rules that will stop nearly 40,000 companies from hiding bullying and harassment cases from the financial watchdog. From the start of next month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will expand a crackdown on bad behaviour in

The big transfer stories to follow in the final week of the summer window

By Harry Paterson

Bradley Barcola, Julián Alvarez, Enzo Fernández and Cody Gakpo could be on the move in the next few days By WhoScored Every transfer window has at least one saga that dominates the headlines. Barcola’s potential move to Liverpool has been that story this summer. Given that Liverpool are crying out for a right winger to replace Mohamed Salah, one of their greatest ever players, it might seem surprising that their atte

Plight of Pogba, Sancho and others is cautionary tale for any Carrick rebuild

By Dominic Booth

Bruno Fernandes is the only surviving attacker from Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s attempt to bridge gap to rivals in 2021 Five years is a long time in football. Manchester United’s summer of 2021 is now remembered as the turning point in Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s reign; the sentimental decision to sign Cristiano Ronaldo the headline act as United set off on the wrong course after a few years of building steadily. But back then,

‘The technique was revolutionary’: Ha Chong-Hyun, the 91-year-old South Korean artist who turned painting inside out

By Gabrielle Schwarz

In his trailblazing work, paint is pushed through the back of hemp to create spare, striking paintings. Abstraction is a form of rebellion, he says – and he has no intention of slowing down In the early 1970s, the Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun had a simple but novel idea: why not apply oil paint to the back of a surface rather than the front? Instead of canvas, he stretched pieces of hemp, a coarse and loosely woven fa

ICG looks at adjourning egm as CEO takeover bid currently set to be rejected

By Joe Brennan

Ferries operator says it is aware of at least one instance where a shareholder has changed their mind and now intends to back the deal

Nearly 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 165

By Kate Lamb with Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, and agencies

Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates What we know so far Have you been affected by the flash floods? Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of them tourists, authorities have said, after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, roaring down valleys and wiping out entire villages,

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