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US military kills four in strike on alleged drug smuggling boat in Caribbean

By Associated Press

Number of people killed in boat strikes rises to 227 since Trump administration began controversial campaign The US military killed four people when it attacked a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as the Trump administration’s controversial campaign against alleged traffickers continues. The latest attack brings the number of those killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 227

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In Poland, compassion for Ukrainians has turned to contempt. The consequences could be dramatic | Mateusz Mazzini

By Mateusz Mazzini

Warsaw failed to anticipate that refugees would build new lives and Kyiv would demand an equal place at the European table One of the unintended consequences of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine was that it gave Poland a rare slice of geopolitical stardom. When Russian tanks started their ultimately unsuccessful cavalcade towards the Ukrainian capital, ordinary Poles rushed to help millions of people fleeing th

Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’

By Kim Willsher in Paris

Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodent Animal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban the hunting of Alpine marmots. Open season on the rodents, members of the squirrel and groundhog family, begins in September, a few weeks before they go into a long winter hibernation. Continu

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‘We met Princess Margaret and she was paralytic!’ My wild life onboard the Adam and the Ants Antmania rollercoaster

By Sylvia Patterson

With their twangy sound, madcap outfits, lusty yodelling and pirouetting pirate frontman, the band became global superstars almost overnight. But, as their guitarist Marco Pirroni recalls, the thrill ride soon hit the buffers ‘The essence of pop is, one, brilliant fucking songs – and the rest is sex, subversion, style and humour. And that was us.” So Adam Ant told me in 1995, describing the reconstructed Adam and the

The row over Rutland: can England’s smallest county survive?

By Lucy Knight

Its council is due to merge with Leicestershire’s in 2028, and some locals are incensed. Can the county hold on to its ceremonial status – and biggest selling point? Mysterious disappearances have been taking place lately in Rutland, an East Midlands pocket between Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire that is often considered to be England’s smallest county. Usually, there are road signs when driving int

‘A mockery’: how offshore tax havens are thwarting the UK’s transparency push

By Rob Davies

Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money laundering Since Britain’s offshore secrecy jurisdictions caved in to pressure from Westminster to embrace corporate transparency, finding out who owns a company in one of these island havens is, in theory at least, a piece of cake. Take the Cayman Islands. Continue reading...

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Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds

By Natalie Wint

Even low levels of traffic noise can negate the benefits of listening to natural sounds, researchers say Hearing the trill or whistle of a bird while going about daily life is well known to boost people’s mood. But a new study suggests the psychological benefits of hearing birdsong are being threatened by traffic noise. Researchers found that even low levels of traffic noise negatively affected the benefits to wellbe

Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed

By Juliette Garside, and Julian Bonnici in Valletta

Yorgen Fenech tells jury he had nothing to do with killing and alleges top adviser to Malta’s then PM was instigator A businessman on trial for the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has spoken about the charges for the first time in court since his arrest seven years ago, telling the jury he was framed by police and had nothing to do with the killing. During four days of questioning by defence and the p

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Jess Fuchs: Feral review – a debut with tremendous oomph from a future comedy star

By Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This motormouth Australian comic fires off tart remarks and home truths then explains why she over-identifies with the Titanic ‘No hugging, no learning” was the writers’ rule on Seinfeld. Jess Fuchs decrees a similar stricture for Feral, in which she will learn nothing about herself whatsoever. “Really, I’m just here to talk shit.” That might get proceedings off to an underwhelming star

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Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterway Is the strait of Hormuz, recently cited by the office of the Iranian supreme leader as “the pillar of Iran’s new security order”, and as transformative as possessing a nuclear weapon, in reality becoming a fast-diminishing asset, leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable to the new planned US wave of economic san

Boston Scientific lays groundwork to shift $15bn from Irish operation

By Killian Woods

A subsidiary of the firm that paid close more than $3.7bn in dividends in recent years has reorganised its reserves in recent months

Almost one in seven commercial properties in Republic ‘lies vacant’

By Ian Curran

National rate falls for first time since data started being collected in 2013 but picture mixed countrywide, notes report

More than $250m invested in Irish artificial intelligence firms over first half of 2026

By Ciara O'Brien

EY report says there was significant spending in data centre developers and engineering companies

Parent of recruiter CPL pays maiden €150m dividend five years after Japanese takeover

By Joe Brennan

Payout equates to almost half of the €318m Outsourcing paid for the business in 2021

The taste of Spain, on your doorstep

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Discover the certified restaurants and food retailers bringing authentic flavours of Spain and quality produce to Ireland

The Music Quiz: In Phoebe Bridgers’ Moon Song, which Beatle does she name-check?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Plus: Who is the oldest solo male singer to have reached number one on the UK albums chart?

Electric Ireland solar panels transformed this remote Irish farm

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Because energy decisions can feel overwhelming, Electric Ireland provides clear, practical guidance to build confidence and support you at every stage

Illness in our family was treated as a kind of untidiness. Something to manage privately

By Jeffrey-Michael Kane

The Shoulder by Jeffrey-Michael Kane winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

New Orleans lawyer wins The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

By Martin Doyle

Judge Wendy Erskine said: ‘This is a mesmerising story told in a tender, unhurried way by a poised and talented writer. It’s poetic and has a beautiful toughness’

SpaceX plans to build $100bn rocket complex in Louisiana

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SpaceX has unveiled plans to build its largest rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana.

Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman: Too clever by half

By Lucy Sweeney Byrne

This Booker longlisted novel has all the trappings of excellence but lacks substance

Ukraine war briefing: Small batch of Patriots arrives as Zelenskyy pleads for more

By Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies

President won’t name supplier and has previously said he ‘does some things I can’t even share’ to obtain vital air defence missiles. What we know on day 1,644 Ukraine has ⁠recently received a ⁠small number ⁠of US-made ​Patriot interceptors capable ⁠of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles, Volodymyr ​Zelenskyy ‌said. He did not ​say how ​many ​had arrived, ​or ‌who ​had ​supplied them. Kyiv also ‌got confirmation

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Mokka GSE proves there’s still a spark of life in Opel

By Neil Briscoe

GSE, revived as a line-up of sporty electric cars, shows an appetite for fun and corners (but not long journeys)

Iran, Oman reach agreement on Hormuz, IRGC says

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Iran and Oman have reached agreements on their share of the Strait of Hormuz and its revenues, Iran's Revolutionary Guards spokesperson said.

In China, talking to AI is normal. Now the government fears it might replace human intimacy

By Amy Hawkins in Shanghai and Yu-chen Li

Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having families When law student Zhao Wei heard that her AI boyfriend was going to be switched off, she was “heartbroken”. She had been talking to Wang Ye every day since she created him in January. “I was crying my eyes out – snot and tears everywhere,” the 19-year-old says. Continue reading...