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Thu 13 Aug 2026
Nurse looking after a man sitting hunched over on a hospital bed
Climate crisis
Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns
Jason Arday sits on a step in front of a window with small blue, yellow, green, pink and gold panes of stained glass and by a pale yellow brick wall. He has very long braids and wears a black shirt and tracksuit trousers with white stripes down the side. He has his hands clasped over one knee and looks thoughtful.
Jason Arday
‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child
Road traffic constable holding a breathalyser
Criminal justice
Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds
Coal is loaded into a truck at an open-cast mine near Dhanbad, eastern India
Carbon emissions
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
Partial solar eclipse in Czech Republicepa13164402 Prague Castle is silhouetted against a partial solar eclipse in Prague, Czech Republic, 12 August 2026. A total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Europe and the North Atlantic on 12 August, with the path of totality moving through Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and a small section of northeastern Portugal, while surrounding areas across Europe experience a partial solar eclipse, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).  EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
Science
Cruise ships, quiet towns and a festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots
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Special report

Firefighters in a dense area of trees spray water at a fire
Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. What is to blame?
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In focus

Emma Thomas, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon and Christopher Nolan attend the premiere of The Odyssey at the China National Film Museum in Beijing in July.
Film
With Hollywood struggling in China, can the Odyssey draw a crowd?
Ukraine war briefing
‘With precision, as planned’ – Kyiv outlines battlefield gains
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Features

Bill Nighy, in glasses and a pinstripe suit, crosses his arms with a serious expression
Film
‘I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging’: Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist
Life and style
‘Plenty of dates but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss?
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The long read

Image of Igor Rogov in front of an oil pipeline.  Images of a unnamed silhouette and Polish police arresting a suspect.
Espionage
A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he?
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Opinion

Clacton is preparing for a byelection on Thursday.
quote  Farage has turned Clacton into a human zoo. Here’s the truth about what’s happening here
Sarah Elizabeth Cox
quote  I got married in the Vegas of Europe. It was the most romantic 20 minutes of my life
Jules Darmanin
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Sport

Paris-Saint Germain's Marquinhos lifts the Super Cup.
Football
Doué seals Super Cup glory for PSG after Madjo makes history for Aston Villa
Athletics
Hudson-Smith dazzles home fans as he surges to golden European 400m hat-trick
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Podcast

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The 21 million women and girls the world forgot – podcast
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Climate crisis

An orange octopus with long curling tentacles swims in blue-green water
Environment
Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
US
Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report
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