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Manchester City agree deal worth up to €100m for Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi

By Jamie Jackson

Signing will take City’s window spending to nearly £200m

Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers whether there is sufficient global physical capacity for all our discarded and worn-out purchases • This week’s question: If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly? If consumer capitalism continues at its current rate, will we reach a point at which there is literally no space left on Earth

The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started | Emma Beddington

By Emma Beddington

Andy Burnham hopes we’ll forget the big stuff if he sorts out our minor frustrations and low-level gripes. Pothole politics hasn’t won me over yet, but I know some changes that could This is a vulnerable confession, but I spend way too much time on the social media of the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Whether he is seemingly effortlessly speaking Mandarin, hanging out with kids or charmingly accepting that he

Aardman’​s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’

By Harriet Gibsone

The ​s​tudio’s co-founders on ​accidentally creating Morph, not wanting a yacht in the Maldives and being each other’s best ally Peter Lord and David Sproxton are the founders of Aardman Animations, which turns 50 this year. The pair began animating as teenagers, selling their first short – starring a superhero called Aardman – to the BBC’s Vision On in 1972. In 1977, they created Morph for the children’s programme T

‘One step at a time’: Irishman who was told he may never walk again begins trek across US

By Michael Fitzpatrick

Fergus Farrell (47) embarks on coast-to-coast walk from New York to California, a challenge he once thought impossible after a devastating accident

Iran-linked hackers 'shut down' small power plant in UK

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A cyber attack shut down a small power facility in the UK last month following warnings about a pattern of disruptive activity by state and non-state actors.

Man City agree £86m deal for teen midfielder Bouaddi

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Manchester City agree a deal in principle for 18-year-old Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi worth 100m euros (£86m).

Walk marks 30th anniversary of Fiona Pender disappearance

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Fresh appeal issued for information about pregnant woman who was last seen at her flat in Tullamore in 1996

Cheerleaders and a tennis-playing robot: photos of the weekend

By Arnel Hecimovic

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Fire operation ends in New Forest after two weeks

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The last firefighters prepare to leave the national park after a blaze broke out on 9 August.

Wartime election would risk destroying Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

By Dan Sabbagh in Dnipro

Ukrainian president responds for the first time to a demand made by sacked former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov

How to make the perfect zaru soba, or cold soba noodles – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

By Felicity Cloake

Hot days call for cool dinners, and these are Japan’s nutty, salty and sweet solution. Fiery or pickled accompaniments optional Although every culture craves something different in hot weather – chilled beetroot soup in Lithuania, cooling buttermilk drinks in India, gazpacho in Spain – what many of these dishes have in common is a certain soothing silkiness as they slide down the throat, plus a decent helping of salt

Double jeopardy? Luigi Mangione state case unlikely to proceed, experts say

By Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Defense files motion to dismiss state case after federal guilty plea but prosecutors say they are prepared to litigate After Luigi Mangione admitted in Manhattan federal court that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, most experts believe that the state murder case against is highly unlikely to proceed – though some still see a slim possibility that it may yet happen. Mangione, who pleaded guilty on 14 Augu

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I tested the viral Shark CryoGlow LED face mask 100 times – it’s not right for everyone

By Sarah Matthews

Brilliant for managing breakouts and refreshing puffy eyes, but after months of treatments, is Shark’s light therapy device the one our writer would buy now? • The best LED face masks Of all the LED masks I’ve tested, the Shark CryoGlow feels like the most heavily marketed. Touted as a one-stop shop for anti-ageing, blemish-busting and undereye cooling, it’s trickled its way into countless influencer morning routines

Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

By Dan Sabbagh in Dnipro

President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an extra 300,000 soldiers. The Ukrainian president, responding for the first time to a demand made by the

Rooney says Man Utd must become feared - but what went wrong at Hull?

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Manchester United made an awful start to their Premier League campaign at newly-promoted Hull. What went wrong?

Teenager arrested after fire at industrial estate

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Avon Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire Locking Farm Industrial Estate on Tuesday.

Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

By Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Grassroots groups to urge PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel Grassroots Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members seek to force the prime minister to recognise Israel’s actions as a genocide and impose a full arms embargo. Momentum, Labour & Palestine, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Palestine Solidarity C

Dissolvable 3D-printed patch aims to improve skin cancer treatment

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Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast say the patch could help reduce the need for repeated topical therapies

'My footballer brother hid his sexuality for years'

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Former Norwich City defender Tony Powell did not speak to his family about being gay for 40 years.

Rory McIlroy keeps BMW Championship hopes alive with strong third round 65

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World number two trails leader Wyndham Clark by five shots going into the final round

Friedreich's ataxia campaigners calling for drug approval

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A demonstration has taken place in Dublin city centre calling on the HSE to approve reimbursement for Skyclarys, a drug used to treat Friedreich's ataxia.

Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling

By Dave Schilling

Capitalism and the climate crisis are conspiring to destroy the concept of seasons. I’ll take solace in my pumpkin spice Happy spooky season, everyone! Get those jack-o’-lanterns out, because Halloween is just around the corner! Just kidding, no, it’s not. Continue reading...

This Black August, Americans will study, meditate, fast, exercise – and read – for Black liberation

By Adria R Walker

Organizations across the country traditionally use the month as a means of activation for local communities In the 1960s and 1970s, California was brimming with radical energy and potential, which also meant it was brimming with extreme backlash. The Black Panthers, a revolutionary Black political activist organization founded in response to police brutality, were organizing members at the same time Ronald Reagan, th

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

By Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno The ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country’s first firestorm thundercloud