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Andy Burnham should resist populist pressure on jail sentences | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Nik Wood says the prime minister must be tough on the causes of crime, Henry Rossi calls for him to resolve the IPP crisis, while Janet Carter considers victims of domestic abuse As you say in your editorial (The Guardian view on early prisoner release: don’t lose sight of systemic reform, 12 August), governments of all stripes have bowed to pressure for ever longer sentencing. For instance, the killers of PC Andrew

Contemplating death helps us to really value life | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Say the thing, mend the relationship, share the story – and then get on with living, says end-of-life doula Rebecca Jo-Rushdy, while Jane Andrew thinks EM Forster said it best What struck me most about this article (What end-of-life experts know about living well: love your wrinkles, celebrate birthdays and don’t obsess over work, 13 August) is the idea that preparing for the end of life can actually help us live mor

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Poverty and weariness in Nigel Farage’s Clacton | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Vanessa Scanlan says the constituency is desperately in need of a decent MP who would offer genuine support for the problems it faces. Plus letters from Leila Roberts and Richard Ellis I live in the Clacton constituency, in one of the surrounding villages, some distance from the town, and I agree with Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s characterisation of the town (Farage has turned Clacton into a human zoo. Here’s the truth abou

Autonomous drones and the future of war in an AI-driven world | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Machines that kill without distinction, answerable to no one, leave no one safe, writes military surgeon Dr Darren Mann Stuart Russell is right that AI’s builders fear losing control of it (Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk, 11 August). But it is not only a future superintelligence’s problem; it is already loaded into weapons, where a loss of control kills a civilian today, not humanit

‘I used to always throw the ball’: Séamus Flanagan adds fuel to hurling handpass debate

By Muireann Duffy

Former Limerick hurler says handpasses the ‘biggest guessing game of all time’ for referees

Root's great challenge to finish captaincy story

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Joe Root has an unexpected chance to address some unfinished business as England captain, but it is one of the biggest challenges of his stellar career.

Irish shoppers face new charge on items from outside EU

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Irish shoppers will be hit with an additional €2 handling fee for items bought outside the EU.

Tonnes of nuclear material found at Syria site, IAEA says

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The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said its inspectors have found several tons of nuclear material in Syria, at a site which the authorities said they reported to the agency last month.

Talks due in Rome on future of UN forces in Lebanon

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will travel to Rome this week for talks focusing on the future of the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.

Phyllida Law obituary

By Michael Coveney

Actor with a long career in theatre and on television who was known for the subtle quality of her work Although she was perhaps best known as the mother of two outstanding actors, Emma and Sophie Thompson, Phyllida Law, who has died aged 94, was supremely gifted herself – as an actor, costume designer and writer. She was not averse to appearing with either daughter: with Emma in her scabrously funny movie Nanny McPhe

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‘Audiences ask to feel my calves!’ The endurance extremists pounding treadmills and pumping pedals at the fringe

By Kate Wyver

How do you keep audiences gripped while cycling 27km per show? From the Australian recreating a Tour de France win to a ‘toxically positive’ spin queen, we meet the acts bringing Olympian fitness to Edinburgh Blood and sweat drip to the floor. Tears are on their way. In a small room in Edinburgh, Megan Tomei is cleat-clipped into a stationary bike, yelling above the music as she leads a high-intensity spin class gone

Premier League chief says Fifa self-destructed over World Cup plan

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Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has criticised Fifa president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, saying the organisation has "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound".

Shares slide as surging oil prices and bond yields dent confidence

By Ian Curran

Tumbling chipmaker stocks sends Wall Street’s main indices near two-week lows

Iran threatens new offensive while Trump rules out extending ceasefire deal

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Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until US meets conditions of interim deal, Iranian negotiator says

Dáithí Ó Sé: ‘People were having cheap shots at the Rose of Tralee for a long, long time’

By Niamh Browne

Television presenter rejects criticism of festival as being dated

The ‘big-ass bag’ – do you really need a tote you can carry a small human in?

By Guardian Staff

Lululemon’s absurdly capacious 80-litre bag will set you back a small fortune – and it’s one of the cheapest giant holdalls on the market Name: Big-Ass Bags. Age: The titular “Big-Ass Bag” launched this month (but large carrying receptacles have been available for centuries). Continue reading...

UK couple killed in Greek honeymoon helicopter crash

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Greece's civil aviation authority has said a helicopter crash that killed two British newlyweds on an Aegean island might have been caused by a tail rotor malfunction.

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By a Thread review – soulful circus with a sprinkle of magic

By Lyndsey Winship

Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Emotional group dynamics and individual skills make One Fell Swoop stand out in the crowded circus genre You cannot move at the Edinburgh fringe for circus shows. There are so many people in this city who can climb a rope, hang upside down, swing on a trapeze – so how do you make a show special when plenty of other folks are hawking the same skills? Melbourne company One Fell Swoop Circus ha

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I’m 50 years old. Why do I still struggle with the need to be liked?

By Stephanie Fairyington

An over-investment in people-pleasing can be emotionally costly. Here’s how I’m training myself to be OK with letting people down A few months ago, my 10-year-old daughter and I went to our neighborhood cafe. At the counter, the owner greeted us with her typical effusion of warmth and welcome. Instead of greeting her in kind, my daughter looked on with a stony expression and ungiving eyes. My face flushed. I was emba

Suit you, sir! Elegance and craft from a South Korean tailor, with that touch of Italian style

By Naomi O’Leary

‘The tailors spoke Neapolitan dialect – famously challenging even for Italians to master’

Mould, pests and fire alarm issues noted during inspections of homeless accommodation

By Ken Foxe

Records show array of issues at properties inspected on behalf of Dublin Regional Homeless Executive

Martin O’Neill disappointed with Arne Engels exit timing before European clash

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Belgian midfielder signs for West Ham for EFL transfer record of £22 million

Improved Ber rating can boost home value, notes fresh analysis

By Stephen Conneely

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and MyHome analysed the final sale prices of 50,000 homes sold between 2023 and 2024

Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders £23m more in compensation than to fire victims

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Report’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people The company behind Grenfell Tower’s flammable cladding gave more compensation to its shareholders than to victims of the disaster, an investigation has found. Arconic, which made and sold the cladding panels found to be the “primary cause” of the rapid spread of the Grenfell fire, pa

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Things get even more tricky for Dicky Tice, the Reform deputy with lots of cash but zero self-awareness

By John Crace

Telling the country to enjoy the heat while it burns, you have to wonder if Tice has lost all sense of reality These are the doggiest of dog days. Times when hours turn into days and almost nothing happens in between. Days of precious R&R, when only a few politicians venture out, and then only to fend off accusations they are doing next to nothing and prove they are still alive. Much like the rest of us. The silliest