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Dolly Parton, music legend, dies aged 80

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The death has been announced of the music legend Dolly Parton. She was 80.

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Pier Pressure: Frank McNally on a night camping at General Humbert’s landing spot

By Frank McNally

An amphibious invasion boded ill after a foray to liberate some 1798 spirit

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 after fighting cancer

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career that turned country music cliches inside out Dolly Parton – a life in pictures Country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – latest updates Share your tributes and memories of Dolly Parton Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singe

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‘He’s box office’: Gary Lineker admits wanting Roy Keane to join The Rest Is Football

By Michael Savage Media editor

Podcast co-host says tongue-in-cheek that ex-Manchester United captain would like to sign up for his show With an all-conquering podcast empire and a new deal that will make his football punditry show a regular fixture on Netflix, there seems little left for Gary Lineker to wish for. However, while the former Match of the Day presenter is full of praise for Alan Shearer and Micah Richards – the fellow pundits on his

Munster, Leinster and Connacht head to France for preseason games to test out new signings

By John O'Sullivan

Edinburgh-bound Ulster now include some of Richie Murphy’s former Ireland under-20s charges

At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital

By Associated Press in Port-au-Prince

Gang leader threatens to kill hostages after attack in Kenscoff in which homes were also set alight ‘A massacre’: Haiti gangs carrying out mass killings At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once peaceful community near Haiti’s capital at the weekend, the UN has said. A gang leader has threatened to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try

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'I have no place to go,' says 72-year-old man with cancer

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A 72-year-old man with stage three cancer is among a group of vulnerable Ukrainians who are due to be moved from their accommodation in Citywest.

Father's house rammed before son died in A66 crash

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The house belonging to Cole Worthy's father is significantly damaged and its windows are smashed.

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The Guardian view on Trump’s economic threats: bullies can overplay their hand | Editorial

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Tariffs on Canada, threats against Iran’s partners and bond market intervention show a president weaponising US power while making Americans poorer at home Three moves in the last week have exposed the limits of Donald Trump’s economic bullying. The US slapped 50% tariffs on another $20bn of Canadian goods – then threatened the same rate on the cars, trucks, parts and steel that America Inc depends on. On Monday, the

The Guardian view on the French left: division makes Marine Le Pen’s path to the Élysée more straightforward | Editorial

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Two years ago, progressive parties allied to see off the far right in a parliamentary election. Ahead of a seismic presidential election, that unity is missing In the summer of 2024, as polls suggested that Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National party would win a snap legislative election rashly called by Emmanuel Macron, the perennially fragmented French left united to spectacular effect. The New Popular F

Ella Baron on Rupert Lowe’s earnings from X – cartoon

By Ella Baron

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‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys go on trial in Lancashire

By Raphael Boyd

Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons store becomes first in UK to test trolleys that scan, weigh and tally costs Lancashire has been the site of many British innovations throughout history, from the spinning jenny, which transformed textile production, to the creation of jelly babies. Now it has welcomed another first: AI shopping trolleys. Continue reading...

China denounces US threat of sanctions over trade with Iran

By Julian Borger Senior international correspondent

Beijing says it will take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect its interests as US steps up efforts to isolate Tehran Explainer: could US sanctions threaten China-Iran ties? China has denounced the threat of US sanctions for its trade with Iran, saying any such measures would be illegal, and warned it would take “all necessary measures” to protect its national interests. Beijing’s rejection of the US threat of seconda

Five men arrested over Co Tyrone bonfire mosque offences

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The PSNI has arrested five men as a part of ongoing investigations into a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone in July onto which a replica of a mosque was placed.

Three youths appear in court following alleged ramming of Garda car by stolen BMW

By Barry Roche

Gardaí launched response operation after car occupants allegedly failed to stop and struck patrol car

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Community-maxxing: gen Z are done with doomscrolling – and ready to socialise

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Research shows young adults often feel isolated. So alongside embracing ‘grandma hobbies’, they want to get involved with the places they live and be good neighbours Name: Community-maxxing. Age: The portmanteau is recent, but Homo sapiens have always been social creatures. Continue reading...

Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota

By Sam Levin

DHS officers posed as concerned citizens, joining Signal groups and taking photos of community meetings Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Newly disclosed records reveal how undercover federal agents posed as concerned community members to spy on residents and activists who opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement ’s (ICE) crackdown in Minnesota. Internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) files,

UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states

By Jessica Elgot and Kiran Stacey

Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable UK citizens will be told to stock up on tinned food and take steps to ensure they are prepared for national emergencies as part of a new government campaign to improve the nation’s resilience. The new campaign from the Cabinet Office will set out ways people can prepare for extreme weat

Autistic DJ befriended at festival given 'dream' set

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Adam, 23, has been asked to play a DJ set at the music event next year after his story went viral.

There’s no place like a revered writer’s home | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to an editorial on preserving the homes of writers such as William Blake, Ted Hughes and William Wordsworth for the public Your editorial (The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own, 18 August) rightly laments that George Eliot has no publicly open home despite efforts to secure one. The same is true, remarkably, of William Blake, and he is at least as worthy a cause, and arguably eve

Why the threat from the rampaging AI machine went ignored | Letters

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Jonathan Michie on his father’s efforts in the 1970s to map out concerns regarding widespread social coercion driven by automation. Plus a letter from Callum Brown Jill Lepore asks why nobody listened to warnings about the threats posed from the AI revolution (Democracy v the machine, 18 August). As she is a Harvard professor, her piece is understandably US-centric. But in 1972 there was an international gathering of

Learning from lived experiences of poverty | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Carol Taylor and Howard Williamson respond to Katriona O’Sullivan’s article on the grinding reality of living in poverty Reading Katriona O’Sullivan’s article (Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me, 19 August) reminded me of when I was a community worker at the Park Hill estate in Sheffield in the 1970s. When I (young and naive) asked the mums why they bought chips for their to

Ulez has been a breath of fresh air for London | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone in London is celebrated by Lorna Henderson, George Coleby and Leonard Neamtu after a study showed its health benefits for children In light of the astonishing results achieved in lowering air pollution by the introduction of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in London by Sadiq Khan (Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds, 18 August), should w

Man stabbed to death at council headquarters

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The attack happened on Tuesday afternoon at the headquarters of Brent Council in north-west London.

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Man died when he fell in river after team-building day

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Sebastian Sailes' father told his son's inquest that Sebastian had a "great life ahead of him".

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