The Guardian

Range Rover launches its first electric vehicle, with starting price of £154,070

Fully electric SUV unveiled after year-long delay and will be built at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in SolihullRange Rover has launched its first electric vehicle – a year later than planned – offering a greener option for fans of gargantuan British-made SUVs who are also conscious about the climate crisis.Due to be built in Solihull, the home of the marque since 1970, the vehicle comes with an eye-watering price tag, starting at £154,070. Continue reading...

general  Sep 2, 2026

NY Times World

Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply

Strikes on ports and vessels by both Russia and Ukraine have left farmers facing ruin and could cause another worldwide food shock.

general  Sep 2, 2026

NY Times World

Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence.

After school shootings, Thailand and the Philippines are taking different approaches to the drills, which are common practice in the United States.

general  Sep 2, 2026

NY Times World

After the Earthquake, They Used A.I. to Mobilize Aid

As volunteers struggled to get supplies to quake victims in Colombia, a few tech workers built an app to map and organize the sprawling relief effort.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

No eggs, no potatoes but ‘a lot of imagination’: how Spain cooked in war’s hunger years

Book recreates recipes from period following end of Spanish civil war when people faced food shortagesFew dishes are simpler to prepare than Spain’s signature dish of tortilla de patatas, which – aside from disputes about onions – requires nothing more than two basic ingredients and a pinch of salt. But where to begin if you have neither eggs nor potatoes?That is the question the chef and food writer Berta Álvarez Acal sets out to answer in Recetas de Guerra (Wartime Recipes), a compilation of r

general  Sep 2, 2026

Washington Post World

Russia’s jet-powered drones are overwhelming Ukraine’s air defenses

Russia is pounding Ukraine with jet-propelled drones, forcing Kyiv to adapt once again in an arms race that is increasingly defining the war.

general  Sep 2, 2026

Washington Post World

Syria, eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz

The wartime blockage of cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is a boon for Syria, which is poised to capitalize on a need for alternative transit routes for oil.

general  Sep 2, 2026

Washington Post World

She’s feeding hundreds of kids in ICE detention using commissary accounts

Casey Revkin gives money to hundreds of families at a Texas family detention facility so that they can buy food their children will eat.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Ryanair warns air fares in Europe will jump next year if oil price stays high

Budget carrier says airlines could go bust as it cuts passenger targets to reduce exposure to ‘unhedged winter oil’Business live – latest updatesRyanair has warned that air fares in Europe will jump next year if the oil price remains high and that some airlines could go bust.The Irish budget carrier has cut its passenger target for the year to 31 March, down from 216 million customers to 214 million, to help reduce its exposure to “unhedged winter oil” during the unprofitable off season, with je

general  Sep 2, 2026

NY Times World

Critically Endangered Parrots Enjoy Baby Boom After Mating Frenzy

There are now 325 kakapos in New Zealand, the largest population of the giant, flightless parrot species in decades, conservationists said.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears

UK borrowing costs driven up, adding to challenges facing John Healey as he prepares for first budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThe global government bond sell-off resumed on Wednesday, driving up the UK’s borrowing costs and exacerbating the challenges facing John Healey as he prepares his first budget.The yield – effectively the interest rate – on 10-year UK government bonds, or gilts, jumped to just below 5.3% in early trading: its highest level since mid-2008. Continue reading...

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Sadiq Khan fined by fast-track court over untaxed car City Hall says he doesn’t own

London mayor convicted under ‘conveyor-belt justice’ system where magistrates can decide outcomes in secondsUK politics live – latest updatesThe London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been convicted and fined for not taxing a 24-year-old car in a controversial fast-track court system.He was found guilty last month under a system that critics have described as “conveyor-belt justice”, with magistrates deciding on hundreds of daily cases and sometimes spending less than a minute on them. Continue reading..

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

BP appoints new chair after contentious ousting of Albert Manifold in May

Ian Tyler, who was already in role on interim basis, selected and pledges to ‘lead the board’s evolution’BP has appointed a new chair after a months-long search following the controversial ousting of Albert Manifold, seeking to draw a line under the boardroom turmoil at the oil and gas company.Ian Tyler, who has served as the interim chair and sat on the BP board as a non-executive director since April 2025, is assuming the role on a permanent basis immediately. Continue reading...

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Andy Burnham to face first PMQs – UK politics live

PMQs comes as Resolution Foundation says it is not ‘realistic’ to think defence spending can increase without tax risesGood morning. Andy Burnham will face PMQs for the first time as PM today but he already has a fairly good idea of the questions he might get from Kemi Badenoch because she rehearsed them all yesterday. Here is an excerpt from the press release the Conservatives put out yesterday summarising those questions – and their take on how Burnham responded.Kemi Badenoch asked if Burnham

general  Sep 2, 2026

BBC World

Guinea-Bissau referendum approves new constitution that expands president's powers

The sweeping reforms come in the wake of last year's coup and ahead of a proposed return to civilian rule.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures

Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’Successive politicians have clawed their way past colleagues over the years to call the residence home. Yet in an offer that probably seemed too good to be true, the property site Booking.com has been accused of “systemic security failures” after it was able to set up and accept payment for a fake listing for 10 Downing Street.A property listed as a “1 bedroom apartment in the heart of L

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

EU holds talks on response to Leipzig drone attack after Germany formally blames Moscow for incident – Europe live

Foreign policy chief says drone attack last month ‘had all the hallmarks of state sponsored terrorism’ as she prepares to lead talks todaySeparately, German police are also investigating another attempt to disrupt the country’s energy grid, this time at a electricity substation in Bergheim in the west of the country.A local police spokesperson said they are “not assuming a technical failure but a deliberate act,” without revealing more details. The region’s power supply was not affected. Continu

general  Sep 2, 2026

Washington Post World

Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

As of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple’s No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.

general  Sep 2, 2026

BBC World

Why do US troops have history with this Thai city?

The BBC’s Jonathan Head looks at the links between the US troops and the resort city of Pattaya as an aircraft carrier arrives nearby after 250 days at sea.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised systemHave you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what’s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how the gas boiler became so ubiquitous in the first place?Arthur Downing, the author of the new book Power and the People: A History of British Energy, can tell you exactly why.

general  Sep 2, 2026