Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right political commentator, detained by ICE

29 August 2026 at 00:13

A former editor of Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos has also served as an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene

Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right British political commentator, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

In a statement on Friday, a DHS spokesperson said that Yiannopoulos was arrested on Thursday at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans international airport (MSY). The spokesperson said Yiannopoulos “legally entered the country” in May 2019, but that “he chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws”.

Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

WIRED

By: Miles Klee

28 August 2026 at 22:44

The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.

Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China

WIRED

By: Zeyi Yang

28 August 2026 at 21:23

Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.

WATCH: Trump bestows Artemis II crew with Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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By: Marcia Dunn · Associated Press

28 August 2026 at 18:27

President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity.

The week around the world in 20 pictures

The Guardian

By: Jim Powell

28 August 2026 at 21:06

The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, Russian strikes in Kyiv, Israeli settlers in the West Bank and tributes to Dolly Parton – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction

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By: Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press · Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

28 August 2026 at 20:55

It is the third time Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has blocked Trump from having the U.S. District Court in Manhattan seize control of the case from the New York court where he was tried and convicted.

Drumcree ruling raises fears of sectarian confrontation in Northern Ireland

The Guardian

By: Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

28 August 2026 at 20:11

High court quashes latest restriction on Orange Order march, reigniting political row over Garvaghy Road

The boiling cauldron known as Drumcree that used to scald and torment Northern Ireland each summer gradually cooled two decades ago, leaving it as a name for the history books.

Instead of pitched battles between Orangemen and police around the parish church near Portadown in County Armagh, and the murderous sectarian violence they triggered across the region, gave way to a de facto truce.

Russia ‘losing 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit’

The Guardian

By: Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

28 August 2026 at 20:05

Moscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day but western officials say it cannot keep up with casualty level

Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said.

While Russia is still acquiring new battlefield recruits at speed, with an estimated rate of 1,000 a day, in the last two months even this has not been sufficient to replace those killed or injured.

New heart attack definition promises better care for women

The Guardian

By: Andrew Gregory Health editor in Munich

28 August 2026 at 20:00

Leading cardiovascular health groups reclassify overlooked causes and introduce sex-specific diagnostic thresholds

Doctors have agreed the world’s first universal definition of a heart attack, paving the way for millions of women to finally receive better treatment after decades of being “deprioritised”.

In one of the biggest procedural shake-ups in a generation, the world’s four leading cardiovascular health groups have signed off on new guidance for healthcare professionals when seeing suspected heart attack patients.

London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership

The Guardian

By: Pippa Neill Environment reporter

28 August 2026 at 19:57

Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm

The London Science Museum has ended its decades-long partnership with the oil and gas company BP in what has been described as a “seismic shift” for the museum.

The Science Museum Group academy, which was established in 2018 to provide training and resources, announced on Friday that it would be ending its partnership with BP. In a statement, the director and chief executive of the Science Museum Group, Sir Ian Blatchford, said the partnership had “drawn to a close at the end of the current contract term”.

The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial

The Guardian

By: Editorial

28 August 2026 at 19:55

The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France

“Harold Rex interfectus est”: King Harold is killed. As every British schoolchild knows, the Bayeux tapestry depicts a turning point in the history of these islands: defeat at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which would lead to the ascent of William the Conqueror to the English throne. Its return to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years is being hailed as a hugely historic moment in its own right. The loan of the tapestry (technically an embroidery of wool on linen) to the British Museum in exchange for UK treasures from Sutton Hoo is the ultimate manifestation of soft power – a 70-metre symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement in comic-strip form.

Ticket sales for the exhibition, which opens on 10 September, were the biggest in a single day in the museum’s history, with online queues of 80,000. Radio 4 is devoting a day of special broadcasts to mark the arrival of the tapestry, including a new drama with verse from the poet laureate Simon Armitage. The museum’s videos explaining this tale of ambition, friendship, betrayal and revenge are fittingly narrated by Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman. Norman-mania is here.

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Infallible style: Pope Leo appears in Vanity Fair’s ranks of most fashionable

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By: Chloe Mac Donnell

28 August 2026 at 19:44

Pontiff, who has caught the eye in trainers and a baseball cap, praised for taking dress to ‘heavenly heights’

For the first time in a decade, Vanity Fair has released a best-dressed list. Featuring 70 names, the list ranks the most fashionable people in the world in 2026. The lineup includes the usual suspects spanning Hollywood actors and global pop stars but nestled among the Hollywood stars is an unexpected entrant. Pope Leo XIV.

The 70-year-old head of the Catholic church has been praised by the magazine for taking papal style “to heavenly heights”. His most memorable look? A simple white cassock styled with a pair of Nike trainers.

Martin Rowson on Trump and the consequences of the climate crisis – cartoon

The Guardian

By: Martin Rowson

28 August 2026 at 19:39

Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'

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By: Kaitlyn Huamani · Associated Press

28 August 2026 at 19:52

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.

Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that's likely to be swiftly appealed

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By: Nicholas Riccardi · Associated Press

28 August 2026 at 19:37

A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting.

Venezuelan opposition up in arms over reports US wants big stake in oil and gas

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By: Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

28 August 2026 at 20:41

Critics call move to gain long-term access to country’s massive energy reserves ‘predatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’

Reports that the US is preparing to claim a big stake in Venezuela’s massive energy reserves have sparked an outcry, with critics describing the move as “predatory” and a “rapacious” land grab.

Several media outlets this week reported that the Trump administration – which abducted Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, in January and has steered the South American country ever since – hopes to secure long-term access to its oil and gasfields.

An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian

By: Jonathan Freedland

28 August 2026 at 19:10

Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come

Follow the money. If you want to know how the tech giant Meta really feels about the $18bn it agreed to fork out to end a landmark lawsuit against it – an outcome widely hailed as a victory for campaigners – just look at its share price. It didn’t go down when word came on Wednesday that Meta had settled with the 29 US states that had argued that the company’s Facebook and Instagram platforms harmed children. On the contrary, Meta stock went up, initially surging by 5%, before levelling out at a gain of just over 1.25%. There could be no clearer proof that the money men reckon Meta dodged a bullet.

To be sure, there was plenty to hearten those who have long believed that social media damages teenagers especially, whether by exposing them to content they shouldn’t see or by sapping their self-esteem, offering them filters that show how much prettier they would look if they had cosmetic surgery or giving them a metric of their popularity – and unpopularity – in the form of a running tally of “likes” and views.

Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist

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Fed chair says delivering ‘stable prices’ is central bank’s job as inflation persists

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By: Gaya Gupta

28 August 2026 at 18:48

However, Kevin Warsh didn’t say if interest rates would change in coming months, as inflation remains stubborn

The US Federal Reserve is not done fighting high inflation, its chair, Kevin Warsh, said in his first major speech in the role on Friday, emphasizing that it was “the Fed’s job to deliver stable prices”.

Warsh did not indicate where the Fed will take interest rates in the coming months, despite US inflation remaining stubbornly above the central bank’s 2% target amid the war in Iran. But his speech was taken by markets as a signal that rates may rise in the coming months, a move that may put him at odds with Donald Trump, who has aggressively called for rates to be cut.

Tropical Storm Dolly downgraded to ‘open tropical wave’ as it heads to Caribbean

The Guardian

By: Anna Betts

28 August 2026 at 18:23

Remnants from tropical storm could cause heavy rainfall on Leeward Islands and affect Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola

Remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly, which has been downgraded to an “open tropical wave”, were moving still across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Leeward Islands, and could bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Caribbean this weekend, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday..

Dolly, which formed on Thursday, had maximum sustained winds of near 40mph (65km/h) with higher gusts on Friday morning. Later on Friday, forecasters said that Dolly was no longer a Tropical Storm, and had “become an open tropical wave”.

UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns

The Guardian

By: Fiona Harvey Environment editor

28 August 2026 at 18:13

Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farming

The UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat, in light of concerns over the safety of imports.

The National Farmers’ Union in England and its sister organisations in the devolved administrations wrote to the government on Friday warning that public health was at risk.

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