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Trump’s ‘economic D-day’ against Iran risks driving the stakes even higher | Sina Toossi
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Its economy has been battered by years of sanctions, war and a months-long US naval blockade. But Iran needing a deal is not the same as Iran preparing to surrender. That distinction has repeatedly eluded Trump in formulating his Iran policy: ramping up pressure is not the same as having a strategy. For Bessent’s threat to work, Washington must persuade or coerce much of the world into participating, especially China, the principal buyer of Iranian oil. That risks multiplying the US’s economic confrontations at a moment when it needs international cooperation to isolate Tehran.

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Devastated by floods and overwhelmed by bodies, Nepalis weep for what remains of their homes
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Since the deadly floods coursed through the Himalayan valleys of Nepal and Tibet, the numbers of people killed have continued to rise. The bodies have surfaced in their hundreds and continue to be pulled from the thick, tar-like mud that engulfed everything after the flood waters receded. Authorities say they are overwhelmed with the task of trying to identify the dead, many mangled beyond recognition and turning up miles from home. In Chitwan, about 100 miles downstream from the region worst hit by the flash floods and mudslides, more than 250 bodies have washed up along the riverbanks. Many in Devighat were packing up the few items they could find in their homes, never to return.

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Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel
NEWS | 31 August 2026
There was a total of 804 confirmed deaths across Nepal and Tibet, and reports of some bodies swept downstream possibly as far as India. View image in fullscreen A vehicle drives past houses covered in mud in Baireni, in the Dhading district of Nepal. View image in fullscreen Soldiers search for bodies as rescue operations shift into search and retrieval in Nepal. “There is nothing left.”View image in fullscreen Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations along a river in Gyirong county in Tibet. “There is no information about him.”Nelza Moktan sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa.

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Headteacher saves 900 children from deadly flash flood in Nepal
NEWS | 31 August 2026
A headteacher in Nepal evacuated 900 children from a school moments before a deadly wall of water struck their town amid the devastating flash floods that have killed almost 800 people and left thousands missing. Rajendra Dawadi decided to halt classes and order children to higher ground after receiving warnings about the scale of the flooding heading their way. Rajendra Dawadi, the headteacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli secondary school in NuwakotThis prompted him to take immediate action. At least 69 schools have been destroyed or damaged by the floods, affecting nearly 19,000 children, according to the charity Save the Children. Others in the area escaped when teachers told them to quickly evacuate classrooms just before the waters came crashing in.

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Iceland rejects EU accession talks after divisive referendum campaign
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Voters in Iceland have ⁠rejected ⁠a government proposal ​to reopen ⁠accession talks with ⁠the ​EU after a closely fought referendum campaign that divided the country against a backdrop of global volatility. Although Iceland is a Nato member, supporters of EU membership said European solidarity would provide greater protection if Trump ever made similar threats towards the smaller, Arctic island. Photograph: Leonhard Föger/ReutersGiven how close the outcome was, she said, it was important to respect the views of yes voters. But the no campaigners’ warnings that EU membership would threaten the country’s sovereignty and fishing waters turned the vote in their favour. António Costa, the European Council president, told Kristrún on Sunday the bloc “fully respects the democratic choice” of the island’s voters not to resume EU membership talks, a spokesperson said.

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Woman, 22, killed and five injured in shooting at Swiss rave
NEWS | 31 August 2026
A manhunt is under way in Switzerland after a 22-year-old woman was killed ⁠and five people were injured, ⁠some seriously, in a ​shooting at a rave in the northern town of Aarau, local police have said. In the attack in the early hours of Sunday at a techno party at a covered horse-racing track, an Italian woman died from her injuries at the scene, authorities said. All those caught up in the shooting were residents of Switzerland and in their 20s. View image in fullscreen Police secure the area around the Schachen racing track after the shooting. “A rave should ​always be a place ​of joy and love, never a place where people are killed, injured, or left in fear,” they said.

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Ghislaine Maxwell has virtually run out of legal routes to overturn conviction, experts say
NEWS | 31 August 2026
They also said Maxwell “will continue to pursue every available legal avenue” for relief. Legal veterans said, however, that Maxwell had virtually exhausted all her court-based routes. With Maxwell apparently running out of legal pathways, many have wondered whether Donald Trump will at some point deliver a Hail Mary – a presidential pardon. That said, “the president sort of marches to the beat of his own drum,” Rahmani said – Trump could just grant it. But again, he obviously doesn’t care.”Maxwell’s family said legal routes must be exhausted before making a pardon application.

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At least 15 people may be missing after flash flood in Arizona’s Grand Canyon
NEWS | 31 August 2026
At least 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon national park in Arizona on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Park Service. The flash-flood event occurred in the area of Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch, where park staff and the Arizona department of public safety have evacuated more than 60 people as of Sunday morning. No injuries have been reported as of Sunday, according to a statement from the National Park Service. View image in fullscreen Handout image released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service shows remnants of stone bridge pylons along Bright Angel Creek. He said the flooding happened on the north side of the Grand Canyon, where Bright Angel Creek comes from the North Rim down to the Colorado River, dropping about 6,000ft (1,800 meters).

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Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government’s administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, with the Ontario premier erecting a giant sign saying “Lake Ontario. Trump’s order for the US government to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America by Sunday had at least one prominent impact. Google Maps had changed Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America for US users to reflect the president’s executive renaming order. 0:54 Ontario premier unveils Lake Ontario sign in response to Trump’s ‘Lake America’ order – videoWith talks to resolve the trade dispute stalled, Trump issued an executive order on Thursday directing US agencies that the lake was now Lake America. View image in fullscreen Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on US-facing Google Maps.

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Trump says NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker should face ‘punishment’ from FCC
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Donald Trump ⁠on Sunday said NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Welker, during a live segment for a local Washington, DC, affiliate, described the success record of political candidates whom president had endorsed as “mixed”. Trump “is going to loom large over these midterms,” Welker remarked on that live shot. He had said days earlier that any of his endorsed candidates who lost were already faced with “impossible” races – but they had earned his support “out of loyalty”. CNN media reporter and commentator Brian Stelter, who on Sunday first found the clip of Welker mentioning Trump’s “mixed record”, wrote that the FCC “can’t punish Welker” because it has “limited power … by design”.

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Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez defends ‘endless’ benefits of her oil deal with Trump
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s highly controversial energy deal with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over its massive oil reserves. Rodríguez said: “As everyone knows, our country has the biggest oil reserves in the world. “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump said. Details of the agreement – struck during months of secret talks – remain sparse but it will reportedly see Washington take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. View image in fullscreen Protesters affiliated with Chavista groups and social movements of the Anti-Imperialist Popular Front march in Caracas on Saturday to oppose the oil deal.

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‘People should not feel guilty’: weekend lie-in may be good for you, experts say
NEWS | 31 August 2026
“Getting some extra sleep on the weekend may give the body a chance to recover and reduce some of that stress. Weekend catch-up sleep was defined as the difference between weekend and weekday sleep duration. Overall, weekend catch-up sleep was associated with a 6% reduction in the odds of hypertension. Analysis identified the 1hr 27min benchmark as the ideal amount of catch-up sleep, Lee said. For instance, people sneaking in more than four hours extra sleep at the weekend were at greater risk of hypertension.

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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Over the last year, intensifying waves of local opposition to big tech’s datacenter buildout have surged into a nationwide tsunami of resistance. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesToday, three-quarters of Americans oppose local datacenter development, a swing of more than 30 points in just a year. Big tech billionaires may finally be beginning to realize that this backlash poses real complications for them. When you speak to organizers and community leaders on the frontlines of local datacenter campaigns, it immediately becomes clear that they are seeing new configurations of people coming together in precisely this way. And unfortunately, many Democratic leaders remain just as in-bed with big tech billionaires as their GOP counterparts.

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‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing
NEWS | 31 August 2026
Those in the rightwing ecosystem in the UK say Yiannopoulos is now too extreme to find a prominent berth back home. A source at the channel said: “We wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole, not in a million years. It is understood that Reform UK will not accept him into its ranks. Yiannopoulos has praised Lowe, calling him “fantastic” and urging those on the UK hard-right to join Restore. Last year, Yiannopoulos said he was “never going back home” because the UK needed a “mass deportation programme”.