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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.

These are headlines published by other newsrooms, not Hornafrika reporting. We show the headline, a short extract and a link; the full article stays with the publisher who wrote it, and copyright in each headline and extract remains with that publisher. How the wire works

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalJessica Elgot31 Aug 2026

Badenoch to reshuffle shadow cabinet after Patel and Cleverly resignations

Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as Cleverly quits to run for London mayor Kemi Badenoch is to reshuffle her shadow cabinet on Monday, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalReuters in Nicosia31 Aug 2026

Nearly 20 people still missing after ferry capsizes ⁠off northern Cyprus

Divers join search teams scouring deep waters for ⁠any survivors, with eight people so far confirmed to have died Nearly 20 people are still missing after a ferry capsized ⁠off northern Cyprus , killing at least eight, as divers join…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDanny Vincent in Hong Kong31 Aug 2026

China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admits A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week’s deadly…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDiane Taylor31 Aug 2026

Uber driver takes TfL to court over ‘pain‘ caused by licence renewal delay

Julius Mugabo launches landmark case as union says thousands in capital lost incomes due to ‘broken system’ An Uber driver who got into thousands of pounds of debt and feared losing his home due to delays in Transport for London renewing…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent31 Aug 2026

British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalFiona Harvey Environment editor31 Aug 2026

Bhutan hosts first ‘conscious food summit’ amid threats to global food systems

Organisers say world must revive its spiritual relationship with food as climate crisis and conflict disrupt food security Mending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalYohannes Lowe (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier)31 Aug 2026

Iran hostilities flare after US strike in strait of Hormuz; supertanker hits mines and catches fire – Middle East crisis live

US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month, sparking reprisals against US forces in Jordan and UAE US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian retaliatory attacks Hours after the…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalCaitlin Cassidy and Kat Wong31 Aug 2026

Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs

As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric A slew of racist social media comments have been made towards Australians missing in the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalMorgan Thomas for MetDesk31 Aug 2026

Weather tracker: Warm Yellow Sea strengthens storms in South Korea

More than 200mm of rain forecast in parts of South Korea, while parts of southern Europe to be 10C above average South Korea’s prime minister, Han Seong-sook, met officials to prepare for heavy rain expected this week, with rainfall totals…

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The Guardian — WorldInternationalDeborah Cole in Berlin31 Aug 2026

Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics

The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present day It’s the global hit TV series that pulled audiences straight into the…

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