The hill I will die on: Packing light is for cowards. Pack heavy | Max OleskerTrip-prepping shouldn’t be a grim exercise in minimising your milligrams. Take day outfits, night outfits, gymwear, swimwear – and prepare for an adventure If you’re on the hunt for a streamlined way to travel internationally while only packing a toothbrush, an iPad, a single white T-shirt made of technical fabric and a lukewarm sachet of Huel, then keep scrolling. I simply couldn’t care less. Packing for tr - August 18 2026 - 7:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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Premier League 2026-27 preview No 14: LiverpoolAndoni Iraola has his hands full – replacing Mo Salah and restoring faith at Anfield – and will hope big name investors bring stability not disharmony Guardian writers’ predicted position: 4th (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 5th Continue reading... - August 18 2026 - 7:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weatherWoodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affected England’s ancient oak trees are dying in the summer’s extreme heat and dry weather, according to the Woodland Trust, with trees and ecosystems unable to adapt fast enough to the changing climate. The heatwaves across much of Europe this summer have had a notable impact on crop growth and plant health. T - August 18 2026 - 7:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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Vans, ghosts, sofas and a kiss from Katy Perry: artist France-Lise McGurn and her paint-everything ethosTackling grief, time, parties and spaceflight, the Scottish artist uses film stills, magazine ads, family photos and even her own furniture to create a show you can settle into and figure out ‘I love parties,” says France-Lise McGurn, “but they’re complicated, and there’s a time when you leave.” Her new show at Dundee Contemporary Arts, called The Charm Offensive, carries her dynamic, vital paintings int - August 18 2026 - 6:57 am EDT | The Guardian
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‘Migration has been weaponised’: Italy’s security law criticised after death of Moroccan man in police restraintCase of Abderrahim Fakir is first in which legal shield giving police greater protection from prosecution has been invoked If, before 19 July, few people in Italy beyond his family and friends knew who Abderrahim Fakir was, by the late afternoon of that day the final moments of his life were being watched across the country. Video footage widely shared online showed him being handcuffed and forcibly restrained by po - August 18 2026 - 6:55 am EDT | The Guardian
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David Squires on … new managers causing a stir before Premier League’s returnOur cartoonist on the nine fresh faces in club dugouts and their potential impact as they begin work Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading... - August 18 2026 - 6:38 am EDT | The Guardian
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Mechanical fault suspected in helicopter crash that killed British newlyweds in GreeceMarie Ebert, Alexander Cromie and their pilot died when their aircraft crashed on island of Sifnos Greek police believe a mechanical fault may have caused a helicopter to crash moments before it was due to land on the island of Sifnos, killing a British couple on honeymoon and the pilot. Authorities were focusing on Tuesday on the “strange noise” the aircraft, a privately chartered Bell 206, is reported to have - August 18 2026 - 6:36 am EDT | The Guardian
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How architect Paul Revere Williams fought racism and changed the face of Los AngelesCreating homes for Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Lucille Ball made Williams a star. A trio of new exhibitions shows he belongs among the 20th century’s greats When you fly into the Los Angeles airport LAX, a spindly space-age contraption is the first thing that greets your eyes outside the window. Built in the early 1960s, the Theme Building – which once attracted travelers to its in-house restaurant, designed b - August 18 2026 - 6:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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Match review – gory and slyly satirical catfishing horror for the age of HingeOnline dating’s eternal bugbear reaches a horrific apotheosis in this funny, grimy and impishly directed shocker Paola (Humberly González) is a pretty young woman about to turn 30 who hasn’t found herself a steady boyfriend – so, like many people of her generation, she’s on all the dating apps. The algorithm finds her match in Henry, who looks clean cut and kind eyed – or, at least, that’s what he seems - August 18 2026 - 6:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and moreHealth data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows A database of federal law enforcement officer misconduct records. A survey measuring physical, sexual and emotional violence against children and youth. Real-time pollution readings collected by air quality monitors from US embassies around the world. These are among the hundre - August 18 2026 - 6:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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Phoebe Bridgers review – high priestess of ambiguity turns grief Technicolor in intimate church showUnion Chapel, LondonAhead of playing arenas this winter, Bridgers gives her third album, Lost Weekend, a stripped-back UK debut that makes its bewitching songs sound even more astounding Three days after the rapturous release of her third album, Lost Weekend, Phoebe Bridgers invites 900 people into her bedroom to hear her play some of its devastating songs live – or at least, that’s how it feels inside Union Cha - August 18 2026 - 5:03 am EDT | The Guardian
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Virginia teacher and firefighters feud over whether a python started schoolhouse fireAuthorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze The snake didn’t start the fire. So says a Virginia science teacher who owns a python that was found outside its enclosure in a middle school classroom that caught fire recently. Authorities, meanwhile, have publicly blamed the fire on the snake, named Nanner, alleging the python knocked over a he - August 18 2026 - 5:00 am EDT | The Guardian
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