The World Tonight

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‘Litany of failures’ in case of patient killed on NHS mental health ward

Parliament votes against a fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying

Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms

AI 'could kill all humans' within 10 years: says Anthropic researcher

Israel retaliates for British sanctions on occupied West Bank imports

Government condemns disorder at Portsmouth anti-migrant protest

Lindsay Clancy murder trial collapses

A story of hope after Nepal flood

Inside a clinic taking on childhood obesity

Burnham’s plan for government

31/08/2026

Number of missing after Nepal flash floods jumps significantly to nearly 2,000

UK salmonella cases nearing 500 as egg investigations continue

Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children

Dolly Parton dies aged 80

US announces ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran

High court allows rugby brain injury case to go on

Major Western powers condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project

Hopes for new cancer vaccine

Cousin of Bashar al-Assad condemned to death