Panama canal fees soar due to Iran war and El Niño as ship ‘pays $4m to jump queue’
Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane
Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK
PM to look at imposing restriction in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough
‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio
Shameema and Tanzeela trek for miles in summer heat to vaccinate children in Kashmir’s highlands as part of a vast national programme
‘Today’s Brazilians have no idea what it feels like to lose democracy’: Joyce Moreno on her battles to become a Latin musical great
After her defiant femininity outraged many in Brazil, she lived through a military dictatorship and was boycotted for years. But after more than 30 albums, she explains how she kept going
Stars, trees, mountains: Santa Rosa outdoor youth program is using nature to combat gun violence
LandPaths takes at-risk youth out of their concrete, urban environments and into the natural one, offering many their first encounters with the land
10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now
From rejecting drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here’s how Burnham can ready the UK for a hotter, drier climate
Top chefs find grouse in short supply as wildfires add to heat over shoots
As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be ‘playground for bloodsports’
Eerie silence and ‘still surviving’: what happened next after steel town’s last blast furnace shut down
Exhibition in Port Talbot is part of project exploring how communities experience endings and transitions
Guardian style guide: D
From dachshund to dyslexia
Why we’re going back to the games of our youth
As millenials return to the games of their youth, remakes of Star Fox and Halo suggest there is still plenty to learn from the past
‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected
Fairground TV is a 24/7 channel devoted to low-quality AI content for viewers sick of watching real people move in ways that won’t haunt you
Tell us your experience of female ‘looksmaxxing’
We would like to hear from women who participate in the ‘looksmaxxing’ community
UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds
Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
I was enjoying growing vegetables. Then the climate crisis raised its ugly head
My child and I were bonding over our hit-and-miss approach to reaping crops. But with heatwaves pushing more of Britain into drought, it’s starting to feel like a luxury we can’t afford, writes Bim Adewunmi
If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them
From space to telecommunications, the US has a long history of fostering technology for the public good. These AI models could be aligned to democratic values, not corporate profits