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Salman Rushdie attack provokes both praise and anxiety in Iran

The late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for the novelist’s death in 1989 over his book, The Satanic Verses.

Tropical Storm Meari hammers Japan with heavy rainfall

China sends fighter jets to Thailand for joint military exercises

Sir Salman Rushdie ‘on a ventilator and could lose an eye’ after New York attack

Democrats push landmark climate and health care bill through US Congress

What the papers say – August 13

Drought persists in south of UK while thunderstorms hit the north

Bowel cancer checks at record high ‘thanks to Dame Deborah James’

First Cabinet minister switches sides to back Truss in race for No 10

Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York

Scottish director’s debut film will bring back memories of 90s’ package trips

FBI seized ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s home

Pope under the grill: Newcastle United goalkeeper wins surprising online poll

Sir Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?

Plymouth remembers Keyham massacre one year on

Street where girl died in blast declared ‘gas-safe’ as residents set to return

Fires tear through grassland across the UK amid tinder-dry drought conditions

‘Nonsense’ to say Labour has not been leading on cost of living – Starmer

‘Lessons to be learned’ from Belfast Eurovision bid disappointment – Donaldson

Public can expect more help on cost of living from next PM, says Johnson

Post Office workers to stage fresh strikes over pay

UK’s Eurovision will be ‘greatest’ yet, says former Ukrainian winner Jamala

Morrisons stops disposable barbecue sales as dry spell sparks fire risk concerns

Drought will mean poor quality potato crop and financial losses, farmers say

Pensioner cleared of causing baby’s death by careless driving due to dementia

Johnson vows ‘meaningful meeting’ with devolved leaders on cost of living

Civil servants ‘will find Truss antisemitism claims insulting and abhorrent’

Drought declared for parts of England after driest summer for 50 years

Residents can return to homes after fatal gas blast

BT workers to stage fresh strikes over pay

Public can expect more help on cost of living from next PM, says Johnson

Scottish rural economy ‘back in business’ as grouse shooting season begins

NHS staff in Scotland ‘prepared to strike’ over pay, say unions

Israeli man who died in Kent car crash radiated kindness, says former student

Public can expect more help on cost of living from next PM, says Johnson

Public can expect more help on cost of living from next PM, says Johnson

Truss would change ‘woke’ Civil Service culture that ‘strays into antisemitism’

London commuter numbers rising but staff embracing hybrid working, O2 data shows

Disappointment as Belfast fails to make short list to host Eurovision

Drought expected to be declared amid heatwave with UK hotter than Caribbean

Eurovision 2023: How will the final decision on the host city be made?

UN chief affirms support for denuclearised North Korea

Chancellor: Next PM can hit the ground running to offer extra energy bill help

Price cap predictions hiked again in fresh £5,300 warning on bills

Sunak ramps up promises to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island

Heritage railway suspends steam trains after fire caused by locomotive

Getty Museum in LA to return illegally exported art to Italy

Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban from August 26

Joan of Arc to be made a non-binary character in new Globe production

What the papers say – August 12

UN demands end to military activity at Ukraine nuclear plant

Andrew Bailey: Regulatory independence vital to UK’s competitiveness

Keyham: A timeline leading to tragedy