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Looking for in-depth world news? Here are the top 10 stories from The Guardian as of May 8, 2026. The Guardian is a leading British international news organization known for investigative reporting and global coverage.

Today's Top 10 Stories on The Guardian

#1 — Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/two-britons-evacuated-hantavirus-hit-ship-improving-hospital

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#2 — Woman jailed in Somalia for peaceful protest ‘stripped, kicked and beaten’

In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating against the government A woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards. Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in a small cell without food. ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/07/sadia-moalim-ali-woman-somalia-jail-peaceful-protest

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#3 — Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock

British guide Martin Anstee among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary Islands

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-hantavirus-strain-andes-spread-humans-south-africa

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#4 — British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/cruise-ship-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-blocked-docking-cape-verde

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#5 — Nigerian refinery accused of sacking union members is key to UK plan to tackle jet fuel shortage

Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west Africa A refinery in Nigeria accused of dismissing workers for joining a union has emerged as key to the UK government’s hopes of saving the summer holiday amid a jet fuel shortage. Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said at the weekend that part of the answer to the strait of Hormuz crisis was to import more fuel from the US and west Africa. ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/nigeria-refinery-dangote-uk-plan-jet-fuel-shortage-strait-of-hormuz

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#6 — Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it Walking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace also seems off-kilter.

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/mexico-city-sinking-subsidence-2cm-a-month-nasa-nisar

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#7 — Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries. Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having the highest incidence of the rare, rodent-borne disease in Latin America. Investigators there are working to contact trace the source of contamination. ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/argentina-origins-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-mv-hondius

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#8 — US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy

The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism efforts The Trump administration has accused Europe of being an “incubator” for terrorism fuelled by mass migration, in a new counter-terrorism strategy unveiled on Wednesday. The strategy also focuses on rooting out “violent left-wing extremists” including “radically pro-transgender” groups, as Trump’s conservative administration steps up its political attacks on opponents. ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/new-trump-counterterrorism-strategy-targets-europe-terrorism-migration

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#9 — US cancels visas for board of Costa Rica newspaper critical of Trump ally

Leading newspaper La Nación calls US’s barring of board members ‘indirect attack on press freedom’ The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, an ally of Donald Trump. During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank. The paper also reported on allegations of illegal campaign financing , which Chaves denied . ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/us-cancels-tourist-visas-board-members-top-costa-rica-newspaper-la-nacion-trump

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#10 — Mexico nightclub’s $300 cover charge for US citizens captures popular mood

Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’ A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14. The Instagram announcement from the nightclub Japan in the Roma Norte neighborhood has been liked over 26,000 times and received more than 200 comments, mostly supporting the policy as part of a broader revolt in the capital against what many see as a US takeover. ...

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/mexico-nightclub-cover-charge-us-citizens

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Updated: May 8, 2026