Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the case

Wednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst of psychic rain for our parched land, as it emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan were reversing their self-styled “freedom flight” to California and returning to live in the UK. Nature is healing! Is that … is that how the expression goes? Either way, all humans in Britain have taken the announcement brilliantly, while fatted calf prices climbed steeply at the news that the reverse Megxit is imminent, with only an adequate headline soubriquet yet to be found. Megain? Megraine?

Inevitably, thoughts turned swiftly to what it all meant. One of the funniest aspects of Meghan and Harry coverage is how their decisions are always analysed as though we were parsing the 4D chess moves of 19th-century master strategists. We are forever imagining we are dealing with a couple of Bismarcks or Clausewitzes, as opposed to a resting actor and the “chief impact officer” of a firm designed to offer tech-based solutions to men crying in their cars or something.

Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist

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Signings of Tielemans and Santos have addressed an area that has been problematic since the manager himself stopped playing

Ed Woodward to MUTV in July 2015: “When people see Bastian Schweinsteiger on the teamsheet, that’s going to send some shivers down the spine.” This prediction by Manchester United’s then executive vice-president, about Louis van Gaal’s new midfield signing, proved to be badly off-target as the World Cup-winner’s career at the club proved to be a disappointment.

Two years after Woodward’s bullish statement, Schweinsteiger departed for Chicago Fire with a paltry 35 appearances and two goals for United on his CV, having been forced to train for a while with the youngsters by José Mourinho, Van Gaal’s successor. Here, in microcosm, is the story of virtually all midfield recruits by United for a generation. The hope at the club is that this trend changed this summer, with the arrivals of Youri Tielemans for £35m from Aston Villa and Andrey Santos for £48m plus £2m in add-ons, from Chelsea, with the manager, Michael Carrick, also closing in on Brighton’s Carlos Baleba for a fee in the region of £70m.

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Aeroplane maker said to have watered down plans to restrict working from home to one day a week

Airbus has reportedly bowed to employee demands on remote working, after a series of strikes over its chief executive’s return-to-the office orders.

The world’s largest aeroplane maker is said to have watered down plans to restrict remote working to one day a week from September. At present, staff are able to work remotely for two.

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We want to hear from young people who have chosen to start their own businesses rather than follow a traditional career path

A growing number of Gen Z are starting their own businesses, with the number of Start Up Loans taken out by young founders rising by 132% over the past five years, according to analysis by the British Business Bank. Meanwhile, Hiscox analysis of Companies House data found nearly 400,000 Gen Z directors are now running UK-registered businesses.

We’d like to hear from people aged between 18 and 29 who have started a business about what inspired you to do it and how you got started. How is your business going? What have been the biggest challenges and rewards? Do you see yourself continuing to run your own business in the future?

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Een 45-jarige man uit Vlaardingen is donderdag opgepakt na een bedreiging met een vuurwapen. Om wat voor bedreiging het ging kan de politie niet zeggen, aldus een woordvoerder.

Communist Party officials said Bondarenko faces charges of extremism over an old social media post featuring a photo of Alexei Navalny.

Bondarenko, who is running for office in the State Duma, said police are threatening to charge him for publicly displaying Nazi symbols.

In de mobiele operatiekamer van Stichting Zwerfkatten worden jaarlijks zo’n tweeduizend zwerfkatten gecontroleerd, gesteriliseerd of gecastreerd en gechipt. Het is een diervriendelijker alternatief voor afschieten, zoals onder meer in Friesland gebeurt.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 21-08-2026 13:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 18.5°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 16.0°C / Max 20.0°C | Kans op neerslag 38%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 16.0°C, Max 20.0°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1011.5 hPa ↗️ +1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 325°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 14:00: 19.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 1010.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 19°
• 15:00: 19.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 69%, 🧭 1010.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 352°
• 16:00: 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 73%, 🧭 1010.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 346°
• 17:00: 19.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 71%, 🧭 1010.7 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 345°
• 18:00: 18.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 58%, 🧭 1011.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 347°
• 19:00: 18.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 39%, 🧭 1011.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 344°
• 20:00: 18.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1011.9 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 348°
• 21:00: 17.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 16%, 🧭 1012.4 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 347°
• 22:00: 17.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1013.2 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 342°
• 23:00: 17.1°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1013.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 314°
• 00:00: 16.7°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 11%, 🧭 1013.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.3 km/u (1.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 301°
• 01:00: 16.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1013.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.7 km/u (1.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 311°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 22 augustus: Min 14.3°C, Max 19.0°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 42%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ↗️ +6.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 330°
• zondag 23 augustus: Min 13.8°C, Max 20.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ↗️ +6.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 333°
• maandag 24 augustus: Min 12.0°C, Max 19.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1022.7 hPa ↘️ -1.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.9 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ← 87°
• dinsdag 25 augustus: Min 12.8°C, Max 22.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1014.0 hPa ↘️ -8.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.1 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ← 82°
• woensdag 26 augustus: Min 17.8°C, Max 23.0°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 12.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1013.1 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↑ 196°
• donderdag 27 augustus: Min 18.7°C, Max 23.4°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Neerslag 5.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 43%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ↘️ -3.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.5 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 184°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 13:15): 18.5°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 18.9°C (+0.4°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 13°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 26.6 km/h (7.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 67%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1010.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 21.6 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 4.8
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:36 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:54

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 25 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 3.0 μg/m³
• PM10: 6.4 μg/m³

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