headlines
Wednesday
16
September
2015
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Cars swept away in city of Hildale and hikers killed in nearby canyons, with victims said to be as young as four years in disaster after heavy rains
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Rumours and confusion grow as European leaders show little will to manage large numbers of people fleeing traumas of war
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Interviewee dropped to the ground when Vester Flanagan opened fire, killing TV crew Adam Ward and Alison Parker at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
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highlights
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Mary Poppins Not sugary, but sharp and subversive
Emma BrockesDisney’s remake pledges a return to the source: PL Travers’s stories. Travers hated the 1964 movie, but it was more faithful to her books than she realised -
Blunt note stating that he did not believe the Bible was ‘divine revelation’ nor that Jesus was the son of God could fetch $90,000: ‘It is the ultimate piece’
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Numbers fell by almost three-quarters over the last 40 years, risking loss of the species, says WWF report
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Annie’s Miss Hannigan, model groupies and catwalk tumbles … what’s catching everyone’s eye at the shows?
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We are a tax haven for wealthy foreigners with a low corporate tax rate and huge business subsidies. So why increase income taxes on working class residents?
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Research shows that focusing on the attainment of happiness is actually self-defeating
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Democrat senators reject second bid to stop Barack Obama’s agreement, paving the way for its implementation, but Republicans refuse to end debate
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Voting technology deployed by most states across the US is now so antiquated it is in danger of breaking down, experts say
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Only four of pontiff’s speeches will be in English, while 14 others, including one at the United Nations, will be in his native language, Vatican says
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‘Tense’ situation at railway terminal that has become a key staging post for people arriving from Hungary and seeking to reach Germany
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special report: the counted
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People killed by the police in the US, recorded by the Guardian
in brief
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Apple’s latest iPhone and iPad software promises better battery life, real multitasking, improved Siri and Google Now-like features
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A taster of what to expect from the final series of Downton, which starts on Sunday
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Charging onto the crowded battlefield of violent shows set in mediaeval times, this FX show currently offers little to set it apart – although it has potential
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You don't have to be rich to lead an 'eco friendly' lifestyle - here's how I do it
Madeleine SomervilleEco-friendly living is being sold as the exclusive domain of those who have too much time, too much money or both. It needn’t be this way
in depth
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When Ashraf Marwan fell to his death from the balcony of a London flat, he took his secrets with him. Was he working for Egypt or Israel? And did the revelation of his identity lead to his murder?
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New issue wades into the conversations about race, poverty and gentrification roiling the US, responding to a new political consciousness among fans
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Thanks to the cameraphone, we are drowning in images. Which are important, and what gives them meaning? In Montreal, a group of artists attempt to decide
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These high-powered mothers share their experiences with how limited paid maternity leave complicates the delicate ‘see-saw’ of children and career
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Damascus school principal Mona Hamoud says problems are largely psychological ones related to fear and violence
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Every year thousands of Hasidic Jews fly in from around the world to visit their spiritual leader’s grave in Uman – much to the consternation of some of the locals
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The long-awaited film adaptation of Amis’s slippery story of sex, death and darts becomes a psychedelic British gangster film in the hands of first-time feature director Matthew Cullen – with a cameo by the novelist himself
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Despite strong performances from Page and Evan Rachel Wood as sisters struggling for survival, Patricia Rozema’s adaptation of Jean Hegland’s popular novel struggles to grip
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The actor spoke about parenting while promoting his new true crime thriller Black Mass at the Toronto film festival
video & pictures
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When a wildfire threatens, residents have to make fast – and occasionally heartbreaking – decisions on what to save. Several nonprofits are helping the animals left behind, as well as those who managed to escape with their pets
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Jaguar’s new sports car enters the record books on Monday after performing the largest ever loop-the-loop completed by a car
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Victoria Beckham is facing criticism for using models who are too skinny in her catwalk show in New York
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Amateur video shows a torrent of water carrying branches and debris under a bridge in Colorado City
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Hungary closes down a key border crossing from Serbia overnight on Monday, leaving thousands of migrants stranded
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including film premieres and campaign rallies
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In 2013, Bryan Chan and a group of fellow university students in Arizona launched a weather balloon near the Grand Canyon
people
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Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine … writer Charlie Kaufman had a brilliant run of oddball movies. So why did he suddenly drop out of sight? And what’s the story behind his new puppet drama Anomalisa?
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The Hark! A Vagrant webcomic writer’s second book, Step Aside Pops, comes out this month. She talks to the Guardian about how feminism and the Canadian oil sands influenced her work
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Charities warn that using very young, very thin women on catwalk could exacerbate conditions of people with eating disorders
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Black Keys drummer says White, who had previously apologised for his remarks about the band, attacked him in New York
popular
the big picture
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Lebanon is 400 times smaller than the European Union and has 1.2 million Syrian refugees, who have lived through bomb blasts and chemical attacks and are now in illegal tent cities or packed into small apartments
Bernie Sanders rejects 'vicious' attack over support for UK Labour leader
Jeremy Corbyn Labour leader stands silent for national anthem at Battle of Britain service