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Saturday
19
March
2016
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More than 60 dead after plane crashes on landing at Rostov-on-DonNo survivors after Boeing-737 FlyDubai jet en route from Dubai explodes into flames -
Hogan awarded $115m in sex tape lawsuitThe verdict in an invasion of privacy suit against Gawker Media over the posting of a sex tape featuring Hogan may re-shape how the media covers celebrities
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El Chapo 'has plenty to read but no Viagra' in new prison regimeThe cartel boss is putting on weight and has lower blood pressure since being returned to high security jail in January, officials say -
highlights
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Maybe we can influence US in a positive wayCamilo Guevara views president’s trip as much a threat as an opportunity to his revolutionary father’s legacy
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‘When I tell people how much I sleep they are horrified’I spent too many years being hard on myself, like a drill sergeant in my head
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‘At an early age, I understood what it meant to be black. You had to be twice as good’From teenage goth to ground-breaking Vogue cover model (with a hotline to world leaders), the supermodel tells her story in her own words
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For 'Generation K', life is even harsherAfter our in-depth investigation of the issues faced by young adults, Noreena Hertz takes a look at the lives of today’s teenagers, after interviewing 2,000 of them in the past 18 months – and finds a generation who feel profoundly anxious and distrustful
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Northern Iowa stun Texas with half-court buzzer-beaterPaul Jesperson banked in a halfcourt shot at the buzzer to give 11th seeded Northern Iowa a 75-72 win over No6 seed Texas
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A Diaz-McGregor rematch is reportedly near – but it rings hollowLes Carpenter: An immediate rematch between the two fighters is reportedly in the works for UFC 200 – one that would generate oodles of cash but nonetheless rings hollow
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Tray Walker dies following motorbike crash in MiamiTributes are being paid to the Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker after he died from injuries sustained in a motorbike crash on Thursday night
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Vashti Cunningham, Randall's daughter, bursts onto scene at US indoorsSean Ingle: The daughter of Randall Cunningham has leapt from obscurity to become the most talked-about thing in US track and field. Could the Rio Olympics loom?
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Hadley Freeman: the trouble with Caitlyn JennerSure, it’s terrific to see a sixtysomething woman get modelling gigs. It’s wonderful that a trans woman is being lauded as a beauty icon. But. BUT
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Think Trump's an Islamophobe? Meet Ted Cruz's national security adviserFrank Gaffney believes that US officials have submitted to sharia law and a crescent moon is secretly included in government logos
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John Legend goes down smooth and Rae Sremmurd delivers rowdy trapThe R&B singer played hits from ‘when some of ya’ll were 10’, Kacey Musgraves gave an intimate country show and Neon Indian brought out his dance moves
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Trapped director Dawn Porter: anti-abortion laws inflict harm, not safetyPorter, whose documentary about the Trap laws sweeping US states showed at SXSW this week, discusses its impact and why it’s not an advocacy film
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Elijah Wood on police boycotts and getting an impromptu massage from Nicolas CageThe Lord of the Rings star discusses his crime thriller The Trust, his obsession with horror and why his co-star is ‘otherworldly’
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Tony Visconti paints bleak portrait of music businessDavid Bowie’s producer says record sales are declining because today’s pop is not adventurous enough, and the music industry needs to do more to nurture artists
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Record number of Americans see global warming as threatNew polling data shows that public concern about climate change is at a new high, as the US emerges from its warmest-ever winter
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Government anti-leak program a 'blank check for surveillance'‘Insider Threat’ program, based largely on Manning’s WikiLeaks disclosures, targets government employees using a variety of subjective labels
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Istanbul hit by deadly bomb attackFour people killed and 20 injured in reported suicide bombing in major tourist district of Turkish city
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Nestora Salgado, community leader battling cartels, freed from jailKidnapping charges against Salgado, who led a community police force cracking down on criminals in the violent Mexican state of Guerrero, have been dropped
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in brief
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Season two, episode 10: Thorny PoliticsSarah Koenig digs into Bergdahl’s release and why the White House held an event in the Rose Garden, when originally a more low-key event was planned
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NBC's retro family sitcom has little new to sayThis comedy about children returning to live with their parents is a clear attempt to create another Big Bang Theory but needs a much more distinct voice
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Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster set for Taxi Driver reunionThe Tribeca film festival will play host to a special screening in honor of the 40th anniversary of Scorsese’s classic thriller
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Margo Jefferson and Maggie Nelson win National Book Critics Circle AwardsAn author’s relationship with a transgender artist and a memoir of growing up in an African-American community in Chicago among subjects of books honoured
in depth
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Mighty medieval capital now lost without traceWith its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China, Benin City was one of the best planned cities in the world when London was a place of ‘thievery and murder’. So why is nothing left?
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Have millennials given up on democracy?A poll shows less than half of young adults think democracy is the best form of government – but protest parties show many can still be won over
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Democracy is a joke – just look at TrumpBeijing might be worried about the threat of a trade war with President Trump, but for now it’s content to laugh at the ‘rise of a racist’ in the US election
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The millennials not using social media75% of millennials have created at least one social media account – which makes the small percentage who don’t tweet or Instagram an unconventional group
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Are French prisons ‘finishing schools’ for terrorism?Alarmed that its jails are creating jihadis, France has launched a scheme to turn young Muslim prisoners back from radicalisation. But can prisons solve a problem society has utterly failed to repair?
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He was the Republicans' savior – until Trump came alongThe downfall of the Florida senator’s campaign is emblematic of the confusion and division in the Republican party — and the difficulty of outshining Trump
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A killer attacked a Los Angeles teen in 1980 and got away with it. Detectives on the cold case are racing to find himCalifornia cop haunted by 35-year-old unsolved murder -
'It's a tough job, but it's an awesome job,' says the LAPD's Tim MarciaCops under pressure: how homicide detectives handle stress -
Old-school assumptions about guilt and innocence don’t cut it in modern detective workHow police interrogate murder suspects -
Listen to LAPD Detective Tim Marcia talk about solving homicide cases and catching some of California’s worst criminalsCold case podcast: California cop talks murder and mystery
video & pictures
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'I want to see large birds, snakes and creatures of the night'When the great Spanish artist Joan Miró came to England in 1964 the place he most wanted to visit was London Zoo, and author Antony Penrose went along too as a young boy. The trip eventually inspired Antony’s new book Miro’s Magic Animals and this gallery shares charming insights into Miró’s life and love of animals, together with stunning photographs by Lee Miller
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The radical papers of prewar EuropeIn 1920s Europe, graphic designers and photographers created revolutionary new designs for papers that were full of hyperreal juxtapositions and tricks of perception
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Graffiti art at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda marketPainter Solomon Souza is turning the city’s main marketplace into a vast gallery of well-known contemporary and historical figures
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Eric Trump, son of Donald, receives ‘granular substance’ in threatening letterPolice has confirmed that Eric Trump has received a threatening letter delivered to his home, which also contained an unknown ‘granular substance’
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100 years of Nathan's Famous at Coney IslandThe Coney Island institution is 100 years old. Founded in 1916 by Nathan Handwerker, it has been serving hot dogs to crowds on the boardwalk ever since
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Dozing concertgoers and a boxed in boyThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including an Afghan child, body painting and a soporific show
people
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Police release pictures of gun singer used to kill himselfIt is unclear why photos of a detective holding the former Nirvana singer’s gun are being released to the public
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'I’ve finally hit puberty on camera. Woo-hoo!'She played a child in Atonement, a rebel in St Trinian’s – and has now finally come of age in Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl. She talks about famous friends, on-screen nudity and being a ‘quirky weirdo’
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Céline Cousteau on diving off the AmericasThe film-maker and conservationist is as determined to protect the marine world and indigenous peoples, in places like Mexico and the Amazon, as her famous forebears
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Singer pulling down fan's top 'could be sexual assault'Josephine Georgiou says she has no intention of suing singer but without consent incident might lead to legal action, says expert
the big picture
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Pampered dogs and bodybuildersThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including
Who can stop Trump? Republicans may have little choice but to vote Clinton