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Stretches of beach have been swept away, buildings have collapsed into the ocean, suburbs have flooded and residents have been evacuated as a monster storm made its way through New South Wales over the weekend.
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A monkey is caught on CCTV robbing 10,000 rupees - around $150 - from a jewellery shop in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
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Sir John Major appears on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning and strongly condemns the leave campaign ahead of the EU referendum, likening its leaders to ‘pythons’
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Huge swells and strong winds batter the New South Wales coastline in Australia, causing flooding and dangerous conditions in Sydney and the surrounding areas
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Polls are problematic, and they’re having dark effects on politics, argues Mona Chalabi
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Julie Bindel asks why so many feminists are trying to reclaim marriage as a subversive act
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Patrick Kingsley argues that Europe’s only solution to the migrant crisis is to resettle hundreds of thousands of people
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John Harris watches The Donald win the presumptive nomination in Indiana and talks to voters who think he’s the only option – as well as the people who think it’s all a con
spotlight
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In this archive video, filmed in 2015, Alan Rickman remembers visiting the Royal Court as a teenager, starring in an acclaimed Irish version of The Seagull there and taking Rachel Corrie’s parents to see the play based on their daughter’s diaries
sport
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After beating world No1 Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the women’s French Open final, Garbiñe Muguruza shows off the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in central Paris
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Calling Muhammad Ali ‘remarkable, inspirational and extraordinary’, Michael Parkinson looks back at his memories of the iconic sportsman
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George Foreman gives a personal and touching tribute to one his greatest opponents and closest friends, Muhammad Ali
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Guardian boxing correspondent Kevin Mitchell and columnist Gary Younge reflect back on the life and career of the self-proclaimed greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali
technology
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Researchers at the University of Sydney’s dairy farm on the outskirts of Sydney are experimenting with robotic farm assistants
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This little flying machine, dubbed a “RoboBee”, has been designed to perch on a host of different surfaces, opening up new possibilities for the use of drones in providing a bird’s-eye view of the world, scientists say. The total weight of the robot is about 100mg - similar to the weight of a real bee
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Alphabet’s flagship company presents Google Home, a speaker-turned-personal-assistant that will allow users to turn on their lights and surf the web, among other functions
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Hyperloop One conducts the first public test of a prototype propulsion system which could eventually transport people through tubes at the speed of sound
culture
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Russell Crowe, the star of The Nice Guys – Shane Black’s action comedy about a pair of misfit guns for hire who are trying to track down a missing porn star – talks to Andrew Pulver
interviews
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Nicola Sturgeon says she wants a vote to remain in the European Union to be one of hope, with people enthusiastically going to the polls
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In an exclusive interview, Andy Burnham denies any snub to Jeremy Corbyn – and has his knowledge of Manchester tested in a fiendish quickfire quiz
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Ahead of the Holyrood elections on 5 May, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale talks to Owen Jones
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The former Greek finance minister tells Owen Jones why Britons should vote to remain in the EU
life & style
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Some 300,000 handmade poppies are on display at the Chelsea Flower Show, in honour of the armed forces
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Tamal Ray, anaesthetist and baker, Professor Charles Spence, experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford and chef Jozef Youssef embark on a journey to decode the science of flavour
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More than 50 dogs – and their owners – attend a screening of Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog at Picturehouse Central in London’s West End
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The annual parade of fashion and star power is out in force at the Met Gala in New York
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In a government building in Nanzhao, the Zhang children’s father awaits his fate. Will Wei, Yan and Won ever be able to study and work?
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