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Trump, Clinton and Sanders react to Dallas killings – as it happenedTrump offers prayers to families involved in ‘horrors we are all watching’ -
US investigating allegations Honduran military had hitlist of activists to targetState department review of Guardian allegations comes as a group of Congress members renew call to suspend all US aid to Honduran police and military
spotlight
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The fatal hike that became a Nazi propaganda coupThe Long Read: In 1936, a school group from south London went on a hike in the Black Forest. Despite the heroic rescue attempts of German villagers, five boys died. Eighty years on, locals are still asking how it happened
around the world
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UKUKPolice name woman killed in Darlington bus crashEileen Brennan, 82, died after a bus crashed into the front of a branch of Halifax
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EuropeEuropeUS expelled two Russian officials in response to attack on diplomatState Department says move was response to an attack on a US diplomat by a Russian police officer in Moscow last month
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'It's Prozac in city form': Canadians on the issues facing their citiesThroughout Guardian Canada week, current and former residents shared their perspectives on life in Canadian cities, from street hockey and multiculturalism to the challenges of urban sprawl and unaffordable housing
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Calgary versus the car: the city that declared war on urban sprawlCalgary is like any other Canadian city that grew outwards, not upwards. But led by progressive mayor Naheed Nenshi, the oil-rich, car-friendly city has become an unlikely leader in the battle to limit urban sprawl
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Post-Brexit sterling decline will cost poor countries $4bn, claims studyOverseas Development Institute identifies reduced trade, fall in value of aid money and declining growth among factors that could hit poor countries
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Seed scheme offers kernel of hope for Central African Republic – galleryThe World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation are collaborating on a scheme to reinvigorate food production in Central African Republic, where prolonged conflict has undermined food security
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opinion & analysis
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The lies Trump told this week: from Saddam to the concept of losing a warIn the latest of a continuing series, the Guardian looks at some of the tallest tales the presumptive Republican nominee has told over the past seven days
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Blair says the Middle East is better off post-Saddam, but is this true?With Yemen and Libya savaged by war, a five-year conflict in Syria and peace prospects remote for Israel and Palestine, how strong is Blair’s claim?
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Opioid overdose deaths: can a bipartisan bill aimed at curbing crisis really work?Without funding some addiction experts and congressional Democrats fear the Republican-led effort will have little impact in addressing the epidemic
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Two police killings revive claims of discrimination against black gun ownersCampaigners say Alton Sterling and Philando Castile shootings follow line of cases in which black Americans are treated unfairly when armed – even in states where laws permit the concealed carrying of handguns
pictures and video
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Prayer vigil for victims of Dallas shooting – in picturesHundreds of people gathered in Thanksgiving Square in downtown Dallas following the deaths of five police officers during a protest march
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Police dispatch calls released from night of Dallas shooting – videoPolice dispatch calls from Thursday night’s deadly shooting in Dallas, in which five officers were killed and seven injured
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'We refuse to hate each other,' pastor says at Dallas prayer vigilA prayer vigil was held Friday in Dallas following Thursday’s shooting
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Gunman 'wanted to kill white officers', says Dallas police chief – videoDallas police chief David Brown gave a press conference Friday on the suspect believed to have shot and killed five police officers during a protest in Dallas
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Dallas police shootings: what we know so far – videoFive police officers have been killed and six other people injured in shootings at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas
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Spain divided over bull running and bullfighting – videoThe running of the bulls begins this week in Pamplona. But Spain is divided over the tradition
‘The city should not be this way’: fears over violence in Rio with Olympics near