Turkey coup attempt
Friday
15
July
2016
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President Erdoğan tells nation ‘we will overcome this’• Martial law imposed and curfew declared across country
• Action taken to ‘reinstate constitutional order and human rights', say armed forces
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Nice mourns victims as French investigators search for motive• 10 children among the 84 dead
• We are facing a long battle, says under-pressure Hollande
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'Hysterical crowds were running from death'Witnesses recount how the atrocity in Nice unfolded as the truck barrelled through the esplanade, sending revellers flying
headlines
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Donald Trump officially names Indiana governor as running mateDecision, announced on Twitter, seen as attempt to unite Republican party and bring much-needed political experience to Trump’s presidential ticket
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highlights
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A watchable adventure still heavy on the bromanceZachary Quinto’s Spock remains the real star of the latest instalment, even if Idris Elba’s Krall could have been given more to do
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Make Me and the new slow pop movementBritney’s new tune, plus Katy Perry’s Olympic anthem, confirm that the days of frantic BPM are truly over and a more mellow tempo is taking over the charts
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How the internet was inventedIn 40 years, the internet has morphed from a military communication network into a vast global cyberspace. And it all started in a California beer garden
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Sperm has a shelf life too (even if Mick Jagger is still going strong)The rapid decline in women’s fertility as they age is well known – but what about men and their sperm? Read the fine print and the answer becomes less clear
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Chris Froome extends lead as Tom Dumoulin wins stage 13Chris Froome moved a step closer to claiming a third Tour de France crown but Tom Dumoulin won the stage 13 time trial in style
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Patriots star drops bid to overturn Deflategate suspensionBrady accepts he will serve four-game suspension linked to Deflategate scandal and says ‘I will no longer proceed with the legal process’
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What the New York Times got wrong about US soccer culturePlus: Seattle gear up for the Cascadia Cup; a fiery affair; Montreal and New York City FC fight it out; and FC Dallas’s midweek disaster
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Phil Mickelson marches on with Henrik Stenson hot on his heelsPhil Mickelson has a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson after the second day of the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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The Trump/Pence logo is undeniably erotic. Can it be accidental?The Donald stuck with boring typography for his new logo. Boring, if it didn’t look like his gigantic ‘T’ was thrusting itself into Pence’s ‘P’
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Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick has waged war on women’s rights and the freedom of minorities. Only his campaign could think that’s a win-winMike Pence’s agenda? To take control of your womb
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Mourners at funeral call for justiceSterling was selling CDs outside a Louisiana store when he was killed by two white officers responding to a call of a man threatening someone with a gun
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Company dodges 'pyramid scheme' label and agrees to pay $200m fineStock soars as FTC chair says the investigation focused ‘less on the label’ or shutting dieting supplement’s operations down, opting for the less severe charge
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Toxic fumes cause wrinkles and premature agingToxic fumes may be the primary cause of skin ageing in polluted cities such as London, New York and Beijing, scientists say
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'Freed' human rights activist Zhao Wei still missing, says husbandDetained employee reported as saying she has returned to parents’ home in Henan province but husband finds place deserted
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in brief
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Shuffle your thoughts and sleepTraditional ways of tackling insomnia are largely useless, says Oliver Burkeman, but this is different
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My cat saved me from a fire‘A firefighter emerged with Tink draped over his arm. I assumed she was dead. He put an oxygen mask on her and incredibly, she took a breath and coughed’
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Why everyone is crazy for the app that turns photos into works of artThe hugely popular app is reinventing the way that technology can transform images by recreating a photo from scratch, rather than overlaying a filter
in depth
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Why gay conversion therapy is still legal despite dangersIt’s been widely discredited as unethical and ineffective, yet ex-gay therapy is seeing a resurgence across the US
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VP brings political credibility to ticketTrump’s selection of the Indiana governor as his running mate also draws sharp battle lines with Clinton, given Pence’s crusades against abortion and gay rights
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How the overnight sensation was 20 years in the makingIt has only taken a week for Pokémon Go’s creatures to pop up all around the planet – but their journey really began in 1996
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Rebecca Solnit on living in dark timesWe may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act
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Which superhero should he play in Ben Affleck's Batman movie?The main man of the Jason Bourne movies would make a very strange Robin, but there are plenty of other superpowered stars in the DC Comics firmament
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Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchersMore than four decades after she appeared in a Los Angeles County welfare office, her fate is unclear – but she has changed the lives of those who knew her
in pictures
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Hillary Clinton and a white tiger cubThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a Clinton campaign rally and a white Indian tiger cub in the Czech Republic
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Muslim life in harmonyAmid a climate of fundamentalism and fear, photographer Peter Sanders shows how integrated Muslims and non-Muslims can be
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Londoners from around the worldThey live in London, but come from all around the world: every nationality contained within a single city. Can one Magnum photographer turn his camera on them all?
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Raqib Shaw's phantasmagoric portraitsOld Masters paintings wildly reimagined to create an unhinged tableaux of colour, energy and spirituality
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Creative crosswalks around the worldWhether for safety, art or celebration, pedestrian crossings in cities around the world have been transformed with colourful or unusual designs – from rainbows and piano keyboards to french fries and bullets
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The best drone photography of 2016The winners in the third annual drone photography awards have been announced
what to watch
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All-female upgrade awakens the ectoplasmic forcePaul Feig’s reboot pays tribute to the 80s blockbuster with in-jokes and cameos – but it’s a brand new work, firing off top-quality zingers every 10 seconds
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Woody Allen's amiable, if insubstantial, tribute to golden-age HollywoodJesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart give excellent performances as an on-the-make New Yorker and the woman he falls in love with in Allen’s likable romance
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Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult fail to compute in moribund sci-fi parableSet in a future world where emotions are banned and relationships outlawed, Drake Doremus’ venture into science-fiction falls flat
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A good crime drama that falls short of greatnessHBO’s new show challenges notions about race, religion and class in relation to the US justice system but it isn’t as radical as it might have been
people
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Exploring the planet orbiting two starsThey’re both tattooed, left massive boybands and they’re both into aliens – what is it with northern British pop stars and their extraterrestrial preoccupations?
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Rapper and producer says new album will be her lastRapper and producer tells Radio 1’s Annie Mac that she will continue to make music but forthcoming record AIM will be her final studio release
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Five best momentsThe former Saturday Night Live star tries to prevent a ghoulish apocalypse in comedy reboot Ghostbusters, but what have been her greatest roles?
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Actor set to star in new Steven Spielberg filmThe Star Wars actor and ‘internet’s boyfriend’ is in talks to star in The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, about the origins of the secular Italian state
the big picture
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The week in wildlifeA Bengal tiger with her cubs, osprey chicks and a forest lit up by thousands of fireflies are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
9/11 Report's classified '28 pages' about potential Saudi Arabia ties released