headlines
Wednesday
20
July
2016
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WikiLeaks blocked after leaked Erdoğan party emails go onlineNearly 300,000 emails from ruling party posted online ‘in response to government’s post-coup purges’
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Republican party nominates Donald Trump for presidentParty largely avoids drama during delegates’ roll call vote on convention floor as Trump’s once unthinkable ascension becomes reality -
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Smokers fume over possible ban on glamorous Gauloises and GitanesTobacco firms demand clarification of new public health law that could see some brands outlawed for being too trendy
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highlights
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City 40, Russia's deadly nuclear secretOzersk was the birthplace of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme. Now it is one of the most contaminated places on the planet – so why do so many residents still view it as a fenced-in paradise?
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The perils of being a powerful white manDean Burnett: Powerful white men regularly claim to be among the most persecuted, oppressed people in society. Except they’re clearly not. Why do so many feel otherwise?
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Why many Turks still back authoritarian ErdoğanPresident is perceived to represent lower-class and religiously conservative sections of society, and under his rule people have become better off
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The movies that inspire politiciansMike Pence hates Mulan, Hitler loved Snow White, and Britain’s new foreign secretary takes inspiration from … Dodgeball. We consider the politicians who read significance – good and bad – into cinema
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Tour de France: stage 17 takes race into the AlpsRolling report: Follow Lawrence Ostlere’s live updates as the Tour travels 185km from Berne to Finhaut-Emosson in the Swiss Alps
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Maybe my story will make other athletes take fewer pillsThe former Liverpool defender opens up on his overuse of anti-inflammatory drugs and the day when his body simply had enough
opinion
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The Republicans have shown how they want to take on the Democratic frontrunner, by framing her as a criminal. The result will be relentless negativityThe targeting of Hillary Clinton suggests a vicious campaign ahead
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I love Channel 4’s Paralympics advert. But we can’t all be superhumansThe Rio trailer shows disabled people in a wonderful light. But the broadcaster’s ‘there’s no such thing as can’t’ message is wrongheaded and unhelpful
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Prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kiev car bombingProminent writer for the investigative Ukrayinska Pravda was driving to work when it was blown up, says official
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The South African children's Aids hospice that ran out of businessWhen campaigners won a legal battle to force the state to treat pregnant women with HIV, the Cotlands centre had to find a new purpose. Bhekisisa reports
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in depth
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Why is the World Bank backing coal power in Europe's youngest country?The World Bank is poised to support a new coal plant that would modernise Kosovo’s creaking energy infrastructure, but also lock the young nation into a future powered by a regressive fossil fuel
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Photographer Laia Abril on her history of misogynyPoison herbs, handcuffs on a hospital bed, death threat voicemails … the subtle but chilling exhibits in the photographer’s powerful show about abortion capture the horror of a largely invisible war on women
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You Tarzan, me Adam: I found out in a theater that my book inspired the filmImagine my surprise when, a few weeks ago, in a theater of a mall, I encountered two characters I had written about in my own book: King Leopold’s Ghost
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Racial tension, budget cuts and 'war on cops' could hinder police recruiting‘Nearly all departments are having a difficult time to attract applicants’ in the current polarized climate, even as some populations are growing
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The day I met Arthur, the dog who walked through the jungle to stay by meFor adventure racer Mikael Lindnord and Arthur the stray dog, it was friendship at first sight – so much so that Arthur followed him 100 miles in the forest
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Meet the parents raising vegan babiesThe rapid rise in veganism in the UK has been driven by young people. Here, four parents explain how to raise a vegan child safely
people
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How his unlikely late-night success came aboutChat shows are thriving in the US, with Corden leading the viral charge. Yet British versions keep on biting the dust
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The artist in exile, tackling Egypt's problems through comicsThe Egyptian artist reveals how The Solar Grid draws on his fears for the country’s future, his admiration of Edward Snowden and his own experience of fleeing repression
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The woman who wed @WstonesOxfordStHe wrote the tweets, she followed the account, and then, reader, she married him. This is the full story
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Why we can't look away from the world's first selfie superstarThe Mexican artist’s works depicted her dreams, pain and feminism – but she also understood the power of performance
the big picture
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Republicans rejoice and farmers make hayThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
May to Merkel 'UK will need time to prepare for Brexit'
France Brexit vote boosts far right