Wednesday
20
July
2016
All the latest news from Cleveland
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Woman who sued Trump over alleged sexual assault breaks silenceJill Harth stands by claims of incident described in 1997 lawsuit as ‘attempted rape’ and wants apology from Trump -
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Secret service investigating Trump adviser who said Clinton 'should be shot'Secret service investigating Al Baldasaro after comments escalate already heightened rhetoric against Clinton during Republican national convention
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headlines
Wednesday
20
July
2016
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US airstrikes allegedly kill at least 73 civiliansUS military investigates activists’ claims of deaths in Manbij in what would be deadliest coalition attack on non-combatants in campaign against Isis
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Erdoğan declares three-month state of emergencyAnnouncement made after president meets top security and cabinet officials in Ankara and amid continued purge of state institutions
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highlights
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Twitter banning one man won’t undo his poisonous legacyBanning the ‘alt-right’ agitator from Twitter is not constructive; it stands to further wind up people who respond to humiliation by becoming dangerous
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What anti-Hillary merch says about this electionThe T-shirt accusing Bill Clinton of rape is symbolic – not just of the tone of the Republican national convention but of the presidential election as a whole
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We're looking after each other's spiritsThe Guardian participated in the British singer’s free five-hour class with top choreographers, after which local dancers were invited to perform at her concert
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Anti-doping agencies urge IOC to suspend Russian team from OlympicsThe International Olympic Committee has received an urgent letter from 14 national anti-doping organisations urging it to immediately suspend the Russian Olympic Committee and provisionally ban all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics
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Thunder's Kanter receives death threats after failed coup in TurkeyThunder center said he’s received death threats following the coup in Turkey that failed to overthrow president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime
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Allardyce set to be named England manager after FA meetingSam Allardyce’s imminent appointment as England’s new manager is set to be ratified by a meeting of the Football Association board
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Melania Trump's immigration story won a standing ovation. What about ours?I watched her speech with my Latino family and wondered whether an immigrant of a different color would have received the same applause
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From proclaiming the superiority of white civilization to saying America should be made “American” again, the narrative is clear – and it isn’t just TrumpWho can now say the Republican party isn't a vehicle of white power?
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Florida investigates possible first case of local mosquito transmission‘Possible non-travel related’ Zika case in Miami-Dade County reported – all known cases in US involved people infected abroad or by sexual contact
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FBI arrests senior banker accused of rigging multibillion-dollar dealMark Johnson and a colleague allegedly defrauded clients and ‘manipulated the foreign exchange market to benefit themselves and their bank’
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US officials target $1bn of assets as part of fraud investigation into 1MDB fundJustice department traces money from Malaysian economic development fund to real estate in Beverly Hills, $200m in artwork and The Wolf of Wall Street
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Labour supporters have cooled on Corbyn, Guardian survey findsResearch finds enthusiasm waning for party leader but no evidence of support for any other candidate
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in brief
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Player drives into police car while another is robbedElsewhere, a Pokémon trainer gets stuck in a tree as officers across the country struggle to handle continuing app-fuelled mishaps
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Privacy on Snapchat and the legal gray areasFrom a taped conversation to a naked snap at the gym, technology no longer places reasonable limits on our ability to share private acts – but the law does
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A fitting sendoff for HBO's slowburning showThe show about a group of gay friends in San Francisco is at its best when it gets to the heart of unexplored issues on TV – usually over Chinese takeout
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Google uses AI to cut data centre energy use by 15%Technology firm hailed success of machine-learning trial and said efficiencies will be applied to all its centres by end of year
in depth
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Freddie Gray's death haunts man who shot videoKevin Moore captured last images of the Baltimore man. A year later and after the acquittals of police officers over his death, he says ‘I ain’t got no more tears left’
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The first woman to run for the White HouseMore than a century before Hillary Clinton, Victoria Woodhull made a bid for president – a pioneering protest for which she was called ‘Mrs Satan’ and sent to jail
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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 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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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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Inside City 40, Russia's deadly nuclear secretOzersk, codenamed City 40, 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?
in pictures
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The 2016 Republican national convention so farDonald Trump secured the party’s nomination amid speeches by Rudy Giuliani, Melania Trump and Ben Carson – while protesters of all stripes visited Cleveland
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Underwater dancers and farmers making hayThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including underwater dancers, demonstrations in Cleveland and farmers making hay in the UK
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Palaeoart offers a glimpse of the world during the Age of ReptilesIn a new book Dr Mark Witton offers a look at the world of the dinosaurs and explores issues around bring extinct animals and their environments back to life
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How a French village gears up for the TourDavid Levene visits Bédoin, a village at the foot of one of the Tour de France’s legendary climbs, Mont Ventoux, to see it prepare for the peloton to pass through
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The rich cultural history of the deep southHome of jazz, blues, gospel, country and rock’n’roll, the rich musical heritage of America’s deep south is matched only by its fine antebellum architecture and creole cuisine
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A life in picturesGarry Marshall has died aged 81. Here’s a selection his many achievements as an actor, writer, producer, director and playwright
people
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Creator of Happy Days dies aged 81TV writer and producer who switched to the big screen and directed Pretty Woman was ‘one of the all-time greatest’
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The lighter side of the godfather of countryWilliams lived fast and died young but in 1951 he was able to do radio broadcasts at 7.15am, where the wisecracking improvisor showed his mastery of music
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Denis Thatcher wrote to BBC over 'disgraceful and libellous' satire‘Never in the history of public broadcasting has so foul a libel been published against anyone,’ PM’s husband claimed
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Actor producing film on Canada's missing indigenous womenGone Missing weaves together the story of three families affected since as many as 4,000 indigenous women have disappeared or been killed
the big picture
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Government forces fighting Islamic StateForces of the UN-backed Libyan government battled with Islamic State fighters near Sirte, birthplace of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Libya has been ravaged by inter-militia infighting since the toppling and killing of Gaddafi in an uprising inspired by the Arab spring in 2011.
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