headlines
Friday
2
September
2016
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UN warns of mass evacuations as Assad’s forces lay siege to townsIntensification of conflict and refusal to allow aid agencies into besieged towns could lead to evacuations of tens of thousands of people, says UN special envoy
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Daily Mail sued for $150m over 'lies' about her pastTrump also files suit against Maryland blogger as UK newspaper issues retraction over articles that contained allegations about Trump’s modeling career -
Spaceflight is littered with explosions and disastersWhen Nasa tried to launch a satellite into orbit, the rocket crumpled into smoke and fire. Almost 60 years later, SpaceX is feeling similarly explosive growing pain -
highlights
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One year on, compassion towards refugees fadesToddler’s death opened European hearts and policy towards refugees, but 12 months on those changes have proved temporary
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How to spend 24 hours of unbridled freedom of expressionThe desert festival returns as one utopian seeking writer takes in every hour of celebration – and transports to out-of-this world pleasure
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How 'eye-tracking' could change our experience of cities – for better or worseResearchers in Melbourne have used new eye-tracking technology to demonstrate that our brains prefer lush greenery in urban environments. But here they warn that collection of such data could prove a double-edged sword
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Alicia Vikander on pregnancyThe Oscar-winner spoke at the premiere of The Light Between Oceans about co-star Michael Fassbender, and the challenges of playing a pregnant woman and having a family
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opinion
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Adjusting tone to audience can be a way to make sure you’re understood. But the way Donald Trump did it in Mexico and Arizona, it was just lyingTrump's immigration code-switching wasn't skillful – it was disingenuous
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Dilma Rousseff might be gone, but Brazil’s political crisis certainly isn’tThe impeachment now complete, Brazil is at the mercy of its ultra-conservatives – and led by a man who is also under investigation for corruption
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Nick Kyrgios v Horacio Zeballos – live!Game-by-game : all the live action as Australia’s Nick Kyrgios takes on Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos in the US Open
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My pig police socks 'shouldn't distract from the real issues'49ers quarterback wore socks in pre-season, before his anthem protest, because ‘rogue cops are creating an environment of tension and mistrust’
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One in five girls in 1970s sexually abused by trainerInvestigation into Rhode Island boarding school details more than 60 alleged incidents and accuses six faculty and staff by name of crimes including rape
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Destroying the environment 'is a sin'Poor are disproportionately affected by global warming and fighting it should be one of seven works of mercy, pontiff says
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in depth
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How algorithms rule our working livesEmployers are turning to mathematically modelled ways of sifting through job applications. Even when wrong, their verdicts seem beyond dispute – and they tend to punish the poor
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Bringing humans down to sizeLast year 20,000 elephants were being killed for their tusks in Africa – more than were born. Boosted by Chinese demand, poaching is on the rise and a race is on to save the largest animals on Earth
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Backstage at North Korea's film festivalNo red carpet, a mystery lineup and 10 foreigners allowed entry … the Pyongyang international film festival isn’t your average affair. But now in its 15th edition, the event is growing – and evolving
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The extraordinary story of a housing protester like no otherDressed as a US general, Barry Nuttall formed a small army to resist Hull council’s demolition plans. When his home was destroyed, he lived in a camp amid the rubble. Thirty years on, Stephen Walsh goes in search of Nuttall’s legacy
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The Bavarian community at the sharp end of the refugee crisisBorder checks on a bridge linking German town of Freilassing and Austria began a year ago; migrants who did get across have been met with hospitality as well as hostility
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World's first leprosy vaccine unveiled as fight goes on 'war footing'Country is officially leprosy free, meaning the disease afflicts fewer than one in 10,000 people but specialists say true infection rate is far higher
people
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They wanted to pit me against Nicki Minaj – I wasn’t feeling thatThe rapper learned how to make music in a Solihull youth club – now, after a false start, she’s working with Timbaland and is the toast of US hip-hop. ‘Basically,’ she says, ‘I’m on the up’
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Kingpin of crime TV – and David Simon's go-to guyHe wrote The Wire’s funniest scenes. Now he’s scored a hit with The Night Of. Richard Price talks kicking drugs, angering cops – and wanting to kill David Simon
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The triumph of commerce over artLong maligned by critics after his initial successes, the would-be auteur has charted his own path to success by giving his loyal fans more of the same
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Rock's old masters: do Pink Floyd belong in a museum?The V&A has announced its exhibition dedicated to the psychedelic jesters turned unhip stadium titans. Can they do another Bowie? Is it even art?
the big picture
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An inflatable ex-president & meerkat pupsThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a São Paulo demonstration, newborn meerkats and the Dallas police chief retiring
'Plastered by the gringo' Trump meeting a public relations disaster for Peña Nieto
Live Clinton announces blowout $143m fundraising haul