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Simone BIles has captured a second gold at Rio after no one could approach her level of difficulty or execution in the individual all-around competition
headlines
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Austin Wilkerson avoided prison for raping intoxicated woman – now she wants to share her court statement with the world
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Trump twice made a slip of the tongue at a Florida rally as he questioned the mental and physical condition of his Democratic rival
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Critics call for full inquiry after resort owned by US presidential candidate fails to register with UK privacy watchdog
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Queensland government study shows current funding is far less than what is needed to meet environmental targets and avoid reef being placed on Unesco watch list
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highlights
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Obama's summer playlist A proud affirmation of his blackness
Rebecca CarrollFrom Aloe Blacc’s joyful anthem to Mary J Blige and Method Man’s ballad of love against the odds, the president’s mixtape reminds us why we will miss him -
As the father of a student shot and killed in California, Trump’s callous comments about Clinton and others make him at best incompetent – and at worst evil
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Western Australian museum runs naming competition for new kind of sea-slug discovered by scientists in the Indian Ocean
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Facebook thought it had thwarted ad-blockers on its network. Facebook was wrong
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Harrison, 26, beats France’s Audrey Tcheuméo in the 78kg final to retain her Olympic crown and immediately retires
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The US gymnast failed to put her hand over heart during the Star-Spangled Banner. She got a different reaction to Michael Phelps’s laughter during the same song
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The World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport say they have been targeted by hackers, with an attempt made to obtain access credentials for the database which tracks athletes for drug testing
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Byron MacDonald thought mic was turned off after China lost race at the Rio Olympics because a 14-year-old slowed her team down
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As the founder of Huffington Post leaves to spend more time with her pillow, it’s worth reflecting on how she helped rouse old media from a complacent slumber
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A match made in hell: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and the bigots
John Paul BrammerTrump said he’d ‘protect’ LGBT people from Muslims. But in Florida, of all places, he’s cosying up to homophobes, and they’re conservative Christians -
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The largest department store chain in the US announced it would boost online investments as second-quarter profits and sales fell but shares rose 14% Thursday
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Lawyer Kate Downing and her software engineer husband can’t buy a home in the area due to the intensifying housing crunch that the tech boom has exacerbated
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Aaron Driver was killed during police raid and pledged allegiance to Isis –
he was arrested in 2015 after communicating with Isis supporters in the UK and the US -
Peter Dutton plays down abuse allegations and says that as Nauru is not part of Australia they are an issue for the government there
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in brief
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The network behind other popular superhero series such as The Arrow and The Flash has added The Ray to its 2017 roster on its digital channel
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The gang romance set in Brussels’ most notorious neighbourhood has earned comparisons to the 1995 French classic – and opened Hollywood’s doors for its Moroccan-Belgian directors
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The $50,000 prize will honour a living international author whose work is ‘of enduring originality and consummate craftsmanship’
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From the catwalk to the political arena, the updated goth look, riffing on black magic and malevolent femininity, is in the air
in depth
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Eagle Lake is one of the largest in the state, but receding waters have caused the town around it, and its industries, to dwindle. Is climate change to blame?
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The presidential candidates stick to party lines as Democrat backs expanded version of ‘Buffett rule’ and Republican calls for tax cuts for all Americans
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The Long Read: After years of working with the poor, Jim Yong Kim thought he could lead the World Bank to fight global suffering. Then the organisation turned against him
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The volcanic eruption that destroyed the Roman city also froze it in time – but now, 2,000 years later, it is alive with people who threaten its existence all over again
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: largest cache of documents leaked from within asylum-seeker detention regime details assaults, sexual assaults and self-harm
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Parade of seasoned Republicans lining up against nominee points to ‘ideological schism’ – and dismal poll numbers don’t give much cause for hope
in pictures
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Japanese artist Masayoshi Matsumoto makes his amazingly detailed balloon animals with no glue or seals – then pops them when he’s done
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In her series Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer, photographer Emily Stein captures the staged romance and dashing outfits of children’s ballroom dancing competitions
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A gallery of the world’s most expensive players, from Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to the arrival of Paul Pogba at Old Trafford
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Peter Angelo Simon went behind the scenes at Muhammad Ali’s training camp 42 years ago, as the boxer prepared for the ‘the rumble in the jungle’
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Some 40,000 revelers attended the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco this weekend, and used stuffed animals, costumes and signs to show their spirit
people
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The standard-bearer for American roots music is taking his show on the road – including a Texan ‘chicken shit bingo’ competition
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The Artist star tasted runaway success and then crashed to earth. Back with new film The Childhood of a Leader, she talks about France’s year of terror and why she married the ‘closest thing’ to her father
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Founder of digital publisher says she wants to focus on health-themed project as she has become ‘obsessed’ with reducing impact of stress on daily life
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Sheeran’s Grammy-winning hit Thinking Out Loud copied the ‘heart’ of Gaye song, says its co-writer Ed Townsend as he sues British artist in New York
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the big picture
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including five newborn lions and a forest fire in Marseilles
Live Day six: Lochte v Phelps in the pool; Fiji win first ever medal
Rugby Fiji seven waltz to first ever Olympic medal – and it's gold
Rio 2016 Kenyan coach sent home after posing as athlete
Judo USA's Harrison wins second straight gold