world news
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Human rights groups say UN needs to restore trust after the Guardian revealed contracts had been awarded to agencies linked to Bashar al-Assad
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Manuel Valls faces criticism for comments regarding Marianne, a symbol of republic, in context of continuing burkini ban row
spotlight
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Tourists may be returning to the Kenyan coast, but the hinterland is being ravaged by Islamic militants, their defectors and armed police
around the world
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UKUKTeenage boy critically ill after being rescued off Sunderland coastSearch and rescue operation finds 17-year-old who had been in dinghy with three other teenagers when they got into difficulty at mouth of river Wear
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EuropeEuropeRecord numbers of Britons head to Spain on summer holidaysOfficial Spanish figures show 9.6 million tourists arrived in July, up 11% on 2015, with about one in four coming from Britain
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‘Philanthropy lab’ People’s Liberty is funding individuals with smart ideas to benefit Cincinnati, in the hope of finding a new generation of local civic leaders
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Oklahoma is one of the most food insecure states in the US, where families struggle to buy enough healthy food. Locals are trying to ease poverty with community farming, but face difficulty in a city with a complex racial history
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In the DRC, the Mbuti people rejected a reserve that banned them from their lands. Now, with conservationists, they are exploring ways to protect the forest together
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Inaccessible clinics, untrained and overstretched midwives and lack of medicine are among the challenges facing mothers and newborn babies in Guinea
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opinion & analysis
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If you’re a single man scouring the internet for truly instructive advice, read on. For starters, try to think of women as if they were real-life human people
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French politicians want a centre where UK asylum claims can be processed in France. Why has the plan caused so much outrage?
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The private life of Hillary Clinton’s right-hand woman is making headlines today – but her greatest role may be alongside a future president
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UN's $4bn aid effort in Syria is morally bankrupt
Reinoud LeendersIt is perverse that agencies intent on helping the most vulnerable in the civil war can throw a lifeline to such a brutal regime
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The impeachment trial of Brazil’s first female president Dilma Rousseff is nearing its final stage with a vote in the senate
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Donald Trump calls 49er Colin Kaepernick’s stance to sit during the US national anthem before NFL games as a protest against racial oppression a terrible thing
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Fort McMurray residents were forced to flee a huge wildfire that destroyed much of their city in May 2016, the costliest natural disaster in Canada’s history
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323 wild reindeer including 70 calves are killed after lightning struck in Norway on Friday.
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More than 3,000 migrants were rescued on Monday off the coast of Libya with the majority of them hailing from Eritrea and Somalia
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There is a battle under way over plans for a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline in North Dakota that tribal members fear will pollute local drinking water
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An explosion was reported outside Brussels Criminology Institute at 2am local time, with local media reporting a car ramming the gates of the building
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Apple ordered to pay up to €13bn after EU rules Ireland broke state aid laws