headlines
Sunday
12 February 2017
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Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form human shieldA growing group of military veterans are willing to put their bodies between Native American activists and the police trying to remove them
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Immigration crackdown, travel ban and Russia links intrude on Trump weekendPresident plays golf and dines with Japanese prime minister in Florida but still finds time to tweet indignation about uncooperative legal system -
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Dominican newspaper fooled by Alec Baldwin's impersonationEl Nacional mistakenly publishes a photo of the actor in a blond wig above the caption: ‘Donald Trump, president of the USA’
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weekend
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SNL adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under TrumpEven in America’s proud history of pricking the egos of the mighty, Melissa McCarthy’s brutal impression of the White House press secretary stands out
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Palm Beach businesses stung by cost of hosting TrumpRestrictions on air and road travel when the president is at his Mar-a-Lago resort threaten ‘to grind our economy to a halt’, says one hotel owner
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How Melania Trump is a first lady like no otherShunning the White House for Trump Tower, the former model has a unique take on the role of presidential spouse – ‘she is challenging American tradition’
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Thousands are doing it – but does it work?Counselling apps and videochats cut queues, but some critics voice ethical fears
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President's golf game gets special press box: a basement with blacked-out windowsPresident hosts Japanese PM for a spot of fairways diplomacy but high-level golf game is off limits to reporters, blocked by black plastic sheeting
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Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett pulls out of trip to IsraelBennett says he objects to being used as a ‘goodwill ambassador’ by the Israeli government and says he will visit Israel in his own time
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Jürgen Klopp says team ‘should not go nuts’ despite win over TottenhamJürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, congratulated his players after the 2-0 win against Tottenham but added that a top four finish is now a more realistic target than the title
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Anthony Martial takes his chance as United outclass WatfordGoals from Anthony Martial and Juan Mata secured a comfortable 2-0 victory for Manchester United over Watford at Old Trafford
what to watch
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Who will win in the rock and pop categories?Adele, Beyoncé, Drake, Justin Bieber and country singer Sturgill Simpson are battling for best album and David Bowie’s Blackstar performance could get a nod
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Submissive sequel offers little light relief but lots of washingEL James’s panting couple are back – but director Sam Taylor-Johnson is not – in this daft yet dull S&M soap
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Funny, exciting and packed with gagsThis sophisticated pop culture adventure set in a world of Lego bricks just might rescue DC Comics’ battered reputation
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Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in fine romanceA strange, shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Assante to make this earnestly stirring Empire drama
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We all have the power to resist Donald Trump – in big and small waysThe important thing is to keep saying no to each new outrage, and not to become complacent or inattentive
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Americans aren't as attached to democracy as you might thinkA new national survey suggests that we can no longer take for granted that our fellow citizens will stand up for the rule of law and democracy
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University to drop name of slavery advocate from Calhoun CollegeUniversity president says college will take name of Grace Murray Hopper, saying ‘John C Calhoun’s legacy as a white supremacist conflicts with Yale’s values’
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Florida man uses putter to fight off alligatorTony Aarts tells local TV ‘It’s a good thing I had that putter’ after surviving reptile attack on 4th hole at Magnolia Landing club in the Fort Myers area
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Romania’s crusader against corruption will not back downThe woman leading the fight to clean up the government in Bucharest says she will continue to hold ministers to account
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Panama Papers law firm bosses refused bailJürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, who founded firm at centre of data leak, held as part of investigation into Lava Jato scandal
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explore
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Could a £400bn plan to refreeze the Arctic really work?Temperatures are now so high at the north pole that scientists are contemplating radical schemes to avoid catastrophe
in pictures
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Lady Gaga, Obama and Rio's Maracanã stadiumLady Gaga at the Super Bowl, Barack Obama kitesurfing, Syrian refugees arriving in the US, a looted and abandoned Rio Olympic venue – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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The week in wildlifeA tiger family drinking at the watering hole, a nightingale and a snake that plays dead are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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A time of revolutionThe Observer photographer David Newell Smith visited Iran in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran from exile in Paris, ending the Shah’s rule. On the revolution’s anniversary, the Guardian’s Iran correspondent, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, chooses a selection of his photos
people
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The emerging voice of America’s oppositionDismissed from the Senate floor last week for highlighting the new attorney general’s racist past, she is the beating heart of a Democratic party dazed by its loss, yet could be its saviour. And also the next president?
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Political statement or fashion accessory?The model and her boyfriend Zayn Malik, along with other fashion influencers, are encouraging people to take photos of themselves wearing the accessory
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Jackie Kennedy rejected British suitor's marriage proposalLetters up for auction show David Ormsby-Gore’s heartache after JFK widow told him she wanted a clean break with her past
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‘I always jump in when there’s an injustice’The artist, writer and director, 42, on her fear of dogs, marrying a man she didn’t mean to and why she’s always ready to step in to right a wrong
'I thought I was smarter than almost everybody' My double life as a KGB agent