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Sunday
19 February 2017
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White House denies reports of Russian contacts amid search to replace FlynnReince Priebus says Senate report will find no links to Russia as Democratic senator Bob Menendez calls for inquiry on scale of 9/11 commission -
'Urgent investigation' into sexual harassment claimsMove comes after former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote blog outlining allegations of discrimination and sexism at cab-hailing app company
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UN says civilians at extreme risk as west Mosul offensive beginsEarly advances by Iraqi forces meet limited resistance but Isis thought to have prepared ambush points in urban centre -
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The new PC culture of Trump's America and Brexit BritainRightwing snowflakes are offended by everything from Kermit to holiday greetings and Starbucks cups
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Inside the company that offers unlimited holiday and profit shareGaming company Rocketwerkz claims staff focus better when not stressed by issues that need attention outside the workplace
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Inside Trump's super-rich south Florida social setHow the 1% lives in the town now dominated by Trump’s lair Mar-a-Lago, where glitzy parties and rounds of golf can lead to business deals and ambassadorships
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The Brooklynites who gather to make handcrafted shoesFormer corporate fashion designers get ‘close to the product’ at Brooklyn Shoe Space, a shoemaking collective focused on sharing the ‘addicting’ trade
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Silver says Irving's flat-Earth theory is a comment on fake newsIt’s perhaps a sign of a placid NBA All-Star weekend when the biggest issue the commissioner Adam Silver had to address is whether Kyrie Irving actually believes the Earth is flat
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Player held on $50,000 bail after brawl on courtPolice have charged two members of the Daniel Webster men’s basketball team after a fight during a game that required 25 officers to restore order
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Manchester United’s speedy quartet show their paces in win at BlackburnJesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Rashford were quick off the starting blocks in Manchester United’s 2-1 FA Cup win at Blackburn
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Glenn Robinson III wins title with help from cheerleaderGlenn Robinson III is the NBA’s new dunk king, with an assist to Indiana team-mate Paul George, the Pacers’ mascot and a Pacers cheerleader
what to watch
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Evil spa horror has eels, incest and aqua aerobicsAn alternately intriguing and frustrating chiller has flashes of elegance but settles for unhinged hokum with bizarre results
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Zhang Yimou’s damp squib of a gunpowder plotMatt Damon stars in Zhang Yimou’s laborious fantasy, doing battle with CGI monsters in order to steal gunpowder from Imperial China
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Sleek Good Wife spin-off offers Alicia-free funA flashy continuation of the hit legal show removes the titular wife and replaces her with some familiar faces and some fresh upstarts
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Kidman and Witherspoon shine in masterful twist on Desperate HousewivesBitchy mums, sexy dads, puppet sex and murder. What more could you want?
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Mark Zuckerberg says change the world, yet he sets the rulesEven if we don’t think the Facebook boss’s manifesto is ill-intentioned, we should be worried by its implications
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If Trump hates leaks, he needs to give up his phoneThe leader of the free world’s ‘invincible ignorance’ about cybersecurity is worrying in the extreme
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New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use itA new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another story
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Radical plan to save people from air pollutionStefano Boeri, the architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create entire new green settlements in a nation plagued by dirty air
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Your stories of life in polluted citiesReaders shared their experiences of living in cities affected by air pollution – from the curse of the ‘Delhi chest’ in India’s capital to celebrating blue sky in Shanghai
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London to introduce £10 charge, says Sadiq KhanMayor says owners of more polluting cars will have to pay extra levy from October to drive within congestion charge zone
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Residents face new evacuation warning after Oroville threatSan Joaquin river approaches flood stage as water level decreases at Lake Oroville dam after evacuations of more than 150,000 people
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Milo Yiannopoulos invited to speak at major conferenceBreitbart news editor joins speakers including vice-president Mike Pence at influential Washington gathering
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Suicide bomber kills dozens in marketBlast in Mogadishu comes less than a fortnight after election of new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral deathExclusive: Coral bleaching found near Palm Island as unusually warm waters are expected off eastern Australia, with areas hit in last year’s event in mortal danger
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Colleagues fear whitewash in murder of journalists on Facebook LiveWas the shooting of Luis Manuel Medina and Leo Martínez during a broadcast from their radio station a personal vendetta or related to their professional work?
in pictures
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Venice carnival and snow horse racingThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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Search and rescue in the MediterraneanPhotographer David Ramos was onboard the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, operated by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms
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Readers' photos on the theme of fireFor last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of together via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites
people
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I have got lighter as I’ve got olderShe is the darling of independent French cinema who’s also been a Bond girl. On the eve of her latest film – and as she becomes a mother for the first time – she tells Will Lawrence how she balances her crippling anxiety with an exhibitionist streak
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Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe in case: 1947-2017Plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the groundbreaking 1973 US legal case over the right to abortion
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I would like to give living for ever a tryThe American journalist on ageing, coming to terms with Parkinson’s disease and why baby boomers should be taxed
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James Brown's Funky Drummer dies at 73Stubblefield was best known for Brown’s 1970 single, Funky Drummer, which was sampled on 1,000 songs, including by Public Enemy and Ed Sheeran
SpaceX launches and lands Falcon rocket from historic spaceport