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UN says civilians at extreme risk as offensive beginsEarly advances by Iraqi forces meet limited resistance but Isis thought to have prepared ambush points in urban centre -
Trump's Sweden comment referred to 'rising crime', White House saysPresident appeared to refer to a non-existent terror attack in the country during a rally on Saturday in Florida, prompting questions from Swedish officials -
Ecuadorian ruling party candidate ahead in exit pollsTwo surveys give Lenín Moreno lead in presidential election but it remains unclear whether there will be a runoff
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Finland's solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wagesBoth left and right are promoting the idea of a basic wage for everyone, currently on trial, as a solution to the new world of work
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UKUKMore than half UK investment in transport is in London, says studyThinktank IPPR North warns gulf in investment between regions is at cost of greater northern productivity
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EuropeEurope'Russian state bodies' involved in alleged Montenegro coup plot, says prosecutorGovernment prosecutor says aim of suspected attempt to seize parliament and assassinate former president was to try to stop the Balkan nation joining Nato
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Hope for Hanoi? 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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'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China 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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MSF inquiry indicates Russia was behind hospital bombing in SyriaStudy commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières appears to show Russia, working with Syria, carried out February 2016 attack that killed 25 people
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Can crunchy caterpillars help tackle malnutrition in Burkina Faso?With acute malnutrition affecting more than 10% of people in Burkina Faso, an innovative startup is mass-producing dried shea caterpillars high in protein
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opinion & analysis
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Lord Neuberger thinks the media should have a ‘degree of responsibility’ in its reporting, but isn’t that a curb on its liberty to speak out?Support a free press – don’t judge it
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Shooting the messenger: how Trump's media vitriol could ultimately backfireThe president’s belligerent approach to the press may distract from problems in the short term, experts say, but history shows such hostility can end badly
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As we obsess over the latest tweet or never-ending breaking news, let’s not forget that the new administration is causing tangible harm every dayThis week in patriarchy: resignations, Russians and pressers, oh my!
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Venezuelan VP claims show there's no separation of drugs and stateTareck El Aissami joins long list of politicians and public figures subjected to US sanctions over links to the drug trade
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Search and rescue in the Mediterranean – in picturesPhotographer David Ramos was onboard the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, operated by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms
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Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysian police looking for four North Koreans – video reportMalaysian police say on Sunday they are looking for four North Korean men who flew out of Malaysia the same day Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was apparently poisoned at an airport in Kuala Lumpur
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Trump cites non-existent Sweden terror attack – videoDonald Trump appears to invent a terrorist attack in Sweden during a campaign-style rally in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday
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'They have their own agenda': Trump attacks media at Florida rally – videoDonald Trump holds a rally in Melbourne, Florida, five months after being elected president of the US. Trump continues his attack on the “dishonest” media and likens his stance to that of former presidents Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln
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20ft sinkhole swallows car in LA amid California ‘weather bomb’ – videoA minivan collapses into a 20ft sinkhole in the Studio City suburb of Los Angeles, California as the state continues to experience its heaviest rainfall in six years
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Trump’s first month of lies – videoThe Guardian examines Donald Trump’s most egregious falsehoods in his first month as president
Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death