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Wednesday
22 February 2017
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Mexico will not accept unilateral Trump immigration steps, foreign minister saysUS secretaries of state and homeland security visit Mexico on Wednesday
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Trump set to scrap guidelines protecting transgender students' bathroom usePress secretary Sean Spicer says ‘further guidance’ to come after Barack Obama last year issued directive on behalf of transgender rights -
Police begin arrests at Standing Rock in push to evict remaining activistsOfficials have set Wednesday deadline to evacuate Oceti Sakowin, a key encampment in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline -
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Kansas town reels months after foiled mosque bombingAgainst the background of the 2016 election, a militia allegedly targeted Garden City’s 500-strong Somali community. With anti-Muslim hate groups reportedly surging, residents seek healing – and prefer not to talk about Trump
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California floods leave homeless with even fewer places to goWet conditions statewide present a mortal risk to the homeless people living along the state’s waterways, who are displaced with wearying regularity
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Liberal white racism is terrifying boogeyman in sharp horrorWriter-director Jordan Peele masterfully combines incisive social commentary with genuine, seat-edge suspense in film exploring evils of American suburbia
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A panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference suggests America can have walls, gates and extreme vetting because heaven does. Come again?Heaven has 'extreme vetting'? When Republicans legislate from the Bible
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Jamie Vardy hands Leicester Champions League lifeline against SevillaJamie Vardy gave Leicester City late hope with goal in 2-1 defeat after Sevilla had dominated Champions League last-16 first leg
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US gymnastics doctor charged with sexual abuse of nine girlsNassar, who specialized in treating female gymnasts at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, is facing multiple counts
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Paris and Los Angeles tussle for 2024 Games after Budapest’s withdrawalBudapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been withdrawn according to a government spokesman.
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Saving the moribund Lakers could be Magic's greatest trick of allMagic Johnson has always been one of the NBA’s most transformative figures, but he can become the league’s ultimate renaissance man if he fixes the Lakers
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The president’s condemnation of hate crimes against Jewish targets would be more convincing if his record on prejudice in general wasn’t so lamentableDonald Trump's antisemitism comments: too little, too limp, too late
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I'm undocumented. People like me need your helpWith Trump’s crackdown under way, the fear among us has never been greater. But bullies back down when enough people stand together to say: ‘No’
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Boyfriend of reporter killed on live TV aims to unseat NRA-endorsed lawmakerChris Hurst, a Virginia Democrat embracing a gun violence prevention platform, said the fatal shooting of Alison Parker toughened him for political battles ahead
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Scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks'Researchers will have to deal with attacks from a range of powerful foes in the coming years – and for many, it has already started
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Sugar tax leads to fall in consumption for second year runningHealth experts are watching the progress of the tax to see if it will lower the rates of obesity-related diseases and type 2 diabetes
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Israeli PM's plane takes 2.5-hour detour around IndonesiaIsraeli prime minister’s El Al flight from Singapore to Sydney took more than 11 hours rather than the usual eight and a half
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Gucci embraces its brilliant absurdity with fluid showAlessandro Michele’s collections, celebrating diversity and gender fluidity and featuring a fabulously mixed cast arrayed in geek chic, have the fans flocking
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Satellite Eye on EarthA sacred Tibetan lake, a crack in the Antarctic ice shelf and deforestation in Cambodia are among images captured by Nasa and the ESA this month
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Dachau's gate and a papal circusThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including the return of a stolen gate and a performance at the Vatican
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The lives of others: inside the Stasi MuseumSince 1990, the museum has served as a research and memorial centre investigating the political system of the former East Germany
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Actor flies aircraft close to passenger planeFootage released by John Wayne Airport in California on Tuesday shows a plane piloted by Harrison Ford mistakenly flying low over an airliner
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Rightwing provocateur resigns from Breitbart News over pedophilia remarksThe rightwing provocateur stepped down after a livestream resurfaced in which he appeared to endorse sex between ‘younger boys’ and older men
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'I was racially profiled and asked to remove headscarf at Heathrow'The actor, who has been studying Islam, has said she was ‘freaked out’ by the request during an airport check
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Director's project The Irishman bought by NetflixStreaming giant take over project – starring Robert De Niro as mob hitman Frank Sheeran – after director’s film Silence underperforms
Thrilling discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star
Discovery A win for astronomers looking for life beyond Earth