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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 a Wednesday deadline to evacuate Oceti Sakowin, a key encampment in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline -
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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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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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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 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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Danica Patrick: I've probably had 12 concussions in my careerPopular driver says risk of head injury ‘makes you think’ and estimates she’s sustained at least a dozen concussions over her career
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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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Weirdest trades in sports historyGabriel Baumgaertner: If you thought the DeMarcus Cousins deal was strange, that’s nothing. We look back at the six weirdest player swaps in sports history
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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