headlines
Sunday
19 February 2017
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Civilians at extreme risk as offensive begins, says UNEarly 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'President appeared to refer to a non-existent terror attack in the country during a rally on Saturday in Florida, prompting questions from Swedish officials
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Malaysian police seeking four North KoreansInvestigation looking for four men who flew out of Malaysia on day Kim Jong-un’s half-brother was poisoned at an airport -
UK Home Office agrees to review asylum claims of child refugeesCases of children with direct family links to UK will be reconsidered, as refugees return to Calais to try to cross Channel -
spotlight
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The six ages of sexSix women across six decades talk about how their sex lives and sensuality have changed, and what they’ve learned about the politics of pleasure
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Inside Trump's super-rich 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 truth about the science of queueingYou wait longer when other people are behind you, we should stand on both sides of an escalator, and we usually get away with pushing in. Psychology professor Adrian Furnham explains what studies show us about standing in line
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Has Finland found the solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wages?Both 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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Lionel Messi salvages win for Barcelona with late penaltyLionel Messi’s late penalty ensured a bedraggled Barcelona scraped a 2-1 victory over Leganés in La Liga at a divided Camp Nou
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Ancelotti raised middle finger at Hertha fans after being 'spat on'The Bayern Munich coach, Carlo Ancelotti, could face disciplinary action after admitting making an offensive gesture following his side’s 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin
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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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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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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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Millions of premature births could be linked, study findsPremature births across 183 countries may be associated with fine particulate matter, a common air pollutant, with Africa and Asia especially affected
opinion
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Trump’s fragile male ego craves the dangerous drug of adulationThe president’s hyped-up behaviour at his Florida rally was an alarming display of his neediness. Maybe he should have his own theme park
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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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Northern California residents face new evacuation warningSan 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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EU nationals living in the UK could face legal limboLeaked document reveals fears in Brussels that Home Office does not have systems in place to select who has right to stay
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explore
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Twelve ways to make yourself a Gmail geniusTransfer money, search more accurately, or engage with your appliances: tips and tricks to enhance and customise the world’s most popular webmail service
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In search of Tanzania's bee-eatersBirdwatch In the Selous Game Reserve you can see seven different bee-eaters. Each one sports impossibly beautiful colours
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Bringing high-voltage to a grey Sunday in fashion weekDecade on from his Galaxy dress and just showing his collections in Paris, UK-based designer in celebratory mood in London
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Los Angeles to Las Vegas by TeslaA teenager has launched a green car service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, using Tesla electric vehicles. Stephanie Theobald gets a lift and finds the conversation as fascinating as the technology
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An SOS for a world without wallsSally Potter’s The Party, Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House and a magical refugee story from Aki Kaurismäki stood out. But this year’s real Berlinale finds came from Chile and China…
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Scientists at Purdue University found that when teenage girls head a football regularly there is a risk of low-level brain injuries which – in some cases – lasts for four or five monthsDanger of heading footballs remains: women and children may be most at risk
people
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‘Political correctness ushered in the populist wave’The equality expert has taken flak for challenging ideals he used to champion
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My life is full of religion and education – but no menAt only 27 years old, a high-performing woman fears she is having a midlife crisis: she feels her conservative and Christian beliefs have prevented her from finding love. Mariella Frostrup encourages her to emerge from her chrysalis
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‘The church has become a spent force’The author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on the explosion in YA fiction, the abandonment of the Catholic church and why he couldn’t live anywhere other than Dublin
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Norma McCorvey of Roe v WadePlaintiff known as Jane Roe in the groundbreaking 1973 US legal case over the right to abortion
the big picture
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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
Exclusive Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death