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Suspected chemical attack kills dozens in Idlib provinceDoctors say victims from attack on Khan Sheikhun were bleeding from the nose and mouth, had constricted irises and suffered from convulsions -
North Korea launches ballistic missile into sea, says SeoulSouth Korean military’s report of launch from east coast port of Sinpo comes as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping prepare for Florida summit this week
spotlight
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Jacob Zuma: his exit might be anything but dignifiedA veteran of the struggle, South Africa’s president has a knack for survival. But he may have gone too far in sacking half his cabinet last week, and his time as leader is drawing to a close
around the world
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UKUKChild in critical condition after being bitten by dog in ChathamTwo people arrested and animal shot dead following incident in Kent town
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EuropeEuropeIceland to enshrine equal pay for women and men in lawLegislation will be first in world to require private companies and government agencies to prove pay is fair or face fines
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Germany's other brutal history: should Berlin's 'African Quarter' be renamed?In a neighbourhood where street names recall colonies and those who ruled them, activists are calling for Germany to confront its violent imperial past
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Small, green and open-air: inside Bangkok's new 'community malls'In a city dominated by air-conditioned complexes and where street life is being destroyed, a new style of mall seeks to recapture a neighbourhood charm
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The boy who survived a Boko Haram bomb, and saving Dagestan's slavesJonathan Gambo shares his story of recovery after being injured by discarded munitions in Nigeria, and we follow the activists rescuing enslaved brick workers
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Trump administration halts money to UN population fund over abortion rulesInternational family planning agency, which will lose all future US funding, rejects state department claims it supports ‘coercive abortion’ in China
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opinion & analysis
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Trump's response to Syria gas attack: blame ObamaThe White House was silent before condemning the Obama administration’s ‘weakness’, as Trump struggles to define a policy vision
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Social scientists say we are witnessing a backlash to the loss of male dominance in the workplace, a phenomenon that helped Donald Trump become presidentHow did we wind up back in the Mad Men era at work?
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Neil Gorsuch, the filibuster and the nuclear option: what you need to knowDonald Trump’s supreme court nominee faces a battle on the floor of the Senate that threatens to stretch the institution’s arcane procedures to the limit
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Central Asia link to St Petersburg bomb is worrying sign for KremlinRepressive policies of Kyrgyzstan and other former-Soviet central Asian republics have led to radicalisation of some Muslims there
pictures and video
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Dozens die in suspected chemical attack in Syria – video reportDozens of people have died and several more injured in a suspected chemical attack in northern Syria
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St Petersburg metro bomb survivor: 'My ears are still ringing' – videoA passenger on the St Petersburg metro that was targeted by a bomb on Monday describes the moment the impact hit the carriage
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Passengers scramble out of St Petersburg metro minutes after blast – videoAmateur video shows passengers jumping from the wreckage of a train carriage in St Petersburg after an explosion on the metro on Monday
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Deadly explosion on St Petersburg metro train - video reportFourteen people have been killed after an explosive device detonated on a metro train in central St Petersburg
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Austrian blacksmiths making armour for Vatican's Swiss Guard – in picturesBlacksmiths who produce ceremonial suits of armour for the Vatican’s Swiss Guard are close to the end of their current deal to do so, and say supplying the suits will not now be an issue for many years to come
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Wiretaps, data dumps and zero days: is digital privacy no longer possible? – videoFrom Russian hacking to WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden and CIA cyber weapons, does digital surveillance mean the end of privacy?
French presidential debate proves a marathon of egalité in action
French elections: all you need to know