headlines
Monday
10 April 2017
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Trump officials broadcast president's plan: wait for global responseHR McMaster, Nikki Haley and Rex Tillerson defend president’s missile strikes, emphasizing Russia’s role in ‘the solution’ and new priority to depose Assad -
Syria strike designed to intimidate, Chinese state newspaper saysGlobal Times warns of catastrophic consequences if the US launch a strike against Pyongyang, after navy moves strike group to western Pacific
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Trump aide drew plan on napkin to split country into threeSebastian Gorka was told proposal would be ‘the worst solution’ when he suggested it to senior European diplomat -
Russian computer programmer held 'under US warrant'Pyotr Levashov reportedly suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in 2016 election -
spotlight
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García wins first major after thrilling sudden death playoffSpain’s Sergio García won a sudden-death play-off to take his first major crown after Rose, with whom he shared the overnight lead, looked close to victory
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Americans bomb our children daily, why would they care?A Taliban health chief says the resumption of a polio vaccination scheme in north Afghanistan does not alter lingering suspicion of the international community
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Woman standing in defiance of far-right protester goes viralPhotograph of young woman becomes symbol of city standing up to far-right group English Defence League during demonstration
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S-Towners are proud to be podcasted – except for a few thingsResidents are mostly happy with their ‘shit town’ featured in an explosively popular new podcast, but there are some minor details they’d like to clear up
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Westbrook breaks record for triple-doubles ... then wins game on buzzer beaterRussell Westbrook has capped one of the all-time great individual NBA seasons by recording his 42nd triple-double, passing hall of famer Oscar Robertson
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García the last man standing and finally a Masters championUS challenge petered out before the turn and Sergio García saw off Justin Rose, his Ryder Cup team-mate, at the first extra hole in what also became a celebration of their great sportsmanship
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documentaries
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Erica: Man made
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We anti-Assad Syrians hail the US strike – but fear it could be an empty gestureThe 2013 chemical weapons deal let Assad’s slaughter continue with barrel bombs and starvation tactics. This time Trump must target all regime war crimes
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In just three months, those who vowed to oppose the president are eating out of his hands. Applauding his Syria missile strikes only emboldens him to go furtherWhy are liberals now cheerleading a warmongering Trump?
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America owes China $1tn. That’s a problem for Beijing, and Trump knows itThe leaders shared steak in Florida, but the stakes in trade talks are much higher for China, which would struggle to find a better export market
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Why Silicon Valley wants to thwart the grim reaperGoogle’s billion-dollar belief that it can crack the DNA code to immortality reveals a dangerous mindset
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Obama loyalists run for officeEx-staffers campaign on legacy of Obama’s progressive policies; Steve Bannon ejected from national security council; Pepsi pulls flat protest ad
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From Coke’s flower power to Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi adThe reality star giving a police officer a soft drink to calm a protest was called the ‘worst ad of all time’. Can big business ever have a place in social activism?
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Man shot at Milo Yiannopoulos protest doesn't want revengeOn inauguration night, Josh Dukes was shot during a speech by the rightwing provocateur at the University of Washington. But now he’s seeking reconciliation
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Dead bat found in bagged salad sold at Walmart prompts investigationCDC tests for rabies and regional recall follow discovery of deceased chiropteran in partially eaten packet of Fresh Express Organic Marketside Spring Mix
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Activists ready for Trump to relax smog and drilling rulesWith the Trump administration poised to roll back rules on smog and drilling off Alaska and the east coast, environmental campaigners are ready for legal action
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Isis claims responsibility for Coptic church bombingsState of emergency declared after attacks on churches in Tanta and Alexandria kill dozens and injure more than 100
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Tourists to US may be asked to hand in passwords or be denied entryAlthough mitigation options exist, lawyers warn attempts to protect personal data may be seen as ‘probable cause’ for searching
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explore
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Do digital currencies spell the end of capitalism?Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin pose a fundamental challenge to the notion of money itself
what to watch
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A beautiful out-of-body experienceWith this dazzling body-swap romance, Makoto Shinkai confirms his reputation as Japan’s new animation king
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Nothing out of the blue hereThe smurfs, led by Julia Roberts, must defeat an evil wizard and learn about gender politics in this ho-hum adventure risking little in terms of story, script or animation
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Anne Hathaway's madcap monster movie plays it too safeA compellingly odd premise about a woman who develops a psychic connection with a monster rampaging through South Korea is ultimately just not quite odd enough
in pictures
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Ben Turnbull's military collagesBy cutting up comic books into tiny fragments and reassembling them, Ben Turnbull builds fiendishly complex visions of war and American culture
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Slide to see images before and after cyclone delugeThese images from before and during the floods show the extent of the flooding caused by Cyclone Debbie in Rockhampton, Queensland
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New bleaching at the Great Barrier ReefAerial surveys conducted in late 2016 and early 2017 show the reef has suffered severe coral bleaching for the second year in a row
people
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Country music shouldn’t always be about the guyTalented and outspoken, the rising country star is part of a new generation of female American singers intent on ‘being the aggressor, not the pretty scenery’
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Bannon and Kushner agree to 'bury the hatchet' after peace talksTrump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus tells the feuding pair to end the ‘palace intrigue’ after weeks of damaging infighting
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The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novelWaters’ hit novel Fingersmith, about a lesbian love affair in Victorian England, has been transported to 1930s Korea for a new film. The author explains how it remains faithful to her original
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Novelist who is a ‘threat to Jewish identity’Dorit Rabinyan’s story of an affair across the Israeli-Palestinian divide became a cause célèbre. As the book is published in Britain, she talks about her year in the firing line
Great Barrier Reef at 'terminal stage' Scientists despair at latest bleaching data