headlines
Friday
14 April 2017
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China urges Washington and Pyongyang to step back from brink of warChinese foreign minister Wang Yi says the region faced a precarious situation in which conflict could break out at any moment
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Sun suspends former editor after racial hate complaintPolice investigating column that compared Everton footballer Ross Barkley, who was punched in a nightclub, to a gorilla -
British student, 20, killed close to Old CityHannah Bladon, a University of Birmingham student, allegedly killed by Palestinian assailant on light railway -
weekend
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Here’s how to civilise Uber, and make the other ‘death stars’ work for us tooIf we want the tech behemoths to start behaving themselves we must tear our transfixed gaze from their exploits, and start using our brains instead
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Five things we learned from the trailerThe first footage of Star Wars Episode VIII has just been revealed – and after poring over it, here’s what we discovered
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Scottish smallholder refuses to make way for £250m film studioFor Jim Telfer, 82, idea of leaving plot family has farmed outside Edinburgh for 102 years almost too painful to contemplate
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Afghans reel from Moab impactLocals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon
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Hazard and Mourinho: anatomy of a rollercoaster relationshipThe pair fell out at Chelsea and while there is no animosity now, stopping the forward is a priority for Manchester United manager in Premier League match
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Ennis-Hill and Pavey in line for special London medals ceremonyJessica Ennis-Hill and Jo Pavey are expected to be handed retrospective medals at the world championships in August following the demotion of drug cheats
documentaries
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Asylum seekers on Christmas Island
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Martin Rowson on Trump dropping a bomb in AfghanistanUp to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the US dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, the Afghan defence ministry said on Friday
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How long can UN endure shame of attacks on Syrian citizens?We fully support the Khan Sheikhun inquiry – but the UN has a moral duty to uphold the prohibition of such weapons and ensure they aren’t used again
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from the UK
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George Osborne racks up almost £1m for public speakingSacked chancellor earns £150,000 from making speeches to university, asset management firm and Hungarian central bank
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Theresa May dons high-vis vest to help out at racePM has marshalled at the Maidenhead Easter 10 charity run for years, but this time found herself posing for more selfies than ever
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around the world
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Journalists fear reprisals for exposing purge of gay menGathering of religious and social leaders in Grozny passes resolution against ‘lies and libel’ in Russia’s Novaya Gazeta stories
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Courts stay executions of seven menUse of lethal drug blocked in six scheduled executions while seventh spared by top court, thwarting the state’s plan to execute a total of eight men in 11 days
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explore
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Much Ado About Nothing review – doing the Bard blottoThis tipsy performance of giggly, off-script improvisation is pointless if put-on, cruel if it’s real, and staggeringly bad if you’re sober
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Fearless Girl v Charging Bull: New York's biggest public art controversy in yearsAfter controversy over the statue’s placement, people are divided on whether it’s a symbol of feminist strength or questionable corporate marketing
life
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My boyfriend won’t marry me, even though we plan to start a familyWhile he refuses to marry, I’m having tantrums of unexplained anger. Can this impasse be resolved, or do we need to split up? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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I got lost on a mountain for two and a half daysIt was getting dark. I could see distant flashing lights of piste-bashers. I thought, ‘I’ve got to get to them’
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Turn off notifications and break free of your online chainsWe fret about distraction, yet choose to allow a device in our pocket to beep or buzz whenever someone else decides it should
people
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Singer's solo debut single ends Ed Sheeran's 13 weeks at top of chartsOne Direction singer’s Sign of the Times outsells Shape of You by just 3,000 copies
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Actor recalls 'chaos' of Oscars nightActor tells Graham Norton about handing the wrong envelope to Faye Dunaway, who announced the wrong winner for best film
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Why I joined the trans protest against Woman's Hour's presenterI’m angry that the Woman’s Hour host, who said that trans women are not ‘real women’, was allowed to talk unopposed at my university. That is why I had to stand in solidarity with my trans friends
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We were a very loud family, not a lot of listeningThe Homeland actor talks about going to boarding school aged eight, why his family notion of duty is not always helpful and how his mother told him not to marry an actor
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Celebrations around the worldFrom the Philippines to Spain and Berwick-on-Tweed, Christians have been celebrating Holy Week
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Woodland homesLeave the pressures of modern life behind and become one with nature in these properties, from Cornwall to Scotland
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Nairobi's model citizenStephen Okoth, film-maker and fashion icon, brings vibrancy to the streets of Nairobi’s Kibera district in this image from the #CelebrateAfrica photo competition
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Joseph Szabo's portraits of adolescenceJoseph Szabo was a frustrated high-school teacher in need of inspiration – so he started photographing his students, and captured all the angst and excitement of being caught between childhood and adulthood
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Thai new year and tea pickingThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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A peek inside the best foodie kitchens on InstagramInstagram’s best kitchens: It’s all in the detail – the carefully chosen accessory, the custom colour, a flurry of greenery … Here are some of the best working kitchens on Instagram
NHS Desperate hospitals beg doctors to take on extra shifts – at £95 an hour
Rota gaps 'Night cover is almost always short-staffed. It’s terrifying'