headlines
Saturday
15 April 2017
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Pyongyang parades military might and warns US as nuclear test fears persistAs thousands of soldiers mass at Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang tells US to end its dangerous ‘military hysteria’ -
Is Trump's right-hand man falling from grace?Once dubbed the second most powerful man in the world, the hard-right adviser seems to be losing influence amid policy shifts and rumored infighting
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Health giant sues state as federal judge issues injunctionMedical supply company McKesson says state deceptively purchased drugs for lethal injection, becoming first in history to sue a death penalty state for misuse -
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City's dog ban condemned as crackdown on homeless peopleOrdinance bars many dogs from central area, raising fears among homeless people with deep attachments to their animal companions
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spotlight
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Photographing gunshot survivorsInspired by her own experience, photographer Kathy Shorr documented the survival stories of 101 victims of US gun violence
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Trump 'shadow' adviser takes over the US draft systemFormer lawmaker, a member of the president’s ‘shadow cabinet’ spread across the government, was reassigned from the EPA after reportedly talking too much
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Yotam Ottolenghi looks to China and north AfricaTraditional roast lamb has its place, but try something new this Easter by looking to China, north Africa and Thailand for inspiration
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Our happy, cuddly, celibate marriageBrian and Alison have been together for 25 years and haven’t had sex for the past 20. Here, they explain why
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Ex-NFL star Heap was driving truck that hit and killed daughter, threeHeap, 37, was behind the wheel when he accidentally struck the girl on the driveway of their home in suburban Phoenix
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The making of Chelsea’s managerial maestroEven big-name players recognise the Italian’s imposition of a huge workload is backed by knowledge gained on and off the pitch
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Spurs keep pressure on Chelsea with thrashing of BournemouthGoals from Mousa Dembélé, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Vincent Janssen gave Tottenham a comfortable 4-0 home win over Bournemouth
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Valtteri Bottas surprises Lewis Hamilton by taking Bahrain poleA mistake by Lewis Hamilton on his final qualifying lap helped his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas take his first F1 pole position in Bahrain
documentaries
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Asylum seekers on Christmas Island
Where does this scenario take you in your thoughts and feelings?
Asylum seekers
on Christmas IslandWhere does this scenario
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Given the statistics, she very possibly looks like the woman sitting opposite you on the bus right nowSuccessful, lairy, scary – what does a vulnerable woman look like?
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Journalism faces a crisis worldwide – we might be entering a new dark ageAlmost anyone can use the worldwide web to be a media outlet, so how will we differentiate between truth, myth and lies?
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If we want the tech behemoths to start behaving themselves we must tear our transfixed gaze from their exploits, and start using our brains insteadHere’s how to civilise Uber, and make the other ‘death stars’ work for us too
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The west used colonies as laboratories for weapons. It's not different todayFrom Italian colonialists in Libya to imperial Britain’s bombings in Iraq, the west has often tried out new and terrible ways to kill ‘uncivilized’ people
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Marchers across US to demand Trump's tax returnsTens of thousands of people expected to take part in marches Saturday; Democrats attempt to flip a House seat; Sanders launches his own talk show
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The power of one woman against the worldThe shot of Saffiyah Khan calmly staring down an EDL demonstrator in Birmingham became instantly famous. Why are images like these so transfixing?
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Interactive TV talk for the era of Facebook activismThe Vermont senator’s atypical online show, which is broadcast on social media and will soon tour the US to highlight big issues, is attracting a sizeable fanbase
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Navy investigates decorated Seal who moonlights as porn actorChief Special Warrant Officer Joseph Schmidt III has made at least 29 films which his wife, porn actor Jewels Jade, says help make ends meet
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Sparks fly on Wall Street over Tesla’s current valuationThe electric carmaker overtook GM in market capitalisation last week. Is this just a bubble – or is battery tech the future?
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Mélenchon puts left in contention as election becomes too close to callWith a week until the first round of voting, support for veteran La France Insoumise candidate is rising in a four-way contest
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How the drug spice is ravaging UK homeless communitiesAs Manchester police report a spike in spice-related incidents, homeless people say highly addictive drug is causing deaths
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explore
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What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died?Today some claim that Jesus is just an idea, rather than a real historical figure, but there is a good deal of written evidence for his existence 2,000 years ago
what to watch
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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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Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson ensure franchise still has va-va-vroomThe latest instalment of the car-based action thriller – also called Fast & Furious 8 – has lost none of its zip, and even gained Charlize Theron, Jason Statham and Helen Mirren
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Adam Sandler's 90s-set comedy is strange yet strangely likableThe actor’s latest film for Netflix is filled with annoyingly unfunny moments yet there’s a charm that’s tough to resist
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Charlie Hunnam slow-burns down the Amazon, leaving Sienna Miller at homeJames Gray’s introspective tale of adventurer Percival Fawcett’s obsession with a lost Amazonian city is a twist on the familiar Conrad jungle narrative
in pictures
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Foodie fashion in picturesPhotographer Kelsey McClellan and prop stylist Michelle Maguire photographer people in outfits matching their snacks
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The 20 photographs of the weekHoly Week, a mass rally in Pyongyang, the ongoing destruction in Mosul and Sergio Garcia winning the Masters – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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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
people
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Internet and computer pioneer dies aged 85Work for Pentagon in 1960s helped develop internet precursor Arpanet while research at Xerox center in Palo Alto fed the birth of Windows and Apple computers
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Why I became an eco-detective writerThe books interview: on the 25th anniversary of her first crime novel, the Commissario Brunetti author reveals how she is responding to dark times
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Actor who played Sheriff JW Pepper in Bond films, dies aged 96Actor preferred stage work but role as redneck officer opposite Roger Moore in Live and Let Die led to a reprisal in The Man with the Golden Gun
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Mary Poppins star slams modern screen violenceVeteran actor says Walt Disney would have been horrified by the content of today’s video games and films
New York Zoo livestreams birth of calf to April the giraffe