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John Harris and John Domokos get immersed in the towns and cities of North East Scotland, where the oil price crash and the ups and downs of the fishing industry have created a political storm around Brexit and Scottish independence - and the perfect climate for a Tory revival
Watch our series of in-depth films exploring in rich detail the stories behind the headlines
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These are the girls running as fast as they can to be Jamaica’s new sprint champions in a country obsessed with its athletes. This is the story of the Champs national youth athletics competition that could change their lives
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People with disabilities are among the most discriminated against in Bolivia. Fed up with being ignored, a group of them march across the Andes to La Paz hoping to speak to President Evo Morales. Instead they face riot police, barricades, teargas and water cannon
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Cédric Herrou is a farmer who supports and houses African refugees in southern France. Why do he and his fellow activists feel compelled to defy the authorities?
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Christmas Island, off the coast of Australia: where thousands of people seeking asylum are indefinitely held in a high security detention facility. Poh Lin, a trauma counsellor living on the island, bears witness to the dramatic stories and decline of those being detained
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With his robot Erica, Hiroshi Ishiguro, the so-called bad boy of Japanese robotics, aims to redefine what it means to be human
spotlight
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Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer talks to Owen Jones on the campaign trail in Camden
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Khuram Butt, a man named as one of the three attackers who killed seven people in London on Saturday, appeared in a Channel 4 documentary called The Jihadis Next Door last year
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Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says a ‘disgruntled’ employee who was recently fired from his job at an Orlando business shot and killed five people in what he calls a ‘workplace violence incident’
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Australian police have shot dead a gunman named as Yacqub Khayre in Melbourne who had been holding a woman hostage in an apartment block in the Brighton area of the city
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In the coming months, the Guardian will look at the role of public lands in American life and the threat posed by a push to give them away
explainers
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It seems the word is not just gibberish tweeted late at night. According to Sean Spicer, a select few special people know its secret meaning
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A major leak of Facebook’s internal guidelines shows how the social network deals with hate speech, graphic violence and sexual imagery. As regulators become increasingly concerned about the content available on Facebook, is it time the company took a more active approach to policing its users?
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With the news that Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Guardian looks back at his six years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy
sport
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Andy Murray gave a clinical performance to beat Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4 6-4 at the French Open and reach the 29th grand slam quarter-final of his career.
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British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says that his side will improve and become more clinical after stumbling to victory over NZ Provincial Barbarians 13-7 on Saturday in their opening tour match
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A 12-year-old from Fresno, California, has been crowned champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest
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Kevin Durant describes the NBA finals as ‘what you dream about as a kid’ after scoring 38 points in Golden State’s 113-91 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday
technology
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A robot priest named BlessU-2 beams light from its hands as it demonstrates a blessing in Germany
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The British man who halted the WannaCry cyber attack says he’s no hero, but was just doing his job
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The Latvian skydiver completes what drone-makers Aerones say is the world’s first case of drone-diving after being lifted by 28-propeller drone
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A worldwide ransomware attack affecting almost 100 countries has hobbled parts of the NHS across England and Scotland, rendering patient information inaccessible
interviews
culture
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Liam Gallagher goes solo for a fundraiser gig in Manchester, a week after 22 people in the city were killed by a suicide bomber
life & style
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A diamond encrusted Hermès handbag sold for a record-breaking £293,000 this week, as luxury bags are fast becoming the new must-have for the super-rich. The Guardian goes to meet the 29-year-old world-leading handbag expert as Christie’s prepares for its first dedicated handbag sale in London
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Omar, the maine coon cat from Melbourne, is in the running for the record of the longest cat in the world
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Several unaccompanied adults say they were turned away at the new Legoland Discovery Centre in Melbourne and are threatening to lodge human rights complaints
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First Impressions allows you to experience and interact with the world from the point of view of a baby
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